Mike MacDonald
@somuchforthestate.bsky.social
He/him. Assoc Prof of writing, rhetoric, and global studies @ UM-Dearborn. Likes cats, games, and Dunkin’ Donuts.
Most recent article is on human rights and corporate violence in Tech Comm Quarterly: https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2024.2394999
Most recent article is on human rights and corporate violence in Tech Comm Quarterly: https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2024.2394999
I just plop her in front of a screen - parenting win
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I just plop her in front of a screen - parenting win
Yup!!!
The shingles vaccine could lay me out for a week and I'd prefer that to shingles.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Yup!!!
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December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Have a read of our recent current debate 'AI Empire: The Rise of Technocolonialism' by Mohammad Mohi Uddin: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
AI Empire: The Rise of Technocolonialism
The rapid flourishing of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has sparked multiplex debates across the world, revealing not only its transformative potential but also its capacity to reproduce deep global ...
doi.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Have a read of our recent current debate 'AI Empire: The Rise of Technocolonialism' by Mohammad Mohi Uddin: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
🤣😭 um ya while I agree w the idea I mean come on. That’s not your mandate as an elected representative
When it comes to standing up to attacks on our people and our democracy, my advice is this:
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
🤣😭 um ya while I agree w the idea I mean come on. That’s not your mandate as an elected representative
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Working Man Proud Of Job He Hates https://theonion.com/working-man-proud-of-job-he-hates-1819567149/
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Working Man Proud Of Job He Hates https://theonion.com/working-man-proud-of-job-he-hates-1819567149/
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I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.
A couple years ago they played a bunch of crypto currency ads during football. Now it’s “AI” products … 🤔
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A couple years ago they played a bunch of crypto currency ads during football. Now it’s “AI” products … 🤔
The Trojan horse method does violate or flag accessibility plug ins. So I have just added a sentence to my assignment instructions that requires LLM use to be disclosed. If the student copies my assignment into the chat bot w out paying attention then this kid of works the same way
Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Trojan horse method does violate or flag accessibility plug ins. So I have just added a sentence to my assignment instructions that requires LLM use to be disclosed. If the student copies my assignment into the chat bot w out paying attention then this kid of works the same way
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Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off
Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off
DETROIT—Double-checking that he had approval before finalizing travel plans, Detroit Lions rookie Tate Ratledge reportedly approached head coach Dan Campbell on Monday to see if it might be possible f...
theonion.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
Yes! I don’t know how academic researchers at my own school can be so glib when using the word “AI”
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yes! I don’t know how academic researchers at my own school can be so glib when using the word “AI”
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
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Reposted by Mike MacDonald
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
post a non-religious image you think of as holy
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
post a non-religious image you think of as holy
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ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
CHICAGO—His heart racing with terror as he found himself completely surrounded, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent conducting a raid on a Chicago elementary school reportedly fell into panic...
theonion.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
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Remember that time Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face and then the guy had to go on TV and apologise for how being shot in the face made Dick Cheny look bad?
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Remember that time Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face and then the guy had to go on TV and apologise for how being shot in the face made Dick Cheny look bad?
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IT WILL KILL is a game for one or two players about the 3rd act of slasher flick. It's available for free on my Itch page [link below].
November 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
IT WILL KILL is a game for one or two players about the 3rd act of slasher flick. It's available for free on my Itch page [link below].
Yup!!
Do you know where old punks go when they need a job and health benefits? Libraries.
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Yup!!
UM is one of the richest stat universities and could have faculty and staff design its own learning management system but instead chooses to do business with the likes of these kleptomaniacs
Fun fact (or terrifying one), today’s AWS outage took down Canvas, the #1 learning management system used by 4,000+ U.S. colleges and millions of students worldwide. One data center hiccup and half of higher ed disappears.
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
UM is one of the richest stat universities and could have faculty and staff design its own learning management system but instead chooses to do business with the likes of these kleptomaniacs
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they should host college and medical debt records on AWS
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
they should host college and medical debt records on AWS
AWS down means Canvas is also down 🤷🏽♂️😩🤦🏻♂️🪦
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
AWS down means Canvas is also down 🤷🏽♂️😩🤦🏻♂️🪦
Quote this with the first four horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you:
Silence of the Lambs
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
The VVitch
Silence of the Lambs
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
The VVitch
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you.
-The Exorcist
-Let The Right One In
-Texas Chainsaw Massacre
-Psycho
-The Exorcist
-Let The Right One In
-Texas Chainsaw Massacre
-Psycho
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you.
-The Bride of Frankenstein
-The Silence of the Lambs
-Rosemary’s Baby
-Psycho
-The Bride of Frankenstein
-The Silence of the Lambs
-Rosemary’s Baby
-Psycho
October 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Quote this with the first four horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you:
Silence of the Lambs
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
The VVitch
Silence of the Lambs
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
The VVitch