Reposted by ALTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The “literacies“ framework is as intellectually bankrupt as polarization right now. We will keep using it because when you’ve got one hammer and the NSF social science funding has dried up everything looks like a nostalgic managerial class nail. 4470103
AL @albb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026google maps today started talking like it hosts call her daddy? anyone else getting this?? 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026an important thing to bear in mind about generation discourse is we did not used to talk about each other this way before we were all online all the goddamn time 010
AL @albb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026sorry but everyone defending the convention of job interviews needs to be reeducated 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Annoying semi-coworker who's for some reason still working despite being my parents' age and in this particular job since I was in elementary school sent an email yesterday with high importance ❗ to let us know that Copilot is now available in Teams. 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The Wrigley Slapper has inspired me to start the chud make-a-wish program, placing boomers in contrived situations to have their own Marine Todd moment before dying. 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Was really looking forward to USA winning and then acting like buffoons with Donald trump and everyone who’s been cheering them on being So Disappointed 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026in my hometown there was a local eccentric (he’d probably be recognized as autistic now) who looked like a tall Elvis Costello and every summer at the Catholic Church festival would sing Elvis (Presley) songs in the karaoke tent 010
AL @albb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Went through the whole first half of a campus job interview today with my zipper down. 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The conservative equivalents of “libs” aren’t the ones funding conservative media. It’s the hard right wingers. There are no hard left billionaires. 020
AL @albb.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Great news, my hillbilly neighbors installed a massive subwoofer in their jeep 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 03/04/2026a student told my s/o the other day that the look for this summer is "villager from shrek the third" can anyone confirm? 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Had no idea what a big deal the Reds opening day festivities were until I went to the 2+ hour parade and was later boxed in by a crowd to the point of retreat when trying to walk by the ballpark 100
AL @albb.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I was aware my congressman sucks ass but didn’t realize it was to an extent worthy of national attention. Kind of neat. 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 06/02/2026afraid I’ve developed ibs due to one cup of coffee I had about 24 hours ago 010
Reposted by ALMax Read @maxread.info · 03/02/2026one funny consequence of educational polarization is that dems become the party of sober experts and GOP the party of wacky cranks. this has been electorally bad for democrats but crucially i think it's also substantively politically bad. many experts are wrong! many conspiracies are in fact true! 916816
AL @albb.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I love when people say “priors.” It always makes me take them more seriously. 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Jay Kelly on streaming and Ella McKay opening on the big screen? We’re calling that a #JayMcKay weekend 110
AL @albb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Cancelled Spotify at the beginning of the year in favor of rawdogging mp3s and it made my listening more intentional than it’s been in a while, if nothing else 110
AL @albb.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Ben Affleck and A-Rod are two guys who seem to be generally disliked yet I nonetheless have a fondness for. Just one thing JLo and I have in common. 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025saw a pickup truck the other day with a thin blue line sticker but also a series of letter stickers spelling out "FDT" in NATO alphabet words 100
AL @albb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025If you’re playing nytimes games you might as well still be using X! I said what I said!! 100
AL @albb.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Bare minimum for remembering some guys: Jeff Cirillo, Julian Tavarez, Ben Grieve, Olmedo Saenz, Rolando Arrojo, Joe Inglett, Damian Jackson, Eric Plunk, Turk Wendell, Jeremy Hermida, Rick Honeycutt, Ben Broussard, David Nied, Lastings Milledge, Elijah Dukes, Nigel Wilson, Junior Ortiz, Bip Roberts 020
AL @albb.bsky.social · 14/08/2025My and my s/o’s workplaces – completely unrelated – have both had all paper towel dispensers removed and replaced this week. What’s going on 👁️ 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 11/08/2025so sick of seeing posts wishcasting about the democrats doing some good policy or another when there’s nothing to suggest they’d ever want to do such a thing 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 08/08/2025How do you call it Hoot and not even mention Hootie and the Blowfish smh 200
AL @albb.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Saw Ohio vanity plate “OWL CITY” parked in my neighborhood the other day 110
AL @albb.bsky.social · 06/08/2025The Guardians’ starting line up + pitcher tonight included only one player over 6 feet tall - at 6’1” - and I don’t know how to figure it out but I can’t imagine this sort of thing has happened all that often since like 1993 010
AL @albb.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Recently re-read this and I think about half of it is stuff you’re not allowed to say anymore. www.salon.com/2002/05/07/s...salon.comThe Israeli "art student" mystery - Salon.comFor almost two years, hundreds of young Israelis falsely claiming to be art students haunted federal offices -- in particular, the DEA. No one knows why -- and no one seems to want to find out. 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 24/07/2025A couple weeks ago it all of a sudden became uncomfortable to read with my glasses on so I went to the eye doctor today only to find out that my eyes have just gone old person mode 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Pat McAfee and Shane Gilman(sp?) are two guys I find absolutely repulsive to look at and yet they’re on tv like all the time? 020
AL @albb.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Wonder if I’ll ever change my 86 reused passwords that could put my security at risk 000
AL @albb.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Growing up we had a family friend who, after you picked up and said “hello,” would say “Greetings!” and then wait for you to say something even though you’d already done your part?? 100
AL @albb.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Was recently at a restaurant where they were playing an aughts millennialcore playlist and whoever had the aux skipped in the middle of “The Rat” only to let “Hang Me Out to Dry” play all the way through?? 000