"Adams and his nonprofit have engaged in a pattern of questionable financial arrangements, including paying Adams and his mother more than half its recent annual revenue"

ProPublica@propublica.org · 5d ago

There is little evidence that MAGA influencer Nick Adams’ nonprofit has provided the civics education it claims. A review of the organization's finances show that it has paid Adams and his mother more than half its recent annual revenue.

I, for one, am done with NCTE. The organization has disrespected and deprioritized writing studies and now is gaslighting the discipline with not even halfhearted measures. NCTE has not been clear, honest, or transparent & it's not an org I trust. They aren't listening. ncte.org/press-update...

Surely the solution here is just *don't use AI tools* for your writing and research and continue to do your writing and research in ALL the ways you were doing it before you started using AI instead of doing the work??

The University Press of Colorado / Utah State University Press wholeheartedly supports #CCCC and our #writingstudies and #teamrhetoric scholars in their endeavor to maintain this important association for the field.

Dan Libertz@dlib24.bsky.social · 2w ago

From Kathleen Blake Yancey with clearest info about possible actions: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Kevin O'Leary's entirely baseless claims that anti-data center rhetoric is being funded by China turn out, by his own admission, to be totally false and without evidence. Surprise surprise. The most stunning thing here is that O'Leary and Fox both apologized-what freaking universe are we living in?

Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · last mo.

Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo apologizes for guest Kevin O'Leary accusing opponents of his Utah data center of being paid by China: www.mediamatters.org/artificial-i...

I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.

As an undergrad, I read Walter Ong's "Writing is a Technology that Restructures Thought" in one of my first rhetoric classes. Thinking about it now as I read John Warner.

We give Apple and AI a lot of credit for how smart they are, but why is my iPhone still autocorrecting “Barbacoa” into “barnacle” every time? Dinner is about to be WEIRD

Gen X sure does love Box

New Composition Forum issue is out- check out some great book reviews! compositionforum.com

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Boycotts work. We MUST show corporate America that there are consequences for folding to fascism. #teslatakedown stands shoulder to shoulder with #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC. Check out the linked doc below for actions YOU can take.

Nelini Stamp 🐺@nelini.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Take Action Against Disney-ABC Boycott Cancel subscriptions (if you have) Leave comments on ABC (dot) com Leave comments for Sinclair Show up to an ABC HQ or affiliate to picket! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

College football returning reminds me that one of my past students is a Dallas Cowboy!

My meaningless opinion is that large conferences shouldn't generally have themes. The theme is the conference's name!

Stop saying you are "ethically using AI." That's not possible when Open AI and all other companies are eagerly spilling massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Just own up to doing something unethical because it's convenient! People do unethical but convenient things all the time!

How many times using "amongst" is too many in a single article? 3? 4?

One underrated problem with AI's use in writing is that it conveys to the writer they don't need to read because the AI will supposedly summarize and incorporate insights from some nebulous process of "reading" into whatever it spits out. Reading is where the best thinking often happens!

Y'all, Composition Forum has just published some seriously awesome book reviews that confront some of the most pressing issues within rhetoric and composition. They're all excellent and stand to benefit the field in many different ways: compositionforum.com

The Education Secretary saying universities need to align with the political priorities of an administration if they want to continue to conduct research is really just diving head first into the authoritarian playbook

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."

Tesla's reputation is worse than United Health's lol

#TeslaTakedown@teslatakedown.com · last yr.

Coming in at #95 is Tesla. In 2021, they were listed #8. #TeslaTakedown

I think a lot about whether I'm actively doing enough to help my cat self-actualize

When did we decide on the IA abbreviation for Iowa and is it too late to change it

#cwcon25 presentation went great! Talked about digital-material rhetorics, consequentially, climate activism, and social media. Fun panel about content creators and algorithms.

Working in DC means experiencing 11AM coffeeshop Hinge dates where both people talk about losing their jobs with the federal government

It looks like Tesla Takedown protests/backlash to DOGE, alongside other factors, have cost Elon Musk about 25% of his total wealth, in case you were wondering whether people-led protests could still exert meaningful consequences in 2025: newrepublic.com/post/194568/...

Elon Musk Lost Boatload of Money in Trump’s First 100 Days

Here’s one thing to celebrate from Trump’s first 100 days in office.

newrepublic.com

I was going to get so much done today but got caught up reading about Basque origin theories again 😤

We are being governed by a collective fallacy about things that deluded folks perceive as happening but that never ever actually did happen

Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · last yr.

I was 28 in 2016 and this is an insane characterization of what growing up as a white man in my cohort was like. Demonstrative of how out-of-touch the cultural right is with actual American life www.theredneckintellectual.com/p/right-wing...

It's the most tired comment ever, but imagine if Biden or Harris was falsely maintaining something clearly photoshopped was real and refused to admit the mistake. The collective double standard/lack of any basic expectation of competence & honesty from Trump is one of his greatest strengths.

Rude Law Dog@esghound.com · last yr.

I had to upload the clip here because it's frankly insane. Possibly the most insane trump clip yet. His brain is pudding