Ben Wetherbee ⚓❄🐝
@wetherbeephd.bsky.social
❄ English prof & WPA, Northern Michigan U
❄ rhetorical theory & history, writing, film
❄ review ed., enculturation
❄ aspiring Yooper
❄ union thug
❄ he/him
#teamrhetoric
❄ rhetorical theory & history, writing, film
❄ review ed., enculturation
❄ aspiring Yooper
❄ union thug
❄ he/him
#teamrhetoric
It's so frustrating that Drake is associated with the Athena owl, especially since he's literally named after a different bird
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
It's so frustrating that Drake is associated with the Athena owl, especially since he's literally named after a different bird
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There are strange ways contemporary language about student empowerment is resonant with toxic bootstraps individualism, and what do we do with that? Anyway, there are two chapters about MOOCs that I think set the stage for the business/ideological model of “AI.” www.psupress.org/books/titles...
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There are strange ways contemporary language about student empowerment is resonant with toxic bootstraps individualism, and what do we do with that? Anyway, there are two chapters about MOOCs that I think set the stage for the business/ideological model of “AI.” www.psupress.org/books/titles...
I can't stop laughing about the Bill Ackman "may I meet you?" thing
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I can't stop laughing about the Bill Ackman "may I meet you?" thing
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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🥱 call me when we invent a machine that can do better than Erasmus in 1512
Put writing high quality literary text on the list of things that AIs used to not be able to do but now can do
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🥱 call me when we invent a machine that can do better than Erasmus in 1512
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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This one time on Twitter, @lecagle.bsky.social asked ppl to link to 1 pub of theirs they loved, but maybe slipped under the radar. I got SO many good recs from that list, so I wanted to replicate it here: link to one of your pubs that you wish more people read/cited!
#TeamRhetoric
#AcademicSky
#TeamRhetoric
#AcademicSky
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This one time on Twitter, @lecagle.bsky.social asked ppl to link to 1 pub of theirs they loved, but maybe slipped under the radar. I got SO many good recs from that list, so I wanted to replicate it here: link to one of your pubs that you wish more people read/cited!
#TeamRhetoric
#AcademicSky
#TeamRhetoric
#AcademicSky
Tell me, tell me, tell me how you eat that tick ...
- The Cure if they were guinea fowl
- The Cure if they were guinea fowl
October 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tell me, tell me, tell me how you eat that tick ...
- The Cure if they were guinea fowl
- The Cure if they were guinea fowl
Unfortunately, I think the demon from The Exorcist is really funny.
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Unfortunately, I think the demon from The Exorcist is really funny.
Update: TIL she actually thought my name was Jon.
An FYW student named me Dr. John Wetherbee in the corner of the paper. I wonder if this was a test to see if I even read the MLA-style corner-matter.
October 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Update: TIL she actually thought my name was Jon.
October 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
An FYW student named me Dr. John Wetherbee in the corner of the paper. I wonder if this was a test to see if I even read the MLA-style corner-matter.
October 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
An FYW student named me Dr. John Wetherbee in the corner of the paper. I wonder if this was a test to see if I even read the MLA-style corner-matter.
Got some good news last night about an article I've been trying to publish (in some form or another) since 2018.
a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a desk with a national geographic poster in the background
ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a desk with a national geographic poster in the background
media.tenor.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Got some good news last night about an article I've been trying to publish (in some form or another) since 2018.
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Perhaps related. Sharon Crowley writing in 1990 about how current-traditional pedagogy does not so much teach writing but rather conformity to prescriptive essay forms.
#genai+writing #writingstudies #teamrhetoric
#genai+writing #writingstudies #teamrhetoric
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Perhaps related. Sharon Crowley writing in 1990 about how current-traditional pedagogy does not so much teach writing but rather conformity to prescriptive essay forms.
#genai+writing #writingstudies #teamrhetoric
#genai+writing #writingstudies #teamrhetoric
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Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene
RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*
A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”
Person watching on tv: well if they say so
RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*
A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”
Person watching on tv: well if they say so
September 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene
RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*
A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”
Person watching on tv: well if they say so
RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*
A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”
Person watching on tv: well if they say so
Just talked to an FYC student whose paper is theorizing a distinction between meaningful and meaningless "yapping."
Teaching writing rules.
Teaching writing rules.
September 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just talked to an FYC student whose paper is theorizing a distinction between meaningful and meaningless "yapping."
Teaching writing rules.
Teaching writing rules.
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guys, we have a tone shift
September 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
guys, we have a tone shift
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Just for fun, I'm going to give you some clips of the hate mail I got from being placed on Kirk's TPUSA Dangerous Professor list. Buckle up:
September 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just for fun, I'm going to give you some clips of the hate mail I got from being placed on Kirk's TPUSA Dangerous Professor list. Buckle up:
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"this silksong boss is so hard" and a pic is posted and this is the boss i see
September 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"this silksong boss is so hard" and a pic is posted and this is the boss i see
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An interesting thing about Silksong is the way that it combines elements of the classic Metroid and Castlevania games. Could this be the start of a new genre?
September 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
An interesting thing about Silksong is the way that it combines elements of the classic Metroid and Castlevania games. Could this be the start of a new genre?
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"legally untested"
Breaking News: The White House is moving to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers approved for foreign aid programs, using a legally untested maneuver to slash spending without congressional approval.
Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid
The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.
nyti.ms
August 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"legally untested"
Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Trailer
YouTube video by Team Cherry
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Experimenting with "integrated courseware" for the first time this term, and I'm already very annoyed and teetering on the edge of "never again"
August 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Experimenting with "integrated courseware" for the first time this term, and I'm already very annoyed and teetering on the edge of "never again"
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Turn off AI in search results. I just did this in Chrome and it works.
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
August 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Turn off AI in search results. I just did this in Chrome and it works.
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows