Melissa Reeves

I think Democrats should run on a promise to demolish Trump's Epstein Memorial Ballroom should they win in 2028, tbh

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Anyway if you have a Nazi tattoo it’s true you’re not a secret Nazi. You’re an open Nazi. You literally have a sign that you carry around in your body every day that says “I’m a Nazi.”

Coursework is most fundamentally about learning to think, creating new pathways in your brain. The actual content, which you're likely to forget if you don't use it, is often quite secondary to this.

god grant me the confidence of a man with a nazi tattoo to run as a democrat for senate

Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful

Ok. Lol’ed for like 3 minutes on this one. I wonder what he sees in the mirror? 🐶

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

I have been watching the devastating videos from friends and colleagues. Some folks are still missing in cold waters. The few news and info sources for locals are also the same ones being cut by federal funding. People should know this is happening

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

Solidarity!

That worked better than the online music theory class I tried. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I decided I would learn how to use one of those cheap wooden paddles with a rubber ball attached with a rubber band — as an exercise in growth mindset. Did effort really make a difference? I got to where I could bounce it (downwards, mind you) over 100 times in a row

It’s an old article. I think he’s got that PhD now.

Several tiny translucent fir-cone mushrooms grow from a dark wet Douglas fir cone, held between thumb and forefinger, in a dark green forest. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

It was available for immediate borrow from my library. 😀 this is not my usual genre (unless fantasy elements are involved), so I have no recommendations.

I advocated for a policy that any adoption of an AI tool could only come after answering 2 questions: What problem are we trying to solve, and is AI the right solution for this problem. Admin hated it because they'd have to admit the actual answer is more faculty

A student told me Thursday that another prof had told the class to post their work into an AI LLM, to be graded and commented on by the AI. The other students were all offended. Which is good. They should be offended.

It is, far and away, the most challenging thing I’ve encountered since entering the academy. And that is saying a lot. I might be working on this but I keep putting it aside because I’m not medicated enough to describe how demoralizing it all is.

We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.

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One thing that feels underrepresented in our conversations around AI/education is the not-insignificant number of students who have a negative reaction to the idea of using AI—especially being compelled to do it by teachers.

They deserve a voice in this conversation, too.

Nation’s 56,000 Acres Of Spinach Crops Cooked Down To Single Half-Cup Serving

Nation’s 56,000 Acres Of Spinach Crops Cooked Down To Single Half-Cup Serving

Question for the white liberals who have written columns praising Charlie Kirk in the name of "free speech."

Where are you columns actually DEFENDING THE FREE SPEECH of people who are being fired for [checks notes] quoting Charlie Kirk? (Which most of you white praisers didn't have the guts to do)

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Welp, it’s time to publish this:

Bluesky Moderation has affirmatively dropped the ball with respect to allowing the transgender community on this site to protect itself.

I have a blocklist, titled “Transphobic”.

You can’t see it. Bluesky Community hid it.

So this is apparently how it goes these days:

(violence occurs)

TRANSPHOBE: It's the evil violent trans people who have done this!

(perpetrator revealed not to be trans)

TRANSPHOBE: Ah! Nevertheless -

When trustees make consequential decisions under the assumption that universities are businesses or students are customers — in both cases, they aren’t — the results often harm the universities and the students.