sabrmetrical caliban (Lev)

@sukusuku.moe

23, they/them. PhD student in musicology at Pitt. BA Music (UIUC, 2025). inquisitor of finite modes, perseverer of the Absolute. editor for @crittheoryworkgrp.bsky.social. banner from Soul Glo, "Gold Chain Punk." pfp: @ardent-knight.bsky.social

Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries.

More recently in Craighead County — symbolically, at least, Ground Zero for the state’s attack on libraries, thanks to Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) — the library announced several changes to circulation as it relates to minors. In a Facebook post, the library listed a number of changes to library policies, including:

Minors are prohibited from using the self-checkout kiosks;
Children under 13 years old may only check out materials from the designated children’s collection, while minors age 13-17 can only check out from the children or teen sections;
Minors may not check out DVDs at all; and  
Minors are prohibited from entering or purchasing anything from the Friends of the Library Bookstore.
Arkansas Times@arktimes.bsky.social · 4d ago

As local libraries grapple with how to implement Act 372, a national group calls for legislators to repeal and replace the pro-censorship law.

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so note/reminder on some reposts just now: - not ontologically opposed to AI - I've determined it's not for me and my line of work (higher ed) - there *may* be/likely will be research potential for others - there *isn't* pedagogical potential for me and others in the classroom

Im NOT technophobic, and im not sure how many times I need to point that out. I grew up with tech, and understand what it can do in research and teaching; but nothing you're showing me re LLMs is convincing me that it offers anything new or useful for my own classrooms.