Samantha Vincenty
@samvincenty.bsky.social
Writer, Late Night TV editor at NBC Insider, person (she/her) who never imagined herself writing another social media bio again
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finally reading the Atlantic piece on “Woke 1” and it’s interesting how even in their attempt to list the movement’s sins they struggle to identify anything significant
August 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
finally reading the Atlantic piece on “Woke 1” and it’s interesting how even in their attempt to list the movement’s sins they struggle to identify anything significant
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This is why we need a moratorium on AI in public schools. There's no evidence, friends!
The evidence about AI in education remains terrible as a basis for policy or practice. As schools in some places come back from summer next week (oh Scotland it's too early), here's a wee roundup on just how truly woefully AIED research has stood up and why educators shouldn't call on it 1/
August 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
This is why we need a moratorium on AI in public schools. There's no evidence, friends!
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how horrible it would be to accidentally help someone else without getting anything in return
Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Mamdani's city-owned grocery stores are a socialist trap | Opinion
No matter how good Zohran Mamdani makes grocery affordability sound, he's selling New Yorkers the same broken promise that has failed everywhere else.
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August 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
how horrible it would be to accidentally help someone else without getting anything in return
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Go Fund Me for the sister who was surrounded by white supremacists on the Metro in that viral photo. If you shared the photo, consider actually making a material donation.
July 13, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Go Fund Me for the sister who was surrounded by white supremacists on the Metro in that viral photo. If you shared the photo, consider actually making a material donation.
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The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.
July 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.
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Spent the week at a conference thinking about saving threatened birds. Hell of a way to end it.
"The Trump administration repealed a crucial part of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Friday... will open habitats of imperiled wildlife to development..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"The Trump administration repealed a crucial part of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Friday... will open habitats of imperiled wildlife to development..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining
Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Spent the week at a conference thinking about saving threatened birds. Hell of a way to end it.
"The Trump administration repealed a crucial part of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Friday... will open habitats of imperiled wildlife to development..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"The Trump administration repealed a crucial part of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Friday... will open habitats of imperiled wildlife to development..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Novel and novella manuscript submissions season has officially begun! Our beloved N/N team, led by @rabblerouses.bsky.social, will be reading your +100pg book manuscripts--call it a novella, call it a novel, but we hope you call it READY TO SEND before Sept 1!
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
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July 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Novel and novella manuscript submissions season has officially begun! Our beloved N/N team, led by @rabblerouses.bsky.social, will be reading your +100pg book manuscripts--call it a novella, call it a novel, but we hope you call it READY TO SEND before Sept 1!
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
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NEW: Meta paid hundreds of contractors to pretend they were kids—and then prompt rival chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT to talk about subjects like suicide, sex, eating disorders, and self-harm.
From @dmehro.bsky.social and @joelkhalili.bsky.social
From @dmehro.bsky.social and @joelkhalili.bsky.social
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids—and then prompted rival chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT to discuss high-risk subjects.
www.wired.com
June 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
NEW: Meta paid hundreds of contractors to pretend they were kids—and then prompt rival chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT to talk about subjects like suicide, sex, eating disorders, and self-harm.
From @dmehro.bsky.social and @joelkhalili.bsky.social
From @dmehro.bsky.social and @joelkhalili.bsky.social
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Counterpoint: the only thing this set of people want to get rid of more than academic research is serious teaching.
Opinion | Liberal education once prepared students for citizenship. Reviving it will require a radical shift: less academic research, far more serious teaching. https://chroni.cl/4uJBSmy
Opinion | Most Academic Research Should Stop
That’s what it will take to restore the classroom to its democratic purpose.
www.chronicle.com
June 19, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Counterpoint: the only thing this set of people want to get rid of more than academic research is serious teaching.
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Translation for non-sports people: Moonlight has just beaten La La Land for Best Picture.
June 11, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Translation for non-sports people: Moonlight has just beaten La La Land for Best Picture.
I can't imagine how cutting kids' creative potential off at the knees by making them prompt typo-ridden AI slop is a "literacy tool"
Colin Kaepernick is pitching schools across the country on his AI app—a chatbot kids can use to generate entire graphic novels with a few prompts—as a literacy tool *and* an extension of his activism. The student comics we obtained from South Bronx teens tell a different story.
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Can Colin Kaepernick's AI comics blitz systemic racism?
The activist and tech CEO wants your kids to find out.
www.readeyeblack.com
June 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I can't imagine how cutting kids' creative potential off at the knees by making them prompt typo-ridden AI slop is a "literacy tool"
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a beautiful scene on smith street
June 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
a beautiful scene on smith street
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sorry the only "real" new yorkers are the rats who work in the kitchen in Muppets Take Manhattan
June 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
sorry the only "real" new yorkers are the rats who work in the kitchen in Muppets Take Manhattan
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All so one man can attend seven minutes of a basketball game before he passes out
Incredible headline: No walking allowed in heart of Midtown for Monday's Knicks game
No walking allowed in heart of Midtown for Monday's Knicks game
Sorry, Knicks fans: No Madison Square Garden watch party tonight. You won’t even be able to walk close. The NYPD and U.S. Secret Service announced another spate of street closures and security measure...
www.nbcnewyork.com
June 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
All so one man can attend seven minutes of a basketball game before he passes out
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It’s so easy!!
