Prof. J
@historyprofj.bsky.social
I teach history at a small community college. Degrees in history and higher ed. administration. Casual video game player. College football fan. Politically liberal.
I'm in this post and I don't like it.
December 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm in this post and I don't like it.
I have no idea what most of these words mean.
BREAKING: Australia retained the Ashes with two tests to spare after paceman Mitchell Starc took three of the last four wickets to blunt England's defiant comeback in the third cricket test.
Australia retains the Ashes with 2 tests to spare after a tense victory over England in Adelaide
Australia has retained the Ashes with two tests to spare after Mitchell Starc took three of the last four wickets.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I have no idea what most of these words mean.
Julius Fucking Caesar.
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Julius Fucking Caesar.
🤬🤬🤬
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🤬🤬🤬
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Okay #AcademicSky, #HistorySky, etc:
There's a lot of chatter abt how we're moving forward with assignments in the "Age of AI." Especially for those of us in writing disciplines.
I also want to hear what YOU'RE doing. Let's create a master resource thread-list here!
There's a lot of chatter abt how we're moving forward with assignments in the "Age of AI." Especially for those of us in writing disciplines.
I also want to hear what YOU'RE doing. Let's create a master resource thread-list here!
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Okay #AcademicSky, #HistorySky, etc:
There's a lot of chatter abt how we're moving forward with assignments in the "Age of AI." Especially for those of us in writing disciplines.
I also want to hear what YOU'RE doing. Let's create a master resource thread-list here!
There's a lot of chatter abt how we're moving forward with assignments in the "Age of AI." Especially for those of us in writing disciplines.
I also want to hear what YOU'RE doing. Let's create a master resource thread-list here!
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"Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' itself is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas ... It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research and in our engagement with society."
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' itself is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas ... It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research and in our engagement with society."
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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The Louvre in Paris has approved a significant ticket price hike.
Americans will soon pay more to see world’s most-visited museum
The Louvre in Paris has approved a significant ticket price hike.
www.mlive.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Louvre in Paris has approved a significant ticket price hike.
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This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
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The four-time Pro Bowl center's sudden return energized Lions fans ahead of the holiday showdown with Green Bay.
Frank Ragnow’s return hits Lions fans ‘like Christmas’ on Thanksgiving
The four-time Pro Bowl center's sudden return energized Lions fans ahead of the holiday showdown with Green Bay.
www.mlive.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The four-time Pro Bowl center's sudden return energized Lions fans ahead of the holiday showdown with Green Bay.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Alabama just did the fake fumble pass play the Detroit Lions ran last year against the Bears.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Alabama just did the fake fumble pass play the Detroit Lions ran last year against the Bears.
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We stopped teaching students that intellectual curiousity is the most exciting and important part of college, stopped asking them to not just do the reading but seek extra books, music, films, shows, plays, art for context, stopped demanding not just looking for rubrics to check boxes but seek more.
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We stopped teaching students that intellectual curiousity is the most exciting and important part of college, stopped asking them to not just do the reading but seek extra books, music, films, shows, plays, art for context, stopped demanding not just looking for rubrics to check boxes but seek more.
Boooooo.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced today that Michigan was selected for a “multi-billion-dollar OpenAI Stargate project, built by Oracle and Related Digital,” that will be located in Saline Township.
(Translation - it’s a massive data center)
Story to come from @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
(Translation - it’s a massive data center)
Story to come from @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Boooooo.
I'm sure this will work out just fine.
BREAKING: Trump orders the Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.
Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons 'immediately'
The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to resume tests at a site in Nevada.
nbcnews.to
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm sure this will work out just fine.
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Okay I’m reading it now and, no surprise, it suuuucks in exactly the ways you would expect.
Should I have a couple drinks and rip apart the new centrist dem manifesto tonight?
Y/N
Y/N
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Okay I’m reading it now and, no surprise, it suuuucks in exactly the ways you would expect.
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Might be time to update your priors; it might not have been typhus that tore through Napoleon's army on the Russian campaign but rather two other fevers—one foodborne, the other from body lice
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
DNA from Napoleon's 1812 army identifies pathogens likely responsible for the army's demise during retreat from Russia
In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But by December, only a fraction of the army remained alive. Historical records...
phys.org
October 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Might be time to update your priors; it might not have been typhus that tore through Napoleon's army on the Russian campaign but rather two other fevers—one foodborne, the other from body lice
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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In 1933, Adolf Hitler was legitimately made Chancellor of Germany. That doesn't mean that everything he did while in that office, like giving himself absolute power like a king, was legitimate, Meghan.
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In 1933, Adolf Hitler was legitimately made Chancellor of Germany. That doesn't mean that everything he did while in that office, like giving himself absolute power like a king, was legitimate, Meghan.
Holy shit!
In just 7 minutes, thieves allegedly mounted a ladder, stole priceless jewels from the Louvre and fled on motor scooters, officials in Paris say.
Thieves steal priceless jewels from the Louvre in daring Paris heist
The museum was closed for the day Sunday after the robbery, which was carried out by thieves using a ladder mounted on the back of a truck, officials said.
nbcnews.to
October 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Holy shit!
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Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
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I was at my old high school today, for the first time in over twenty years, to talk to the teachers about how their curriculum can better support students. AI came up, and so many teachers were saying "Well it's a tool, they have to know how to use it, it's the future so we have to accept it!"
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I was at my old high school today, for the first time in over twenty years, to talk to the teachers about how their curriculum can better support students. AI came up, and so many teachers were saying "Well it's a tool, they have to know how to use it, it's the future so we have to accept it!"
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Oh yes indeed! Every other week I think I should stop because why even bother, and yet, over 1000 links now 🤦
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October 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Oh yes indeed! Every other week I think I should stop because why even bother, and yet, over 1000 links now 🤦
docs.google.com/presentation...
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This is FANTASTIC. Thank you, @lutzfernandez.bsky.social, for doing this work and so generously sharing it
I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
docs.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is FANTASTIC. Thank you, @lutzfernandez.bsky.social, for doing this work and so generously sharing it