Dan Breen

The Dangers of using AI to Grade Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

It is not too late for Donald Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize if Mike Pence has the courage.

Ann Radcliffe eating hard cheese right before bed to give herself nightmares, Stoker claiming Dracula was the result of a nightmare induced by a “too generous helping of dressed crab,” let’s go back to the golden age of eating incredibly rich food before bed to create horror literature

My home life has consisted mostly of “six-seven” “jokes” for the past four months.

Maybe you're planning to mention it elsewhere, but probably worth noting the AI piece(s). "I model strong critical practice for other educators in my published assessments of the ethical and pedagogical limitations of automated token generators/'AI'."

And NOW he's doing it to Bill and Ted!

Please support the kickstarter for my movie Kraven the Gatherer. Kraven gathers so much shit in this movie and his friends are all "Kraven, where are you gonna put all that stuff your apartment ain't that big" But Kraven ain't trying to hear it. He is a gatherin' fool and whatnot

Georgian name of the day:
Mr Griffinhoofe, lace-maker

Parts of *Salisbury Plain* are way better than they have any right to be.

I’ve been doing the Preface with the Lucy poems. Post-*LB* but the undergrads seem to be able to identify constellations of what they remember from the Preface: plain language, ”purpose,” “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings,” etc.

Same.

Well . . . lots to talk about, anyway.

100 points to that student both for recognizing that AI-generated/edited letters of recommendation will be terrible and that they will be proliferating. Hope you're feeling better!

The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:

Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social

I don't believe this is real except of course I do.

RFK Jr. Is Repeating Michelle Obama’s Mistakes MAHA is “Let’s Move!” 2.0. By Tom Bartlett

Someone please kill me right now.

In Trump's Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees.

Well you could knock ME down with a feather, I’m tellin’ you.

So sorry to hear this—hope you get well soon and that your family stays clear of the virus!

Disgraceful. Nothing against Legler but Burke has been excellent.

Words I never want to hear again:
No. 27: "iconic"
As in, "The French Dipped is LA's iconic sandwich."
I mean, what the hell are we all doing here?

Will spend the rest of my life considering how we were rushed into "going paperless" for the good of the environment only for the next generation of digital tools to become far worse for the environment.

Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature

Loudly tooting this CFP, please retweet:
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The beerita, a margarita-like drink with beer, is a refreshing cocktail that’s incredibly easy to assemble. Here’s why that is bad news for Democrats.

Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem about when your designated friend forgets to help you escape an impossibly long conversation at a party

GOLD.

Donald Trump, who I do not support, has every right to investigate John Bolton,who I also do not support.

by Glenn Greenwald

Totally agree. Aristotle makes sense here—politics is a system of relations by which groups of people get what they need. The nature of those systems changes with historical and cultural contexts.

Hoping for “dilettante” but would also be OK with “harmless drudge.”

Agree 100%. Who wants this and why?

The Gavin Newsom tweet thing is exactly as funny, clever, and interesting as everything Andy Borowitz does. In other words, it is not at all funny, clever, or interesting.