@apdonaldson.bsky.social
Comm Studies lecturer and debate coach in NorCal (Goudi’ni).
Author: The Alien Movie Project: Studying the Narrative, Affective and Production Politics of Alien Stories in Cinema.
Co-host: Alien Movie Project, Reel War Project, Fields of Glory Podcast
Author: The Alien Movie Project: Studying the Narrative, Affective and Production Politics of Alien Stories in Cinema.
Co-host: Alien Movie Project, Reel War Project, Fields of Glory Podcast
University of Oregon football will damage the brains of their students on national television in a stadium that holds tens of thousands of people all Fall but the high school debate tournament they have hosted for generations is too expensive.
Everybody got that?
Everybody got that?
October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
University of Oregon football will damage the brains of their students on national television in a stadium that holds tens of thousands of people all Fall but the high school debate tournament they have hosted for generations is too expensive.
Everybody got that?
Everybody got that?
Reading about symbolic convergence theory and thinking about what happens to Others when they are included in “we” as opposed to when they are not.
October 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reading about symbolic convergence theory and thinking about what happens to Others when they are included in “we” as opposed to when they are not.
From the Falls of Multnomah to the college dorms at Reed
we will fight our nation’s battles in the air on land and sea …
we will fight our nation’s battles in the air on land and sea …
October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From the Falls of Multnomah to the college dorms at Reed
we will fight our nation’s battles in the air on land and sea …
we will fight our nation’s battles in the air on land and sea …
“This machine surrounds hatred and forces it to surrender .”
September 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“This machine surrounds hatred and forces it to surrender .”
Debate topic of the night:
If they were all horse sized, which barnyard animal is the most majestic to ride into battle
The answer is chicken, or duck.
#CoachCuts
If they were all horse sized, which barnyard animal is the most majestic to ride into battle
The answer is chicken, or duck.
#CoachCuts
September 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Debate topic of the night:
If they were all horse sized, which barnyard animal is the most majestic to ride into battle
The answer is chicken, or duck.
#CoachCuts
If they were all horse sized, which barnyard animal is the most majestic to ride into battle
The answer is chicken, or duck.
#CoachCuts
If you believe in “2nd Amendment Solutions” then you gotta expect some dubiousness when you try to lecture people on how bad political violence is.
September 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you believe in “2nd Amendment Solutions” then you gotta expect some dubiousness when you try to lecture people on how bad political violence is.
A lot of the same people saying you should not celebrate political violence are also calling for retribution if not civil war. That’s confusing.
September 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A lot of the same people saying you should not celebrate political violence are also calling for retribution if not civil war. That’s confusing.
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The Supreme Court is forging an America where weighing race can be used to harm minorities, but not to protect them.
The Supreme Court says colleges can’t consider race. But ICE can.
So much for the justices' promise of a "colorblind Constitution."
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Supreme Court is forging an America where weighing race can be used to harm minorities, but not to protect them.
Every day the Yankees are out of
first place is a good day.
first place is a good day.
August 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Every day the Yankees are out of
first place is a good day.
first place is a good day.
Snoop Dog is threatened by same sex couples but more than willing to profit from misogyny - everybody got that?
August 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Snoop Dog is threatened by same sex couples but more than willing to profit from misogyny - everybody got that?
“The future of democratic education will be determined by the extent to which democratic values can triumph over the spirit of oligarchy that seeks to silence diverse voices, prohibit free speech, and deny citizens access to education.”
bell hooks (2010)
#coachcuts #booksky
bell hooks (2010)
#coachcuts #booksky
August 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“The future of democratic education will be determined by the extent to which democratic values can triumph over the spirit of oligarchy that seeks to silence diverse voices, prohibit free speech, and deny citizens access to education.”
bell hooks (2010)
#coachcuts #booksky
bell hooks (2010)
#coachcuts #booksky
“This is supposed to be a HAPPY occasion!
Let’s not BICKER and ARGUE about who [enslaved] who!”
Let’s not BICKER and ARGUE about who [enslaved] who!”
August 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“This is supposed to be a HAPPY occasion!
Let’s not BICKER and ARGUE about who [enslaved] who!”
Let’s not BICKER and ARGUE about who [enslaved] who!”
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Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.
August 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.
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If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
August 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
When Trump was first elected this is right where my head went - at this point now it is just getting scary.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When Trump was first elected this is right where my head went - at this point now it is just getting scary.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Best part of focusing a study on cinematic renditions of Superman only is now that you get to exclude Dean Cain.
August 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Best part of focusing a study on cinematic renditions of Superman only is now that you get to exclude Dean Cain.
If you fire the people saying BlueSky is dying and hire people saying it is growing faster than ever then you solve the problem. It’s gangbusters over here. Nobody has seen numbers like these. Yuge, etc.
August 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you fire the people saying BlueSky is dying and hire people saying it is growing faster than ever then you solve the problem. It’s gangbusters over here. Nobody has seen numbers like these. Yuge, etc.
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once again I must tap my own sign
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
once again I must tap my own sign
People will literally go through boot camp to become a soldier but if you ask them to read a book about pacifism suddenly they just can’t find the time, or it’s “too hard.”
June 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
People will literally go through boot camp to become a soldier but if you ask them to read a book about pacifism suddenly they just can’t find the time, or it’s “too hard.”
“And I would walk 804.7 kilometers and would walk 804.7 kilometers more just ta be the man who walked 804.7 kilometers to fall down at your door
DADA DA DAAA”
DADA DA DAAA”
May 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“And I would walk 804.7 kilometers and would walk 804.7 kilometers more just ta be the man who walked 804.7 kilometers to fall down at your door
DADA DA DAAA”
DADA DA DAAA”
“A man said to the universe,
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation."
Stephen Crane
#CoachCuts
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation."
Stephen Crane
#CoachCuts
May 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“A man said to the universe,
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation."
Stephen Crane
#CoachCuts
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation."
Stephen Crane
#CoachCuts
SUMMER VACATION IS HERE AND SO:
NOFX - "Thank God It's Monday" (Full Album Stream)
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
m.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
SUMMER VACATION IS HERE AND SO:
"Poor man wanna be rich,
Rich man wanna be king,
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything."
Bruce Springsteen
Rich man wanna be king,
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything."
Bruce Springsteen
May 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hasan is one of the only public personalities I know who talks about his time in competitive debating. I often wonder what his thoughts are about the value of debate education.
Everyone says “we should go back to teaching debate,” half the problem is nobody knows that we DO.
Everyone says “we should go back to teaching debate,” half the problem is nobody knows that we DO.
I’ll be debating Michael Gove on Trump in London on 14 July.
Get your tickets here:
Get your tickets here:
14 July | Parallax Debate: Trump 2.0 Will Make the World a Safer Place
Donald Trump has returned to the White House promising to 'put America first’. But what does that mean for the rest of the world?
howtoacademy.com
May 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hasan is one of the only public personalities I know who talks about his time in competitive debating. I often wonder what his thoughts are about the value of debate education.
Everyone says “we should go back to teaching debate,” half the problem is nobody knows that we DO.
Everyone says “we should go back to teaching debate,” half the problem is nobody knows that we DO.
This is also how I do minecraft
Slinky indicated
The stairwell in the Doubletree in Arlington, VA goes straight for 13 floors instead of wrapping around.
May 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is also how I do minecraft