Sturdy Knight, MLIS, PhD
@sturdyknight.bsky.social
Educational Technologist and Instructional Designer.
Specializing in gamification but not in creepy crypto-bro way I swear.
Coming at you live from the fairy bower.
Opinions are mine and correct.
He/Him.
Specializing in gamification but not in creepy crypto-bro way I swear.
Coming at you live from the fairy bower.
Opinions are mine and correct.
He/Him.
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It was a three-man team that took the Grok hardpoint that day, and two of us were just there to guard the poet.Whistler was a sonnet slinger fresh from the Guatemalan meter wars, still waking up with the taste of a bloody metonym on his tongue.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It was a three-man team that took the Grok hardpoint that day, and two of us were just there to guard the poet.Whistler was a sonnet slinger fresh from the Guatemalan meter wars, still waking up with the taste of a bloody metonym on his tongue.
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Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
KPop Demon Hunters is obviously this year's standout work of art about hope and perseverance while living under constant assault from the forces of darkness, but I have to say that Hazbin Hotel is also worth a watch if you've been dragging your feet on that one.
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
KPop Demon Hunters is obviously this year's standout work of art about hope and perseverance while living under constant assault from the forces of darkness, but I have to say that Hazbin Hotel is also worth a watch if you've been dragging your feet on that one.
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Every "Hunger Games" title sounds like a Celestial Seasonings blend from Castlevania.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Every "Hunger Games" title sounds like a Celestial Seasonings blend from Castlevania.
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"Look, things happen. And what happens at Camp Crystal Lake should stay at Camp Crystal Lake. We can’t hold everyone accountable for every little thing they’ve ever done."
How Dare You Embarrass My Esteemed Guest, Jason Voorhees
“President Trump assailed an American journalist in the Oval Office on Tuesday for asking Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, about t...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Look, things happen. And what happens at Camp Crystal Lake should stay at Camp Crystal Lake. We can’t hold everyone accountable for every little thing they’ve ever done."
Way to make it painfully obvious that Summers and Harvard consider teaching to be boring drudgery. They're suspending him from his "real job," the work he actually cares about, but still making him keep up with the scutwork of lecturing, grading, and office hours.
Update from The Harvard Crimson on Summers: he’ll step back from public commitments, but remain in the classroom, continue his directorship of a center, & keep his University Professorship. How is this in any way holding him accountable for his actions? www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Way to make it painfully obvious that Summers and Harvard consider teaching to be boring drudgery. They're suspending him from his "real job," the work he actually cares about, but still making him keep up with the scutwork of lecturing, grading, and office hours.
I've spent most of a decade studying how grading policies impact students' ability to self-regulate and learn, particularly in higher ed, and this is an extremely incisive distillation of the real stakes of the issue.
If you’ve ever lamented The Grading Situation, read this exceptional student op-ed
“If we cannot tolerate being imperfect on our transcript, surrounded by those who want to help us grow, how will we handle being wrong when the stakes are higher?”
“If we cannot tolerate being imperfect on our transcript, surrounded by those who want to help us grow, how will we handle being wrong when the stakes are higher?”
A is for authoritarianism
Academic perfectionism can dull our ability to recognize our own authoritarian tendencies because together they share a flawed reasoning that faultlessness reflects one’s value.
www.dailyprincetonian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I've spent most of a decade studying how grading policies impact students' ability to self-regulate and learn, particularly in higher ed, and this is an extremely incisive distillation of the real stakes of the issue.
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"I have no idea what grades mean or how assessment works, but I've got strong opinions about both."
Barro is hardly the only person to fail this test, sadly.
Barro is hardly the only person to fail this test, sadly.
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"I have no idea what grades mean or how assessment works, but I've got strong opinions about both."
Barro is hardly the only person to fail this test, sadly.
Barro is hardly the only person to fail this test, sadly.
My framed poster with the full text of A Midsummer Night's Dream and a well-thumbed paperback of @sgj.bsky.social's My Heart is a Chainsaw, because running off to seek your heart's desire in the dark woods is the only correct life choice.
