Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.https://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mz7ipu3cy226Me and the 1331 Oct 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz7ipu3cy226https://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mz55txygxc2hThe 13’s pumpkin and his latest paper mache head31 Oct 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz55txygxc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mz54tbqubk2hGave my 13 a choice: screening of Scream or Last Living Pickpocket. Chose Pickpocket, loved it. Me: “Famous old actors.” 13, offended: “I *know.* The pickpocket”-Turturro-“as in Severance. Pawnbroker”-Buscemi-“was in Portlandia. The detective”-Giancarlo Esposito-“was in Community.” I’m so proud!31 Oct 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz54tbqubk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mz4purhbp22yI used to think I might be old enough to just ignore AI, as I have w/ lot of tech. It was my eldest, now 17, who opened my eyes and made me an ardent opponent. Now here they are with an AI proposal for their school, an early college, in the paper they co-founded. https://simonsspectator.com/957/opinion/sr-should-become-an-anti-ai-college/30 Oct 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4purhbp22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mz3yhoary22vAs someone who’s been reporting on US and global rightwing movements for a couple decades, I think this is a probable shape of things to come, with the potential to accelerate US fascism to a level it hasn’t yet reached on a wide scale. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3yhoary22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mz3se4lnas2vYesterday I learned from students about a frat hazing ritual known as “turkey f—king.” Which is what it sounds like. Not a lot of steps between”consensual” ritualized sexual humiliation as the price of social acceptance & sexual violence.30 Oct 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3se4lnas2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mz3rgdssoc2v“Is this about the concession stand?” [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3rgdssoc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3myzaimnndk2cA valuable, accessible book. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzaimnndk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3myy6otmnik2cIn which student journalists bring down an Ivy provost for AI dishonesty. https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026/10/weaverbell-klee-sharma-santiago-schnell-resigns-as-provost-of-the-college29 Oct 2026 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3myy6otmnik2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3myy6b2rlpk2cThat okey-doke won’t work this time.29 Oct 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3myy6b2rlpk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3myxdfuieds2pI believe higher ed is in a kind of freefall because of AI. Most are able to ignore it because we haven’t hit the ground. Yet. I keep hearing from students who are abandoning the idea of further study because fields they love have become thickets of denial and deception,28 Oct 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxdfuieds2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffsharlet.bsky.social/post/3mywr2hnfkc2fCornell: “We won’t do anything if you’re assaulted, but we will help you lose your soul.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:dps5knuqjkybgklyaixbptsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywr2hnfkc2f