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Jillian

@nogoodwyfe.bsky.social

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Chaotic good w/ redneck roots. Medievalist/teacher/PhD candidate/worker/overexplainer/aspiring pícara. Personal account; loud opinions (which is all of them) my own. she/her 📍 North Carolina (in the woods somewhere instead of doing my work)

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · Nov 24

i patently refuse to intro myself or seek followers who I find can be more trouble than they're worth but if you're here know I post abt all of the following:
- snark re: everyday ableism & my grad program
- local NC & Norcal concerns
- photography & art
- naturalist stuff
- medieval studies (rare)

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 7h

people do not make $60k+ unless they are selling something unethical. that's not real. and you can't talk to older generations about this bc they're all residually making at least that much and they cannot comprehend that society no longer exists

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 7h

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 8h

you know how occupational/earnings by degree field numbers have a “over 25” breakout so you see the “non-entry” salaries? at this point we need an inverse category, “only what they’re paying people born in 1990 or later.” these income ranges might as well be fictional when they include Gen x/boomers

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Erin Siegal McIntyre @esmcintyre.bsky.social · 2d

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel

A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 2d

help a white boy in baggy jorts and chunky sneakers just skateboarded past me too fast and too close what year is it

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

not a good lol at all mind you but an lol none-the-less

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

my hell no on installing surveillance devices just keeps getting more emphatic

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

Ring founder: “I’m focused on: How can I get the highest density of camera coverage in a neighborhood matched with AI to make neighborhoods safer?…It’s not just hard crime.”

Just put this guy and the Flock guy on a deserted island together so they can surveill each other until the end times.

Ring founder 'backs the blue,' says AI is helping Amazon-owned doorbell unit fight crime

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returned to the company he founded in April to lead the business, which is part of Amazon's devices division.

www.cnbc.com

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

*arguing not fighting I mean, I should not be trying to articulate things while brain fogged from cramps 🤦🏼‍♀️

Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

no disagreement from me but wanted to note that this conversation started in the small humanities academia corner of bsky where we are all cursed to enjoy picking apart the semantics & symbolism of things that are not recent :) so more that than fighting! anyway I too wish everyone a good weekend

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like it all comes down to a shared experience of mom walks into the kitchen in the morning and you see her making a batter and the same batter could be either pancakes or waffles so the opposition is implied bc only one gets made. now I am also thinking too much about this lol

Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

so the regional arepas types would kind of work but they’re both a main meal component so maybe in that sense not? I think the closest parallels would have to be opposing two side dishes or even condiments

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

oh yeah that’s why! the original point was the non-overlap in characteristics but like… in the context of being two breakfast meal component options where I guess a lot of people would concur that any given breakfast can have only one or the other dough-based sweet carb component.

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

something something in this paper American imperialism and cultural dominance via appropriation of Black Twitter in the anglophone social media sphere circa 2017 lol

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

In which I shortlist screenshots of the main developments of the ongoing Waffles fiasco instead of doing my grading

Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

In short, stage 1

Bluesky thread

Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bs.. • 7d (bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??

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Jay @jay.bsky.team • 2d
Too real. We're going to try to fix this.
Social media doesn't have to be this way.
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lucas, ho chi minh thot @antiocci... • 2d have y'all banned Jesse Singal yet or
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Reply to Lucas:

Jay
@jay.bsky.team

WAFFLES
October 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Reply to jay’s Waffles reply

Darryl Pickles @happymemeco.bs…• 2d
Dear CEO, there's an active subset of Bluesky that routinely harasses trans and queer folk, even doxxing them. This person in particular is a huge problem and even was cited in federal documents harming trans folks. What are you doing to address this?
"lol, are u a sad PEPE! Le epic meme, right?!?"
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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

ope stage 5

Lord of Humours @blackgrailenjo... • 3h
Uh huh.
Screenshot of post:
Jesse Singal @jessesingal.com 45m
There are these WAFFLES places in Berlin that, in a nice touch, will write your name in chocolate sauce. This was a good effort! Lebanese (I think) staff working in Germany trying to understand an American guy's name. I love this world.
(Strawberries, nutella, whipped cream, iykyk)
WAFFLES
Picture of plates of topped waffles with name Jassy written in chocolate sauce
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Indighost / Lavender s... @anonus... •3h
Amazing how Jay made waffles into a nazi dogwhistle in 2 days

