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@Popehat This was really good. Thanks!

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Looking for relevant research for the book chapter I’m writing about why we shouldn’t be using “AI-detectors” on student writing. I’m coming up pretty much empty, and maybe I just don’t have the right search terms to find what I’m looking for. Is there existing research on the impact that false/disproven accusations of academic dishonesty have on students? (I can find stuff about impacts of false *criminal* accusations, but not about students & academic dishonesty.)

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@writerethink Have you seen this?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.02819

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Wil Wheaton on striking with his Space Mom. #SAGAFTRAstrike #SAGAFTRA #WGAstrike #wga #StarTrek

A photo from Instagram of Wil Wheaton and Gates McFadden on the picket line.

itswilwheaton: In 1960, SAG and WGA struck to force management to adapt to the new technology of television. Without that strike and the agreement it birthed, residual use payments would not exist.

My parents stole nearly all of my salary from my entire childhood. My Star Trek residuals were all I had, and they kept me afloat for two decades while I rebuilt my life. I have healthcare and a pension because of my union. The AMPTP billionaires want to take all that security away so they can give CEOs even more grotesque wealth at the expense of the people who make our industry run.

To give some sense of what is at stake: There are actors who star in massively successful, profitable, critically acclaimed shows that are all on streaming services. You see them all the time. They are famous, A-list celebrities. Nearly all of those actors don't earn enough to qualify for health insurance, because the studios forced them to accept a buyout for all their residuals (decade of reuse, at the least) that is less than I earned for one week on TNG. And I was the lowest paid cast member in 1988. They want to do this while studio profits and CEO compensation are at historic highs.

I mean, if not now, when? And I haven't even touched on Al and working conditions.

We must fight for the future of our industry in the face of changing technology, the same way our elders did in 1960. So today, my Spacemom and I went to the place where it started for us, way back when, to do just that.

I see all your support. It means so much. Thank you.

#sagaftrastrong
#WGAsolidarity
#CRUSHERS
#UnitedtoCRUSHtheGREED

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Russian news: "The world does not get to decide, we cannot travel and have important, international, diplomatic relations. Just look at our defence minister Sergei Shoigu visiting the highly successful and respected country of…
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North Korea."

@jerry I think the genetic dynasty, which they made up, is brilliant. S2e2 kind of a mess, IMO.

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@danhon Multiple independent re-entry Swifts

@danhon Is this voluntary or involuntary hosting of such a concert? Seems like that’s going to be the main rub.

Also, this sounds like a Stephenson novel. “Joint Swift Strike Force, Southern Command.”

Probably need one for each theater. Taylor would need her own F15 and pilot.

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@danhon Impressive, but a true master of logistics would be able to continue Taylor Swift concerts every night indefinitely, whether the host location cooperated or not.

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TIL that there are a lot of English words that have been borrowed into German. Especially in advertising and product names, it seems. The transition is not always a smooth one, however.