Michael J. Steudeman
@msteudeman.bsky.social
rhetoric, education, neurodiversity, dad humor
Instead of "cognitive schemas," we should call them "inferstructures"
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Instead of "cognitive schemas," we should call them "inferstructures"
What Star Wars hill am I willing to die on? I get this question a lot. I’d have to say the peak of Mount Umate on Coruscant, the only visible part of the city-planet’s surface.
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
What Star Wars hill am I willing to die on? I get this question a lot. I’d have to say the peak of Mount Umate on Coruscant, the only visible part of the city-planet’s surface.
While we change the DoD to the “Department of War,” they ought to rename HHS the “Department of Pestilence” and the USDA the “Department of Famine.”
September 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
While we change the DoD to the “Department of War,” they ought to rename HHS the “Department of Pestilence” and the USDA the “Department of Famine.”
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Look what I got in the mail yesterday! @msteudeman.bsky.social’s excellent new book from @upmississippi.bsky.social about the role of feeling in Reconstruction Era education reforms.
If you’re feeling jealous, you can get your own copy here: lnkd.in/gJxWTA8h
If you’re feeling jealous, you can get your own copy here: lnkd.in/gJxWTA8h
August 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Look what I got in the mail yesterday! @msteudeman.bsky.social’s excellent new book from @upmississippi.bsky.social about the role of feeling in Reconstruction Era education reforms.
If you’re feeling jealous, you can get your own copy here: lnkd.in/gJxWTA8h
If you’re feeling jealous, you can get your own copy here: lnkd.in/gJxWTA8h
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Michael Steudeman joins @NPR’s Throughline to explore the 19th-century roots of the Dept. of Education—drawing from his upcoming book ABSENCE OF NATIONAL FEELING. Listen + catch the book mention at the end!
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June 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Michael Steudeman joins @NPR’s Throughline to explore the 19th-century roots of the Dept. of Education—drawing from his upcoming book ABSENCE OF NATIONAL FEELING. Listen + catch the book mention at the end!
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#UPMississippi #Throughline #EducationHistory
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#UPMississippi #Throughline #EducationHistory
I am playing Cyberpunk 2077, wishing it was Steampunk 1877
June 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I am playing Cyberpunk 2077, wishing it was Steampunk 1877
In today’s episode of Throughline from @npr.org, I discuss the post-Civil War Department of Education and its vexing legacy. The producers and voice actors did a fantastic job of bringing this research to life! www.npr.org/2025/06/12/1...
The First Department of Education : Throughline
Whose job is it to educate Americans? Congress created the first Department of Education just after the Civil War as a way to help reunify a broken country. A year later, it was basically shut down. B...
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June 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In today’s episode of Throughline from @npr.org, I discuss the post-Civil War Department of Education and its vexing legacy. The producers and voice actors did a fantastic job of bringing this research to life! www.npr.org/2025/06/12/1...
What I love most about archival research is that it’s the closest I’ll ever get to planning a heist. You have only the vaguest sense of what things will look like, and you have only a short time to get in, get the goods, and get out. A thrill ride start-to-finish!
April 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What I love most about archival research is that it’s the closest I’ll ever get to planning a heist. You have only the vaguest sense of what things will look like, and you have only a short time to get in, get the goods, and get out. A thrill ride start-to-finish!
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You’re publishing a book about how campus activists pose a threat to democracy while those activists are being disappeared and deported. The rise of the Third Reich doesn’t obviate study of the Weimar Republic but it maybe does obviate asking whether the victims had it coming
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You’re publishing a book about how campus activists pose a threat to democracy while those activists are being disappeared and deported. The rise of the Third Reich doesn’t obviate study of the Weimar Republic but it maybe does obviate asking whether the victims had it coming
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Just to be clear, this post earlier is now a crime
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April 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just to be clear, this post earlier is now a crime
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Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6
April 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6
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This healed something in me
April 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This healed something in me
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Remember SignalGate?
(One of Trump's superpowers is being involved in so many scandals all the time that very few of them end up having staying power beyond a news cycle or two.)
(One of Trump's superpowers is being involved in so many scandals all the time that very few of them end up having staying power beyond a news cycle or two.)
April 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Remember SignalGate?
