Kit
@profkit.bsky.social
Communicator. Teacher. Minnesotan. Academic interests focus on social media/mental health, and purpose/meaning. Cat dad x 3 🏳️🌈
Right now, when things are topsy turvy, it may seem that exploring your purpose is selfish, or counterproductive. But it's one of the best things we can do for our communities - and for ourselves.
www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Right now, when things are topsy turvy, it may seem that exploring your purpose is selfish, or counterproductive. But it's one of the best things we can do for our communities - and for ourselves.
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AI is reshaping the workplace, but at what cost? Journalist Hilke Schellmann reveals the flaws of algorithmic hiring and how workers can adapt to a world where machines decide who gets in the door.
AI is screening your resume. Here's how to make it past the bots
Applying for a job? You might be interviewing with an algorithm before a person. Journalist Hilke Schellmann shares how AI is reshaping hiring—and what job seekers can do to make it past the bots.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
AI is reshaping the workplace, but at what cost? Journalist Hilke Schellmann reveals the flaws of algorithmic hiring and how workers can adapt to a world where machines decide who gets in the door.
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Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are waiting to be discovered.
Astronomers have found more than 6,000 exoplanets. Billions more could be out there
Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are waiting to be discovered.
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are waiting to be discovered.
I start teaching my Social Media and Mental Health course in just over a week for the fall semester. I have 80 students enrolled, and counting.
I’m also teaching a new course I’ve designed - Creating a Meaningful Life - for undergrads. The enrollment cap was at 50 - I have 40 on the wait list! 🥰
I’m also teaching a new course I’ve designed - Creating a Meaningful Life - for undergrads. The enrollment cap was at 50 - I have 40 on the wait list! 🥰
August 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I start teaching my Social Media and Mental Health course in just over a week for the fall semester. I have 80 students enrolled, and counting.
I’m also teaching a new course I’ve designed - Creating a Meaningful Life - for undergrads. The enrollment cap was at 50 - I have 40 on the wait list! 🥰
I’m also teaching a new course I’ve designed - Creating a Meaningful Life - for undergrads. The enrollment cap was at 50 - I have 40 on the wait list! 🥰
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I frequently take comfort in the fact that the Universe is vast and beautiful and entirely unaffected by petty human foolishness
June 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I frequently take comfort in the fact that the Universe is vast and beautiful and entirely unaffected by petty human foolishness
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
My favorite thing about taking astrophysics courses is knowing that this happened 50 million years ago and we are just seeing it.
Spectacular: Fifty million light-years from Earth, two gigantic galaxies are crashing into each other!
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
June 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My favorite thing about taking astrophysics courses is knowing that this happened 50 million years ago and we are just seeing it.
Please check out and share this amazing set of free mental health and wellbeing resources. Free videos with lots of tips for tumultuous times, and lots of ways to support your own wellbeing and that of the community. My team and I worked so hard on this! z.umn.edu/YouDoMatter
May 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Please check out and share this amazing set of free mental health and wellbeing resources. Free videos with lots of tips for tumultuous times, and lots of ways to support your own wellbeing and that of the community. My team and I worked so hard on this! z.umn.edu/YouDoMatter
What do these books/subject areas have in common? They form some of the basis of a brand new academic course I’ll be teaching this fall titled “Creating a Meaningful Life.” I’ve just gotten full course approval, and I am so excited to teach this class to college students.
May 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
What do these books/subject areas have in common? They form some of the basis of a brand new academic course I’ll be teaching this fall titled “Creating a Meaningful Life.” I’ve just gotten full course approval, and I am so excited to teach this class to college students.
Social media has not only revoked our permission to be bored, but has also given far too many people the affirmation that they don’t need to keep things to themselves.
I’m no prude but jeez, folks.
I’m no prude but jeez, folks.
May 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Social media has not only revoked our permission to be bored, but has also given far too many people the affirmation that they don’t need to keep things to themselves.
I’m no prude but jeez, folks.
I’m no prude but jeez, folks.
I've taught about social media/mental health for years, and naturally that often branches into tech/gaming. Cozy gaming is one of my favorite recentish developments as it demonstrates that mindfulness/meditation can be practiced in many ways - and that gaming is not empirically "bad" for anyone.
How 'cozy gaming' is taking mindfulness mainstream
Meditative hits like 'Stardew Valley' and 'Animal Crossing' are helping a generation of gamers foster helpful habits.
mashable.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I've taught about social media/mental health for years, and naturally that often branches into tech/gaming. Cozy gaming is one of my favorite recentish developments as it demonstrates that mindfulness/meditation can be practiced in many ways - and that gaming is not empirically "bad" for anyone.
This is amazing.
there’s a group of Black young men on tiktok trying shit for the first time around the city 😂
they went to pilates a few days ago. and have been to salsa lessons, to try matcha and some other stuff lol
i hope a brand does something with them soon cuz this is so wholesome lmao
they went to pilates a few days ago. and have been to salsa lessons, to try matcha and some other stuff lol
i hope a brand does something with them soon cuz this is so wholesome lmao
April 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is amazing.
I’m really leaning in to “quiet practices” - things that don’t require screens and force me to slow down a bit. Today over lunch, I had an espresso and sent a few hand-written notes to friends. And k even enclosed some fun stickers for them! I absolutely love sending mail.
