Kevin Briody
@kevinbriody.bsky.social
Marketer for edtechs/non-profits, Ducks fan, part-time doctoral student. DisruptedCMO.com, MallardFoundries.com
This is amazing
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3d agoNew: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT to "show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding" www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...
"Why do the kids hate the filterless sociopaths who are destroying the environment and the economy and who monologue like James Bond villains?"
Futurism@futurism.com · 4d agoThey're even more unpopular than data centers.
My favorite LinkedIn hot take post right now is “AI in EdTech is dead!” followed by copy that was obviously written entirely by AI.
I’m generally a big fan of Bluesky, but this trend is not boding well for the future of this little niche of the ‘net techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/blu...
Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app | TechCrunch
Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.
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Does the Alpha School Model Work for Regular Kids? Fascinating piece that analyses what happened when Alpha’s 2-hour learning model was applied to a non-selective student pop. danmeyer.substack.com/p/does-...
Does the Alpha School Model Work for Regular Kids?
Here is some new evidence.
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Get ready for a new wave a lazy AI “watermark” detectors to flood academia and create endless stories of students being accused of fraud for even tangential and legit uses of AI (for data analysis, ideation, etc). support.claude.com/en/article...
How Claude marks AI-generated content | Claude Help Center
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Point #1 is where I firmly believe the real value in marketing AI will ultimately be found. Most marketing use cases gaining traction are some flavor of automation - and you don't need bleeding edge AI models for that; we hit "good enough" 2-3 gens ago, now we're exploring practical application.
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · 2w agoDatabricks has a great write up of best practices for reducing AI token costs. 1. Adopt lower cost models. Most tasks don’t need the best models. 2. Harnesses are a form of lock-in, adopt one which allows model flexibility. 3. Avoid hard per developer budgets. Prefer dashboards and spend gates
Today in "This Week's Sign of the Apocalypse"
Dennie Edwards@dennieedwards.bsky.social · 2w agoI need a moment to process this.
Robinhood now makes more money from prediction markets than it does from stock trades or crypto. This adds weight to my theory that Bitcoin and crypto has crashed due to competition from Polymarket and Kalshi for the online gambler demographic.
1 in 8 teaching roles are vacant or filled by an uncertified teacher. www.k12dive.com/news/how-to-m...
The best summary I’ve read yet of the growing divide between the tech industry and the rest of this country, and the symbolic role AI datacenters are taking on as a means to “fight back.”
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 3w agoWhy the Backlash Against Data Centers Is So Potent talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-t...
It’s kind of wild that Adobe stock is now a hedge against AI. Probably not what their brand vision is for themselves.
Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 3w agoI get that "hedge funds" stopped hedging ages ago, but... this one is just kinda funny.
Clicked into this article and immediately was surprised Mumford & Sons was raising a round.
At least in today’s culture, I don’t see a way to reconcile the idea of smart classes with the invasive reality of them.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3w ago“Barring a dramatic overhaul, it’s going to be hard for Meta and Big Tech at large to change the current narrative [about smart glasses].” Worth a read.
A fascinating Reddit thread, basically highlighting weird things that seems out of their time in history. www.reddit.com/r/TopCharacter...
@chadaldeman.bsky.social: School enrollment is down, spending has risen substantially and staffing has expanded, yet pay has stagnated and student outcomes remain uneven. 5 trends that explain why bit.ly/4vI5RvS
Finally saw Odyssey tonight. Good, with some fantastic scenes and the ending was gripping and emotional. But damn that was a long movie - moments where you’re sitting there going “oh look, Odysseus pissed someone else off and they are all sprinting back to their ships…AGAIN.”
“90% of students use AI in the classroom, Instructure poll finds.” The tech, and student adoption of it, is wildly outpacing the ability of schools and educators to adapt to it.
EdTech Dispatch@edtechdispatch.com · last mo.Higher Ed Dive: AI in Education Hits Critical Adoption Milestone—With Significant Accuracy Concerns Link: https://www.highereddive.com/news/90-of-students-use-ai-in-the-classroom-instructure-poll-finds/825714/ | Context: https://edtechdispatch.com/digest/2026-07-21/#story-1
Good summary of the challenge facing K-12 public superintendents - declining enrollment, major budget worries.
EdTech Dispatch@edtechdispatch.com · last mo.K-12 Dive: Districts Face Perfect Storm: Budget Shortfalls, Declining Enrollment, and Staff Reductions Link: https://www.k12dive.com/news/budget-shortfalls-declining-enrollment-top-district-leaders-concerns/825689/ | Context: https://edtechdispatch.com/digest/2026-07-21/#story-2
Some people just have very different definitions of "parenting" than I do, I guess.
Rob Larson@ironicprofessor.bsky.social · last mo.Max three hours! Prioritize people!
If Anthropic can make the case for FERPA compliance, and address parent fears about AI and student data (a huge IF), this could be a powerful offering. www.anthropic.com/news/claude...
Introducing Claude for Teachers
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
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I still can't believe this is real. I'm sure it will go swimmingly well.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Trump administration has opened the application portal for the Patriot Games, where one young man and young woman from each state compete in a series of "demanding physical and mental challenges."
Chalkbeat: Chronic Absenteeism Emerges as Persistent Post-Pandemic Crisis Link: https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/06/30/chronic-absenteeism-crisis-not-just-due-to-pandemic-study-finds/ | Context: https://edtechdispatch.com/digest/2026-06-30/#story-2
There’s a case to be made for rethinking the bachelor degree, but I worry the foundational idea of providing a well-rounded education and encouraging students to explore and discover will get sacrificed along the way.
EdTech Dispatch@edtechdispatch.com · 2mo agoHigher Ed Dive: Three-Year Degree Movement Gains Traction Amid Faculty Opposition Link: https://www.highereddive.com/news/virginia-and-ohio-join-effort-to-design-3-year-bachelors-degrees/824033/ | Context: https://edtechdispatch.com/digest/2026-06-30/#story-5
Providers in states that saw the biggest enrollment declines say COVID alone does not explain why the data show fewer 3- and 4-year-olds in school bit.ly/4oUnW85
I don’t know understand a word he said but I love every bit of it.
Timothy Burke@bubbaprog.xyz · 2mo agoAs called on TV Trece in Paraguay:
The thing is, these guys never mean that all this 24/7 ubiquitous surveillance will apply to *themselves.*
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo agoEvery one of these guys: Totalitarianism is good bro, trust me.
