@klmcshane.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, Episcopalian, wife, queer, knitter, book nerd - in no particular order.
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Christ the King Sunday is also our Stewardship Ingathering Sunday, which meant rainbow ribbons to wave at the blessing of the pledges! And a celebratory brunch at which my wife joined/helped the kids in attacking the pinata. And a fav psalm today.⚓️
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Christ the King Sunday is also our Stewardship Ingathering Sunday, which meant rainbow ribbons to wave at the blessing of the pledges! And a celebratory brunch at which my wife joined/helped the kids in attacking the pinata. And a fav psalm today.⚓️
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When your relatives ask you what good that English degree is....
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When your relatives ask you what good that English degree is....
A gift link for my Narthex companions - look, my church! ⚓🕯️🙏
share.inquirer.com/RJBSdr
share.inquirer.com/RJBSdr
Churches across the country are celebrating the first gay bishop with new music. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is one of them.
“At the end of the day, love wins," is the message Gene Robinson thinks the country needs in the face of a "frightening White Christian Nationalist movement" that's distorting the religion.
share.inquirer.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A gift link for my Narthex companions - look, my church! ⚓🕯️🙏
share.inquirer.com/RJBSdr
share.inquirer.com/RJBSdr
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“Keeping It Together: How Not to Get So Burned Out That You Walk Out in the Middle of Class” will now be a slideshow presented in the haunted auditorium by Jim “Flip” Philips, head coach of the varsity TP team.
The Faculty Mental Health Fair Has Been Postponed Again
Dear Faculty: Due to concerns expressed by the students, parents, and staff, you are invited to attend a mandatory emergency mental health fair in ...
buff.ly
October 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Keeping It Together: How Not to Get So Burned Out That You Walk Out in the Middle of Class” will now be a slideshow presented in the haunted auditorium by Jim “Flip” Philips, head coach of the varsity TP team.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
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Major yn Englisshe:
• focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge
• research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even invented yet
• meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir
• it ys awesome
• books!
• focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge
• research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even invented yet
• meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir
• it ys awesome
• books!
September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Major yn Englisshe:
• focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge
• research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even invented yet
• meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir
• it ys awesome
• books!
• focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge
• research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even invented yet
• meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir
• it ys awesome
• books!
In case you can't find info on today's school shooting, since the news is busy covering... today's school shooting.
BREAKING: At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
At least two students were shot Wednesday at Evergreen High School, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said. This is a developing story that will be updated.
coloradosun.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
In case you can't find info on today's school shooting, since the news is busy covering... today's school shooting.
Alas, no more sitting with the wife in the pews. But we *do* get to sit with 40 of our best friends. Choir's back. ❤️⚓️🕯️
September 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Alas, no more sitting with the wife in the pews. But we *do* get to sit with 40 of our best friends. Choir's back. ❤️⚓️🕯️
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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."
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
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...
arxiv.org
September 1, 2025 at 6:48 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."
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
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"If you don’t like my tone, it’s called 'tough love,' America. You need to change yourself or this will keep happening, and it will get worse."
God Has Heard Your Thoughts and Prayers and He Thinks They Are Fucking Bullshit
Hi. God here. I am contacting you in response to your prayers regarding the most recent and totally horrific mass shooting in a college/ high schoo...
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August 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"If you don’t like my tone, it’s called 'tough love,' America. You need to change yourself or this will keep happening, and it will get worse."
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Wild how “Harris voters,” who are the substantial majority in the most economically viable states and an extremely weighty minority even in the most reactionary, are framed here as a weird fringe group based on an incredibly narrow election
almost like we’re being pressured to submit
almost like we’re being pressured to submit
August 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Wild how “Harris voters,” who are the substantial majority in the most economically viable states and an extremely weighty minority even in the most reactionary, are framed here as a weird fringe group based on an incredibly narrow election
almost like we’re being pressured to submit
almost like we’re being pressured to submit
Vestry retreat last night & today, and while so many things are hard out there in the world, my parish is so tremendously blessed to have the clergy & lay leadership that we do.
(And the Rector's Warden needs a nap now.) ⚓️
(And the Rector's Warden needs a nap now.) ⚓️
August 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Vestry retreat last night & today, and while so many things are hard out there in the world, my parish is so tremendously blessed to have the clergy & lay leadership that we do.
(And the Rector's Warden needs a nap now.) ⚓️
(And the Rector's Warden needs a nap now.) ⚓️
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
“Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”
“Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”
Discworld QOTD, from Eric
“The captain glared at him. The sergeant put on the poker face that has been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another, lower-ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.”
