Steven Kapica
@sskapica.bsky.social
Neurodivergent rhetorician. Driven by distraction and dirty words. The circle must be broken.
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…The fact that, as we tracked last season, AI EdTech is being rolled out most aggressively at HBCUs & other PoC-serving institutions just makes its intent, as a new iteration of Jim Crow, more bald-faced.
Gonna go download Tanksley whole research archive now.
Thanks, @ruha9.bsky.social
Gonna go download Tanksley whole research archive now.
Thanks, @ruha9.bsky.social
HBCUs & The Philanthrocapitalist Swindle
A practical landing page for teachers, students, and scholars.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
…The fact that, as we tracked last season, AI EdTech is being rolled out most aggressively at HBCUs & other PoC-serving institutions just makes its intent, as a new iteration of Jim Crow, more bald-faced.
Gonna go download Tanksley whole research archive now.
Thanks, @ruha9.bsky.social
Gonna go download Tanksley whole research archive now.
Thanks, @ruha9.bsky.social
Surely there’s an appropriate Twain quote here?
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Surely there’s an appropriate Twain quote here?
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Hollywood has been running a version of this for decades: Chase ROI via known quantities (sequels, reboots) EVEN THOUGH the ROI might be negligible. General market stability and nominal profit > probability, faith in human artistry, faith in audience receptivity.
AI Avengers 56, in theaters now!
AI Avengers 56, in theaters now!
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hollywood has been running a version of this for decades: Chase ROI via known quantities (sequels, reboots) EVEN THOUGH the ROI might be negligible. General market stability and nominal profit > probability, faith in human artistry, faith in audience receptivity.
AI Avengers 56, in theaters now!
AI Avengers 56, in theaters now!
Function and form. Lensed (only/primarily) through market value, art is only a commodity, and the means of production inhibits ROI. Eliminate and/or automate the means of production and access greater control of art-as-commodity.
Fuck the artist, living wages, cultural value—the HUMAN in the art.
Fuck the artist, living wages, cultural value—the HUMAN in the art.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Function and form. Lensed (only/primarily) through market value, art is only a commodity, and the means of production inhibits ROI. Eliminate and/or automate the means of production and access greater control of art-as-commodity.
Fuck the artist, living wages, cultural value—the HUMAN in the art.
Fuck the artist, living wages, cultural value—the HUMAN in the art.
Reposted by Steven Kapica
to be clear, i think it's great. if you avoid using AI-generated content in your videos (about prehistoric animals, etc), you should get to benefit from pointing that out. if every restaurant is serving food mixed with sawdust, but you're not, you're entitled to put up a sign that says "NO SAWDUST".
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
to be clear, i think it's great. if you avoid using AI-generated content in your videos (about prehistoric animals, etc), you should get to benefit from pointing that out. if every restaurant is serving food mixed with sawdust, but you're not, you're entitled to put up a sign that says "NO SAWDUST".
If not for anxiety-induced hyperfocus and my divergent thinking skills, my father’s constant threat of lighting a fire under my ass—
AND MS Word—
my undiagnosed ADHD would surely have sunk me.
I don’t think I would have made it as a writer, much less an English major, without a computer.
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AND MS Word—
my undiagnosed ADHD would surely have sunk me.
I don’t think I would have made it as a writer, much less an English major, without a computer.
7/
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If not for anxiety-induced hyperfocus and my divergent thinking skills, my father’s constant threat of lighting a fire under my ass—
AND MS Word—
my undiagnosed ADHD would surely have sunk me.
I don’t think I would have made it as a writer, much less an English major, without a computer.
7/
AND MS Word—
my undiagnosed ADHD would surely have sunk me.
I don’t think I would have made it as a writer, much less an English major, without a computer.
7/
Partly. What I didn’t know back in 1992 was that I was neurodivergent. My ADHD wouldn’t be diagnosed for another 30 years…
My handwriting was horrible—it bounced between tiny and precise and illegible scribbling.
And I was a wildly unorganized high-functioning procrastinator. (Still am.)
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My handwriting was horrible—it bounced between tiny and precise and illegible scribbling.
And I was a wildly unorganized high-functioning procrastinator. (Still am.)
6/
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Partly. What I didn’t know back in 1992 was that I was neurodivergent. My ADHD wouldn’t be diagnosed for another 30 years…
My handwriting was horrible—it bounced between tiny and precise and illegible scribbling.
And I was a wildly unorganized high-functioning procrastinator. (Still am.)
6/
My handwriting was horrible—it bounced between tiny and precise and illegible scribbling.
And I was a wildly unorganized high-functioning procrastinator. (Still am.)
6/
Years later, when I was writing my master’s thesis, my director observed that my process was “writing a lot,” and in circles. Many many years later, a reviewer one observed that my writing was “maddeningly circular” (as well as “peppy and astute,” mind you).
Did I write this way because of Word?
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Did I write this way because of Word?
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November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Years later, when I was writing my master’s thesis, my director observed that my process was “writing a lot,” and in circles. Many many years later, a reviewer one observed that my writing was “maddeningly circular” (as well as “peppy and astute,” mind you).
Did I write this way because of Word?
5/
Did I write this way because of Word?
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