CFP: "Views from the Global South: New Horizons in World Literature" ACLA 2027 seminar! It explores new disciplinary horizons that emerge from the comparative friction between the categories “world literature” and “Global South.” There are plans for a possible follow-up publication.

I think Zoe’s pretty relaxed and happy with her new home. #catsky #cats #kitten

Every time a commercial for ChatGPT or Claude comes on now, I can’t unsee it… “[B]utthole logos is what happens when you have style over substance in a move-fast-and-break-things industry…you just get a lot of meaningless shit.”

Why So Many A.I. Logos Look Like Buttholes

Many logos from A.I. integrated products or companies look, either abstractly or quite literally, like a butthole.

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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their names. openletter.earth/open-letter-...

My kitten has been gleefully gnawing on my zebra succulent, so I put lemon peel and zest in its pot as a deterrent, and it actually worked! She approached it with plans of violence, made a little face, and then walked away.

I'm happy to announce that my CEA 2026 paper, "Less AI, More Literacy: Empowering Students to Think Critically and Resist AI Hype in the Writing Classroom" will be published in the CEA Critic's proceedings issue this winter! #writingstudies #CEA #criticalAI

Baby’s first #Caturday post! This is Zoe. She’s 2.5 months old and loves playing and burrowing into blanket piles and pillow forts. #catsky #cats

Update on CCCC 2027 I just got off a call with Antero Garcia and Emily Kirkpatrick. 1/21

My ears have had a wild week. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #filmsky #Letterboxd #movies

okay, but have you tried cancelling the subject together with all its predicates?

I have to decide between five probably equally sweet and adorable kittens today. This is undoubtedly a "my steak is too juicy, my lobster too buttery" problem, but wish me luck anyway!

It's possible other schools will follow its lead and dismantle & ruin an amazing resource students need & have relied on for decades for writing advice. It's almost like there is a national movement in higher ed to dismantle writing pedagogy/resources so AI can take over the writing classroom

Mary Lewis@profmarylewis.bsky.social · last wk.

It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Shakespeare's Othello, thinking he's been cuckolded, compares himself to a "hornèd beast." His insecurity and jealousy eventually lead him to a monstrous course of action. I love Iago's response here: "There’s many a beast, then, in a populous city, / And many a civil monster." #WyrdWednesday

Kudos to @wcaleb.org for this script that compiles course schedule dates. I don’t remember when I first started using it, but it’s been so helpful!

I’m also looking for syllabus language to prevent class recording without consent/accommodations, if anyone has a policy already drafted.

Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · last wk.

Anybody have syllabus language about banning pervert glasses and other AI wearables that they want to share?

“An anti-AI activist group was formed by none other than Ganondorf in order to lessen potential environmental impact. ‘I may be an evil guy, but even I’m not that evil,’ Ganondorf stated, speaking from Hyrule Castle.”

Water Temple Drained to Help Cool Hyrule’s New Data Center - Palette Swap

Lake Hylia's notoriously difficult Water Temple has been drained in order to help cool Hyrule’s newly-erected data center.

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The pro shot of #Hadestown broke me. I need it on streaming stat; again, please.

Eva Noblezada “Flowers” June 23

YouTube video by Veronica Smith

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TFW you ask a student who turned in AI-generated work to meet with you so you can discuss it, and the apology e-mail they send you is clearly AI-generated.

My latest banana bread is pretty af.

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Halt Dissolution of CCCC and Call for Transparency from NCTE #SaveCCCC

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This is because NCTE complied with fascists and has a partnership with Google, while CCCC continued to advocate for anti-racism and caution against AI. I just emailed customerservice@ncte.org to request a refund and you should, too. Absolutely devastating.

Sea(n) Otter 🦦@seemtoggle.bsky.social · 2w ago

There it is. #CCCC #NCTE

One more week to submit! See you in Santa Barbara in October!

Fabian Offert@zentralwerkstatt.org · last mo.

Excited to share that we are now inviting proposals for our upcoming Critical AI Studies? conference at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social on Oct. 9&10, 2026. Please see the full CfP here: huml.ucsb.edu/conference. Submissions are due July 31, 2026. For questions DM me or @owenleonard.bsky.social.

Wow. Incredibly disappointing and foolish call, @ncte.org.

Sea(n) Otter 🦦@seemtoggle.bsky.social · 2w ago

There it is. #CCCC #NCTE

There are several “Christmas in July” events happening in my area this weekend, and I’m not trying to yuck anyone’s yum, but isn’t once a year enough?

My #LastFourWatched : The Jerk Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Cannibal! The Musical The Hateful 8 #LetterboxdFriday #Letterboxd #filmsky #movies

New dental hygienist, upon finding out I teach writing: “Omg, but I love Chat! I talk to her all the time. She makes everything so easy! But aren’t you worried AI is going to take over?” Me: ::heavy sigh before unleashing a short ted talk about the hype, ethical harms, & limits of LLMs:: Her: 😶

idk man, but it sure looks like the encroachment of big tech on executive boards for professional orgs may be the death knell for my discipline

This news about 4Cs is honestly shocking and does not bode well for my discipline, I fear. I’m still naively hoping there’ll be some kind of official announcement soon to the effect of “sorry, it was a misunderstanding/just kidding.” #CCCC

Joshua Barsczewski@joshuabarsczewski.bsky.social · 2w ago

Woke up to find out my primary professional organization was dissolved by its umbrella org. Fun times. I was never a CCCCs leader like many of my friends, but it's been the one constant throughout my professional career. Thinking of everyone who's labored tirelessly/thanklessly to keep it going.

I appreciate Lego’s attention to detail and accuracy in this build of Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”…but these tiny little heads are kind of creepy.

"Where the rich ruler rested always...There hung an all-golden Radiant fly-net around the folk-chief’s Bed embroidered; so that the baleful one, The loathed leader, might look unhindered On everyone of the warrior band Who entered in, and on him none" - the old English poem Judith #WyrdWednesday