Amanda Bittner

That bugs me so much.

Civil servants should be able to provide the policy analysis we need. This is ridiculous.

Poster with details about "What did we learn" political panel, to take place on Thursday October 27, 2025 at the Well Room on Duckworth Street in St John's.

Next Thursday! Join us for a really fun evening where we talk about the perils and joys of running for politics. There will be snacks! Activities! Incredible panelists! Conversations!

(Free) Registration at this link: www.eventbrite.ca/e/what-did-w...

I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking. "Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”

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Scandal and Silence: Media Responses to Presidential Misconduct Scandal and Silence challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption.…

I don’t think you can understand the dynamics of the Epstein and Trump and how this much corruption gets suppressed in the digital age without reading Robert Entman’s book, Scandal or Silence, an exploration of the factors that really drive presidential scandal.

robertmentman.com/2012/03/24/s...

is it really “winning” if this is what you win?

Wonderful! Congratulations!!

‘Very clear’: Labor rules out exemption for AI giants to take content for free The Albanese government has shot down a proposal from the Productivity Commission, which had tech company backing, that would exempt them from copyright laws.

"The Albanese government has ruled out granting tech companies an exemption to copyright laws that ... would have allowed them to mine their content to train artificial intelligence models for free."

Excellent news for all of us whose work is being stolen by AI.

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Just…wow

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

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I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

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It’s on election nights especially that I really miss the old good twitter.

Beautiful!

The Therapist Next Door

This is so great. I wish we had it at Memorial. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

LOL

What happened to the voters list this year? How many others were dropped off of it and didn't bother to deal with it for all kinds of good reasons?

1. I was not on the voter's list.
2. I called and was told I needed to come in person to register.
3. I went down to register, and then was told to come back when my ballot was ready.
4. The postal strike + work travel meant I could not just vote on election day, and could not mail in my ballot.

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I needed to take 3 trips to city hall this year in order to vote - I was not on the voters list despite living in the same house for 18 years. The average person would not take these extra steps. Voter turnout is partially a function of electoral management. Let us assess our processes, St John's.

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Also fun fact, searching for “divorce anthems” on spotify leads to all kinds of entertaining playlists including some separated out by moms versus dads! What a genre!

Wonderful, Gijs! Congratulations.

I am impressed, this is a well-developed list!!

I wanted to name my kids Stevie. Love this one!!!

'Gaslighter': The Chicks After The Fire Long known as firebrands ready to take on abusers, country music and the president, the trio now known as The Chicks is finding – on its first album in 14 years – beauty in loss and lonesomeness.

YES!!! What are your faves? Mine is definitely The Chicks most recent album Gaskighter. The whole thing is epic. www.npr.org/2020/07/16/8...

I can only imagine. It’s really well done. And the fact that this is so friggin common and basically built into the structure is…well…you know.

This is tough to read but really important.

Ooooh!!

Yeah!!