Evelyn Chirson
@evelynchirson.bsky.social
She/her, cat person, reader, cultural studies scholar, queer, from Poland. Currently very into Dragon Age & Wheel of Time. Always very into reading & TV.
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Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
Sometimes I just think about how much I wish sb wrote books in the same niche as Jean Auel but without all the ways it fails the vibe check on consent, creepiness, racism etc.
Willing this into existence.
Willing this into existence.
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sometimes I just think about how much I wish sb wrote books in the same niche as Jean Auel but without all the ways it fails the vibe check on consent, creepiness, racism etc.
Willing this into existence.
Willing this into existence.
Cherishing all the moments together. I love the chirpy hrrrmph he makes when wife or I approach him. Such a treasure of a cat.
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Cherishing all the moments together. I love the chirpy hrrrmph he makes when wife or I approach him. Such a treasure of a cat.
I was lukewarm on s1 of A Man on the Inside but inhaled s2. I'm a sucker for rl couples playing love interests or nemeses. The vibes were immaculate, new cast was great, setting was compelling, I want three more seasons.
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I was lukewarm on s1 of A Man on the Inside but inhaled s2. I'm a sucker for rl couples playing love interests or nemeses. The vibes were immaculate, new cast was great, setting was compelling, I want three more seasons.
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Tusk o ukraińskich uchodźcach: „Dużo ciężarów”. Liczymy te ciężary, wynik zaskakuje - https://oko.press/tusk-o-ukrainskich-uchodzcach-duzo-ciezarow-liczymy-te-ciezary
Tusk o ukraińskich uchodźcach: „Dużo ciężarów”. Liczymy te ciężary, wynik zaskakuje
Wydatki budżetu sięgają wg szacunków 8-9 mld zł rocznie, a przychody z podatków i składek, jakie płacą Ukraińcy, dają nawet 17 mld zł.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Tusk o ukraińskich uchodźcach: „Dużo ciężarów”. Liczymy te ciężary, wynik zaskakuje - https://oko.press/tusk-o-ukrainskich-uchodzcach-duzo-ciezarow-liczymy-te-ciezary
TW pet illness, cancer, death
Mamut our darling has been dxed with a likely aggressive form of lymphoma (due to his poor rbc we were advised against running more invasive tests). His prognosis is poor if vague. Yet he seems fine - his perceptible symptoms are mild, and could easily be missed.
Mamut our darling has been dxed with a likely aggressive form of lymphoma (due to his poor rbc we were advised against running more invasive tests). His prognosis is poor if vague. Yet he seems fine - his perceptible symptoms are mild, and could easily be missed.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
TW pet illness, cancer, death
Mamut our darling has been dxed with a likely aggressive form of lymphoma (due to his poor rbc we were advised against running more invasive tests). His prognosis is poor if vague. Yet he seems fine - his perceptible symptoms are mild, and could easily be missed.
Mamut our darling has been dxed with a likely aggressive form of lymphoma (due to his poor rbc we were advised against running more invasive tests). His prognosis is poor if vague. Yet he seems fine - his perceptible symptoms are mild, and could easily be missed.
His royal cattenness, Mamut.
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
His royal cattenness, Mamut.
Can't do a full Camerimage experience this year because (on top of work existing) Mamut is having an existential crisis (sudden worsening of separation anxiety manifesting in IBD flareups) but we saw Raptures (2025) and we loved it.
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Can't do a full Camerimage experience this year because (on top of work existing) Mamut is having an existential crisis (sudden worsening of separation anxiety manifesting in IBD flareups) but we saw Raptures (2025) and we loved it.
The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)
Some cats are just naturally photogenic.
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Some cats are just naturally photogenic.
Favourite new Florence tracks: Perfume and Milk + Music by Men. Absolutely amazing.
You Can Have It All reminds me of sth I can't put my finger on and that is A Difficult Experience.
You Can Have It All reminds me of sth I can't put my finger on and that is A Difficult Experience.
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Favourite new Florence tracks: Perfume and Milk + Music by Men. Absolutely amazing.
You Can Have It All reminds me of sth I can't put my finger on and that is A Difficult Experience.
You Can Have It All reminds me of sth I can't put my finger on and that is A Difficult Experience.
Today's Clues by Sam was not Evil, it was something else that's worse than evil. Overcooked brussel sprouts.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Today's Clues by Sam was not Evil, it was something else that's worse than evil. Overcooked brussel sprouts.
Loved the first ep of Pluribus but found myself annoyed by the second one's portrayal of the world / Non-USians. The Americanness gets called out, and yet... the whole thing grew US-centric in a way that felt alienating and like a throw-back.
(Willing to be charmed again by episodes to come.)
(Willing to be charmed again by episodes to come.)
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Loved the first ep of Pluribus but found myself annoyed by the second one's portrayal of the world / Non-USians. The Americanness gets called out, and yet... the whole thing grew US-centric in a way that felt alienating and like a throw-back.
(Willing to be charmed again by episodes to come.)
(Willing to be charmed again by episodes to come.)
They were, of course, fighting five minutes later. Siblings, eh.
(Sreberko on the left, Ronja on the right.)
(Sreberko on the left, Ronja on the right.)
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
They were, of course, fighting five minutes later. Siblings, eh.
(Sreberko on the left, Ronja on the right.)
(Sreberko on the left, Ronja on the right.)
