Kate Milford
@katemilford.bsky.social
Author of fantasy, mystery, and adventure for young readers, writing from Brooklyn, Nagspeake, and Jigamaria. The most recent Roaming World tale, RIALTO, is out now. The first SEACRITTERS adventure sets sail 3/16/27!
If you have any of the same concerns, I implore you to send a note to @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to ask him to STOP these "A.i." pilots in NYC high schools until all of these questions are ironed out. You can submit a comment here: HeyMamdani.fyi
Contact the Mayor - NYC Mayor's Office
Send a message to NYC mayor on the web. You can also get links to media contacts and submit FOIL requests.
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Questions: 1. How much money are Brisk and the other tech companies involved in these pilots being paid? 2. Can kids/parents/teachers OPT OUT of these pilots? 3. How are these companies avoiding the falsehoods/disinfo/racism/sexism/sycophancy that all chatbots push?
The Brisk website's first pitch on their front page is "Turn any resource you love and trust into lessons, feedback, and student practice - without leaving your browser." So they're asking teachers to feed other people's material into their "A.i." slop database. NO. www.briskteaching.com
Free AI Tools for Teachers and Educators | Brisk Teaching
The #1 AI platform for teachers and students. Build lessons, personalize learning, and know what to teach next — all in one place. Try Brisk free today.
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The NYC ban on "A.i." for 2K-8 is great, but we have to pay VERY CLOSE attention to the "A.i." tech the city will be pushing on high schoolers in these "pilot" programs. I have big questions about ALL of them. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
So Emma Woodhouse is a pretty girl who is pretty smart, pretty rich, and pretty much has no problems whatsoever. We’re off to a roaring start.
Huge thanks and congrats to the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social @comixaction.com and everyone who answered the call to demand @mayor.nyc.gov establish a moratorium on "A.i." in the public schools. We got a PARTIAL win today, thanks to you! But more needs to be done... 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/n...
A.I. Is to Be Banned in N.Y.C. Elementary and Middle Schools
A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using artificial intelligence, but stops short of a moratorium.
nytimes.com
I also want you to have this St Michael defeating a devil that is poised right on the intersection of "aw who's a diddums good boy devil then" and "what the fuck is that, you perv?"
Thank all saints, but more importantly all the voices that kept the pressure on. I would prefer the two-year moratorium AIM is advocating for, but this is an encouraging start.
Politico@politico.com · 4d agoNYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school students
Toad found a lantern in the attic. “Frog will see this light. I will show him the way out of the woods,” said Toad.
We already fucked up with Gulf of, y'all--it's on us to save geography. LOOSE TAKES SINK LAKES.
Pro tip! The less you post about "Lake America," the less written evidence of its use there is, and the less likely any reputable dictionary company will enter it into their dictionaries. ONLY *YOU* CAN PREVENT BAD LEXICOGRAPHY
But don't listen to me! Or Wired! Listen to an actual expert: @kateclancy.bsky.social! "Now imagine all this dysregulation is happening all over your body, because you have receptors for these hormones everywhere. Your brain, your bones, your breasts; your muscles, your bladder, your skin."
Period 49: Perimenopause reporting (and grifting) can kiss my hot flashing butt
(QUICK ASIDE: MY BOOK IS OUT!!! BUY IT HERE AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS GOING TO NEED LOTS OF HAND SELLING FOR ANYONE TO UNDERSTAND IT’S AN...
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Toad looked at the sunshine coming through the window. “Frog,” he said, “I am so glad that you came over.” “I always do,” said Frog.
Child: It’s the mayor. Mamdani: *laughs* Child: What? You are the mayor. You could become the king. Mamdani: I’m happy as the mayor. Jalen Brunson is the king.
Today is Kenji Miyazawa's birthday. He was born 130 years ago.
Episode 30—Kenji Miyazawa - Read Japanese Literature
Read Japanese Literature takes a look at Miyazawa's colorful biography through three of his beloved stories.
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GUMROAD USERS: start planning your exit.
Rowan || Aurora || ECLIPSA@ruadhain.bsky.social · last wk.-IMPORTANT- Gumroad has recently updated their website with the intention of phasing out the ability to manually edit your storefront and allowing you to only edit your storefront via AI agents. I will be dropping gumroad support entirely in the near future. More to come as I sort things out.
Only TWO seats left for tomorrow's How to Make Books workshop! What kinds of books have *I* made? Well, here's some process stuff from 100 DEMON DIALOGUES for starters. Join me and @monteiro.bsky.social to talk about spot foil and other print pervert delights: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-mak...
Impossible to pick a favorite moment in this but I’m learning towards the very end, when, and I cannot stress this enough, they misspell Brooklyn
Carey@careylikemariah.bsky.social · last wk.Hell Gate reporter Katie Way is not exaggerating when she says that "this video has the potential to become a certified NYC politics cult classic along the lines of the Eric Adams teenage room search PSA." It's cuckoo bananas from start to finish:
Hell Gate reporter Katie Way is not exaggerating when she says that "this video has the potential to become a certified NYC politics cult classic along the lines of the Eric Adams teenage room search PSA." It's cuckoo bananas from start to finish:
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · last wk.The video clip is much more like a work of political satire (or of outsider art) than it is a convincing argument that Bichotte Hermelyn and her cohort are the rightful leaders of the party that represents Kings County's 1.2 million registered Democrats.
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
This will surprise no one who has read any of my books, but THE WESTING GAME (Raskin), THE DARK IS RISING (Cooper), and MASQUERADE (Williams). I can trace my entire career back to the joy of those three books.
Preeti Chhibber@runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2w agoIn honor of Dolly and her commitment to getting books to kids, tell me about a book you read as a child that changed your life. I’ll start: so many, but tonight maybe I’ll say A WRINKLE IN TIME, a book that taught me anger wasn’t wrong.
In honor of Dolly and her commitment to getting books to kids, tell me about a book you read as a child that changed your life. I’ll start: so many, but tonight maybe I’ll say A WRINKLE IN TIME, a book that taught me anger wasn’t wrong.
