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@joleigh.bsky.social
A mostly lurking book gremlin.
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I did this in both of my classes this semester. It was super successful. The students had to ask an LLM about a subject they already knew well, like their favorite musician, movie, sports team, or something else they had previously researched.
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I did this in both of my classes this semester. It was super successful. The students had to ask an LLM about a subject they already knew well, like their favorite musician, movie, sports team, or something else they had previously researched.
Desperate for CA to take MA’s millionaire tax and implement our own to lower the cost of UCs/CSUs for residents.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Desperate for CA to take MA’s millionaire tax and implement our own to lower the cost of UCs/CSUs for residents.
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Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
Has there been a potato named for @darthbluesky.bsky.social yet?
CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Has there been a potato named for @darthbluesky.bsky.social yet?
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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Guaranteeing affordable prices for essentials addresses inequality without dividing society. Free buses or childcare are universal.
They benefit everyone and create solidarity across income, race, and religion — a unifying rather than exclusionary economic agenda.
They benefit everyone and create solidarity across income, race, and religion — a unifying rather than exclusionary economic agenda.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Guaranteeing affordable prices for essentials addresses inequality without dividing society. Free buses or childcare are universal.
They benefit everyone and create solidarity across income, race, and religion — a unifying rather than exclusionary economic agenda.
They benefit everyone and create solidarity across income, race, and religion — a unifying rather than exclusionary economic agenda.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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We’re hearing helicopters and word is spreading of massive ICE raids tomorrow and Friday particularly in Gwinnett. These excessive raids put all of us in danger. Spread the word, look out for each other, and remember your rights.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
We’re hearing helicopters and word is spreading of massive ICE raids tomorrow and Friday particularly in Gwinnett. These excessive raids put all of us in danger. Spread the word, look out for each other, and remember your rights.
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Larry Summers cozied up to the rich and powerful — including a convicted sex offender. He cannot be trusted in positions of influence.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Larry Summers cozied up to the rich and powerful — including a convicted sex offender. He cannot be trusted in positions of influence.
It violates the natural law of “all dog boy and all cat girl”
Just found out Bluey is a girl. I’m so fucking sick of DEI
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It violates the natural law of “all dog boy and all cat girl”
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Everything I've learned about horrible men's penises I've learned against my will.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Everything I've learned about horrible men's penises I've learned against my will.
The rage I feel at the thought of people ignoring Patsy Rodenburg.
Her technique is how I was able to do 8 shows a week of Shakespeare with no mics. I would give anything to learn from her.
Her technique is how I was able to do 8 shows a week of Shakespeare with no mics. I would give anything to learn from her.
Yes & no. Note the decline in vocal teaching - Patsy Rodenburg, the best voice teacher alive, quit Guildhall bc students didn’t want to do vocal work & her subordinates slacked bc they figured everyone goes to Netflix anyway. In Britain it’s theoretically possible to work in the theatre a lot -
pebbles in their mouths every one!!!!! this is why UK actors have an edge by the way. they teach them how to say words over there
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The rage I feel at the thought of people ignoring Patsy Rodenburg.
Her technique is how I was able to do 8 shows a week of Shakespeare with no mics. I would give anything to learn from her.
Her technique is how I was able to do 8 shows a week of Shakespeare with no mics. I would give anything to learn from her.
If someone buys this thing for any of the kids in my life it will be taking a very long bath soon after.
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If someone buys this thing for any of the kids in my life it will be taking a very long bath soon after.
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It was a crazy busy in the bookshop today. I took almost four times what I'd expect to take on a normal Weds. I guess the ramp-up to Christmas has started, which is good news. Independent bookshops make around a third of their yearly income over the seasonal period, so remember to shop local!
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It was a crazy busy in the bookshop today. I took almost four times what I'd expect to take on a normal Weds. I guess the ramp-up to Christmas has started, which is good news. Independent bookshops make around a third of their yearly income over the seasonal period, so remember to shop local!
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LAUSD: Now’s your chance to tell the district we want AI slop & Big Tech out of our schools. EdTech listening sessions today & tomorrow at 5pm. Show up! www.schoolsbeyondscreens.com/important-ev...
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
LAUSD: Now’s your chance to tell the district we want AI slop & Big Tech out of our schools. EdTech listening sessions today & tomorrow at 5pm. Show up! www.schoolsbeyondscreens.com/important-ev...
Paging @thatrabbicohen.bsky.social for an important inquiry.
One of those 1 or 2 season Netflix shows has a Golem character that’s a studmuffin.
My question is, can Golems consent to sex?
My question is, can Golems consent to sex?
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Paging @thatrabbicohen.bsky.social for an important inquiry.
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"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE GIRLS
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE GIRLS
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
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What's going on in New Mexico???
College tuition is now covered by the State of New Mexico for residents.
Fall college enrollment increases in New Mexico for fourth consecutive year
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
What's going on in New Mexico???
If you have a predatory history, you shouldn’t be in a position of power.
I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If you have a predatory history, you shouldn’t be in a position of power.
A necessary spin off of the Magic Tree House series.
I wanna invent time travel and then require every high school student to take a class called "All The Shit We Fixed Before You Got Here" where they tour smog-filled US cities, polio wards, pre-vaccine hospitals, buildings with no safety regulations, kids working in mines, etc.
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A necessary spin off of the Magic Tree House series.
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On this Trans Awareness Week, I wanted to shout out 2 organizations in the UK that are doing really good work for trans kids & their families and could really use donations:
Mermaids: mermaidsuk.org.uk?form=donate
&
@genderedintelligence.co.uk: localgiving.org/charity/gend...
Mermaids: mermaidsuk.org.uk?form=donate
&
@genderedintelligence.co.uk: localgiving.org/charity/gend...
Mermaids Website
Helping gender-diverse kids, young people and their families since 1995
mermaidsuk.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
On this Trans Awareness Week, I wanted to shout out 2 organizations in the UK that are doing really good work for trans kids & their families and could really use donations:
Mermaids: mermaidsuk.org.uk?form=donate
&
@genderedintelligence.co.uk: localgiving.org/charity/gend...
Mermaids: mermaidsuk.org.uk?form=donate
&
@genderedintelligence.co.uk: localgiving.org/charity/gend...
Larry Summers needs to retreat from teaching life too.
as a person of political, financial or academic importance. Epstein ran with a large crowd, particularly men, who were very flawed.
2) Larry Summers won’t be the only person who retreats from public life.
3) Do not expect these documents to suddenly result in a massive set of new criminal
2) Larry Summers won’t be the only person who retreats from public life.
3) Do not expect these documents to suddenly result in a massive set of new criminal
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Larry Summers needs to retreat from teaching life too.
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Texas' abortion ban has killed yet another woman. Here's exactly what the anti-abortion response will be:
They’ll claim doctors were legally allowed to “intervene” or “treat” Tierra Walker with "care." They won't say she could have had an abortion because they don’t believe in life-saving abortions
They’ll claim doctors were legally allowed to “intervene” or “treat” Tierra Walker with "care." They won't say she could have had an abortion because they don’t believe in life-saving abortions
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Texas' abortion ban has killed yet another woman. Here's exactly what the anti-abortion response will be:
They’ll claim doctors were legally allowed to “intervene” or “treat” Tierra Walker with "care." They won't say she could have had an abortion because they don’t believe in life-saving abortions
They’ll claim doctors were legally allowed to “intervene” or “treat” Tierra Walker with "care." They won't say she could have had an abortion because they don’t believe in life-saving abortions