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From Access to Equity: Open Education in the Age of AI — Civics of Technology Lots Happening at Civics of Tech! CONFERENCE! Our fourth virtual conference schedule is out! Head over to our conference page to preview the schedule and register for the conference. TEC...

For the CoT blog, @autumm.org writes about the meaning of Open Education in a world of AI.

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Statement on the Departure of University of Virginia President James Ryan The National AAUP stands with the University of Virginia Chapter of the AAUP, the Virginia AAUP Conference, and the University of Virginia Faculty Senate in condemning the Department of Justice’s assa...

AAUP President Todd Wolfson’s statement on the forced resignation of University of Virginia President James Ryan:

Deleted by Design? The Politics of Erasing Educational Technology Access and History — Civics of Technology Dr. Milman examines the politics of deleting ed tech research from government databases and offers actions to ensure we have access to the history of the field.

Today's blog: Natalie Milman investigates the erasure of the U.S. National Educational Technology Plans

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YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz ChatGPT Is Becoming A Religion

I spent months on this video about people worshiping ChatGPT, please watch and leave a comment and share if you can!! My YouTube channel is still so small that I lose money making these videos rn 😭. Every little bit helps!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCy...

Table titled "Bills Musk companies took a stand on during the 2025 Texas legislative session." It shows how 2 Texas House and 2 Texas Senate Bills that SpaceX supported all passed. These bills urge Congress to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds, ban/criminalize drones over spaceports, give the Texas Space Commission power to close highways/gulf beaches near SpaceX's launch site, and define spaceports as critical infrastructure. At the bottom of the graphic are the logos of ProPublica, Texas Tribune, and KUT News.

1/ Elon Musk wanted Texas legislators to create new crimes so people who fly drones or interfere with operations at SpaceX can be arrested. And he wanted to change who controlled the highway and public beach near SpaceX’s site so he can launch his rockets according to his timeline.

He got them all.

McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.

It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.

Painting of a window display, with American patriotic elements including image of George Washington and eagle, in front of empty space behind them

One of my favorite works by Frida Kahlo is one of her least well known: this image of a red, white & blue window display made during her visit to Detroit in 1932. I take this mysterious work as a critique of patriotic imagery, the foreground elements juxtaposed with the empty, abandoned space behind

Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

According to this article, Penn also agreed to ban trans women from competing in women's sports programs at all, and from using women's locker rooms. Just shameful.

They are not using AI: 'Avoiding it is actually really easy' - Vox magazine It’s not easy for students or scientists to completely avoid AI. Some still try. They worry about AI’s energy consumption or have ethical concerns. ‘I want to communicate with real people.’

Many students realize that “AI” use in academia leads to deskilling. Here is some of what they say themselves: www.voxweb.nl/en/they-are-...

BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.

No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.

Viktor Orban banned pride events in Hungary, the people took it as a challenge and just had the largest pride march in their country's history.

California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it? – The Markup Colleges and universities renew Turnitin subscriptions year after year even though its flawed detectors are expensive and require students to let the company keep their papers forever.

The Markup analyzed millions of dollars worth of Turnitin purchases and asked teachers: is it worth it? themarkup.org/artificial-i...

A slide with the title "A very brief history of AI and educational technology". The year 1956 appears in the upper-right corner. Below the year is a screenshot of the proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. Next to the screenshot proposal is a photograph of seven white men who helped organize the conference. Below the photograph is an excerpt from the proposal that reads, "Every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it."

A slide titled "A very brief history of AI and educational technology". The year 1985 is in the upper-left corner. Below the year are the words, "Joseph Weizenbaum's interview in The Tech". On the slide's right side is an excerpt from Weizenbaum's interview.

A slide with the title "A very brifef history of AI and educational technology". The slide has four images of books. The books are: "Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom" by Larry Cuban; "The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child" by Morgan G. Ames"; "Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can't Transform Education" by Justin Reich"; and "Access Is Capture: How EdTech Reproduces Racial Inequality" by Roderic Crooks. Beneath the book covers is a quote from Roderic Crooks that reads, "Part of what makes access to technology so appealing is that it offers a way to address inequality among minoritized peoples without having to identify or name the racism and structural oppression that shape the life chances of all people."

A slide titled "A very brief history of AI and educational technology". The year 2024 appears in the top-left corner. Beneath the year are the words "Tech bros come for education (again)". In the slide's center is a screenshot of the book "Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)" by Salman Khan. On the slide's right side is a tweet by Palmer Luckey that raeds, "What will happen in broader academia when clear scientific consensus is that AI-assisted education delivers better outcomes than 3.8M teachers currently do?". The tweet is retweeted by Elon Musk with the words, "That is already possible."

Tomorrow begins Exploring the Ethics of AI, a three-day professional development that I'm leading for local teachers. We'll be grounding our learning about and against AI with a little history :)

WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Michigan police chief says church staff stopped man armed with handgun and long gun, averting a potential mass shooting.

Slavery didn't end in the US. It was just given new names with different excuses.

Surveying the In/Accessible Technology-Mediated Education Assemblage — Civics of Technology Natalie Shaheen shares her findings on blind and low vision student experiences navigating and remediating inaccessible ed tech.

Today for the blog! Natalie Shaheen shares a recently-published study on the experiences of blind and low-vision students' experiences with technology in education. Be sure to check out this great work!

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A mighty fine response, I must say

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So sorry to hear this.

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Muppets and Machines: Seeing the Puppeteers Behind AI — Civics of Technology Lots Happening at Civics of Tech! CONFERENCE! Our fourth virtual conference will be on July 31 and August 1! Head over to our conference page to learn about our amazing keynote speakers, regi...

What do Muppets and AI have in common? Read today's blog post to find out!

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In the midst of so much gloom, I am happy it is finally Pride Month. Let's savor it. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I'm excited to share that I'm leading a @civicsoftech.bsky.social book group for @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social's The AI Con. We'll gather online July 22 at 5pm PST/8pm ET. And extra special bonus: Dr. Hanna will be joining us! Register at: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events

I think it’s funny how white people are still holding on to the crumbled flag of their slaver ancestors, but Black people are constantly being told to move the fuck on about shit that is still affecting us

I migrated my STAND AGAINST PROCTORIO'S SLAPP! website to linkletter.org.

All the judgments, media coverage, legal filings, and updates can now be found there.

I promise to have an update for you soon.

We Make the Road by Talking — Civics of Technology Civics of Tech Announcements Next Tech Talk on May 6th: Join us for our monthly tech talk on Tuesday, May 6 from 8:00-9:00 PM EST (GMT-5). Join an informal conversation about events, issues, ar...

ICYMI: @civicsoftech.bsky.social published this cross-border convo between @autumm.org & i on Sunday, about power relations & hegemony & AI hype.

it's also about our Canada-US friendship...amidst the looming trade & annexation threats.
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It is always a pleasure to talk with @bonstewart.bsky.social

This one was a doozy

"We're not gonna do a great job of creating belonging and capacity for survival if we can't talk about power. In this consolidation of autocracy and big tech automation, what gets constrained is our agency."

This episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 was the second time I’ve listened to the show. It’s quickly moving up in my queue, as I both enjoy how it helps me think more critically, while also giving me the opportunity to enjoy the sense of humor of the hosts and guests.

Congratulations!! Dr. Eaton!!!