Eric Rettberg
@ericrettberg.bsky.social
Academic turned high school teacher. Digital culture, digital pedagogy, poetry, rhetoric and composition. English Team Coordinator and AI & ethics lead at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
UVA should shut itself down until the entire Board resigns.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
UVA should shut itself down until the entire Board resigns.
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Its incredible that nine years after Americans elected a guy who presents in every way as a through and through super villain the big news story should finally be - wow, check this out, he really is a through and through super villain.
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Its incredible that nine years after Americans elected a guy who presents in every way as a through and through super villain the big news story should finally be - wow, check this out, he really is a through and through super villain.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Remember, we learned in 2021 that a win by the out party in a Virginia gubernatorial election fully nullifies any presidential mandate. I don’t make the rules
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Remember, we learned in 2021 that a win by the out party in a Virginia gubernatorial election fully nullifies any presidential mandate. I don’t make the rules
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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epistemology is cringe
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
epistemology is cringe
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"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
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i hope that a governor spanberger and a democratic general assembly uses its authority to discipline the university for its capitulation and to remove these BOV members who have decided that they work for donald trump and not the people of the commonwealth
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
i hope that a governor spanberger and a democratic general assembly uses its authority to discipline the university for its capitulation and to remove these BOV members who have decided that they work for donald trump and not the people of the commonwealth
Well, there goes Google Docs Version History as a prophylactic measure against AI-first student writing openai.com/index/introd...
Introducing ChatGPT Atlas
The browser with ChatGPT built in.
openai.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Well, there goes Google Docs Version History as a prophylactic measure against AI-first student writing openai.com/index/introd...
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It’s the official publication day for Painful Forms! I’m so pleased to see the book out in the world and grateful forever to @uncpress.bsky.social for making that happen. uncpress.org/978146968894...
Painful Forms
In the wake of World War II, Americans struggled to grasp the shifting scale of violence brought on by the nuclear era. To grapple with the overwhelming suff...
uncpress.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s the official publication day for Painful Forms! I’m so pleased to see the book out in the world and grateful forever to @uncpress.bsky.social for making that happen. uncpress.org/978146968894...
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democracy is the cringiest form of government except for all the others
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
democracy is the cringiest form of government except for all the others
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Sorry, but desecrating Chicago is an unforgivable moral and spiritual transgression.
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Sorry, but desecrating Chicago is an unforgivable moral and spiritual transgression.
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Births have brought us richness and variety,
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Births have brought us richness and variety,
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Try, if you can, to remember what life in America was like one year ago, and what people then would have said if you told them what is happening now.
October 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Try, if you can, to remember what life in America was like one year ago, and what people then would have said if you told them what is happening now.
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Yes! Students are just as varied as adults on their perspectives on AI.
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Yes! Students are just as varied as adults on their perspectives on AI.
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Have you ever found yourself lamenting, "Wow, I wish I could just be wresting away control of a half-eaten fried chicken bone that was just on the sidewalk!"? If so, then dog ownership is for you!
September 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Have you ever found yourself lamenting, "Wow, I wish I could just be wresting away control of a half-eaten fried chicken bone that was just on the sidewalk!"? If so, then dog ownership is for you!
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
September 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
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if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities
September 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities
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A lot of lone nuts with no coherent political philosophy seem to be very closely related to one specific political philosophy
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A lot of lone nuts with no coherent political philosophy seem to be very closely related to one specific political philosophy
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After a bad week I ordered a large pizza, very well then, I contradict myself.
August 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
After a bad week I ordered a large pizza, very well then, I contradict myself.
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a lot of people are heading online these days without even touching a keyboard or mouse, thanks to what i call "the smartphone revolution." apple got the ball rolling when they came out with the iphone, but there are all kinds of makes and models out there now. selling like hotcakes, too
August 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
a lot of people are heading online these days without even touching a keyboard or mouse, thanks to what i call "the smartphone revolution." apple got the ball rolling when they came out with the iphone, but there are all kinds of makes and models out there now. selling like hotcakes, too