Elizabeth Rambo
@elrambo.bsky.social
Medievalist, ATCK, pop-culture scholar-fan. Mostly retired. Opinions my own. Yes.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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War on Christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
War on Christmas
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One of my student-interns is looking for a Philly-area writer (any kind of writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.), any genre) to interview for Write Now Philly. If you're interested, please let me know.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
One of my student-interns is looking for a Philly-area writer (any kind of writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.), any genre) to interview for Write Now Philly. If you're interested, please let me know.
writenowphilly.com
writenowphilly.com
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"Ich askid ChatGPT." Well *Ich* askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Ich askid ChatGPT." Well *Ich* askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
Anya #Cat in a cave. She tried it out for about 10 minutes, and departed soon after this pic was taken. #CatsOfBlueSky
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Anya #Cat in a cave. She tried it out for about 10 minutes, and departed soon after this pic was taken. #CatsOfBlueSky
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Did you wake up irrationally angry at how much energy is being used - and CO2 is being emitted - to foist upon us AI technology that most of don't even want?
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Did you wake up irrationally angry at how much energy is being used - and CO2 is being emitted - to foist upon us AI technology that most of don't even want?
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gosh, wonder what would happen if the sector *started* with what students need and want…
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
gosh, wonder what would happen if the sector *started* with what students need and want…
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If only we could convince governments to *offer* them to people of all ages!
A systematic review of 511 studies showed that immunisation against COVID-19, RSV, and influenza was safe and effective in people of all ages.
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If only we could convince governments to *offer* them to people of all ages!
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Thankful for wombats today.
October 22 is International Wombat Day, the perfect time to celebrate one of Australia’s most endearing, yet often underappreciated, marsupials. With their chunky bodies, teddy bear faces, and famously cube-shaped droppings, wombats are truly one of a kind.
Why Wombats Deserve the Spotlight on International Wombat Day
Wombats aren't just cute — they're ecological engineers that shape the landscapes of Australia and deserve appreciation for all they do!
a-z-animals.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thankful for wombats today.
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Trump is illegally firing federal workers—including special education staff at the Department of Education.
He’s taking away opportunities for our kids to succeed in the classroom.
That’s a form of cruelty no leader should impose on the people he supposedly represents.
He’s taking away opportunities for our kids to succeed in the classroom.
That’s a form of cruelty no leader should impose on the people he supposedly represents.
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Trump is illegally firing federal workers—including special education staff at the Department of Education.
He’s taking away opportunities for our kids to succeed in the classroom.
That’s a form of cruelty no leader should impose on the people he supposedly represents.
He’s taking away opportunities for our kids to succeed in the classroom.
That’s a form of cruelty no leader should impose on the people he supposedly represents.
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As a young white man who grew up middle class (son of a public school teacher) and was very online ASAP and played sports, I was never Nazi-curious nor was anyone I know
None of this is “normal.” Shut up
None of this is “normal.” Shut up
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
As a young white man who grew up middle class (son of a public school teacher) and was very online ASAP and played sports, I was never Nazi-curious nor was anyone I know
None of this is “normal.” Shut up
None of this is “normal.” Shut up
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Student journalists in Appalachia! 🚨 PAID writing opportunity before end of the semester: 100 Days in Appalachia is assembling a series of dispatches on the biggest issues facing campuses. Pieces are short, not as heavy a lift reporting-wise. Email rainesford.alexandra@gmail.com & I'll share info.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Student journalists in Appalachia! 🚨 PAID writing opportunity before end of the semester: 100 Days in Appalachia is assembling a series of dispatches on the biggest issues facing campuses. Pieces are short, not as heavy a lift reporting-wise. Email rainesford.alexandra@gmail.com & I'll share info.
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The only way to be "AI ready" in educational contexts is to think through the most effective (human-, non-AI-generated) ways of resisting and refusing and of persuading others to do so.
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The only way to be "AI ready" in educational contexts is to think through the most effective (human-, non-AI-generated) ways of resisting and refusing and of persuading others to do so.
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there are good & worthwhile historical & legal arguments for why the unitary executive is nonsense but to my mind the most straightforward argument is that it makes no logical sense that the president has absolute removal power over the people whose job it is to keep the executive branch accountable
The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
there are good & worthwhile historical & legal arguments for why the unitary executive is nonsense but to my mind the most straightforward argument is that it makes no logical sense that the president has absolute removal power over the people whose job it is to keep the executive branch accountable
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NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants.
"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants.
"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
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Trump has so transformed and degraded the machinery of American government that it isn't enough to just beat him or his successor. Someone has to rebuild the liberal democratic state.
America Needs a Project 2029
The road back from here will be harder.
www.thebulwark.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Trump has so transformed and degraded the machinery of American government that it isn't enough to just beat him or his successor. Someone has to rebuild the liberal democratic state.
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If North Carolina enacts this new map, it will be sued.
I don't bluff and I usually win.
I don't bluff and I usually win.
North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Blatant Discrimination’: North Carolina Advances GOP Gerrymander at the Expense of Black Voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If North Carolina enacts this new map, it will be sued.
I don't bluff and I usually win.
I don't bluff and I usually win.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.
Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.
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Just because he's acting like he's never leaving is no reason for you to act like he's never leaving.
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just because he's acting like he's never leaving is no reason for you to act like he's never leaving.
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Ben Meiselas calls on those with standing to act: seek an injunction to halt Trump’s White House ballroom. Argue fraud—Trump claimed he’d pay and not alter the structure—and use the damage to the East Wing as the emergency basis. Demand discovery now.
October 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Ben Meiselas calls on those with standing to act: seek an injunction to halt Trump’s White House ballroom. Argue fraud—Trump claimed he’d pay and not alter the structure—and use the damage to the East Wing as the emergency basis. Demand discovery now.