Ron Brooks
@rooksbay.bsky.social
writing and rhetoric associate professor (montclair state), mechanical humanist, gardener, pinball enthusiast, banjo player, husband, dad, master of none
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Ron Brooks
@rooksbay.bsky.social
· Jan 29
I am now a person with no Meta or Musk owned social accounts. I'm hoping the move will allow me to focus more on writing off grid, but I'm happy to have this connection to the social media world.
I'm watching a guy on TV who climbed Everest and then went back down on skies... I don't have that kind of motivation
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'm watching a guy on TV who climbed Everest and then went back down on skies... I don't have that kind of motivation
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Thinking about the crisis of meaning imposed on us all with the RhetAI Coalition here. Hope it can be useful!
rhetaicoalition.substack.com/p/ai-revolut...
rhetaicoalition.substack.com/p/ai-revolut...
AI Revolution as Crisis of Meaning, and More
AI continues to be deeply panickable because it disrupts human meaning-making.
rhetaicoalition.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Thinking about the crisis of meaning imposed on us all with the RhetAI Coalition here. Hope it can be useful!
rhetaicoalition.substack.com/p/ai-revolut...
rhetaicoalition.substack.com/p/ai-revolut...
Tis the season for zucchini boats
August 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tis the season for zucchini boats
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I’m reluctant to mention…
I’m resigned to say…
I’m unexcited to announce…
I’m ashamed to share….
I’m resigned to say…
I’m unexcited to announce…
I’m ashamed to share….
July 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’m reluctant to mention…
I’m resigned to say…
I’m unexcited to announce…
I’m ashamed to share….
I’m resigned to say…
I’m unexcited to announce…
I’m ashamed to share….
I was a guest on Pods Against Tomorrow. Many thanks to Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush for a fun conversation about After Dark, My Sweet.
open.spotify.com/episode/2YsD...
open.spotify.com/episode/2YsD...
After Dark, My Sweet (1990) with Ron Brooks
Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I was a guest on Pods Against Tomorrow. Many thanks to Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush for a fun conversation about After Dark, My Sweet.
open.spotify.com/episode/2YsD...
open.spotify.com/episode/2YsD...
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The (pedagogical) question of how does one ethically engage AI (in the classroom) is sort of like asking how does one ethically engage child labor or burning styrofoam (in the classroom).
May 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The (pedagogical) question of how does one ethically engage AI (in the classroom) is sort of like asking how does one ethically engage child labor or burning styrofoam (in the classroom).
Georgie trances in the elderberry bush
May 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Georgie trances in the elderberry bush
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1. Lies.
2. Notice how much tech companies and execs invoke "magic" to sell those lies.
2. Notice how much tech companies and execs invoke "magic" to sell those lies.
May 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
1. Lies.
2. Notice how much tech companies and execs invoke "magic" to sell those lies.
2. Notice how much tech companies and execs invoke "magic" to sell those lies.
This has been the year for social media weariness.
May 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This has been the year for social media weariness.
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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RIP Jonathan Sterne - most influential sound studies scholar of the past 20 years, renowned mentor, dedicated colleague.
this morning friends, colleagues, and students recieved an email with the sad news that jonathan sterne passed away last night in his sleep. if you would like to reach out to carrie, you can do so at the heyjonandcarrie email that was previously distributed. (dm me if you dont have this)
March 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
RIP Jonathan Sterne - most influential sound studies scholar of the past 20 years, renowned mentor, dedicated colleague.
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Where is the solidarity with AP?
Journalists claim to defend the freedom of the press. Yet they’re piss poor at supporting their own.
This is a test case against authoritarianism.
Every member of the White House press corps should boycott WH events in support of AP.
Then watch Trump back down
Journalists claim to defend the freedom of the press. Yet they’re piss poor at supporting their own.
This is a test case against authoritarianism.
Every member of the White House press corps should boycott WH events in support of AP.
Then watch Trump back down
February 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Where is the solidarity with AP?
Journalists claim to defend the freedom of the press. Yet they’re piss poor at supporting their own.
This is a test case against authoritarianism.
Every member of the White House press corps should boycott WH events in support of AP.
Then watch Trump back down
Journalists claim to defend the freedom of the press. Yet they’re piss poor at supporting their own.
This is a test case against authoritarianism.
Every member of the White House press corps should boycott WH events in support of AP.
Then watch Trump back down
I was a department chair for 5 years, but it occurs to me recently that the entire experience will always be associated in my mind with covid-19 and being a chair during that time. Might as well have been 20 years!
February 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I was a department chair for 5 years, but it occurs to me recently that the entire experience will always be associated in my mind with covid-19 and being a chair during that time. Might as well have been 20 years!
This is the dumbest timeline
Not even the best satire writer in the world could have come up with “Red, White, and Blueland”
February 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is the dumbest timeline
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Direct paper link: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
February 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Direct paper link: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
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just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of cosmopolitan magazine: thread
February 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of cosmopolitan magazine: thread
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Of all of Millie's endearing qualities, I think my favorite is her smile.
February 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Of all of Millie's endearing qualities, I think my favorite is her smile.
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Just bumped into an old friend.
February 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Just bumped into an old friend.
I did not have "a sinkhole opening up on one of the busiest interstates in the US [also, my commute!]" on my 2025 bingo card.
February 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I did not have "a sinkhole opening up on one of the busiest interstates in the US [also, my commute!]" on my 2025 bingo card.