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eric @ericd.site · 28/09/2026

Cortado my beloved (blackberry for scale).

A tiny to-go cortado next to a blackberry.

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eric @ericd.site · 22/09/2026

Mu coming strong out of the gate as potential overall Fortune’s Weave MVP in my book (honorable mention to Fabio).

Screenshot of Mu as battle MVP in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave.

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eric @ericd.site · 15/09/2026

Just wrapped a delightfully visceral podcast interview with Jeremy Tirrell & @katemadd.bsky.social, the authors of Disgustatory! A Gothic Rhetoric of Consumption. Excited to get this ep edited and out later this fall. A book worth reading. #teamrhetoric

A copy of Disgustatory propped up on a desk.

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eric @ericd.site · 13/09/2026

Insomnia Blackberry

Screenshot of post reading “Your Kentucky Derby horse name is: a symptom of one of your mental illnesses + the last thing you ate”

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eric @ericd.site · 05/09/2026

Gus, a maltipoo with a penchant for drama on the beach of a lake.

A maltipoo on a beach looking into the distance.

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eric @ericd.site · 27/08/2026

Clue, Muppet Treasure Island, Rocky Horror, a billion inimitable TV and video game characters. I take small consolation in the fact he has, at last, escaped to a place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism. Truly a one-of-one guy.

Tim Curry laughing and looking up in Red Alert 3.

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eric @ericd.site · 25/08/2026

Me discoursing with my fellow Rude Tales fans after finally listening to this episode.

Dathon from the “Darmok” episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation with the meme text “Zines, her eyes open.”

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eric @ericd.site · 15/08/2026

Collected book stack from this summer. Haven’t dug in much given other obligations, but some exciting stuff to check out this fall.

Stack of books in game studies, podcast studies, and rhetoric.

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eric @ericd.site · 12/08/2026

some guy in your replies five minutes later

Scene from the trial after the Millennial Fair with a character saying “I’m the Chancellor, the prosecutor!”

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eric @ericd.site · 11/08/2026

One assumes they kept this building even though they couldn’t afford to license the actual AT&T logo b/c this musclebound ornithological nightmare will be a key villain in Matt Reeves’ next Batman movie.

Closeup on an AI-generated version of Nashville’s Batman Building from the image at the top of the thread.

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eric @ericd.site · 08/08/2026

They’re making the author photo awfully prominent here, but who am I to question the editorial judgment of the New York Times.

Illustration of a rotten apple on top of the stack of books under the title “A Top Scholar’s Fall Shows That Universities Don’t Get It,” with the state of the apple being a pretty apt representation of the author’s whole deal.

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eric @ericd.site · 06/08/2026

On a vaguely related note, I was talking w friends recently about how central Reddit has become to our attempts to find info online since chatbots have made search engines like Google even worse. Can’t think of a better example than this, prompted by watching this season of Love Island UK.

Screenshot of search results showing Google’s AI overview and a more accurate Reddit result.

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eric @ericd.site · 06/08/2026

Been getting the AI-generated book club scam emails about a couple of my academic books and this one—which I ignored but must have forgotten to block—has, uh, escalated quickly.

An email with the body “Are you there or am I right thinking you’ve dead?”

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eric @ericd.site · 01/08/2026

I regret to inform the general public that for me it’s

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eric @ericd.site · 01/08/2026

Look, I know. Do you think I don’t know?

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eric @ericd.site · 24/07/2026

What an unceremonious end to CCCC, a key part of my professional career for almost 20 years. Goodbye, @ncte.org. I expect I speak for hundreds and maybe thousands of college writing instructors in saying we’ll find or make our way via other organizations.

Message outlining my reasons for not rejoining NCTE.

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eric @ericd.site · 22/07/2026

Just got the cover design for an edited collection I have coming out this fall w/ @upcolorado.bsky.social! If you’re interested in how space and place shape university campuses and communities (esp w/r/t rhetoric & writing programs), hope you’ll check in out! And not *just* bc of the cool cover.

Cover for a collection called “Navigating Space On and Beyond Campus.”

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eric @ericd.site · 19/07/2026

Of the many things I’ve cooked this summer, few touch the perfect simplicity of the Veggie BLT.

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eric @ericd.site · 14/07/2026

tomato season be upon ye

A mix of Amish Paste and Cherokee Purple tomatoes on a counter.

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eric @ericd.site · 12/07/2026

Weird, I just talked to him in Whiteward but he lashed out for reasons I don’t fully understand?

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eric @ericd.site · 08/07/2026

*chuckles nervously while clutching this*

The Doonesbury “Check Your Egos At the Door” collection.

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eric @ericd.site · 06/07/2026

There is only one man I trust to investigate and unravel the web of corruption that has led to the injustice facing Belgium in their coming World Cup match.

Hercule Poirot on the beach with a quizzical look, as played by David Suchet.

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eric @ericd.site · 06/07/2026

When you’re 14 years old and on drugs for fireworks and your only friend is your treat ball.

A maltipoo in a shirt looking forlorn, carrying a treat ball.

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eric @ericd.site · 05/07/2026

Out on the run this evening and came across a piece of debris that sparked a bit of hope in my cynical heart on this holiday, a reminder of what the US might learn to leave behind on a day like today.

