Michelle Davidson
@michellydav.bsky.social
Distinguished Lecturer, Composition/FYWriting * Provost Faculty Fellow * Teacher/Learner/Writer/Maker. Ungrader & AI Refuser Cleveland Baseball Fan, cradle to grave.
Well, they violated their own "Don't be evil" policy a long time ago....
404 Media@404media.co · 5d ago"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
In one of my favorite essays on teaching college writing, @biblioracle.bsky.social identifies Wile E. Coyote as the hero of ungrading...because of his resilience. He "is a planner, an iterator, each failed initiative giving rise to the next." He also "commits fully to his plan. " 1/4
Hey folks: even if you aren't involved, consider signing this petition in solidarity with your fellow academics? Interdisciplinary translation: this is like if they canceled APSA for political scientists, AMS for musicologists, AHA for historians, MLA for lit studies, etc. etc.
Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 2w agoImportant petition re CCCC "If you are currently a CCCC member, we ask that you commit to cancelling your NCTE membership should these changes be made." Petition: "Join us in calling on the NCTE to halt any actions leading to the dissolution of the CCCC member group." www.change.org/p/halt-disso...
My 8th-grade English teacher collected our hand-written essays on the play, "Raisin in the Sun," and proceeded to rip them in half and drop them it the garbage can. Then, she told us about the"write,rip up, rewrite," process she claimed would make our writing stronger. (1)
Give the gift of knowledge and resistance...and/or put these in your holiday wishlist! #AIhype #AIresistance #booksky
Give the gift of knowledge and resistance...and/or put these in your holiday wishlist! #AIhype #AIresistance #booksky
I was born in January 1966. My parents had been trying to settle on my name when they heard Michelle in the car radio...
𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗@wertheimer.bsky.social · 8mo ago60 yrs ago Rubber Soul Beatles 3 Dec 1965 #MusicSky
How privileged this man is to be protected and left to believe he is fine, if not invincible.
Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 8mo agoA+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
And this is just one more reason to love Vince Gilligan.
daryl "crap mode aesthetic" b 🏳️⚧️@hypercubexl.bsky.social · 9mo ago🫡
Imagine household appliance that just keeps electrocuting people do death, and the manufacturer just shrugs, and keeps selling more of them. bsky.app/profile/hype...
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9mo agoIndefensible to argue this belongs in schools.
„Altman tells lies for money. And I’m glad they’re lies. Because the makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.“
Chris, Ontos Games@ontosgames.co.uk · 9mo agoThis is a fantastic piece. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
Last weekend, we timed our first-ever fall visit to NW Michigan to experience the peak colors...and arrived to find it delayed because of higher than normal temps. Our backyard today:
"Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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Outdoor office temp: 85-degrees. Major road construction one street over. Roofers are executing a tear-off next door, and I wouldn't be surprised if they start shingling before 2 pm. No matter. This is my favorite place to write. #Writingsky, #academicsky,
To comply with a state law banning diverse, equitable and inclusive programming and initiatives on campuses, my alma material and employer renamed its nearly 50-year-old womens center....
Excuse me while I troll AI images and presidents posing as popes.
Comp community: Asao Inoue is keynote speaker this year. This will be my 4th time attending this virtual conference. I recommend. It is so well organized and draws together faculty and administrative across disciplines.
The Grading Conference@thegradingconference.com · 2y agoAbstract submissions are now open! Please submit your abstract to present at the 2025 Grading Conference which will be held virtually June 11-13. Abstract submission information available at www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
Abstract submissions are now open! Please submit your abstract to present at the 2025 Grading Conference which will be held virtually June 11-13. Abstract submission information available at www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
The Grading Conference
centerforgradingreform.org
I present the title page of my latest narrative for my annual evaluation: #AIresistence #AIinhighered #Edusky
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
Merry Christmas from my home office, where I am playing Wridges and patiently waiting for everyone else to wake up.
The teaching case for AI in the university humanities classroom seems to be: Admit that you hate teaching and don’t want to prepare materials, run classes, prepare or grade student work.” I’d say this was odd and depressing but then a remember “teaching release” is the holy grail of academic success
A 27yo student whose HS counselor told her "college is not for you," did not believe me when I told her she won an award for her writing Showcase presentation. "Come on," she said. "Did I really win or did you do this?" I told her that 5 judges chose her project. She burst into tears. #fywriting
