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Luke Landherr (aka Dante Shepherd)

@danteshepherd.bsky.social

Northeastern ChemE professor. My research is educational comics. I used to make Surviving The World. I believe the plural should be "chemicals engineer". http://sciencetheworld.com

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More of a high stakes picnic

28.10.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Dodgers should check if Dave Koza is available to pinch hit

28.10.2025 05:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Longest professional baseball game - Wikipedia

The longest game in baseball history lasted 33 innings and the players were burning bats and benches in barrels to keep warm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest...

28.10.2025 05:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I did poorly on my first Thermo 1 exam in undergrad because 1) it was thermo and I didn't realize that thermo was secretly tricky until after the exam, and 2) I stayed up until 2:40 AM watching the Red Sox lose a Divison Series game in 12 innings

Getting some flashbacks right now

28.10.2025 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By the time this World Series game ends, everyone playing and everyone watching will have been thrown out on the bases at least once

28.10.2025 04:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is basically a madlib with a few nouns that could be filled in for either baseball or our country

26.10.2025 01:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I for one think that it's bad for baseball that the person who oversees it all doesn't really like baseball, and that's why we're seeing the utter nonsense we're seeing now

I have a similar thought about a certain country

26.10.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Case in point

25.10.2025 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would love an analysis but I think Toronto might have somehow have the naturally loudest stadium in baseball

25.10.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The TVs at the gym are always on CNN and Fox News (and maybe ESPN) and they just seem designed to break your brain or at the very least your spirit

23.10.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.

21.10.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3835    ๐Ÿ” 949    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a Drawn to Engineering comic for Chemical Engineering Education

Worst-Case Scenario
written by Luke Landherr
drawn by Maki Naro

Panel 1
STUDENT working on a computer. Smoke in the background.

STUDENT: โ€ฆ actually, if I just enter in the right prompts, I can get this AI tool to solve all this work for me!

STUDENT: And thatโ€™s before I even get into any writing assignmentsโ€ฆ

STUDENT: The professor will probably want more accurate answers, after all.

Panel 2:

PROFESSOR working on a computer. Smoke rising from fire in a green hilled background.

PROFESSOR: So thereโ€™s all these problems to write and this student work to review, butโ€ฆ

PROFESSOR: โ€ฆ actually, I could just feed this AI tool the right prompts and have it do the curriculum design and evaluations for me!

PROFESSOR: The students will probably appreciate unique problems and faster feedback, after all.

a Drawn to Engineering comic for Chemical Engineering Education Worst-Case Scenario written by Luke Landherr drawn by Maki Naro Panel 1 STUDENT working on a computer. Smoke in the background. STUDENT: โ€ฆ actually, if I just enter in the right prompts, I can get this AI tool to solve all this work for me! STUDENT: And thatโ€™s before I even get into any writing assignmentsโ€ฆ STUDENT: The professor will probably want more accurate answers, after all. Panel 2: PROFESSOR working on a computer. Smoke rising from fire in a green hilled background. PROFESSOR: So thereโ€™s all these problems to write and this student work to review, butโ€ฆ PROFESSOR: โ€ฆ actually, I could just feed this AI tool the right prompts and have it do the curriculum design and evaluations for me! PROFESSOR: The students will probably appreciate unique problems and faster feedback, after all.

STUDENT at left, PROFESSOR at right. Circular arrows reflecting that the computers are doing all the work between them with no human involvement, surrounding a data center with smokestacks.

Panel Two:

STUDENT and PROFESSOR shaking hands with environmental consumption being revealed.

TEXTBOX: This is the worstcase scenario for AI in education.

STUDENT: Thank you for a great semester.

PROFESSOR: Thank you for a great semester.

TEXTBOX: All the learning and teaching self-contained within the AI tools, with no real human involvement.

Panel Three

Different PROFESSOR and STUDENT talking together, a back and forth to help showcase the continued learning and teaching together.  Brighter colors.

TEXTBOX: Letโ€™s be clear, there are real possibilities for AI tools in both teaching and learning. AI tools can be great at helping develop codes for complex mathematical solutions, and can also allow for an all-hours tutoring tool for additional student support. And as an educational community, we need to consider what the best potential of these tools are, for all involved parties.

