Jake Wojtowicz
@jakewojtowicz.bsky.social
Philosopher of regret, sport, sometimes both.
(Tweets represent only my own opinion)
Portrait by http://instagram.com/vanessa.brassey
(Tweets represent only my own opinion)
Portrait by http://instagram.com/vanessa.brassey
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Why It's OK to Be a Sports Fan | Alfred Archer, Jake Wojtowicz | Taylo
This book offers readers a pitch-side view of the ethics of fandom. Its accessible six chapters are aimed both at true sports fans whose conscience may be
www.taylorfrancis.com
Why It's OK to Be a Sports Fan is now available open access! You can still buy a physical copy, if you'd like, but now you can download it for free (permanently)!
Whenever I look at this candle I slightly misread it and think of these two
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Whenever I look at this candle I slightly misread it and think of these two
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In the future your fridge will not only be able to tell you that you're out of milk, but also that you are the chosen one upon whose sacred fate all history shall rest, let the mind emanations quiet as it works its quantum crystal magic.
It'll also tell you that you can add glue to pizza sauce.
It'll also tell you that you can add glue to pizza sauce.
Seems bad!!!!!!! Very bad, in fact!!!!!!
May 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In the future your fridge will not only be able to tell you that you're out of milk, but also that you are the chosen one upon whose sacred fate all history shall rest, let the mind emanations quiet as it works its quantum crystal magic.
It'll also tell you that you can add glue to pizza sauce.
It'll also tell you that you can add glue to pizza sauce.
I am not at the most extreme end of depressing sports fandom (e.g. a bad loss will ruin weeks) but I do wonder what it would be like to just be more zen about it all.
January 18, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I am not at the most extreme end of depressing sports fandom (e.g. a bad loss will ruin weeks) but I do wonder what it would be like to just be more zen about it all.
The NFL's postseason overtime rules are bad for sport. It's not competitively fair to give the win to the team who scores on their second set of possession if the other team also isn't allowed a second set. Makes the coin toss too important.
January 18, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The NFL's postseason overtime rules are bad for sport. It's not competitively fair to give the win to the team who scores on their second set of possession if the other team also isn't allowed a second set. Makes the coin toss too important.
First (inadvertent, it was on my 2024 Spotify playlist) listen of "Football's Coming Home" of 2026
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
First (inadvertent, it was on my 2024 Spotify playlist) listen of "Football's Coming Home" of 2026
Thinking about the time the dysfunctional DEI department I worked for didn't contact potential MLK Day speakers until late December. Great direction!
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Thinking about the time the dysfunctional DEI department I worked for didn't contact potential MLK Day speakers until late December. Great direction!
I sent a pitch and was asked to send a draft. Long-read style. I sent the draft in November, how long should I wait before following up?
January 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I sent a pitch and was asked to send a draft. Long-read style. I sent the draft in November, how long should I wait before following up?
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Our year in open access - April:
Chandra Sripada on The valuationist model of human agent architecture
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Michael Schmitz on Attending, acting, and feeling together
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
1/3
Chandra Sripada on The valuationist model of human agent architecture
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Michael Schmitz on Attending, acting, and feeling together
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
1/3
January 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Our year in open access - April:
Chandra Sripada on The valuationist model of human agent architecture
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Michael Schmitz on Attending, acting, and feeling together
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
1/3
Chandra Sripada on The valuationist model of human agent architecture
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Michael Schmitz on Attending, acting, and feeling together
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
1/3
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Joseph Gough with Mental fictionalism and the dangers of Cartesian apologia
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Jake Wojtowicz, Alfred Archer & Kyle Fruh on Fans and fanaticism: the vulnerability of devotion and sportswashing as exploitation
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#philsky #philpsy
3/3
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Jake Wojtowicz, Alfred Archer & Kyle Fruh on Fans and fanaticism: the vulnerability of devotion and sportswashing as exploitation
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#philsky #philpsy
3/3
January 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Joseph Gough with Mental fictionalism and the dangers of Cartesian apologia
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Jake Wojtowicz, Alfred Archer & Kyle Fruh on Fans and fanaticism: the vulnerability of devotion and sportswashing as exploitation
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#philsky #philpsy
3/3
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Jake Wojtowicz, Alfred Archer & Kyle Fruh on Fans and fanaticism: the vulnerability of devotion and sportswashing as exploitation
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#philsky #philpsy
3/3
I enjoyed speaking with Ethan Sandweiss earlier this week about how the concept of sportswashing might shed some light on Pamella Whitten's efforts to use IU football's success to bolster her own reputation.
