Jake Wobig
@jwobig.bsky.social
Associate prof of political science at Wingate University in Wingate, NC. Interested in human rights, democracy, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. All opinions are my own.
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Jake Wobig
@jwobig.bsky.social
· May 7
In light of the new article on AI and higher education, here are my 6 pedagogically-defensible ways to assess in the era of generative artificial intelligence.
Baba O’Riley
Sympathy for the Devil
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock and Roll)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Respect
Sympathy for the Devil
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock and Roll)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Respect
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Baba O’Riley
Sympathy for the Devil
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock and Roll)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Respect
Sympathy for the Devil
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock and Roll)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Respect
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Just perfectly captured the 2020s
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just perfectly captured the 2020s
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Doesn’t matter what your message is if no one hears it
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Doesn’t matter what your message is if no one hears it
Definitely not someone who should be allowed to carry around a gun, much less a badge.
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Definitely not someone who should be allowed to carry around a gun, much less a badge.
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why are these guys sending so many fucking emails
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
why are these guys sending so many fucking emails
Fun fact: When the Department of Defense got its name in 1947, the U.S. was led by people who actually knew war, and how to win them, firsthand. Now...
Trump: "We have officially renamed the Dept of Defense back to the original name, Dept of War. And remember we won World War 1, we won World War 2, we won everything in between. We won everything that came before. And then we brilliantly decided to change the name. We became politically correct"
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Fun fact: When the Department of Defense got its name in 1947, the U.S. was led by people who actually knew war, and how to win them, firsthand. Now...
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What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
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They're calling him the most French man in history
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They're calling him the most French man in history
This seems right
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This seems right
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Honestly, you can’t make this shit up.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Honestly, you can’t make this shit up.
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Fascinated by the philosophical and theological implications of this
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Fascinated by the philosophical and theological implications of this
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These ICE agents, USBP/CBP agents, and any LEO enforcing these laws and doing so illegally, unethically need to be removed from service and never allowed to return to law enforcement
They have betrayed the public’s trust and made America less safe because of and through their actions; simple
They have betrayed the public’s trust and made America less safe because of and through their actions; simple
Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
These ICE agents, USBP/CBP agents, and any LEO enforcing these laws and doing so illegally, unethically need to be removed from service and never allowed to return to law enforcement
They have betrayed the public’s trust and made America less safe because of and through their actions; simple
They have betrayed the public’s trust and made America less safe because of and through their actions; simple
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all of these videos are horrifying. what feels so singularly striking and scary to me in all of them is the individual seething contempt and rage of these agents
October 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
all of these videos are horrifying. what feels so singularly striking and scary to me in all of them is the individual seething contempt and rage of these agents
I did not know how lop-sided consumer spending is in the USA. "The top 10 percent of earners - making $250,000 or more annually - accounted for 49.2 percent of spending in the second quarter.... That's up from 45.8 percent during the same period two years ago." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Low-income Americans slash spending, a worrying sign for the economy
The U.S. economy faces challenges as consumer spending weakens, with lower-income Americans hit hardest by rising prices and economic pressures.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I did not know how lop-sided consumer spending is in the USA. "The top 10 percent of earners - making $250,000 or more annually - accounted for 49.2 percent of spending in the second quarter.... That's up from 45.8 percent during the same period two years ago." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Attacking civilians to make a point is categorically evil, no matter what that point may be
June 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Attacking civilians to make a point is categorically evil, no matter what that point may be
I've been a Supreme Court institutionalist, but it's clear that it's been thoroughly corrupted and has to be rebuilt from scratch. Expanding the Court is the only reasonable start to a Constitutional system built on law instead of naked politics (and we really need to amend to Art III)
September 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I've been a Supreme Court institutionalist, but it's clear that it's been thoroughly corrupted and has to be rebuilt from scratch. Expanding the Court is the only reasonable start to a Constitutional system built on law instead of naked politics (and we really need to amend to Art III)
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the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people
September 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary
Lord save us:
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
"Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."
The Bari Market
With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told.
puck.news
September 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This tactic - pressuring corporations financially until they put a regime friendly voice in charge - is exactly how Orbán took over the free press in Hungary
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🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
That moment when you're filling out a university survey and realize you now qualify for the 'been here forever' category.
August 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
That moment when you're filling out a university survey and realize you now qualify for the 'been here forever' category.
In my experience this summer, Claude Opus 4.1 is significantly closer at this to having PhD capabilities than ChatGPT 5, though I think ChatGPT is better for working through tricking coding problems
August 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In my experience this summer, Claude Opus 4.1 is significantly closer at this to having PhD capabilities than ChatGPT 5, though I think ChatGPT is better for working through tricking coding problems
Slightly diminish a band:
Guns and Daffodils
Stone Temple Passengers
A Tribe Called Errand
Guns and Daffodils
Stone Temple Passengers
A Tribe Called Errand
Slightly diminish a band:
George Clinton and Cromwell-Funkadelic
George Clinton and Cromwell-Funkadelic
Slightly diminish a band:
No La Tengo
Jog-D.M.C.
G. Love & Sauce
No La Tengo
Jog-D.M.C.
G. Love & Sauce
August 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
Guns and Daffodils
Stone Temple Passengers
A Tribe Called Errand
Guns and Daffodils
Stone Temple Passengers
A Tribe Called Errand