Drew Lewis
@drew-lewis.com
Mathematician, faculty developer, and education researcher currently working as a consultant. He/him
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As a college professor, AI has made my life—and the lives of all educators—unimaginably worse.
Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As a college professor, AI has made my life—and the lives of all educators—unimaginably worse.
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
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WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
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I have been cursed as a sort of turkey Cassandra, in that I tell people how to make it good, I even offer to make it for them, but they refuse, make it the same shitty way they always have, and then talk about how disappointing turkey is.
Just let me cook it, please.
Just let me cook it, please.
I’ve won many bets by people who said that they hate turkey by serving them a brined spatchcocked turkey that’s cooked right.
Turkey isn't bad, people just don't cook it properly
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I have been cursed as a sort of turkey Cassandra, in that I tell people how to make it good, I even offer to make it for them, but they refuse, make it the same shitty way they always have, and then talk about how disappointing turkey is.
Just let me cook it, please.
Just let me cook it, please.
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Oh sure, I tell the kids the same thing every day but this guy is some kind of saint for saying it
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth reut.rs/48tKTYY
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth
Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool for learning, but don't use it for your homework, Pope Leo told about 15,000 U.S. youth during a question-and-answer session on Friday.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Oh sure, I tell the kids the same thing every day but this guy is some kind of saint for saying it
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Really appreciate this thread. I liked some of the points made about "A.i" harms in the HuffPo piece, but was also uncomfortable with the idea of setting a trap for students.
Since this article and its perspectives are generating a bit of buzz, I'd like to dig into what I find distasteful and, frankly, disingenous about it, particularly the ethical values it proclaims. 1/8
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Really appreciate this thread. I liked some of the points made about "A.i" harms in the HuffPo piece, but was also uncomfortable with the idea of setting a trap for students.
I try to be understanding of all of the other Drew Lewis's who mistype their email address and accidentally sign me up for the Harbor Freight mailing list or whatever, but I have zero patience for the asshole that signed me up for the Free Press. They're a disgrace to our name.
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I try to be understanding of all of the other Drew Lewis's who mistype their email address and accidentally sign me up for the Harbor Freight mailing list or whatever, but I have zero patience for the asshole that signed me up for the Free Press. They're a disgrace to our name.
Your computer algebra system insists on rendering \sin (x) ^2 instead of \sin ^2 (x)?
Problematic sage gap
Problematic sage gap
Hamlet falls through the floor after reciting his soliloquy?
Problematic stage gap.
Problematic stage gap.
Bored with your 12 volume high fantasy epic but not ready to quit in favor of cozy romance?
Problematic page gap
Problematic page gap
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Your computer algebra system insists on rendering \sin (x) ^2 instead of \sin ^2 (x)?
Problematic sage gap
Problematic sage gap
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Discourse surrounding “AI” these days often feels like a guy showing you his shovel and you say, “that’s a nice shovel” and he says “I am going to perform surgery on my mother with this shovel” and you say “Oh God please don’t that is not what a shovel is for.”
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Discourse surrounding “AI” these days often feels like a guy showing you his shovel and you say, “that’s a nice shovel” and he says “I am going to perform surgery on my mother with this shovel” and you say “Oh God please don’t that is not what a shovel is for.”
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I am also *that person* who mentions that we have lost some trust but it's just aa much about institutions making commitments in 2020 that they walked back within 5 years and colleges who say all your learning can happen in a chatbot which devalues actual cognition.
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I am also *that person* who mentions that we have lost some trust but it's just aa much about institutions making commitments in 2020 that they walked back within 5 years and colleges who say all your learning can happen in a chatbot which devalues actual cognition.
@liznorell.bsky.social @caitskirby.bsky.social Are there dates for a 2026 Virtual Gathering?
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
@liznorell.bsky.social @caitskirby.bsky.social Are there dates for a 2026 Virtual Gathering?
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Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
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Not to yuck peoples yum but if they can let Patton Oswalt back in for doing the exact same damn thing then they can also reinstate Link.
First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Not to yuck peoples yum but if they can let Patton Oswalt back in for doing the exact same damn thing then they can also reinstate Link.
Key benefit of brewing my own is I can serve myself whatever size glass I want. I love these little 8 oz Guinness glasses we have.
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Key benefit of brewing my own is I can serve myself whatever size glass I want. I love these little 8 oz Guinness glasses we have.
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Saw someone say Republicans exploit the fact that Democrats (usually) actually want to help people, and that felt to me a bit like how administrators exploit the fact that faculty (usually) actually want to help students
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Saw someone say Republicans exploit the fact that Democrats (usually) actually want to help people, and that felt to me a bit like how administrators exploit the fact that faculty (usually) actually want to help students
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my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
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Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Jim Ryan letter
www.documentcloud.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Choosing to not be grumpy about this and instead be thankful the car is sitting in my driveway, and that I didnt have a catastrophic failure while driving down the 101 with the kid in the back seat.
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Choosing to not be grumpy about this and instead be thankful the car is sitting in my driveway, and that I didnt have a catastrophic failure while driving down the 101 with the kid in the back seat.
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Autistic parents have been warned to be vigilant for signs that their child could be afflicted with Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder, or NSD.
Every parent’s worst nightmare! Could your child be neurotypical?
Autistic parents have been warned to be vigilant for signs that their child could be afflicted with Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder, or NSD. Speaking in front of a parliamentary group, paediatrician…
thedailytism.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Autistic parents have been warned to be vigilant for signs that their child could be afflicted with Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder, or NSD.
Please tell me again about how grades are and have always been objective measures of students' learning.
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Please tell me again about how grades are and have always been objective measures of students' learning.
If you are writing an opinion piece about higher education and the three example institutions you use are Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, please just throw your writing in the trash. You are not writing about higher ed, you are writing about a tiny elitist unrepresentative sliver of higher ed.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you are writing an opinion piece about higher education and the three example institutions you use are Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, please just throw your writing in the trash. You are not writing about higher ed, you are writing about a tiny elitist unrepresentative sliver of higher ed.
So glad the senate democrats caved for the "guarantee" of a vote.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
So glad the senate democrats caved for the "guarantee" of a vote.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.
Well, that was fun while it lasted.
I may regret this soon, but nevertheless I am choosing to feel a little bit of hope tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Well, that was fun while it lasted.