Berkley, a large romance imprint of Penguin Random House, on AI submissions:
"Authors may not make submissions that have used AI in their creation, whether in the outlining or writing of the manuscript."
#RomanceWritersAgainstAI
#Romancelandia #EduSky #AIRefusal #AIResistance
"Authors may not make submissions that have used AI in their creation, whether in the outlining or writing of the manuscript."
#RomanceWritersAgainstAI
#Romancelandia #EduSky #AIRefusal #AIResistance
December 13, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Berkley, a large romance imprint of Penguin Random House, on AI submissions:
"Authors may not make submissions that have used AI in their creation, whether in the outlining or writing of the manuscript."
#RomanceWritersAgainstAI
#Romancelandia #EduSky #AIRefusal #AIResistance
"Authors may not make submissions that have used AI in their creation, whether in the outlining or writing of the manuscript."
#RomanceWritersAgainstAI
#Romancelandia #EduSky #AIRefusal #AIResistance
That first incredulous "what?" made me cheer. Meanwhile, the disconnect between creatives and AI hypers grows to a chasm.
#writersky #AI #edusky #writesky #AIresistance #AIrefusal
#writersky #AI #edusky #writesky #AIresistance #AIrefusal
October 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
That first incredulous "what?" made me cheer. Meanwhile, the disconnect between creatives and AI hypers grows to a chasm.
#writersky #AI #edusky #writesky #AIresistance #AIrefusal
#writersky #AI #edusky #writesky #AIresistance #AIrefusal
#13: Say no to technofascism.
Resistance. Is. Not. Futile. 🤖
Check it out: refusinggenai.wordpress.com/evaluating-a...
#AIResistance #AIRefusal #EduSky #AIinEdu
Resistance. Is. Not. Futile. 🤖
Check it out: refusinggenai.wordpress.com/evaluating-a...
#AIResistance #AIRefusal #EduSky #AIinEdu
February 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
#13: Say no to technofascism.
Resistance. Is. Not. Futile. 🤖
Check it out: refusinggenai.wordpress.com/evaluating-a...
#AIResistance #AIRefusal #EduSky #AIinEdu
Resistance. Is. Not. Futile. 🤖
Check it out: refusinggenai.wordpress.com/evaluating-a...
#AIResistance #AIRefusal #EduSky #AIinEdu
I'm over calls to "normalize" behaviors. Who wants to be normal?
AI's "not going anywhere?" Until you drop kick it outta your life with no regrets.
Be weird. Hang out with librarians.
#EduSky #AIRefusal
www.librarian.net/notoai/
AI's "not going anywhere?" Until you drop kick it outta your life with no regrets.
Be weird. Hang out with librarians.
#EduSky #AIRefusal
www.librarian.net/notoai/
How to disable or avoid intrusive AI
One of the biggest questions I get at Drop-In Time at the library (besides "what is taking up all my cloud storage?") is how to disable or avoid intrusive AI that shows up where people don't want it. ...
www.librarian.net
September 21, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I'm over calls to "normalize" behaviors. Who wants to be normal?
AI's "not going anywhere?" Until you drop kick it outta your life with no regrets.
Be weird. Hang out with librarians.
#EduSky #AIRefusal
www.librarian.net/notoai/
AI's "not going anywhere?" Until you drop kick it outta your life with no regrets.
Be weird. Hang out with librarians.
#EduSky #AIRefusal
www.librarian.net/notoai/
The outsourcing of reading to automation derails learning in all disciplines. Reading isn't just cute & fun, it is foundational to all other literacies. We continue to test this unethical tech on children at our peril.
#EduSky #AIrefusal #Humancreativity #NoAI
www.edweek.org/leadership/3...
#EduSky #AIrefusal #Humancreativity #NoAI
www.edweek.org/leadership/3...
3 Takeaways From the Latest PISA Test of Reading, Math, and Science
The results show reading performance dropping across the world—and one uniquely troubling U.S. trend.
www.edweek.org
September 14, 2026 at 11:37 AM
The outsourcing of reading to automation derails learning in all disciplines. Reading isn't just cute & fun, it is foundational to all other literacies. We continue to test this unethical tech on children at our peril.
#EduSky #AIrefusal #Humancreativity #NoAI
www.edweek.org/leadership/3...
