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English prof (autobiography, the paranormal, colonial Virginia) & south coast vaporwave Currently writing a book on autobiography in Forteana

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Miriam Posner@miriamposner.com · 7h ago

I made this for my students last year and there are some links at the end to professional advice! docs.google.com/presentation... For more “real” advice, I tend to search for something like “annotations + libguide” in order to get librarians’ resources.

How Do Scholars Take Notes?

How do scholars take notes? I like seeing examples of different people’s notetaking, so I asked scholars to show me how they take notes for research.

docs.google.com

andré carrington@andrecarrington.bsky.social · 6h ago

We use the assessments we do because they work for lots of reasons. Adopting new ones because they fulfill one function is not a good idea. The best thing university administrators can do for us is to stop enabling the companies that sell cheating aids by embedding them in everything

Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 6h ago

"negative criticism of a thing I like is a major social problem" is an incredibly cowardly take. if you disagree with her, disagree. don't hide behind a moral panic. it makes you look like a ridiculous spineless lump. 1

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · yesterday

If the academy gets pulled into coming out swinging against the biggest adaptation of Homer in probably a couple generations off the back of one prominent scholar deciding to be Reviewer 2 to Nolan's work, it will say, IMO, pretty damning things about academia's ability to foster public engagement.

Dr ShinyGoth@ghostingdani.bsky.social · 6h ago

We do not have to do this to save the humanities, and it would not save the humanities if we did. The humanities are not imperiled because the content we teach is unpopular.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · 6h ago

This is something I wish I'd clarified more in the original thread - less that there's some anti-Odyssey consensus, more that if the field wants to benefit from the Odyssey it is going to have to positively engage with it and go to bat for at least the idea of popular retellings of the classics.

Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · 7h ago

Notably that Mark Zuckerberg reportedly apologized to the government of India over CSAM ads running in that country. The ads @wired.com covered ran below in the US, UK, and several EU countries: www.scmp.com/news/asia/so...

Zuckerberg apologises to India over child sexual abuse content on Meta platforms

The Meta Platforms ⁠CEO also apologised for deepfake content and operational ‌lapses on the company’s platforms, according to a report.

scmp.com

Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · 8h ago

NEW: Dozens of ads containing video and other child sexual abuse material ran across Meta’s social media platforms, including some as recently as yesterday. @mattburgess1.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/meta-r...

Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 12h 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?
Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 22h ago

I was in a friend’s rental car and in place of a rear-view mirror there was a mirror-sized digital video feed of the back of the car. They replaced one of the most reliable & intuitive safety features in a car with a digital surrogate that could glitch at any moment. KEEP ANALOG SAFTEY FEATURES

Ally (in Euroskyland)@allybfraz.eurosky.social · yesterday

I love how the new cyclosporiasis framing is the iceberg lettuce was “sourced from central Mexico” with 0 mention of Taylor Farms in headlines or social media copy even tho they’re using photos with Taylor Farms facilities in them lol. CEOs will do anything but take accountability, I guess.

Deidre Lynch@drbibliomane.bsky.social · yesterday

You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · yesterday

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.
Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · yesterday

Generative AI psychosis and delusion is a real thing, as is the degradation of analytical skills. This increasingly makes conversations difficult with those who have "converted" to using it. Along with the clickbait-ification of everything and the adoption of predatory logarithms. Stay vigilant.