Heidi Keller-Lapp, Ph.D.
@heidikl.bsky.social
Historian of 17th-18thc France, colonies, nuns, religious texts, med recipes, gender/sex. I teach teachers, writers, voyagers, & other curious minds. I hang out with beagles, sons, sisters (blood and soul), & my first love. #earlymodernwomen #nuntastic
Anyone else prepping for a Spring 26 senior historical methods seminar in the age of AI? Any ideas or success stories to share with us? I’m also in the market for articles/textbooks in migration/diaspora studies for the same class.
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Anyone else prepping for a Spring 26 senior historical methods seminar in the age of AI? Any ideas or success stories to share with us? I’m also in the market for articles/textbooks in migration/diaspora studies for the same class.
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On our way San Diego
October 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
On our way San Diego
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The landscape in higher ed is bleak right now, but here's a bright light at my institution: there's a new tenure track position at @davidsoncollege.bsky.social in Gender & Sexuality Studies. Please share widely!
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September 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The landscape in higher ed is bleak right now, but here's a bright light at my institution: there's a new tenure track position at @davidsoncollege.bsky.social in Gender & Sexuality Studies. Please share widely!
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August 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The very day that California passed the redistricting bill, we received an opposition mailer, and another the next day. Democrats need to step up their game.
August 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The very day that California passed the redistricting bill, we received an opposition mailer, and another the next day. Democrats need to step up their game.
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You really don’t need nobody else to radicalize you. You read enough World History you’ll get to that conclusion your damn self…
August 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
You really don’t need nobody else to radicalize you. You read enough World History you’ll get to that conclusion your damn self…
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The Trump admin made it official: they are coming after the University of California. What is at stake is not just research grant funding for UCLA, but the future of federal funding for the UC system, California’s political autonomy, and public higher education across the U.S.
@ucaft.bsky.social
@ucaft.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Trump admin made it official: they are coming after the University of California. What is at stake is not just research grant funding for UCLA, but the future of federal funding for the UC system, California’s political autonomy, and public higher education across the U.S.
@ucaft.bsky.social
@ucaft.bsky.social
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Each week, The Contrarian selects an undaunted individual working to defend democracy
This week's spotlight: Former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
With his comeback bid now official, we celebrate Brown as an undaunted, unafraid, and unapologetic champion for working people.
This week's spotlight: Former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
With his comeback bid now official, we celebrate Brown as an undaunted, unafraid, and unapologetic champion for working people.
Undaunted Fighter for Workers
Sherrod Brown could deliver for Democrats
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August 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Each week, The Contrarian selects an undaunted individual working to defend democracy
This week's spotlight: Former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
With his comeback bid now official, we celebrate Brown as an undaunted, unafraid, and unapologetic champion for working people.
This week's spotlight: Former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
With his comeback bid now official, we celebrate Brown as an undaunted, unafraid, and unapologetic champion for working people.
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Someone please remind me again why universities insist on paying so much money for external expertise that is usually inferior to that of the experts they already employ?
August 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Someone please remind me again why universities insist on paying so much money for external expertise that is usually inferior to that of the experts they already employ?
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San Diego Roman Catholic Diocese launches ministry to support refugees in court
The program is in response to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's tactic of arresting refugees and asylum seekers after their immigration hearings.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
For more information on all these stories, check out my sub stack ariellaelm.substack.com/p/three-wins...
Sources: www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
governor.wa.gov/news/2025/go...
omwbe.wa.gov/about/news/l...
abc7.la/3J95oAh
www.youtube.com/watch?v
Sources: www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
governor.wa.gov/news/2025/go...
omwbe.wa.gov/about/news/l...
abc7.la/3J95oAh
www.youtube.com/watch?v
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We have all watched in horror as Israel crosses red line after red line in Gaza. If you agree please share this post on, help us send this message across social media, then contribute a picture to our powerful visual at bit.ly/3HW2ePI
Let’s speak out, in our masses, right now. #RedLineForGaza #Gaza
Let’s speak out, in our masses, right now. #RedLineForGaza #Gaza
July 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We have all watched in horror as Israel crosses red line after red line in Gaza. If you agree please share this post on, help us send this message across social media, then contribute a picture to our powerful visual at bit.ly/3HW2ePI
Let’s speak out, in our masses, right now. #RedLineForGaza #Gaza
Let’s speak out, in our masses, right now. #RedLineForGaza #Gaza
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if you’re not already supporting your local @npr.org affiliate, remedy that immediately. A $10 monthly contribution is all it would take to save our one and only source of public media.
July 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
if you’re not already supporting your local @npr.org affiliate, remedy that immediately. A $10 monthly contribution is all it would take to save our one and only source of public media.
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You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
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Unconstitutional.
July 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Unconstitutional.
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Blue state Govs (hopefully including Virginia after November) need to coordinate efforts & make a concerted pushback. Piecemeal resistance will not ultimately protect residents to the extent needed.
IMO @governorwalz.mn.gov is the perfect Gov to lead that effort, but someone needs to step up.
IMO @governorwalz.mn.gov is the perfect Gov to lead that effort, but someone needs to step up.
July 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Blue state Govs (hopefully including Virginia after November) need to coordinate efforts & make a concerted pushback. Piecemeal resistance will not ultimately protect residents to the extent needed.
IMO @governorwalz.mn.gov is the perfect Gov to lead that effort, but someone needs to step up.
IMO @governorwalz.mn.gov is the perfect Gov to lead that effort, but someone needs to step up.
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The city of LA operates summer camps at over 100 rec centers, including the one where I send my kids. As I wrote yesterday, some parents I know are too scared to send their kids to camp in public parks or even use the playgrounds there, even before what happened on Monday
July 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The city of LA operates summer camps at over 100 rec centers, including the one where I send my kids. As I wrote yesterday, some parents I know are too scared to send their kids to camp in public parks or even use the playgrounds there, even before what happened on Monday
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?
June 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?
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@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social -The bishop of San Diego appears to have performed a political exorcism.
June 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social -The bishop of San Diego appears to have performed a political exorcism.
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Always, not just for #juneteenth, this exceptional work of Texas history is American history, family history is American history, Black history is American history!
June 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Always, not just for #juneteenth, this exceptional work of Texas history is American history, family history is American history, Black history is American history!
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"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."
More research on the cognitive deficit of relying only on AI... you can't even remember the information you called up. That's how learning works! arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
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June 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."
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Backstory on how U-T opinion editor Laura Castañeda was laid off Thursday — same day an ICE editorial was canned. timesofsandiego.com/business/202... @andrewdyer.bsky.social @voiceofsandiego.org
Union-Tribune owners blocked editorial on ICE protests, says fired opinion staffer
Laura Castañeda said the executive editor of the Southern California Media Group informed her Thursday evening that her position was eliminated.
timesofsandiego.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Backstory on how U-T opinion editor Laura Castañeda was laid off Thursday — same day an ICE editorial was canned. timesofsandiego.com/business/202... @andrewdyer.bsky.social @voiceofsandiego.org
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June 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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The city of Glendale, in Los Angeles County, announced today that they're quitting an agreement with ICE thad allowed ICE to house its detainees at the Glendale police department.
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Glendale to Stop Housing ICE Detainees - MyNewsLA.com
Glendale city officials Sunday stated they were terminating an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security to house federal immigration detainees at the Glendale ...
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June 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The city of Glendale, in Los Angeles County, announced today that they're quitting an agreement with ICE thad allowed ICE to house its detainees at the Glendale police department.
mynewsla.com/crime/2025/0...
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