Blake Abbott
@blakeabbott.bsky.social
he/him/his
Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Towson University
team rhetoric
Arsenal supporter
Posts reflect my personal opinion
Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Towson University
team rhetoric
Arsenal supporter
Posts reflect my personal opinion
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Blake Abbott
@blakeabbott.bsky.social
· Nov 28
For my new followers, hi! I’m an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Towson University. I specialize in rhetorics of citizenship, particularly as articulated in terms of investment. I examine various ways we talk about and perform investment and how that impacts our senses of civic life.
I’m calling “stochastic parrot” as the name for my hypothetical techno-punk band.
December 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I’m calling “stochastic parrot” as the name for my hypothetical techno-punk band.
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If we treated him like a normal president he’d be in prison right now
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
If we treated him like a normal president he’d be in prison right now
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JUST IMPEACH TRUMP
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Breaking:
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
JUST IMPEACH TRUMP
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
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The "poverty penalty."
Excellent points.
Excellent points.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The "poverty penalty."
Excellent points.
Excellent points.
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For the record, he is a traitor, thus ineligible for the presidency, and his entire reign is illegitimate on a legal level. This seems worth stating from time to time.
NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
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December 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
For the record, he is a traitor, thus ineligible for the presidency, and his entire reign is illegitimate on a legal level. This seems worth stating from time to time.
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I am totally serious about this: file articles of impeachment over this specifically
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I am totally serious about this: file articles of impeachment over this specifically
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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I think about this tweet a lot
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I think about this tweet a lot
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My "The president doesn't want to execute members of congress" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
*LEAVITT: TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My "The president doesn't want to execute members of congress" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
Please introduce articles of impeachment!
Donald Trump should keep his reckless mouth shut.
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Please introduce articles of impeachment!
Are we really not gonna at least mention impeachment?! In a world of obvious impeachable offenses, this might be pretty close to the top.
It doesn’t even matter if it doesn’t pass (although obviously it should). We should be talking about it. Members of Congress should discuss it publicly.
It doesn’t even matter if it doesn’t pass (although obviously it should). We should be talking about it. Members of Congress should discuss it publicly.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Are we really not gonna at least mention impeachment?! In a world of obvious impeachable offenses, this might be pretty close to the top.
It doesn’t even matter if it doesn’t pass (although obviously it should). We should be talking about it. Members of Congress should discuss it publicly.
It doesn’t even matter if it doesn’t pass (although obviously it should). We should be talking about it. Members of Congress should discuss it publicly.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
“The REAL conspiracy is that there’s no conspiracy!”
For the first time since it's founding there's an actual conspiracy that indicts powerful elites and there are actual documents that actually prove it and Infowars is like "nah"
lol
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“The REAL conspiracy is that there’s no conspiracy!”
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In a better society, all the men in those Epstein emails were taken out to the middle of the ocean and given a fair opportunity to swim home
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In a better society, all the men in those Epstein emails were taken out to the middle of the ocean and given a fair opportunity to swim home
Watch white supremacy work
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Watch white supremacy work
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It’s shit like this that makes me think the GOP doesn’t care about winning elections and they’re just not planning on having them. Because no one who thinks they have to win elections does this.
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It’s shit like this that makes me think the GOP doesn’t care about winning elections and they’re just not planning on having them. Because no one who thinks they have to win elections does this.
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HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
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the real ones remember
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
the real ones remember
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I’ve played with LLMs a fair amount and noticed something that these studies that show using LLMs degrading intellectual performance may not be picking up: What if having pretty good critical thinking skills makes LLMs less appealing/satisfying to use in the first place?
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’ve played with LLMs a fair amount and noticed something that these studies that show using LLMs degrading intellectual performance may not be picking up: What if having pretty good critical thinking skills makes LLMs less appealing/satisfying to use in the first place?
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trump is demolishing our national symbols and selling the country for scrap to his corrupt donors
Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling
The Trump administration plans to open whole swaths of the East and West Coasts to offshore drilling, including areas previously protected for environmental reasons, documents show.
www.yahoo.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
trump is demolishing our national symbols and selling the country for scrap to his corrupt donors
