Keegan Lannon
@keeganlannon.bsky.social
PhD: Aberystwyth; Work: UI-Chicago.
I twee—er, post (skeet?)—about all things that fall under the auspices of an English department, but especially comics, writing, and teaching (mainly about comics and writing).
I twee—er, post (skeet?)—about all things that fall under the auspices of an English department, but especially comics, writing, and teaching (mainly about comics and writing).
One interesting statistic from the article followed by two equally interesting statistics about U Nebraska:
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
One interesting statistic from the article followed by two equally interesting statistics about U Nebraska:
I would push it further, too, and argue that knowing facts doesn’t mean you understand even *the facts* themselves. A lot of what tech people call “understanding” feels more akin to recall or memory than knowing or understanding.
Lying half awake, staring at the hospital ceiling after seeing an AI bro condescending to @kathryntewson.bsky.social, I drifted off thinking about cognition, reasoning, and understanding.
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I would push it further, too, and argue that knowing facts doesn’t mean you understand even *the facts* themselves. A lot of what tech people call “understanding” feels more akin to recall or memory than knowing or understanding.
The NBA Jam Prize for Contributions in Economics
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December 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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This looks like the Peace Prize Darkseid would hand out on Apokolips.
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This looks like the Peace Prize Darkseid would hand out on Apokolips.
I can tell that engineers designed our roster management software because it let's me sort by class year, but arranges the classes alphabetically: First-Year, Junior Senior, Sophomore.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I can tell that engineers designed our roster management software because it let's me sort by class year, but arranges the classes alphabetically: First-Year, Junior Senior, Sophomore.
Alright...got to get some essays assessed. Starting the day with 19. Let's fucking go.
a man with a mustache wearing a shirt and tie is dancing
Alt: Henry Cavil from the Mission Impossible movie with a mustache wearing a white shirt and tie snaps his arms preparing to fight.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Alright...got to get some essays assessed. Starting the day with 19. Let's fucking go.
Closed out my comics class by having #UIC's own @robotswithcoffee.bsky.social come through and talk about the life of a comics creative. He ran through a lot of DIY suggestions for getting your ideas out into the world, and it was great. Highly recommend checking out work, if you haven't already.
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Closed out my comics class by having #UIC's own @robotswithcoffee.bsky.social come through and talk about the life of a comics creative. He ran through a lot of DIY suggestions for getting your ideas out into the world, and it was great. Highly recommend checking out work, if you haven't already.
I don't know. I've been teaching since 2006 and I have never seen someone pretend to be disabled to get accommodations. I mean that literally: I cannot think of a single instance where someone was trying to game the system.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I don't know. I've been teaching since 2006 and I have never seen someone pretend to be disabled to get accommodations. I mean that literally: I cannot think of a single instance where someone was trying to game the system.
That was a brisk walk to work.
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
That was a brisk walk to work.
I think I would rather read an interesting essay riddled with grammatical complications than a bland, mechanically competent essay. An essay with something to say that needs structural help is always more interesting than an easy read that contributes nothing to the conversation.
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I think I would rather read an interesting essay riddled with grammatical complications than a bland, mechanically competent essay. An essay with something to say that needs structural help is always more interesting than an easy read that contributes nothing to the conversation.
I wonder if part of the problem is that Universities started adding departments in subjects that have real-world job titles (business, accounting, nursing). More traditional programs (philosophy, art, history) are then seen as extraneous for finding a job.
If we are to solve the funding crisis facing universities, and the crisis of trust in expertise, we have to work tirelessly to fight this nonsense on two fronts: 1) you can't get a degree in Madonna Studies and 2) but it would be good if you could.
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I wonder if part of the problem is that Universities started adding departments in subjects that have real-world job titles (business, accounting, nursing). More traditional programs (philosophy, art, history) are then seen as extraneous for finding a job.
Spotify Unwrapped numbers are in. My total listening minutes are down, which is not surprising. The Toadies were a new addition to my top artists, but I’m not mad about it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Spotify Unwrapped numbers are in. My total listening minutes are down, which is not surprising. The Toadies were a new addition to my top artists, but I’m not mad about it.
Day 1 of #AcaDecaWriteathon:
Working on an article—part scholarly/part personal reflection—on my recent attempts to roll out an alternative assessment model for my FYW class.
Morning Session: 9:00-9:30 while waiting at the doctor’s office
Word count: 293
Working on an article—part scholarly/part personal reflection—on my recent attempts to roll out an alternative assessment model for my FYW class.
Morning Session: 9:00-9:30 while waiting at the doctor’s office
Word count: 293
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Day 1 of #AcaDecaWriteathon:
Working on an article—part scholarly/part personal reflection—on my recent attempts to roll out an alternative assessment model for my FYW class.
