Jake Wright
@bcnjake.bsky.social
Philosopher, husband, dad, teacher, "leftist," potty-mouth, and pedagogical chaos agent. Aspiring to be the C.M. Punk of higher education. Distinguished, or so I'm told.
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I know the Carvaggio one is closer to the photograph, but the Artemisia Gentileschi version goes SO FUCKING HARD.
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I know the Carvaggio one is closer to the photograph, but the Artemisia Gentileschi version goes SO FUCKING HARD.
If I'm going to give a talk on SoTL as a locus of antifascist resistance, it only seems appropriate that I should lean into everyone's favorite antifascist academic, Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr.
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If I'm going to give a talk on SoTL as a locus of antifascist resistance, it only seems appropriate that I should lean into everyone's favorite antifascist academic, Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr.
I cannot properly explain how comically green everything is here. Just green turned up to 12.
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I cannot properly explain how comically green everything is here. Just green turned up to 12.
At McDonalds in New Zealand, you can apparently purchase something called the “Big Brekkie Burger,” which is a quarter pounder with cheese, an egg, bacon, and a hash brown patty with what looks like barbecue sauce.”
November 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
At McDonalds in New Zealand, you can apparently purchase something called the “Big Brekkie Burger,” which is a quarter pounder with cheese, an egg, bacon, and a hash brown patty with what looks like barbecue sauce.”
What’s up, Knox fam? Can we pool $15,250 to buy this giant, jaunty, hand-carved “Winkin’ Lincoln” to be displayed somewhere on campus?
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What’s up, Knox fam? Can we pool $15,250 to buy this giant, jaunty, hand-carved “Winkin’ Lincoln” to be displayed somewhere on campus?
Sunrise over Rochester this morning
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sunrise over Rochester this morning
Free speech is good. We should exercise it.
Dumping AI poo on protesters is bad. We should say so.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
Dumping AI poo on protesters is bad. We should say so.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
October 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Free speech is good. We should exercise it.
Dumping AI poo on protesters is bad. We should say so.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
Dumping AI poo on protesters is bad. We should say so.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
So, like, big savings on mediocre philosophy, too? Is that what they mean here?
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So, like, big savings on mediocre philosophy, too? Is that what they mean here?
TODAY IN MY FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR
STUDENTS: We want to learn time management strategies!
ME: Surprise! You don’t have “time management” issues! You have emotional regulation issues that make you procrastinate! Let’s fix those first.
STUDENTS: We want to learn time management strategies!
ME: Surprise! You don’t have “time management” issues! You have emotional regulation issues that make you procrastinate! Let’s fix those first.
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
TODAY IN MY FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR
STUDENTS: We want to learn time management strategies!
ME: Surprise! You don’t have “time management” issues! You have emotional regulation issues that make you procrastinate! Let’s fix those first.
STUDENTS: We want to learn time management strategies!
ME: Surprise! You don’t have “time management” issues! You have emotional regulation issues that make you procrastinate! Let’s fix those first.
The Simon's Quest cover had a photo of Simon Belmont posing with DRACULA'S SEVERED HEAD. Parents were *not* pleased and called Nintendo to let them have it. The 80s were a wild time.
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Simon's Quest cover had a photo of Simon Belmont posing with DRACULA'S SEVERED HEAD. Parents were *not* pleased and called Nintendo to let them have it. The 80s were a wild time.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Here's a weird observation about the No Kings rallies and Tetris.
Stick with me, I promise it will make sense.
Everyone's talking about the rabid wine moms fueling yesterday's protests and how it caught Very Online political types off guard, like this joke making the rounds:
Stick with me, I promise it will make sense.
Everyone's talking about the rabid wine moms fueling yesterday's protests and how it caught Very Online political types off guard, like this joke making the rounds:
October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Here's a weird observation about the No Kings rallies and Tetris.
Stick with me, I promise it will make sense.
Everyone's talking about the rabid wine moms fueling yesterday's protests and how it caught Very Online political types off guard, like this joke making the rounds:
Stick with me, I promise it will make sense.
Everyone's talking about the rabid wine moms fueling yesterday's protests and how it caught Very Online political types off guard, like this joke making the rounds:
I know it's been said elsewhere, but this really is what's happening. Reddit is a cocktail of "without [niche issue], nothing will change" while I spent yesterday afternoon with a bunch of retired nurses and teachers who were going "I will personally ensure every single fascist rots in hell."
October 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I know it's been said elsewhere, but this really is what's happening. Reddit is a cocktail of "without [niche issue], nothing will change" while I spent yesterday afternoon with a bunch of retired nurses and teachers who were going "I will personally ensure every single fascist rots in hell."
Who among us isn’t in the market for some Trendy Foliage?
October 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Who among us isn’t in the market for some Trendy Foliage?
This whole exchange is PRICELESS.
A round of applause for @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com, @jane.meangirls.online, and @bonejob.bsky.social for this vital public service.
A round of applause for @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com, @jane.meangirls.online, and @bonejob.bsky.social for this vital public service.
October 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This whole exchange is PRICELESS.
A round of applause for @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com, @jane.meangirls.online, and @bonejob.bsky.social for this vital public service.
A round of applause for @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com, @jane.meangirls.online, and @bonejob.bsky.social for this vital public service.
3,000+ estimated at No Kings in Rochester, MN
October 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
3,000+ estimated at No Kings in Rochester, MN
MIKE JOHNSON: These are scary Antifa-Hamas-terrorist-Soros-funded anti-American rallies!
ACTUAL NO KINGS PROTEST: Here’s an inflatable T-Rex and one of those Among Us things dancing to Bette Middler’s “From a Distance.”
ACTUAL NO KINGS PROTEST: Here’s an inflatable T-Rex and one of those Among Us things dancing to Bette Middler’s “From a Distance.”
October 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
MIKE JOHNSON: These are scary Antifa-Hamas-terrorist-Soros-funded anti-American rallies!
ACTUAL NO KINGS PROTEST: Here’s an inflatable T-Rex and one of those Among Us things dancing to Bette Middler’s “From a Distance.”
ACTUAL NO KINGS PROTEST: Here’s an inflatable T-Rex and one of those Among Us things dancing to Bette Middler’s “From a Distance.”
Made a quick change to what’s on my office door.
October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Made a quick change to what’s on my office door.
Just picking up in my kids’ room, finding totally normal stuff like Yoshi in a pair of blue jeans…
October 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Just picking up in my kids’ room, finding totally normal stuff like Yoshi in a pair of blue jeans…
Right up there with this all-timer from the Earl’s Court Wikipedia page:
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Right up there with this all-timer from the Earl’s Court Wikipedia page:
