Jared Gardner
@guttergeek.bsky.social
Prof of lit & media. University Senate Secretary. Buckeye. Higher ed defender, academic freedom militant. Hobbies include music, plants & counting pills. 🥄😵💫⚡️ 🕎 Opinions mine
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Jared Gardner
@guttergeek.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Towards a Human-Powered AI
Part 2. AI, Take the Wheel
This is part of a series of meditations on the crisis and opportunities presented by AI in higher education and beyond. I use AI. I am fascinated by it. I also believe that...
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New post on @campus-novel.bsky.social where I continue to try and think my way through the hype, promise, and existential threat posed by AI, in higher education and beyond. campus-novel.ghost.io/towards-a-hu...
I ship Sam the Butcher and Horshack. I'm tired of hiding in the shadows, knowing there are surely legions who share my passion
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I ship Sam the Butcher and Horshack. I'm tired of hiding in the shadows, knowing there are surely legions who share my passion
I got : pit, ass, and bye ☹️
the first 3 words you see will define your 2026 😭
Money
New car
Pussy
Money
New car
Pussy
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I got : pit, ass, and bye ☹️
Looking for a pumpkin pie recipe which doesn’t have any pumpkins but maybe apples or cherries instead
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Looking for a pumpkin pie recipe which doesn’t have any pumpkins but maybe apples or cherries instead
We did not have the very concept of “illegal immigration” before 1924. We did not have ICE before 2023. Time to abolish both so we can reverse course on what has been a moving sidewalk carrying us seemingly irrevocably towards fascism.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We did not have the very concept of “illegal immigration” before 1924. We did not have ICE before 2023. Time to abolish both so we can reverse course on what has been a moving sidewalk carrying us seemingly irrevocably towards fascism.
Oh 2020s: don’t stop being you
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Oh 2020s: don’t stop being you
Until an AI model is paralyzed by imposter syndrome, no AI company can honestly declare it to be intelligent.
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Until an AI model is paralyzed by imposter syndrome, no AI company can honestly declare it to be intelligent.
Stop wasting time learning, writing, drawing, reading, & thinking! Let AI do it for you, so you can focus on what really matters. We're not sure what it is, but DEFINITELY no learning, writing, drawing, reading, or thinking involved. How fun for you to get to figure it out!
--AI ad copy proposal #1
--AI ad copy proposal #1
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Stop wasting time learning, writing, drawing, reading, & thinking! Let AI do it for you, so you can focus on what really matters. We're not sure what it is, but DEFINITELY no learning, writing, drawing, reading, or thinking involved. How fun for you to get to figure it out!
--AI ad copy proposal #1
--AI ad copy proposal #1
As i approach my 60th i can testify that it is not preordained that older men become reactionary bullies. Turns out that applies only to the ones who worked hard to pretend they weren’t utter shit when they were younger. As they age they grow resentful of making the effort & become their true selves
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
As i approach my 60th i can testify that it is not preordained that older men become reactionary bullies. Turns out that applies only to the ones who worked hard to pretend they weren’t utter shit when they were younger. As they age they grow resentful of making the effort & become their true selves
Department retreat
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Department retreat
"I bet now you’d kill for a senior thesis based on my free, multilingual, publicly cited, text-based articles, motherfucker."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"I bet now you’d kill for a senior thesis based on my free, multilingual, publicly cited, text-based articles, motherfucker."
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There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations
The NY Times is as limber as a contortionist in how it twists its headline away from pointing the finger in the right direction. The student is the one “attacked”? Because he bragged about getting ICE to arrest people at a local car wash and was criticized (and also lauded) online as a result
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The NY Times is as limber as a contortionist in how it twists its headline away from pointing the finger in the right direction. The student is the one “attacked”? Because he bragged about getting ICE to arrest people at a local car wash and was criticized (and also lauded) online as a result
THIS is the reason? A flippant joke about an article about Johnny Cash using the most famous lyrics by {checks notes} Johnny Cash? And they wipe off her entire account? Fuck that. gizmodo.com/bluesky-is-c...
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
THIS is the reason? A flippant joke about an article about Johnny Cash using the most famous lyrics by {checks notes} Johnny Cash? And they wipe off her entire account? Fuck that. gizmodo.com/bluesky-is-c...
Growing up in Brooklyn in the 70s, I thought the "jewish question" was "Why are jews so awesome?" The only thing I miss about the 70s was that delusion.
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Growing up in Brooklyn in the 70s, I thought the "jewish question" was "Why are jews so awesome?" The only thing I miss about the 70s was that delusion.
Suspending a respected journalist, author, and historian—especially one who is also a public critic of the ruling powers—demands an explanation to the community. It is a really bad move, unless Bluesky is trying to join the groveling obeisance train. @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Suspending a respected journalist, author, and historian—especially one who is also a public critic of the ruling powers—demands an explanation to the community. It is a really bad move, unless Bluesky is trying to join the groveling obeisance train. @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team
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But… what if what is in my pants is soup cubes? Just, y’know, theoretically
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
But… what if what is in my pants is soup cubes? Just, y’know, theoretically
Same
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Same
Seriously, @chronicle.com ? In addition to being tone deaf and insulting, this cover’s image doesn’t even represent cowardice . Sigh
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Seriously, @chronicle.com ? In addition to being tone deaf and insulting, this cover’s image doesn’t even represent cowardice . Sigh
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If you are a sexual predator who hasn’t yet been able to endorse Cuomo, STAY IN LINE!
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If you are a sexual predator who hasn’t yet been able to endorse Cuomo, STAY IN LINE!
It’s all fun and games until Texas starts imposing tariffs on… wait, what?
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It’s all fun and games until Texas starts imposing tariffs on… wait, what?
Mamdani born to the wealth and privilege of being the son of an indie film director. Unlike our workingclasss hero Andrew Cuomo who was only born to the wealth and privilege that comes from being born into a corrupt political dynasty. It is like David v Goliath
Another abominable editorial from the Wash Post
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Mamdani born to the wealth and privilege of being the son of an indie film director. Unlike our workingclasss hero Andrew Cuomo who was only born to the wealth and privilege that comes from being born into a corrupt political dynasty. It is like David v Goliath
Today’s retreat from the horrors
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Today’s retreat from the horrors
Reposted by Jared Gardner
Reposted by Jared Gardner
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
When we can no longer tell anise from fennel we can no longer tell truth from lies. It is written
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
When we can no longer tell anise from fennel we can no longer tell truth from lies. It is written