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

Stage 4

Jay
• @jay.bsky.team • 4h
Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
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Jay @jay.bsky.team • 4h
Yet it's a behavior that persists across social media anyways, with negative consequences for civil discourse and society. Human nature is a contributing factor, but systems that reward outrage only make the problem worse.
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Jay @jay.bsky.team • 4h
We're system architects at core. We built a decentralized network so you could run your own moderation, but beyond that our upcoming healthy discourse project is taking some swings at the interaction model that drives these dynamics on Bluesky. Excited to start seeing it in action.
335 comments 250 reposts 563 likes

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

Stage 3

Bryant Francis • @bryantfrancis... • 22h
Jay, this stinks. We all know this is a reference to your post mocking another user earlier and platform owners mocking users is terrible leadership.
Most of us came here because we want a site with good stewardship that feels safe. The CEO dunking on people who annoy them is the opposite of that.
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Ennui the People @jimbobruno1.b... • 21h
I absolutely agree with you but feel the need to point out that calling this incredibly dorky cringe shit she's doing a "dunk" is a big stretch. Lmao.
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Gideon Samuel @gideonsamuel.... • 21h
No matter how one feels about free speech versus safe spaces, Jay's post about her breakfast today is still a punch-down double-down for the ages
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Forbidden QT account quotes Jay’s waffles post with an image from the Google App Store showing Bluesky with 1.2 stars captioned “chat is this good”

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

Stage 2

Jay @jay.bsky.team

Amazing breakfast this morning. I love waffles
[picture of waffles dusted with powdered sugar and cut fruit]
October 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM @ Everybody can reply
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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

In short, stage 1

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

Good replies here bsky.app/profile/hild...

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 6d

Can someone please be so kind and explain the waffles thing to me and why people are talking about leaving?

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Keung Hui @keunghui.bsky.social · 5d

Raleigh cop fired, charged with sexual misconduct of woman in custody. A former police officer faces multiple charges after Raleigh police say he had a “sexual encounter” on duty. (Via @annamroman.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c... #ncpol #ralpol

Raleigh cop fired, charged with sexual misconduct of woman in custody

“What has happened is not only troubling, it is disgraceful,” Raleigh Police Chief Boyce said Friday.

www.newsobserver.com

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

thus we get stuff like this more & more, where student-consumers think assignments exist to force the stages of the learning process & to create app checklists for them so they aren’t responsible for their engagement or awareness of material, rather than as checkpoints for assessing learning

Canvas messaging boards:

[To Do] Disable the To Do List
Status: Open
Submitted by jmccarth on 12-16-2019 02:13 AM
I want students to work from the Modules and complete work in the order on the Module. This ensures student learning progresses in a sound pedagogical order. The student To Do list completely sabotages student learning. If they click on an assignment on the To Do list without doing all the preparatory pages and information I have listed, in order, on the Module, they are not properly prepared or reinforcing their learning.
I have to put big red words to asking them NOT to work from the TO DO list, but some students will take the short cut anyway.
Also, the student To Do list takes up too much screen real estate. This right frame is completely counter-productive and unnecessary.
Please put in a feature where the instructo control or disable the student To Do list.

seamus_hackett
Community Novice
1 03-31-2020 07:44 PM
Come on. As a student, the to do list has saved me so many times from forgetting to do an assignment that is due. If your students aren't doing the required readings, thats your fault for not making the assignments more involved and requiring those readings to be completed. I can't believe you want to punish every student who uses canvas and benefits from this function simply because you can't engage your students enough to do the readings.

Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

one of the insidious evils of the LMS industry creep is now that they are apps they are obviously adding functions to respond to user (student) demand. most of these require pedagogical shifts from instructors to work. they’re dictating pedagogy without thinking about pedagogy AT ALL

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Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

🤛

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 5d

Back in Chicago. The last time I remember seeing this many helicopters flying overhead I was in Kabul

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