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► He/Him
► Teacher (K-8, Media Arts & Technology)
► LLMs/AI trained on artists' work without consent, compensation, or even citation is theft, and to endorse them anyway harms my students' careers.
► Trans rights are human rights.
► Black Lives Matter.
► I GM/DM TTRPGs and turn some of my games into podcasts.
► I like to install Linux Mint on 2nd hand computers. I know just enough to break things.
► Hexagons are the bestagons.
► "...does a lot with not nearly enough" - @ajroach42@retro.social

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Joined April 19, 2020

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@theartguy @theartguy@scholar.social @Crash@elekk.xyz

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Crash Persists @crash@is.aaronbsmith.com · 4d ago

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@crash@is.aaronbsmith.com

► He/Him ► Teacher (K-8, Media Arts & Technology) ► LLMs/AI trained on artists' work without consent, compensation, or even citation is theft, and to endorse them anyway harms my students' careers. ► Trans rights are human rights. ► Black Lives Matter. ► I GM/DM TTRPGs and turn some of my games into podcasts. ► I like to install Linux Mint on 2nd hand computers. I know just enough to break things. ► Hexagons are the bestagons. ► "...does a lot with not nearly enough" - @ajroach42

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“College & Career Ready” is a Moving Goalpost #Blaugust2026 https://academicaesthetic.com/college-career-ready-is-a-moving-goalpost-blaugust2026/

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Crash Persists @crash@is.aaronbsmith.com · Apr 12, 2026

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► He/Him ► Teacher (K-8, Media Arts & Technology) ► LLMs/AI trained on artists' work without consent, compensation, or even citation is theft, and to endorse them anyway harms my students' careers. ► Trans rights are human rights. ► Black Lives Matter. ► I GM/DM TTRPGs and turn some of my games into podcasts. ► I like to install Linux Mint on 2nd hand computers. I know just enough to break things. ► Hexagons are the bestagons. ► "...does a lot with not nearly enough" - @ajroach42

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"It's here to stay" is the argument of AI apologists who don't want to contend with the legitimate criticisms.

Microplastics are here to stay as well, but I don't see you downing a bowl of frosted, shredded polyester every morning.

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Crash Persists @crash@is.aaronbsmith.com · Jan 27, 2026

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@crash@is.aaronbsmith.com

► He/Him ► Teacher (K-8, Media Arts & Technology) ► LLMs/AI trained on artists' work without consent, compensation, or even citation is theft, and to endorse them anyway harms my students' careers. ► Trans rights are human rights. ► Black Lives Matter. ► I GM/DM TTRPGs and turn some of my games into podcasts. ► I like to install Linux Mint on 2nd hand computers. I know just enough to break things. ► Hexagons are the bestagons. ► "...does a lot with not nearly enough" - @ajroach42

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Replying to @vkc@linuxmom.net

@vkc@linuxmom.net "You see, you can't tell if the email is real until the verification link is used. Until then, it exists in a state of both real and imagined." -Schrödinger's IT guy, probably.

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Crash Persists @crash@is.aaronbsmith.com · Aug 22, 2025

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► He/Him ► Teacher (K-8, Media Arts & Technology) ► LLMs/AI trained on artists' work without consent, compensation, or even citation is theft, and to endorse them anyway harms my students' careers. ► Trans rights are human rights. ► Black Lives Matter. ► I GM/DM TTRPGs and turn some of my games into podcasts. ► I like to install Linux Mint on 2nd hand computers. I know just enough to break things. ► Hexagons are the bestagons. ► "...does a lot with not nearly enough" - @ajroach42

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Every time I get in a discussion with someone who is adamant on defending their AI use I eventually ask repeatedly for citations for their claims.

I never get them.

I only have these discussions with educators.

Educators who cannot provide citations.

Think about that.

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Crash Persists @crash@is.aaronbsmith.com · Nov 22, 2022

Crash Persists

@crash@is.aaronbsmith.com

► He/Him ► Teacher (K-8, Media Arts & Technology) ► LLMs/AI trained on artists' work without consent, compensation, or even citation is theft, and to endorse them anyway harms my students' careers. ► Trans rights are human rights. ► Black Lives Matter. ► I GM/DM TTRPGs and turn some of my games into podcasts. ► I like to install Linux Mint on 2nd hand computers. I know just enough to break things. ► Hexagons are the bestagons. ► "...does a lot with not nearly enough" - @ajroach42

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Replying to @sidd_harth0_5h4h@elekk.xyz

@sidd_harth0_5h4h@elekk.xyz He's already reclaimed the blanket. That I'm under it is irrelevant. He's on top of it. :sockethead:

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Crash Persists @crash@is.aaronbsmith.com · Nov 22, 2022

Crash Persists

@crash@is.aaronbsmith.com

► He/Him ► Teacher (K-8, Media Arts & Technology) ► LLMs/AI trained on artists' work without consent, compensation, or even citation is theft, and to endorse them anyway harms my students' careers. ► Trans rights are human rights. ► Black Lives Matter. ► I GM/DM TTRPGs and turn some of my games into podcasts. ► I like to install Linux Mint on 2nd hand computers. I know just enough to break things. ► Hexagons are the bestagons. ► "...does a lot with not nearly enough" - @ajroach42

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Cat has been moved. The blanket is mine. ... but at what cost?

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Crash Persists @crash@is.aaronbsmith.com · Nov 22, 2022

Crash Persists

@crash@is.aaronbsmith.com

► He/Him ► Teacher (K-8, Media Arts & Technology) ► LLMs/AI trained on artists' work without consent, compensation, or even citation is theft, and to endorse them anyway harms my students' careers. ► Trans rights are human rights. ► Black Lives Matter. ► I GM/DM TTRPGs and turn some of my games into podcasts. ► I like to install Linux Mint on 2nd hand computers. I know just enough to break things. ► Hexagons are the bestagons. ► "...does a lot with not nearly enough" - @ajroach42

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I was going to curl up in a blanket, but my cat decided that it, like all things made of warm, was for him. :sockethead:

But it's OK, because I have a 2nd blanket ... under the first blanket.

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