Jake Wright
@bcnjake.bsky.social
Philosopher, husband, dad, teacher, "leftist," potty-mouth, and pedagogical chaos agent. Aspiring to be the C.M. Punk of higher education. Distinguished, or so I'm told.
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Jake Wright
@bcnjake.bsky.social
· Sep 27
"There's no ethical use case for AI in the classroom" has become my personal Carthago delenda est.
I even take time to explain to my students how we won't use it in class because it's dehumanizing. To their credit, they seem to get it.
CETERUM AUTEM CENSEO INTELLIGENTIA ARTIFICIALIS ESSE DELENDAM
I even take time to explain to my students how we won't use it in class because it's dehumanizing. To their credit, they seem to get it.
CETERUM AUTEM CENSEO INTELLIGENTIA ARTIFICIALIS ESSE DELENDAM
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene
My 8YO has discovered Power Wash Simulator 2 and is texting me play-by-play of my wife playing it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My 8YO has discovered Power Wash Simulator 2 and is texting me play-by-play of my wife playing it.
Every year for Thanksgiving, my parents would let each of us pick one food for Thanksgiving dinner, no questions asked. Mine was popcorn.
Whats’s yours?
Whats’s yours?
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Every year for Thanksgiving, my parents would let each of us pick one food for Thanksgiving dinner, no questions asked. Mine was popcorn.
Whats’s yours?
Whats’s yours?
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Hey y'all, check this out and if you're able and so inclined, help support a student trying to complete their education.
This is personal for me. When I was in college, my grants were cut. I needed to leave school, but the president of the university, Tom Kean, paid for my tuitions for the rest of my time there. I want to pay it forward to my student, but do not have the means to do it by myself. gofund.me/fa4a2893d
Donate to Support a Talented Student's Future, organized by Steven Strafford
Hello, everyone!
In case you're reading this and don't know me, my name i… Steven Strafford needs your support for Support a Talented Student's Future
gofund.me
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hey y'all, check this out and if you're able and so inclined, help support a student trying to complete their education.
My dad is in the hospital after 14 hours of emergency surgery for an aortic rupture on Sunday. My mom has made noises about not putting Christmas up. I’m coordinating with my brothers, SIL, and niblings to get stuff up. In deference to the holiday and the Martian, I’m calling it: PROJECT ELFROND.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My dad is in the hospital after 14 hours of emergency surgery for an aortic rupture on Sunday. My mom has made noises about not putting Christmas up. I’m coordinating with my brothers, SIL, and niblings to get stuff up. In deference to the holiday and the Martian, I’m calling it: PROJECT ELFROND.
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
No, no. THIS is the objectively correct Star Wars ranking:
1) Empire
2) Rogue One
3) Raiders of the Lost Ark
4) Sleepless in Seattle
5) Pacific Rim
6) Last Jedi
7) The Silence of the Lambs
8) Transformers (1984)
9) Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory
10) This Island Earth
11) Rise of Skywalker
1) Empire
2) Rogue One
3) Raiders of the Lost Ark
4) Sleepless in Seattle
5) Pacific Rim
6) Last Jedi
7) The Silence of the Lambs
8) Transformers (1984)
9) Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory
10) This Island Earth
11) Rise of Skywalker
Objectively correct ranking:
1. ANH
2. TLJ
3. R1
4. ESB
5. ROTJ
6. Solo
7. ROTS
8. TPM
… a long gap…
9. AOTC
10. TFA
…another long gap…
11. COCAEA
12. ETBE
…the longest gap…
13. Holiday Special
14. TROS
1. ANH
2. TLJ
3. R1
4. ESB
5. ROTJ
6. Solo
7. ROTS
8. TPM
… a long gap…
9. AOTC
10. TFA
…another long gap…
11. COCAEA
12. ETBE
…the longest gap…
13. Holiday Special
14. TROS
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
No, no. THIS is the objectively correct Star Wars ranking:
1) Empire
2) Rogue One
3) Raiders of the Lost Ark
4) Sleepless in Seattle
5) Pacific Rim
6) Last Jedi
7) The Silence of the Lambs
8) Transformers (1984)
9) Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory
10) This Island Earth
11) Rise of Skywalker
1) Empire
2) Rogue One
3) Raiders of the Lost Ark
4) Sleepless in Seattle
5) Pacific Rim
6) Last Jedi
7) The Silence of the Lambs
8) Transformers (1984)
9) Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory
10) This Island Earth
11) Rise of Skywalker
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
The first rule of Fight Club is you get a story in the New York Times talking about Fight Club.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The first rule of Fight Club is you get a story in the New York Times talking about Fight Club.
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they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.
The men’s locker room at the Rochester Athletic Club… uh… does *not* have this problem.
“Today, the only naked bodies that many Americans will likely ever see are their own, a partner’s, or those on a screen. Gone are our unvarnished points of physical comparison — the ordinary, unposed figures of other people.” [theatlantic.com]
The End of Naked Locker Rooms
What we lose when casual nudity disappears
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The men’s locker room at the Rochester Athletic Club… uh… does *not* have this problem.
I love that Bluesky is a place of such tremendous compassion and also a place where the people showing that compassion have handles that sing to me in the voice of Drunk Jimmy Stewart. This is a world I can get behind.
It helps to lighten the load and share it with someone who understands.
Reach out. My base rate is $40 for a call/text exchange where we work through the situation and give you information and a sounding board. For most people that’s all they need.
You’re not alone and people do care. 2/e
Reach out. My base rate is $40 for a call/text exchange where we work through the situation and give you information and a sounding board. For most people that’s all they need.