Down on Whitten, thrilled with football:
www.ipm.org/news/2026-01...
Down on Whitten, thrilled with football:
www.ipm.org/news/2026-01...
Down on Whitten, thrilled with football, IU has conflicted fans
IU football has won respect from some administration critics.
www.ipm.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I enjoyed speaking with Ethan Sandweiss earlier this week about how the concept of sportswashing might shed some light on Pamella Whitten's efforts to use IU football's success to bolster her own reputation.
Down on Whitten, thrilled with football:
www.ipm.org/news/2026-01...
Down on Whitten, thrilled with football:
www.ipm.org/news/2026-01...
I've been watching Morse, really did not expect Morse to regularly have some sort of romantic entanglement with someone involved in the case!
January 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I've been watching Morse, really did not expect Morse to regularly have some sort of romantic entanglement with someone involved in the case!
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
Can anyone recommend something good to read on corruption. Not political corruption, rather the idea that something is corrupted from its true nature.
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Can anyone recommend something good to read on corruption. Not political corruption, rather the idea that something is corrupted from its true nature.
Which translation of the Odyssey should I read?
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Which translation of the Odyssey should I read?
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So far in 1066:
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
So far in 1066:
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
Seeing a lot of these posts on LinkedIn:
"Here is one thing nobody ever says about academia/the job market: [insert banality everyone says all the time]"
Always many emojis and hashtags.
"Here is one thing nobody ever says about academia/the job market: [insert banality everyone says all the time]"
Always many emojis and hashtags.
January 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Seeing a lot of these posts on LinkedIn:
"Here is one thing nobody ever says about academia/the job market: [insert banality everyone says all the time]"
Always many emojis and hashtags.
"Here is one thing nobody ever says about academia/the job market: [insert banality everyone says all the time]"
Always many emojis and hashtags.
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What if that other gas station was founded by business partners Thomas Kum and Joseph Go
Stephen Sheetz, who helped transform a family business from a single convenience store in Altoona, Pennsylvania, into a ubiquitous chain with fierce brand loyalties, popular for its coffee, made-to-order food and cheap gasoline, has died at 77.
Steve Sheetz, Who Popularized Convenience Stores as a C.E.O., Dies at 77
Sheetz, a family-owned company that started with a single convenience store in Altoona, Pa., has more than 800 locations in seven states.
nyti.ms
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM
What if that other gas station was founded by business partners Thomas Kum and Joseph Go
A pleasant surprise: opening teaching evaluations that I thought might be brutal (online asynchronous, first time I've taught this topic), and they were surprisingly good!
January 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
A pleasant surprise: opening teaching evaluations that I thought might be brutal (online asynchronous, first time I've taught this topic), and they were surprisingly good!
Very long shot: anywhere to buy haggis in Rochester?
January 5, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Very long shot: anywhere to buy haggis in Rochester?
What is with beer bottles that have a cork and a cap?
January 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
What is with beer bottles that have a cork and a cap?
Sometimes I drink a pumpkin or Christmas beer and think that it could be good if it had more body. The spices or sweetness just aren't supported enough by the base. I felt a little similarly about the Hamnet film.
January 2, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Sometimes I drink a pumpkin or Christmas beer and think that it could be good if it had more body. The spices or sweetness just aren't supported enough by the base. I felt a little similarly about the Hamnet film.
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
Not entirely sure why EA FC (FIFA) removes players from the game if they die. Strikes me that fans might want to play tribute to them precisely by playing as these players.
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Not entirely sure why EA FC (FIFA) removes players from the game if they die. Strikes me that fans might want to play tribute to them precisely by playing as these players.
Flight from Chicago to Rochester was cancelled, so we stayed in South Bend overnight and are driving the rest today. Made it to Erie and the promised land.
December 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Flight from Chicago to Rochester was cancelled, so we stayed in South Bend overnight and are driving the rest today. Made it to Erie and the promised land.