Jennifer Hartshorn
@editorjen.bsky.social
Godless New England liberal intellectual.
Retired TRPG/larp designer (Wraith: The Oblivion, Vampire: The Dark Ages). Opinionated academic.
TRPGs, higher ed, writing studies, cats, larp, IRLs. Everybody else, scroll on by.
Retired TRPG/larp designer (Wraith: The Oblivion, Vampire: The Dark Ages). Opinionated academic.
TRPGs, higher ed, writing studies, cats, larp, IRLs. Everybody else, scroll on by.
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Jennifer Hartshorn
@editorjen.bsky.social
· Jan 19
New bio because I picked up folks from another aspect of my life!
Associate Dir. of Academic Resources for an art & design university that prefers to remain anonymous. PhD student in English. Opinionated about FYC, interested in Bus/Pro/Tech Writing, genre studies, interactive fiction, vis rhet.
Associate Dir. of Academic Resources for an art & design university that prefers to remain anonymous. PhD student in English. Opinionated about FYC, interested in Bus/Pro/Tech Writing, genre studies, interactive fiction, vis rhet.
FFS. This should be illegal.
Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
FFS. This should be illegal.
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It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
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Some traveller once told me
He's from a land so old he
Saw a pair of vast and trunkless legs
Near them on the sand
An expression of command
The sneering visage on a half-sunk head
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Lone level sands to horizon running
He's from a land so old he
Saw a pair of vast and trunkless legs
Near them on the sand
An expression of command
The sneering visage on a half-sunk head
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Lone level sands to horizon running
my name is Oz
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
Ozyman, Ozyman-
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Some traveller once told me
He's from a land so old he
Saw a pair of vast and trunkless legs
Near them on the sand
An expression of command
The sneering visage on a half-sunk head
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Lone level sands to horizon running
He's from a land so old he
Saw a pair of vast and trunkless legs
Near them on the sand
An expression of command
The sneering visage on a half-sunk head
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Lone level sands to horizon running
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Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
Your Brain’s Memory of a Story Depends on How It Was Told
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
www.scientificamerican.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
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Since this article is making the rounds again, I guess this is a good moment as any to plug my book (despite me feeling super weird about self promotion), as I describe these dynamics in (some would argue) excruciating detail.
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Since this article is making the rounds again, I guess this is a good moment as any to plug my book (despite me feeling super weird about self promotion), as I describe these dynamics in (some would argue) excruciating detail.
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"The University of Chicago’s architecture once paid homage to the medieval trivium and quadrivium—the bedrock of the liberal arts. Now it pays homage only to money."
wrote briefly about architecture and the situation at u Chicago www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?
The answer is simple: to spend untold sums on useless buildings by starchitects.
www.thenation.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"The University of Chicago’s architecture once paid homage to the medieval trivium and quadrivium—the bedrock of the liberal arts. Now it pays homage only to money."
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Atlanta” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS in Atlanta · No Kings
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and o...
www.mobilize.us
October 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Atlanta” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.
October 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.
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If you allow a government to break the law because of an “emergency”, it will create an emergency to break the law.
October 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If you allow a government to break the law because of an “emergency”, it will create an emergency to break the law.
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I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.
September 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.
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Yf you are walkinge arounde and you see i) a squirrel or ii) a crowe or iii) a catte, you muste saye "hey buddy" these are the rules
September 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yf you are walkinge arounde and you see i) a squirrel or ii) a crowe or iii) a catte, you muste saye "hey buddy" these are the rules
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Cheeres to my catte. What a lovelye litel guy.
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Cheeres to my catte. What a lovelye litel guy.
Three things I could talk about for *three hours* with no prep? I'm going to assume that's internet hyperbole. I think in smaller chunks, like an hour.
* Broadway musicals of the 50s-90s
* Why Kit Marlowe is the coolest figure in English Lit
* Principals of live-combat larp design
* Broadway musicals of the 50s-90s
* Why Kit Marlowe is the coolest figure in English Lit
* Principals of live-combat larp design
September 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Three things I could talk about for *three hours* with no prep? I'm going to assume that's internet hyperbole. I think in smaller chunks, like an hour.
* Broadway musicals of the 50s-90s
* Why Kit Marlowe is the coolest figure in English Lit
* Principals of live-combat larp design
* Broadway musicals of the 50s-90s
* Why Kit Marlowe is the coolest figure in English Lit
* Principals of live-combat larp design
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Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent more on administrative costs than on health care.
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent more on administrative costs than on health care.
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Disney is getting trolled so hard and ngl, I am here for it.
September 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Disney is getting trolled so hard and ngl, I am here for it.
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I saw goody proctor celebrating charlie kirk’s assassination
September 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I saw goody proctor celebrating charlie kirk’s assassination
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Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
When my computer serves up content I didn't ask for, but it's in my wheelhouse, I tolerate it.
And then it gives me this.
And then it gives me this.
September 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When my computer serves up content I didn't ask for, but it's in my wheelhouse, I tolerate it.
And then it gives me this.
And then it gives me this.
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This week's news:
* many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls
* POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women
* he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats
Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."
* many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls
* POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women
* he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats
Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This week's news:
* many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls
* POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women
* he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats
Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."
* many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls
* POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women
* he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats
Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."
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- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked