David Knuffke
@davidknuffke.bsky.social
American Teacher well away from America. Worker Bee.
Pretty sure that I’m both imperfect and doing mostly the right things.
Pretty sure that I’m both imperfect and doing mostly the right things.
So...for-profit textbooks are basically dead now, right? As much as I am sympathetic to ethical AI concerns, my heart is having a hard time weeping for this particular thing.
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
So...for-profit textbooks are basically dead now, right? As much as I am sympathetic to ethical AI concerns, my heart is having a hard time weeping for this particular thing.
So…have we just decided that we’re all cool with 3-4 companies destroying the ability to tell reality from fiction?
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
So…have we just decided that we’re all cool with 3-4 companies destroying the ability to tell reality from fiction?
I'm doing my part, @inaturalist.bsky.social!
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I'm doing my part, @inaturalist.bsky.social!
What’s that you say? A”setback?” 🙄🤢🤮@nytimes.com really excels at the fascism soft-pedal in a way that seems unique among the news I regularly see.
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What’s that you say? A”setback?” 🙄🤢🤮@nytimes.com really excels at the fascism soft-pedal in a way that seems unique among the news I regularly see.
Doesn’t feel like the kind of move a company is looking to make unless it’s got money problems.
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Doesn’t feel like the kind of move a company is looking to make unless it’s got money problems.
This country definitely has some good sights on the occasional recreational bike ride 🤣🦦🦎
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This country definitely has some good sights on the occasional recreational bike ride 🤣🦦🦎
I am reminded of this algorithm.
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I am reminded of this algorithm.
A friend suggested this model for strapping a computer to your face, and I think it fits perfectly:
October 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A friend suggested this model for strapping a computer to your face, and I think it fits perfectly:
Did the @nytimes.com do a better job talking about state media capture in 1930’s Germany? Or has it always been so fascism-agreeable?
September 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Did the @nytimes.com do a better job talking about state media capture in 1930’s Germany? Or has it always been so fascism-agreeable?
My goodness the Oval Office looks horrific.
September 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
My goodness the Oval Office looks horrific.
How every ice breaker that involves a slide feels to me:
August 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
How every ice breaker that involves a slide feels to me:
Not sure I’ve ever needed to stop for a cold can of cake, but 🤷🏻♂️
July 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Not sure I’ve ever needed to stop for a cold can of cake, but 🤷🏻♂️
Neither of these conclusions are disorienting and the answer to both of the questions that @ezraklein.bsky.social asks in this paragraph are clearly and unequivocally “yes”.
July 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Neither of these conclusions are disorienting and the answer to both of the questions that @ezraklein.bsky.social asks in this paragraph are clearly and unequivocally “yes”.
This is quite an app name…
July 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is quite an app name…
Returning to the US and checking out the latest edition to my “signed @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social collection” really shows how consistent his insert signatures are. I’d hang it up, too, if I had reached this level of platonic ideal. The only way to go is down from here.
July 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Returning to the US and checking out the latest edition to my “signed @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social collection” really shows how consistent his insert signatures are. I’d hang it up, too, if I had reached this level of platonic ideal. The only way to go is down from here.
I drove for 20 years every day. Now I drive for six weeks a year. But damn, this was quality parallel parking. First shot, no notes.
June 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I drove for 20 years every day. Now I drive for six weeks a year. But damn, this was quality parallel parking. First shot, no notes.
This was quite the sentence to read this morning.
Has any other artist ever exploded themselves and their art this completely?
Has any other artist ever exploded themselves and their art this completely?
May 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This was quite the sentence to read this morning.
Has any other artist ever exploded themselves and their art this completely?
Has any other artist ever exploded themselves and their art this completely?
This cat… (from @wikipedia.org’s image of the day today) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
April 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This cat… (from @wikipedia.org’s image of the day today) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
I know the guy likes to put his name on things to the point of farce, but this is WILD even by those standards:
April 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I know the guy likes to put his name on things to the point of farce, but this is WILD even by those standards:
Some quick shots from the Gili islands this week. In the US life, vacations were not a regular occurrence. Deeply thankful that’s no longer the case, and sad that most teachers don’t get the same luxury.
April 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Some quick shots from the Gili islands this week. In the US life, vacations were not a regular occurrence. Deeply thankful that’s no longer the case, and sad that most teachers don’t get the same luxury.
Alright, after like a decade of not presenting, I’m getting back on the horse next week at EARCOS. I agree the title sure looks an awful lot like an LLM made it. Always fun to turn your conference description into a social experiment 🤣
March 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Alright, after like a decade of not presenting, I’m getting back on the horse next week at EARCOS. I agree the title sure looks an awful lot like an LLM made it. Always fun to turn your conference description into a social experiment 🤣
I think I’m no longer interested in discussing LLMs with people who don’t understand how LLMs work. You need to give me some variant of this answer from Shanahan, 2023 before we can have a chat:
February 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I think I’m no longer interested in discussing LLMs with people who don’t understand how LLMs work. You need to give me some variant of this answer from Shanahan, 2023 before we can have a chat:
Some of the small Borneo friends I made along the way.
February 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Some of the small Borneo friends I made along the way.
Me through yesterday: not sure where all these famously big insects of Borneo are.
Me this morning:
Me this morning:
February 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Me through yesterday: not sure where all these famously big insects of Borneo are.
Me this morning:
Me this morning:
February 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM