Leah Robin (leduck)

I just made a thing-- a feed called GenJones which is for the Generation Jones micro birth cohort born between 1954 and 1965. The list is to capture discussion for and about us. Come join the feed if you're GenJones or want to discuss this generation.

academia.eduAcademia.edu - Find Research Papers, Topics, ResearchersAcademia.edu is the platform to share, find, and explore 50 Million research papers. Join us to accelerate your research needs & academic interests.

WTH? So Academia.Edu, a research sharing site, informed me they had generated an AI podcast on paper I was an author on: "Examining the Relationship Between LGBTQ-Supportive School Health Policies and Practices and Psychosocial Health Outcomes of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Students".

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The podcast seemed geared toward a general audience, which I thought was beneficial, and it highlighted some of the major implications without overemphasizing the nature of the findings. Although there wasn't much detail about the findings, the podcast was well structured for a general audience.

Asked if I wanted this on my profile and generate other podcasts, I chose "no". I had reservations about accuracy, permission,content, and the transparency and nature of the content. When I declined, Academia.edu told me: "podcast feature not ready yet. Your podcast will private." Wild.

It was about 5-minutes long, narrated by a persona of Richard Price, CEO of Academia.edu. I wasn't asked about this in advance, and the title of the manuscript was not cited entirely, nor were my co-authors credited. The podcast was not accurate regarding the methods and data sources used.

James B. Greenberg, Professor Emeritus

Although I was told this was an AI-generated podcast, that was not mentioned in the recording itself, which seems misleading. The Price persona claimed that "in thinking back" on his school days, "none of this was on the radar". Was this statement LLM-generated?

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19 June 2025

The MAGA movement isn’t fueled by misinformation—it’s built on meaning. To confront it, we must stop fact-checking and start offering a better story: one that restores trust, renews civic life, and reclaims the moral imagination of democracy.

jamesbgreenberg.substack.comUnderstanding MAGA: A Worldview, Not a Wedge IssueHow Trumpism offers a sense of belonging, purpose, and revenge—by rewriting who counts, what’s true, and what power is for.

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nytimes.comNew Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

28 Jan 2025

Interesting. A step in the right direction to better contextualize BMI.

chambleega.comChamblee Response to Recent Federal Immigration Raids

28 Jan 2025

Many raids near my homes, including outside churches. Here is one city's response. I'm proud of Chamblee!

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Dr. Tom Frieden

@drtomfrieden.bsky.social

23 Jan 2025

CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960. Until today.

bbc.comDonald Trump DEI order sees female and black WWII pilots cut from air force trainingIt comes after the US president imposed a ban on diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) programmes.

26 Jan 2025

Who is harmed by learning about the Tuskegee Airmen and the WASPs? What good is done by eliminating these lessons and for whom?

ajc.comICE makes arrests in metro Atlanta, announces ‘targeted operations’ elsewhereU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday announced “targeted operations” in Chicago, and made several arrests in metro Atlanta, federal officials said.

26 Jan 2025

So much for just rounding up undocumented folks with violent criminal offenses. Anyone surprised?

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Florida Wild Child

@floridawildchild.bsky.social

26 Jan 2025

Evidence of misogynistic racism.

youtu.beDavid Byrne - Don't Fence Me In. Red Hot + Blue.mp4YouTube video by Raul Martins JazzMania

25 Jan 2025

@stlthmc.bsky.social -- you got me in a Red Hot and Blue mood! Sharing my favorite from that album. We have more fences than we need. A good GenJones reference!

nytimes.comInstagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ PostsSome posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.

24 Jan 2025

For now, at least, this is why Bluesky is an important place.

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.comA week of chaos in public healthThe truth is, there’s a lot we don’t know yet.

24 Jan 2025

This is a decently accurate summary of the week.

wabe.orgCould a recent Georgia law change make midwife care more accessible? Maternal mortality experts hope soMaternal mortality experts in Georgia say that midwife-led birth centers help improve maternal and infant health. A recent change in state law might make it easier to access that kind of care.

23 Jan 2025

Maternal care in Georgia is shrinking with over a third of Georgia counties having no hospital-based care for childbirth nor birthing centers. Georgia legislation may make birthing centers more accessible.

nytimes.comThese Corals Are Made for WalkingWith time-lapse video, scientists show how tiny mushroom corals can move themselves to influence their fate.

23 Jan 2025

I have mushroom corals, and they do indeed move around a good bit as many corals do.

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Mimi G

@mimig1.bsky.social

20 Jan 2025

Bookstores are just as important and will help stop not only the cultural war, but more importantly, the class war, ignorance is NOT bliss and books are the only safe guard against ignorance…

Annalee Newitz@annaleen.bsky.social

We are about to enter an era of extreme and dangerous culture war in the United States. How do we protect our communities and work toward a cultural ceasefire? In this piece I wrote a couple months ago, I offer one possible path. wapo.st/40q1BDn

wapo.stOpinion | Libraries can help end the culture wars. That’s why they’re under fire.Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information.

natpernick.substack.comLeaving anti-abortion states18 January 2025

Residential sorting continues apace, with young adults leaving anti-abortion states.

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🦋🧿Tempestori 🌬🌊

@tempestori.bsky.social

Enormous crowds. If these photos make it to the media, someone is going to feel awfully embarrassed. Share, share, share. 🙏❤️‍🔥🙏 We. Are. The. Media #HOPECORPS #BLUEWAVE #GVerse #SHIELDOFRESISTANCE #CANCELTRUMP

🔧😎 🥪@julien62.bsky.social

People's March, Washington, DC! LOUD AND PROUD!

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🦋🧿Tempestori 🌬🌊

@tempestori.bsky.social

Celeste | A Literary Escape

Share these photos widely across platforms. Let your amigos and amigas know that they are not alone in this fight against the tyrannical, fascist GOP. Because you will not see these photos on television. We are the media now. 🙏❤️‍🔥🙏 #HOPECORPS #BLUEWAVE #GVerse #SHIELDOFRESISTANCE

Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social

San Francisco presente!

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aliteraryescape.comHow To Improve Social Media InteractionA Literary Escape discusses how to improve social media interaction, as well as blog engagement, with some action items to implement.

How To Improve Social Media Interaction #BookBlogger #BookSky aliteraryescape.com/2023/08/10/h...

16 Jan 2025

GenJones more broadly and me for sure!

@letatcestmoi.bsky.social

Honestly, I think this is why Tik Tok never really appealed to me.

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L’Etat C’est Moi

Honor his name: Raoul Wallenberg. Wallenberg wasn’t Jewish. He was a successful Swedish businessman who chose to save Hungarian Jews by the thousands from the Nazis. The Soviets seized him on January 17, 1945, tortured & disappeared him. A righteous hero. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

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@pmchoan.bsky.social

🔥📚💙📚🪐📚🌶️ #BookSky

Veronica Bane@veronicabane.bsky.social

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Thinking about media depictions of our childhoods as GenJones-- what do you think have been the best representations of our generation? For me, it's gotta be Freaks and Geeks. What do you think?

themarysue.com‘Us here in Oklahoma, we are not ok’: Oklahoma wants to incentivize marriages that are harder to leave with Covenant Marriage ActOklahoma Sen. Dusty Deevers introduced a Senate Bill that incentivizes couples to enter a covenant marriage, which makes divorce harder.

17 Jan 2025

In additional Christian nationalist news Oklahoma (one of the states that want to prosecute women who get abortions for homicide), also wants to incentivize Christian "covenant marriages" for which no-fault divorce is not provided.

17 Jan 2025

In related legislation, they also want tax breaks exclusive to families with children conceived by the married parents. You're out of luck if you adopt, foster, or have a blended family. Way to promote marriage formation!

jessica.substack.comFour States Consider Bills to Punish Abortion Patients As Murderers1.16.25

17 Jan 2025

Pro-life (or as I like to call them, forced birth) proponents in five states want to put forth legislation that prosecutes women who seek abortion for homicide. In three states, this means that this may include the death penalty.

linkedin.comDon't Understand Generation Jones? Watch The Wonder YearsLast year I wrote an article titled Meet Generation Jones, Born 1955–1965: Who They Are, What They Want, and How They Buy that expanded on Jonathan Pontell's theory that those born in the latter half ...

16 Jan 2025

I was thinking about TV shows that reflect GenJones and thought about this article that talks about The Wonder Years, making the point that it shows the transition from Boomer to GenJones.

cdc.govData Summary & Trends Report for Dietary, Physical Activity, and Sleep BehaviorsReport uses YRBS data to describe trends in youth behaviors: diet, physical activity, and sleep.

16 Jan 2025

A new CDC summary of chronic risk behaviors and experiences among school-aged youth.

abcdstudy.orgABCD Infographics and Webinars - ABCD Study

13 Jan 2025

The Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study (ABCD) has released an info graphic on respecting participants and responsible use and assessment of information. Excellent points for people who produce and use such findings. abcdstudy.org/infographics/

usatoday.comCan you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.The National Archives looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.

The National Archive is looking for citizen archivists with an increasingly rare skill...reading cursive. Hey, GenJones-- we've got this! www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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Charlie

@shotofwry.bsky.social

If Anyone Asks, a short #poem #poetry #family #darkhumor #death #loss #GenX #GenJones

csmonitor.comWhat is Bluesky and why did 1 million people join it in a week?A million new users flooded onto the social media platform Bluesky in the week after Election Day. It’s like X, but the mood is less blustery and there are fewer trolls. Here’s a guide on how it works...

I know many folks (including GenJones) who are using Bluesky. This is a place with its own culture and features that let you take control of your experience. You build more here than other services to get the most out of it. www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...

She also writes about the culture here: Also, in advance, don't feed trolls! If someone tries to start a fight, don't interact, just block and go on with your life. Heck, you can block someone for being annoying, and they'll never know!

Also, some great notes from a Bluesky user: Make some posts, or at least reblog some things that interest you, before expecting follow backs. We are a bit twitchy about bots and spammers, and your posts and reblogs help to show that you're a person I might like to follow.

yahoo.com‘Generation Jones’ theory shakes things up in Baby Boomer world — here’s how to find out which group you belong toAre you keeping up with the Joneses?

Here's a nice summary of what GenJones is, for those who aren't familiar with it. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ge...

dlvr.it'People respect that': Voters admit Trump is a 'crook' but reveal why he still got their voteYoungstown, Ohio used to be a Democratic stronghold, but it has since become one of Republicans' most reliable towns in the Buckeye State, with President-elect Donald Trump carrying it by 13 points in November. The Guardian recently asked several…

A driving force in the rise of right-wing populism is relative deprivation accompanying income inequality. "Woods, like many in Youngstown, sympathises with Trump’s zero-sum view of the world – that if one group is benefitting, it is usually at the expense of another." bsky.app/profile/fwco...

FWC Indivisible@fwcindivisible.bsky.social

Took a while for our power to go out, but that's where we are now. I hear power crews are in the neighborhood, so I'm hoping this is a planned outage.