Jacob Babb
@jacobbabb.bsky.social
Writing professor, horror reader, mandolin player. I publish about writing program administration, writing pedagogy, and horror film and literature.
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This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
Hey, look at this great book! I bet smart people worked on this one.
It's officially Labor Day weekend 🎉 so I'm gonna post some books you should read, starting with this collection on negotiating my fave type of labor to talk about (emotional labor) in Writing Program Admin tinyurl.com/3969tus6
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University Press of Colorado - The Things We Carry
Strategies for Recognizing and Negotiating Emotional Labor in Writing Program Administration foreword by Laura Micciche “Not only is this collection important and timely, but it is also a joy to read....
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September 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hey, look at this great book! I bet smart people worked on this one.
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Happy Texas Chainsaw Massacre Day to all those who celebrate 🍖
August 18, 2023 at 1:51 PM
Happy Texas Chainsaw Massacre Day to all those who celebrate 🍖
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
"Thank goodness we’re simultaneously experimenting on millions of students. This is a very good way to generate reliable data.
A large language model would have a hard time detecting the sarcasm in that previous sentence, but I hope it’s clear to my human readers."
A large language model would have a hard time detecting the sarcasm in that previous sentence, but I hope it’s clear to my human readers."
I am baffled by some of the unevidenced leaps higher ed institutions are making toward AI. CalState and Ohio St. are acting nuts, IMO. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Higher Ed Should Be Very Cautious About AI “Partnerships”
I don’t know what Cal State and Ohio State are thinking. Maybe that’s the problem—not enough thinking.
www.insidehighered.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Thank goodness we’re simultaneously experimenting on millions of students. This is a very good way to generate reliable data.
A large language model would have a hard time detecting the sarcasm in that previous sentence, but I hope it’s clear to my human readers."
A large language model would have a hard time detecting the sarcasm in that previous sentence, but I hope it’s clear to my human readers."
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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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Wrote a thing because I want to yell at writers and anyone who works sitting down to take care of themselves. Thanks for reading!
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/basic-fitn...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/basic-fitn...
Basic fitness for writers
No, seriously!
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wrote a thing because I want to yell at writers and anyone who works sitting down to take care of themselves. Thanks for reading!
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/basic-fitn...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/basic-fitn...
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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So excited about this book! I just heard @kashana.bsky.social describe student loans as a way to punish the working class for trying to better themselves. Which is, obviously, why we need to do heists to get rid of student debt!
Can a Black woman who’s drowning in student debt join up with her mall coworkers to defeat the Debt Police and destroy their student loan company by pulling off the heist of a lifetime? Find out in The Payback, out July 15, 2025, preorder now: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pa...
May 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
So excited about this book! I just heard @kashana.bsky.social describe student loans as a way to punish the working class for trying to better themselves. Which is, obviously, why we need to do heists to get rid of student debt!
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History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
May 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
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"Federal agencies would be instructed to take steps to train students in using AI...The agencies would also be asked to partner with the private sector...All educators should undergo professional development to integrate AI into all subject areas, the draft order says."
Draft executive order outlines plan to integrate AI into K-12 schools
A policy under consideration by the White House and seen by The Post instructs federal agencies on how to incorporate artificial intelligence into classrooms.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Federal agencies would be instructed to take steps to train students in using AI...The agencies would also be asked to partner with the private sector...All educators should undergo professional development to integrate AI into all subject areas, the draft order says."
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GOP court decision overturning Democratic victory in North Carolina Supreme Court race is 5 alarm fire for democracy. It’s January 6 without the insurrection. Make no mistake, if GOP succeeds in stealing election in NC, they’ll use that playbook everywhere www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Republicans are stealing a North Carolina judicial race. They won't stop there.
