James Allen
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School Libraries https://www.tljamesa.com/ #KyLChat #stressdoodle #KyGoPlay School Libraries, also School Libraries.
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The history of AI development is not rooted in neutral algorithms, but in entrenched systems of power that shape our lives. @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social dives into this history, interrogating who builds this tech, who benefits from it, and who bears the cost.
GHOST IN THE MACHINE is coming to @pbs.org and YouTube September 14th at 10pm ET / 7pm PT! Visit notaidoc.com for details on where to watch and stream!
September 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The history of AI development is not rooted in neutral algorithms, but in entrenched systems of power that shape our lives. @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social dives into this history, interrogating who builds this tech, who benefits from it, and who bears the cost.
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“'Over the last year, one of the things that has honestly really surprised me is just how quickly this particular movement has taken off,’ DeAngelis [a 3rd grader teacher and member of the AIM Coalition] said. 'It’s reflective of what parents and teachers are seeing in their schools.’”
America’s Two Largest School Districts Impose AI Moratoriums
The New York City Department of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District announced new policies this week, reports Chris Mills Rodrigo.
www.techpolicy.press
September 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
“'Over the last year, one of the things that has honestly really surprised me is just how quickly this particular movement has taken off,’ DeAngelis [a 3rd grader teacher and member of the AIM Coalition] said. 'It’s reflective of what parents and teachers are seeing in their schools.’”
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It's back to school season! School librarians are facing challenges or uncertainty about what they can - or cannot - shelve. Join ALA OIF and @aaslala.bsky.social to learn about protecting the First Amendment rights of learners. Sept 15, 5:30pmCT. Free for ALA Members. https://bit.ly/3UsTneE
September 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM
It's back to school season! School librarians are facing challenges or uncertainty about what they can - or cannot - shelve. Join ALA OIF and @aaslala.bsky.social to learn about protecting the First Amendment rights of learners. Sept 15, 5:30pmCT. Free for ALA Members. https://bit.ly/3UsTneE
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Funny (in a depressing way) to see the studies that were done at businesses 2 years ago now being done in education and showing the exact same results.
"Although some time was saved with AI, that was more than made up for with demand to complete other tasks, resulting in 55 percent of teachers who say they use AI working the same hours as before, and 4 percent saying they work more." Uh-huh. www.theregister.com/public-secto...
AI use among UK teachers doubles, but working hours still don't come down
F- for AI in test of reducing burden of teacher workload
www.theregister.com
September 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Funny (in a depressing way) to see the studies that were done at businesses 2 years ago now being done in education and showing the exact same results.
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Hello Comics, Kidlit, and Librarian Friends!
The folks at Macmillan are putting together a list of people to receive a digital advanced copy of the first book of ISAAC AND PEARL, my early reader graphic novel series.
Would you like one?? Reply below. :D
The folks at Macmillan are putting together a list of people to receive a digital advanced copy of the first book of ISAAC AND PEARL, my early reader graphic novel series.
Would you like one?? Reply below. :D
September 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Hello Comics, Kidlit, and Librarian Friends!
The folks at Macmillan are putting together a list of people to receive a digital advanced copy of the first book of ISAAC AND PEARL, my early reader graphic novel series.
Would you like one?? Reply below. :D
The folks at Macmillan are putting together a list of people to receive a digital advanced copy of the first book of ISAAC AND PEARL, my early reader graphic novel series.
Would you like one?? Reply below. :D
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A follow up to the Amazon destroying books for AI story, why a bunch of names keep appearing in AI-generated papers, and ICE's latest spending spree.
Podcast: We Spoke to an Amazon Worker Destroying Books for AI
A follow up to the Amazon destroying books for AI story, why a bunch of names keep appearing in AI-generated papers, and ICE's latest spending spree.
www.404media.co
September 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A follow up to the Amazon destroying books for AI story, why a bunch of names keep appearing in AI-generated papers, and ICE's latest spending spree.
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This is a great overview of the available research on handwritten notes in school contexts. I remember the phase maybe a decade or so ago where the message was that handwritten notes were "better." It's knew it was more complicated than this, because it always is. substack.com/inbox/post/2...
Handwritten Notes Aren’t a Magical Solution
The research on handwritten notes and student performance isn’t straightforward. Why are people pretending like it is?
substack.com
September 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This is a great overview of the available research on handwritten notes in school contexts. I remember the phase maybe a decade or so ago where the message was that handwritten notes were "better." It's knew it was more complicated than this, because it always is. substack.com/inbox/post/2...
