Steve Llano
@stevellano.bsky.social
A professor of rhetoric, and teacher of argumentation in the grand and glorious city of New York. My opinions should be yours. Love writing, reading, teaching, video games, and the internet.
http://sophisticdebate.com
http://sophisticdebate.com
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A response post about Turning Point wanting a chapter on the campus where I work
A response post about Turning Point wanting a chapter on the campus where I work
February 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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A response post about Turning Point wanting a chapter on the campus where I work
A response post about Turning Point wanting a chapter on the campus where I work
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social This is my seat. Labour knocked yesterday and claimed only they could beat Reform. My wife argued this and said Green data showed they were closest challenger. Labour knocker continued to lie and their leaflet showed 2024 data. Don’t vote Labour. They are liars.
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social This is my seat. Labour knocked yesterday and claimed only they could beat Reform. My wife argued this and said Green data showed they were closest challenger. Labour knocker continued to lie and their leaflet showed 2024 data. Don’t vote Labour. They are liars.
There's a new home for my #podcast on #rhetoric #debate and #argumentation
Come have a listen to In the Bin where we talk all things debate and rhetoric in the world.
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Come have a listen to In the Bin where we talk all things debate and rhetoric in the world.
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In the Bin: Dr. Will Silberman joins to discuss Tournament finances, Jubilee, and much more
In this episode. Dr. Will Silberman is back on the show to discuss the fiscal state of intercollegiate debate, online tournaments, and whether or not Jubilee is a debate format or not. comments ...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM
There's a new home for my #podcast on #rhetoric #debate and #argumentation
Come have a listen to In the Bin where we talk all things debate and rhetoric in the world.
inthebin.libsyn.com/dr-will-silb...
Come have a listen to In the Bin where we talk all things debate and rhetoric in the world.
inthebin.libsyn.com/dr-will-silb...
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Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
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February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
I think I gotta start making my podcast again!
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Rhetoric and AI with Dr David Seitz
YouTube video by Professor Steve Llano, Ph.D.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I think I gotta start making my podcast again!
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These are too real now
I went up to the Hill to ask Mike Johnson what he thought of Trump usurping Congress's powers to invade and occupy Venezuela. He said this was the first he was hearing of the invasion and thus he couldn't comment on it.
January 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
These are too real now
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Update: Oh sweet jeez, how and why did we let life become so reliant on a single device and singe point of failure?
#Digital #DigitalLife #iPhone
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#Digital #DigitalLife #iPhone
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Single Point of Failure
My son dropped his phone in the sink. It was in there for seconds, not minutes. Retrieved quickly, dried out, switched off and left alone. Then came the waiting to see whether it would turn back on…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Update: Oh sweet jeez, how and why did we let life become so reliant on a single device and singe point of failure?
#Digital #DigitalLife #iPhone
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#Digital #DigitalLife #iPhone
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‘In 1922, Joseph H. Kraus proposed the idea of a perfume organ, in which a touch on the keyboard would release scents ranging from sandalwood (bass) up to tonka bean and violet.’
Susannah Clapp reviews ‘The Madman’s Orchestra’.
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Susannah Clapp reviews ‘The Madman’s Orchestra’.
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Susannah Clapp · Not Quite Music
For Rimsky-Korsakov, the key of A was clear pink; for Scriabin, it was green. Duke Ellington read the flight patterns of...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:15 AM
‘In 1922, Joseph H. Kraus proposed the idea of a perfume organ, in which a touch on the keyboard would release scents ranging from sandalwood (bass) up to tonka bean and violet.’
Susannah Clapp reviews ‘The Madman’s Orchestra’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susannah Clapp reviews ‘The Madman’s Orchestra’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is the test run of Mamdani making good on his promises to allies. Next up will be whether Mamdani can provide enough support to AOC to defeat Schumer in the primary.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller backed by Zohran Mamdani, is expected to announce a run for a House seat held by a Democrat.
Brad Lander Will Run for House Seat with Mamdani’s Support
Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, will run for a House seat in Brooklyn and Manhattan, challenging Representative Daniel Goldman in a Democratic primary.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is the test run of Mamdani making good on his promises to allies. Next up will be whether Mamdani can provide enough support to AOC to defeat Schumer in the primary.
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the fact that Jimmy Fallon is even being discussed is crazy, like who gives a fuck? the guy is so washed up. let him speak his bullshit into the empty void.
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
the fact that Jimmy Fallon is even being discussed is crazy, like who gives a fuck? the guy is so washed up. let him speak his bullshit into the empty void.
It's not looking good on my campus
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Faculty leaders fear St. John's University in NY could lose its union
"Rather than dealing with the particular financial and contractual issues at play, they're just sort of going for the jugular," said Christopher Denny, president of the university's faculty associatio...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's not looking good on my campus
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Over these past decades, software has coached us into thinking like a computer. Not necessarily on purpose, but because the software wasn't designed to be usable by thinking like a human.
This side effect was a net positive for libertarians, who leapt from anti-human software to an anti-human world
This side effect was a net positive for libertarians, who leapt from anti-human software to an anti-human world
Paulina Borsook "warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through The Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, a book based on her 1990s writing" www.thenerdreich.com/she-warned-a...
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Over these past decades, software has coached us into thinking like a computer. Not necessarily on purpose, but because the software wasn't designed to be usable by thinking like a human.
This side effect was a net positive for libertarians, who leapt from anti-human software to an anti-human world
This side effect was a net positive for libertarians, who leapt from anti-human software to an anti-human world