Important! As colleges & high schools lean into AI as tutors, keep in mind that it’s not really tutoring. It’s doing it for the students. Horrible! Bookmarking this thread.

Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 5h ago

Trying out the features in Claude for education. Join me as I see how it "helps" me write a research paper. My chosen topic: "AI and education". /1

Trying out the features in Claude for education. Join me as I see how it "helps" me write a research paper. My chosen topic: "AI and education". /1

I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w ago

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

Our new episode of @bfworld.bsky.social takes the signing of the engrossed copy of the Declaration on August 2, 1776 as a launching off point to talk about the document as "American Scripture," as Pauline Maier described it. Mary Beth Norton joins me for a fantastic discussion. #America250

If this very short story is new to you, read it. Just read it.

Aaron Meyers@aaronmeyers.bsky.social · yesterday

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

I love teaching students about the rise of steamboats in the 19c, because Americans decided to build them fast and cheap without any safeguards. And then America developed an exploding steamboat problem. That’s the pattern with genAI. Whatever benefits it holds, we’re just blowing lots of stuff up.

Opinion | I Helped Run Lululemon. The A.I. Revolution Is a Hot Mess. (Gift Article)

The A.I. revolution is stalling because companies don’t want to admit that integrating the technology is expensive and slow and requires human effort.

nytimes.com

the obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.

The third round of formal reflection for for Karin and I (along with a lifetime of constantly talking about it)! Please share widely. Please circulate widely to anyone who might be interested. We will be welcoming people who would like to attend and join the dialogue as well as paper givers.

John Carter Brown Library@jcblibrary.bsky.social · 2d ago

Call For Proposals: Conference on Families in Early American and Atlantic Worlds April 15-17, 2027 Hosted by the John Carter Brown Library (Co-chairs Julie Hardwick and Karin Wulf) Details at: forms.gle/QWcB23XGbwu6...

"Artificial intelligence is not just a market product or a scientific achievement. It is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy." connect the dots! Dr. McMillan Cottom has homework! go to the library, host a reading group, organize your neighbors www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...

Opinion | A Reading List for Our Age of A.I. (Gift Article)

A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.

nytimes.com

I’ve been writing a counter narrative of shutdowns that has me revisiting media from that time. And let me tell you, the only other option was everybody die. So yeah.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d ago

it’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

Current status: looking for a pillow to scream into. #Monday

I don't want my son, my daughters, or anyone else's children to have to undergo an invasive examination in order to participate in any activity.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Also the Republicans were screaming that Fauci helped authorize vaccines for children, which is something every goddamn parent I know was praying for every day for more than a year and have been thankful for ever since. These people are all self-centered idiotic sociopaths, nothing more.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d ago

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

Holy shit, this. We’ve never dealt with how many humans became disposable.

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"

this owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...

The adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s 'high five' photos

Nearly 14 years later, the tale of this iconic couple can finally be told.

inverse.com

My 8yo is doing laps around the house singing "The Song That Never Ends" and she has a timer going. Oh no. ☠️

I wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵

so you're saying the Dodgers have no Hope now.

Passanthallich@passanthalbot.bsky.social · 4d ago

@JeffPassan tweeted The Los Angeles Dodgers are acquiring Tarik Skubal for outfielder Zyhir Hope, right-hander River Ryan and right-hander Brady Smith, sources tell ESPN.

"Why should I major in History?"

Bits@bitshammer.bsky.social · 7d ago

Didn’t think I could appreciate him more and then come to find out he’s from Westchester!

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 4d ago

No, I grew up one town over in Briarcliff Manor but have lived elsewhere as an adult and then my parents moved up to Dutchess County

If this made you feel attacked I can at least offer that on this August 1st, a Saturday afternoon, I have chair things on my must-do today list.

Joseph M. Adelman@jmadelman.bsky.social · 5d ago

Because the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.

I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them

Jennifer Romig @jennifermromig.bsky.social · 4d ago

Notetaking in meetings is tiny case in point - used to be some predictable social assumptions who would do it; now anyone can offer to do ”notetaking” by turning on the AI listener. Further interesting scenario is human recollection / notes (taken by habit by a person) conflict with AI summary

Lots of sources for the original so who knows if there is the one citation. But: www.businessinsider.com/san-francisc...

Silicon Valley startups are obsessed with developing tech to replace their moms

Thank you, moms, for all of the wonderful tech companies you've clearly inspired.

businessinsider.com

Petti LaBelle@petti-labelle.bsky.social · 4d ago

I wish I could properly attribute this, but I heard someone say in an interview something like, 'pay attention to the new technologies that techbros develop, and you'll see how they're just trying to create a mom they control' And we know how these dudes pick "partners" so...

It is #America250 this summer - and it is also #Colorado150.

On top of everything else, less than surprised that a kid from Bronxville faces no legal consequences for drunkenly riding a scooter into a fire truck.

John Shea@johnsheahey.bsky.social · last wk.

Harrison Bader, my goodness.

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

I had a joke about Bluesky but now I apparently hate waffles.

Jacqueline Antonovich@jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 5d ago

I had a joke about pedagogy, but you can't teach funny.

1. @robdelaney.bsky.social is the best read and smartest person in Hollywood/London 2. The dizzying adrenaline of talking about Moby-Dick with him every day was amazing and I think is contagious if you subscribe to the podcast?!? 3. Our digressions are EPIC and rival Melville's 4. 🐳 4 life

Rob Delaney@robdelaney.bsky.social · 5d ago

1. This was so fun to make I almost threw up every day. 2. This is the trailer on YouTube if that’s how you’ve chosen to live your life: youtu.be/IZYZaRWwYR4?... 3. I’d be super grateful to anyone who reposted the post above. 4. Have any Qs about it for me? I’ll endeavor to answer! 5. Get in!🚣🏾‍♀️

Josh is both deeply knowledgable about early American money and also engaging and funny as a speaker. You want to tune in!

John Carter Brown Library@jcblibrary.bsky.social · 5d ago

Join us this Tuesday, August 4 at 4 p.m. EDT as The Revolution Is News continues! This week Karin Wulf discusses Money with historian Joshua Greenberg. More details at jcblibrary.org.

Because the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.