Anne Lutz Fernandez

The looming Trump-cession Orange man bad (for the economy).

Just as most weren’t prepared for these for six months, I fear we have no idea how bad this is going to get.

Asking Students to Use AI Responsibly When The Adults Aren't Kids can't be expected to learn what adults haven't — or can't — learn

“How can children be expected to use AI responsibly, though, when the adults are not? When tech giants, the federal government, and blue-chip corporations are using it in reckless ways?”

Sums up what DeSaster has done and is continuing to do to public education in Florida nicely. Please read. #Florida #Edusky

LAUSD teachers demand more protection for immigrant students Just one week before LAUSD students return to school, teachers across Los Angeles stepped out to the streets to demand stronger protections for immigrant students and their families. Hundreds of educa...

“‘We're coming off a summer of terror. Students have been in their homes, not coming out into the neighborhoods. I want to make sure that they are back in school,’ said Alex Orzoco. ‘We want to make sure that they feel they can return to some normalcy.’”

YouTube video by BackYardSounds "I learned it by watching you!" PSA - 80s

I remember how this goes
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It's not often I read a story about schools and my first response is, "I had no idea."

I had no idea this was happening.

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

This interview is so clear & quietly devastating. Public media as we understand it is over.

This is not about the end of NPR & PBS. They might be able to find ways to continue to make programs. Instead of content, this is about the capacity to broadcast at all - antennae, transmitters, licenses. 🧵

Emergency Financial support for Unite Here 30 Member Gilberto! By Partnership for A Better San Diego

If you can, please support Gilberto and his family. A hotel worker and union member, he was kidnapped by ICE.

No more anonymity for ICE - unmask NOW. Sign the petition here and spread the word: sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Masks and lack of uniforms/markings make it dangerous for EVERYONE.

These numbers are mind-blowing. TLDR: If you wreck higher ed, you wreck the economy for regular people (not billionaires) two ways: education is unaffordable/limited, and vast amounts of foreign currency doesn't get spent in the country. #highered

Those are the times and places for them to engage with it, if they have to!

The thread that turned into the post:

A saucy take on AI from @lutzfernandez.bsky.social.

Strikingly, the memo says straightforwardly that what happened in Los Angeles is the sort of operation that may be necessary "for years to come."

As one expert told me: "They see Los Angeles as a model to be replicated."

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ICYMI: AFK Edition (8/3) Nothing new to report, but I wouldn't miss this wekly collection for anything.

So much good writing on education this week. @palan57.bsky.social’s roundup:

Asking Students to Use AI Responsibly When The Adults Aren't Kids can't be expected to learn what adults haven't — or can't — learn

“How can children be expected to use AI responsibly, though, when the adults are not? When tech giants, the federal government, and blue-chip corporations are using it in reckless ways?”

Dear faculty and staff at Brown University: Please join our movement to resist government repression of academic freedom and free inquiry. We have built the infrastructure higher ed needs to band together, reclaim the narrative, and protect the common good. Join us, please! standtogetherhighered.org

#EduSky

hi the only thought partners are other humans sorry

“Students should understand AI’s numerous social, economic, health, and environmental costs. Giving lip service to these big ethical issues while hastily integrating AI sends kids a strong message — the adults don’t really care and neither should you.”

Thoughtful read from @lutzfernandez.bsky.social I'm kind of glad I'm not teaching anymore, but I've got massive respect for those still doing it. #education #ai

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Sure. After we teach them to use social media and the internet responsibly. Foolish.

My favorite quote from this article, "The responsible question for schools to ask is What does the research say about the best ways to teach and learn? AI mania has many instead asking, How can AI help teaching and learning?"

The move cemented many fears that Mr. Trump, who has already fired inspectors general and installed loyalists in the Justice Department, would eventually root out government officials who report politically inconvenient data or intimidate them from publicly disclosing bad news.

In what fucking cave has the #BrokenTimes been living this last decade? These are the fears that should have been the lead of Times coverage. It's still 15 grafs down.

My kids dutifully yelled "FERRET!" every time it appeared on screen.

About halfway through they figured out, "wait, the ferret is gonna bite somebody at the end, isn't it," thus independently inventing Chekhov's gun

I think Chekhov's gun should be called "Schwarzenegger's Ferret" instead

Happy James Baldwin Day! Writing, thinking, & America don't get any better. 🗃️

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H/T @brbarrett.bsky.social @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social and ofc Linda McMahon

Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.

We obtained the memo:
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