Trent Hergenrader
@thergenrader.bsky.social
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In "The Worldbuilding Workshop," Trent Hergenrader & @steveslota.bsky.social explore worldbuilding as an educational tool that cultivates critical thinking and empathy through simulation and play: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255333... @thergenrader.bsky.social @wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In "The Worldbuilding Workshop," Trent Hergenrader & @steveslota.bsky.social explore worldbuilding as an educational tool that cultivates critical thinking and empathy through simulation and play: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255333... @thergenrader.bsky.social @wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social
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HELLO WORLD!
We're just 8 days away from @mitpress.bsky.social The Worldbuilding Workshop's official launch date, and we're delighted to reveal the site we've built to support your world modeling efforts!
Learn more at: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com
#highered #edtech #teaching #k12 #education
We're just 8 days away from @mitpress.bsky.social The Worldbuilding Workshop's official launch date, and we're delighted to reveal the site we've built to support your world modeling efforts!
Learn more at: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com
#highered #edtech #teaching #k12 #education
THE WORLDBUILDING WORKSHOP
www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
HELLO WORLD!
We're just 8 days away from @mitpress.bsky.social The Worldbuilding Workshop's official launch date, and we're delighted to reveal the site we've built to support your world modeling efforts!
Learn more at: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com
#highered #edtech #teaching #k12 #education
We're just 8 days away from @mitpress.bsky.social The Worldbuilding Workshop's official launch date, and we're delighted to reveal the site we've built to support your world modeling efforts!
Learn more at: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com
#highered #edtech #teaching #k12 #education
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@thergenrader.bsky.social and I are super psyched to finally share this project with all of you.
Spread the word: The Worldbuilding Workshop hits shelves on Tuesday, December 2!
Peep our shiny new website for tons of free videos, worksheets, and the inaugural episodes of our companion podcast! 🤩✨
Spread the word: The Worldbuilding Workshop hits shelves on Tuesday, December 2!
Peep our shiny new website for tons of free videos, worksheets, and the inaugural episodes of our companion podcast! 🤩✨
HELLO WORLD!
We're just 8 days away from @mitpress.bsky.social The Worldbuilding Workshop's official launch date, and we're delighted to reveal the site we've built to support your world modeling efforts!
Learn more at: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com
#highered #edtech #teaching #k12 #education
We're just 8 days away from @mitpress.bsky.social The Worldbuilding Workshop's official launch date, and we're delighted to reveal the site we've built to support your world modeling efforts!
Learn more at: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com
#highered #edtech #teaching #k12 #education
THE WORLDBUILDING WORKSHOP
www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@thergenrader.bsky.social and I are super psyched to finally share this project with all of you.
Spread the word: The Worldbuilding Workshop hits shelves on Tuesday, December 2!
Peep our shiny new website for tons of free videos, worksheets, and the inaugural episodes of our companion podcast! 🤩✨
Spread the word: The Worldbuilding Workshop hits shelves on Tuesday, December 2!
Peep our shiny new website for tons of free videos, worksheets, and the inaugural episodes of our companion podcast! 🤩✨
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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JUST TWO MORE MONTHS (!!) until The Worldbuilding Workshop hits bookshelves/earbuds near you!
I'm so psyched to finally reveal the book cover, which @mitpress.bsky.social graciously allowed me to design.
The *final* final version may vary very slightly, but this is the general layout.
I'm so psyched to finally reveal the book cover, which @mitpress.bsky.social graciously allowed me to design.
The *final* final version may vary very slightly, but this is the general layout.
October 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
JUST TWO MORE MONTHS (!!) until The Worldbuilding Workshop hits bookshelves/earbuds near you!
I'm so psyched to finally reveal the book cover, which @mitpress.bsky.social graciously allowed me to design.
The *final* final version may vary very slightly, but this is the general layout.
I'm so psyched to finally reveal the book cover, which @mitpress.bsky.social graciously allowed me to design.
The *final* final version may vary very slightly, but this is the general layout.
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I’ve read a billion books and watched a million films and documentaries about the rise of fascism in Europe in the 30s and I really never thought being one of the fascism noticers would feel like this but here we are
a woman is standing in front of a chain link fence with the words wake up on her face .
ALT: a woman is standing in front of a chain link fence with the words wake up on her face .
media.tenor.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’ve read a billion books and watched a million films and documentaries about the rise of fascism in Europe in the 30s and I really never thought being one of the fascism noticers would feel like this but here we are
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Really great thread—clearly articulates why @thergenrader.bsky.social and I have focused so much of our time and writing on helping educators implement worldbuilding and world modeling projects in their classrooms (to drive home foundational critical thinking and empathy skills).
The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
September 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Really great thread—clearly articulates why @thergenrader.bsky.social and I have focused so much of our time and writing on helping educators implement worldbuilding and world modeling projects in their classrooms (to drive home foundational critical thinking and empathy skills).
