Jon Hegglund
@jonhegglund.bsky.social
Prof. of English, Washington State U. Minor character in Baseball Prospectus extended universe. Yes, that is a moose in my backyard.
I just typed "shitting" instead of "shifting." QED
just exchanging one email with the guy saps like 20 points from your literacy
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I just typed "shitting" instead of "shifting." QED
Reposted by Jon Hegglund
Upper class America does, in fact, know class solidarity. And that solidarity says: no accountability for me but accountability for thee.
The peons get debt they can’t service, jobs that can’t make ends meet, but when it comes time for basic accountability re: billionaire pedophilia? Nah, I’m good.
The peons get debt they can’t service, jobs that can’t make ends meet, but when it comes time for basic accountability re: billionaire pedophilia? Nah, I’m good.
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Upper class America does, in fact, know class solidarity. And that solidarity says: no accountability for me but accountability for thee.
The peons get debt they can’t service, jobs that can’t make ends meet, but when it comes time for basic accountability re: billionaire pedophilia? Nah, I’m good.
The peons get debt they can’t service, jobs that can’t make ends meet, but when it comes time for basic accountability re: billionaire pedophilia? Nah, I’m good.
find someone who loves you the way yours truly loves to modify a noun with two conjunctionally-separated adjectives
this is a brave and true post
this is a brave and true post
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
find someone who loves you the way yours truly loves to modify a noun with two conjunctionally-separated adjectives
this is a brave and true post
this is a brave and true post
the thing that we are seeing in the cold light of day, and apparently doing nothing about, is the culmination of the plot of a conspiracy film where *this* is the utterly unthinkable and evil shit that is being covered up
(and these aren't even the "bad" files)
(and these aren't even the "bad" files)
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
the thing that we are seeing in the cold light of day, and apparently doing nothing about, is the culmination of the plot of a conspiracy film where *this* is the utterly unthinkable and evil shit that is being covered up
(and these aren't even the "bad" files)
(and these aren't even the "bad" files)
me, to an editor worried that I would be offended by the tone of a reviewer's comments:
"I am not offended. No one can hate my writing more than I do."
"I am not offended. No one can hate my writing more than I do."
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
me, to an editor worried that I would be offended by the tone of a reviewer's comments:
"I am not offended. No one can hate my writing more than I do."
"I am not offended. No one can hate my writing more than I do."
reading this over and over like an incantation
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
reading this over and over like an incantation
sure I would not love it if my work emails were paraded on main but I, a humble prof at a mid-tier state university, am confident that I have never proffered an interpretation so laughably wrong
Interesting email here from Elisa New, Harvard professor and wife to Larry Summers, to Epstein, reflecting on Lolita.
"...it's about a man whose life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl."
"...it's about a man whose life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl."
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
sure I would not love it if my work emails were paraded on main but I, a humble prof at a mid-tier state university, am confident that I have never proffered an interpretation so laughably wrong
what the FUCK is going on with his comma spacing? a minor crime given his rap sheet but a crime nonetheless
All his emails read like general anesthesia is starting to kick in
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
what the FUCK is going on with his comma spacing? a minor crime given his rap sheet but a crime nonetheless
new email signoff just dropped
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
new email signoff just dropped
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
driving is now everyone playing by their own bespoke rules, in their own reality bubble, the only possible social contact through a crash
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
driving is now everyone playing by their own bespoke rules, in their own reality bubble, the only possible social contact through a crash
MTV was a mistake
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
MTV was a mistake
look, if you even contemplate betting on pitch-level outcomes you need to seek help. not kidding at all about this
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball, sportsbooks say they will limit bets on individual pitches in response to pitch rigging scandal.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
look, if you even contemplate betting on pitch-level outcomes you need to seek help. not kidding at all about this
Reposted by Jon Hegglund
All of republican governance in our lifetime has now devolved to angry white men incoherently screeching—in the halls of power and online alike—that nothing is working and they demand democrats put it back together in the exact way that republicans want or else they’ll start killing more people
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
All of republican governance in our lifetime has now devolved to angry white men incoherently screeching—in the halls of power and online alike—that nothing is working and they demand democrats put it back together in the exact way that republicans want or else they’ll start killing more people
hopping on the trendwagon
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
hopping on the trendwagon
the documentary-adjacent film Screwball, with its portrayal of Manfred and his thugs by child actors dressed in suits, gives the appropriate frame for understanding these dumb heavy-handed threats
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
the documentary-adjacent film Screwball, with its portrayal of Manfred and his thugs by child actors dressed in suits, gives the appropriate frame for understanding these dumb heavy-handed threats
me in august: sure would be a great story if Sunderland can stay up
me in november: NO NO NOT LIKE THAT
me in november: NO NO NOT LIKE THAT
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
me in august: sure would be a great story if Sunderland can stay up
me in november: NO NO NOT LIKE THAT
me in november: NO NO NOT LIKE THAT
so there was a partner dealership in SoCal with different lyrics to the same tune and I remember getting into a drunken dorm argument that almost came to blows about which version was better
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
so there was a partner dealership in SoCal with different lyrics to the same tune and I remember getting into a drunken dorm argument that almost came to blows about which version was better
in addition to the horrific details here, there is something so disgusting and repellent about the chirpy, slangy, faux-familiar cadence of the chatgpt voice. real uncanny valley simulation of human interaction and companionship. fails the voight-kampff 10/10 times
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
in addition to the horrific details here, there is something so disgusting and repellent about the chirpy, slangy, faux-familiar cadence of the chatgpt voice. real uncanny valley simulation of human interaction and companionship. fails the voight-kampff 10/10 times
this antihumanism in eco-theory, aesthetics, and politics is insane to me (and the impetus for the book I am currently writing)
It's bad manners to force the issue but in a lot of environmental advocacy (not necessarily climate), there is remarkable ambivalence about whether or not there should be people at all.
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
this antihumanism in eco-theory, aesthetics, and politics is insane to me (and the impetus for the book I am currently writing)
reformatting my CV to apply to be chair of the Department of Lazy Incuriosity and Typing Into Text Boxes Real Fast
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
reformatting my CV to apply to be chair of the Department of Lazy Incuriosity and Typing Into Text Boxes Real Fast
Post you from a different era
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Post you from a different era
RETVRN
Nabisco Rice Cream Flakes (1967-1968): Crispy rice cereal flakes coated in real freeze-dried vanilla ice cream, which was then meant to taste like eating vanilla ice cream in a sugar cone. Test marketed across New York, it was discontinued when the ice cream supplier in Oregon went out of business
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
RETVRN
in my oatmeal era, absolutely porridge-pilled, real gruel days over here
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
in my oatmeal era, absolutely porridge-pilled, real gruel days over here