Roberto S. Leon

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

1 year into Trump's second term, a consumer watchdog agency is 'hanging by a thread' The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. n.pr/3LLHyvR

the federal government is now kidnapping native americans and holding them hostage in exchange for i.c.e. cooperation agreements with their tribes

"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"

"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"

Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway. Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September. All of them have been in cars.

For decades, cops have been trained not to shoot at moving vehicles.

But the federal agents enforcing Trump’s mass deportation campaign seem not to be following this rule, and are taking a far more dangerous path.

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The orbital argumentation of AI writing Introduction

Blog post: "The orbital argumentation of AI writing"

Have you ever wondered why AI writing seems to orbit around the point but not make the point? I wrote it about. I hope you'll read! And enjoy!

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Are “real” conferences excluding people?

For years, conferences have meant flights, hotels, and steep fees. What if our most inclusive, connected professional spaces are intentionally online?

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Pleased to announce that my piece "I ka ʻŌlelo nō ke Ola (In Words there is Life):  An Introduction to Hawaiian Rhetoric" has been published as part of the American Society for the History of Rhetoric's "Expanding the History of Rhetoric Pedagogy Initiative."  ashr.org/expanding-th...

YouTube video by Alexandra Hidalgo Worried Your Vote Doesn’t Count? It Does and It Makes a HUGE Difference in Local Elections

#LocalElections support your #community and the people who want to make it better. This #election is a big deal because my brother-in-law Jeffrey Bowler is running for school board. So proud of him for giving his all to making the schools better! youtu.be/tQ8HXheMsRc @billbowbaggins.bsky.social

Georgia College and State University is accepting applications for 2 full-time NTT Lecturers in Writing Studies to teach ENGL 1101 (introduction to academic writing) and ENGL 1102 (introduction to research writing) with public liberal arts flair.

Link to job ad: lnkd.in/eicX3tnA

Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.

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My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.

The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is

"There are more than 19 million college students in the US. Most are well removed from corridors of wealth+power..43% of undergrads attend community college. 25% live with their parents."

a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn

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Why I’m Not Teaching with GenAI Even Though Students are Using It Maggie Fernandes, University of Arkansas Photo by Anni Roenkae on Pexels.com One of the most common arguments for teaching students to use and experiment with generative AI in writing classroo…

I wrote a blog: "Why I'm Not Teaching with GenAI Even Though Students are Using It"

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Turns out, a lot of PhDs—and a lot of care.

Composition Studies 53.1 is now live.

Featuring essays on grading contracts, conference futures, sustainable teaching, and editorial care.

Read it here: compstudiesjournal.com/current-issu...

#cs531 #compositionstudies #rhetcomp #writingstudies

“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper”

"Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner" - Exodus 22:21
Stencil seen in Charlevoix, Michigan

The ethos of a strong block quote is hard to beat.

Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system:

The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine

- @hislopmd.bsky.social

I’m frustrated for many reasons at surface-skimming media history takes on AI like “people opposed the printing press too!” If media history is going to help us navigate the present, we have to reckon with something people often omit from those comparisons—the intersection of power & new media (1/4)

I'm proud to share my newest study, completely open-access.

"When collaborating turns into dishonesty: A data-driven heuristic comparing human and AI collaborators"

Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case

Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.

This man has no citizenship now.

Doesn't the Library of Congress report to Congress, not the President? Can he legally fire her from a position he does not himself administer? Separation of powers?

ICE agents in Worcester, Massachusetts arrested a mother outside of her home with her newborn baby and 16 year old daughter.

The 16 year old stood in front of the ICE vehicle holding the baby.

She handed the baby to a neighbor & fled.

Police caught up to her, in a heartbreaking scene.⬇️

Distinguished University Professor of English @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social has emerged as a leading voice on AI. Read our Q&A to learn more about how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern: english.umd.edu/news/how-matthew-kirschenbaum-sees-ais-impact

Deported to Cuba, mom says she never had an 'option' to take her 17-month-old daughter with her Heidy Sánchez, who's married to a U.S. citizen who was trying to get her a green card, was detained and later deported after an ICE check-in.

🧵Heidy Sánchez was in the process of getting her green card, married to a U.S. citizen, raising a baby girl.

ICE snatched her at a check-in and deported her to Cuba—alone.

Her 17-month-old U.S.-citizen daughter, who suffers seizures, was left behind sobbing for her mother.
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Cognitive offloading is a real issue. People who are already expert writers use AI better than people who are still novice writers. Ergo, prioritize becoming an reading and writing expert over diving into AI. www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

Wife of US Coast Guard member arrested over expired visa after security check for military housing U.S. officials say the wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested earlier this week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S.

The Coast Guard sold a military spouse to ICE. Pretty surreal. apnews.com/article/coas...