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Don't let this fantastic resource pass by unnoticed. @lalindsey.bsky.social and @drkmattson.bsky.social have put together a rich, easy-to-use, inquiry-based framework and gifted it to us all! 🍎📚🗺️ #AcademicSky #SchoolLibrarians #civics #MediaLiteracy #TLSky
www.teachdigcit.com/framework
www.teachdigcit.com/framework
Curricular Framework | Teach DigCit
This curricular framework offers guidance for teaching digital safety, media literacy, digital wellbeing and social responsbility for students in grades PK-12.
www.teachdigcit.com
September 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Don't let this fantastic resource pass by unnoticed. @lalindsey.bsky.social and @drkmattson.bsky.social have put together a rich, easy-to-use, inquiry-based framework and gifted it to us all! 🍎📚🗺️ #AcademicSky #SchoolLibrarians #civics #MediaLiteracy #TLSky
www.teachdigcit.com/framework
www.teachdigcit.com/framework
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Reminded of this today.
7 years old, but still recommended watching if you had not seen it yet (or even if you have).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEPs...
7 years old, but still recommended watching if you had not seen it yet (or even if you have).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEPs...
Hannah Gadsby Full Speech: "The Good Men" & Misogyny | Women in Entertainment
YouTube video by The Hollywood Reporter
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Reminded of this today.
7 years old, but still recommended watching if you had not seen it yet (or even if you have).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEPs...
7 years old, but still recommended watching if you had not seen it yet (or even if you have).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEPs...
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"[F]or anyone who finds themself reaching for a chatbot or other technology associated with well-documented harms, what is the need that you are filling with that use?"
#TechLiteracy #AiIsTheProblem
#TechLiteracy #AiIsTheProblem
New on the MAIHT3k newsletter -- how to move away from the untenable, uncomfortable middle ground and towards firm "AI" resistance.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
w/ @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
w/ @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
Six Problems With Talking About the “Ethical” or “Responsible” Use of “AI”
How to move away from the untenable, uncomfortable middle ground By Emily M. Bender and Decca Muldowney A dancing ledge, as viewed from above. Image: Will...
buttondown.com
August 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"[F]or anyone who finds themself reaching for a chatbot or other technology associated with well-documented harms, what is the need that you are filling with that use?"
#TechLiteracy #AiIsTheProblem
#TechLiteracy #AiIsTheProblem
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These feel like, not seen the specific case, the opposite logic to those proud of their personal best at the gym. Yes, you lifted 120kg, such good work tbh. Not with a forklift. With your own body. Let's bring this back to thinking, organising, drawing, etc. Enjoy actually being good at something.
Really tried of the genre of bsky discourse that goes: "Here is an incredibly pointless thing I use LLMs for, now please bsky be normal about it."
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August 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
These feel like, not seen the specific case, the opposite logic to those proud of their personal best at the gym. Yes, you lifted 120kg, such good work tbh. Not with a forklift. With your own body. Let's bring this back to thinking, organising, drawing, etc. Enjoy actually being good at something.
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Welcoming GenAI into schools continues to be, IMO, an untenable position, unless I suppose your goal is to drive out educators, in which case, the strategy is working as intended.
They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
The deepfake epidemic in schools is affecting more than students. Four teachers tell WIRED about becoming targets of sexualized, AI-generated content—and how difficult it was to find accountability.
www.wired.com
August 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Welcoming GenAI into schools continues to be, IMO, an untenable position, unless I suppose your goal is to drive out educators, in which case, the strategy is working as intended.
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✨ The #ALAAC27 Call for Program & Poster Proposals is NOW OPEN! You are officially invited to share your ideas and expertise with the goal of presenting to 1000s of attendees at ALA Annual in New Orleans, June 24–28, 2027.
Submit your program or poster proposal today! https://bit.ly/4qz7PgR
Submit your program or poster proposal today! https://bit.ly/4qz7PgR
August 24, 2026 at 4:12 PM
✨ The #ALAAC27 Call for Program & Poster Proposals is NOW OPEN! You are officially invited to share your ideas and expertise with the goal of presenting to 1000s of attendees at ALA Annual in New Orleans, June 24–28, 2027.
Submit your program or poster proposal today! https://bit.ly/4qz7PgR
Submit your program or poster proposal today! https://bit.ly/4qz7PgR
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We’re excited to share our idea in front of the SXSW EDU community—will you help get it to the stage?
Take a moment to vote, every voice helps shape the convos that will take place at #SXSWEDU
Voting 🔗: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
Take a moment to vote, every voice helps shape the convos that will take place at #SXSWEDU
Voting 🔗: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
August 23, 2026 at 2:43 AM
We’re excited to share our idea in front of the SXSW EDU community—will you help get it to the stage?
Take a moment to vote, every voice helps shape the convos that will take place at #SXSWEDU
Voting 🔗: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
Take a moment to vote, every voice helps shape the convos that will take place at #SXSWEDU
Voting 🔗: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
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Ep. 93 of the #SLLNPodcast features Wendy Garland @wendygarland.bsky.social discussing the “Students Rebuild” program!