TEXTBOX: But it is a potential slippery slope in rationalizing what is acceptable from all involved. And that is before we consider the devastatingly huge environmental cost in using AI, a somewhat ironic factor when we work to increase instruction in sustainability at the same time.

TEXTBOX: So letโ€™s work together in figuring out best approaches using AI. And letโ€™s be careful to find the best limits at the same time.

STUDENT at left, PROFESSOR at right. Circular arrows reflecting that the computers are doing all the work between them with no human involvement, surrounding a data center with smokestacks. Panel Two: STUDENT and PROFESSOR shaking hands with environmental consumption being revealed. TEXTBOX: This is the worstcase scenario for AI in education. STUDENT: Thank you for a great semester. PROFESSOR: Thank you for a great semester. TEXTBOX: All the learning and teaching self-contained within the AI tools, with no real human involvement. Panel Three Different PROFESSOR and STUDENT talking together, a back and forth to help showcase the continued learning and teaching together. Brighter colors. TEXTBOX: Letโ€™s be clear, there are real possibilities for AI tools in both teaching and learning. AI tools can be great at helping develop codes for complex mathematical solutions, and can also allow for an all-hours tutoring tool for additional student support. And as an educational community, we need to consider what the best potential of these tools are, for all involved parties. TEXTBOX: But it is a potential slippery slope in rationalizing what is acceptable from all involved. And that is before we consider the devastatingly huge environmental cost in using AI, a somewhat ironic factor when we work to increase instruction in sustainability at the same time. TEXTBOX: So letโ€™s work together in figuring out best approaches using AI. And letโ€™s be careful to find the best limits at the same time.

Here is a comic on the use of AI in education that @makinaro.com and I made for Chemical Engineering Education. Maki's art is otherworldly in this one, and I'm very pleased to have gotten this published in the journal.

21.10.2025 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if the Blue Jays win, then no one gets an invite to the half-torn-down White House, it's perfect

21.10.2025 03:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That song is about pregnancy so he was really in over his head in this game

21.10.2025 03:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

poor Seattle

21.10.2025 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

can only imagine how loud that stadium is right now

21.10.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a Drawn to Engineering comic for Chemical Engineering Education

Worst-Case Scenario
written by Luke Landherr
drawn by Maki Naro

Panel 1
STUDENT working on a computer. Smoke in the background.

STUDENT: โ€ฆ actually, if I just enter in the right prompts, I can get this AI tool to solve all this work for me!

STUDENT: And thatโ€™s before I even get into any writing assignmentsโ€ฆ

STUDENT: The professor will probably want more accurate answers, after all.

Panel 2:

PROFESSOR working on a computer. Smoke rising from fire in a green hilled background.

PROFESSOR: So thereโ€™s all these problems to write and this student work to review, butโ€ฆ

PROFESSOR: โ€ฆ actually, I could just feed this AI tool the right prompts and have it do the curriculum design and evaluations for me!

PROFESSOR: The students will probably appreciate unique problems and faster feedback, after all.

a Drawn to Engineering comic for Chemical Engineering Education Worst-Case Scenario written by Luke Landherr drawn by Maki Naro Panel 1 STUDENT working on a computer. Smoke in the background. STUDENT: โ€ฆ actually, if I just enter in the right prompts, I can get this AI tool to solve all this work for me! STUDENT: And thatโ€™s before I even get into any writing assignmentsโ€ฆ STUDENT: The professor will probably want more accurate answers, after all. Panel 2: PROFESSOR working on a computer. Smoke rising from fire in a green hilled background. PROFESSOR: So thereโ€™s all these problems to write and this student work to review, butโ€ฆ PROFESSOR: โ€ฆ actually, I could just feed this AI tool the right prompts and have it do the curriculum design and evaluations for me! PROFESSOR: The students will probably appreciate unique problems and faster feedback, after all.

STUDENT at left, PROFESSOR at right. Circular arrows reflecting that the computers are doing all the work between them with no human involvement, surrounding a data center with smokestacks.

Panel Two:

STUDENT and PROFESSOR shaking hands with environmental consumption being revealed.

TEXTBOX: This is the worstcase scenario for AI in education.

STUDENT: Thank you for a great semester.