#EduSky #AIrefusal #Humancreativity #NoAI
www.edweek.org/leadership/3...
You ought to read this.
#AIResistance #AIinEdu #EduSky #AIRefusal
catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
#AIResistance #AIinEdu #EduSky #AIRefusal
catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
Saying No to Generative AI – Cate Denial
catherinedenial.org
February 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
You ought to read this.
#AIResistance #AIinEdu #EduSky #AIRefusal
catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
#AIResistance #AIinEdu #EduSky #AIRefusal
catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
This small town librarian offers a 'Bye, Bye AI' class to take AI off your phone. Now everyone wants in. https://www.businessinsider.com/library-bye-bye-ai-event-north-chatham-viral-2026-9
#AIrefusal #AIcritical #libraries #genAI #generativeAI #AI
#AIrefusal #AIcritical #libraries #genAI #generativeAI #AI
Library's Viral 'Bye, Bye AI' Event Will Take AI Off Your Phone - Business Insider
A library in upstate New York is going viral for helping people turn off AI. The librarian behind it is happy to help people with AI too.
www.businessinsider.com
September 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This small town librarian offers a 'Bye, Bye AI' class to take AI off your phone. Now everyone wants in. https://www.businessinsider.com/library-bye-bye-ai-event-north-chatham-viral-2026-9
#AIrefusal #AIcritical #libraries #genAI #generativeAI #AI
#AIrefusal #AIcritical #libraries #genAI #generativeAI #AI
The resistance finding a home is big, but finding each other has been life-affirming. Join us in the Library of Babel, friends. Check out what we're about at the link.
#NoSurveillance #Humanity #AIRefusal #AIinEdu #EduSky #AIResistance #Luddites #WriterSky
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
#NoSurveillance #Humanity #AIRefusal #AIinEdu #EduSky #AIResistance #Luddites #WriterSky
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
The Library of Babel Group
www.law.georgetown.edu
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The resistance finding a home is big, but finding each other has been life-affirming. Join us in the Library of Babel, friends. Check out what we're about at the link.
#NoSurveillance #Humanity #AIRefusal #AIinEdu #EduSky #AIResistance #Luddites #WriterSky
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
#NoSurveillance #Humanity #AIRefusal #AIinEdu #EduSky #AIResistance #Luddites #WriterSky
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
A bright spot in the bruising process of querying is noting how many literary agencies have AI disclosures and outright bans in their submission guidelines.
A legion of writing profs, writers, & artists in academia stand with the publishing community in resistance.
#amquerying #AIRefusal #EduSky
A legion of writing profs, writers, & artists in academia stand with the publishing community in resistance.
#amquerying #AIRefusal #EduSky
September 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A bright spot in the bruising process of querying is noting how many literary agencies have AI disclosures and outright bans in their submission guidelines.
A legion of writing profs, writers, & artists in academia stand with the publishing community in resistance.
#amquerying #AIRefusal #EduSky
A legion of writing profs, writers, & artists in academia stand with the publishing community in resistance.
#amquerying #AIRefusal #EduSky
I opened the Word app on my laptop and discovered that somehow it thought it was supposed to do the writing instead of me. Gotdam AI fucking creeping in everywhere. Turn that shit off. Write like a human. Swear. Be informal. Share in your own dialect. Fuck standardization.
Thank you.
#AIRefusal
Thank you.
#AIRefusal
February 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I opened the Word app on my laptop and discovered that somehow it thought it was supposed to do the writing instead of me. Gotdam AI fucking creeping in everywhere. Turn that shit off. Write like a human. Swear. Be informal. Share in your own dialect. Fuck standardization.
Thank you.
#AIRefusal
Thank you.
#AIRefusal
Blackboard now has a sparkly little prompt that says "Help me write!" that appears in a textbox intended for leaving student feedback.
So, a so-called "learning management system" is now encouraging me to use genAI to leave comments on my students' work.
This is offensive and wrong.
#AIRefusal
So, a so-called "learning management system" is now encouraging me to use genAI to leave comments on my students' work.
This is offensive and wrong.
#AIRefusal
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Blackboard now has a sparkly little prompt that says "Help me write!" that appears in a textbox intended for leaving student feedback.
So, a so-called "learning management system" is now encouraging me to use genAI to leave comments on my students' work.
This is offensive and wrong.
