Jason B Jones
@jbj.bsky.social
Teaching and learning with technology. Currently: Northeastern U. Previously Woolf, Trinity, CCSU, ProfHacker
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
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Every time I see "USMNT" my brain parses it as "US Mutant Ninja Turtles" and it makes whatever headline 10x more confusing
January 3, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Every time I see "USMNT" my brain parses it as "US Mutant Ninja Turtles" and it makes whatever headline 10x more confusing
The 22yo was obviously much better at soccer, but A loved the community around Little League more.
Which is to say this Eephus movie is *exactly* calibrated for her.
And plus you see every one of these guys in any New England town, their exact faces.
Which is to say this Eephus movie is *exactly* calibrated for her.
And plus you see every one of these guys in any New England town, their exact faces.
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM
The 22yo was obviously much better at soccer, but A loved the community around Little League more.
Which is to say this Eephus movie is *exactly* calibrated for her.
And plus you see every one of these guys in any New England town, their exact faces.
Which is to say this Eephus movie is *exactly* calibrated for her.
And plus you see every one of these guys in any New England town, their exact faces.
The strength instructor always says “one minute left in this AMRAP, what are you gonna do with it” but “weep quietly for my undisciplined youth” is never an available option
January 2, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The strength instructor always says “one minute left in this AMRAP, what are you gonna do with it” but “weep quietly for my undisciplined youth” is never an available option
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Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...
March 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...
Wordlebot told me this morning “[whatever] was a good guess, but ‘bigot’ would be more efficient” and I was like tell it to your reporters, little guy.
January 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Wordlebot told me this morning “[whatever] was a good guess, but ‘bigot’ would be more efficient” and I was like tell it to your reporters, little guy.
The NYT morning newsletter this morning was explicitly devoted to “AI Haters” and “creation of a CSAM and involuntary porn machine” didn’t even make the list.
I am very concerned that the reaction of political, business and media elites to the creation of a massive public CSAM engine by some of the richest people in the world is gonna be a big collective shrug and I do not feel good about this
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The NYT morning newsletter this morning was explicitly devoted to “AI Haters” and “creation of a CSAM and involuntary porn machine” didn’t even make the list.
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I am very concerned that the reaction of political, business and media elites to the creation of a massive public CSAM engine by some of the richest people in the world is gonna be a big collective shrug and I do not feel good about this
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I am very concerned that the reaction of political, business and media elites to the creation of a massive public CSAM engine by some of the richest people in the world is gonna be a big collective shrug and I do not feel good about this
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‘It was not in his nature to do anything by halves:’ Mary Booth on her husband’s work. No lie detected. I run a course that demystifies Charles Booth’s massive Life & Labour survey and the accompanying Poverty Map.
Starts Tue 13 Jan at the Mary Ward Centre, nr Stratford High St DLR short.do/wLa3Vc
Starts Tue 13 Jan at the Mary Ward Centre, nr Stratford High St DLR short.do/wLa3Vc
December 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
‘It was not in his nature to do anything by halves:’ Mary Booth on her husband’s work. No lie detected. I run a course that demystifies Charles Booth’s massive Life & Labour survey and the accompanying Poverty Map.
Starts Tue 13 Jan at the Mary Ward Centre, nr Stratford High St DLR short.do/wLa3Vc
Starts Tue 13 Jan at the Mary Ward Centre, nr Stratford High St DLR short.do/wLa3Vc
My favorite meaningless local squabble is about xmas tree pickup: Our city always waits until the trash week after Three Kings to start taking trees.
But, every year, people will start putting their trees out as early as the 26th, so you get trees rolling around like tumbleweed.
But, every year, people will start putting their trees out as early as the 26th, so you get trees rolling around like tumbleweed.
January 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
My favorite meaningless local squabble is about xmas tree pickup: Our city always waits until the trash week after Three Kings to start taking trees.
But, every year, people will start putting their trees out as early as the 26th, so you get trees rolling around like tumbleweed.
But, every year, people will start putting their trees out as early as the 26th, so you get trees rolling around like tumbleweed.
Cal me old-fashioned but you will never convince me to take a class called “evening flow” in the morning.
What if my sacred energies get confused and I go back to bed?
What if my sacred energies get confused and I go back to bed?
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Cal me old-fashioned but you will never convince me to take a class called “evening flow” in the morning.
What if my sacred energies get confused and I go back to bed?
What if my sacred energies get confused and I go back to bed?
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Museum guy: sorry, I know you and your kids are having fun, but we closed 5 minutes ago
Me: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
Me: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Museum guy: sorry, I know you and your kids are having fun, but we closed 5 minutes ago
Me: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
Me: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
Maresca is available now, right?
