The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 10mo ago

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 10mo ago

I have been saying for a few years now that people really need to take a seriously long look at the center of that venn diagram where the circles are marked "AI Culture" and "Disregard For/Violation Of Consent." The whole "AI Actress" situation is more of why.

Just went to a pretty interesting webinar about designing AI-resistant assignments for meaningful learning, but the instructor mentioned she uses AI for all her communication but doesn't disclose that to students. How can you do that while talking about students being transparent about AI usage?

Concluded Rebel Ready Week by hosting round 2 of my identity exploration with TTRPGs and safety tools workshop; students loved the Katie gif, and they were all so wonderful and lovely! And then a second escape room for a grand finale. I love getting to create spaces where nerds can find each other.

Today’s Rebel Ready Week day was a whirlwind of awesome students! Co-led a silly workshop about podcasts with some amazing colleagues, talked to students about how to incorporate their fandoms into research, and had a jam-packed workshop about using safety tools, identity exploration, and TTRPGs. 💚

Rebel Ready Week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. I get to do the kind of instruction and programming that brings me so much joy (largely bringing nerds together). Today was Locked in the Library, an escape room experience, and Game Changer: Libraries Edition, and it was so wonderful.

I'm putting a panel together for my class, LIS 581, to have a variety of library workers talk about instruction. I have academic 4yr and community college set, looking for a public, school, and/or special librarian to join us. Message me if interested!

It is me, giving a short presentation on a workshop I’m hosting for first-year students this month! At the best conference of the year; can’t wait to return to the Transformative Play Institute Seminar sometime! youtu.be/o2H0FYzxeYA

Lines Veils & the Library: A TTRPG Identity Exploration Workshop for 1st Year Students—Amber Sewell

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Weeding is something that gardeners, your neighbors, and even librarians have in common. And we're not talking about crabgrass. This week, we're talking books, getting rid of them, and what happened when one library had to downsize. Full episode 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/weed...

The new TTRPG collection is on the shelves at Oesterle Library! I just put in another order with @ipr.bsky.social on Friday using their library support program, so we'll add to this soon. 💙 We're also starting a new gaming club on campus to support the collection! #GamingInLibraries #PlayIsAValidEnd

Real bad. I have a whole class on this, btw.

Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social · last yr.

I think the use of chatbots for stuff like this is intended to train people to use it to avoid everything that’s painful or hard. It can write the obituary, the breakup text, the complaint letter. It’s meant to separate humans from their difficult feelings. Seems bad.

My friends are cool and smart and awesome.

Rebecca Strang@bexagons.bsky.social · last yr.

Earlier this month I did an AMA facilitated by @stickydoodler.bsky.social with indie TTRPG designers who want to learn about how some libraries with TTRPG collections collect and process indie titles. This is a thread with notes and photos of the games in the collection at my academic library. 1/▶️

The battle is not keeping AI out of Canvas— that’s already been lost. The battle is giving individual faculty (not administrators, not campus IT, not ed tech consultants) the power to turn it off at will. That can happen through governance and advocacy.

In the midst of all the fuckery going on, I’m glad I have finally been reunited with my beloved Wimbledon after so long. I forgot how much I love watching tennis. 🎾

I used em-dashes before ChatGPT crawled out of math's asshole and I'll use them once LLMs join pet rocks and Betamax in the dustbin of history--God willing.

Robin Marwick@electricland.bsky.social · last yr.

Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD. Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?

Another successful Annual down! What a great team. 😊

ALA Games & Gaming Round Table@alagamert.bsky.social · last yr.

As we close our our volunteer year, thanks to all the GameRT members who have served on committees and made our work possible! Thanks as well to the leadership of GameRT's board: George, Danielle, Amber, Thomas, Liz, Carl, Rebecca, Jennifer, Joshua, Molly, Terri, and Hannah.

Imagine being so limited in your process as to not know that research is a creative act.

I really hope that every writer who doesn’t use AI is so enraged that you work on your poem or your essay or your novel tonight. I want a whole library of incredible original writing to come out this

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New blog post on ACRLog, "AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide." Got a lot of comments during a recent presentation that people hadn't heard of the concept of AI refusal, so here's some places to start. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...

AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide - ACRLog

This week I was on a panel at the Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) virtual conference. Along with my fellow panelists Andrea Baer and Emily Zerrenner, I joined moderator Sarah Appedu to discuss the c...

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Eyes up for ops

In Visby to listen to a bunch of great folks chat about using games in teaching. And very briefly chatting myself about a workshop I’m doing in the fall.

this is an interesting way to describe piracy and kidnapping

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last yr.

BREAKING: A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel, Israel's Foreign Ministry says.

Known fans of violence LAPD says it was a peaceful protest today. Everybody mark this press release.

Kara Swisher@karaswisher.bsky.social · last yr.

When the LA police says you are overreaching, you are overreaching.

cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either

Stop. Buying. Harry. Potter. Products.

Mathea@matheasagdahl.bsky.social · last yr.

Every time you buy a Harry Potter product, you are financing the dismantling of trans rights

Today is the last day!!!! don’t go into tomorrow regretting the fact that you didn’t make your voice heard about the importance of vaccines!!!!

Chise@sailorrooscout.bsky.social · last yr.

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

If you do in fact want Covid boosters for yourself or anyone, you can submit public comment to the FDA here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

FDA Commissioner Makary: "By the way, America doesn't want covid boosters."

Up early (not even bright, the sun’s not come out yet) for #FanLIS2025! Excited to hear all the amazing presentations and chat about my own work; it’s one of my fav conferences of the year.

Who has print ready, zine-sized (20-70 pages) games they want to see printed? Plus One Exp and Zine Club are looking for games that are ready for print for us to keep in the pocket for Zine Club releases and to sell at Conventions like #GenCon, #PAXUnplugged, and more! If interested send a DM!

a bottle of water sits next to a receipt and a printer

Alt: a bottle of water sits next to a receipt and a printer. the printer is pumping out sheet after sheet of documents

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