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Jon Hegglund

@jonhegglund.bsky.social
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Prof of English, Washington State U. Narrative theory, psychoanalysis, environmental humanities, humanism in a dehumanizing age. Minor character in Baseball Prospectus extended universe. Yes, that is a moose in my backyard.

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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 11h
It 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...
This is the broader significance of the City verdict, beyond the interminable debate over whether the club should be forcibly relegated, stripped of titles and trophies. In a world where the UN is neutered, where transnational alliances have scarcely been weaker, it offers an alternative vision to a world increasingly aligned along axes of brute power and wealth. It articulates the increasingly outmoded idea that there is a shared set of values and rules by which all must abide.
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
athletes rarely give insightful responses to interview questions in any circumstance, and even less so in the middle of a game. please stop it.
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
oh my droth
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
baseball so stupid (complimentary)
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
pasteurized milk would've caught that
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
vinny has turned my reading chair into a love seat
a dog squeezed next to a human in a leather chair
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I 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
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
out 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:
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
oh no a delay what else is a boy to do 🤷‍♂️
the cause of and solution to all life’s problems
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
hanging with siblings, 10/10 absolutely zero notes
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
trump is literally ruining the vibes (electromagnetic field) at neyland
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
buzzed! at the airport
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ain’t no beer like an airport beer
a very large and frosty beer
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
iced coffee? I bring an espresso machine to my interviews
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
packing for a flight this AM and just flabbergasted that we are still doing all the dumb post-9/11 shit a quarter century later
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
if the child presents even a momentary horizontal surface, the cat does not hesitate
cat lounging on a teenager bent over to tie shoes
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it 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.
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
way more excited than I should be about doing some solo afternoon airport drinking on friday
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
reminded of this record this morning and god it still rips hard
youtu.be
Heron Oblivion - Oriar
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
two fellowship proposals in the post this week (one group, one solo). not likely to get either but fuck it we ball
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
usually this song becomes my mental soundtrack in the bleak midwinter months, but this academic year it's hitting even before the leaves are changing
youtube.com
No Age - Everybody's Down
YouTube video by SimonSays149
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
getting 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
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
the 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
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
when did "overindexing" become the term du jour? because I hate it
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
no college football coach exudes pure evil more than spencer danielson
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
i'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.com
Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights
Cattle 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?
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
truly a world-historical tragedy that the most beautiful parts of idaho are also the most racist
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
hashtag goals
After exerting considerable effort, he obtained a sick leave that extended for several years until he was considered to have resigned.
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
god how does one even answer this fine, it's Cuyahoga (low-key mid/late-period runner-up: Electrolite)
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fake Maye imo
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
he’s being forced to watch films with strong language and “intense football scenes”
permission slip for my 9th grade kid to watch…Rudy? in health class? for some reason?
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
third week of high school and on the ride home the kid lets out an existentially deep sigh and says, "I feel like Sisyphus"
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I 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
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
one of those "I really wish I could afford to retire right now" days
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
honestly 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
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
got 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.com
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI -
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
rolling the name "Biff Pocoroba" around my head like a mental fidget spinner
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Iconic Shades Moment
ALT: Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Iconic Shades Moment
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
man, I don’t know, not really digging this world today
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
bridges 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
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'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
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I 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
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
what is exhausting is the anxiety I feel about work rather than the work itself, perhaps I should figure that out one day
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
going 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
fucking chronicle being dumb again
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
good morning, arsenal morning
coffee in an Arsenal cup
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
would pay a not insignificant monthly fee to simply have Pat McAfee digitally erased from any media I consume
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
it gives me no joy to report that Boise State is legit
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
crazy to say about a #6 team but Indiana is gonna have to win another national championship to be properly respected
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
a 6.2 ABV beer is trucking my ass, welcome to old age
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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
weird way to say “Mamdani is good at his job” but ok
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