Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 51mCurrently trying to write at a Panera where a 90-year-old woman is watching Fox News on her phone on full blast. 020
Reposted by Jake WrightSt. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 3hNEW: ICE published — then removed — internal mortality reviews detailing medical failures in detainee deaths across U.S. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...sfchronicle.comICE published — then removed — internal reports detailing medical failures in detainee deaths across U.S.The reports, briefly posted online, examined the deaths of 33 people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between September 2019 and January 2026. 0171106
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 4hOkay, here's the deal. President Cunningham wants draconian budget cuts by (a) claiming the University is basically broke, (b) providing no evidence for this claim, and (c) ignoring the fact that the University isn't actually losing money. Like, I'm not even kidding a little bit.highereddive.comUniversity of Minnesota eyes $225M in budget cutsSenior leaders attributed its financial woes to “shifting enrollment trends, unpredictable state and federal funding, and rising costs.” 120
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 18hMy wife just described 9YO’s band practice as “The ADHD Clubhouse” and I would 100% watch a show with that name. 021
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 21hI literally have a "No Devil's Advocate" provision in my syllabi to nip this problem in the bud. 030
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don’t wanna hear SHIT about woke run amok when protesting genocide gets you banned from campus and sexual assault gets you an apology letter. 61201304
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Vikings’ recent history of identifying the correct option among a basket of QB projects leads me to only one conclusion here: CONGRATULATIONS TO JJ McCARTHY ON HIS IMPENDING HALL OF FAME CAREER 040
Reposted by Jake WrightMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Do we teach skills that are useful in the workplace? Fuck yes we do. Did I become a history professor because I'm passionate about vocational training? Fuck no i did not 359853
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In true Minnesota fashion, my 6YO just took every piece of cheddar but one, and when I suggested 6YO take it, replied, “I don’t want to.” 120
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Setting aside the obvious illegality of the commercial, I have some questions about a campaign strategy where the most unpopular president ever speaks directly to the camera about how the election is all about him and if his party wins, he will keep doing everything he’s doing but harder.static.klipy.comBold Strategy Cotton MemeAlt: Bold Strategy Cotton Meme 1126
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The New York Times wondering why Donald Trump’s bullshit has been normalized:static.klipy.comI Think You Should Leave Hot Dog SuspectAlt: I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect 030
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I learned what Langley and Choosin' Texas were from this post. Perhaps, as the author suggests, It says more about me than the song, like "There are singers and songs I have never heard of because we no longer live in a monoculture and I've aged out of the demo for most things." 050
Reposted by Jake WrightCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843131178
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026$4.40/gal Evelyn Normielib is real, and she is coming. 130
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Never say these lists don't have a perspective. It's almost all Prestige TV, and even the comedies are high concept. Case in point: Bluey is one of the greatest shows of the last 25 years, period. But it's not on the list because it's ostensibly a kids cartoon. 140
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I WAS TOLD THIS MAN WAS "FINISHED" WITH DEMOCRATIC POLITICS AND WAS GOING AWAY 141
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ME: What are some ways I break social convention to create community? STUDENTS: And here’s *another* weird thing you do… ME: I guess I asked for this. 040
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026UPDATE: There's reason to think the email was written by AI because OF COURSE. Can't be bothered to put a human touch on "drop dead." 040
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026TFW you get an email from the University president saying they're "deeply grateful for the many expressions of support" as they announce cutting ALMOST A QUARTER BILLION from the budget and you say "Oh, get fucked" so loudly your colleague across the hall responds. 141
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The key takeaway from this article is that the Iowa regents were more-or-less trying to run a university while everyone else involved with this center was being a bunch of pissbabies. Which just, like, what did you expect with this place?insidehighered.comFaculty Advisers Resign After Call for Iowa Civics Center ‘Reset’Eleven members of the Center for Intellectual Freedom’s Advisory Council stepped down this week. It’s the latest birth pang for such entities, which are created by Republican lawmakers and boards at p... 050
Reposted by Jake WrightHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Bluesky is the Massachusetts lesbian bar of social networks and I love that for us. 7956
Reposted by Jake WrightStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 08/01/2026 549971353
