Emily Fornof

OMFG. I feel you. Here’s some beautifully written hate.

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html

I've been dealing with this a lot this semester. In my anger, frustration, and hurt, I did some research - apparently AI is an addiction for some students. It feels so obvious now, but reframing it like this has helped me feel a little more generous about helping them deal with their addictions.

Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.

Inside a plants and gifts shop in Union Market, Washington, DC. There are two people shopping, and plants on shelves, the floor, and in hanging baskets

Union Market, October 2024

Tony Evers is again doing the right thing for Wisconsin Evers’ decision not to seek a third term can serve as an example to Democrats across the country that now is the time to embrace change.

NEW: As he so often has, Tony Evers once again did the right thing.

Let’s recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/tony-evers...

Frontiers | Putting migration in context: a review of how theory and methods shape climate-induced migration research findings

🎉 Excited to share my new article! "Putting Migration in Context: A Review of How Theory and Methods Shape Climate-Induced Migration Research Findings" critically examines how methods and conceptual framings shape causal claims about climate’s role in migration.
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/4jPWyED

This came at the perfect time - my pally just hit level 3! I homebrewed this in DnDBeyond - @ginnydi.com I'd be happy to make it public with your blessing!

March 21, 2-3 pm ET: What to do when your federal grant has been stopped or terminated

If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations.

Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.

Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

weird thing about this framing is that this "personal best" is the second lowest for a president at this stage in their administration. the first is trump in his first term.

If you're furious at Dems who are not fighting, help the Dems who are.

We're going up against Elon Musk and the GOP machine in Wisconsin on April 1.

Throw yourself into electing Susan Crawford and beating Brad Schimel—and you'll send a message to the whole country.

They have taken the bridge and the Second Hall. We have barred the gates but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes...drums, drums in the deep. We cannot get out. The shadow moves in the dark. We cannot get out. They are coming.

US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an ...

A friend pointed out that these are the actions of cowards - if they felt like they had real control, they wouldn't need to break in. apnews.com/article/doge...

DOGE representatives visit US Institute of Peace, are turned away U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) officials said several members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived unannounced with FBI agents on Saturday but were denied access to the buildin…

Really proud of USIP for standing up to DOGE - as they should, the Institute is not under executive branch authority. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Susan Crawford is a former prosecutor and current Circuit Court Judge running for Wisconsin Supreme Court to protect the rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.

Help us push back at crawfordforwi.com.

The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.

Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood

Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man

Look, if you don't want to do the constitutionally-mandate job, then you shouldn't swear the oath on a Bible.

Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.

ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF.

Now.

Print hard copies.

And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...

Analysis | The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.

Very late, but at least WAPO has published a fact check of the absurd administration justifications for hammering USAID.

To summarize: it's all made up. Which is kind of amazing, as every large organization could do better-but they couldn't find real things?

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New Trump admin guidelines prioritize transportation spending and infrastructure for “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average,” which many are reading as a shorthand for subsidizing white rural communities.
The truth is complicated.
tinyurl.com/DOTpolicy2025
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

I am begging the media covering the federal government to recognize that a "temporary pause/stop-work order" 1) may not be completely legal and 2) can catalyze major, lasting damage.

STOP EMPHASIZING TEMPORARY.

STUDY THE LEGALITY OF THESE ACTIONS.

START EMPHASIZING CURRENT AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS.

I read the book back in high school because I was obsessed with the (then new) musical soundtrack. It changed the way I understood the world for the better. Tbh I barely retained the sex scenes. Though I agree the marketing of this book using the movie is quite misleading.

I really love themed pomodoro timers on YT, they make me excited to sit down and focus (generally have ASMR or music with them), in case that helps with the timer resentment!

Love this thread - having graduated during the recession, I think many of us blamed our inability to get jobs on our major (all my comp sci friends had jobs, but the rest of us were largely un- or underemployed) but it feels like the "college is only for job training" is a huge overcorrection.

Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert is a very fun, quick book that felt like someone wrote down a narrative version of their (very sexy) DnD campaign. I also wasn't huge on Time War, glad to know I'm not alone!

Dane County judge strikes down Act 10, restoring public employee union bargaining rights Public employee collective bargaining rights have been restored by a Dane County judge, who ruled that several sections of Wisconsin's controversial law known as Act 10 are unconstitutional.

In case you missed it, a Wisconsin judge this week struck down former Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 law.

The move will restore public sector workers' collective bargaining rights.

This is a moment of celebration and hope in these troubled times.

over prepared and still overwhelmed, the dugeon master's motto

This is so accurate I feel judged.
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