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September 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Wordle 1,535 1/6*
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I should pay more attention to #Bluesky since my feed is much better than the dumpster fire of unbridled racism and bigotry on the site formerly known as #Twitter. But hard to have any faith in any tech since co-opting tools for evil is far, far too easy in the unregulated Wild West of the Internet.
August 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I should pay more attention to #Bluesky since my feed is much better than the dumpster fire of unbridled racism and bigotry on the site formerly known as #Twitter. But hard to have any faith in any tech since co-opting tools for evil is far, far too easy in the unregulated Wild West of the Internet.
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Ahead of our book's upcoming launch, @mitpress.bsky.social has shared a pair of fantastic endorsements from other researchers in the field! 🤯🤩
August 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ahead of our book's upcoming launch, @mitpress.bsky.social has shared a pair of fantastic endorsements from other researchers in the field! 🤯🤩
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Ah this is exciting, by my reckoning that’s two academic books on worldbuilding out this autumn, three’s a trend & a feature in the bag as they say in the carefully built world of hacky journalism.
Ahead of our book's upcoming launch, @mitpress.bsky.social has shared a pair of fantastic endorsements from other researchers in the field! 🤯🤩
August 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Ah this is exciting, by my reckoning that’s two academic books on worldbuilding out this autumn, three’s a trend & a feature in the bag as they say in the carefully built world of hacky journalism.
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Ahead of our book's upcoming launch, @mitpress.bsky.social has shared a pair of fantastic endorsements from other researchers in the field! 🤯🤩
August 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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#EAFC claims to be hyper realistic but they can’t even figure out that you need 5 distinct shirt colors every match: home side, away side, home keeper, away keeper, and referee. It’s not rocket science and would be easy to check before each match
August 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#EAFC claims to be hyper realistic but they can’t even figure out that you need 5 distinct shirt colors every match: home side, away side, home keeper, away keeper, and referee. It’s not rocket science and would be easy to check before each match
Superheroine here
August 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Superheroine here
Trying to reformat a large document using ChatGPT.
Me: How is it coming?
ChatGPT: I haven’t started actually generating the .docx yet because your full essay text still needs to be pasted here in the chat for me to process in chunks.
Wow! It really IS like having a PhD-level expert by your side!
Me: How is it coming?
ChatGPT: I haven’t started actually generating the .docx yet because your full essay text still needs to be pasted here in the chat for me to process in chunks.
Wow! It really IS like having a PhD-level expert by your side!
August 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Trying to reformat a large document using ChatGPT.
Me: How is it coming?
ChatGPT: I haven’t started actually generating the .docx yet because your full essay text still needs to be pasted here in the chat for me to process in chunks.
Wow! It really IS like having a PhD-level expert by your side!
Me: How is it coming?
ChatGPT: I haven’t started actually generating the .docx yet because your full essay text still needs to be pasted here in the chat for me to process in chunks.
Wow! It really IS like having a PhD-level expert by your side!
“I’d define it as self-awareness; an ability to trust your own judgement. An ability to see through veils of bullshit or spins on stories or propaganda. Maybe an ability to think for yourself.” Joe Strummer on Punk.
August 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“I’d define it as self-awareness; an ability to trust your own judgement. An ability to see through veils of bullshit or spins on stories or propaganda. Maybe an ability to think for yourself.” Joe Strummer on Punk.
Sam Altman says that ChatGPT is now like having a “superpower” and the equivalent of “a legitimate PhD-level expert in anything, any area you need, on demand, that can help you with whatever your goals are.”
This only reinforces in my mind that almost no one understands what PhD-level experts do. 🙄
This only reinforces in my mind that almost no one understands what PhD-level experts do. 🙄
August 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Sam Altman says that ChatGPT is now like having a “superpower” and the equivalent of “a legitimate PhD-level expert in anything, any area you need, on demand, that can help you with whatever your goals are.”
This only reinforces in my mind that almost no one understands what PhD-level experts do. 🙄
This only reinforces in my mind that almost no one understands what PhD-level experts do. 🙄
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one of my tiktok followers made this
April 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
one of my tiktok followers made this
Textbook sealioning: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealion...
July 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Textbook sealioning: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealion...
July 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Damn it I turn around for two seconds and a wolf gets in my sheep breeding pen. I come back with some wheat only to find floating blocks of wool and mutton. I gave the wolf two bones but only got black clouds so I killed that $&@!er with prejudice. God what a miserable way to start my morning.
June 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Damn it I turn around for two seconds and a wolf gets in my sheep breeding pen. I come back with some wheat only to find floating blocks of wool and mutton. I gave the wolf two bones but only got black clouds so I killed that $&@!er with prejudice. God what a miserable way to start my morning.