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Newsletter · By Dr. Sabba Quidwai · English · Official site

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Sep 13, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    The AI Bans Aren't About AI (opens the original)

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    One professor changed the entire course of my life, and it started with an essay.“How do you know all this? You are on fire,” he said to me one day after class.I had just turned in my first assignment as part of my Masters and credential program. I had just graduated in spring and during that quarter already had all the credits I needed at UC Irvine and so I took a bunch of electives. One elective I had chosen was on the history of modern Iran and become obsessed with it, the kind of class where

  2. Issue · Aug 9, 2026

    Young People Are Not AI Natives. Nobody is. (opens the original)

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    Remember back to school? Not the first day. The week before.You’re standing in a Target in August. Or a Rite Aid, a CVS, a Walgreens, whichever one your mom or the adult in your life drove to. You have a list in your hand that a teacher wrote, and that list is specific. One-inch binder. Wide-ruled, not college-ruled. A pack of tab dividers. Folders in four colors, because your history teacher wants red for history and he will notice if you show up with green.Subscribe for the skills and

  3. Issue · Jul 8, 2026

    From Essays to Yapping: The Thinking Skill Schools Never Taught (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Jul 6, 2026

    I Watched 100 People Set Up AI. Almost All Made the Same Mistake. (opens the original)

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    Imagine hiring someone brilliant. They’ve read everything, they write fast, they never get tired. Now imagine firing them at the end of every single day and hiring someone brand new tomorrow morning, someone who has never met you, doesn’t know how you like to work, and has to be told everything from scratch.That’s what a new chat is.Most people using AI right now are doing exactly that, over and over, without noticing. Open a conversation, type something, get something back, close the tab. Tomor

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