So this is the example of the "useful Marx Chatbot" from the NYT story about AI at Cal State. How does the bot saying "capitalism has found new ways to hide things" differ from what a good prof would say? How does this prove at all that AI is worth it, and not just a way to replace faculty?

I'm going to post this alot--free concert, dance party, ritual of healing, urban gathering, sunset ceremony in Flint, MI withe the LEGENDARY Mama Sol. You gotta register--link in poster.

By the way, as someone who wrote a few pieces on Olmsted, just to note that the original design for the park, which is only vaguely present now, was his.

My cats are cool, but I know deep down they'd cross a picket line. Dogs on the other hand know what solidarity is all about.

@bonniehonig.bsky.social A great thinker, person, and UM-Flint Grad passed away recently--William Connolly. I invited him to speak at school and we went to the Sit Down Strike Memorial and saw the brick with his dad's name on it. Here are some pictures.

I thought my daughter wanted to come to my class to watch me teach. I found out she had other intentions.

I geeked out on Great Lakes Shipping yesterday. My family somewhat tolerated it.

Nostalgic for the old, crazy, meaningful and important New School for Social Research, which is currently under attack by it's own admin. (I showed my daughter this picture and she asked, "what did you take THAT with") Got an email from a current faculty who is encouraging alums to write 1/

If you are into trash and activism, boy do I have the book for you. sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...

What they lack in scientific sophistication, they MORE than make up for in their politics.

Once again, I bestow a cosmic Yawp to the universe that she and I have the same sized hands.

Labor Day Time Machine dispatch from Flint, MI. "We'll see if they can get through 10,000 men," says UAW Regional Director Jack Holt. Can anybody guess what book this is from? Clue, the title is in the paragraph.

I'm totally getting this vibe

my favorite one!

@beckychb013.bsky.social Hey look at my daughter's book project. She's manifesting the novel becoming a movie. After the buckets of cash start rolling in, you can give her a big tip. Or put her in the movie.

Dad selfie from union camp. (some squares call it the IFT Great Lakes Union Leadership Institute, not cool kids like me). Took the grievance class and now I wanna write grievances against everybody. Wanna grieve your Dean-hit me up. Wanna grieve your kid-hit me up. Endless possibilities.

As my son and have often said to each other over the years,I wouldn't want to live somewhere that wasn't within walking distance of a mummified cat.

It's a little known fact that Benjamin Franklin spent a semester at UM Flint. Here a unequivocally, meta physically, historically accurate recreation of his time there.

This is a picture of me when I signed my union card. We were recognized as the Union for Tenure Track Faculty one year ago. Now nearly a year later we have a tentative agreement for our FIRST CONTRACT. Of course, as grievance chair, now the real work begins for me

On that topic--happening at UMich A2 this Thursday.

Good turnout for our rally in support of our contract campaign yesterday. I got the good dad selfie (a unique aesthetic genre of self photography that I have invented and will soon be sweeping the globe)

Hey University of Michigan union supporters, Michigan union supporters, Michiganders, or union supporters (international travelers will definitely get at least 2 BEERS on me) come to downtown Flint for this rally tomorrow. Our admin is acting like jerks, so we need to have a good showing!!

when infact:

My Sally Field moment

Hey University of Michigan, general Michigan, or just general people--sign our petition to support our contract campaign!! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Gessen's focus on university leaders and her convenient pessimism about coordinated action is completely expected. Even the most "sympathetic" thought leaders continue to be mired in their elitist myopia. We can win--don't believe the hype. www.organizeeverycampus.org

Many have noted the illegalities in this-but that's not the point. It's a signal to states, and more importantly Uni. admins that the feds won't intervene when they repress protests. It's an invitation to unleash the id of every assistant dean who dreams of punishing those ungrateful students.

Because this card only envisions a "red" state, and thus an incomplete social democratic revolution, and not the preferred communist goal of the state withering away, I had to give it a B-.

I'm no classicist so I don't know if this is true, but according to HBO's Rome, Cesare painted his face red during his triumph. What is is with populist dictators and their painted red faces?