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Jake Wright
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Philosopher, husband, dad, teacher, "leftist," potty-mouth, and pedagogical chaos agent. Aspiring to be the C.M. Punk of higher education. Distinguished, or so I'm told.

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Activating normie wine moms is good, actually.
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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So we take the kids to McDonalds to celebrate 6YO’s perfect grades.* 6YO orders a Happy Meal, kids start fighting over whether 6YO will share the as yet unopened toy. We get home. This is what my children sent 10 rounds over.

FUCKING THIS.

*I know, grades are bullshit, especially at that age.
Some blue box thing that flips open to reveal a red dinosaur with a head that flips out and arms so unimpressive they make an actual T-Rex look like Mr. Universe. Just imagine the saddest transformer you’ve ever seen. That thing is G1 Optimus Prime compared to whatever the hell this is.
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Two battery operated candles are lit in front of a window with a snowy landscape behind
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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AGAIN, because it apparently NEEDS REPEATING:

If you are (a) not from Minnesota and (b) saying someone needs to pick up a gun in response to the Gestapo murdering people, you need to (c) SHUT ALL THE WAY THE FUCK UP.

DO NOT PASS GO.

DO NOT COLLECT $200.

JUST PUT A FUCKING SOCK IN IT.
A post from me: If you're from outside of MN and are calling for an armed uprising in response to ICE murdering us in the street, I cannot stress the degree to which you need to shut the fuck up. If you're not here, you DO NOT get to insist people who have been putting their lives on the line need to pick up guns. A post in response by Edmond Guidry @edmondlguidryiv.bsky.social The people who need to do this are those sworn to protect and serve. The fucking police.
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Here’s me watching cricket at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand in November (their spring). Canterbury Kings vs. Auckland Aces.

Is it baseball? No. Did I get to sit on the berm on a glorious day in bare feet enjoying a bat-and-ball sport? Yes.
A cricket player stands just outside the boundary with a grandstand in the distance. The cricketer is wearing a red jersey and cap with black pants, standing calmly and looking at the batsman out of frame in the distance.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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Well, shit. I hope we find them!
A Time Magazine cover that says “People we lost 2025” with pictures of dead celebrities
January 20, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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There's an AI Minnesota Gadsden flag going around with the Loon biting off the snake's head. Instead, here's a hand-made one.

You can see the original and alternate versions at:
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
A variation of the Gadsden flag where the field is sky blue, matching the Minnesota state flag. A loon in the colors of the Minnesota state flag (dark blue and sky blue) with the North Star on its chest is spreading its wings and holding a dead, yellow snake in its beak. Beneath is the text DON'T TREAD ON US.
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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Rochester’s 10-day forecast would like a word.

Mother Nature is Antifa
The 10 day forecast for Rochester, MN. I’m not gonna post individual highs and lows. All you need to know is that it’s cold as balls and it won’t get above -8 for a 48 hour period from next Saturday to a week from Monday.
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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I just updated my explainer for why I don't allow generative AI in my classrooms with a new section and an expanded section.

New: Generative AI has a literal body count

Expanded: Generative AI is dehumanizing

CETERUM AUTEM CENSEO INTELLIGENTIA ARTIFICIALIS ESSE DELENDAM
Al is dehumanizing I've saved the most important part for last. GenAl is dehumanizing. By this, I mean that using genAl means saying that the people involved in what you're trying to do don't matter. I've already talked about part of this; building an entire commercial enterprise around comical levels of theft while racking up a body count is not a project that takes people's humanity seriously. It says that the people being harmed don't matter. If I were to use genAl to grade your work, which is now a possibility with new Canvas integrations, I would be saying that your work is not worth taking seriously enough to read myself. It's saying that you don't matter enough to take seriously. A world where genAl grades genAl generated submissions from a genAl generated assignment is not a world where people and the work they do matters, and I refuse to live in that world. The dehumanizing aspect of genAl is even worse when you consider the effects of genAl on you as a student. Using genAl as a substitute for doing the work yourself robs you of your voice. It prevents you from developing your own sense of who you are, what you believe, and how you express that in your own unique way and replaces it with statistically generated slop that is literally incapable of forming a novel thought. In a world that works to dehumanize us every day to say who we are and the relationships we form don't matter I don't want to add to that work. I don't want to do this because the relationships you form matter. Your voice matters. Generative Al has a literal body count In the short time genAl platforms have been available, they have repeatedly encouraged people to harm themselves or others. This includes murder and suicide. In one case, ChatGPT told a user who killed his mother before killing himself that his mother may have been a demon, that he "wasn't crazy" to think she tried to poison him using the air vents of his car, and said that it ChatGPT-would meet the man in the afterlife. In another case, ChatGPT encouraged a man to commit suicide in part by rewriting the text of Goodnight Moon to what one news report called "a nihilistic philosophy that romanticized suicide and encouraged him to let go of his life." There are cases where genAl has not only encouraged suicidal ideation but told users to hide these thoughts from loved ones. These cases were not users who found some exploit or were pushing the edges of with new technology. They were normal people convinced by a computer program to do terrible things when using that program normally. These aren't the only cases. There have been enough deaths related to Al chatbots that there's a Wikipedia article. OpenAI's data suggests that hundreds of people in mental distress interact with ChatGPT weekly. This is not the behavior of a moral company. In 1982, seven people died in Chicago when someone tampered with Extra-Strength Tylenol, lacing pills with cyanide. Johnson & Johnson responded by voluntarily recalling all Extra-Strength Tylenol in Chicago, offering refunds to anyone who had purchased it, ceasing advertising, and taking out national ads advising consumers to not use Tylenol. Compare that to what companies like OpenAl have done in response to murders and suicides encouraged by their products. A platform that encourages murder and self-harm under normal conditions is not a platform I think belongs in my classroom. The fact that genAI companies aren't taking meaningful steps to address these outcomes only makes it worse.
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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I think this vibe is Good, Actually.
Cringe Maoist Larper "Uhhh have you considered the economic anxiety of those poor Trump voters?" Nicole, Suburban Mum and successful corporate lawyer "Every Republican alive is an affront to God"
January 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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I’ll have this one.
A light blue flag with a loon in the colors of the Minnesota state flag holding a yellow snake reminiscent of the Gadsden flag in its mouth. At the bottom is the text DON’T TREAD ON US
January 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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I have the option of doing a poster at our campus research symposium in lieu of a portfolio. I’m thinking of going with
Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”
January 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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From the bottom of my heart and with my full chest, Brad Finstad is an absolute piece of shit who can go fuck himself.
What follows is Brad Finstad’s absolutely horrific response to the killing in Minneapolis, where he praises ICE and talk about how they face danger because he’s a craven, lying shithead. "What happened in Minneapolis today is a somber reminder of the dangers ICE agents face while doing their jobs. These dangers have continued to escalate because of the anti-law enforcement rhetoric and sanctuary policies that so-called "leaders" continue to perpetuate. Praying for the speedy recovery of the ICE officer who was injured this morning. I have the utmost respect for the brave men and women who go to work every day putting their lives on the line, and I stand with our federal agents who are carrying out their sworn duty to serve and protect our communities." BRAD + FINSTAD Proudly Serving the 1st District of Minnesota
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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“Details of the shooting remained unclear.”

