T. Keith Edmunds
@tkedmunds.bsky.social
Academic focusing on employee engagement, entrepreneurship, fun, play, pedagogy, and more. One of the authors of "Ludic Pedagogy: A Seriously Fun Way to Teach and Learn." Eager idea-chaser, for better or worse.
According to my wife, calling butter tarts “mini raisin quiches” does not make them appropriate breakfast food. I beg to differ.
December 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
According to my wife, calling butter tarts “mini raisin quiches” does not make them appropriate breakfast food. I beg to differ.
Me: *playing with my Star Wars LEGO advent calendar*
Wife: Oh, nice. You got a C-3P0 and an R2-D2
Me: That's not R2-D2! It looks like it's maybe supposed to be an R2 unit, but it is for sure an astromech droid. What's interesting about it is... where are you going?
Wife: Oh, nice. You got a C-3P0 and an R2-D2
Me: That's not R2-D2! It looks like it's maybe supposed to be an R2 unit, but it is for sure an astromech droid. What's interesting about it is... where are you going?
December 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Me: *playing with my Star Wars LEGO advent calendar*
Wife: Oh, nice. You got a C-3P0 and an R2-D2
Me: That's not R2-D2! It looks like it's maybe supposed to be an R2 unit, but it is for sure an astromech droid. What's interesting about it is... where are you going?
Wife: Oh, nice. You got a C-3P0 and an R2-D2
Me: That's not R2-D2! It looks like it's maybe supposed to be an R2 unit, but it is for sure an astromech droid. What's interesting about it is... where are you going?
I've long held that I will use this line at my eventual retirement party, decades hence.
December 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I've long held that I will use this line at my eventual retirement party, decades hence.
This is the kind of thread for which social media was invented.
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
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December 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is the kind of thread for which social media was invented.
This one really hurts.
December 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This one really hurts.
Who needs an MBA when you have Bluesky?!?
Red Lobster never released a commercial with a jingle that went “Shrimply having a wonderful Fishmastime.” That’s why they went bankrupt.
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Who needs an MBA when you have Bluesky?!?
For a second I thought this was a Chronicle of Higher Ed article...
"I’ve concluded that instead of teaching students to read and write, I should be teaching them how to prompt AI better. If only I’d had a better education in AI prompt writing, I’d be able to get AI to create more AI-proof teaching materials for me."
I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers
I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
For a second I thought this was a Chronicle of Higher Ed article...
A fantastic argument for a liberal arts education. #highered
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A fantastic argument for a liberal arts education. #highered
We’re living in an era where everyone wants authentic connection but also wants AI to write every thought they’ve ever had. My policy: if you try to connect with me on social media and your every single post is AI-generated, I’m not connecting back and I now hate you.
#LinkedIn #BeHuman
#LinkedIn #BeHuman
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hey, so apparently you can ask what vaccines you should get. I’ve been due for my tetanus shot since 1991. Guess I’ll do that… at some point.
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hey, so apparently you can ask what vaccines you should get. I’ve been due for my tetanus shot since 1991. Guess I’ll do that… at some point.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Suddenly it all makes sense.
New conspiracy theory just dropped:
What if peer review, committee meetings, strategic plans, promotion & tenure processes, and letter-writing requests are all part of a secret plot to keep smart, creative, active minds from thinking and writing the big ideas that would *really* change the world?
What if peer review, committee meetings, strategic plans, promotion & tenure processes, and letter-writing requests are all part of a secret plot to keep smart, creative, active minds from thinking and writing the big ideas that would *really* change the world?
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Suddenly it all makes sense.
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
Somebody please explain to me the business case of AI companies.
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
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That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Somebody please explain to me the business case of AI companies.
So if I understand the current state of capitalism correctly, we can't have too many electric cars because that would overwhelm the power grid, but there is no upper limit on the number of data centers we can establish.
Have I got that right?
Have I got that right?
October 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So if I understand the current state of capitalism correctly, we can't have too many electric cars because that would overwhelm the power grid, but there is no upper limit on the number of data centers we can establish.
Have I got that right?
Have I got that right?
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For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )
September 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )
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One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.
September 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.
Rule of thumb: don't kill people, even if they are assholes.
September 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Rule of thumb: don't kill people, even if they are assholes.
“We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first.” - Charles MacKay (1841)
The market is going all-in on AI. The biggest stocks are technology companies. The 10 largest companies in the S&P 500 accounted for 39.5% of its total value at the end of July.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
U.S. Stocks Are Now Pricier Than They Were in the Dot-Com Era
The S&P 500 has never been this expensive, or more concentrated in fewer companies.
www.wsj.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first.” - Charles MacKay (1841)
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Now Lego needs to set terms that it'll only start shipping Lego back to the US once the Americans take the 's' off the end of their plural pronunciation.
August 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Now Lego needs to set terms that it'll only start shipping Lego back to the US once the Americans take the 's' off the end of their plural pronunciation.
Printed and distributed ahead of meeting.
"General sense of doom."
First Faculty Meeting of the Year Bingo
First Faculty Meeting of the Year Bingo
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August 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Printed and distributed ahead of meeting.
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Read a book.
Read another book.
And then read some more.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Read another book.
And then read some more.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
August 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Read a book.
Read another book.
And then read some more.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Read another book.
And then read some more.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...