your buddy eric
@ericdet.bsky.social
Writing and rhetoric teacher, food cooker, dog haver.
Wrote a book called Responsible Pedagogy: https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09343-7.html
Got a website too: http://RhetEric.org/
Wrote a book called Responsible Pedagogy: https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09343-7.html
Got a website too: http://RhetEric.org/
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Rhetoricity: Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth: Afterwords
This special episode of Rhetoricity features a roundtable that also serves as the "Afterwords" for a forthcoming collection entitled Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth. That collection is edited by...
rhetoricity.libsyn.com
New ep of the Rhetoricity podcast! Super excited for this one: a roundtable on the “post-truth” world we are (or are we?) living in. Panelists include @jamesrball.com, @omediochieng.bsky.social, @rhetrickery.bsky.social, Barb Biesecker, & Robin Reames. rhetoricity.libsyn.com/rhetoric-bef... #NCA2025
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[reading about history] wow. this is just like caves of qud
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
[reading about history] wow. this is just like caves of qud
New adjustable cupholder use unlocked.
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
New adjustable cupholder use unlocked.
Guillermo del Toro’s Stinky Cheese Man
Guillermo del Toro's Fraggle Rock
Guillermo del Toro's Puffin Rock
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Guillermo del Toro’s Stinky Cheese Man
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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FIRE is not a free-speech org. It’s a right-wing group that cynically uses the 1st Amendment as a cudgel to promote its many biases, including transphobia.
It pubbed a v long piece just last year blaming trans ppl for “cancel culture”
It pubbed a v long piece just last year blaming trans ppl for “cancel culture”
These bastards went to court and filed an amicus brief supporting the creation of a constitutional right to bully trans students. This is the inevitable result. It's what they wanted, more dead trans kids.
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
FIRE is not a free-speech org. It’s a right-wing group that cynically uses the 1st Amendment as a cudgel to promote its many biases, including transphobia.
It pubbed a v long piece just last year blaming trans ppl for “cancel culture”
It pubbed a v long piece just last year blaming trans ppl for “cancel culture”
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
At last, my avatar selection is willing into being the world I have long desired. m.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Me...
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
At last, my avatar selection is willing into being the world I have long desired. m.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Me...
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I'm so impressed by @juniperdev.bsky.social's YouTube. It's like a spiritual sequel to old school Polygon videos. Bonkers that it's gotten this good in less than 2 years of existence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Me...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Me...
Studying Toad From Mario To Become One of Them
YouTube video by Juniper Dev
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm so impressed by @juniperdev.bsky.social's YouTube. It's like a spiritual sequel to old school Polygon videos. Bonkers that it's gotten this good in less than 2 years of existence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Me...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Me...
Can confirm.
The great thing about Bluesky is, everyone else is also exactly 40 years old
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Can confirm.
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
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Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
Zork is now open source
Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew...
blog.zarfhome.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
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New ep of the Rhetoricity podcast! Super excited for this one: a roundtable on the “post-truth” world we are (or are we?) living in. Panelists include @jamesrball.com, @omediochieng.bsky.social, @rhetrickery.bsky.social, Barb Biesecker, & Robin Reames. rhetoricity.libsyn.com/rhetoric-bef... #NCA2025
Rhetoricity: Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth: Afterwords
This special episode of Rhetoricity features a roundtable that also serves as the "Afterwords" for a forthcoming collection entitled Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth. That collection is edited by...
rhetoricity.libsyn.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New ep of the Rhetoricity podcast! Super excited for this one: a roundtable on the “post-truth” world we are (or are we?) living in. Panelists include @jamesrball.com, @omediochieng.bsky.social, @rhetrickery.bsky.social, Barb Biesecker, & Robin Reames. rhetoricity.libsyn.com/rhetoric-bef... #NCA2025
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
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Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
experiencing the transcendent bliss of an autumn backyard
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
experiencing the transcendent bliss of an autumn backyard
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This is a nuanced + generous conversation about "post-truth" rhetorics + rhetorics of post-truth via wider political contexts. A DREAM panel! This is the podcast version of our "afterwards" for the "Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth" collection I'm co-editing w/Scott Sundvall + Ira Allen.
New ep of the Rhetoricity podcast! Super excited for this one: a roundtable on the “post-truth” world we are (or are we?) living in. Panelists include @jamesrball.com, @omediochieng.bsky.social, @rhetrickery.bsky.social, Barb Biesecker, & Robin Reames. rhetoricity.libsyn.com/rhetoric-bef... #NCA2025
Rhetoricity: Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth: Afterwords
This special episode of Rhetoricity features a roundtable that also serves as the "Afterwords" for a forthcoming collection entitled Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth. That collection is edited by...
rhetoricity.libsyn.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is a nuanced + generous conversation about "post-truth" rhetorics + rhetorics of post-truth via wider political contexts. A DREAM panel! This is the podcast version of our "afterwards" for the "Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth" collection I'm co-editing w/Scott Sundvall + Ira Allen.
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i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
Finally out of early access, News Tower puts you in control of a Depression-era newspaper and makes you immediately question your ethics. It's surprisingly accurate, writes former actual newspaper employee @midimyers.com. www.avclub.com/news-tower-g...
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
www.avclub.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
New ep of the Rhetoricity podcast! Super excited for this one: a roundtable on the “post-truth” world we are (or are we?) living in. Panelists include @jamesrball.com, @omediochieng.bsky.social, @rhetrickery.bsky.social, Barb Biesecker, & Robin Reames. rhetoricity.libsyn.com/rhetoric-bef... #NCA2025
Rhetoricity: Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth: Afterwords
This special episode of Rhetoricity features a roundtable that also serves as the "Afterwords" for a forthcoming collection entitled Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth. That collection is edited by...
rhetoricity.libsyn.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New ep of the Rhetoricity podcast! Super excited for this one: a roundtable on the “post-truth” world we are (or are we?) living in. Panelists include @jamesrball.com, @omediochieng.bsky.social, @rhetrickery.bsky.social, Barb Biesecker, & Robin Reames. rhetoricity.libsyn.com/rhetoric-bef... #NCA2025
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if you missed it i released Another Weird Little Game today
New rpg! DAMNATIO AD BESTIAS is a game about faith, conviction and martyrdom, played with your cat. It is both a joke game and a deeply serious one. Pay what you want!
Damnatio Ad Bestias by Anna Anthropy
A game about faith and conviction for a human and a cat
w.itch.io
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
if you missed it i released Another Weird Little Game today
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NEW: Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis.
A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.
Story and ruling at the link.
A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.
Story and ruling at the link.
Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis • Tennessee Lookout
A Davidson County chancellor on Monday temporarily blocked Gov. Bill Lee from continuing to deploy the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis.
tennesseelookout.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
NEW: Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis.
A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.
Story and ruling at the link.
A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.
Story and ruling at the link.
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I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but maybe some people *should* use ChatGPT to write
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but maybe some people *should* use ChatGPT to write
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...