Tired: Fact Checking Wired: Frame Checking

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h ago

This is how it’s done.

With generous assumptions, a new faculty line costs about $180k a year (salary, fringe, overhead). $47 million annually would pay for 250 tenure lines. According to the UMass 2025-2026 fact book, the university has about 1,100 FTE tenure-line faculty and spends about $430 million on academics.

Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 2d ago

According to a meeting I was in, UMass estimates that if the capacity of these tools were maxed out by student, faculty, staff users, the total cost to the university would be $130,000/day, or about $47 million / year.

1/9 Father Mychal Judge — the first recorded death at Ground Zero on September 11 — could become the first known gay saint in Catholic history. www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/father-myc...

Father Mychal Judge, Gay Franciscan Killed in the North Tower, Could Be 9/11’s First Saint

The first recorded death at Ground Zero would become the first known gay person canonized a saint in the Catholic Church’s history.

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I sincerely believe sometimes these requests are not in good faith and just try to paint skeptics as close-minded. For instance, you never hear “it would be great to add AI components when you teach source use since AI is now such a big part of search now”. No, you hear only “yay innovation!”

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · last wk.

The thing about the people who insist that AI will "revolutionise" my teaching in history classrooms if I would just be open-minded is that there is existing tech that I do already teach with. I use digital mapping tools to map the Black Death, annotation technology, 3D printing to build exhibits.

More than any Chronicle of Higher Education profile of a professor who doesn't like academia, I think this interview is the one I'd recommend to understand where higher education is at in the United States www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Architect of Ohio Higher Ed Overhaul on Shared Governance: Garbage

Jerry Cirino, former chair of the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee, successfully passed a sweeping, controversial law in his state. He’s an example of state lawmakers getting more invol...

insidehighered.com

I hope researchers are focusing on this kind of thing bc I honestly don’t have a good feel for it but am definitely concerned: is anything lost when you “organize your thoughts” (definitions needed!) via AI vs conversations with people vs writing etc

Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 3d ago

Interesting spread from UC Berkeley newspaper about AI use across the university. A lot about the university using AI in official comms and obituaries (!) but as writing teacher, this caught my eye. I worry about this because of course "organizing thoughts" is of course "thinking" /1

So, the bankruptcy and always-stiffs-trades-people guy has promised you money…

Arrested Development But It Might Work For Us

Alt: Arrested Development But It Might Work For Us: “well it didn’t work for those people…but it might work for us”

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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d ago

February 2025:

Trans people have fought and suffered and borne the brunt of the depravity of fascist excess (along with immigrants and Black people), and it looks like the most we can hope for is a decade or more fighting Democrats to restore rights we had in every state in the union as recently as 2020.

“Why doesn’t everyone love the thing that helps me do my specific job in my specific industry?” This seems to be a question that is not asked genuinely enough by some

No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center.

Like, I'm sorry, but I simply do not believe there is a substantial number of voters in any state, including Texas, whose actual voting stance is, "I would vote for the Democrat if only they would say trans kids playing sports is unfair." Like that's their pivotal issue. I just don't buy it.

This is really smart and an easy thing to do. I love this so much more than the legalistic disclosure of AI stuff. Which totally makes sense but it really doesn’t fit the aim for building trust that good pedagogy should do

Matthew J Kuiper@matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 4d ago

I require an AI non-use statement on certain writing assignments. If they include it, I go with/accept that (in general). Then, one way I reinforce the policy is that I end my comments on the substance of their work with, "Thanks for not using AI/LLMs/chatbots on this assignment."

I require an AI non-use statement on certain writing assignments. If they include it, I go with/accept that (in general). Then, one way I reinforce the policy is that I end my comments on the substance of their work with, "Thanks for not using AI/LLMs/chatbots on this assignment."

it is unforgivable how Democrats are granting the right's premise about trans kids in sports even as they attempt to navigate a "moderate" position so they don't look so bad (hint: not possible) they have literally regressed! the first bathroom bans did not have this kind of bipartisan support!!!

