Jason B Jones
@jbj.bsky.social
Teaching and learning with technology. Currently: Northeastern U. Previously Woolf, Trinity, CCSU, ProfHacker
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
Beckett is not invigorated by this morning’s yoga practice
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Beckett is not invigorated by this morning’s yoga practice
Even if you are cautiously optimistic about how some of these tools could, in some use cases, support learning, this is … depressingly overcooked
The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
January 28, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Even if you are cautiously optimistic about how some of these tools could, in some use cases, support learning, this is … depressingly overcooked
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Counterpoint: immigration enforcement has no fucking business anywhere near higher education, and administrators, faculty, and students should say so
Opinion | To Avoid More Tragic Deaths, ICE Needs Higher Education and Training Standards
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
January 28, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Counterpoint: immigration enforcement has no fucking business anywhere near higher education, and administrators, faculty, and students should say so
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Left: writing the damn paper in the shadows of an archive nearby.
Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.
#academicchatter
Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.
#academicchatter
January 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Left: writing the damn paper in the shadows of an archive nearby.
Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.
#academicchatter
Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.
#academicchatter
While A was out gathering signatures yesterday for a local candidate, a neighbor sent some homemade cookies with her. They are lovely.
They sent them, however, in a (clean!) Miracle Whip container, which is is upsetting for reasons I can’t explain
They sent them, however, in a (clean!) Miracle Whip container, which is is upsetting for reasons I can’t explain
January 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
While A was out gathering signatures yesterday for a local candidate, a neighbor sent some homemade cookies with her. They are lovely.
They sent them, however, in a (clean!) Miracle Whip container, which is is upsetting for reasons I can’t explain
They sent them, however, in a (clean!) Miracle Whip container, which is is upsetting for reasons I can’t explain
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I have been of the opinion for about five years now that we are all mostly clinging to the *idea* of social media. But that it has not existed, as we mean it, since Jack sold Twitter. The minute capital lined up to fold social media into its technocratic political consolidation, it stopped existing.
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I have been of the opinion for about five years now that we are all mostly clinging to the *idea* of social media. But that it has not existed, as we mean it, since Jack sold Twitter. The minute capital lined up to fold social media into its technocratic political consolidation, it stopped existing.
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All out on the ice! It's a cold afternoon in 1610, and Hendrick Avercamp is there to paint it. He was born on this day in 1585.
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
All out on the ice! It's a cold afternoon in 1610, and Hendrick Avercamp is there to paint it. He was born on this day in 1585.
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Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
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Learning from Jacqueline Rose about Arendt’s idea of “impotent bigness” and the psychic motions by which fantasies of domination and violent control are driven by a sexualized fantasy-fear of radical humiliation based on the dim understanding of a fundamental powerlessness
This is embarrassingly on-the-nose textbook “psychology of fascism” stuff. Bitter, impotent tools getting to feel powerful by proxy watching brutality done on their behalf.
Tim Pool: “I’m not licking the boot. It’s my boot. I voted for it. I’m the one stomping…”
This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Learning from Jacqueline Rose about Arendt’s idea of “impotent bigness” and the psychic motions by which fantasies of domination and violent control are driven by a sexualized fantasy-fear of radical humiliation based on the dim understanding of a fundamental powerlessness
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I have genuinely *never* seen an NYC mayor get an ovation from a TV crowd before. I thought we were contractually obligated to boo them.
January 27, 2026 at 6:35 AM
I have genuinely *never* seen an NYC mayor get an ovation from a TV crowd before. I thought we were contractually obligated to boo them.
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The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone.
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone.
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If you need a hobby to make you mad all the time sports are right there.
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 PM
If you need a hobby to make you mad all the time sports are right there.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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This is a charming interview with Charli XCX.
Plus, the pre-show banter is hilarious, sweet, and actually really nice for a person who's a fan of the program.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3Z...
Plus, the pre-show banter is hilarious, sweet, and actually really nice for a person who's a fan of the program.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3Z...
Charli xcx (FULL EPISODE) | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
YouTube video by Team Coco
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This is a charming interview with Charli XCX.
Plus, the pre-show banter is hilarious, sweet, and actually really nice for a person who's a fan of the program.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3Z...
Plus, the pre-show banter is hilarious, sweet, and actually really nice for a person who's a fan of the program.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3Z...
The Meyers have done so well here. I hope they’re able to find some comfort going forward.
News to know with the wrongful death suit that Katie Meyer’s parents filed against Stanford in the wake of their daughter’s death by suicide.
January 26, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The Meyers have done so well here. I hope they’re able to find some comfort going forward.
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of interest: found, in my photos on my laptop, a pic from the hotel notepad on which I started work on "no children." I mention in the "This Year" book that this began on a boarding pass envelope. once I landed and got into my room I did this. "Derrida" I think refers to thoughts about erasure etc
January 26, 2026 at 7:23 PM
of interest: found, in my photos on my laptop, a pic from the hotel notepad on which I started work on "no children." I mention in the "This Year" book that this began on a boarding pass envelope. once I landed and got into my room I did this. "Derrida" I think refers to thoughts about erasure etc
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You could subscribe for weekly updates on the Western Mass./CT music scene!
New in Freak Scene: Connecticut singer Brooke Dougan kicks off 2026 with a strong debut album, "My Dog My Dog My God," and Western Mass. band Landowner has some thoughts about late capitalism:
buttondown.com/freakscene/a...
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Freak Scene #102: Brooke Dougan Shines on 'My Dog My Dog My God'
Plus, minimalist-punks Landowner interrogate some assumptions on their new single 'Rival Males'
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January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
You could subscribe for weekly updates on the Western Mass./CT music scene!
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"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
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The Journal of the TEI is seeking nominations for a new member of the editorial board. More information at docs.google.com/document/d/1...
JTEI: Call for Nominations for Editor 2026
Journal of the TEI: Call for Nominations for Editor January 15, 2026 The Advisory Board of the Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative (jTEI) seeks nominations and applications for an editor. Self-...
docs.google.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The Journal of the TEI is seeking nominations for a new member of the editorial board. More information at docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Arsenal - Manchester United match analysis
January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Arsenal - Manchester United match analysis
Was Amorim worse than Ten Hag?
January 25, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Was Amorim worse than Ten Hag?
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Zohran’s messaging is so consistent. Government does amazing things for us all. We’re all in this together, citizens and city workers alike, because we’re one and the same. When people believe in that, they’re ready to ask the government to do more, and more difficult things
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Zohran’s messaging is so consistent. Government does amazing things for us all. We’re all in this together, citizens and city workers alike, because we’re one and the same. When people believe in that, they’re ready to ask the government to do more, and more difficult things
I like Geese as much as anyone but the amount of promotion they get from the music accounts is crazy. I saw seven consecutive posts on ig about their SNL appearance last night 🙄
January 25, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I like Geese as much as anyone but the amount of promotion they get from the music accounts is crazy. I saw seven consecutive posts on ig about their SNL appearance last night 🙄
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Extremely funny that the champion of the revolutionary left/socialist boogeyman of Republicans everywhere is basically Leslie Knope.
One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.
January 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Extremely funny that the champion of the revolutionary left/socialist boogeyman of Republicans everywhere is basically Leslie Knope.