(One of Trump's superpowers is being involved in so many scandals all the time that very few of them end up having staying power beyond a news cycle or two.)
(One of Trump's superpowers is being involved in so many scandals all the time that very few of them end up having staying power beyond a news cycle or two.)
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The death of due process is the most egregious assault on human rights protections in any democracy. Without it, democracy simply does not exist. Call your senators, call your reps. Call the governor, call your HOA for all I care, but please make noise for the people they're trying to disappear.
April 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The death of due process is the most egregious assault on human rights protections in any democracy. Without it, democracy simply does not exist. Call your senators, call your reps. Call the governor, call your HOA for all I care, but please make noise for the people they're trying to disappear.
Today on walkies, Hodges the hound was pooping when a schnauzer had the AUDACITY to walk by him. Barking furiously, Hodges stepped in his fresh feces and slipped. The other dog carried on walking, paying him no notice.
Anyway, I thought it was a good metaphor for US trade policy this past week.
Anyway, I thought it was a good metaphor for US trade policy this past week.
April 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today on walkies, Hodges the hound was pooping when a schnauzer had the AUDACITY to walk by him. Barking furiously, Hodges stepped in his fresh feces and slipped. The other dog carried on walking, paying him no notice.
Anyway, I thought it was a good metaphor for US trade policy this past week.
Anyway, I thought it was a good metaphor for US trade policy this past week.
DJT’s war on public servants will decimate the Washington, DC local economy. The consequences will not be unlike when a massive factory leaves town or a corporation moves their headquarters to another city. abcnews.go.com/US/agencies-...
Here are all the federal agencies where workers are being fired
In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at a number of agencies have had their roles slashed.
abcnews.go.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
DJT’s war on public servants will decimate the Washington, DC local economy. The consequences will not be unlike when a massive factory leaves town or a corporation moves their headquarters to another city. abcnews.go.com/US/agencies-...
my most frequent google search for the past year is almost certainly “elmo brushy brush” (toddler parent 👋)
March 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
my most frequent google search for the past year is almost certainly “elmo brushy brush” (toddler parent 👋)
This guy had great hand-eye coordination
March 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This guy had great hand-eye coordination
Sesame Street is just propaganda for books
February 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Sesame Street is just propaganda for books
Bring back the Whig Party
February 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Bring back the Whig Party
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"What are we supposed to do, we don't control Congress"
"What are we supposed to do, we don't have a supermajority"
"What are we supposed to do, our supermajority has moderate democrats"
"What are we supposed to do, we don't have a supermajority"
"What are we supposed to do, our supermajority has moderate democrats"
February 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"What are we supposed to do, we don't control Congress"
"What are we supposed to do, we don't have a supermajority"
"What are we supposed to do, our supermajority has moderate democrats"
"What are we supposed to do, we don't have a supermajority"
"What are we supposed to do, our supermajority has moderate democrats"
Who the hell is Al and why is he writing all my students’ papers for them?
February 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Who the hell is Al and why is he writing all my students’ papers for them?
Trump combines the worst traits of all our presidents:
• Jackson’s cruelty & destructiveness
• Johnson’s amnesty for white supremacists
• McKinley’s imperialism
• Wilson’s racist purges
• FDR’s internment camps
• Eisenhower’s Lavender Scare & mass deportations
• Nixon’s red-baiting resentments
• Jackson’s cruelty & destructiveness
• Johnson’s amnesty for white supremacists
• McKinley’s imperialism
• Wilson’s racist purges
• FDR’s internment camps
• Eisenhower’s Lavender Scare & mass deportations
• Nixon’s red-baiting resentments
February 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Trump combines the worst traits of all our presidents:
• Jackson’s cruelty & destructiveness
• Johnson’s amnesty for white supremacists
• McKinley’s imperialism
• Wilson’s racist purges
• FDR’s internment camps
• Eisenhower’s Lavender Scare & mass deportations
• Nixon’s red-baiting resentments
• Jackson’s cruelty & destructiveness
• Johnson’s amnesty for white supremacists
• McKinley’s imperialism
• Wilson’s racist purges
• FDR’s internment camps
• Eisenhower’s Lavender Scare & mass deportations
• Nixon’s red-baiting resentments
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The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem