Jim Kosmicki
@jkosmicki.bsky.social
English instructor at Central Community College in Nebraska
Dead Man's Party is my least played Oingo so gotta go with the Heads out of those options
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Dead Man's Party is my least played Oingo so gotta go with the Heads out of those options
I wish the Kowalski stories would be collected - Claremont's name alone should sell enough copies to justify the effort
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I wish the Kowalski stories would be collected - Claremont's name alone should sell enough copies to justify the effort
At my graduate institution, the tenured graduate faculty who taught large undergraduate courses were certainly not considered the cream of the crop
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
At my graduate institution, the tenured graduate faculty who taught large undergraduate courses were certainly not considered the cream of the crop
Because it was a key part of Dick Cheney's version of Project 2025
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Because it was a key part of Dick Cheney's version of Project 2025
I just finished explaining about how medicine is having to re-aasess previous data to account for the populations that are not white males
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I just finished explaining about how medicine is having to re-aasess previous data to account for the populations that are not white males
I hate that so many people focus only on easily remembered shall-not rules when it comes to evaluating or creating writing
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I hate that so many people focus only on easily remembered shall-not rules when it comes to evaluating or creating writing
We may not be Oxford, but our community college students learn this as a core learning objective of our mostly required comp classes
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We may not be Oxford, but our community college students learn this as a core learning objective of our mostly required comp classes
This is why you have to teach paraphrasing too, not just the boogeyman word plagiarism
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is why you have to teach paraphrasing too, not just the boogeyman word plagiarism
Me going full Music Man: "But you don't have the evidence!"
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Me going full Music Man: "But you don't have the evidence!"
The Gor novels were not some fringe cult - they were mass market paperbacks found on every paperback rack in every store. Then nothing for quite while until Internet culture allowed them to form online communities
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Gor novels were not some fringe cult - they were mass market paperbacks found on every paperback rack in every store. Then nothing for quite while until Internet culture allowed them to form online communities
This does not surprise me - Google is so dominant in K-12 ed tech with Google School, and they push the AI in all their products intensively
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This does not surprise me - Google is so dominant in K-12 ed tech with Google School, and they push the AI in all their products intensively
And upper admins have no concept of what is happening in current classrooms
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
And upper admins have no concept of what is happening in current classrooms
Around here, it's a lot of Masters in Teaching degrees, not in a specific field - it's all about the pay bump, nothing about advancing knowledge
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Around here, it's a lot of Masters in Teaching degrees, not in a specific field - it's all about the pay bump, nothing about advancing knowledge
This just insults me to the very Cornhusker center of my soul
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This just insults me to the very Cornhusker center of my soul
I will admit I have not read the coverage fine print on LTD, but I do know fellow employees who have used it without complaint.
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I will admit I have not read the coverage fine print on LTD, but I do know fellow employees who have used it without complaint.
What legacy publications are doing well, much less an annual publication?
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What legacy publications are doing well, much less an annual publication?
Thank god my employer provides long term disability for any medical treatment that extends beyond what is covered by sick leave
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Thank god my employer provides long term disability for any medical treatment that extends beyond what is covered by sick leave
One more reason to not go back to listening to their both sidism claptrap
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
One more reason to not go back to listening to their both sidism claptrap
Hint: start with packers on your donor list
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hint: start with packers on your donor list