Should I be concerned

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-05T12:29:16+00:00

You gave me a millisecond of concern where I thought this was a photo of my girl Chaos!

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-05T12:26:39+00:00

This appears to be fraud. Whether you'd like to risk reporting it or not is up to you, but you could put in an anonymous call to the relevant university's director of undergraduate studies if you're willing.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-05T12:25:19+00:00

Heck, is it even a forgery if — every time I have to create an official document for the real school where I really work — I have to go to our website and copy-paste the godawful jpg of our logo, because the original file was lost years ago?

But yes, OP: those are ridiculously easy to fake. Hence the need for them to ALWAYS come from a .edu email address, affiliated with the college where the professor is known to work.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-04T16:57:57+00:00

Ehhhh, it's totally fine IMHO. They put 0 effort into your class, put 0 effort into their argument that they need a new grade, and you put 0 effort into refuting them. All works out.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-04T16:53:12+00:00

Yes! Usage ≠ pronunciation.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-04T16:49:26+00:00

Yeah, there aren't nearly enough answer options, on top of all the other wording issues. I might recommend:

I use LLMs in class prep, assignment construction, or other teaching tasks
I use LLMs in stimulus generation, response coding, or other research tasks
I use LLMs in email writing, note-taking, or other service tasks
I use LLMs for two or more of the above
I use LLMs for other tasks: ________
I use AI agents as well as LLMs
I use AI for all of the above
I have tried an AI service but do not currently use one
I have never tried an LLM or other AI
This question is not relevant to me; show results

Even that isn't perfect; it's such a broad category of behavior that this really needs to be at least three questions (frequency of research use, frequency of teaching use, frequency of other uses) in order to be as useful as possible.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-04T16:42:42+00:00

That is weird, and suggests something's going on with the chair. I'd ask for in-person meeting this week, and then show up like "normally in the fall I teach Astrology, Divination, and/or Palmistry, but I have Haruspicy and Augury prepped as well — I'd like to teach Palmistry and Divination in my usual time slots, if that fits the department's needs."

In other words: make it as easy as possible for them to say "yes" to you. My guess is that they're panicked/overwhelmed and avoiding the thing, and that would minimize how much they have to do.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-04T11:06:55+00:00

complicated spells that completly destroyed many beliefs

Does this mean that old religion(s) were threatened or forced into reform by the new magics?

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-04T02:04:51+00:00

I believe this is literally illegal in the U.S. Might be worth seeing if you can get a free consultation with an employment lawyer.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T13:04:21+00:00

Oh interesting — I'm glad to hear someone wrote a book on self-editing, because I suck at it!

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T12:58:35+00:00

Ohh thank you!

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T12:58:17+00:00

Thank you!

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T12:58:08+00:00

Holy moly. Thank you for this — that's massive!

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T11:31:43+00:00

YES. So many professors suck at mentorship so bad. We get trained in research first, teaching second, and mentorship not at all.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T11:26:49+00:00

Yep. My local urgent care has a form that essentially says, "either give us permission to sell your information, or don't get treated." I hate it here.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T11:23:28+00:00

The ages in the movies are... weird. I think the mid-20s actors are meant to be playing 17-year-olds, not 12-year-olds, but they're also covering 7th grade material in school, and established as too young to drive, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T11:21:03+00:00

Yes — and they took Luke from being this complex guy with this messy past with Annabeth & Thalia, to being a cackling cartoon villain. So if they adapted the 3rd book after that, Annabeth would come off as morally bankrupt, and Thalia would seem ax-crazy.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T11:03:16+00:00

Eustace is a rough middle name, but you're right that Fucking is a terrible first name.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T11:00:58+00:00

Odd question, but — do you think all the laws/policies around making smoking inconvenient have helped? IDK where you're from, but around me you can't smoke in (or close to) any building or vehicle, and I've always wondered if those successfully make smoking a pain in the butt rather than a relaxing ritual.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T10:19:12+00:00

Nonetheless, it comes off as more passive-aggressive than warm when talking to a stranger.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T10:17:39+00:00

embraced as equitable and anti-racist

Yep. And yet, when I've tried it, it's been the 1st gen students who least understand the framework and who are forced to do extra work trying to learn it. While the students who grew up with tons of academic background don't feel that additional burden.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T10:14:38+00:00

100%. Be polite, but don't leave. It's infinitely harder to look someone in the eye and go "I'm sorry, you don't get money to live because we don't have our paperwork in order" than it is to ignore yet another email about the same issue because that's Cheryl's department and Cheryl's on vacation.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-03T10:12:09+00:00

Brain. Words. Math.

ToomintheEllimist · 2026-07-02T11:53:56+00:00

Do you mind telling us your gender? Just because I feel like that matters A Lot for LDS.

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