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My framed poster with the full text of A Midsummer Night's Dream and a well-thumbed paperback of @sgj.bsky.social's My Heart is a Chainsaw, because running off to seek your heart's desire in the dark woods is the only correct life choice.
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Jeffrey Epstein reading the first 100 pages of Lolita and stopping: "Holy shit this sounds great! Everything's gonna work out!"
did not have Harvard English professor Elisa New emailing Jeffrey Epstein about Lolita on my 2025 bingo card
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein reading the first 100 pages of Lolita and stopping: "Holy shit this sounds great! Everything's gonna work out!"
I don't want politicians who stay *technically* within the lines, I want politicians who stay *WELL* within the lines. If you have to argue the letter of the law, the age of consent in that state, "but she lied!!!" it's already too late. Clearly not fit to hold power or get my vote.
Email I got last night about Matt Gaetz saying "well ackshually she said she was 18!
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I don't want politicians who stay *technically* within the lines, I want politicians who stay *WELL* within the lines. If you have to argue the letter of the law, the age of consent in that state, "but she lied!!!" it's already too late. Clearly not fit to hold power or get my vote.
I haven't been to NYC since before the pandemic but I would make IMMEDIATE plans to walk the length of Manhattan and sample all the new goat meat stands.
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I haven't been to NYC since before the pandemic but I would make IMMEDIATE plans to walk the length of Manhattan and sample all the new goat meat stands.
Posting this at the moment of planetary equinox. We will now enter the darkness together. Here's looking forward to the next six months.
September 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Posting this at the moment of planetary equinox. We will now enter the darkness together. Here's looking forward to the next six months.
The crossing guard at my daughter's school is a huge fan of the Bills and of James Cook specifically, and one of the highlights of my week this time of year is him yelling his thoughts about the game across the road to me while he directs traffic during morning drop off.
September 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The crossing guard at my daughter's school is a huge fan of the Bills and of James Cook specifically, and one of the highlights of my week this time of year is him yelling his thoughts about the game across the road to me while he directs traffic during morning drop off.
"Don't shoot people for talking" and "don't fire people for talking" are different degrees of the same principle. And no, it's not a principle that Kirk or his allies ever meaningfully defended.
Kirk’s Posthumous and Paradoxically Fitting Employment Reign of Terror talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/kirks...
Kirk’s Posthumous and Paradoxically Fitting Employment Reign of Terror
I’ve written several times over the last few days not only about...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"Don't shoot people for talking" and "don't fire people for talking" are different degrees of the same principle. And no, it's not a principle that Kirk or his allies ever meaningfully defended.
LEAKED: Netflix executive algorithm for greenlighting a sequel to KPop Demon Hunters. Grab some d10s or draw a card.
![Random generation table for movie titles in the format [Musical Genre] [Mythical Creature] [Profession], a la K-Pop Demon Hunters
1st Column: 1. K-Pop, 2. Hip-Hop, 3. Pop Punk, 4. Grunge Rock, 5. EDM, 6. Eurovision, 7. Orchestral Jazz, 8. Country Western, 9. Power Metal, 10. ASMR
2nd Column: 1. Demon, 2. Dragon, 3. Vampire, 4. Werebadger, 5. Zombie, 6. Robot, 7. Gnome, 8. Sillurian, 9. Yeti, 10. Swamp Witch
3rd Column: 1. Hunters, 2. Assassins, 3. Police, 4. Rangers, 5. Inspectors, 6. Paladins, 7. Therapists, 8. Technicians, 9. Coroners, 10. Patissiers](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ljizflk6xtz5eorub4czxgk4/bafkreie424hovbthwxifo7kkv65vdxod2f7dm6nfjleszhwn5ji4grku6i@jpeg)
September 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
LEAKED: Netflix executive algorithm for greenlighting a sequel to KPop Demon Hunters. Grab some d10s or draw a card.
Slightly diminish a book
A Spring Equinox Night's Dream
A Spring Equinox Night's Dream
Slightly diminish a book
1983
1983
Slightly diminish a book.