🤣
🤣
January 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Maresca is available now, right?
🤣
🤣
The bravery of Warnock in going after … a 17yo who is far from our most irritating player today. 🙄
January 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The bravery of Warnock in going after … a 17yo who is far from our most irritating player today. 🙄
Tfw it’s so obviously a mistake from the ref that even Warnock has to say “uh, ghats obviously a corner “
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Tfw it’s so obviously a mistake from the ref that even Warnock has to say “uh, ghats obviously a corner “
A Leeds player pulls out a gun and shoots a LFC player in midfield. Warnock reacts: “it’s a contact sport.”
A Leeds player falls over near any LFC player. Warnock reacts: “I’m frankly shocked that’s not a yellow card.”
Over and over again.
A Leeds player falls over near any LFC player. Warnock reacts: “I’m frankly shocked that’s not a yellow card.”
Over and over again.
I hate Stephen Warnock
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
A Leeds player pulls out a gun and shoots a LFC player in midfield. Warnock reacts: “it’s a contact sport.”
A Leeds player falls over near any LFC player. Warnock reacts: “I’m frankly shocked that’s not a yellow card.”
Over and over again.
A Leeds player falls over near any LFC player. Warnock reacts: “I’m frankly shocked that’s not a yellow card.”
Over and over again.
…. And that’s why players dive.
If Ekitike goes down, that’s a pen every week.
Refs are so stupid
If Ekitike goes down, that’s a pen every week.
Refs are so stupid
January 1, 2026 at 5:44 PM
…. And that’s why players dive.
If Ekitike goes down, that’s a pen every week.
Refs are so stupid
If Ekitike goes down, that’s a pen every week.
Refs are so stupid
Very early days of course but 2026 has already brought a much more flattering spam txt than the usual lot.
January 1, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Very early days of course but 2026 has already brought a much more flattering spam txt than the usual lot.
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Finishing the index for @johannawinant.bsky.social's LYRIC LOGIC, a shining example of how a book can intervene in a field and recast the entire discipline that grounds it. Indispensable reading for everyone in literary studies and philosophy.
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Lyric Logic | Columbia University Press
Between the Civil War and the Cold War, American literary modernism and philosophy both grappled with the challenge of novelty and the chance to make it new.... | CUP
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January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Finishing the index for @johannawinant.bsky.social's LYRIC LOGIC, a shining example of how a book can intervene in a field and recast the entire discipline that grounds it. Indispensable reading for everyone in literary studies and philosophy.
cup.columbia.edu/book/lyric-l...
cup.columbia.edu/book/lyric-l...
The thing is I roughly think this way *inside my head*—like my reflexive mental model of bodies is absurdly stupid—but … not out loud? And I wouldn’t *act* on that silliness.
Trump admits to taking more aspirin than his docs recommend: “They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
What could possibly go wrong! (2/6)
What could possibly go wrong! (2/6)
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The thing is I roughly think this way *inside my head*—like my reflexive mental model of bodies is absurdly stupid—but … not out loud? And I wouldn’t *act* on that silliness.
Stand and applaud Jess Nevins avoiding the obvious typo here
German author Edmund Kiss' Ases, from his 1930-1939 tetralogy, beginning with DAS GLAESERNE MEER. Perhaps the foremost example of pro-fascist sf written under the Nazis. The Ases are Stone Age Aryans who rule through fascism, taking slaves, and treating women like fascists will. But--
5a/
5a/
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Stand and applaud Jess Nevins avoiding the obvious typo here
“Many of you will remember the Golden Gate Bridge as it appears in one of the Star Trek movies, but we couldn’t be bothered to look up which one”
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
“Many of you will remember the Golden Gate Bridge as it appears in one of the Star Trek movies, but we couldn’t be bothered to look up which one”
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My 2026 resolution is to take things more personally. I learned this by reading Moby-Dick.
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
My 2026 resolution is to take things more personally. I learned this by reading Moby-Dick.
Picking del Toro’s Frankenstein as the NYE movie has certainly cast a specific atmosphere on the occasion
January 1, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Picking del Toro’s Frankenstein as the NYE movie has certainly cast a specific atmosphere on the occasion
Was behind a retiree in line at the coffee shop and she ordered a “chai latte, no water, 9 pumps of sweetener” and all of a sudden I have real life goals. Wow
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Was behind a retiree in line at the coffee shop and she ordered a “chai latte, no water, 9 pumps of sweetener” and all of a sudden I have real life goals. Wow