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Look, if my pilot is a furry, my only request is that they not use fursuits with those giant hands when they fly. I have to imagine it's hard to operate the controls with, like, Mickey Mouse-sized mitts. 051
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026[chanting] CURSE OF TRUMP CURSE OF TRUMP CURSE OF TRUMP 010
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026LOLthegazette.comResignations follow no-confidence vote at Center for Intellectual FreedomCasting a “vote of no confidence” in the Legislature’s Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, all but two of 13 out-of-state professors invited by Gov. Kim Reynolds to serve on the... 150
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Love that my instant reaction to the shooting was “What easily disprovable lie will ICE and DHS tell us to justify this shooting?” 020
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The LOOK on my students’ faces when they asked for music to write to and I casually said “let me put on LoFi Girl…” 010
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Dissolving Rare and moving it into Activision is a tremendous blow for gaming history. Rare's first game was Slalom*, which wasn't just for the NES—it was a black box title from the console's earliest days. *Technically, Vs. Slalom for the PlayChoice10 came out a year earlier, but you get it.en.wikipedia.orgSlalom (video game) - Wikipedia 021
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nine *games* on the other hand… Every single one of these is a masterpiece. If my Philosophy in/and/of Video Games course gets approved, I'm teaching three of these (Witness, Celeste, and Unpacking, though I'd *love* to teach FFVI). 020
Reposted by Jake WrightCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Evelyn Normielib is officially the median Democrat 29757101
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ME: Yeah, but it's a poll from one state senate district, so there's no way it's indicative of the entire state. [checks notes, which says "It’s a poll of 600 likely voters in SD 9, which you’ll recall went for Trump by 17 points last time around."] ME: Holy fuck. 010
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yes! We need more of these! I learned this weekend that there's a Parks and Rec-style Australian kids show about lunchtime recess, and it's adorable. 000
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So it turns out that if you get off of the blood pressure medication that was actively harming you and on to the medication that actively helps you, you can lower your blood pressure by 100/80. No, that's not a typo. Systolic down 100, diastolic down 80. One of the scariest moments in my life. 040
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I mean, do you feel like the whole world has publicly and performatively turned their back on you, Ed? Like they *could* help you and maybe even *should* help you but are actively choosing not to so they can avoid public backlash? I wonder how this happened… 021
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If you tell your students you really like professional wrestling, they will either think you’re super weird or be VERY excited to talk to you. 1122
Reposted by Jake WrightKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 21/09/2026While we’re here my other fave bit of etymology is that the “gar” in “garlic” is the same as the “gar” in “Gardena”, as in “Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum”. Gardena is the Spear-Danes, and garlic is the sharp or spear-leek. 66716
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My 6YO is playing Minecraft and just yelled out “State Faaaaaaaaarm” like Leeroy Jenkins and I am so very confused.static.klipy.comLeroy Jenkins World Of WarcraftAlt: Leroy Jenkins World Of Warcraft 030
Reposted by Jake WrightWaitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 20/09/2026Yeah, but see, the thing is that stuff like this IS toxic and is destroying the ability to think. And all the "well, actuallys" in the world that make you think you are an edgy, paradigm breaker won't change that. 2225
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A message for all of you with your Sonic the Hedgehogs and Ecco the Dolphins and Shining Force IIs and Metal Gear Solids and Donkey Kong 64s… Do not cite the Deep Magic to me. I was there when it was written. 000
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It's like when I bring up ethical problems with generative AI and the response is "of course we have to attend to the ethical issues," which is a crystal clear signal that those issues will now be ignored. 032
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026No one gets left behind. If doing the right thing because it’s the right thing isn’t enough for you, I promise that unless everyone has rights, no one has rights. 030
Reposted by Jake WrightBob Davidson @wa7iut.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It flows from the easy money the Internet enables, i.e., the pure luck and network effects of the internet people mistake for genius and/or their own effort, together with the criminality (bitcoin) enabled by it, and the collusion of best congress money can buy. I think about this quote often too. 084
Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Quick legal question: Is it bad if you do crimes and, while criming, tell your fellow crime-doers “the crimes we are criming are definitely crimes” in writing? IANL, but seems bad. 031
Reposted by Jake WrightRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🚨An alarm is being sounded for the American public. Sitting federal judges go on the record with the NYT. On threats to democracy by DOJ/administration actions. Includes 90 minute interview with conservative Judge Patrick Schiltz. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.” 211106496