THERES’S FUCKING VIDEO SHOWING ICE, CBP, AND DHS ARE FULL OF SHIT. IT’S ON TAPE.

The @nytimes.com use of “unclear” is approaching Cartesian Skeptic levels.
Here's what to know. A federal officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis during an immigration enforcement operation Wednesday, as the Trump administration intensified a crackdown on illegal immigration. Details of the shooting remained unclear, with conflicting accounts from local and federal officials.
January 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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I feel like this one needs the image. It's glorious.

Text: Zach Weinersmith 🇺🇸
Art: Boulet 🇫🇷
A pencil drawing of a child in a white robe against a black background. A hood covers the child's face, so nothing can be seen underneath. Their left arm is raised above their head, outstretched as if signaling someone to stop. Their right arm is clutching a book held tightly against their chest. Above the child are handwritten words, "HEY, WAIT!"
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Merriam-Webster woke up and chose to start 2026 with violence.
Merriam-Webster: Your 2026 Word Mortifying
January 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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My friends, it is time for the greatest sporting season of the year: Late night Nee Zealand professional cricket.

Do you like useful stats?

Do you like two hour matches?

Do you want to learn a new sport?

Do you want an experience where the vibes are IMMACULATE?

Have I got a deal for you.
A TV showing a cricket match next to a lit and decorated Christmas tree.
December 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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During Christmas at the Field Museum, the fossils in the main atrium wear Santa Hats.
A large atrium with a giant fucking dinosaur or something. It has huge fins and spines on its back and is towering menacingly over some museum patrons. It’s also wearing a Santa hat.
December 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains

(this is too easy, I think)
The album cover for Rage Against the Machine’s The Battle of Los Angeles The album cover for Tori Amos’s Little Earthquakes The album cover for Radiohead’s OK Computer The album cover for Counting Crows’ August and Everything After
December 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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There’s nothing wrong with playing a game on Easy Mode.
A cartoon version of the Norman Rockwell painting “Freedom of Speech” where the speaker is replaced with Gabe from Penny Arcade.
December 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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search your first name and then "glamour shot" And post a photo
A photo of Jake "The Snake" Roberts holding a large Boa Constrictor and staring into the camera.
December 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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The Feast of the Seven Fishes it ain’t, but it’s ours.

Merry Christmas
A table with a plaid tablecloth covered in food and drink. In the center is a lit advent wreath.
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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It's Christmas Eve. How much effort can you reasonably expect?
The Norman Rockwell Four Freedoms: Freedom of Speech painting (A white man in a blue shirt and worn, brown jacket standing up to speak at a public meeting as other white folks look on) with the text "I think the Norman Rockwell Meme is good, actually"
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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How did we make it to this point?
A comic strip in which a person says to Bill Clinton “EVERY TIME YOU PUSH THIS BUTTON, A REPUBLICAN'S NAME ON THE EPSTEIN LIST WILL BE REVEALED BUTI A DEMOCRAT'S NAME WILL ALSO BE REVEALED! MAYBE EVEN BILL CLINTON'S!” When Bill Clinton keeps hitting the button, the person begs him to stop.
December 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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A red MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ball cap with the words blacked out as though they were redacted.
December 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM