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🇺🇸 🏒 Captain hilary knight : “The joke was distasteful & unfortunate— Now I have to sit in front of you and explain someone else's behavior. It's not my responsibility… It’s a great teaching point to really shine light on how women should be championed for their amazing feats.”

Someone is going to write a dissertation about this half time show and I will read it.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and says nope . do n't like that . Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and says “nope. don't like that”

Me going through TikTok’s updated TOS.

Older photo of Dolly Parton holding a kitten. Dolly is wearing a flowy purple garment. The kitten is back with white mittens

There’s so much Miller on the timeline, cleansing with Dolly Parton and a cat ✨

All course syllabi and calendars are done 😮‍💨 That only accounts for maybe 10% of my spring semester prep, but it’s 10% I didn’t have yesterday.

tech/AI has always been about profit maximisation and world domination at all costs (even if it means the end of democracy) only now, thanks to the rise of fascism, they can say the quite part out loud

“I’m cooler online.”

~ Me when I see students who have taken my online classes register for an in-person class.

Don't apologise for your dog showing up during the Zoom, apologise for hiding him all this time

I miss living here.

Judge won't halt redistricting case over Utah's congressional maps The judge overseeing the lawsuit over Utah's congressional maps has rejected the legislature's request to halt the case. In her ruling, 3rd District Court Judge Dianna Gibson denied a stay

JUST IN: Judge Dianna Gibson has just refused the Utah legislature's request to stay her own ruling on redistricting. That's an important step on the way back to the Utah Supreme Court: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah

Utah Strikes Down Gerrymandered Map, Reinstates Voter-Approved Redistricting Reforms Read more here.

What you missed overnight night.🥳

Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

So too is "are your syllabi ready?"

Adding this to my lessons on AI, disinformation, and plagiarism ✔️

Not one of my collaborators bringing in Bluey toys when my toddler crashed our Zoom meeting 🥹😭

"Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task"

TLDR: AI makes participants worse in all areas. It's basically brainrot. See below.

arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872

If Congress doesn’t fix the GENIUS Act, billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos could launch stablecoins that track your purchases, exploit your data, and squeeze out competitors.

These billionaires will come begging for a taxpayer bailout when it inevitably blows up.

Today, people—from students to federal workers, from immigrants to the LGBTQ+ community—find themselves forced to fight deportations, surveillance, and the drastic erosion of fundamental human rights.

So, WIRED dedicated a whole issue on How To Win A Fight. Start ⬇️:
www.wired.com/story/editor...

yep! unpaywalled:

Yes but it’s *maybe* a step up from clip art

a woman with curly hair is sitting in a chair and saying money please . Alt: A woman with curly hair is sitting in a chair and saying “money please”

How I feel anytime I submit a request for funding from the university

At my niece’s softball game, one player used a Dr. Dre song for her walk-up, and I just want to give her folks a nod of approval. Peak millennial parenting.

The way that Yelena and Ghost call John Walker out on his shit is perfection.

I regularly say “cool beans” when a student shares progress on a project.

YouTube video by The Admiral Mon Mothma's Speech Against Emperor Palpatine | Star Wars: Andor Season 2 EP 9

Next week, we’re learning about mis/disinformation in my summer writing course. The Star Wars fan in me is seriously considering assigning Mon Mothma’s speech from Andor for the Canvas discussion.

youtu.be/8JiIriDZy3g?...

Three women in graduation robes smiling at the camera

So stoked to see our brilliant students graduating from the Prof/Tech Writing and Tech Writing & Digital Rhetoric programs at @utahtechu.bsky.social ! It’s been an honor working with these students!

a woman stands in front of a bull with the words this place about to blow above her Alt: A woman is standing behind a unicorn.

I recently learned that most of my core music is called “recession pop” and honestly yeah.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and saying `` i like pretzel day . '' Alt: GIF of Stanley from The Office. He is saying “I like Pretzel Day.”

Today is Indie Bookstore Day AND National Pretzel Day.

Happy vibes today.

The Dark Ages but with the internet

a man wearing glasses and a black shirt that says get ready Alt: A gif of Dave Navarro from Ink Master. He is nodding and saying “Get ready.”

Watching Ink Master the day before I get something short of a half sleeve is like watching Cast Away before getting on an international flight.