PROFESSOR: Thank you for a great semester.

TEXTBOX: All the learning and teaching self-contained within the AI tools, with no real human involvement.

Panel Three

Different PROFESSOR and STUDENT talking together, a back and forth to help showcase the continued learning and teaching together.  Brighter colors.

TEXTBOX: Letโ€™s be clear, there are real possibilities for AI tools in both teaching and learning. AI tools can be great at helping develop codes for complex mathematical solutions, and can also allow for an all-hours tutoring tool for additional student support. And as an educational community, we need to consider what the best potential of these tools are, for all involved parties.

TEXTBOX: But it is a potential slippery slope in rationalizing what is acceptable from all involved. And that is before we consider the devastatingly huge environmental cost in using AI, a somewhat ironic factor when we work to increase instruction in sustainability at the same time.

TEXTBOX: So letโ€™s work together in figuring out best approaches using AI. And letโ€™s be careful to find the best limits at the same time.

STUDENT at left, PROFESSOR at right. Circular arrows reflecting that the computers are doing all the work between them with no human involvement, surrounding a data center with smokestacks. Panel Two: STUDENT and PROFESSOR shaking hands with environmental consumption being revealed. TEXTBOX: This is the worstcase scenario for AI in education. STUDENT: Thank you for a great semester. PROFESSOR: Thank you for a great semester. TEXTBOX: All the learning and teaching self-contained within the AI tools, with no real human involvement. Panel Three Different PROFESSOR and STUDENT talking together, a back and forth to help showcase the continued learning and teaching together. Brighter colors. TEXTBOX: Letโ€™s be clear, there are real possibilities for AI tools in both teaching and learning. AI tools can be great at helping develop codes for complex mathematical solutions, and can also allow for an all-hours tutoring tool for additional student support. And as an educational community, we need to consider what the best potential of these tools are, for all involved parties. TEXTBOX: But it is a potential slippery slope in rationalizing what is acceptable from all involved. And that is before we consider the devastatingly huge environmental cost in using AI, a somewhat ironic factor when we work to increase instruction in sustainability at the same time. TEXTBOX: So letโ€™s work together in figuring out best approaches using AI. And letโ€™s be careful to find the best limits at the same time.

Here is a comic on the use of AI in education that @makinaro.com and I made for Chemical Engineering Education. Maki's art is otherworldly in this one, and I'm very pleased to have gotten this published in the journal.

21.10.2025 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

any bad comics I've posted in the last 17 years are off the record

20.10.2025 23:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Right here just one among the many reasons I won't vote for Moulton

20.10.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What is "Johnny B. Goode"?

20.10.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the thieves was overheard saying "This was so much easier than the time I was stuck in a hole"

19.10.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nick Fox has struck again

19.10.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do not interact. Do not contribute. This is not Twitter. We do not get baited here, we block here. You hated Twitter, so stop trying to recreate it.

Block here are nuclear. Take advantage and subscribe to this list blocking all government accounts in one go.

bsky.app/profile/eva....

18.10.2025 05:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 927    ๐Ÿ” 503    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, and if your educational work has been visual research, and you are morally opposed to AI art in every fiber of your being...!

17.10.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, but most educational efforts do not align with machine learning, and it's now an expectation of any K12-related submissions, so...

17.10.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Knowing that any NSF education proposals I submit right now need to include an AI component, knowing that the AI bubble is going to burst before any such grant would be complete, and knowing how awful AI is in every form, just feels gross and ridiculous and well how else do I support my grad student

17.10.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

sure, but not that guy

15.10.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That was an utterly blaseball double play

14.10.2025 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
More garbage from the Washington Post

More garbage from the Washington Post

I read this whole garbage op-ed and had two thoughts:
1) I cannot possibly conclude this professor liked teaching students and interacting with them
2) leopards are certainly trying to eat his face now but he's trying to talk himself into it

13.10.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This is a screenshot from a garbage op-ed.

This is a screenshot from a garbage op-ed.

The current Washington Post op-ed that argues the current attacks on academia will likely have better long-term impacts than the "woke-era" attacks honestly sounds like the whining of a professor who was bad at teaching and got upset when any students questioned his reasoning.

13.10.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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