Morning Session: 9:00-9:30 while waiting at the doctor’s office
Word count: 293
Working on an article—part scholarly/part personal reflection—on my recent attempts to roll out an alternative assessment model for my FYW class.
Morning Session: 9:00-9:30 while waiting at the doctor’s office
Word count: 293
CC: @genekjr.bsky.social - this seems like something of interest for you.
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
CC: @genekjr.bsky.social - this seems like something of interest for you.
In regards to the Oklahoma State situation: there are no amount of rubrics or pedagogical policy that can prevent this from happening to you. You can be as clear as you want; if a bad-faith actor wants to use your class as part of the culture war, they will.
The only prevention is unionization.
The only prevention is unionization.
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
In regards to the Oklahoma State situation: there are no amount of rubrics or pedagogical policy that can prevent this from happening to you. You can be as clear as you want; if a bad-faith actor wants to use your class as part of the culture war, they will.
The only prevention is unionization.
The only prevention is unionization.
Does this count as the enshittification of education?
I used to expect that students would not only write their own essays, but write them competently. Competency was part of the grade. Now, I get excited when it's clear they at least tried to write something, regardless of quality.
I used to expect that students would not only write their own essays, but write them competently. Competency was part of the grade. Now, I get excited when it's clear they at least tried to write something, regardless of quality.
I find myself compelled to grade students who write essays that miss the expectations for the assignment more leniently when it was clear that they wrote the essay themselves.
At least they tried to write something, even if it's not the most effective.
At least they tried to write something, even if it's not the most effective.
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Does this count as the enshittification of education?
I used to expect that students would not only write their own essays, but write them competently. Competency was part of the grade. Now, I get excited when it's clear they at least tried to write something, regardless of quality.
I used to expect that students would not only write their own essays, but write them competently. Competency was part of the grade. Now, I get excited when it's clear they at least tried to write something, regardless of quality.
I find myself compelled to grade students who write essays that miss the expectations for the assignment more leniently when it was clear that they wrote the essay themselves.
At least they tried to write something, even if it's not the most effective.
At least they tried to write something, even if it's not the most effective.
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I find myself compelled to grade students who write essays that miss the expectations for the assignment more leniently when it was clear that they wrote the essay themselves.
At least they tried to write something, even if it's not the most effective.
At least they tried to write something, even if it's not the most effective.
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in 2021 i (virtually 😔) presented at the Visual Depictions of the American West conference and just received notice that another participant has released a call for papers for a collection titled Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics! spread the word!!
CFP
Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics Call For Papers The Western genre has been widely read within the confines of a national cinema and culture of the United States…
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November 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
in 2021 i (virtually 😔) presented at the Visual Depictions of the American West conference and just received notice that another participant has released a call for papers for a collection titled Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics! spread the word!!
Every single person--from the bag check through TSA to the two people I ordered food from--were all lovely people at LAX. An excellent airport experience.
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Every single person--from the bag check through TSA to the two people I ordered food from--were all lovely people at LAX. An excellent airport experience.
I’m a fan of the cold weather, but I would be lying if I didn’t concede how nice it is to walk around LA in the winter.
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’m a fan of the cold weather, but I would be lying if I didn’t concede how nice it is to walk around LA in the winter.
Fun! A phishing attempt on Bluesky. This place really has the juice.
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Fun! A phishing attempt on Bluesky. This place really has the juice.
The hill I am prepared to die on is that the Fall semester needs a week-long fall break around week 8. The first extended break coming at Thanksgiving is too long, and the students burn out in week 10. The last week of semester being right after the long break isn’t ideal, either.
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The hill I am prepared to die on is that the Fall semester needs a week-long fall break around week 8. The first extended break coming at Thanksgiving is too long, and the students burn out in week 10. The last week of semester being right after the long break isn’t ideal, either.
On Saturday, I was meant to provide the turkey for Friendsgiving, so I started an 18-hr brine on a 15-lb bird Friday night. Then my son spiked a fever, so we had to pull out. But there was no freezing a brined turkey, so I made it for my wife and I.
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
On Saturday, I was meant to provide the turkey for Friendsgiving, so I started an 18-hr brine on a 15-lb bird Friday night. Then my son spiked a fever, so we had to pull out. But there was no freezing a brined turkey, so I made it for my wife and I.
“And then Jesus said to the gathered crowd, ‘When I was a young man, my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said, ‘Son, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned.’ to him I said, ‘Though you’re dead and gone, believe me, your memory…”
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
“And then Jesus said to the gathered crowd, ‘When I was a young man, my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said, ‘Son, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned.’ to him I said, ‘Though you’re dead and gone, believe me, your memory…”