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Sacrificing her two piece of shit sons to try to ensure the safety of her daughter and granddaughter makes sense to me.

Yikes. I have zero doubt in my mind the response to the finale - on here and elsewhere - would have been significantly more positive if we just had a final shot of Rhaenyra’s dragons hovering over King’s Landing. Or even something of the sort, like Daenerys’ flex at the end of GoT Season 6. Which..really makes you gotta ask yourself what you are evaluating. Anyway, the internets is a silly thing and a fickle bastard. That’s all.

Heh. My dean asked me for the student’s information a few hours ago because he hadn’t even heard from the student yet. My chair didn’t explicitly say so in our exchange, but I’m pretty sure he hasn’t either. Obviously, I didn’t change the grade on the assignment, so I guess that’s that. Still, generally a bad idea for students to be so hostile/insulting to an instructor that still has to evaluate your participation and final exam grade. Obviously not a good strategy! That creative thread? A lot of that is dealing with issues that aren’t really relevant to my situation. Again, my school - and pretty much every university/college - has much more focused groups, committees, meetings on dealing with AI in the classroom.

Just an update for anyone interested. My Department Chair had to inquire with another faculty member who was actually familiar with Grammarly specifically. Apparently, it has generative AI built in - if you pay for it - that will basically reword your entire essay (which makes sense considering the student was flagged at 97 percent). Turnitin’s AI detector does NOT flag writing as AI if it’s just used for grammar and spelling. So, anyway, both my chair and I agreed we’d add a specific mention/warning for Grammarly in our syllabi for our Fall sections.

Thanks. It’s really windy out there but so far so good. The biggest concern the next couple days where I’m at is flooding. Fingers crossed.

It has more to do with polarization and the potential for crazies like Robinson to exploit technicalities as untested rules than simple differences in partisanship or selection methods.

Thanks! Yeah the description on that sign up page definitely sounds like any other AI program that would constitute plagiarism.

Who knows? I suppose if she still chooses Shapiro that’d be a yes. Just thought it was interesting. Usually don’t see this type of thing, but I suppose it’s not too surprising given Fetterman’s combative and blunt predisposition. Yeah I wasn’t aware that NC’s archaic rule could be such a distraction til it was raised during the initial speculation last week. Sucks.

Interesting - Fetterman has concerns about Shapiro for VP, aides tell Harris’ team:

Yeah moving to a new state and establishing residence is the usual reason I’ve had to go in physically instead of being able to take care of things online. It was interesting how many more documents were required a couple years ago when I moved back to Florida after voter suppression legislation was passed following 2020/January 6 compared to when I first moved to the state back in 2007. Anyway, the reason I initially mentioned this is because the DMV is a very convenient way to register to vote. When you’re meeting with a rep you can just ask (oftentimes they’ll ask you if you’re establishing residency) and then it takes like two minutes tops to go through the questionnaire. I know they are required to make this available by law in most states, albeit I’m not sure if that’s the case in all fifty.

This will certainly happen and generally does at least once a month - just not in the summer. There was literally a committee/open meeting last academic year on dealing with AI. Further, yeah, I will contact the two people I directed the student to later today on the specific situation, just didn’t want to bother them on a Saturday night (albeit I’m sure the student did, so….my bad). Yeah, definitely gonna emphasize things more than I have starting with the fall semester - i.e. a couple weeks. Just wondering how much to mention Grammarly specifically and/or what to say about it. Thanks, and nah it didn’t. Honestly if I had to describe my takeaway, it was just kinda surreal how hostile she was via email. That never happens in my actual job - had to remind myself I wasn’t posting on a thread here!

I mean, a lot. It’s all the power of Thor. Come on.

Aw, now I feel all guilty. You still get to become Thor but get cancer or some shit. Gods I can’t even remember how that mess of a movie went.

Totally imagining you as Natalie Portman in Garden State right now. Do you want to take a ride on my Ural so we can share existential angst and yell at air?