#AIRefusal
So, a so-called "learning management system" is now encouraging me to use genAI to leave comments on my students' work.
This is offensive and wrong.
#AIRefusal
One of my Comp 2 students reflected on her experience of writing without ChatGPT in my course. She said that she developed her own voice, and that even tho she struggled at first to brainstorm and organize without ChatGPT, she was able to adjust, and she built confidence in her skills.
#AIRefusal
#AIRefusal
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One of my Comp 2 students reflected on her experience of writing without ChatGPT in my course. She said that she developed her own voice, and that even tho she struggled at first to brainstorm and organize without ChatGPT, she was able to adjust, and she built confidence in her skills.
#AIRefusal
#AIRefusal
I'm blocking GenAI hyper accounts. If you're recommending it, you're not trustworthy.
#AIRefusal
#AIRefusal
June 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm blocking GenAI hyper accounts. If you're recommending it, you're not trustworthy.
#AIRefusal
#AIRefusal
Looks like you're typing a BlueSky post. Can I help? No thanks, you little arsehole. I don't want your cousin Gemini on my phone, either. Do you think tech hopes that writing and interacting on social media with a bot partner becomes so ubiquitous we'll forget that we didn't ask for it? #AIRefusal
November 27, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Looks like you're typing a BlueSky post. Can I help? No thanks, you little arsehole. I don't want your cousin Gemini on my phone, either. Do you think tech hopes that writing and interacting on social media with a bot partner becomes so ubiquitous we'll forget that we didn't ask for it? #AIRefusal
I'm thrilled to join this pedagogy panel at AWP 2027 in Chicago. I'd also love to connect with other teachers who resist generative AI in creative ways that centers compassion for students. #EduSky #AIRefusal #AWP27 #CreativeWritersAgainstBigTech
August 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I'm thrilled to join this pedagogy panel at AWP 2027 in Chicago. I'd also love to connect with other teachers who resist generative AI in creative ways that centers compassion for students. #EduSky #AIRefusal #AWP27 #CreativeWritersAgainstBigTech
Say it loud for the kids in the back row: it's time for a pedagogy of resistance and hope. @girouxh.bsky.social
#EduSky #TeachingMatters #hopepunk #resist #AIrefusal
www.laprogressive.com/education-re...
#EduSky #TeachingMatters #hopepunk #resist #AIrefusal
www.laprogressive.com/education-re...
Pedagogy in Dark Times: Resisting the Technocratic Takeover of Education
Long before teaching and learning centers began codifying pedagogy into a set of transferable skills, critical educators were arguing that education is never merely technical.
www.laprogressive.com
April 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Say it loud for the kids in the back row: it's time for a pedagogy of resistance and hope. @girouxh.bsky.social
#EduSky #TeachingMatters #hopepunk #resist #AIrefusal
www.laprogressive.com/education-re...
#EduSky #TeachingMatters #hopepunk #resist #AIrefusal
www.laprogressive.com/education-re...
AI is built upon labor stolen from writers without compensation or consent. There is no "ethical" use. Why do so many in education look away from the thieving receipts of AI's training corpus while preaching academic integrity?
#AIResistance #EduSky #AIRefusal
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
#AIResistance #EduSky #AIRefusal
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
AI is built upon labor stolen from writers without compensation or consent. There is no "ethical" use. Why do so many in education look away from the thieving receipts of AI's training corpus while preaching academic integrity?
#AIResistance #EduSky #AIRefusal
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
#AIResistance #EduSky #AIRefusal
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
"Imagine a world in which AI dictates your decision-making, limits your options about what you can and should learn, and thus forecloses your future. This is the disempowering and dehumanizing future of education..." @audreywatters.bsky.social
#AIResistance #EduSky #AIRefusal #AIinEdu
#AIResistance #EduSky #AIRefusal #AIinEdu
AI Foreclosure
"AI Will Empower Humanity," says Reid Hoffman, venture capitalist, OpenAI funder, co-founder of Linkedin, and member (along with Peter Thiel, David O. Sacks, and Elon Musk) of the "PayPal Mafia." (Rel...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Imagine a world in which AI dictates your decision-making, limits your options about what you can and should learn, and thus forecloses your future. This is the disempowering and dehumanizing future of education..." @audreywatters.bsky.social
#AIResistance #EduSky #AIRefusal #AIinEdu
#AIResistance #EduSky #AIRefusal #AIinEdu
Today I am muting all the accounts I see promoting the use of GenAI for educational purposes.