Lost track of Spooktober writeups almost immediately between catching COVID and then Mamut's health deterioration (saga ongoing, alas). But we've been catching up on:
Final Destinations
A bunch of Carpenter movies
A bunch of King adaptations
And re-watched Ushers, Bly Manor -> started Midnight Mass
Final Destinations
A bunch of Carpenter movies
A bunch of King adaptations
And re-watched Ushers, Bly Manor -> started Midnight Mass
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Lost track of Spooktober writeups almost immediately between catching COVID and then Mamut's health deterioration (saga ongoing, alas). But we've been catching up on:
Final Destinations
A bunch of Carpenter movies
A bunch of King adaptations
And re-watched Ushers, Bly Manor -> started Midnight Mass
Final Destinations
A bunch of Carpenter movies
A bunch of King adaptations
And re-watched Ushers, Bly Manor -> started Midnight Mass
Watched an act of utter criminality: a great tit landed on the windowsill and raided our window spider's larder for spoils. Threw a dissicated wasp down, picked a juicy fly and flew off with it.
October 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Watched an act of utter criminality: a great tit landed on the windowsill and raided our window spider's larder for spoils. Threw a dissicated wasp down, picked a juicy fly and flew off with it.
Covid+ five days after my booster ;___; two days after first day of classes.
[Insert unimpressed Michael Scott gif]
[Insert unimpressed Michael Scott gif]
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Covid+ five days after my booster ;___; two days after first day of classes.
[Insert unimpressed Michael Scott gif]
[Insert unimpressed Michael Scott gif]
Szczerze uważam, że spora część ludzi jednak szczepi się zapisując się z wyprzedzeniem - telefonicznym lub przez IKP - ale problem ze szczepionkami jest szerszy w tym roku. W Toruniu jest mało punktów i mało terminów. Od znajomych z różnych miast słyszałam że też umówione terminy placówki anulują.
Moich 6 (nieudanych) prób zaszczepienia się przeciw COVID - https://oko.press/moich-6-nieudanych-prob-zaszczepienia-sie-przeciw-covid
Moich 6 (nieudanych) prób zaszczepienia się przeciw COVID
W Warszawie szczepienia przeciw COVID jakoś działają, choć też nie do końca. A prowincja? Tam jest wyraźnie gorzej
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October 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Szczerze uważam, że spora część ludzi jednak szczepi się zapisując się z wyprzedzeniem - telefonicznym lub przez IKP - ale problem ze szczepionkami jest szerszy w tym roku. W Toruniu jest mało punktów i mało terminów. Od znajomych z różnych miast słyszałam że też umówione terminy placówki anulują.
Spooktober thread:
October 1: finished SK's Four Past Midnight (The Library Policeman was terrifying and great, Langoliers silly fun).
Watched IT Part 1 / Chapter 2. The kid cast is great. The changes are a mixed bag. More queerness, yes. Less heroic Bev and Losers having less moral stamina, nope.
October 1: finished SK's Four Past Midnight (The Library Policeman was terrifying and great, Langoliers silly fun).
Watched IT Part 1 / Chapter 2. The kid cast is great. The changes are a mixed bag. More queerness, yes. Less heroic Bev and Losers having less moral stamina, nope.
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Spooktober thread:
October 1: finished SK's Four Past Midnight (The Library Policeman was terrifying and great, Langoliers silly fun).
Watched IT Part 1 / Chapter 2. The kid cast is great. The changes are a mixed bag. More queerness, yes. Less heroic Bev and Losers having less moral stamina, nope.
October 1: finished SK's Four Past Midnight (The Library Policeman was terrifying and great, Langoliers silly fun).
Watched IT Part 1 / Chapter 2. The kid cast is great. The changes are a mixed bag. More queerness, yes. Less heroic Bev and Losers having less moral stamina, nope.
Knocked flat by my covid jab (fever, aches, malaise). Went like: surely last year I had no such symptoms.
Groupchat from last year: identical symptoms.
Well. At least I'm consistent.
Groupchat from last year: identical symptoms.
Well. At least I'm consistent.
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Knocked flat by my covid jab (fever, aches, malaise). Went like: surely last year I had no such symptoms.
Groupchat from last year: identical symptoms.
Well. At least I'm consistent.
Groupchat from last year: identical symptoms.
Well. At least I'm consistent.
Who is this bear to wish me buona fortuna.
(This is very funny if you are as obsessed with Boardwalk Empire as this household.)
(This is very funny if you are as obsessed with Boardwalk Empire as this household.)
September 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Who is this bear to wish me buona fortuna.
(This is very funny if you are as obsessed with Boardwalk Empire as this household.)
(This is very funny if you are as obsessed with Boardwalk Empire as this household.)
This is bad cat behavior that I 100% should not encourage but it's also cute so here we are.
Ronja the shark.
Ronja the shark.
September 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is bad cat behavior that I 100% should not encourage but it's also cute so here we are.
Ronja the shark.
Ronja the shark.
Enjoyed The Long Walk, its brutality and production, but wish they trusted the audience more to read between the lines and interpret. Still: lovely in how it makes you care about these men used by the state and nation for fodder and entertainment. Affecting and gruesome.
September 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Enjoyed The Long Walk, its brutality and production, but wish they trusted the audience more to read between the lines and interpret. Still: lovely in how it makes you care about these men used by the state and nation for fodder and entertainment. Affecting and gruesome.
The rainbow yesterday was maybe the best I've seen in years (and double).
September 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The rainbow yesterday was maybe the best I've seen in years (and double).