Jon Boeckenstedt
@jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social
Retired but still working at EnrollmentVP. Hot takes and amateur photography. Bad speller. I blame the nuns at Nativity School.
Google me to find me; I'm the only one on the planet with this name.
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This was written for Twitter, but it holds here too: What to know before following me.
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No, I did not forget.
In its current state, it sucks.
But thanks for the reminder.
In its current state, it sucks.
But thanks for the reminder.
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
No, I did not forget.
In its current state, it sucks.
But thanks for the reminder.
In its current state, it sucks.
But thanks for the reminder.
I can barely read the review, so imagine how bad the book must be www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
Does Olivia Nuzzi Make Good Copy?
Across social media, definitely. In her new memoir, “American Canto,” not so much.
www.newyorker.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I can barely read the review, so imagine how bad the book must be www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
Step 1: Defund a public good because you don't want to pay the taxes
Step 2: Shift payment burden to students
Step 3: Make the value of education a right-wing talking post
Step 4: Success
Step 2: Shift payment burden to students
Step 3: Make the value of education a right-wing talking post
Step 4: Success
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Step 1: Defund a public good because you don't want to pay the taxes
Step 2: Shift payment burden to students
Step 3: Make the value of education a right-wing talking post
Step 4: Success
Step 2: Shift payment burden to students
Step 3: Make the value of education a right-wing talking post
Step 4: Success
In order to fight income and opportunity inequality, Michael and Susan Dell give 25 million kids an electric scooter from FAO Schwartz for Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In order to fight income and opportunity inequality, Michael and Susan Dell give 25 million kids an electric scooter from FAO Schwartz for Christmas.
There were two pieces of leftover pizza and I issued a "No Quarter" order on them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There were two pieces of leftover pizza and I issued a "No Quarter" order on them.
When you get a foot of snow overnight.
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
When you get a foot of snow overnight.
"I hear there's someone back here who doesn't believe Jesus was a refugee. I'd like to have a talk with him."
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"I hear there's someone back here who doesn't believe Jesus was a refugee. I'd like to have a talk with him."
Torn: Should I send a sympathy card to colleagues who make a million dollars a year, or should I ask the NY Times if their graphic artists may have watched too many Disney movies growing up?
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Torn: Should I send a sympathy card to colleagues who make a million dollars a year, or should I ask the NY Times if their graphic artists may have watched too many Disney movies growing up?
So many people booing in Philadelphia I thought Santa Claus must be in the crowd.
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So many people booing in Philadelphia I thought Santa Claus must be in the crowd.
I am slowly learning why I never made it as a comedian.
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am slowly learning why I never made it as a comedian.
I will donate to any charity or buy insurance from any agent that promises not to send return address labels at the holidays.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I will donate to any charity or buy insurance from any agent that promises not to send return address labels at the holidays.
Why am I wasting my time doing higher ed consulting when there is a much more lucrative opportunity in Hollywood staring me right in the face?
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Why am I wasting my time doing higher ed consulting when there is a much more lucrative opportunity in Hollywood staring me right in the face?
The more MS Word tells me I'm using "effect" incorrectly the more I'm going to use it.
I hope I can effect some changes in their model.
I hope I can effect some changes in their model.
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The more MS Word tells me I'm using "effect" incorrectly the more I'm going to use it.
I hope I can effect some changes in their model.
I hope I can effect some changes in their model.
Reposted by Jon Boeckenstedt
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
Reposted by Jon Boeckenstedt
So just what were those strange sex acts that RFK Jr. was describing in his poems? Ross Douthat and Bret Stephens drop by to explain.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So just what were those strange sex acts that RFK Jr. was describing in his poems? Ross Douthat and Bret Stephens drop by to explain.
We're in a movie. This is the first scene.
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We're in a movie. This is the first scene.
What everyone knows, but the Ivy Leagues won't admit: The SAT is great if you want to perpetuate inequality by giving opportunity to the students who have the most opportunity, but a weak tool to predict freshman GPA.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Why the SAT Is a Poor Fit for Public Universities (opinion)
The SAT may suit the Ivies, but it undermines the mission of America’s public institutions.
www.insidehighered.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What everyone knows, but the Ivy Leagues won't admit: The SAT is great if you want to perpetuate inequality by giving opportunity to the students who have the most opportunity, but a weak tool to predict freshman GPA.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A1 would have fixed her grammar for her.
Linda McMahon: "The states will have less requirements because more money will go in block grants to the states ... I have called for a hard reset of education because we have failed our students."
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A1 would have fixed her grammar for her.
City at night.
Chicago, last night, from the Lakeview neighborhood
Chicago, last night, from the Lakeview neighborhood
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
City at night.
Chicago, last night, from the Lakeview neighborhood
Chicago, last night, from the Lakeview neighborhood
MTG retiring on January 5th. Guess she got uninvited to the big Trump January 6th party.
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
MTG retiring on January 5th. Guess she got uninvited to the big Trump January 6th party.
She can't win a purple-ish state without sounding sane, which is exactly what and why she's been faking for the last couple of weeks,
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
She can't win a purple-ish state without sounding sane, which is exactly what and why she's been faking for the last couple of weeks,
This had not occurred to me, but damn. I suspect Putin already knows this....
the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This had not occurred to me, but damn. I suspect Putin already knows this....
Maybe now you can understand how awful his hot takes on higher education are.
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Maybe now you can understand how awful his hot takes on higher education are.
Check out that last bullet in the NYT story about Epstein and his passive and probable accomplice JP Morgan Chase.
Only ten years too late.
Only ten years too late.
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Check out that last bullet in the NYT story about Epstein and his passive and probable accomplice JP Morgan Chase.
Only ten years too late.
Only ten years too late.