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ashley juavinett

@analog-ashley.bsky.social

Neuroscientist, educator, author of SO YOU WANT TO BE A NEUROSCIENTIST? (Columbia, 2020) & MIND OVER MATTER (Princeton TBD) // professor at ucsd // co-host of www.changetechnically.fyi with @grimalkina // www.ashleyjuavinett.com

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I reward in-class work in teams and projects are team-based. But I also don’t entirely disallow AI (in my programming class). The lesson, I think, is learning how we lead meaningful, connected lives alongside these tools.

28.02.2026 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really want to retain these learning communities too and I love meeting students at office hours. I don’t think the answer is avoiding AI entirely (just like it isn’t avoiding our phones entirely). I think the answer is teaching metacognition and self-awareness.

28.02.2026 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ahh we haven’t watched this week’s yet but now I’m excited! 😬

28.02.2026 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a space suit has a helmet that says 7:50 on the front ALT: a man in a space suit has a helmet that says 7:50 on the front

This was a plot line on For All Mankind, no?

28.02.2026 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The level of enthusiasm that @grimalkina.bsky.social has for lowering the barriers to using AI tools via "crafternoons" is truly, truly unmatched.

We have a choice to perpetuate or eliminate gatekeeping as new technology emerge; in this household, we say DOWN WITH GATES 😀

27.02.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh, yeah. Took long enough even for Watson who was blatantly a terrible person.

25.02.2026 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeppppppppppopppop

25.02.2026 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

For a second there I thought kiwi energy was a surprising insight about people from New Zealand

25.02.2026 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah not sure what happened there but hopefully my edit just now fixed it!

24.02.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

~ everything is metacognition ~

24.02.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aww thank you Terra! So glad this resonated with you.

24.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This paper started as an exchange here in late 2024 and evolved over the next year into a tidy set of recommendations for labs hoping to build more collaborative coding communities. πŸŽ‰

Would love to hear if any of these (really not so "simple") rules resonate with you, and what else you've tried.

24.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Fund CA Science

Proud to be a Californian and to have signed this letter. 🫑

UC faculty, please add your name!

www.fundcascience.org

21.02.2026 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a crowd of people and says there are dozens of us ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a crowd of people and says there are dozens of us

Ohhhhhhh I figured it out πŸ‘–

20.02.2026 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are a lot of very disturbing things in this video but perhaps the most disturbing to me is how that man gives the finger

19.02.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WE get to decide how we use AI. We can resist when it encroaches in spaces where we don't want it. We can welcome it for tasks and thought experiments where we would find it useful.

In the best kind of learning, the learner drives the bus. 🚌 And yes, you can do that with AI.

19.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You can learn with AI - Change, Technically Can people learn in the AI era? Ashley and Cat think so. We talk about Ashley's experiences teaching programming and co-designing WITH students (not against them) to create shared classroom norms arou...

My favorite moment in our new episode is when @grimalkina.bsky.social calls me out on saying "it [the Claude skill] made me do X," and "it made me do Y," when really, it was *me* the whole time.

... and that's exactly the point.

www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/epis...

19.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
words projected on the front of the USIP building that say β€œTrump destroyed this Institution, imposing his name on the building, a narcissistic attempt to associate himself with peacemaking.”

words projected on the front of the USIP building that say β€œTrump destroyed this Institution, imposing his name on the building, a narcissistic attempt to associate himself with peacemaking.”

New β€” This was projected on the US Institute of Peace building this evening ahead of the first meeting tomorrow of Trump’s farcically-named β€œBoard of Peace.”

Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.

19.02.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4078    πŸ” 1131    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 47

Get involved in something local you can do with others

19.02.2026 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This… is enticing. They may need to make it an auction!

19.02.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Name a New Species Support marine biodiversity research by choosing the name of a newly discovered species Every year, Scripps Benthic Invertebrate Collection Curator Greg Rouse and collaborators discover new species of...

DUDE. Anyone with a spare $6K-$50K to donate to oceanographic research gets to name a newly-discovered deep-sea creature! Annelids! Slugs! Sea stars! TUBE WORMS!

PS Oooooo potential sea slug namers, I don't think Sluggy McSlugface is taken yet!

scripps.ucsd.edu/giving/name-...

18.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When we fight, we win.

19.02.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

18.02.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 41055    πŸ” 10838    πŸ’¬ 477    πŸ“Œ 1028

Just a room of humans trying to figure shit out

18.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Confirmed AI hater but would kill to take this kind of intro to programming class

18.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

And I would love to have you in class!

18.02.2026 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Spotify – Web Player

@grimalkina.bsky.social and I have opinions as usual open.spotify.com/episode/07ve...

17.02.2026 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t take any moa of this bullshit

17.02.2026 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In lieu of being able to clone me, you can have a longer download from me and from @analog-ashley.bsky.social as we march straight into hell (talking about whether people can learn in the AI era and how we're trying to show up for our communities on this)

www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/epis...

16.02.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

Is it just *my* voice that’s bad at voice-to-text?

13.02.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0