A busted Tesla hubcap cover laying on stripped asphalt.

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eric @ericd.site · 01/07/2026

Ooh I think there’s a decent case for SimCity 2000, both as a US libertarian fever dream of urban planning and given the city-building genre’s substantial historical ties to stateside development.

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eric @ericd.site · 26/06/2026

The San Pellegrino case is a great snag. Was cracking open this can right when the dog food conversation happened in the ep. 🫡 from all the Costco-shopping Remap listeners with dogs that have very specific, non-Costco dietary needs.

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eric @ericd.site · 17/06/2026

name a tv show you’re positive no one remembers but you

The title card for the cartoon Dinosaucers.

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eric @ericd.site · 15/06/2026

Maybe they want to be shown the life of the mind?

John Goodman’s character from Barton Fink shouting in a flaming hallway.

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eric @ericd.site · 04/06/2026

Yes! Writing is thinking and writing is learning, not just a secondhand reflection of what someone’s already thought and learned. Something I’m increasingly trying to emphasize in the chatbot policy for my classes.

Screenshot of chatbot policy including lines “writing as a form of thinking” and “writing is learning.”

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eric @ericd.site · 01/06/2026

Man @yachtclubgames.bsky.social’s Mina the Hollower is a blast. And infuriating. And a blast. And confusing in a wandery, enticing way. And a blast!

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eric @ericd.site · 29/05/2026

15 minutes in to Mina the Hollower. Having a blast, and only when I went back to my home screen did I realize how much I need these two red-cloaked, arsenalized, anthropomorphic shop-wreckers to team up in a crossover event for the ages.

Mina the Hollower and Silksong game tiles next to each other on a Switch 2 home screen.

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eric @ericd.site · 29/05/2026

Summer nonsense in full effect.

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eric @ericd.site · 18/05/2026

I was thrown back to 2004 with such visceral force.

Screenshot of a Strong Bad email reading “Why don’t you creat a montage?”

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eric @ericd.site · 17/05/2026

Pick a Bond from photos you already have on your phone.

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eric @ericd.site · 15/05/2026

As a Tennessee-based listener, gotta say you all are right about Gatlinburg.

The entrance to Dollywood edited so the sign reads Rivendell with the hobbits from the fellowship standing out front.

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eric @ericd.site · 15/05/2026

On a side note, this is how I start the prompt for that unit’s big assignment.

A prompt that begins with an edited screenshot of the iconic “It’s dangerous to go alone!” scene from the first Legend of Zelda game.

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eric @ericd.site · 11/05/2026

tfw it’s an excellent Monday morning in the podcasting app thanks to @remapradio.bsky.social, @rangedtouch.bsky.social, @plante.bsky.social, & @getplayedpod.bsky.social.

Four episodes displaying in Overcast from Remap Radio, Post Games, Just King Things, and Get Played.

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eric @ericd.site · 08/05/2026

Final slide for an upcoming presentation on promoting student reflection while we’re all getting swarmed by chatbots.

Slide with the album cover for Billy Joel’s “A Matter of Trust.”

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eric @ericd.site · 08/05/2026

Probably the last email I’ll send to my wonderful students from this semester.

An email with an image of Futurama’s Professor Farnsworth saying “Good News, Everyone,” followed by an announcement that Canvas is back up.

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eric @ericd.site · 08/05/2026

So far the thing I’ve found most galling about the Canvas outage is that it’s made me direct students to the meddlesome and awful “Share via OneDrive” attachment option Microsoft jammed into Outlook, in part because of the miserable limitations of Microsoft’s own webforms tool.

A Microsoft Forms screenshot with instructions for submitting final projects during the Canvas outage.

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eric @ericd.site · 07/05/2026

More cutting-edge internet content courtesy of my site migration. ericd.site/games.html

A shruggie emoji under a nav menu on an otherwise blank page.

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eric @ericd.site · 07/05/2026

I have added a mascot to the webbed site.

A purple stick figure leaning on a shovel.

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eric @ericd.site · 28/04/2026

New clip for the AI refusal crowd courtesy of … Real Housewives of Rhode Island?

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eric @ericd.site · 25/04/2026

The most recent meme in your camera roll describes your current mental state

Gabby Windey wearing sunglasses with the caption “Ew, David.”

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eric @ericd.site · 22/04/2026

Hello from Nashville. 👋

Map of Davidson County showing it split into three congressional districts.

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eric @ericd.site · 20/04/2026

Wasn’t expecting the first (ifaik) review of my book to be in “The European Legacy,” but I’ll take it! doi.org/10.1080/1084... If you want a breakdown of why our responsibility to/for each other is key to why public higher ed matters, my book now has @ least one (1) other person vouching for it!

Screenshot of the first sentence of the review.

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eric @ericd.site · 07/04/2026

Teaching @jonbois.bsky.social’s piece about a humanity-altering event that occurred on Apr. 7, 2026, and its long-term consequences for college football. Teaching it in a college course on Apr. 7, 2026, in a town mentioned in the piece. Neat! www.sbnation.com/a/17776-foot...

A screenshot from Jon Bois’s “What Will Football Look Like in the Future.”

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