DMC
@dmc1007.bsky.social
Happy to be here. English teacher, spouse, cat mom. Likes: morning yoga, long baths, making risotto, having opinions about TV. Dislikes: being late, drivers who don't wait their turn to merge on the interstate, "the reason is because."
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I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
The last 20 min of this talk with Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater—about how hard, and how necessary, it is to read in today’s world, & the impact of tech & AI & all the things, made me feel both anxious & optimistic (“Everything’s terrible, everything’s great.”).
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The Top Five Ethan Hawke Movies and a Double Shot of Richard Linklater, With Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater!
Podcast Episode · The Big Picture · 11/17/2025 · 1h 49m
podcasts.apple.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The last 20 min of this talk with Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater—about how hard, and how necessary, it is to read in today’s world, & the impact of tech & AI & all the things, made me feel both anxious & optimistic (“Everything’s terrible, everything’s great.”).
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
As an English teacher in public education witnessing the eager adoption of AI, watching Pluribus's grouchy, grief-stricken Carol Sturka resist the hive is almost too painful to bear, yet somehow simultaneously affirming. Help us, Vince Gilligan, you're our only hope!
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As an English teacher in public education witnessing the eager adoption of AI, watching Pluribus's grouchy, grief-stricken Carol Sturka resist the hive is almost too painful to bear, yet somehow simultaneously affirming. Help us, Vince Gilligan, you're our only hope!
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I couldn’t agree more with the conclusions in this piece and am always paper-first in my classroom, but one issue I don’t see mentioned is that many districts (including mine) use the availability of tech as an excuse to ration paper
Finally seeing the backlash to overdependence on tech in schools reach legacy media.
It’s giving me hope that we can dampen AI mania.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
It’s giving me hope that we can dampen AI mania.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Opinion | The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I couldn’t agree more with the conclusions in this piece and am always paper-first in my classroom, but one issue I don’t see mentioned is that many districts (including mine) use the availability of tech as an excuse to ration paper
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I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future
When you’ve spent your whole adult life working in and around book publishing you get used to hearing that people don’t read anymore and that the industry is on its last legs. There is always a cri…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
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“That this debate is happening in terms of skills versus content is itself unsettling, subsuming Shakespeare into that category of internet clickbait produced to keep hits coming, rapidly being overtaken now by A.I. slop”
let’s gooooo
let’s gooooo
In which Johanna Winant (@johannawinant.bsky.social) and I make the case for teaching whole books. And argue for a model of close reading that would bridge high school, college, and professional practice slate.com/life/2025/10...
There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.
You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.
slate.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“That this debate is happening in terms of skills versus content is itself unsettling, subsuming Shakespeare into that category of internet clickbait produced to keep hits coming, rapidly being overtaken now by A.I. slop”
let’s gooooo
let’s gooooo
In the last 5 weeks, despite my needle anxiety, I’ve gotten a TDAP booster, flu shot, Covid shot, AND my first Shingles shot. Planning some celebratory ice cream and thinking the Yankees should reward me by taking the division. From the Jays this weekend!
September 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In the last 5 weeks, despite my needle anxiety, I’ve gotten a TDAP booster, flu shot, Covid shot, AND my first Shingles shot. Planning some celebratory ice cream and thinking the Yankees should reward me by taking the division. From the Jays this weekend!
RIP to Robert Redford, whose achingly beautiful A River Runs Through It is my all-time favorite film. “I am haunted by waters.”
September 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
RIP to Robert Redford, whose achingly beautiful A River Runs Through It is my all-time favorite film. “I am haunted by waters.”
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This is Haha. He had to socialize multiple times today. Gonna need a couple days to recover. 14/10 (IG: thegoldenhaha)
August 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is Haha. He had to socialize multiple times today. Gonna need a couple days to recover. 14/10 (IG: thegoldenhaha)
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Week 4
Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed
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February 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Saw this in Liz Neeley's Making Sense Of It All newsletter, and putting it here as a good reminder to myself
February 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Saw this in Liz Neeley's Making Sense Of It All newsletter, and putting it here as a good reminder to myself
There is no tired quite like a teacher on the Friday of winter break tired. I have been MORE tired, but never tired like this.
December 20, 2024 at 10:47 PM
There is no tired quite like a teacher on the Friday of winter break tired. I have been MORE tired, but never tired like this.
Beautiful sunset on my walk last night.
December 5, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Beautiful sunset on my walk last night.
Long time lurker, first time poster, but Annie and Josie thought it was high time they were introduced to Bluesky. Happy December!
December 4, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Long time lurker, first time poster, but Annie and Josie thought it was high time they were introduced to Bluesky. Happy December!