dr.kwittman
@kwittman.bsky.social
Community eng.+sustainability pro & historian. Knitter, runner, & adoptee rights activist. Cubs fan & cat mom. MS-born, Midwesterner at heart. Étudiante 🇫🇷.
Interests: history of integration @ community colleges.
she/her/dr.
Interests: history of integration @ community colleges.
she/her/dr.
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I remain appalled by the librarians and archivists pushing to adopt generative AI in our work while ignoring the technology’s cost.
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I remain appalled by the librarians and archivists pushing to adopt generative AI in our work while ignoring the technology’s cost.
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The sight of Mohammed bin Salman sitting in the Oval Office should make all Americans want to vomit. It sure does for me.
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The sight of Mohammed bin Salman sitting in the Oval Office should make all Americans want to vomit. It sure does for me.
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
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A female reporter asks Trump about Epstein. He says, “Quiet, piggy.”
When Khashoggi’s murder is brought up in his meeting with the Saudi Prince who had him killed (according to the CIA), Trump says, “Things happen.”
You have a monster at the helm, America. You are in terrible danger.
When Khashoggi’s murder is brought up in his meeting with the Saudi Prince who had him killed (according to the CIA), Trump says, “Things happen.”
You have a monster at the helm, America. You are in terrible danger.
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A female reporter asks Trump about Epstein. He says, “Quiet, piggy.”
When Khashoggi’s murder is brought up in his meeting with the Saudi Prince who had him killed (according to the CIA), Trump says, “Things happen.”
You have a monster at the helm, America. You are in terrible danger.
When Khashoggi’s murder is brought up in his meeting with the Saudi Prince who had him killed (according to the CIA), Trump says, “Things happen.”
You have a monster at the helm, America. You are in terrible danger.
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"‘In fact, what’s really surprising is that higher AI literacy brings more overconfidence...We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems – but this was not the case.’"
AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance
A study led by Aalto University reveals that when it comes to AI, specifically, LLMs, the Dunning-Kruger Effect doesn’t hold. All users show a significant inability to assess their performance a...
www.eurekalert.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"‘In fact, what’s really surprising is that higher AI literacy brings more overconfidence...We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems – but this was not the case.’"
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November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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You love to see it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
You love to see it.
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NEW: The Trump administration's brutal removal of so many workers is projected to shrink the nation’s GDP by as much as 6.8% — a deeper hit than the one sustained during the Great Recession.
A.J. Schumann:
A.J. Schumann:
Mass Deportations Aren’t Helping Workers. They’re Tanking The Economy. - OtherWords
Trump claimed immigrants were “taking your jobs.” But during his brutal crackdown, the job market has only gotten worse.
otherwords.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEW: The Trump administration's brutal removal of so many workers is projected to shrink the nation’s GDP by as much as 6.8% — a deeper hit than the one sustained during the Great Recession.
A.J. Schumann:
A.J. Schumann:
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ChatGPT's sycophancy problem by the numbers: The Post found it began responses with variations on “yes” 10 times as often as it did with versions of “no.”
Really interesting analysis here by @gerritd.bsky.social & @jeremybmerrill.com
Really interesting analysis here by @gerritd.bsky.social & @jeremybmerrill.com
The Post analyzed 47,000 public ChatGPT conversations.
While 35% use it for info and 11% for coding, the most striking finding? The emotional intimacy.
ChatGPT: "You're not crazy sweetheart — you're just early."
Use this link to read it with a $4 day pass to @washingtonpost.com: bit.ly/47QOjUb
While 35% use it for info and 11% for coding, the most striking finding? The emotional intimacy.
ChatGPT: "You're not crazy sweetheart — you're just early."
Use this link to read it with a $4 day pass to @washingtonpost.com: bit.ly/47QOjUb
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
ChatGPT's sycophancy problem by the numbers: The Post found it began responses with variations on “yes” 10 times as often as it did with versions of “no.”
Really interesting analysis here by @gerritd.bsky.social & @jeremybmerrill.com
Really interesting analysis here by @gerritd.bsky.social & @jeremybmerrill.com
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
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Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
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'What to Do for English Now' by Robert Eaglestone – Open access in the latest volume of the Yearbook of English Studies. A call to arms to defend a subject in crisis. Please read and share!
#EnglishStudies #EnglishCreates
muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...
#EnglishStudies #EnglishCreates
muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...
Project MUSE - What to Do for English Now
muse.jhu.edu
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
'What to Do for English Now' by Robert Eaglestone – Open access in the latest volume of the Yearbook of English Studies. A call to arms to defend a subject in crisis. Please read and share!
#EnglishStudies #EnglishCreates
muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...
#EnglishStudies #EnglishCreates
muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...
I’ve always replied to that BS pablum with, “that’s because you chose not to know about the 95% of our history that is uncomfortable.”
It's the "this is not the America I know" comment. This is the only America many of us know.
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I’ve always replied to that BS pablum with, “that’s because you chose not to know about the 95% of our history that is uncomfortable.”
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
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hello from a shopping center where it turns out I was actually not psychically prepared for Christmas music
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
hello from a shopping center where it turns out I was actually not psychically prepared for Christmas music
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Unlike your cabbage patch doll, I didn't come with adoption papers. No adoptee does. In fact, all we're given is nothing but a new birth certificate that falsely lists our adopters as our "parents of live birth". You think we're given some sort of adoption file when we're 18?
Think again.🧵
Think again.🧵
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Unlike your cabbage patch doll, I didn't come with adoption papers. No adoptee does. In fact, all we're given is nothing but a new birth certificate that falsely lists our adopters as our "parents of live birth". You think we're given some sort of adoption file when we're 18?
Think again.🧵
Think again.🧵
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A computer cannot act out of love or compassion
It cannot make actual human connections
It can repeat what it is told, no more, no less
It cannot make actual human connections
It can repeat what it is told, no more, no less
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A computer cannot act out of love or compassion
It cannot make actual human connections
It can repeat what it is told, no more, no less
It cannot make actual human connections
It can repeat what it is told, no more, no less
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People are desperate for validation, for acceptance, for reassurance, for someone to tell them they are loved
The computer can say these words to them but does so without meaning what it says
Desperate people want to see those words in the 2nd person regardless of sincerity
So they are exploited
The computer can say these words to them but does so without meaning what it says
Desperate people want to see those words in the 2nd person regardless of sincerity
So they are exploited
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
People are desperate for validation, for acceptance, for reassurance, for someone to tell them they are loved
The computer can say these words to them but does so without meaning what it says
Desperate people want to see those words in the 2nd person regardless of sincerity
So they are exploited
The computer can say these words to them but does so without meaning what it says
Desperate people want to see those words in the 2nd person regardless of sincerity
So they are exploited
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I can’t remember a plausibly threatened invasion by the US that has received less attention and alarm by the press.
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I can’t remember a plausibly threatened invasion by the US that has received less attention and alarm by the press.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here