Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 11hIt may seem of interest only to UK folks and/or soccer fans but the fallout from this Manchester City case is a bellwether for whether and how institutions will push back on oligarchies who think they can do as they wish without consequence www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 371
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 01/10/2026athletes rarely give insightful responses to interview questions in any circumstance, and even less so in the middle of a game. please stop it. 170
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 30/09/2026vinny has turned my reading chair into a love seat 050
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I happen to be teaching Forster's The Machine Stops right now and every AI headline this week is just a little too on the nose 051
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 28/09/2026out of boredom and the need to move my body I walked each of the four main concourses at SeaTac (I didn't go to N or S this time). here are the rankings, with brief reviews: 140
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 27/09/2026hanging with siblings, 10/10 absolutely zero notes 170
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 26/09/2026trump is literally ruining the vibes (electromagnetic field) at neyland 060
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 25/09/2026iced coffee? I bring an espresso machine to my interviews 2120
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 25/09/2026packing for a flight this AM and just flabbergasted that we are still doing all the dumb post-9/11 shit a quarter century later 150
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 24/09/2026if the child presents even a momentary horizontal surface, the cat does not hesitate 070
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 24/09/2026it is becoming increasingly clear to me that my only job as a college teacher now and in the future is to facilitate and encourage reading. spending extended time with words. on an actual physical page. that's it. that's the job. 3281
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 23/09/2026way more excited than I should be about doing some solo afternoon airport drinking on friday 020
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 18/09/2026reminded of this record this morning and god it still rips hardyoutu.beHeron Oblivion - OriarYouTube video by Sub Pop 020
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 17/09/2026two fellowship proposals in the post this week (one group, one solo). not likely to get either but fuck it we ball 060
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 16/09/2026usually this song becomes my mental soundtrack in the bleak midwinter months, but this academic year it's hitting even before the leaves are changingyoutube.comNo Age - Everybody's DownYouTube video by SimonSays149 020
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 16/09/2026getting an email from the department admin that the trash can on the 3rd floor is to collect water from the leaky ceiling and not intended for your actual garbage is somehow 2026 academia in a nutshell 170
Reposted by Jon HegglundOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026the lesson from the right is not that their obsessions with trans volleyball, anti Haitian blood libel, or reversing the change in teen pregnancy rate are actually the well framed kitchen table issues of the volk but simply that political discourse becomes about things people say often and loudly 221496305
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 13/09/2026when did "overindexing" become the term du jour? because I hate it 031
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 13/09/2026no college football coach exudes pure evil more than spencer danielson 020
Reposted by Jon HegglundShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026i'm thinking we, as a species, lost the plot. don't know where. but if we're talking about AI rights while the rights of trans people, pregnant people, immigrants, and Black and brown people are daily eroded, we messed up somewhere.theguardian.comCan chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rightsCattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm? 2034784
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 12/09/2026truly a world-historical tragedy that the most beautiful parts of idaho are also the most racist 060
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 11/09/2026god how does one even answer this fine, it's Cuyahoga (low-key mid/late-period runner-up: Electrolite) 261
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 10/09/2026he’s being forced to watch films with strong language and “intense football scenes” 140
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 10/09/2026third week of high school and on the ride home the kid lets out an existentially deep sigh and says, "I feel like Sisyphus" 1120
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I just give the blanket disclaimer on the first day, they can drop the class they don't like it, I'm a better teacher when I can use the full range of my vocabulary fuck them (puritanical) kids, I say 060
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026one of those "I really wish I could afford to retire right now" days 2120
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026honestly wikipedia and reddit (!) have become the most reliable sources for everyday information I seek. 2015 me would have slapped 2026 me upside the head for saying this 161
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026got mad because a colleague sent out a detailed how-to guide for introducing LLMs in the classroom so had to respond by sharing against-a-i.comagainst-a-i.comAGAINST AI - 050
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026rolling the name "Biff Pocoroba" around my head like a mental fidget spinner 101
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026static.klipy.comJurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Iconic Shades MomentALT: Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Iconic Shades Moment 080
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026man, I don’t know, not really digging this world today 140
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026bridges fail, dams burst, people freeze to death or die of heat stroke but it's gonna take college football cancellations to get major infrastructure work done 130
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I'm sorry, even the "good" tech people are high on their own supply "oh, you benighted peasant, if you only UNDERSTOOD the POWER of LLMs" man shut up I'm just trying to keep my life together 3120
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I don't doubt that folks with different jobs and hobbies and priorities find LLMs an amazing and revolutionary technology, but for all the "fundamental change in humanity" talk I have yet to hear how that plays out in a positive, pro-human, democratic way 250
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 07/09/2026what is exhausting is the anxiety I feel about work rather than the work itself, perhaps I should figure that out one day 160
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 07/09/2026going to scream at another chin-stroking CHE “report” suggesting there is some short-cut to improving faculty morale that doesn’t involve material support and investment 310
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 06/09/2026would pay a not insignificant monthly fee to simply have Pat McAfee digitally erased from any media I consume 0131
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 05/09/2026it gives me no joy to report that Boise State is legit 070
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 05/09/2026crazy to say about a #6 team but Indiana is gonna have to win another national championship to be properly respected 030
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 05/09/2026a 6.2 ABV beer is trucking my ass, welcome to old age 5171
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 04/09/2026weird way to say “Mamdani is good at his job” but ok 050