I just hate to see it.
It's not inevitable.
It's unethical and destructive.
We can do better.
#AIRefusal
I just hate to see it.
It's not inevitable.
It's unethical and destructive.
We can do better.
#AIRefusal
July 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Today I am muting all the accounts I see promoting the use of GenAI for educational purposes.
I just hate to see it.
It's not inevitable.
It's unethical and destructive.
We can do better.
#AIRefusal
I just hate to see it.
It's not inevitable.
It's unethical and destructive.
We can do better.
#AIRefusal
You will have to spend just as much time fact checking "gems in gemini" as if you did the research yourself.
Don't believe the hype. Don't trust the output.
#AIRefusal
Don't believe the hype. Don't trust the output.
#AIRefusal
June 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
You will have to spend just as much time fact checking "gems in gemini" as if you did the research yourself.
Don't believe the hype. Don't trust the output.
#AIRefusal
Don't believe the hype. Don't trust the output.
#AIRefusal
The best feedback from all the back-to-school PDs is about my simple slide letting participants know I haven't used AI to create any part of the presentation + asking them not to use AI while we're learning together.
Simple, informal steps toward #AIRefusal can have powerful impacts.
Simple, informal steps toward #AIRefusal can have powerful impacts.
August 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The best feedback from all the back-to-school PDs is about my simple slide letting participants know I haven't used AI to create any part of the presentation + asking them not to use AI while we're learning together.
Simple, informal steps toward #AIRefusal can have powerful impacts.
Simple, informal steps toward #AIRefusal can have powerful impacts.
dear diary:
we knew launching LLMs despite pedagogical & psychological evidence was wrong, but making for-profit bots "edu" was insanely easy.
also, we wanted to be billionaires. millionaire is so early aughts.
your real live boyz,
OpenAI
#EduSky #AIrefusal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
we knew launching LLMs despite pedagogical & psychological evidence was wrong, but making for-profit bots "edu" was insanely easy.
also, we wanted to be billionaires. millionaire is so early aughts.
your real live boyz,
OpenAI
#EduSky #AIrefusal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Beware what you tell your AI chatbot. It’s not a shrink – it’s a snitch | Arwa Mahdawi
In a case of ‘oh dear diary’, the OpenAI president Greg Brockman is having to read extracts from his musings about Elon Musk in court. It’s a terrifying reminder that what’s divulged to AI really isn’...
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM
dear diary:
we knew launching LLMs despite pedagogical & psychological evidence was wrong, but making for-profit bots "edu" was insanely easy.
also, we wanted to be billionaires. millionaire is so early aughts.
your real live boyz,
OpenAI
#EduSky #AIrefusal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
we knew launching LLMs despite pedagogical & psychological evidence was wrong, but making for-profit bots "edu" was insanely easy.
also, we wanted to be billionaires. millionaire is so early aughts.
your real live boyz,
OpenAI
#EduSky #AIrefusal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Creating course shells for fall for three asynch online classes. Blackboard sucks, always and forever, but at least the clunky outdated version I use for these classes has no AI intrusions.
(Bb "Ultra," which I use for f2f classes, is prettier, but just as clunky, and a lot buggier.)
#AIRefusal
(Bb "Ultra," which I use for f2f classes, is prettier, but just as clunky, and a lot buggier.)
#AIRefusal
August 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Creating course shells for fall for three asynch online classes. Blackboard sucks, always and forever, but at least the clunky outdated version I use for these classes has no AI intrusions.
(Bb "Ultra," which I use for f2f classes, is prettier, but just as clunky, and a lot buggier.)
#AIRefusal
(Bb "Ultra," which I use for f2f classes, is prettier, but just as clunky, and a lot buggier.)
#AIRefusal
I feel this way about socialslop, too. Imagine that? Automation is not only unethical; it deskills with a vengeance.
#AIResistance #AIRefusal #HumansDoItBetter
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
#AIResistance #AIRefusal #HumansDoItBetter
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
hbr.org
September 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I feel this way about socialslop, too. Imagine that? Automation is not only unethical; it deskills with a vengeance.
#AIResistance #AIRefusal #HumansDoItBetter
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
#AIResistance #AIRefusal #HumansDoItBetter
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