March 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’m really leaning in to “quiet practices” - things that don’t require screens and force me to slow down a bit. Today over lunch, I had an espresso and sent a few hand-written notes to friends. And k even enclosed some fun stickers for them! I absolutely love sending mail.
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We spoke with a dozen educators who say that the question of how to know whether something online can be trusted has made its way into their classrooms in recent years.
Read more here ⤵️
Read more here ⤵️
How Students Are Learning Not to Believe Everything They See on TikTok
“I feel like I should look up if it’s true or not before I start spreading it.”
www.teenvogue.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We spoke with a dozen educators who say that the question of how to know whether something online can be trusted has made its way into their classrooms in recent years.
Read more here ⤵️
Read more here ⤵️
I’ve seen several folks talk about how they stopped watching the news.
Self-care is so important. So is awareness - it’s important for community wellbeing.
I just edited/contributed to a good article about how to reduce fear while reading the news.
www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/social-learn...
Self-care is so important. So is awareness - it’s important for community wellbeing.
I just edited/contributed to a good article about how to reduce fear while reading the news.
www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/social-learn...
Social Learning of Fear: Reducing Your Fear of the News | Taking Charge of Your Wellbeing
Linda is unemployed and stays awake at night worrying about how to afford food for her teenaged children. Juan recently received a diagnosis of lymphoma and fears not living long enough to see his chi...
www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu
February 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’ve seen several folks talk about how they stopped watching the news.
Self-care is so important. So is awareness - it’s important for community wellbeing.
I just edited/contributed to a good article about how to reduce fear while reading the news.
www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/social-learn...
Self-care is so important. So is awareness - it’s important for community wellbeing.
I just edited/contributed to a good article about how to reduce fear while reading the news.
www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/social-learn...
I bought two beautiful books in Montreal - one is the 1001 Nights, and the other is Grimm’s Tales. Nights is annotated, and both have such wonderful illustrations.
Nights came from indie bookshop/community room Maktaba and Grimms from Renaud-Bray
Nights came from indie bookshop/community room Maktaba and Grimms from Renaud-Bray
January 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I bought two beautiful books in Montreal - one is the 1001 Nights, and the other is Grimm’s Tales. Nights is annotated, and both have such wonderful illustrations.
Nights came from indie bookshop/community room Maktaba and Grimms from Renaud-Bray
Nights came from indie bookshop/community room Maktaba and Grimms from Renaud-Bray
I’ve had such a cozy Sunday. I picked up donuts for breakfast, watched several scary movies, made a delightful baked spaghetti for dinner, and spent 14 full hours in my robe. Now I am finishing the evening off with a warm fireplace and a cuddling cat. ❤️
January 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I’ve had such a cozy Sunday. I picked up donuts for breakfast, watched several scary movies, made a delightful baked spaghetti for dinner, and spent 14 full hours in my robe. Now I am finishing the evening off with a warm fireplace and a cuddling cat. ❤️
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
1. Press Agent
2. Communications, English
3. I didn’t, altho I did switch course on one of my grad degrees
4. Comms director/teacher
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
1. Press Agent
2. Communications, English
3. I didn’t, altho I did switch course on one of my grad degrees
4. Comms director/teacher
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
1. Reporter
2. PoliSci (advised to work for college paper not major in j)
3. Didnt
4. Fitness instructor (after 35 yrs in journalism)
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
1. Reporter
2. PoliSci (advised to work for college paper not major in j)
3. Didnt
4. Fitness instructor (after 35 yrs in journalism)
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Football Coach/History Teacher
2. History Ed
3. Accounting
4. Accounting shit.
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Football Coach/History Teacher
2. History Ed
3. Accounting
4. Accounting shit.
January 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
1. Press Agent
2. Communications, English
3. I didn’t, altho I did switch course on one of my grad degrees
4. Comms director/teacher
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what to?
4. what do you do now professionally?
1. Press Agent
2. Communications, English
3. I didn’t, altho I did switch course on one of my grad degrees
4. Comms director/teacher
Beautiful downtown Minneapolis welcoming us home.
January 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Beautiful downtown Minneapolis welcoming us home.
Can we collectively start rumors that LinkedIn is gathering user data for a hostile nation so it gets banned too?
January 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Can we collectively start rumors that LinkedIn is gathering user data for a hostile nation so it gets banned too?
Just remember that whether your follower numbers are big or small, you owe them nothing. It's very okay - and really good for your wellbeing - to savor and guard those private moments sometimes.
January 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Just remember that whether your follower numbers are big or small, you owe them nothing. It's very okay - and really good for your wellbeing - to savor and guard those private moments sometimes.
Gonna do lots of posts about social media and relationships - dating, friendships - in February.
There are SO many good strategies to become more mindful/intentional about how we work with social media to improve relationships. I'm so excited to share on here what I share in my course.
There are SO many good strategies to become more mindful/intentional about how we work with social media to improve relationships. I'm so excited to share on here what I share in my course.
January 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Gonna do lots of posts about social media and relationships - dating, friendships - in February.
There are SO many good strategies to become more mindful/intentional about how we work with social media to improve relationships. I'm so excited to share on here what I share in my course.
There are SO many good strategies to become more mindful/intentional about how we work with social media to improve relationships. I'm so excited to share on here what I share in my course.