Jacob Stutzman
@jhstutzman.bsky.social
Academicking in a state with right angles. At the intersection of Oy and Ope.
I took Starter Villain by @scalzi.com to a white elephant book exchange today. Someone was disappointed that they couldn’t steal the book because it had already been stolen twice. This is the second year in a row my taste has been validated at this event. It’ll keep me going until next year.
December 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I took Starter Villain by @scalzi.com to a white elephant book exchange today. Someone was disappointed that they couldn’t steal the book because it had already been stolen twice. This is the second year in a row my taste has been validated at this event. It’ll keep me going until next year.
20 years ago, I wrote a paper about the 2003 walkout and argued that, for the Senate Dems,at the time, the better endgame would have been coming back and making the governor arrest them, make it a show, and mobilize around that. Yes, losing loudly when you can’t win is a good idea.
“Texas Democrats lost. But they drew attention to Republicans’ efforts to put their thumb on the scale, and demonstrated a valuable tactic for galvanizing their beleaguered party.
They lost, but they lost loudly. Losing loudly has been a crucial feature of successful political movements.” Gift:
They lost, but they lost loudly. Losing loudly has been a crucial feature of successful political movements.” Gift:
Opinion | Why the Texas Democrats’ Walkout Worked
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
20 years ago, I wrote a paper about the 2003 walkout and argued that, for the Senate Dems,at the time, the better endgame would have been coming back and making the governor arrest them, make it a show, and mobilize around that. Yes, losing loudly when you can’t win is a good idea.
Why does Microsoft change the shortcuts for Office seemingly at random? Yesterday, to save a PPT slide as an image was Alt-F, A, Y6. Today, Alt-F, A, YA to save the slide, which also used to be the shortcut 6+ months ago until it changed. The whole point is being able to do the thing w/o looking!
July 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Why does Microsoft change the shortcuts for Office seemingly at random? Yesterday, to save a PPT slide as an image was Alt-F, A, Y6. Today, Alt-F, A, YA to save the slide, which also used to be the shortcut 6+ months ago until it changed. The whole point is being able to do the thing w/o looking!
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Also, it sucks that the elected leader of the Jewish state can plausibly be called a war criminal, just as it sucks that the elected leader of my country can plausibly be called a rapist. But alas—if only we were so lucky to live in a time where such allegations were slanderous!
July 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Also, it sucks that the elected leader of the Jewish state can plausibly be called a war criminal, just as it sucks that the elected leader of my country can plausibly be called a rapist. But alas—if only we were so lucky to live in a time where such allegations were slanderous!
Philadelphia. There was not a second date.
Here’s a fun distraction what’s the worst movie you’ve watched on a date? Mine is a tie between “Hidden Colors” and “La La Land.”
June 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Philadelphia. There was not a second date.
We teach adaptive leadership in our undergrad program, introducing to (sometimes) freshmen as a way of trying to tackle the unknown. Time to keep doing the work and finding new work to do as well, even as we speak to loss and acknowledge our own needs and fears.
Today: On how all the normalizing is about (in part) fear of facing the grief & loss that this moment demands.
But people have been up against harder, and faced it down.
This is new terrain, but we can do this.
It's time for you to become the leader you seek.
We must figure this out together.
But people have been up against harder, and faced it down.
This is new terrain, but we can do this.
It's time for you to become the leader you seek.
We must figure this out together.
Feel. Then Do.
our work in this new era
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We teach adaptive leadership in our undergrad program, introducing to (sometimes) freshmen as a way of trying to tackle the unknown. Time to keep doing the work and finding new work to do as well, even as we speak to loss and acknowledge our own needs and fears.
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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
“Can’t.”
#Opinion: Plenty of American citizens are homeless, addicted to drugs or suffering from mental illness. Shouldn't we help them before accepting foreign refugees?
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trib.al/NCH7ISw
The U.S. can't care for its own people -- much less refugees
Plenty of American citizens are homeless, addicted to drugs or suffering from mental illness. Shouldn't we help them before accepting foreign refugees?
trib.al
January 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“Can’t.”
Christian privilege is walking up to people at surgical checkin, asking for their personal information, and when they don’t want to give it to you or have you pray over them, to cut in the checkin line saying “it’s not me you’re rejecting, it’s God.”
January 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Christian privilege is walking up to people at surgical checkin, asking for their personal information, and when they don’t want to give it to you or have you pray over them, to cut in the checkin line saying “it’s not me you’re rejecting, it’s God.”
