If you're an academic on social media, you've probably heard that Twitter is dying thanks to Elon Musk. This may or may not concern you, but for many academics it is painful to watch and fatiguing to think about starting over someplace else. Am I sad to leave Twitter? Hardly. My final tweet I joined … Continue reading #B*tchBye: Leaving Twitter for Mastodon
Month: December 2022
ChatGPT Wins Best in Class for Making Shit Up
If you're involved with the education industry - even if your head is currently buried under a pile of grading - you've probably recently caught wind of something called ChatGPT or what many see as the end of learning as we know it. ChatGPT-3 is a natural language processor that's been trained on a lot … Continue reading ChatGPT Wins Best in Class for Making Shit Up
Greetings from Academic Maternity Leave
Hey, all! It's been a while since I posted because I've been working on this little project that finally came into the world in October (3 weeks early via emergency c-section): Isn't she just great? I know, I can't stop staring at her little face. Thankfully, my institution offers a full semester leave or two … Continue reading Greetings from Academic Maternity Leave
Tawnya Azar 