Jason B Jones
@jbj.bsky.social
Teaching and learning with technology. Currently: Northeastern U. Previously Woolf, Trinity, CCSU, ProfHacker
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
At least now we have a clear picture of what an LFC goal looks like:
It probably starts with the opposition defender or goalkeeper directly passing us the ball
It probably starts with the opposition defender or goalkeeper directly passing us the ball
December 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
At least now we have a clear picture of what an LFC goal looks like:
It probably starts with the opposition defender or goalkeeper directly passing us the ball
It probably starts with the opposition defender or goalkeeper directly passing us the ball
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Ekitike is so stylish, even when accepting gifts
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ekitike is so stylish, even when accepting gifts
Ekitike is so stylish, even when accepting gifts
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ekitike is so stylish, even when accepting gifts
Peter Drury recapping the first half by saying “what if Curtis Jones’s shot had gone in though, that might have been fun” pretty much sums everything up
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Peter Drury recapping the first half by saying “what if Curtis Jones’s shot had gone in though, that might have been fun” pretty much sums everything up
Was Bradley out so long he forgot the refs definitely notice when he tackles?
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Was Bradley out so long he forgot the refs definitely notice when he tackles?
Graham Le Saux on comms still doesn’t understand when VAR reviews offside and when it doesn’t.
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Graham Le Saux on comms still doesn’t understand when VAR reviews offside and when it doesn’t.
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embrace prosocial klingon thought
December 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
embrace prosocial klingon thought
I can’t shake the feeling that Wirtz is always screaming “why did you stop moving?!?” in his head the way I do at the computer-controlled players when playing FIFA.
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I can’t shake the feeling that Wirtz is always screaming “why did you stop moving?!?” in his head the way I do at the computer-controlled players when playing FIFA.
Want to congratulate Manchester’s Anthony Taylor for being too obstinate to stop play for an obvious head injury.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Want to congratulate Manchester’s Anthony Taylor for being too obstinate to stop play for an obvious head injury.
Why do players look slower wearing … gloves?
December 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Why do players look slower wearing … gloves?
This is an interesting perspective, in part because it reminds us of why slop is popular in other contexts.
(For example, my wife & I drive a HRV and CRV respectively, in part because they are just sort of abstractions of “car that always works.” But if you care about cars you’d 🙄)
(For example, my wife & I drive a HRV and CRV respectively, in part because they are just sort of abstractions of “car that always works.” But if you care about cars you’d 🙄)
circling around a definition of 'slop' as something like 'fully optimized to the point of texturelessness/characterlessness'... RLHF'd ai product but also: save the cat is scriptslop, aerodynamically efficient crossover suvs are carslop, three true outcomes is baseballslop, crabs are crustaceanslop
December 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is an interesting perspective, in part because it reminds us of why slop is popular in other contexts.
(For example, my wife & I drive a HRV and CRV respectively, in part because they are just sort of abstractions of “car that always works.” But if you care about cars you’d 🙄)
(For example, my wife & I drive a HRV and CRV respectively, in part because they are just sort of abstractions of “car that always works.” But if you care about cars you’d 🙄)
Wild ending at Villa Park, wow
December 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wild ending at Villa Park, wow
The yoga teacher said “pretend you’re on your mat, out at sea and you’re floating away from shore, and so you wouldn’t worry about what happened before or what happens next.”
Tbh I’m a little worried now just pretending. About both before and after!
Tbh I’m a little worried now just pretending. About both before and after!
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The yoga teacher said “pretend you’re on your mat, out at sea and you’re floating away from shore, and so you wouldn’t worry about what happened before or what happens next.”
Tbh I’m a little worried now just pretending. About both before and after!
Tbh I’m a little worried now just pretending. About both before and after!
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This headline is the end of civilization.
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This headline is the end of civilization.
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Duke 0–1 Stanford
Jasmine Aikey's goal in the 10th minute stands and sends the Cardinal to a seventh College Cup final and a matchup with Florida State.
Jasmine Aikey's goal in the 10th minute stands and sends the Cardinal to a seventh College Cup final and a matchup with Florida State.
