Civil servants should be able to provide the policy analysis we need. This is ridiculous.

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 9mo ago

from government by consultant to government by consultants using generative AI. decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.

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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.

"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."

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I don’t think you can understand the dynamics of the Epstein and Trump and how this much corruption gets suppressed in the digital age without reading Robert Entman’s book, Scandal or Silence, an exploration of the factors that really drive presidential scandal. robertmentman.com/2012/03/24/s...

Scandal and Silence: Media Responses to Presidential Misconduct

Scandal and Silence challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption.…

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"The Albanese government has ruled out granting tech companies an exemption to copyright laws that ... would have allowed them to mine their content to train artificial intelligence models for free." Excellent news for all of us whose work is being stolen by AI. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

‘Very clear’: Labor rules out exemption for AI giants to take content for free

The Albanese government has shot down a proposal from the Productivity Commission, which had tech company backing, that would exempt them from copyright laws.

smh.com.au

Just…wow

Gayton Gomez@gpgomez.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Seriously, you need to do this. You'll scroll down until you hit the major events timeline, and then you'll scroll to the right. Keep scrolling-- you'll know when you're there. Must be seen to be believed. I keep thinking that Trump can't get any more ludicrously awful and yet he daily does

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.” 🎁link

David Mullin@rdmullin.bsky.social · 10mo ago

www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

It’s on election nights especially that I really miss the old good twitter.

a cartoon cat playing a trombone with the words sad trombone above it

ALT: a cartoon cat playing a trombone with the words sad trombone above it

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This is so great. I wish we had it at Memorial. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

The Therapist Next Door

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LOL

Paul Waldman@paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I think Trump is going to do a Michigan Man of the Year and just invent a fictitious peace prize he won. "I won the Norbiggle Peace Prize, not a lot of people know that. The Norbiggle, people are saying it's even more prestigious than the Nobel, which nobody wants anymore."

I needed to take 3 trips to city hall this year in order to vote - I was not on the voters list despite living in the same house for 18 years. The average person would not take these extra steps. Voter turnout is partially a function of electoral management. Let us assess our processes, St John's.

a woman with her eyes closed and the words that seems like quite a lot of work below her

ALT: a woman with her eyes closed and the words that seems like quite a lot of work below her

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You don't say...

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 10mo ago

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

This is tough to read but really important.

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A truly brilliant idea. Get your debate bingo card here. Will the leaders talk about child care? Or any other "gender" issue? I am curious! nl.childcarenow.ca/2025/10/07/n...

Newfoundland and Labrador Leaders' Debate Bingo - Newfoundland and Labrador Child Care Now

Hey Newfoundland & Labrador party leaders — help us get a BINGO. Wednesday night’s Leaders’ Debate is a chance to show you care about #EarlyLearning and #ChildCare. We’ll be listening for: 🏫 Child car...

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Hey folks! There is still a few spots left in the intro to audio storytelling workshop I will be teaching in October through the StoryCenter.org. Here is the link to the workshop page" www.storycenter.org/schedule/pod...

Everyone is talking about this article, and it is GOOD. Recommend!

Stephen O’Shea@architectgp.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This is spot on. Our capitulation to the ‘inevitability’ of AI couldn’t come at a worse time.

Say it often, say it loud: "Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

nepc.colorado.edu

This is the part that I find most astounding and hard to watch.

Rebecca Fachner@rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress could stop this at literally any moment they choose.

Why did Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) create a whole portfolio of work on preventing gendered violence? Because the online worlds we study are 1/ www.linkedin.com/posts/cynthi...

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Why did Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) create a whole portfolio of work on preventing gendered violence? Because the online worlds we study are rife with anti-feminist cons...

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Gross. This is shameful.

ding@not.dingherself.com · 11mo ago

An actual job ad: “When we refer to ‘women’ we mean those assigned female at birth. . . . Successful candidates will be asked to produce [a] passport or full birth certificate. . . . It is expected that this documentation will be in the female gender.” What a disgrace @newnhamcollege.bsky.social

Joined by @bittner.bsky.social and @sarahsmellie.bsky.social Sarah Smellie on The Writ Podcast to break down the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial election. www.thewrit.ca/p/ep-146-wha...

What's at stake in Newfoundland and Labrador's election

Amanda Bittner and Sarah Smellie discuss the ongoing election campaign in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Sent this to some important teens in my life. I’m sure they’re rolling their eyes but I am delighted. 🤣

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THERE IS A PODCAST! Come on with this! I am so excited.

The Sociological Review Foundation@thesociologicalreview.org · 11mo ago

Thank you Amanda. In that case you will definitely enjoy Ros and Val's recent six-part podcast series Thanks for Typing - do have a listen! thesociologicalreview.org/podcasts/tha...