I'm glad you mentioned Wikipedia. Very few people care to analyze what makes that site just about the only tolerable big source of info on the internet. It's mostly 2 things: a very long series of strict rules about what you're allowed to post, and an army of volunteer editors

Maybe the best example supportint the “I’m a little concerned about the stealing” position. I will never willingly hand over my scholarship to these companies (I’m not naive enough to ignore how much power these companies and publishes have here of course)

Trevor A. Branch@trevorabranch.bsky.social · 5d ago

Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...

In my writing course "To What Problem is AI the Solution?" I always assigned the 2023 pause letter from the Future of Life Institute, signed by most of the people building AI and the rebuttal from the authors of the Stochastic Parrots article. Students wanted to weigh in on "who was right" but /1

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 4d ago

Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control. on.wsj.com/4xlFTit

It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

I get it. The first time I saw Clippy say "it looks like you're writing a letter," I became a serial killer.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6d ago

Um, no?

It’s 2026 and some are relying on LLMs to flirt. Two mid or late 20s guys on train were collaborating on flirting with some girl via text or DM. Many rounds of ChatGPT and “make it sound better” and “that sounds robotic.” Ugh. Just be a person! You probably have a personality! Rely on that!

We keep discussing ”strategies” for teaching in the age of AI to avoid talking about resources. It’s so boring!! The strategy is invest $ to hire people, lower class size, support research-engaged learning & stop measuring the worth of disciplines in relation to # of enrollments and majors.

Chronicle of Consultants also works

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last wk.

They should rename it the Provost Post

So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be: www.nytimes.com/athletic/756...

Do other industry newsletters habitually berate workers in said industry as stupid, incompetent, and evil? Does "Inside Sinks" routinely call plumbers idiots? Does "The Chronicle of Auto Repair" publish 10 pieces a day blaming mechanics for America's demise? Or is it just a higher ed thing?

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2w ago

Small World | Did We in the Humanities Cause Our Own Demise? How much are we to blame for the lack of public trust in higher education? By Rachel Toor: https://bit.ly/4zJxZBQ #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

What billionaires see when Pablo drops a new pod

It’s so immature. This is the syntax from a high school kid texting a friend that they are mad at. Incredibly thinly veiled passive aggression.

anneiled/dave rubric@daverubric.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is an extremely bitchy and rude thing to say after dismantling an organization lol

Arguably the poster child for “no one asked for this.” He’s been doing it for years

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 2w ago

Rahm Emanuel: ‘You Don’t Like My Ideas? Show Me Yours’ The always pugnacious Democrat is ready to fight Republicans, the DSA, and Bibi Netanyahu. And maybe run for president.

1. Anti-trans Democrat Seth Moulton just lost his Senate primary in a LANDSLIDE to outspoken trans ally Ed Markey. To Moulton, trans kids were a liability the Democratic Party needed to abandon. But to Massachusetts voters, the only liabilities are Democrats like him.

Anti-Trans Dem Seth Moulton Loses Senate Primary to Outspoken Trans Ally Ed Markey in a Landslide

To Seth Moulton, trans kids were a liability the Democratic Party needed to abandon. But to Massachusetts voters, the only liabilities are Democrats like him.

transiticsnews.com

Really cuts deep on complicated feelings for imperfect parents. Felt this one

Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

"In the weeks before Mom died, Dolly became my default music. 'A Coat of Many Colors' was the one I listened to the most. It made me cry. At first, the tears were for the relationship I didn’t have with Mom but wish I’d had." This was a tough one to write. www.rogerebert.com/mzs/a-coat-o...

Pastor Carl Ruby, of Springfield's Central Christian Church, can state the issue more clearly than 98% of people working in politics today.

Jim Swift@jimswift.bsky.social · 2w ago

The cruelty is the point. Shame on this administration and shame on the people who voted for this. www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...