David Beard
dbeard.bsky.social
David Beard
@dbeard.bsky.social
Professor of Rhetoric and Duluthian
I care about poor people, but that’s not what bothers me abt the budget.
Ex: The budget was functionally a way to subsidize hospitals by funneling money at them for taking care of poor people. Most programs that serve the poor are actually subsidies for services we want to exist.
July 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Ncuti Gatwa / Disney+ era of Doctor Who is the Battlestar Galactica 1980 of Battlestar Galactica.
June 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
PWSA Professional Keynote www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oT6...
WrestlePosium VI Professional Keynote: Cory Strode
YouTube video by Professional Wrestling Studies Association
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
April 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Doula and Healthcare Advocate Zomi Bloom (of Wilderness Health) and Nancy Christenson (of the North Shore Mental Health Group) on rural mental health. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgY2...
KTWH (Community Radio) on the North Shore Mental Health Group
YouTube video by David Beard
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April 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reposted by David Beard
For new Bluesky followers wondering about this post, the relationship between Donald Trump and pro-wrestling is something I’ve written about for a few years.

The 2024 election campaign was even more directly seeped in pro-wrestling than the 2016.
November 17, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Professional Wrestling.
April 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reposted by David Beard
Wow. #HandsOff rally in St. Paul, Minnesota is massive!
April 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My teenager is doing mandatory training online at home. Can someone from @qdoba help me understand why this isn’t being done at work -- why this isn't wage theft?
April 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Local author reading.
March 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The least work of learning is done in the classroom (Merton).
March 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Merton on education
March 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A definition of the University that appeals to me.
March 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A definition of education that really resonates with me.
March 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A book built with a friend, for a friend, and filled with old friends and strangers who hopefully might become new ones.

open.lib.umn.edu/powerofone/
Power of One – Simple Book Publishing
open.lib.umn.edu
January 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
@colettearrand.bsky.social are you available to be interviewed for the Professional Wrestling Studies Association Journal?
We want to spotlight creativity inspired by wrestling, like your waxwingmag.org/items/issue1...
A Review of Hold Me Gorilla Monsoon | W. Todd Kaneko
Hold Me Gorilla Monsoon is a poetry book about professional wrestling because Colette Arrand refuses any distinction between high and low culture. ... ❡
waxwingmag.org
January 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In case @disneyplustr.bsky.social is reading this -- the only reason I have my subscription is "Doctor Who." The Marvel shows disappointed me, the Star Wars shows too. I have the first 12 seasons of the Simpsons on DVD.

I gave you more than $100 this year for 9 episodes of Doctor Who.
December 7, 2024 at 1:47 AM