Jill Anderson
@jillian6475.bsky.social
historian. poetry, libraryish; working on mid-20th-century girls' art-career fiction. Central PA. Increasingly un-sold on microblogging.
if anything, AI makes things *less* personal? Reminds me of when I was taking a terrible "how to teach online" course at the start of covid -- we were taught how to make the LMS address students "individually" (basically using a macro) to humanize the LMS experience. Had the opposite effect for me.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
if anything, AI makes things *less* personal? Reminds me of when I was taking a terrible "how to teach online" course at the start of covid -- we were taught how to make the LMS address students "individually" (basically using a macro) to humanize the LMS experience. Had the opposite effect for me.
I watched WandaVision having only seen one MCU film (Black Panther), really enjoyed the gimmick, but lost interest when it turned into what I now recognize as just another Marvel product (and also something that got a lot less interesting once it was clear I was supposed to know the lore).
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I watched WandaVision having only seen one MCU film (Black Panther), really enjoyed the gimmick, but lost interest when it turned into what I now recognize as just another Marvel product (and also something that got a lot less interesting once it was clear I was supposed to know the lore).
Also about devaluing originality by normalizing/hiding the *predictive* nature of LLMs -- "all writing is just words put together, there is no originality anyway"
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Also about devaluing originality by normalizing/hiding the *predictive* nature of LLMs -- "all writing is just words put together, there is no originality anyway"
Reposted by Jill Anderson
One of the most consistent and tiresome truisms of the arts world is that people who do not give a shit about the underlying fundamentals of your practice are always very happy to tell you how your future should actually be in whatever random thing they made money on in the stock market last month.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One of the most consistent and tiresome truisms of the arts world is that people who do not give a shit about the underlying fundamentals of your practice are always very happy to tell you how your future should actually be in whatever random thing they made money on in the stock market last month.
Reposted by Jill Anderson
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November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This tea is an invitation to put on fuzzy slippers, crack open a book, rest and recover. A kind reminder that "tireless" is a fallacy and taking care of one's self is worthy work as well."
oh I like that! (my library is sticker-happy!)
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
oh I like that! (my library is sticker-happy!)
Exactly! All I could think is, you think I can be replaced w/a FIVE MINUTE video!?!? ... I did appreciate one professor (in Religious Studies, actually) who asked if we could record several short videos of me in conversation w/her about how to do several short searching tasks. So much more human.
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Exactly! All I could think is, you think I can be replaced w/a FIVE MINUTE video!?!? ... I did appreciate one professor (in Religious Studies, actually) who asked if we could record several short videos of me in conversation w/her about how to do several short searching tasks. So much more human.
I remember bursting into tears (at home, by myself) during early covid when 1 of my depts asked me to record a 5-MINUTE video on "how to search for resources in [field]" that they could then put on their website & thus avoid "wasting my time." At a time when I was worried about layoffs. 😬
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I remember bursting into tears (at home, by myself) during early covid when 1 of my depts asked me to record a 5-MINUTE video on "how to search for resources in [field]" that they could then put on their website & thus avoid "wasting my time." At a time when I was worried about layoffs. 😬
Yes--the problem was that the conditions for getting the vanishingly few jobs (pre-2008 too) were awful hoops like ballroom interviews, hotel interviews, the job registry thing (www.historians.org/perspectives...). Same problem, different hoops.
Surviving a Job Register Interview – AHA
There is conflicting opinion about whether or not to attend a convention without a prescheduled interview.
www.historians.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Yes--the problem was that the conditions for getting the vanishingly few jobs (pre-2008 too) were awful hoops like ballroom interviews, hotel interviews, the job registry thing (www.historians.org/perspectives...). Same problem, different hoops.
😍 I wasn't even a big tea drinker, but I have a TON of your tea now and it's so much fun to try the different herbal mixes!
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
😍 I wasn't even a big tea drinker, but I have a TON of your tea now and it's so much fun to try the different herbal mixes!
this is how I discovered you! ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
this is how I discovered you! ❤️
also our Democrats... 😠
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
also our Democrats... 😠
Wait... what "good things" has he done exactly?
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Wait... what "good things" has he done exactly?