Not trying to alarm, y’all. We aren’t throwing our hands up screaming “help.” We are no where near ever giving up. Just saying, we can’t do it without you. And with less than 3% of businesses in Philly being owned by Blk women. Far less than that making it to the 5 year mark. We

Yes. and yes! Congratulations Gabe Amo #wheatonma

Adding to Newman humanities in AI can also help us reflect on all the wonders that humans create, whom they benefit, and why and how they confer such benefits. Reflection doesn't mean we won't use the tools; it suggests we'll think about how and why to use them. #ChatGPT4

This video is destined to be a library classic. See this Instagram video by @milwaukeepubliclibrary instagram.com/reel/CzfIUwZOV… #librarian

Magnificent work from Harmonyholiday that starts clear-eyed close and expands to a universe that's right here. #writers

Writing the Environment class tours Wheaton Woods with Prof Scott Shumway, who noted beech keep leaves in winter; shared aroma of sassafras & connected early deforestation to colonialism (large trees supplied masts of British warships. Can't wait to read the essays. #Wheatonma

Authors note AI makes us ask :"What are our core capabilities as humans?" I'd add: ethics & a sense of fairness, and I'd not label those "soft skills." nytimes.com/2024/02/14/opi… #AI #ChatGPT

Eco writers. This. Along with a re-thinking of language. Why say land is "developed" when its tress have been destroyed? You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/02/18/bus… #environment #ecology

How does a human "scan" for accuracy? asking for a friend. #AI

Blair quotes Noble:"I do not know if an editor ever told John Wilford Noble, 'If God gives you a lead, don’t mess it up.' But he followed that advice nevertheless with this lead: 'Men have landed and walked on the moon." #writingtips

Yes to Firth's extended analogy, to which I'd add that writers, like Columbo, often return to say, "there's just one more thing." #WritingCommunity

.19thnews is recruiting for our next cohort of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellows! The program gives recent grads, mid-career alums and former HBCU students a full-year-salaried-w/-benefits job in reporting, audience and product.

High school juniors and seniors, you could study here for 4 weeks this summer. #WheatonMA . Check out the #precollege program via the Wheaton website. Questions about applying Email [email protected]

Congratulations Jose! You. A Pushcart. Yes! poets.org/poet/jose-b-go…

#HBCU Fellowships for students and faculty awpwriter.org/community_cale…

The Department of African American and Africana Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor. The department is seeking to strengthen its capacity in political economy, racial wealth gap, and economic history.

So much to discover, so much to say. Whose machines, whose programs; what new foundations can be built?

ChatGPT And Generative AI Innovations Are Creating Sustainability Havoc via @forbes forbes.com/sites/cindygor…

Uruguay's Pepe Mujica: "What meaning can we give to life? Man, compared to other animals, has the ability to find a purpose. Or not. If you don’t find it, the market will have you paying bills the rest of your life." New York Times. nytimes.com/2024/08/23/wor…

#Wheatonma post-convocation barbecue. Biology professor Juvenal Lopez delivered an inspiring speech about experience and the college's WOSS program, aimed at diversifying STEM and reducing barriers to entry into # STEM.