Cody Miller
@hcodymiller.bsky.social
English teaching, pop culture, comics, politics, and plants. FL ➡️ ROC. He, him, his.
COULD IT BE THE UNMITIGATED HOMOPHOBIA AND GENDERED VIOLENCE UNDER A FASCIST REGIME?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2d agoYoung teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual than a few years ago, according to a new analysis. “It really does look like a free fall,” Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology, said. “But what’s causing it is unclear.”
Do people who think AI generated feedback will help a kid learn to write actually mean what they’re saying? The idea that writing instruction can be automated is so bad and irresponsible that it’s actually kind of hard to know where to begin
"Make Education Great Again" asks us to return to a time when American schools were great. I went looking for it and found boarding schools, Lost Cause textbooks and segregation academies, each echoed in current education policy. thefulcrum.us/education/ma...
I also like how the distance & mediation offered by works out of step with the current moment lend themselves to different interpretations & framings. That’s especially important for folks who might be constrained by different cultural/political contexts. My project below as an example!
I wrote about why the left has so little to say about public education (and why this is a big problem). educationwars.substack.com/p/whats-left...
What’s Left for Public Education?
The left has no vision for public schools - and that’s a big problem
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When Olivia Rodrigo sang, "I won't settle for a guy with a fake job/They seem so desperate for loving, but, baby, I'm not" she was commenting on the way AI tech oligarchs are trying to shove the technology on us because they lack their own sense of self and purpuse. In this essay, I will...
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last wk.It’s also really clear to me this week that the people telling us that AI will transform work…haven’t seen a lot of jobs where people work.
AOC in a Bills sweater. Maybe she *is* running for Senate instead of POTUS. Either way, I registered as a Dem in NY to vote for her. 🗳️
Our Revolution@our-revolution.bsky.social · 2w agoAOC in Syracuse with a message to discouraged voters: “We’re going to turn this around, but it’s going to take a lot of work—all of us banding together and turning out higher numbers than we have.”
Every day, this administration continues to target LGBTQIA+ kids. It’s incredibly harmful and does the exact opposite of what our shared goal should be: protecting kids. The LGBTQIA+ community and all our students deserve better.
Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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if you just don’t like country music, that’s fine. just say so. otherwise, you can check out 2026 albums by Rhiannon Giddens, Andrew Sa, Willow Avalon, The War & Treaty, Orville Peck, Kashus Culpepper, Jake Blount, Chris Housman, Allison Russell, River Shook, etc. etc. etc.
Join the Conference on English Leaderhsip (CEL) for a discussion with @manshel.bsky.social about the history of secondary American English education, from the literary canon to parallel institutions of Advanced Placement, CliffsNotes, the Common Core State Standards, and more. https://bit.ly/4ifZmxa
Our community is mourning the loss of Jennifer Buehler. An NCTE member for more than 27 years, she served as President of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) in 2016. Read more about Jen's accomplishments and contributions in this tribute by Kelly (Kel) Sassi: https://bit.ly/4gM50WF
The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000.
Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 2w agoElite universities mea culpas about the “loss of trust” in higher education so often fail to consider the force of the longterm propagandistic attack on universities, given extensive play in conservative media, that long preceded Trump, but which he has massively accelerated.
A comic illustrating the data centers to support: local libraries; community groups; seed banks and local nurseries; the pub; and our brains!
There are some local datacentres we should absolutely support | Jess Harwood
Maybe it’s time to look at existing facilities we could invest in
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Grateful to the folks on the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions who put all this together. Resources include a zine, procurement playbook, bargaining tracker, AI/tech divestment guide, state policy tracker, FOIA guide, explainer for ditching Palantir, & AI/tech audit guide
Toolkit for Activism on AI
The AAUP ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions developed the following toolkit resources to fight against the top-down adoption of technology by colleges and universitie...
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Between this and the CMAT cover from earlier this year, there's probably a whole country album for her somewhere down the road.
Stereogum@stereogum.com · 4w agoWatch Olivia Rodrigo cover "Strong Enough" at the BMI Troubadour ceremony honoring Sheryl Crow
I usually show SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE to my film students because it's just so, so perfect for teaching a traditional hero's journey structure. Honestly, it's just perfect in all respects. What would you even change about it?
"The idea that preparing students to succeed in an AI-saturated world requires reimagining college as an AI incubator is not a sign of technological acumen, but of tech illiteracy." This is so good.
Phillip Maciak@pjmaciak.bsky.social · 4w agoI usually don't love the central role Harvard has to play in all our higher ed convos, but I think Anastasia Berg is right to point out that this is a grotesque abdication of the responsibility they so proudly accept as a representative of the liberal arts. www.chronicle.com/article/harv...
Excellent! The whole state should adopt this policy and expand it to high schools. Our students' thoughts, data, and attention should not be for sale.
Action News 5@actionnews5.com · last mo.New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday.
higher education is the LARGEST employer in 20 states and in 60 of the 100 top cities; when the regime attacks students and faculty it is sabotaging local economies, local restaurants, local services, local real estate.
But more seriously: if we want our classes to be places of vibrant, inheritance sharing, we should treat teachers like educated adults. Give us time to read, research, think—and we’ll pass that learning along.
The reappraisal / course correction started with Whitney's "I Will Always Love You" cover, which kicked off the recognition of the quality of her songwriting. Because that came not long after her own hit singles dried up, Dolly never really went away the way others of her era did.
Todd in the Shadows@shadowtodd.bsky.social · 2mo agoI don't know when people woke up to Dolly, because when I was a kid she was just considered a fun celebrity to have around. And then, I don't know when, maybe as late as the 2010s, it was like people looked at her body of work and realized holy shit wait actually
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Dolly Parton knew what it was like to struggle as she fought for working families her whole career. From providing free books to kids to giving working women our "9 to 5" anthem, she was an icon and an inspiration. Rest in power to our union sister. We will always love you.
Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When she learned the only female producer was making less than her male counterparts, Dolly cut her a check for the difference, on the spot.
It's ME(Jaime)@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 2mo agoA literal saint:
My father-in-law retired from Dollywood a few years ago. He got my husband & I front row tickets to a Dolly concert back in summer 2016. She was amazing in all the ways you can imagine! She sang most of her hits (w/ a few deep cuts). What a catalogue! Truly one of the greatest American songwriters.
Looking at my Facebook and seeing all my fellow Southern gays just devastated, and it hits me that the reason a lot of us feel so strongly about Dolly is that she was perhaps one of the first (if not only) people we saw in media growing up loving gay people openly.
Aubrey Gilleran@aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 2mo agoI am honestly more choked up than I thought I'd be. I need to call my mom. She practically raised me on Dolly.
