Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault

Anthropic Accidentally Gives the World a Peek Into Its Model's 'Soul' Does a chatbot have a soul? Sort of.

"Anthropic Accidentally Gives the World a Peek Into Its Model’s ‘Soul’"

"... it’s not uncommon for the models to hallucinate documents when asked to produce system messages. (Seems not great that the AI can make up what it thinks it was trained on..."

#TLSky #EduSky

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No school!!!

Kids Can Press Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent or unauthorized use of Franklin's name or image, which directly contradicts these values. Image of Franklin the Turtle

Pete Hegseth posted an image of Franklin the Turtle shooting a missle at a boat

Canadian publisher Kids Can Press "strongly condemns any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin's name or image" following Pete Hegseth's post:

A great thread and applicable to my industry. Friends in the biz ask why I don't want to use AI to shotlist or draft ideas. Because that is *what* I love; the maddening, mysterious, staring into space or the blank page and connecting to creative ideas from the ether. That's the whole f'ing thing.

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This Saturday! 12:30 PM, Zeitgeist, SF.

The Trans Nerd Meet Up is for anyone who is A) not cis and B) loves to geek out about anything at all. Bring games, gadgets, your stamp collection, toys, or just yourself. WE DON'T GATEKEEP. If you think you're welcome, you ARE.

Hammerstone Carpentry for Women | Learn, Build, Empower Today Empowering women and gender minorities through carpentry courses and craft trades education. Join us in Ithaca and Trumansburg for skill-building workshops and community connection.

Tonight I somehow happened upon the Hammerstone School, a carpentry school for women + gender minorities in Ithaca — which led me to Westermorrow in Waitsfield, VT; Wild Abundance near Asheville, NC; Mill Hollow Works in West Keene, NH... Such great places!

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”That’s under the author’s last name. Pilkey. ”

I continue to be a huge fan of gallery walk activities in the classroom for many reasons, but one of the more-underrated ones?

It creates a subtle, super-effective way for you to have quiet check-in's with students while they rotate around without it being obvious to others in the room.

Showing me a needle shot on a story about a measles outbreak gets me to associate vaccination with disease... which is wrong.

I'm so tired of measles.

I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.

Show what measles looks like.

Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.

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Florida upside down on a map, looking like The Grinch

Someone said that Florida upside down looks like The Grinch, and now I can’t unsee it! 😱🤯

The Orchard in Doha, Qatar’s airport. Spending a few hours here is a joy. 🌳

YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.

i’ve had too much going on with life and work and community action here in nyc to volunteer for this campaign, but i REALLY hope she wins. if you have friends in TN-7, please do share and remind them to vote.

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Seeking fun middle-grade and up fiction recs for a kid reading voraciously at an undergrad level in the technical sense, but with the sensitivities of a softhearted 10-12 year old. Comic violence is fine, could do without terrible grief. Likes in following post…

🎁📚 People who acquire books for middle schoolers: many banger recs await you in the replies to this post

Citation: Deeplight, Frances Hardinge (2019)

The child for whom I have been collecting books recs was given the chance to request a book for the school library and she asked for an, uh, body horror…caper? About ancient fish gods that eat human fear? And it has arrived. So she is now slowly converting her classmates to the fish cult.

We need your help!

Texas Freedom to Read Project was founded to protect every Texan’s right to read freely. With the passage of SB 13 and SB 12, new restrictions have led to hundreds, possibly thousands, of books being quietly pulled from school libraries across Texas

Table for sentence by sentence writing chunk guidance. Evidence From the source and supports your claim. *Remember your citation. Verbs to consider advises, argues, celebrates, confirms, criticizes, defends, demonstrates, emphasizes, establishes, examines, exemplifies, identifies, illustrates, implies, indicates, manipulates, portrays, proves, reinforces, reveals, suggests, warns Analysis My thinking which makes the evidence meaningful to others. Could be social commentary. Verbs to consider broadens, challenges, clarifies, confirms, connects, deepens, establishes, expands, impacts, implies, influences, predicts, reinforces, rejects, relates, shapes, threatens, underscores

Hoping this will help students struggling with their writing... #EduSky #Writting #Literacy #ELA #TLSky I'm not sure why/when essays reverted to encyclopediaesque regurgitation on a page. 🤮
Going back to basics.

Y’all! @mrschureads.bsky.social and I will be sharing OVER 100 BOOKS on Tuesday! This @bookelicious.bsky.social event is FREE but you must register in advance, so… GET ON IT!! Hope to see you there!

#edusky #tlsky #booksky #librarians #skybrarians #kidlit #mglit

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We’re ringing in the holidays with a warm THANK YOU! Use coupon HH2025 with your year-end purchases on mackin.com and get your shelves and your readers ready for 2026! 🎁📚

#EduSky #TLsky #Mackin

Three week countdown to Winter break begins. I am teaching #HourOfCode #HourOfAI in December. What are other #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians #TLSky teaching?

I am working my way through Common Sense Media’s new Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum seeing how these new lessons will fit into our library time.

Today in 2nd grade we paired the incredible BIG by @vashtiharrison.bsky.social with Dealing with Online Meanness.
#TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Some good reminders & links to resources from a #SchoolLibrarian. Worth a read!

#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #ResearchSkills #InformationLiteracy