Moby Glans
Moby Glans
September 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Slightly diminish a book
A Spring Equinox Night's Dream
A Spring Equinox Night's Dream
Fuck this shit. Disappearing 70+ people who were engaged in making highly dangerous granola bars. Abolish ICE.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/n...
U.S. Agents Raid Upstate N.Y. Plant and Detain Dozens of Migrants
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fuck this shit. Disappearing 70+ people who were engaged in making highly dangerous granola bars. Abolish ICE.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/n...
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If anyone in the field has thoughts on this and what’s currently happening with IMLS, would love to get a sense of what people are thinking about/feeling on the ground: Signal rstauff.20 or message here
News: ALA and 13 partner organizations submitted an amicus brief in the federal lawsuit in Rhode Island brought by state Attorneys General fighting the gutting of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Learn more about the brief: www.ala.org/news/2025/09... #ForOurLibraries
Learn more about the brief: www.ala.org/news/2025/09... #ForOurLibraries
September 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If anyone in the field has thoughts on this and what’s currently happening with IMLS, would love to get a sense of what people are thinking about/feeling on the ground: Signal rstauff.20 or message here
Heading to the playground today to find out who we still talk with and who's getting demoted to an awkward nod in the parking lot 1-2 times a quarter.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...
Our Kids Will No Longer Be in the Same Class, So I Guess We’re Dead to Each Other Now
It was beautiful witnessing our children’s blossoming friendship when they were in Miss Penny’s first-grade class—and by extension, our friendship ...
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August 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Heading to the playground today to find out who we still talk with and who's getting demoted to an awkward nod in the parking lot 1-2 times a quarter.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...
Why yes, this IS exactly what it's like working in IT the week before the school year starts back up and trying to help faculty set up their Blackboard courses and tool integrations.
"For the vanilla, butter, and sugar, I added these in the EXACT AMOUNTS, except instead of vanilla, I used almond extract; instead of butter, I used coconut oil; and instead of sugar, I used raw chicken breast."
I Didn’t Follow the Recipe, and I’m Appalled It Turned Out So Awful
ONE STAR. If I could, I’d give it zero stars. I cannot believe I wasted six hours making this so-called banana bread. I did everything right. I fol...
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August 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Why yes, this IS exactly what it's like working in IT the week before the school year starts back up and trying to help faculty set up their Blackboard courses and tool integrations.
Slightly diminish a band: Nearsighted Guardian
Slightly diminish a band: Toad the Moist Sprocket
Slightly diminish a band: The Beatless
August 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Nearsighted Guardian
I'm dying laughing at the mechanic and the nice-looking lady on the other side of the waiting room clearly thinks I've lost it and is moving her baby's carrier further away from me.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hon...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hon...
Honey, I Have No Clue What You’re Talking About—I Did NOT Use AI to Write My Wedding Vows
Kasey —
From the moment I first saw you, I knew my life was about to change. You were beautiful—also intelligent, funny, and kind. Not long after w...
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August 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm dying laughing at the mechanic and the nice-looking lady on the other side of the waiting room clearly thinks I've lost it and is moving her baby's carrier further away from me.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hon...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hon...
Laugh Rule
chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
July 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Laugh Rule
I know at least two museums in my small city have had grants they were depending on cancelled by DOGE, and I assume that the rest of them have too but it just hasn't been reported in the local press yet.
theonion.com/interactive-...
theonion.com/interactive-...
Interactive Exhibit Lets Kids Figure Out How To Manage Budget Shortfall That Will Otherwise Shutter Museum
MEMPHIS, TN—In a last-ditch effort to keep the lights on, the Memphis Science Center confirmed it had opened a new interactive exhibit this week that lets kids figure out how to manage the budget shor...
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June 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I know at least two museums in my small city have had grants they were depending on cancelled by DOGE, and I assume that the rest of them have too but it just hasn't been reported in the local press yet.
theonion.com/interactive-...
theonion.com/interactive-...