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Alberto Cairo
@albertocairo.com

I think that most college professors have gone through something like this at some point. Craig's response was the right one, I believe.

Craig Johnson@cajohnson-craig.bsky.social

Today in class I saw, again, a student just on their phone scrolling through videos. I have a no phone policy in class. This happens every day. I teach college. Honestly, I didn't know what to do. I stood there shaking in confusion for a while until I started talking again.

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Voilà: Francis Gagnon
@chezvoila.com

As a father of teenagers (and phone user), my current take is that we are fighting a new drug, optimized for our weakest points and with no interest for our benefit.

Jeff “Now I am become AI Slop” Weir
@insightsmachine.bsky.social

Last night our 22yo daughter was telling us how insidious Instagram was because her friends use it to communicate, but you can’t easily use just that function of it as easily as say you can use messenger without having to see the main facebook app. She was struggling; tearful that she couldn’t quit