Jacob
@jacobrichter.bsky.social
I teach writing in DC. Research on social media, multimodal composition, democracy, & digital rhetoric. Book reviews @ Composition Forum. Views are mine only.
Gen X sure does love Box
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Gen X sure does love Box
New Composition Forum issue is out- check out some great book reviews! compositionforum.com
Composition Forum
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November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New Composition Forum issue is out- check out some great book reviews! compositionforum.com
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Composition Forum published Volume 56: compositionforum.com.
A lot of wonderful work! I hope you give it a read.
A lot of wonderful work! I hope you give it a read.
Composition Forum
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November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Composition Forum published Volume 56: compositionforum.com.
A lot of wonderful work! I hope you give it a read.
A lot of wonderful work! I hope you give it a read.
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Boycotts work. We MUST show corporate America that there are consequences for folding to fascism. #teslatakedown stands shoulder to shoulder with #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC. Check out the linked doc below for actions YOU can take.
Take Action Against Disney-ABC
Boycott
Cancel subscriptions (if you have)
Leave comments on ABC (dot) com
Leave comments for Sinclair
Show up to an ABC HQ or affiliate to picket!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Boycott
Cancel subscriptions (if you have)
Leave comments on ABC (dot) com
Leave comments for Sinclair
Show up to an ABC HQ or affiliate to picket!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY-ABC for BENDING TO THE ADMIN
DISNEY-ABC: STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. ACTION RESOURCE LIST WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE A few hours ago, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC threatened...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Boycotts work. We MUST show corporate America that there are consequences for folding to fascism. #teslatakedown stands shoulder to shoulder with #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC. Check out the linked doc below for actions YOU can take.
College football returning reminds me that one of my past students is a Dallas Cowboy!
August 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
College football returning reminds me that one of my past students is a Dallas Cowboy!
My meaningless opinion is that large conferences shouldn't generally have themes. The theme is the conference's name!
August 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My meaningless opinion is that large conferences shouldn't generally have themes. The theme is the conference's name!
Stop saying you are "ethically using AI." That's not possible when Open AI and all other companies are eagerly spilling massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Just own up to doing something unethical because it's convenient! People do unethical but convenient things all the time!
June 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Stop saying you are "ethically using AI." That's not possible when Open AI and all other companies are eagerly spilling massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Just own up to doing something unethical because it's convenient! People do unethical but convenient things all the time!
How many times using "amongst" is too many in a single article? 3? 4?
June 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
How many times using "amongst" is too many in a single article? 3? 4?
One underrated problem with AI's use in writing is that it conveys to the writer they don't need to read because the AI will supposedly summarize and incorporate insights from some nebulous process of "reading" into whatever it spits out. Reading is where the best thinking often happens!
June 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
One underrated problem with AI's use in writing is that it conveys to the writer they don't need to read because the AI will supposedly summarize and incorporate insights from some nebulous process of "reading" into whatever it spits out. Reading is where the best thinking often happens!
Y'all, Composition Forum has just published some seriously awesome book reviews that confront some of the most pressing issues within rhetoric and composition. They're all excellent and stand to benefit the field in many different ways: compositionforum.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Y'all, Composition Forum has just published some seriously awesome book reviews that confront some of the most pressing issues within rhetoric and composition. They're all excellent and stand to benefit the field in many different ways: compositionforum.com
The Education Secretary saying universities need to align with the political priorities of an administration if they want to continue to conduct research is really just diving head first into the authoritarian playbook
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Education Secretary saying universities need to align with the political priorities of an administration if they want to continue to conduct research is really just diving head first into the authoritarian playbook
Tesla's reputation is worse than United Health's lol
May 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Tesla's reputation is worse than United Health's lol
I think a lot about whether I'm actively doing enough to help my cat self-actualize
May 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think a lot about whether I'm actively doing enough to help my cat self-actualize
When did we decide on the IA abbreviation for Iowa and is it too late to change it
May 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When did we decide on the IA abbreviation for Iowa and is it too late to change it
#cwcon25 presentation went great! Talked about digital-material rhetorics, consequentially, climate activism, and social media. Fun panel about content creators and algorithms.
May 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#cwcon25 presentation went great! Talked about digital-material rhetorics, consequentially, climate activism, and social media. Fun panel about content creators and algorithms.
Working in DC means experiencing 11AM coffeeshop Hinge dates where both people talk about losing their jobs with the federal government
May 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Working in DC means experiencing 11AM coffeeshop Hinge dates where both people talk about losing their jobs with the federal government
It looks like Tesla Takedown protests/backlash to DOGE, alongside other factors, have cost Elon Musk about 25% of his total wealth, in case you were wondering whether people-led protests could still exert meaningful consequences in 2025: newrepublic.com/post/194568/...
Elon Musk Lost Boatload of Money in Trump’s First 100 Days
Here’s one thing to celebrate from Trump’s first 100 days in office.
newrepublic.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It looks like Tesla Takedown protests/backlash to DOGE, alongside other factors, have cost Elon Musk about 25% of his total wealth, in case you were wondering whether people-led protests could still exert meaningful consequences in 2025: newrepublic.com/post/194568/...
I was going to get so much done today but got caught up reading about Basque origin theories again 😤
May 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I was going to get so much done today but got caught up reading about Basque origin theories again 😤
Sometimes I feel my university tries to sabotage teaching and learning by making us use Blackboard as some sort of joke or performance art
May 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sometimes I feel my university tries to sabotage teaching and learning by making us use Blackboard as some sort of joke or performance art
We are being governed by a collective fallacy about things that deluded folks perceive as happening but that never ever actually did happen
I was 28 in 2016 and this is an insane characterization of what growing up as a white man in my cohort was like. Demonstrative of how out-of-touch the cultural right is with actual American life www.theredneckintellectual.com/p/right-wing...
April 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We are being governed by a collective fallacy about things that deluded folks perceive as happening but that never ever actually did happen
It's the most tired comment ever, but imagine if Biden or Harris was falsely maintaining something clearly photoshopped was real and refused to admit the mistake. The collective double standard/lack of any basic expectation of competence & honesty from Trump is one of his greatest strengths.
I had to upload the clip here because it's frankly insane. Possibly the most insane trump clip yet. His brain is pudding
April 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's the most tired comment ever, but imagine if Biden or Harris was falsely maintaining something clearly photoshopped was real and refused to admit the mistake. The collective double standard/lack of any basic expectation of competence & honesty from Trump is one of his greatest strengths.
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Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.
April 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.
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NEW TODAY: 200 college and university presidents band together to condemn “unprecedented government overreach” in higher education and reaffirm the “essential freedom to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom.” www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
NEW TODAY: 200 college and university presidents band together to condemn “unprecedented government overreach” in higher education and reaffirm the “essential freedom to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom.” www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...