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Duke 0–1 Stanford
Jasmine Aikey's goal in the 10th minute stands and sends the Cardinal to a seventh College Cup final and a matchup with Florida State.
Jasmine Aikey's goal in the 10th minute stands and sends the Cardinal to a seventh College Cup final and a matchup with Florida State.
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Have you thought about submitting something to JITP but your idea didn’t quite fit with our themed issues? Submit to our **GENERAL ISSUE** by December 15th and show us how you think about the intersection of teaching, learning, and research with technology. See you in our inbox!
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Have you thought about submitting something to JITP but your idea didn’t quite fit with our themed issues? Submit to our **GENERAL ISSUE** by December 15th and show us how you think about the intersection of teaching, learning, and research with technology. See you in our inbox!
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There is a certain slant of light,
winter afternoons—
that annoys, like the blinds
of weird-assness—
winter afternoons—
that annoys, like the blinds
of weird-assness—
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
There is a certain slant of light,
winter afternoons—
that annoys, like the blinds
of weird-assness—
winter afternoons—
that annoys, like the blinds
of weird-assness—
A dumb thing about winter is that it’s so dark, but when we do have light, it comes in at this weird-ass angle so I have to close the blinds during meetings
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A dumb thing about winter is that it’s so dark, but when we do have light, it comes in at this weird-ass angle so I have to close the blinds during meetings
I don’t mean to brag but I have the dumbest schedule of meetings today.
Like, the meetings are good, but the timing is wackadoo.
Like, the meetings are good, but the timing is wackadoo.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I don’t mean to brag but I have the dumbest schedule of meetings today.
Like, the meetings are good, but the timing is wackadoo.
Like, the meetings are good, but the timing is wackadoo.
This little fella that Peloton yoga classes use to indicate “savasana comin’” is actually me at any moment in any workout regardless of type.
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This little fella that Peloton yoga classes use to indicate “savasana comin’” is actually me at any moment in any workout regardless of type.
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State of AI: An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouter
"In our empirical study, we observe substantial adoption of open-weight models, the outsized popularity of creative roleplay and coding assistance categories, plus the rise of agentic inference."
"In our empirical study, we observe substantial adoption of open-weight models, the outsized popularity of creative roleplay and coding assistance categories, plus the rise of agentic inference."
State of AI | OpenRouter
An empirical study analyzing over 100 trillion tokens of real-world LLM interactions across tasks, geographies, and time.
openrouter.ai
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
State of AI: An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouter
"In our empirical study, we observe substantial adoption of open-weight models, the outsized popularity of creative roleplay and coding assistance categories, plus the rise of agentic inference."
"In our empirical study, we observe substantial adoption of open-weight models, the outsized popularity of creative roleplay and coding assistance categories, plus the rise of agentic inference."
There’s no way anyone at Apple has ever even opened this garbage fire of an app. It’s comfortably the worst of the main streaming services, at least on AppleTV.
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
There’s no way anyone at Apple has ever even opened this garbage fire of an app. It’s comfortably the worst of the main streaming services, at least on AppleTV.
I feel like this year’s edition of EA FC (“FIFA”) has wayyyyyy more deeply problematic players distributed in packs than in previous seasons
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I feel like this year’s edition of EA FC (“FIFA”) has wayyyyyy more deeply problematic players distributed in packs than in previous seasons
Regardless of how much/little is accomplished in a week, this is my exact feeling after submitting the list of weekly accomplishments.
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Regardless of how much/little is accomplished in a week, this is my exact feeling after submitting the list of weekly accomplishments.
Granola offering me “Granola Crunched,” a Wrapped-style set of stats about my meetings, is surely some sort of low in this space.
(“You have 6.1x more meetings than the average user in the Academic/Research category” is not a flex.)
(“You have 6.1x more meetings than the average user in the Academic/Research category” is not a flex.)
Why do all the lower dominator content generators think I want to know what I spent my time on this year? Are they trying to create a mental health crisis?
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Granola offering me “Granola Crunched,” a Wrapped-style set of stats about my meetings, is surely some sort of low in this space.
(“You have 6.1x more meetings than the average user in the Academic/Research category” is not a flex.)
(“You have 6.1x more meetings than the average user in the Academic/Research category” is not a flex.)