Dan Martin
@danmartin7.bsky.social
Writing, Rhetoric, Multimodality. History of composition & standardizing writing; feedback & assessment; and multimodal pedagogies. Digital rhetoric & disinformation.
Reviews Coeditor @kairostp.bsky.social
Reviews Coeditor @kairostp.bsky.social
There are people pushing AI onto schools with a fire hose and demanding kids to write in cursive. It's wild how cursive represents literacy & intellect and using AI outsources literacy and intellect.
January 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM
There are people pushing AI onto schools with a fire hose and demanding kids to write in cursive. It's wild how cursive represents literacy & intellect and using AI outsources literacy and intellect.
If anyone likes working with webtexts and doing digital rhetoric stuff, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is hiring assistant editors.
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.2/logging...
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.2/logging...
Issue 30.2 - Logging On (Spring 2026) - Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy.
Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is the premier online, peer-reviewed journal in computers and writing.
kairos.technorhetoric.net
January 29, 2026 at 10:53 PM
If anyone likes working with webtexts and doing digital rhetoric stuff, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is hiring assistant editors.
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.2/logging...
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.2/logging...
It's wild that now, after they killed people, ICE agents are going to focus on arresting criminals only and not engage with agitators. Why weren't they doing that to begin with? That's why there's a problem.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Live updates: Border czar to speak in Minnesota as report indicates ICE agents are under new orders to ease tactics | CNN
White House Border czar Tom Homan will address the press in Minneapolis after being sent to take the reins on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Follow for live news update...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 PM
It's wild that now, after they killed people, ICE agents are going to focus on arresting criminals only and not engage with agitators. Why weren't they doing that to begin with? That's why there's a problem.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
They can't tell people to stop complaining abt a fake immigration crisis or they'll kill everyone. That's the rhetoric of autocracy. Also, this guy literally took money for a bribe and got away with it.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
They can't tell people to stop complaining abt a fake immigration crisis or they'll kill everyone. That's the rhetoric of autocracy. Also, this guy literally took money for a bribe and got away with it.
This is why having too many students in writing classes and asking faculty to teach too many writing classes is a terrible idea. Assessing student writing is deep work and can only be done well for a few hours a day. Then your brain has nothing left for your research and service.
most people can only do 3-4 hours of deep work in a day.
When I was in grad school, the best piece of writing advice I got from a senior scholar was when I asked about their routine, and they said they tend to write from about 8am to 1pm, and that’s as much as they could do. After that they’d go to the gym, meet up with friends, catch up on email, etc.
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This is why having too many students in writing classes and asking faculty to teach too many writing classes is a terrible idea. Assessing student writing is deep work and can only be done well for a few hours a day. Then your brain has nothing left for your research and service.
Person with zero background in journalism claims we're toast unless we turn CBS into a massive disinformation network for legacy media and the autocrats. What a clown show.
apnews.com/article/cbs-...
apnews.com/article/cbs-...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss tells staff 'we're toast' if they continue on current path
CBS News chief Bari Weiss told her staff that “we're toast” if the network continues with its current business strategy and invoked legendary newsman Walter Cronkite as a symbol of old thinking.
apnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Person with zero background in journalism claims we're toast unless we turn CBS into a massive disinformation network for legacy media and the autocrats. What a clown show.
apnews.com/article/cbs-...
apnews.com/article/cbs-...
Oh boy. CBS is going to provide a platform for a bunch of ghouls who got cancelled. Watch for it. It's coming.
Part three of three, with Bari Weiss calling CBS News "the best capitalized media start-up in the world. We have the talent, energy, an mandate to transform CBS News..."
January 27, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Oh boy. CBS is going to provide a platform for a bunch of ghouls who got cancelled. Watch for it. It's coming.
The made up crisis of grade inflation. God help us if too many students have A's.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Harvard Faculty Cut A Grades by Nearly 7 Percentage Points in Fall | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard faculty awarded significantly fewer A grades in the fall, cutting the share of top marks by nearly seven percentage points after the College urged instructors to combat grade inflation, accord...
www.thecrimson.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The made up crisis of grade inflation. God help us if too many students have A's.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
It's wild that conservatives don't see a place for people in this country who just want to mind their own business and work hard. That's not more important than race and nationality. There's no meritocracy.
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
It's wild that conservatives don't see a place for people in this country who just want to mind their own business and work hard. That's not more important than race and nationality. There's no meritocracy.
Does anyone manage a directed self placement for composition and have a college in the high school population? If so, what do you do?
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Does anyone manage a directed self placement for composition and have a college in the high school population? If so, what do you do?
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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
It's really hard to teach the value of reading, writing, and revising to shape thinking when the federal government tells everyone that it doesn't matter.
Me: Writing is very important.
Students: then why does the federal government use ChatGPT to write laws and policies?
Me: sigh
Me: Writing is very important.
Students: then why does the federal government use ChatGPT to write laws and policies?
Me: sigh
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 PM
It's really hard to teach the value of reading, writing, and revising to shape thinking when the federal government tells everyone that it doesn't matter.
Me: Writing is very important.
Students: then why does the federal government use ChatGPT to write laws and policies?
Me: sigh
Me: Writing is very important.
Students: then why does the federal government use ChatGPT to write laws and policies?