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/093-students...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/093-students...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
August 24, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Ep. 93 of the #SLLNPodcast features Wendy Garland @wendygarland.bsky.social discussing the “Students Rebuild” program!
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/093-students...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/093-students...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
Is this correct?
“In the EU, one can opt out of their public Instagram posts being used to train ai products, but in the US, that’s not an option.”
“In the EU, one can opt out of their public Instagram posts being used to train ai products, but in the US, that’s not an option.”
August 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Is this correct?
“In the EU, one can opt out of their public Instagram posts being used to train ai products, but in the US, that’s not an option.”
“In the EU, one can opt out of their public Instagram posts being used to train ai products, but in the US, that’s not an option.”
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This is like the car industry refusing to make anything other than stretch humvees and saying "OH I GUESS WE'LL JUST TAKE AWAY ALL THE TAXIS THEN, SEE HOW YOU LIKE THAT"
August 21, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This is like the car industry refusing to make anything other than stretch humvees and saying "OH I GUESS WE'LL JUST TAKE AWAY ALL THE TAXIS THEN, SEE HOW YOU LIKE THAT"
Do you have resources that help someone make a design accessible? Current workflow that is failing me...
Adobe Express as original source, but the exported PDF is not in any kind of logical reading order.
Tags are right, reading order panel is wrong, but changing anything breaks it!
Adobe Express as original source, but the exported PDF is not in any kind of logical reading order.
Tags are right, reading order panel is wrong, but changing anything breaks it!
August 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Do you have resources that help someone make a design accessible? Current workflow that is failing me...
Adobe Express as original source, but the exported PDF is not in any kind of logical reading order.
Tags are right, reading order panel is wrong, but changing anything breaks it!
Adobe Express as original source, but the exported PDF is not in any kind of logical reading order.
Tags are right, reading order panel is wrong, but changing anything breaks it!
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, episode 83, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I wade through recent claims of the singularity, “rogue AI”, and possible machine consciousness. You know, the usual bullshit.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
August 20, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, episode 83, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I wade through recent claims of the singularity, “rogue AI”, and possible machine consciousness. You know, the usual bullshit.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
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Thank you @tucson.com for publishing my op-ed "Banning historical facts and experiences in the name of DEI." The #FirstAmendment provides readers w/the right to read & authors w/the right to speak through writing. #TLSky #EduSky we must stand together against #censorship! tucson.com/opinion/colu...
Local opinion: Banning historical facts and experiences in the name of DEI
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
tucson.com
August 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Thank you @tucson.com for publishing my op-ed "Banning historical facts and experiences in the name of DEI." The #FirstAmendment provides readers w/the right to read & authors w/the right to speak through writing. #TLSky #EduSky we must stand together against #censorship! tucson.com/opinion/colu...
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This is a case study in pro-AI propaganda, and annoying enough to inspire a Saturday thread:
bsky.app/profile/bren...
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bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Interesting @jeremiahdjohns.bsky.social piece on the dogmatism of the "Believe Science" crew who publicly proclaim their fidelity to science while not practicing what they preach, including falling victim to the anti-AI moral panic www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-heresy...
August 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
This is a case study in pro-AI propaganda, and annoying enough to inspire a Saturday thread:
bsky.app/profile/bren...
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bsky.app/profile/bren...
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The start of the new school year brings new and old problems. I create a list to help me and establish myself as an information broker. @aaslala.bsky.social #schoollibrarians #edusky #tlsky
ticklingtech.com/2026/08/16/w...
ticklingtech.com/2026/08/16/w...
Whac-A-Mole! The Start of a New School Year
Did you ever play the game Whac-A-Mole? Either the big mat that I played on or the arcade game? You took a soft or plastic mallet and tried to hit the Mole that popped out of one of many holes. You…
ticklingtech.com
August 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The start of the new school year brings new and old problems. I create a list to help me and establish myself as an information broker. @aaslala.bsky.social #schoollibrarians #edusky #tlsky
ticklingtech.com/2026/08/16/w...
ticklingtech.com/2026/08/16/w...
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Check out Maura Madigan's @mauramadigan7.bsky.social unit, “'Speak Up, Please!' Lessons in Communication" in ep. 92of the #SLLNPodcast!
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/092-speak-up...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/092-speak-up...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
August 17, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Check out Maura Madigan's @mauramadigan7.bsky.social unit, “'Speak Up, Please!' Lessons in Communication" in ep. 92of the #SLLNPodcast!
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/092-speak-up...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/092-speak-up...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
Threnody… as a music person, surprised I’ve never heard of this word. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/t...
Definition of THRENODY
a song of lamentation for the dead : elegy… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
August 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Threnody… as a music person, surprised I’ve never heard of this word. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/t...