Yeah I’ll copy and paste this into an email right away. It’s always a wonder why y’all aren’t instructors yourselves.

Ha! And, yeah. I’m not concerned about this student specifically. Although I was pretty proud I had never had a problem student I couldn’t talk down/pawn off til this one. Anyway, just feel Grammarly is gonna come up a lot soon and want to be prepared. It’s like when I was in undergrad and we blamed any cheating on….well I can’t remember what we used cuz I was too high.

Thanks! I appreciate this and the link - which I’ve already seen - but it doesn’t give me any more clarity than I started with.….. Let’s just say I’m glad this board is anonymous.

Yeah. Thanks to both of you [ETA @JGP and @Jace, Extat]. Obviously I feel the same way - just fucking use word like I did! But, ya know, that’s not gonna fly with many of my students that are refugees - nor should it. Tbc, this complainer ain’t no refugee, but I’d like to be more educated on what Grammarly specifically does. Without having to sign up myself. Because I’m lazy and not paid particularly well.

I just got my job threatened by a student I docked for being flagged by turnitin’s AI checker. She said she was just using Grammarly. I told her I have to maintain fairness and consistency when I get a 97% AI-generated score, then she essentially asked to see my manager. She’s not the first to cite Grammarly as an excuse though. I have no way to determine whether students are telling the truth on that or not. But regardless, anyone ever used the program? I’ve looked at the site but it requires you to sign up - which I’m not going to do because of whiny students. Still, just wondering if anyone can grant some insight. If turnitin is flagging at 97%, that suggests to me the student is not submitting their own words. Is that assumption mistaken?

Sure. To prepare for the possibility the Israeli - or even US’ - response to Iran’s response may be airstrikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon. I know that’s a weird statement but hope you get my point.

The movement is in expectation for an Iranian response to the assassination. That response is unlikely to start a war, but the US wants to ensure Iran is clear on that. US military intelligence anticipates the response will be more aggressive than last time, but hardly to a warmaking degree.

LOL. So much stupidity to unpack here I’m sure I’ll miss something. First and foremost, how does continuing to bombard Gaza help Israel’s defense against Hezbollah? Why do you think - while Israel has engaged in several conflicts since their existence - they all have ended or been deescalated within a short timeframe? As for being conscripted into the VC, the fuck do you know about it? I don’t know anything about that either - other than friend/cohorts that grew up in it’s aftermath, but I’m not making some strained analogy. Yeah, your listing here is telling. Iran, then Hezbollah, then Hamas. How much of a threat is Hamas really at this point? And how much does continuing to attack Gaza to weed out its remnants in actuality engender more of a threat from Hezbollah and Iran? These are questions for reasonable observers that aren’t unthinking. Undoubtedly there will be more violence. Because of morons and profiteers on both sides that think like you.

Appealing to soft power is just as important domestically as it is on the international stage. Eventually, the Israeli public is going to get frustrated with this war continuing. This is a general rule of public opinion for any democracy, but particularly one with mandatory conscription. Why can’t the vaunted IDF secure Gaza after a year of fighting? What are we actually fighting for at this point? How much of Hamas do we have to kill? Should we really trust such an incompetent regime? These are the questions that WILL eventually arise in the coming months - and will not solely be directed at Bibi. Because, as stated by the most pro-Israeli enthusiasts on this board/thread, their general public is not bloodthirsty nor wants to expand this into a regional war. Which is why they will turn to favor all those diplomatic postures you depict as weakness but in actuality is the strength of sound statecraft.

Jace, I know it’s your schtick, but this is not only ludicrous but tiring on such a topic. Your might makes right perspective on international relations was outdated by Westphalia. Even realists and neocons acknowledge the importance of “soft” or “smart” power.

It seems what you misunderstand is that a debate should be a plus for Harris - particularly if she can meet Trump on his terms in terms of network and moderators but still gain the requisite concessions on format. And if he still balks under those conditions? All the better.