It's January 6 without the insurrection.
www.motherjones.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
GOP court decision overturning Democratic victory in North Carolina Supreme Court race is 5 alarm fire for democracy. It’s January 6 without the insurrection. Make no mistake, if GOP succeeds in stealing election in NC, they’ll use that playbook everywhere www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Education is under attack. All who stand for the freedom and flourishing of the US postsecondary education system can sign on to a statement affirming and committing to core values that shape education. Read: bit.ly/DemocracyAnd...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #DisabilityStudies #DisabledInAcademia
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #DisabilityStudies #DisabledInAcademia
Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education
Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher educ...
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March 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Education is under attack. All who stand for the freedom and flourishing of the US postsecondary education system can sign on to a statement affirming and committing to core values that shape education. Read: bit.ly/DemocracyAnd...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #DisabilityStudies #DisabledInAcademia
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #DisabilityStudies #DisabledInAcademia
Schumer a few weeks down the road, probably: “Okay, so he defied the Supreme Court. Big deal.”
Schumer: "If he defies the Supreme Court, then we are in uncharted territory ... our entire democracy is at risk. I believe that if Donald Trump should defy the courts, the public will rise up. Democrats will fight it in every single way ... autocrats only succeed if the public lets them."
March 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Schumer a few weeks down the road, probably: “Okay, so he defied the Supreme Court. Big deal.”
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every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
Which is why they want to destroy it.
The Department of Education was created to give all students — no matter their income, geographical region or disability status — a quality education and a fair shot at getting ahead.
March 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Which is why they want to destroy it.
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Good time to remember that an executive order is not a law and that multiple other EOs of this corrupt regime have already been blocked by the courts.
BREAKING: Donald Trump signs illegal executive order aimed at eliminating the Department of Education.
March 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Good time to remember that an executive order is not a law and that multiple other EOs of this corrupt regime have already been blocked by the courts.
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“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
@msnbc.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
@msnbc.com
“Because what we are witnessing is not just an attack on academia or a set of fiscal reforms or a painful political rebalancing. It is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist. We may not yet know its full cost, but we will feel its consequences for decades.”
«the very concept of the research university as an autonomous institution is under direct attack. The shift is stark. If, during the Cold War, the government funded universities as a way of strengthening America, Mr. Trump … treats them as a threat to be dismantled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities (Gift Article)
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Because what we are witnessing is not just an attack on academia or a set of fiscal reforms or a painful political rebalancing. It is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist. We may not yet know its full cost, but we will feel its consequences for decades.”
After I literally just said I wasn’t giving a dime to the Democratic Party for the foreseeable future, this text arrives. The nerve to ask for money after 10 Dem senators voted yes on cloture today.
March 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
After I literally just said I wasn’t giving a dime to the Democratic Party for the foreseeable future, this text arrives. The nerve to ask for money after 10 Dem senators voted yes on cloture today.
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We want Democrats to play hardball and use their leverage to stop the Trump-Musk coup.
March 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
We want Democrats to play hardball and use their leverage to stop the Trump-Musk coup.
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The Department of Education is (was?) responsible for:
✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students;
✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; &
✅Civil rights enforcement
Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.
✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students;
✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; &
✅Civil rights enforcement
Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.
March 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Department of Education is (was?) responsible for:
✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students;
✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; &
✅Civil rights enforcement
Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.
✅Distributing & monitoring spending for special-ed & low-income students;
✅Facilitating postsecondary financial aid; &
✅Civil rights enforcement
Impossible to see how dismantling it will do anything but hurt kids & students.
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tesla car vehicles will have more legal protections than trans people
March 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
tesla car vehicles will have more legal protections than trans people
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It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
March 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
“Unusual governing arrangement” is an interesting way to characterize illegal pillaging of the federal government and the American people.
Elon Musk’s unusual governing arrangement with President Trump and signature slash-and-burn style has reverberated far beyond the Capitol, making even lawmakers from deep-red states begin to sweat.
Elon Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target
His unusual governing arrangement with President Trump is opening Republicans up to being yoked politically to Mr. Musk, who polls show is broadly unpopular.
nyti.ms
March 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Unusual governing arrangement” is an interesting way to characterize illegal pillaging of the federal government and the American people.