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Uniting against Trump’s legislative agenda is good politics because it is good policy. Democratic opposition to Trump’s tax bill drove Trump’s approval ratings to what was then the lowest levels of his administration, helping spark one of the largest blue waves in recent history.
December 19, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Uniting against Trump’s legislative agenda is good politics because it is good policy. Democratic opposition to Trump’s tax bill drove Trump’s approval ratings to what was then the lowest levels of his administration, helping spark one of the largest blue waves in recent history.
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Democrats should also acknowledge that seeking a middle ground with a man who calls immigrants “animals” and says he will “protect” women “whether the women like it or not” is unlikely to land in a good place.
December 19, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Democrats should also acknowledge that seeking a middle ground with a man who calls immigrants “animals” and says he will “protect” women “whether the women like it or not” is unlikely to land in a good place.
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And that children is why police associations aren't unions
Hell Gate is on the scene at the protest of Amazon union members at the distribution center in Maspeth.
Just moments ago, NYPD officers pulled an Amazon worker out of his car after he stood up out of his seat and attempted to join the strike.
Just moments ago, NYPD officers pulled an Amazon worker out of his car after he stood up out of his seat and attempted to join the strike.
December 19, 2024 at 4:17 PM
And that children is why police associations aren't unions
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He's saying that now because it got leaked that he doesn't plan to stop UHC from continuing its denial-fest in the name of profits. CEOs aren't stupid, they know how to make quasi-reasonable mouth sounds in public. What matters is their policies and their lobbying.
"There may be things wrong with our health care system..." Holy shit, even the CEO of the UHC parent company admitted the system is whack.
December 15, 2024 at 1:10 AM
He's saying that now because it got leaked that he doesn't plan to stop UHC from continuing its denial-fest in the name of profits. CEOs aren't stupid, they know how to make quasi-reasonable mouth sounds in public. What matters is their policies and their lobbying.
Joe Biden pardoned his son. But see, no one has ever had to have a conversation about whether Joe Biden would be able to pardon himself, because Joe Biden hasn’t been convicted of dozens of felonies.
December 2, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Joe Biden pardoned his son. But see, no one has ever had to have a conversation about whether Joe Biden would be able to pardon himself, because Joe Biden hasn’t been convicted of dozens of felonies.
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PS: Ethics courses are not designed to cause sociopaths to develop a conscience. They are designed to help people articulate ways of thinking about their situations, and about the various options they might have.
December 1, 2024 at 3:25 PM
PS: Ethics courses are not designed to cause sociopaths to develop a conscience. They are designed to help people articulate ways of thinking about their situations, and about the various options they might have.
Seems likely that by this time next year, I won't be able to assign an article like this in class.
klcjournal.com/opinion-cont...
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Opinion: Contemporary housing challenges have discriminatory roots
Columnist: Government policies of the past drove housing patterns that continue perpetuate a racial wealth gap.
klcjournal.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Seems likely that by this time next year, I won't be able to assign an article like this in class.
klcjournal.com/opinion-cont...
klcjournal.com/opinion-cont...
Soaking a fountain pen nib and section (Lamy Nexx with the kanji/cursive italic nib for anyone who cares about such things) and the ink (Iroshizuku tsukushi, again, for the very small number of people who will care) is flowing out of the breather hole and pooling in the bottom of the jar.
July 1, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Soaking a fountain pen nib and section (Lamy Nexx with the kanji/cursive italic nib for anyone who cares about such things) and the ink (Iroshizuku tsukushi, again, for the very small number of people who will care) is flowing out of the breather hole and pooling in the bottom of the jar.
In a personal first, I spilled about half a bottle of ink while refilling a fountain pen yesterday. Fortunately, got my clothes straight into the wash and they seem to be unscathed. Also, the ink (Robert Oster Kansas City) matches the carpet REALLY well.
June 17, 2024 at 3:32 PM
In a personal first, I spilled about half a bottle of ink while refilling a fountain pen yesterday. Fortunately, got my clothes straight into the wash and they seem to be unscathed. Also, the ink (Robert Oster Kansas City) matches the carpet REALLY well.
Asked the family. The answer seems to be volunteering to coach the local HS debate team. The coach was on leave for…reasons, and the long term sub knew nothing about debate. The debate thing was specific to me, but the volunteer coaching was very dad.
Welcome to the Annual Most Dad* Thing You Did In The Last Year Thread. Per tradition, I will lead off:
I bought a mitre saw almost entirely because it was on sale, and now I will find the thinnest excuse to incorporate it into any home project.
*You need not have kids or identify as male to Dad.
I bought a mitre saw almost entirely because it was on sale, and now I will find the thinnest excuse to incorporate it into any home project.
*You need not have kids or identify as male to Dad.
June 16, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Asked the family. The answer seems to be volunteering to coach the local HS debate team. The coach was on leave for…reasons, and the long term sub knew nothing about debate. The debate thing was specific to me, but the volunteer coaching was very dad.
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34 BCE: Antony invades Armenia, celebrates triumph, issues Donations of Alexandria
34 CE: Philip's "tetrarchy" incorporated into Roman province of Syria
Super Bowl XXXIV: Rams 23, Titans 16
Best to wear #34:
* football: Walter Payton
* baseball: Nolan Ryan
* basketball: Shaq
34th state: Kansas
34 CE: Philip's "tetrarchy" incorporated into Roman province of Syria
Super Bowl XXXIV: Rams 23, Titans 16
Best to wear #34:
* football: Walter Payton
* baseball: Nolan Ryan
* basketball: Shaq
34th state: Kansas
May 30, 2024 at 11:39 PM
34 BCE: Antony invades Armenia, celebrates triumph, issues Donations of Alexandria
34 CE: Philip's "tetrarchy" incorporated into Roman province of Syria
Super Bowl XXXIV: Rams 23, Titans 16
Best to wear #34:
* football: Walter Payton
* baseball: Nolan Ryan
* basketball: Shaq
34th state: Kansas
34 CE: Philip's "tetrarchy" incorporated into Roman province of Syria
Super Bowl XXXIV: Rams 23, Titans 16
Best to wear #34:
* football: Walter Payton
* baseball: Nolan Ryan
* basketball: Shaq
34th state: Kansas
If I needed more reasons to confirm my vote to unionize at my institution.
May 1, 2024 at 12:53 AM
If I needed more reasons to confirm my vote to unionize at my institution.
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There is a lot to discuss about antisemitism right now, but it's overshadowed by propagandists who are looking to make being anti-war into a pro-terror position.
Not only that, they are advancing bigotry against Muslims and Palestinians.
There is no cohesive approach to *safety* here.
Not only that, they are advancing bigotry against Muslims and Palestinians.
There is no cohesive approach to *safety* here.
April 22, 2024 at 8:23 PM
There is a lot to discuss about antisemitism right now, but it's overshadowed by propagandists who are looking to make being anti-war into a pro-terror position.
Not only that, they are advancing bigotry against Muslims and Palestinians.
There is no cohesive approach to *safety* here.
Not only that, they are advancing bigotry against Muslims and Palestinians.
There is no cohesive approach to *safety* here.
And here in Kansas, we can’t get a vote on the bill.
BREAKING: The Mississippi House just passed Medicaid expansion by a 96-20 vote.
That's more than enough to overcome a veto from Gov. Tate Reeves.
It now heads to the Senate.
Background on the bill advancing out of committee yesterday: www.mississippifreepress.org/40169/medica...
That's more than enough to overcome a veto from Gov. Tate Reeves.
It now heads to the Senate.
Background on the bill advancing out of committee yesterday: www.mississippifreepress.org/40169/medica...
Medicaid Expansion Headed to Mississippi House Floor For Vote
The Mississippi House is preparing to debate expanding Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents in the poorest state in the nation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
February 29, 2024 at 3:08 AM
And here in Kansas, we can’t get a vote on the bill.
Someone already hit 18, so let’s just double that one and p. 36?
Let's do this!!!
Here is my new book that came out just now! Very trans, very genre-bending.
📚 Repost this post + give me a page number 3-185 & I'll handpick a quote for you from that page. 📚
Here's the book, if the quotes made it sound interesting :'D amzn.to/3UBawAP (US Amazon associate link)
Here is my new book that came out just now! Very trans, very genre-bending.
📚 Repost this post + give me a page number 3-185 & I'll handpick a quote for you from that page. 📚
Here's the book, if the quotes made it sound interesting :'D amzn.to/3UBawAP (US Amazon associate link)
February 17, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Someone already hit 18, so let’s just double that one and p. 36?