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My piece about AI in the classroom in The Chronicle of Higher Ed has been out for a couple of weeks, but it blew up today after Renic quoted it.
Many commenters are ragging on AI-using students, but a lot of the problembis cognitive bias that makes AI use _feel_ like learning.
Many commenters are ragging on AI-using students, but a lot of the problembis cognitive bias that makes AI use _feel_ like learning.
May 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My piece about AI in the classroom in The Chronicle of Higher Ed has been out for a couple of weeks, but it blew up today after Renic quoted it.
Many commenters are ragging on AI-using students, but a lot of the problembis cognitive bias that makes AI use _feel_ like learning.
Many commenters are ragging on AI-using students, but a lot of the problembis cognitive bias that makes AI use _feel_ like learning.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm talking about the threatened TikTok ban on TED Explains today at 1pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/fy1PbnW...
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January 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I'm talking about the threatened TikTok ban on TED Explains today at 1pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/fy1PbnW...
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This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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A fuller explanation of the principle is here - it is a feed selection problem within a platform, not a problem of who is on the platform - and that is Bluesky's reason for being:
www.techpolicy.press/protecting-f...
www.techpolicy.press/protecting-f...
Protecting Freedom of Thought by Deciding What Information You Consume | TechPolicy.Press
Cutting through the dilemma over content moderation requires rethinking the social component of online discourse, not just the technology, says Richard Reisman.
www.techpolicy.press
December 8, 2024 at 9:35 PM
A fuller explanation of the principle is here - it is a feed selection problem within a platform, not a problem of who is on the platform - and that is Bluesky's reason for being:
www.techpolicy.press/protecting-f...
www.techpolicy.press/protecting-f...
Refaat Alareer, a Palestinian academic and poet killed a year ago, has a posthumous book of poetry coming out on Tuesday. Pre-orders have it at #47 on Amazon.
Not 47th most popular book of poetry, or even literature. 47th most popular book, full stop.
www.amazon.com/If-Must-Die-...
Not 47th most popular book of poetry, or even literature. 47th most popular book, full stop.
www.amazon.com/If-Must-Die-...
If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose
Amazon.com: If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose eBook : Alareer, Refaat, Aljamal, Yousef M.: Tienda Kindle
www.amazon.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Refaat Alareer, a Palestinian academic and poet killed a year ago, has a posthumous book of poetry coming out on Tuesday. Pre-orders have it at #47 on Amazon.
Not 47th most popular book of poetry, or even literature. 47th most popular book, full stop.
www.amazon.com/If-Must-Die-...
Not 47th most popular book of poetry, or even literature. 47th most popular book, full stop.
www.amazon.com/If-Must-Die-...
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there's a whole class of journalists who people thought were on the left but have always been Like This.
Fang, Taibbi, Cenk, Blumenthal, a whole bunch of Young Turks types, and, of course, Greenwald
they didn't get awful. they've always been.
Fang, Taibbi, Cenk, Blumenthal, a whole bunch of Young Turks types, and, of course, Greenwald
they didn't get awful. they've always been.
It's already starting.
December 7, 2024 at 6:01 PM
there's a whole class of journalists who people thought were on the left but have always been Like This.
Fang, Taibbi, Cenk, Blumenthal, a whole bunch of Young Turks types, and, of course, Greenwald
they didn't get awful. they've always been.
Fang, Taibbi, Cenk, Blumenthal, a whole bunch of Young Turks types, and, of course, Greenwald
they didn't get awful. they've always been.
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Shirky does say X “has become, in internet parlance, a Nazi bar.”
My primary concern, though, is not so much the bar’s patrons as the bar’s *owner*
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
My primary concern, though, is not so much the bar’s patrons as the bar’s *owner*
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
Opinion | Bluesky Is Different From X. For Now. (Gift Article)
Users are looking for a more curated experience on a platform that is not constantly trying to get them to interact with brands.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Shirky does say X “has become, in internet parlance, a Nazi bar.”
