Benjamin Ludwig

My article, Enter the Inquiry Map, was published on 10/5 and 10/6 in two parts at Teen Librarian Toolbox (Thanks, @amandamacgregor.bsky.social!). Today I posted a full copy on my blog so it can be printed. #schoollibrarians #edusky #tlsky #skybrarians #inquiry www.benjaminludwig.com/blog/inquiry...

Everyone who is saying "Dems in red states have to throw trans people under the bus to win" -- no. They don't. When they do that, we just start with no winning options on the table. It gives in to the fascist premise that we get to decide some groups don't get rights. THIS is what I want to see.

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

This is horrifying.

This is such important work, and the thing to keep in mind is that when AI people tell you that games will be personalized for you, this is the kind of thing they are more likely to mean.

This is my school, by the way! So proud of our students, teachers, and admin! @neatoday.bsky.social

Years ago, a talented artist painted this treasure. Don’t use ai. 🤎🤍 #SableSaturday #Shollie I don’t know if they still do commissions of pets - here is their site: clemintinearts.com/commission-a...

Golly, who could have guessed this would happen? www.scientificamerican.com/article/open...

All this!

I keep seeing people say "this is similar to a subsidiary right" about the Anthropic settlement, and it is not.

The AI Literacy we get: "Here's a piece of software founded on theft, labor exploitation, and environmental devastation. It consistently produces bias and falsehoods, so be sure to use it ethically and responsibly!" The AI Literacy we need:

I wonder if @bcdreyer.social might have something to say about this. It's not exactly a copyright issue, but Dreyer *knows things.*

For all who followed my English-teacher to school-librarian to inquiry-teacher journey, here’s the sign I’ll be posting on Monday (the first day of school!) outside my new classroom. #edusky #tlsky #skybrarians #inquiry @slj.com @neanh.bsky.social

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

This is my theory of most of our problems right now, and specially, the oligarchy and AI intersection of problems

Under Trump, protected wild horses are going to slaughter. A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

Never let a writer help you move

Oh, honey, please.

People say this every week and it makes me so happy. It's also proof that you don't need gen AI to make posters or whatever. No matter how "bad" it is, homemade has an energy, magnetism, and sincerity that gen AI can NEVER match.

For those of you following along in Bartz v. Anthropic, I gave some guidance as to when we might see money, and said in that guidance that it all depended on whether there was an appeal. Semi-bad news: there is an appeal. Want to know who is appealing? Do you, do you?

A.I. and corporate lingo are trapping language yn nonsense realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Good language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake, leave honest heartbreake footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Cherish them.

An ARC giveaway ! Please comment to enter. Sharing would be appreciated 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Ends 8/18 #mglit #kidlit #Howtobuildamiracle #mgGrit #CapeCod

This month I talked with author Rosanne Parry ( @rosanneparry.bsky.social) about her newest book, A Raven of the Wilderness. We talked about what students can do to help protect their environments, and how she found her voice as a writer. www.benjaminludwig.com/blog/raven

Since AI became a big concern in education, calls for evidence of its effects have been constant. But what evidence exists is mostly awful. So now we're seeing competition over what kinds of "policy-relevant" evidence of AI should count in education codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/e...

Bluesky should go back to invites, continue aggressive bot bans, create a Craigslist-style marketplace (since you’re more likely to buy/get services from a educated or good person on here than any other social network), and market this place like a walled garden protected from enshittification.

And that, is our opening salvo Because we know exactly how to fix this The science is in The problem is the politicians taking bribes from the corporations to keep themselves in power and us, out of the loop Its a club And you aint in it And that's what needs to change the most

Between the FB Bond villain’s essay on the future of AI and the OpenAI piece on task crossover (linked below), it’s clear they see deprofessionalization as a good thing. Of course they do: devalue knowledge and labor, then profit. Superyachts don’t pay for themselves. about.fb.com/news/2026/08...

Hey, I made a video for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! Please, @mayor.nyc.gov, don't let the billionaires get their hands on our kids! Give us a full 2 year "A.i." moratorium for the schools - for students and teachers, 2K-12! (PLEASE share - and tell the mayor what YOU think at HeyMamdani.fyi !)

Today’s Civics Lesson Dr. Fauci honoring a congressional subpoena and then taking the Fifth Amendment: an example of someone respecting both Congress and the Constitution. Jim Jordan ignoring a congressional subpoena: an example of someone showing contempt for Congress. Lesson over.

Just thinkin' about the best film ever made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ_M...

YouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green