You’re not alone and people do care. 2/e
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I love that Bluesky is a place of such tremendous compassion and also a place where the people showing that compassion have handles that sing to me in the voice of Drunk Jimmy Stewart. This is a world I can get behind.
Yesterday, I woke up with a plan to bring the deck furniture into the garage. Instead, the universe decided I was coming to St. Louis (again) for a family medical emergency (again).
This visit’s shenanigans: a leaky aorta that led to 13 hours of emergency surgery.
Less interesting times, please.
This visit’s shenanigans: a leaky aorta that led to 13 hours of emergency surgery.
Less interesting times, please.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yesterday, I woke up with a plan to bring the deck furniture into the garage. Instead, the universe decided I was coming to St. Louis (again) for a family medical emergency (again).
This visit’s shenanigans: a leaky aorta that led to 13 hours of emergency surgery.
Less interesting times, please.
This visit’s shenanigans: a leaky aorta that led to 13 hours of emergency surgery.
Less interesting times, please.
That "fuckin' nobody"... is John Wick. He once was an associate of ours. They call him "Charlie Brown."
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
That "fuckin' nobody"... is John Wick. He once was an associate of ours. They call him "Charlie Brown."
KANT: To be human is to be rational. Indeed, the degree to which you choose rationally reflects the degree to which you adhere to the moral law.
ME, ALSO A PHILOSOPHER: Students, did I ever tell you about the time my friend set his tongue on fire?
ME, ALSO A PHILOSOPHER: Students, did I ever tell you about the time my friend set his tongue on fire?
Aristotle: humans are the rational animal.
Humans: lol okay buddy, we'll see about that.
Humans: lol okay buddy, we'll see about that.
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
KANT: To be human is to be rational. Indeed, the degree to which you choose rationally reflects the degree to which you adhere to the moral law.
ME, ALSO A PHILOSOPHER: Students, did I ever tell you about the time my friend set his tongue on fire?
ME, ALSO A PHILOSOPHER: Students, did I ever tell you about the time my friend set his tongue on fire?
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West Point is committing "a crime of serious proportion" then.
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
West Point is committing "a crime of serious proportion" then.
I’m 100% serious about this, and if you think I’m wrong, go watch Thunderbolts, where the villain is literally defeated with an emotional group hug. Watch Wakanda where the central dramatic tension revolves around whether Shuri will let grief consume her and become like Namor and Killmonger.
I’m firmly convinced that the best Marvel movies are Marvel movies that are about Something instead of formulaic CGI smashfests.
Like, surprise! Thunderbolts is actually about finding acceptance, Guardians is actually about found family, and Wakanda Forever is about grief. And they’re pretty good.
Like, surprise! Thunderbolts is actually about finding acceptance, Guardians is actually about found family, and Wakanda Forever is about grief. And they’re pretty good.
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I’m 100% serious about this, and if you think I’m wrong, go watch Thunderbolts, where the villain is literally defeated with an emotional group hug. Watch Wakanda where the central dramatic tension revolves around whether Shuri will let grief consume her and become like Namor and Killmonger.
Hello. I am a professional philosopher. Anyone who tells you Plato’s Republic is a manual is actually a fascist & you should run not walk in the other direction.
Literally, it’s an authoritarian state where children are kidnapped at birth and forced into state-determined roles. It’s not the ideal.
Literally, it’s an authoritarian state where children are kidnapped at birth and forced into state-determined roles. It’s not the ideal.
plato's republic is not a manual
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hello. I am a professional philosopher. Anyone who tells you Plato’s Republic is a manual is actually a fascist & you should run not walk in the other direction.
Literally, it’s an authoritarian state where children are kidnapped at birth and forced into state-determined roles. It’s not the ideal.
Literally, it’s an authoritarian state where children are kidnapped at birth and forced into state-determined roles. It’s not the ideal.
It's been seven hours and 13 days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night & sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothin I said nothin can take away these blues
Since you took your love away
I go out every night & sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothin I said nothin can take away these blues
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It's been seven hours and 13 days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night & sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothin I said nothin can take away these blues
Since you took your love away
I go out every night & sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothin I said nothin can take away these blues
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Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too
NEW YORK—Faced with backlash against comments she made last week downplaying the sex trafficking crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, an anxious Megyn Kelly appeared on her podcast Monday waiting for everyone e...
theonion.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too
Once again exploring ways to resubscribe to @washingtonpost.com just so I can unsubscribe again.
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Once again exploring ways to resubscribe to @washingtonpost.com just so I can unsubscribe again.
Can you canonize someone while they’re alive?
THE POPE HAS THROWN A RAVE
I am now experiencing FOMO about the Pope's rave
god, cyberpunk novels of my teenagerhood weren't weird ENOUGH
I am now experiencing FOMO about the Pope's rave
god, cyberpunk novels of my teenagerhood weren't weird ENOUGH
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Can you canonize someone while they’re alive?
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Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
I actually talked about this yesterday in—of all places—my Philosophy and Videogames class. Gamifying leads to value capture, which leads to simplification, which leads to pursuing simplified ends (i.e., shallow learning).
The best part? My students told that whole story without me. I did nothing.
The best part? My students told that whole story without me. I did nothing.
Problem is: Neither our work culture nor our education culture incentivizes deep learning. Instead, we're incentivized to economize--to learn only what's needed to finish the task or get the answer right on the test.
So, people use ChatGPT, even when they know they could learn more by other means.
So, people use ChatGPT, even when they know they could learn more by other means.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I actually talked about this yesterday in—of all places—my Philosophy and Videogames class. Gamifying leads to value capture, which leads to simplification, which leads to pursuing simplified ends (i.e., shallow learning).
The best part? My students told that whole story without me. I did nothing.
The best part? My students told that whole story without me. I did nothing.