My primary concern, though, is not so much the bar’s patrons as the bar’s *owner*
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
My primary concern, though, is not so much the bar’s patrons as the bar’s *owner*
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
I wrote something about the migration from X to Bluesky. (I did not choose the title, and do not like it, but there you go.)
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
Opinion | Bluesky Is Different From X. For Now.
Users are looking for a more curated experience on a platform that is not constantly trying to get them to interact with brands.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:07 PM
I wrote something about the migration from X to Bluesky. (I did not choose the title, and do not like it, but there you go.)
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
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I’m ready to organize my fellow Substack publishers and demand answers from leadership.
You want in? Email me: MKwrites4000@proton.me
You want in? Email me: MKwrites4000@proton.me
"Some Substack newsletters by Nazis and white nationalists have thousands or tens of thousands of subscribers, making the platform a new and valuable tool for creating mailing lists for the far right. And many accept paid subscriptions through Substack..."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Gift Article: Substack Has a Nazi Problem
The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2023 at 9:01 PM
I’m ready to organize my fellow Substack publishers and demand answers from leadership.
You want in? Email me: MKwrites4000@proton.me
You want in? Email me: MKwrites4000@proton.me
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A lot of people are responding to the Truth Social and Twitter lawsuits with "can't wait for discovery" and stuff that's almost celebratory. But as someone who worked at Gawker Media in 2016, I can assure you that being right doesn't mean your media outlet will be allowed to survive.
November 21, 2023 at 5:22 AM
A lot of people are responding to the Truth Social and Twitter lawsuits with "can't wait for discovery" and stuff that's almost celebratory. But as someone who worked at Gawker Media in 2016, I can assure you that being right doesn't mean your media outlet will be allowed to survive.
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Remarkable couple of lines in this Semafor piece about the 2024 presidential election. www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
November 16, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Remarkable couple of lines in this Semafor piece about the 2024 presidential election. www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
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Still remarkable that you might get a five-candidate ballot next year with no candidate under age 70.
Biden (D): 81
Trump (R): 78
Kennedy (I): 70
West (I): 71
Manchin (No Labels): 77
Biden (D): 81
Trump (R): 78
Kennedy (I): 70
West (I): 71
Manchin (No Labels): 77
November 2, 2023 at 1:06 PM
Still remarkable that you might get a five-candidate ballot next year with no candidate under age 70.
Biden (D): 81
Trump (R): 78
Kennedy (I): 70
West (I): 71
Manchin (No Labels): 77
Biden (D): 81
Trump (R): 78
Kennedy (I): 70
West (I): 71
Manchin (No Labels): 77
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By voting 3rd party, you’re throwing away your vote. The electoral college prevents a successful 3rd party. If that’s ok with you go for it. But own the consequences.
October 30, 2023 at 3:16 PM
By voting 3rd party, you’re throwing away your vote. The electoral college prevents a successful 3rd party. If that’s ok with you go for it. But own the consequences.
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Americans gunned down in public places? Can you even imagine such a bizarro world scenario?
October 30, 2023 at 3:36 AM
Americans gunned down in public places? Can you even imagine such a bizarro world scenario?
As a New Yorker, let me just say that the misdiagnosis of the problem in this article is appalling, a short anecdote:
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/o...
October 30, 2023 at 2:00 AM
As a New Yorker, let me just say that the misdiagnosis of the problem in this article is appalling, a short anecdote:
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/o...
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"They absolutely want your extinction."
Today, Elon Musk wildly increased his race-war rhetoric and promotion of white nationalism in a reply to a complaint by a white supremacist about the melting down of the Charlottesville Robert E Lee statue.
Today, Elon Musk wildly increased his race-war rhetoric and promotion of white nationalism in a reply to a complaint by a white supremacist about the melting down of the Charlottesville Robert E Lee statue.
October 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
"They absolutely want your extinction."
Today, Elon Musk wildly increased his race-war rhetoric and promotion of white nationalism in a reply to a complaint by a white supremacist about the melting down of the Charlottesville Robert E Lee statue.
Today, Elon Musk wildly increased his race-war rhetoric and promotion of white nationalism in a reply to a complaint by a white supremacist about the melting down of the Charlottesville Robert E Lee statue.