Professor Matt Ballou
@eikonktizo.bsky.social
Full Teaching Professor at The University of Missouri's School of Visual Studies.
Dad, artist, educator, writer - learning how to see and dream well.
www.mattballou.com
Dad, artist, educator, writer - learning how to see and dream well.
www.mattballou.com
Ten Grateful Blessed Strange Years
Ten years post-cardiac arrest, I reflect on transformation, gratitude, and advocating for others, embracing life’s joys and challenges while remaining hopeful for the future.
Ten years post-cardiac arrest, I reflect on transformation, gratitude, and advocating for others, embracing life’s joys and challenges while remaining hopeful for the future.
Ten Grateful Blessed Strange Years
Ten years post-cardiac arrest, I reflect on transformation, gratitude, and advocating for others, embracing life’s joys and challenges while remaining hopeful for the future.
mattballou.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Ten Grateful Blessed Strange Years
Ten years post-cardiac arrest, I reflect on transformation, gratitude, and advocating for others, embracing life’s joys and challenges while remaining hopeful for the future.
Ten years post-cardiac arrest, I reflect on transformation, gratitude, and advocating for others, embracing life’s joys and challenges while remaining hopeful for the future.
IS ANYONE LISTENING??? HE IS TELLING US OUT LOUD!!! This is anti-American, anti-Constitution, anti-Civil Rights.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
IS ANYONE LISTENING??? HE IS TELLING US OUT LOUD!!! This is anti-American, anti-Constitution, anti-Civil Rights.
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Wow, that makes me feel really safe…
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Wow, that makes me feel really safe…
I am enraged that people got us into this because they willingly accepted the lies behind wedge issues, because they bought into the politics of grievance, because they were so offended by what pronouns or bathrooms other people used.
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'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
bylinetimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I am enraged that people got us into this because they willingly accepted the lies behind wedge issues, because they bought into the politics of grievance, because they were so offended by what pronouns or bathrooms other people used.
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The chump predator in chief is now talking about insurrection again. He's setting it up. Gaslight. Lie and deny what we all see with our own eyes. This is the mentality of a rapist. This is the lifestyle of the conman. He is endorsing murder on the streets of America.
January 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The chump predator in chief is now talking about insurrection again. He's setting it up. Gaslight. Lie and deny what we all see with our own eyes. This is the mentality of a rapist. This is the lifestyle of the conman. He is endorsing murder on the streets of America.
You can’t have it both ways, Righties. Either there’s a right to bear arms or there is not. His firearm was holstered. Punk ass fascist enablers…
January 24, 2026 at 7:53 PM
You can’t have it both ways, Righties. Either there’s a right to bear arms or there is not. His firearm was holstered. Punk ass fascist enablers…
that's your money, america - he convinced you, grafted you, extorted you, and sued you out of it.
January 21, 2026 at 6:10 AM
that's your money, america - he convinced you, grafted you, extorted you, and sued you out of it.
“We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done. A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.” - Garrett Graff
January 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
“We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done. A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.” - Garrett Graff
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
January 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought
A basic grasp of civics and representative government makes it clear what is dangerously wrong with a statement like this.
A basic grasp of civics and representative government makes it clear what is dangerously wrong with a statement like this.
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 AM
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought
A basic grasp of civics and representative government makes it clear what is dangerously wrong with a statement like this.
A basic grasp of civics and representative government makes it clear what is dangerously wrong with a statement like this.
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” Russell Vought
A basic grasp of civics and representative government makes it clear what is dangerously wrong with a statement like this.
A basic grasp of civics and representative government makes it clear what is dangerously wrong with a statement like this.
January 12, 2026 at 4:30 AM
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” Russell Vought
A basic grasp of civics and representative government makes it clear what is dangerously wrong with a statement like this.
A basic grasp of civics and representative government makes it clear what is dangerously wrong with a statement like this.
"This operation is a testament to the dedication and unwavering commitment to justice and our resolve to hold accountable those who threaten peace and stability."
- General Dan Caine.
- General Dan Caine.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
"This operation is a testament to the dedication and unwavering commitment to justice and our resolve to hold accountable those who threaten peace and stability."
- General Dan Caine.
- General Dan Caine.
Imagine if some random country just decided it could take over people in our country, our leaders, our people, and claim to have jurisdiction over us like this. Think about it. What right do we have to just do this type of thing?
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Imagine if some random country just decided it could take over people in our country, our leaders, our people, and claim to have jurisdiction over us like this. Think about it. What right do we have to just do this type of thing?
That Was 2025
A year end contemplation in which I talk about weight loss, Dracula movies with my teens, how my students influenced my music choices, the transitions of academia, and losing my dad...
A year end contemplation in which I talk about weight loss, Dracula movies with my teens, how my students influenced my music choices, the transitions of academia, and losing my dad...
That Was 2025
A year end contemplation in which I talk about weight loss, Dracula movies with my teens, how my students influenced my music choices, the transitions of academia, and losing my dad...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
That Was 2025
A year end contemplation in which I talk about weight loss, Dracula movies with my teens, how my students influenced my music choices, the transitions of academia, and losing my dad...
A year end contemplation in which I talk about weight loss, Dracula movies with my teens, how my students influenced my music choices, the transitions of academia, and losing my dad...
Luther Burden III looking amazing tonight for the #Bears... I painted him last year as he was an All American for #Mizzou
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December 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Luther Burden III looking amazing tonight for the #Bears... I painted him last year as he was an All American for #Mizzou
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And for your reading on the night we DID NOT get the full Epstein Files... this hilarious pan about something completely different:
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Two Nights Playing With Fire At Patrick Mahomes And Travis Kelce's Steakhouse | Defector
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As celebrity restaurant mascots, athletes offer a tidy sense of vertical integration: Why not supply the very calories they need to expend on the field? I’m surprised there are so f...
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December 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
And for your reading on the night we DID NOT get the full Epstein Files... this hilarious pan about something completely different:
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STOP. IT IS NOT INEVITABLE.
"Technology firms see the university as a gigantic data farm; they are not invested in our students or the learning process, only in harvesting the attention of an entire generation of users, who will be addicted to their product for the rest of their adult lives."
"Technology firms see the university as a gigantic data farm; they are not invested in our students or the learning process, only in harvesting the attention of an entire generation of users, who will be addicted to their product for the rest of their adult lives."
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
STOP. IT IS NOT INEVITABLE.
"Technology firms see the university as a gigantic data farm; they are not invested in our students or the learning process, only in harvesting the attention of an entire generation of users, who will be addicted to their product for the rest of their adult lives."
"Technology firms see the university as a gigantic data farm; they are not invested in our students or the learning process, only in harvesting the attention of an entire generation of users, who will be addicted to their product for the rest of their adult lives."