Do YOU live in New York State? Do YOU want to fight the onslaught of book banning? You are needed RIGHT NOW. Critically. In the next few days. If you click this link, you will be put right through to your rep (and it provides some optional talking points):
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Fight for the Freedom to Read: Tell lawmakers to pass the Freedom to Read Act!
secure.ngpvan.com
May 29, 2026 at 11:52 AM
It’s so easy!!
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calling on law bluesky, abolition bluesky, I cannot stop thinking about this wild, honest look into who and what people think the law is for and what cops actually do
You will not believe where this goes, starts like a YouTuber Nathan For You helping a family get stolen Legos back hilariously fighting against corporate evil then explodes into a full blown season of Reacher exposing collusion between corrupt local cops & thug businessmen in cults & it’s all real.
I tracked down the thief who stole the world's largest LEGO collection
YouTube video by Reckless Ben
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May 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
calling on law bluesky, abolition bluesky, I cannot stop thinking about this wild, honest look into who and what people think the law is for and what cops actually do
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“Women are facing an economic apocalypse. Democrats have no plan for them. Republicans have a plan, & it’s a one-way ticket back to housewifery. The girl bosses who once promised us we could have it all are now selling the same uncritical AI takes as the men.”
Sobering by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Sobering by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Opinion | The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses Has Finally Come
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
“Women are facing an economic apocalypse. Democrats have no plan for them. Republicans have a plan, & it’s a one-way ticket back to housewifery. The girl bosses who once promised us we could have it all are now selling the same uncritical AI takes as the men.”
Sobering by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Sobering by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
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you can eat little fried crunchy onions right out of the thing as long as you’re in your own house. that’s a right most folks don’t even know they have. no one can stop you if you’re in there
May 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
you can eat little fried crunchy onions right out of the thing as long as you’re in your own house. that’s a right most folks don’t even know they have. no one can stop you if you’re in there
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one time i wrote a post about how AI could never replicate the human experience of writing and someone accused me of using AI to write it, like as a bit, and anyway AI is cooking all of our brains and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social says it so well here:
Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain
AI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy.
www.404media.co
May 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
one time i wrote a post about how AI could never replicate the human experience of writing and someone accused me of using AI to write it, like as a bit, and anyway AI is cooking all of our brains and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social says it so well here:
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The lawsuit comes after state authorities disclosed that ChatGPT gave information to the shooter about time and location to maximize victims on campus, as well as the type of gun and ammunition to use. https://to.pbs.org/3Pxlc3e
Lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of helping gunman plan FSU mass shooting
The lawsuit says the alleged gunman Phoenix Ikner relied on ChatGPT to determine what type of gun to use and which location would allow for the most potential victims, among other information.
www.pbs.org
May 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The lawsuit comes after state authorities disclosed that ChatGPT gave information to the shooter about time and location to maximize victims on campus, as well as the type of gun and ammunition to use. https://to.pbs.org/3Pxlc3e
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The challenge is that we need to move faster than academia is used to moving. I called this study out as bullshit a mere two weeks after Nature published it (receipts below); one year and 500 citations later, only then is it retracted.
Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
arstechnica.com
May 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The challenge is that we need to move faster than academia is used to moving. I called this study out as bullshit a mere two weeks after Nature published it (receipts below); one year and 500 citations later, only then is it retracted.
Not sure NYC parents realize the truly insane extent to which student-facing AI contracts are getting rushed through by the DOE to enrich corporations right now (targeting as young as Pre-K).
Parents, educators warn NYC students could be at risk under new AI school guidelines
Parents, educators warn NYC students could be at risk under new AI school guidelines
Parents, teachers and advocates are pushing back hard against NYC Public Schools’ new AI guidelines, warning the city is embracing unproven technology at the expense of students’ cognit…
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May 10, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Not sure NYC parents realize the truly insane extent to which student-facing AI contracts are getting rushed through by the DOE to enrich corporations right now (targeting as young as Pre-K).
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May 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Why did they call it Bluesky and not…
May 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Why did they call it Bluesky and not…
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An incredible run from one of the absolute best
As “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” comes to an end, one of its longtime writers, Chicago-area native Brian Stack, looks back on three decades in the comedy TV trenches. buff.ly/MgYTbL9
Brian Stack Makes His Late Night Exit
As “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” comes to an end, one of its longtime writers, a Chicago-area native, looks back on three decades in the comedy TV trenches.
www.chicagomag.com
May 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
An incredible run from one of the absolute best