Me: sigh
I think people are so overwhelmed by everything going on in the world and with AI hype that they are missing the environmental impacts. AI implementation should be halted for its water and energy consumption alone. That's not even counting the plagiarism and stealing these companies are doing.
Apparently our electricity bills are going through the roof and this is partly related to data centers that hog huge amounts of electricity to generate information. I, for one, feel hopping mad about this. The companies that are using the data centers should bear the cost.
time.com/7355839/why-...
time.com/7355839/why-...
5 Big Reasons Why Electricity Prices Are So High Right Now
The average U.S. household is projected to spend nearly $1,000 this winter to heat its home.
time.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I think people are so overwhelmed by everything going on in the world and with AI hype that they are missing the environmental impacts. AI implementation should be halted for its water and energy consumption alone. That's not even counting the plagiarism and stealing these companies are doing.
Reposted by Dan Martin
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
What's so disheartening is Pretti could have been any of us & the response I've seen from people I know has me convinced that if it were me or someone they knew well, it wouldn't matter or change their mind. They would just frame me (or you) as a criminal, even if they know me. That's terrifying.
January 25, 2026 at 5:34 PM
What's so disheartening is Pretti could have been any of us & the response I've seen from people I know has me convinced that if it were me or someone they knew well, it wouldn't matter or change their mind. They would just frame me (or you) as a criminal, even if they know me. That's terrifying.
Reposted by Dan Martin
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
And if it comes down to video evidence in a trial, the government will file motions to use still frames to manipulate the narrative like they did with King.
The Rodney King video is one of the most important moments in American history because it showed people, particularly comfortable white people, irrefutable evidence that marginalized people’s stories of how police behaved - which were never believed - were in fact true.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 25, 2026 at 12:55 AM
And if it comes down to video evidence in a trial, the government will file motions to use still frames to manipulate the narrative like they did with King.
ICE is murdering people because it knows DHS will lie and make up a defense for its agents no matter what the videos show or what the agents said. It's a license to kill.
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
ICE is murdering people because it knows DHS will lie and make up a defense for its agents no matter what the videos show or what the agents said. It's a license to kill.
Cartesian Dualism is literally the absolute worst ideology ever; it's like a weed you can never get rid of. Totally rots the brain.
A man told me yesterday that it was important to "take emotion out of the equation“ when analysing the situation in the US, at which point I told him very calmly that "a woman who disagrees with you is not necessarily emotional".
Ladies, it was a breakthrough.
I should have done this years ago.
Ladies, it was a breakthrough.
I should have done this years ago.
January 24, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Cartesian Dualism is literally the absolute worst ideology ever; it's like a weed you can never get rid of. Totally rots the brain.
I hope all the people in higher ed who are just smashing everything because they can get away with it get what they deserve when all of this is over.
January 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I hope all the people in higher ed who are just smashing everything because they can get away with it get what they deserve when all of this is over.
If this were true, then numerous programs and departments outside the humanities should be shut down for not being monetizable. Higher ed is not about profiting. It's not a business. It's about offering an education that is broad & diverse. Expanding knowledge.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universities
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:12 PM
If this were true, then numerous programs and departments outside the humanities should be shut down for not being monetizable. Higher ed is not about profiting. It's not a business. It's about offering an education that is broad & diverse. Expanding knowledge.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
After everything they've said about higher eds value, after everything they've done to defund it, after all the lies, enrollment is still up. This admin & media are lying about the value of college. People want it. And they want it for cheap. They don't want ICE.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Total College Enrollment Up 1%, But Private Colleges See Declines
Total U.S. postsecondary enrollment grew 1.0% in fall 2025, largely due to more undergraduates at both community colleges and public 4-year institutions.
www.forbes.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:11 PM
After everything they've said about higher eds value, after everything they've done to defund it, after all the lies, enrollment is still up. This admin & media are lying about the value of college. People want it. And they want it for cheap. They don't want ICE.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
People who claimed to value democracy & progression at a university are now taking advantage of the moment (breaking laws and getting away with it) to strip away academic freedom and consolidate power. It's wild to see all of them imitate each other's anti-democracy play book.
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
People who claimed to value democracy & progression at a university are now taking advantage of the moment (breaking laws and getting away with it) to strip away academic freedom and consolidate power. It's wild to see all of them imitate each other's anti-democracy play book.
Reposted by Dan Martin
Hey fellow AI haters.
Is AI taking your job? It's taken art jobs away from me and is making my spreadsheet job worse.
Tell our Attorney General all about it!
Also, hi Nick. Glad to see a fellow Steilacoom Sentinel doing good.
Is AI taking your job? It's taken art jobs away from me and is making my spreadsheet job worse.
Tell our Attorney General all about it!
Also, hi Nick. Glad to see a fellow Steilacoom Sentinel doing good.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Hey fellow AI haters.
Is AI taking your job? It's taken art jobs away from me and is making my spreadsheet job worse.
Tell our Attorney General all about it!
Also, hi Nick. Glad to see a fellow Steilacoom Sentinel doing good.
Is AI taking your job? It's taken art jobs away from me and is making my spreadsheet job worse.
Tell our Attorney General all about it!
Also, hi Nick. Glad to see a fellow Steilacoom Sentinel doing good.
Someone came on campus with measles. WTF. It's definitely getting closer to a national outbreak.
January 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Someone came on campus with measles. WTF. It's definitely getting closer to a national outbreak.