I’ve lately seen an astonishing amount of people responding vehemently to posts that exist only in their minds. We don’t have time for comprehension anymore, only reaction.
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I’ve lately seen an astonishing amount of people responding vehemently to posts that exist only in their minds. We don’t have time for comprehension anymore, only reaction.
An effective institutional strategy to combat AI-based cheating (in a world where there was institutional will for such a thing) would require drastically shrinking class sizes, so teachers could get to know and work with each student individually.
Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger & Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (fiction, film version Smoke Signals is quite good); Jane Mead, World of Made & Unmade (poetry)
How I know I'm getting back to speed on research: I just spent a day trying to figure out how I knew a certain story about Charles Wesley. Found the source today, now submitting ILL requests to sleuth how the source knew the story (no citation, naturally).
Truth! My wife's family lives near Blue Diamond country, which is very fertile CA soil w/ very little water that isn't piped in from 1000s of miles. Would pecans (any pronunciation) over amonds (regional pronunciation) any day.
That was my first-ever conference! Such a great, vibrant community that us 4yr folks would do well to listen to a
lot more. Glad you can be there!
Finally trying out this wild yonder thing. Thanks to @ryancordell.bsky.social for getting me here! Looking for #bookhistory, #amlit, other academic & culture-enjoying types. (I'm assuming hashtags are a thing here?)