Jared Gardner
@guttergeek.bsky.social
Prof of lit & media. University Senate Secretary. Buckeye. Higher ed defender, academic freedom militant. Hobbies include music, plants & counting pills. 🥄😵💫⚡️ 🕎 Opinions mine
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The NY Times is as limber as a contortionist in how it twists its headline away from pointing the finger in the right direction. The student is the one “attacked”? Because he bragged about getting ICE to arrest people at a local car wash and was criticized (and also lauded) online as a result
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The NY Times is as limber as a contortionist in how it twists its headline away from pointing the finger in the right direction. The student is the one “attacked”? Because he bragged about getting ICE to arrest people at a local car wash and was criticized (and also lauded) online as a result
So, um, I hate to be the one to tell you but
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So, um, I hate to be the one to tell you but
Seriously, @chronicle.com ? In addition to being tone deaf and insulting, this cover’s image doesn’t even represent cowardice . Sigh
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Seriously, @chronicle.com ? In addition to being tone deaf and insulting, this cover’s image doesn’t even represent cowardice . Sigh
It’s all fun and games until Texas starts imposing tariffs on… wait, what?
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It’s all fun and games until Texas starts imposing tariffs on… wait, what?
Today’s retreat from the horrors
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Today’s retreat from the horrors
When we can no longer tell anise from fennel we can no longer tell truth from lies. It is written
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
When we can no longer tell anise from fennel we can no longer tell truth from lies. It is written
This dog. This fucking dog. He has eaten half the socks I own and destroyed furniture and treats my office like a litter box and inhaled multiple burritos off a dinner plate … and then every night he transforms into the cutest, sweetest baby and I melt. Every time.
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This dog. This fucking dog. He has eaten half the socks I own and destroyed furniture and treats my office like a litter box and inhaled multiple burritos off a dinner plate … and then every night he transforms into the cutest, sweetest baby and I melt. Every time.
Me thinking about my theremin
October 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Me thinking about my theremin
My two sons react very differently when their mom says something wildly offensive (or as we call it for short: “says something”)
October 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
My two sons react very differently when their mom says something wildly offensive (or as we call it for short: “says something”)
Quote post an unfiltered pic and say your age: 59
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Quote post an unfiltered pic and say your age: 59
Fed up with Bluesky? Join me at FidoNet
October 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Fed up with Bluesky? Join me at FidoNet
Thank god for books, the only escape from this horrid timeline I’ve got left now that alcohol, drugs, and mania are off the table
September 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thank god for books, the only escape from this horrid timeline I’ve got left now that alcohol, drugs, and mania are off the table
Ambivalence is the engine of thought. But also sleepy-making.
September 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ambivalence is the engine of thought. But also sleepy-making.
Looks like the remaining handful of us can divvy things up now. I’ll take Radio City Music Hall and that weird ass place at the end of Nashville where everyone sang “It Don’t Worry Me.”
September 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Looks like the remaining handful of us can divvy things up now. I’ll take Radio City Music Hall and that weird ass place at the end of Nashville where everyone sang “It Don’t Worry Me.”
Usually this corner is occupied by old hippies protesting as old hippies do. But every 9/11 this guy shows up and everyone lets him have his own stage.
September 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Usually this corner is occupied by old hippies protesting as old hippies do. But every 9/11 this guy shows up and everyone lets him have his own stage.
It’s me!! I feel seen
September 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
It’s me!! I feel seen
I cannot decide what I feel about this movie. I love body horror and thought the leads and script were terrific but … the end. Is the film ultimately celebrating this as a happy ending? I fear it is 😬 #filmsky
September 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I cannot decide what I feel about this movie. I love body horror and thought the leads and script were terrific but … the end. Is the film ultimately celebrating this as a happy ending? I fear it is 😬 #filmsky
Why anyone would seek out anti-aging products in 2025 is beyond me. I'm looking for whatever will speed this shit up.
September 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Why anyone would seek out anti-aging products in 2025 is beyond me. I'm looking for whatever will speed this shit up.
Quitting Duolingo was almost as tough as kicking booze and nicotine. But dang it feels good to be free from that rapidly degenerating time trap
September 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Quitting Duolingo was almost as tough as kicking booze and nicotine. But dang it feels good to be free from that rapidly degenerating time trap
After 35 years as a humanities scholar, I can share one piece of wisdom. Each year you'll become more aware of how much you do not know. A lifetime of study atomizes intellectual hubris. It is something akin to enlightement, I suspect, & easier if you surrender fantasies of "mastery" at the door.
September 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
After 35 years as a humanities scholar, I can share one piece of wisdom. Each year you'll become more aware of how much you do not know. A lifetime of study atomizes intellectual hubris. It is something akin to enlightement, I suspect, & easier if you surrender fantasies of "mastery" at the door.
“Aw crap, guys: they’re on to us! “
September 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“Aw crap, guys: they’re on to us! “
The Jurassic Park of pedophiliac resorts. "This time it'll be great, guys! Trust me!"
August 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Jurassic Park of pedophiliac resorts. "This time it'll be great, guys! Trust me!"
I miss the old cracker
August 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I miss the old cracker
First they came for the fake civil war statues erected in the 30s to defend segregation. Then they came for Cracker Barrel’s ol’ Cracker. American culture is under assault.
August 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
First they came for the fake civil war statues erected in the 30s to defend segregation. Then they came for Cracker Barrel’s ol’ Cracker. American culture is under assault.