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@laprofmme.bsky.social

Historian, 🐶 🐩 mom, aspiring native plant gardener, knitter, vintage plumbing fixture enthusiast. Oxford commas and footnotes, always and forever. I block with abandon. All opinions my own not my employer. Go Bills!

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Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3h ago

I think we can agree that AI detectors are out. But universities are ignoring the fact that faculty cannot really out-design assessments to meet the challenges of this moment. We need sustained institutional support to be the best teachers we can be, and we aren't getting it.

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 3h ago

AI Detectors Are Out, New Assessments Are In A growing number of universities have prohibited AI detectors, arguing they are ‘unreliable’ indicators of cheating. But where does that leave faculty, who know all too well that cheating is rampant in the age of AI? https://bit.ly/4wGitF7 #EDUSky

A photo illustration of three humanoid robots standing in front of a college entrance gateway.
Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 5h ago

offered as support for education, the message seems to be that writing has nothing to do with what they actually think or that thinking involves choosing from a menu of pre-existing options. This is a strange gaslighting because at each step, Claude is telling you that you are writing this paper /6

Interface in Claude.edu for projects. You can choose a study project, a career project, or a research project
Laprofmme 🦬⚔️🏒 💙💛❤️‍🩹@laprofmme.bsky.social · 4h ago

This whole 🧵. And this is from Claude edu, “a specialized version tailored for higher ed institutions. This initiative equips unis to develop & implement AI-enabled approaches across teaching, learning, & admin—ensuring educators & students play a key role in actively shaping AI's role in society.”

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

This is like a "choose your own adventure book". If you choose option A, it will do the next step for you, etc. This is not writing. This is producing text for a grade. Writing has value as a way to figure out what you think and why. If students see this possibility in a product that is/5

Good pick — that contradiction (faculty alarmed about student AI use while using it heavily themselves) gives you a real argument, not just a summary. Working thesis: Something like — "Academic integrity frameworks built around detection and prohibition are failing because they ignore the double standard institutions themselves practice: faculty and universities are adopting AI in their own work while restricting it for students. A workable integrity model has to define legitimate use, not just police it." Outline: Intro — the contradiction as your hook (College Board: 45% of faculty view AI negatively on integrity grounds, yet 77% use it professionally) What "academic integrity" meant pre-AI, and why detection-based enforcement (Turnitin-style) is breaking down The faculty double standard — evidence and what it reveals about the real concern (is it dishonesty, or loss of skill-building?) Counter-argument — the case for strict AI-use rules (Ecuador study: link between trusting AI output and plagiarism) What's actually working — institutions shifting to "process tracking" / "learning assurance" instead of pure detection Your argument for what a better policy looks like Conclusion For sources beyond the two I found, you'll want your own database search (JSTOR, Google Scholar) for peer-reviewed studies — I can help you evaluate sources once you have them, but a paper this current benefits from primary studies you've actually read, not just what I can find via web search. Want me to help you draft the introduction next, or do you want to gather a few more sources first?
Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · yesterday

I agree with Edsall: Dems should try to win without the support of women, minorities, LGBTQ people, leftists, or people who need/support social services and/or are concerned about gun violence. Surely there's enough rich white straight male reactionary centrist columnists for an electoral majority!

Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · yesterday

From Tom Edsall’s column. I wish he had specified what he means by “wedge-issue attacks.” I’m also not sure what it means to say that Dems have been “vulnerable” to these things for 60 years. Presumably, he is suggesting that backlash politics has, on balance, harmed the Democrats.

In reality, the Democratic Party has been vulnerable since the 1960s to wedge-issue attacks on such subjects as civil rights, women’s rights, affirmative action, welfare spending, crime, gun control, gay marriage and transgender rights.
SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon@sunyufspresident.bsky.social · 2d ago

A few hot takes on the letter, which I will refer to as Compact 2.0: 0) I appreciate the shift from outright extortion to (theoretically) open-ended questions. 1) Nevertheless, both the framing of the questions and wording of several rest on a thin evidence base and unexamined assumptions.

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2d ago

Me on the AAU "The AAU claims to be comprised of America’s leading research unis...But if the member presidents choose the guise of institutional neutrality as a way to gain political cover, they may now be leading higher ed toward greater authoritarianism." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Rob Taber@robtaber.bsky.social · 2d ago

This thread, and also: 1) A very quick way to lose public trust is to cozy up to a guy whose disapproval rating is nearing 60%, whose approval rating hasn't cracked 40% in months, and may very well see his party lose one, if not both, chambers of Congress in a few months.

SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon@sunyufspresident.bsky.social · 2d ago

A few hot takes on the letter, which I will refer to as Compact 2.0: 0) I appreciate the shift from outright extortion to (theoretically) open-ended questions. 1) Nevertheless, both the framing of the questions and wording of several rest on a thin evidence base and unexamined assumptions.

House Judiciary Dems@democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 2d ago

NEW: Blanche’s empty promises do nothing to kill Trump's slush fund, stop the flow of money to convicted J6 felons and MAGA allies, or end the Trump family Super Pardon. Read RM @raskin.house.gov's full statement here: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement: Blanche’s Empty Promises Do Nothing to Kill Slush Fund, Stop the Flow of Money to Convicted J6 Felons and MAGA Allies, or End Trump Family Super Pardon

Washington, D.C. (August 3, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis received a...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d ago

Is there a connection between opulence and the decline of empire? Who cares, suggests Chad Mizelle, Trump's 2025 former Deputy Attorney General, as he comments on the tourism draw of gilded statues and the "opulence of the epicenter of once-great civilizations," without a shred of self-awareness.

The mark of every great nation is stunning architecture and beauty. Millions travel the world to admire the opulence of the epicenters of once-great civilizations. Trump is making America’s capital just as magnificent. Quote Secretary Doug Burgum @SecretaryBurgum · Jul 29 .@Interior is ushering in a new Golden Age for Washington, D.C. Thank you to all of the workers who are making @POTUS’ vision for a Safe and Beautiful capital possible! Underneath is a photo of the re-gilded statues on DC's Memorial Bridge.
Louise Seamster@louiseseamster.bsky.social · 2d ago

First came framing loan caps as protecting students by pressuring universities to keep costs down, with the likely outcome of pushing low-income students out of school. Here’s another policy framed as “helping,” but again premised on exclusion-- protecting students from "low-return” jobs

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.