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Jon Boeckenstedt

@jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social

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Personal account; pontificating on higher education and politics, and occasionally sharing my bad photography. Oregon State may have different opinions than I do. Google me to find me; I'm the only one on the planet with this name.

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · Nov 13

This was written for Twitter, but it holds here too: What to know before following me.

www.jonboeckenstedt.com/twitter.html

Twitter

I use my @JonBoeckenstedt Twitter account and my @JonB (where it's easy to get verified) on Mastodon Social for several purposes. At all times, the content and the opinion are mine alone:

www.jonboeckenstedt.com

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 6h

Didn't know there was a halftime show at the World Series.

Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 5d

That anti-tafiff ad that ran on the ALCS was prime.

Using Ronald Reagan to reinforce the message was superb.

And the reveal at the end that it was sponsored by Ontario?

a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32

ALT: a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32

media.tenor.com

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Dagsson @dagsson.bsky.social · 6d

Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 7d

Some of us recognize Weasel words.

Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 7d

The original statement didn't say no. It was a list of platitudes.

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 7d

I was wrong

www.thedartmouth.com/article/2025...

Dartmouth rejects Trump administration’s higher education compact

“I do not believe that a compact — with any administration — is the right approach to achieve academic excellence,” College President Sian Leah Beilock wrote.

www.thedartmouth.com

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 7d

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 8d

Facebook be like

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 8d

MOOCs on steroids

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 8d

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 9d

Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.

Print it.

Put it in a frame.

Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy.

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 9d

When Dartmouth announces they're the only university to take the cash.

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 11d

Irrespective of the team, pale yellow uniforms are horrible. #NLCS

Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 12d

Sad. Old Kodachrome and Ektachrome film images are stunning too.

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 12d

Why are the colors on the Fox 4K ALCS Broadcast so washed out?

Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 14d

No Natty.

Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 15d

The news is not that RFK Jr. is a crackpot. The news is that he used gender-inclusive language.

Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 16d

The guy who just tuned up our pressure washer used the pressure washer to spray off the pressure washer, and I'm thinking there must be a German word for that.

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 16d

Breaking: Turning Point USA also schedules half-time snacks of plain Doritos, Velveeta slices on white bread with mayo, stale pretzels, and lots of celery sticks.

Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 20d

People who are applauding Dartmouth: Please tell me where in this statement they actually say, "No thanks, Mr. President."

Because this looks like it was written by a Fox News double talker.

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 21d

That's not a "no."

Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 22d

When Dartmouth hears they can get more money for capitulating

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 23d

Cannot wait for College Board to publicly disavow the policy that would give more money to universities in exchange for requiring the SAT for admission.

Tag me when it comes out.

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Exclusive | White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage

An initial round of nine schools, including Dartmouth, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, are being asked to sign a wide-ranging “compact.”

www.wsj.com

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Bunny Stroganoff @bunnystroganoff.bsky.social · 25d

Watching Pete Hegseth reminded me of this oldie! 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ne3...

Kenny Everett Bomb The Bhastrads

YouTube video by Awoingt

www.youtube.com

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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 25d

I mean, you know it's a joke, but then you ask yourself, "would this be the dumbest or strangest thing he's ever said in public?" and you suddenly start to wonder.

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 25d

the president has begun ranking generals out loud by fuckability

Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 25d

Someone more tech savvy than I is going to take Hegseth's bat-shit crazy rant this morning, and dub Hitler's screaming German over the top of it and no one is going to notice the difference.