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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 08/10/2026

Really hate it when Spelling Bee rejects plays that make me feel smart.

Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 06/10/2026

Now-obsolete slide. I showed in my intro course a mere five weeks ago. WBD and Paramount collapse into a single entity, the Big Four becomes the Big Three media companies that bring in more than 90% of revenue depending on how you measure (we studied the Big Ten when I was in college in the '90s).

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 04/10/2026

This Guy killed it as Claudio in his school performance of “Measure For Measure” tonight. He put in a lot of work and I’m so proud of him. It’s such a joy to see your kid do something they love.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 27/09/2026

I discover maybe 2-3 new albums a year, and it's always because my kids are listening to it. Literally have never heard of "Choosin' Texas" but I've also not felt connected to the culture around new music in two decades and who cares if you are or aren't?

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 18/09/2026

I mean, they are saying this is a selling point because it leads to more meaningful interactions but all I see is a future blackmail threat.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 18/09/2026

I've been collecting AI chat app video and still ads for my class next spring. Nothing often surprises me anymore about the Internet but I am still finding myself stunned at how blatant and cynical they are in targeting men with really fucked-up views of companionship and love.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 27/08/2026

My first day at Lehigh, 17 years ago today (and the last day I wore a freaking TIE to work, what was I thinking???).

me sitting at a desk grinning like a guy who'd just gotten his PHD (which is true)

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 24/08/2026

... And so Ted (well, Funko Ted) sits on my office table at work to remind me that curiosity has always been a strength of mine and what drives me to be a better mentor, teacher, father, husband. It starts with asking rather than telling, something I'm going to do more of. ...

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 15/08/2026

When all things are viral, nothing is viral.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 02/08/2026

I, um, did not lock the trash can lid as well as I thought I did.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 13/07/2026

Started 14 weeks of training for the October half marathon today. At a bit of a deficit since I am just getting back from medical leave and also was dealing with some shin splint issues, but it’s good to have a goal. #runsky

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 21/06/2026

And the chicken came out super juicy and tender inside.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 21/06/2026

Chicken joins the partially done ribs in the smoker for Father’s Day.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 09/06/2026

Off medical leave this week with small steps back. Feeling stronger every day and have appreciated the kind notes. To celebrate, I volunteered at the Great South Side Sale that Lehigh does every year to raise money for local kids. Including THIS GUY who will be 15(!) soon & folds pants like a boss.

Son folding pants at the annual South Side Sale fundraiser.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 28/05/2026

Sometimes you’re in a hole and have to choose whether to stay there or use it to plant something new to spruce up the place a bit.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 10/05/2026

Salmon for the missus, steak for the boys. Asparagus for all. BBQ in my Dan McQuade shirt. Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate.

Shirt design by Defector’s Dan McQuade may he RIP.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 09/05/2026

While on medical leave, I’ve passed the time on NYT Games and have gotten really good at crossword wordplay. This is kind of a crazy result for me for a Saturday puzzle (the hardest of the week).

NYT Saturday crossword in under 28 minutes.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 19/04/2026

@kurtblumenau.bsky.social Finally. The day we’ve all been training for.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 12/04/2026

A heart that listens is a mind that grows Time doesn't pass it waits in place Until it meets you face to face A peaceful place is never still The faith to crawl up every hill Every hill

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 20/03/2026

One thing I found comfort it in is visualization, remembering all the wonderful times I spent in the California redwoods as a kid. Those beautiful, ancient trees that have evolved to survive fire. Picturing myself as a redwood - strong and resilient. Here's a photo I took on a trip in 2018.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 20/03/2026

Hi friends. Three weeks of partial-hospitalization alternatives therapy later, I am stable and moving to the next phase. Finding myself and my voice again. I kind of liked that guy and want him back. Thank you for the kind thoughts and messages. It has meant more than you could imagine.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 08/03/2026

rebuilding mind, today working on body

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 25/02/2026

Having an all-timer of a shitty week so I’m wearing my favorite new shirt and remembering all the beautiful, stupid love put out into the world by @defector.com’s own Dan McQuade. Tell me something that’s making you smile today.

Defector cat shirt that Dan McQuade made to pay homage to a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene in the movie “Hackers.”

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 20/02/2026

Related, in intro course next week we are diving into journalism and its role in society. This is a slide that I've cribbed from @jayrosen.bsky.social's great thread earlier this month (linked in the next post). They're reading the whole thread, but I found his distillation here really accessible.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 20/02/2026

Ah yes, I remember learning about journalism being better when it's backed by live markets when I saw "Spotlight."

Polymarket ad announcing partnership with Substack so people can link to prediction markets in their post. Punctuated with the outrageous line "Journalism is better when it's backed by live markets."

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 18/02/2026

It gave us this meme for a reason.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 17/02/2026

So my great colleague @merecummings.bsky.social brought in a King Cake today (we do fasnachts in Eastern PA but I embrace all cultural forms of the Fasnacht Day / Mardi Gras gauntlet). Anyhow, I got the plastic baby which means I get to be President I think?

King Cake plastic baby, which I did not eat.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 12/02/2026

Deadtree edition of our newest research arrived today. It’s so GLOSSY. You can read the piece about the First Amendment and state efforts to block false generative AI speech here: ctlj.colorado.edu?p=1447

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 12/02/2026

Finally, this is one of the special insert cards. Griffey Jr remarking on PCA. “Reminds me of myself.” Well ok then!

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 12/02/2026

Another parallel foil. Is it gold? Is it bronze? Burnt sienna? The holos come in like 8 different border color variants.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 12/02/2026

A traditional unlike any other: Topps All-Star Rookies that I’ve never heard of. When I was a kid these were crazy good trade bait for ripping of younger neighborhood kids. “OOOOH THERE IS A TROPHY HE IS VERY GOOD.” I should have been a hedge fund manager.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 12/02/2026

This is one of those alternative versions Topps does as an insert. Retro design and retro card back featuring MLB’s foremost luger.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 12/02/2026

I got a lot of White Sox cards. I sense the work of the Pope. But Montgomery’s a nice pull. Good debut last season, probably(?) unsustainable peripheral numbers but who knows. Hope, spring, etc.

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