Jake Wright
@bcnjake.bsky.social
Philosopher, husband, dad, teacher, "leftist," potty-mouth, certified AI hater, and pedagogical chaos agent. Aspiring to be the C.M. Punk of higher education. Distinguished, or so I'm told. he/him
🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning.. We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance. And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use! 1/
There is no other road to faith; if one wishes to escape risk, it is as if one wanted to know with certainty that he can swim before going into the water.” — Søren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments
Yeah, it’s like, I get through it now just fine, my dude. I actively avoid it, and banning it would only make it easier to do the thing I’m already doing.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 12h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
I'm on a University-wide task force for reclassifying contingent faculty, and while I have many thoughts I'll keep to myself, I'll note this one for no particular reason… Three members, including myself, have won the University's highest, "career-defining" teaching award. We are ALL contingent.
"The most fun I've ever had in the classroom!" Earlier this summer, I talked to the University of Minnesota Center for Educational Innovation about how I use unessays in my classroom for their Teaching Minute video series. Here's the end result!
Heavy Metal Songs, Sculptures, and Unessays: Rethinking Classroom Assignments | Teaching Minute
YouTube video by Center for Educational Innovation - University of Minnesota
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If The Wonder Years were made today, it would take place in 2006.
"The most fun I've ever had in the classroom!" Earlier this summer, I talked to the University of Minnesota Center for Educational Innovation about how I use unessays in my classroom for their Teaching Minute video series. Here's the end result!
Heavy Metal Songs, Sculptures, and Unessays: Rethinking Classroom Assignments | Teaching Minute
YouTube video by Center for Educational Innovation - University of Minnesota
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The Simpsons: We've Tried Nothing
Alt: The Simpsons: We've Tried Nothing and We're All Out of Ideas
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The New Arab@thenewarab.bsky.social · 2d agoA senior officer at CENTCOM last week circulated an email to military analysts seeking "new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran", a request that highlighted the Pentagon's search for options after months of military operations failed to force Tehran to Washington's terms
The reason you remember COVID lockdowns as an unnecessary annoyance that did more harm than good is because you DIDN’T DIE.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d agoit’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy
1) I teach the equivalent of a 4:3. 2) Ideally, two mornings a week, but realistically, one 3) Mornings where I don’t have class after I drop the kids at school 4) My kids. Being present for them radically cuts down on writing time* 5) Find the space where you write best. Make being there a priority
Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦@kfduggan.bsky.social · 4d agoAcademics who write during term (i.e. while teaching): 1. How many classes do you teach per term? 2. How often do you write (e.g. once/wk, when you can, etc.)? 3. When do you write (e.g. weekend, morning, at night, etc.)? 4. What's the biggest barrier(s) to you writing? 5. Do you have any tips?
Sometimes, I wish we lived in the world of Atlas Shrugged so all the billionaire assholes can fuck off to Galt’s Gulch and leave us the fuck alone.
Woke 2 will be led by the preschool field trip chaperones, and they will show no mercy
I accidentally typed "webspite" instead of "website" and you know what? I'm not taking it back. Today's internet sucks.
Most misused philosophical concepts: 1) ontology 2) epistemological framework 3) social construct 4) lacuna 5) multiverse
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5d agothere are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5
“ADHD is a myth because ADHD is a social construct, and social constructs aren’t real,” I scream to the masses in an attempt to garner money and attention, which are both social constructs. I am very smart.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”
I just watched the Insane Clown Posse do the Ice Bucket Challenge during a wrestling promo. These are words I never thought I would type in that order, to say nothing of doing so in 2026.
FWIW, 24 hours in coach sounds like hell.
kottke.org@kottke.org · 6d ago“A new Airbus passenger jet completed an ultra-long test flight between Australia and France lasting more than 24 hours—paving the way for the world’s longest nonstop commercial flights starting up next year.” Wow. [arstechnica.com]
In the last week, I've renewed my license plates, picked up multiple prescriptions, sorted out my student loans, bought a week's worth of groceries, picked my children up from summer camps, and more. All of this was… wait for it… WITHOUT having to show ID.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoRep. John McGuire on need for the SAVE America Act: "You can't go anywhere, you can't get medicine, you can't go to the Obama museum without a photo ID."
Here’s my official response to every “the right won” article:
Princess Mononoke San
Alt: San from Princess Mononoke spitting out blood and wiping blood from her mouth defiantly while her wolf goddess mother growls menacingly behind her. The whole image had an air of “Fuck you, make me.”
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 6d ago"We can now see the difference between students contesting speech—that is, open debates about the value of certain speech on campus—and real authoritarian suppression of speech, because the latter is happening every day in America. " newrepublic.com/article/2135...
‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’
Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...
Setting aside the absolute moral odiousness of this, is Trump so much of a dumbshit that he doesn't realize blue states are FILLED with Trump voters?
David Roberts@volts.wtf · last wk.This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
As the founder and chair of the Come The Fuck On Party, where we believe the appropriate response to bad faith posturing is to say, out loud, “Come the fuck on” instead of both sidesing the issue, I endorse this proposal.
Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · last wk.I strongly believe that one question we should be directing at more politicians is "What the fuck is the matter with you"
“I had a million doses of Joker venom that my henchmen and I were prepared to pour into Gotham’s water supply. And the Bat-Man got Commissioner Gordon to stop me from doing that.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Peter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."
Random question: If you play Balatro and get The Hook boss blind, do you also start reflexively singing Blues Traveler in your head?
