One of the things that works well for improving student writing: real-time live editing (RTLE). Students email you their writing. Then put it up on a screen; everyone sits close. Narrate as you edit the paragraph. Students find this helpful. We rarely SEE people write or narrative their choices.
Ian McKellen performs βThe Strangersβ Caseβ speech from βSir Thomas Moreβ on Colbert.
The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. n.pr/3LLHyvR
the federal government is now kidnapping native americans and holding them hostage in exchange for i.c.e. cooperation agreements with their tribes
"βThey specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.β Lugert-Thom responded, βI donβt know anything about thatβ & she said they then asked, βWell, what about the Asian families?β"
"βI was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.β"
For decades, cops have been trained not to shoot at moving vehicles.
But the federal agents enforcing Trumpβs mass deportation campaign seem not to be following this rule, and are taking a far more dangerous path.
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Blog post: "The orbital argumentation of AI writing"
Have you ever wondered why AI writing seems to orbit around the point but not make the point? I wrote it about. I hope you'll read! And enjoy!
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Are βrealβ conferences excluding people?
For years, conferences have meant flights, hotels, and steep fees. What if our most inclusive, connected professional spaces are intentionally online?
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Pleased to announce that my piece "I ka Κ»Εlelo nΕ ke Ola (In Words there is Life): Β An Introduction to Hawaiian Rhetoric" has been published as part of the American Society for the History of Rhetoric's "Expanding the History of Rhetoric Pedagogy Initiative."Β Β ashr.org/expanding-th...
#LocalElections support your #community and the people who want to make it better. This #election is a big deal because my brother-in-law Jeffrey Bowler is running for school board. So proud of him for giving his all to making the schools better! youtu.be/tQ8HXheMsRc @billbowbaggins.bsky.social
Georgia College and State University is accepting applications for 2 full-time NTT Lecturers in Writing Studies to teach ENGL 1101 (introduction to academic writing) and ENGL 1102 (introduction to research writing) with public liberal arts flair.
Link to job ad: lnkd.in/eicX3tnA
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
"There are more than 19 million college students in the US. Most are well removed from corridors of wealth+power..43% of undergrads attend community college. 25% live with their parents."
a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
I wrote a blog: "Why I'm Not Teaching with GenAI Even Though Students are Using It"
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Turns out, a lot of PhDsβand a lot of care.
Composition Studies 53.1 is now live.
Featuring essays on grading contracts, conference futures, sustainable teaching, and editorial care.
Read it here: compstudiesjournal.com/current-issu...
#cs531 #compositionstudies #rhetcomp #writingstudies
ββ¦he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. βI told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paperβ
"Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner" - Exodus 22:21
Stencil seen in Charlevoix, Michigan
The ethos of a strong block quote is hard to beat.
Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system:
The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
- @hislopmd.bsky.social
Iβm frustrated for many reasons at surface-skimming media history takes on AI like βpeople opposed the printing press too!β If media history is going to help us navigate the present, we have to reckon with something people often omit from those comparisonsβthe intersection of power & new media (1/4)
I'm proud to share my newest study, completely open-access.
"When collaborating turns into dishonesty: A data-driven heuristic comparing human and AI collaborators"
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.
This man has no citizenship now.
Doesn't the Library of Congress report to Congress, not the President? Can he legally fire her from a position he does not himself administer? Separation of powers?
ICE agents in Worcester, Massachusetts arrested a mother outside of her home with her newborn baby and 16 year old daughter.
The 16 year old stood in front of the ICE vehicle holding the baby.
She handed the baby to a neighbor & fled.
Police caught up to her, in a heartbreaking scene.β¬οΈ
Distinguished University Professor of English @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social has emerged as a leading voice on AI. Read our Q&A to learn more about how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern: english.umd.edu/news/how-matthew-kirschenbaum-sees-ais-impact
π§΅Heidy SΓ‘nchez was in the process of getting her green card, married to a U.S. citizen, raising a baby girl.
ICE snatched her at a check-in and deported her to Cubaβalone.
Her 17-month-old U.S.-citizen daughter, who suffers seizures, was left behind sobbing for her mother.
tinyurl.com/Latina-mom
Cognitive offloading is a real issue. People who are already expert writers use AI better than people who are still novice writers. Ergo, prioritize becoming an reading and writing expert over diving into AI. www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
