Dr. Ted Howell
@tedhowell.bsky.social
Associate Teaching Professor at Rowan University in Writing Arts & Environmental Studies
cli-fi; gardening; board games; environment & climate.
he/him
cli-fi; gardening; board games; environment & climate.
he/him
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LLM use in research and writing doesn't just mean students aren't doing the work, it means they literally abandon the very skills development and knowledge acquisition necessary for any intellectual job, let alone to know whether or when LLMs are giving them bullshit or useful info. 2/n
June 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
LLM use in research and writing doesn't just mean students aren't doing the work, it means they literally abandon the very skills development and knowledge acquisition necessary for any intellectual job, let alone to know whether or when LLMs are giving them bullshit or useful info. 2/n
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The Long Heat, the book by Andreas Malm and I on carbon removal and geoengineering, will be released by @versobooks.bsky.social in October. It's available now for pre-ordering:
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
The Long Heat
Warming is about to hit one and a half degrees, perhaps two degrees soon after. What do we do then? In the overshoot era, schemes abound for muscular adaptation or for turning the heat down at a later...
www.versobooks.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Long Heat, the book by Andreas Malm and I on carbon removal and geoengineering, will be released by @versobooks.bsky.social in October. It's available now for pre-ordering:
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Time to drop the really big bomb:
The unconscious is the discourse of the Other.
Have a nice day!
The unconscious is the discourse of the Other.
Have a nice day!
June 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Time to drop the really big bomb:
The unconscious is the discourse of the Other.
Have a nice day!
The unconscious is the discourse of the Other.
Have a nice day!
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Time for universities to take a long, hard look in the mirror about what they are doing, and need to do, to remain vital parts of our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Time for universities to take a long, hard look in the mirror about what they are doing, and need to do, to remain vital parts of our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
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In this dissertation, I study the political economy of pre-10am April 7, 2025.
April 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In this dissertation, I study the political economy of pre-10am April 7, 2025.
YES PLEASE!
Im seeing endless workshops on "how to use AI/incorporate AI in the classroom" etc, does anyone know of workshops on how to refuse AI?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
April 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
YES PLEASE!
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Again, I'd implore my colleagues in the media to stop using euphemisms around "diversity" and "anti -DEI".
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
March 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Again, I'd implore my colleagues in the media to stop using euphemisms around "diversity" and "anti -DEI".
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
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One of the deepest lessons of Parable of the Sower is that change is inevitable and at any given time, we are never going back to the time before.
MAGA is very literally about denying that essential truth, and unfortunately the same sort of denial has been animating Dems since at least 2020
MAGA is very literally about denying that essential truth, and unfortunately the same sort of denial has been animating Dems since at least 2020
March 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
One of the deepest lessons of Parable of the Sower is that change is inevitable and at any given time, we are never going back to the time before.
MAGA is very literally about denying that essential truth, and unfortunately the same sort of denial has been animating Dems since at least 2020
MAGA is very literally about denying that essential truth, and unfortunately the same sort of denial has been animating Dems since at least 2020
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“Despite judge’s order” is the line. There are no other boundaries to cross. This is the difference between a republic and a dictatorship in a single phrase and they walked over it not just knowingly, but eagerly.
Brown University professor deported despite judge’s order, defying US court
US prosecutors allege Rasha Alawieh had ‘sympathetic photos and videos’ related to key Hezbollah figures
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“Despite judge’s order” is the line. There are no other boundaries to cross. This is the difference between a republic and a dictatorship in a single phrase and they walked over it not just knowingly, but eagerly.
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Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social
needed this today
Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.
March 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
needed this today
as if higher ed institutions are not instead exemplars of equity if they even have an "adjunct lounge" where their wage slaves can sit down for a moment and maybe even, God forbid, use a microwave or a computer
March 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
as if higher ed institutions are not instead exemplars of equity if they even have an "adjunct lounge" where their wage slaves can sit down for a moment and maybe even, God forbid, use a microwave or a computer
holy smokes this is AMAZING
Working on a series of projects this spring to inundate my region of Philly with action-item-based messaging focused on biodiversity.
One of those is a sticker!
This is an attempt to break down any emotional barrier to gardening by city dwellers. You don't need a green thumb, ya know? Just try it!
One of those is a sticker!
This is an attempt to break down any emotional barrier to gardening by city dwellers. You don't need a green thumb, ya know? Just try it!
March 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
holy smokes this is AMAZING
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”
March 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”
say it with me: CCS is not a real solution. More and more evidence continues to pile up www.desmog.com/2025/02/26/p...
Pathways Carbon Capture Project Is Not Viable, Expert Warns
New report says CCS proposal is a subsidy-dependent 'financial risk' with 'limited revenue potential.'
www.desmog.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
say it with me: CCS is not a real solution. More and more evidence continues to pile up www.desmog.com/2025/02/26/p...
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🚨 NEW MERCH 🚨 While supplies last, get your FUCK ELON M*SK sticker
Price: $3.99 each or 3 for $10
Venmo: @Christian-Rincon
Message me your mailing address and I’ll make sure it gets to you 🚀 If supply runs out, I’ll try to print another batch 🇺🇸
Price: $3.99 each or 3 for $10
Venmo: @Christian-Rincon
Message me your mailing address and I’ll make sure it gets to you 🚀 If supply runs out, I’ll try to print another batch 🇺🇸
February 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🚨 NEW MERCH 🚨 While supplies last, get your FUCK ELON M*SK sticker
Price: $3.99 each or 3 for $10
Venmo: @Christian-Rincon
Message me your mailing address and I’ll make sure it gets to you 🚀 If supply runs out, I’ll try to print another batch 🇺🇸
Price: $3.99 each or 3 for $10
Venmo: @Christian-Rincon
Message me your mailing address and I’ll make sure it gets to you 🚀 If supply runs out, I’ll try to print another batch 🇺🇸
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People are gonna study in like 70 years how "The Last Jedi" contributed to the collapse of the U.S.
February 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
People are gonna study in like 70 years how "The Last Jedi" contributed to the collapse of the U.S.
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pedophile has problem with anti-pedophile song
February 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
pedophile has problem with anti-pedophile song
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always a joy to teach Walden to a new group of students and hear their thoughts. Today a student compared Thoreau to Squidward and I'm dying 🤣
squidward from spongebob is standing in front of a door
ALT: squidward from spongebob is standing in front of a door
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
always a joy to teach Walden to a new group of students and hear their thoughts. Today a student compared Thoreau to Squidward and I'm dying 🤣
evil incarnate
Exxon has decided the one thing the world needs more of is microplastics.
So, amidst a fossil fuel pollution global warming crisis, it's opening a new US$8.6bn congealed oil factory in Texas: https://grist.org/accountability/exxon-plastics-plant-point-comfort-texas/
So, amidst a fossil fuel pollution global warming crisis, it's opening a new US$8.6bn congealed oil factory in Texas: https://grist.org/accountability/exxon-plastics-plant-point-comfort-texas/
February 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
evil incarnate
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Trump administration officials are weighing executive actions to dismantle the Education Department as part of the campaign by billionaire Elon Musk and his allies to shrink federal agencies and slash the size of the government workforce. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Advisers Weigh Plan to Dismantle Education Department
Administration officials are discussing executive order that could shut down key functions of the agency.
www.wsj.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Trump administration officials are weighing executive actions to dismantle the Education Department as part of the campaign by billionaire Elon Musk and his allies to shrink federal agencies and slash the size of the government workforce. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...