“The captain glared at him. The sergeant put on the poker face that has been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another, lower-ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero
“Too many people, when listing all the perils to be found in the search for lost treasure or ancient wisdom, had forgotten to put at the top of the list "the man who arrived just before you".”
“Too many people, when listing all the perils to be found in the search for lost treasure or ancient wisdom, had forgotten to put at the top of the list "the man who arrived just before you".”
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
“Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”
“Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”
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Periodic reminder that the Humanities are often financially in the black due to lower overhead.
Also freshmen composition/communication courses are cash cows for universities and that $ is often “disappeared” from the discussions of English or Rhet Comp budgets and needs.
Also freshmen composition/communication courses are cash cows for universities and that $ is often “disappeared” from the discussions of English or Rhet Comp budgets and needs.
August 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Periodic reminder that the Humanities are often financially in the black due to lower overhead.
Also freshmen composition/communication courses are cash cows for universities and that $ is often “disappeared” from the discussions of English or Rhet Comp budgets and needs.
Also freshmen composition/communication courses are cash cows for universities and that $ is often “disappeared” from the discussions of English or Rhet Comp budgets and needs.
Read the whole thread.
MAHA just announced that states will be able to prohibit people from purchasing junk food with SNAP.
They claim this will make people healthier. That it’ll force them to make better choices.
It won’t.
Why? They aren’t addressing the privilege involved with healthy eating 🧵
They claim this will make people healthier. That it’ll force them to make better choices.
It won’t.
Why? They aren’t addressing the privilege involved with healthy eating 🧵
August 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Read the whole thread.
*cries in mid-career competent lady academic*
Why yes, I am halfway thru my second term as chair.
Why yes, I am halfway thru my second term as chair.
The number of mid-career friends I know being asked to serve as Chair (interim or otherwise) is substantial. It’s the downside to being competent and not widely loathed!
July 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
*cries in mid-career competent lady academic*
Why yes, I am halfway thru my second term as chair.
Why yes, I am halfway thru my second term as chair.
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“Roughly half of U.S. adults report that Trump’s policies have “done more to hurt” them since his second term began six months ago, the survey found”
apnews.com/article/poll...
apnews.com/article/poll...
Trump's approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC poll finds
Just 1 in 4 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them. That's according to a new AP-NORC poll that finds underwhelming marks for the Republican president on key issues, includ...
apnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
“Roughly half of U.S. adults report that Trump’s policies have “done more to hurt” them since his second term began six months ago, the survey found”
apnews.com/article/poll...
apnews.com/article/poll...
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If you were forced to bet on which university courses of study still will be relevant in 50 years, languages, literature, history, philosophy, and arts are all pretty good wagers.
They have an excellent track record over the past thousand years or so.
They have an excellent track record over the past thousand years or so.
Not the point of this fascinating article, but it remains darkly ironic to me that the Humanities have fallen backwards into being the safe financial bet of degrees
July 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If you were forced to bet on which university courses of study still will be relevant in 50 years, languages, literature, history, philosophy, and arts are all pretty good wagers.
They have an excellent track record over the past thousand years or so.
They have an excellent track record over the past thousand years or so.
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Education professionals, scholars, & writers in the academy: please consider signing/sharing this open letter from a global coalition of AI refusers, skeptics, & ethics watchers in academia.
#EduSky #AIResistance #AcademicFreedom #AIinEdu #Lamplighter
openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
#EduSky #AIResistance #AcademicFreedom #AIinEdu #Lamplighter
openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education
openletter.earth
July 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Education professionals, scholars, & writers in the academy: please consider signing/sharing this open letter from a global coalition of AI refusers, skeptics, & ethics watchers in academia.
#EduSky #AIResistance #AcademicFreedom #AIinEdu #Lamplighter
openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
#EduSky #AIResistance #AcademicFreedom #AIinEdu #Lamplighter
openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
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You kan not run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys ther to make a profit. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
July 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You kan not run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys ther to make a profit. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
Found a new statement of teaching philosophy.
we need to fix postsecondary education by making lecturers do cosplay and be more annoying
July 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Found a new statement of teaching philosophy.
If you also feel like this 4th of July is basically "going to the nursing home for grandpa's last birthday," good news, you aren't alone! I'm astonished the number is this high, frankly.
A record-low 58% of U.S. adults say they are extremely/very proud to be an American
news.gallup.com/poll/692150/...
news.gallup.com/poll/692150/...
American Pride Slips to New Low
Fifty-eight percent of U.S. adults are extremely or very proud to be Americans, the lowest in Gallup's 25-year trend.
news.gallup.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you also feel like this 4th of July is basically "going to the nursing home for grandpa's last birthday," good news, you aren't alone! I'm astonished the number is this high, frankly.