victoria l. braegger
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assistant prof of technical communication @ Missouri S&T
techcomm, game studies, hardware peripherals, ux/ui, usability, disability
nymgamer podcast co-host | disabled scholar | shitposting on main
assistant prof of technical communication @ Missouri S&T
techcomm, game studies, hardware peripherals, ux/ui, usability, disability
nymgamer podcast co-host | disabled scholar | shitposting on main
At 9:45am, I texted a friend a question:
Is it too early for Mountain Dew?
She told me it wasn't.
This exchange has happened every couple of months for eight years (industry besties). Not sure I believe her, but she gives me the confidence to have Mountain Dew before noon (breaking rules).
Is it too early for Mountain Dew?
She told me it wasn't.
This exchange has happened every couple of months for eight years (industry besties). Not sure I believe her, but she gives me the confidence to have Mountain Dew before noon (breaking rules).
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
At 9:45am, I texted a friend a question:
Is it too early for Mountain Dew?
She told me it wasn't.
This exchange has happened every couple of months for eight years (industry besties). Not sure I believe her, but she gives me the confidence to have Mountain Dew before noon (breaking rules).
Is it too early for Mountain Dew?
She told me it wasn't.
This exchange has happened every couple of months for eight years (industry besties). Not sure I believe her, but she gives me the confidence to have Mountain Dew before noon (breaking rules).
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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.
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Understanding Generative AI: A Primer for College Writers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Understanding Generative AI: A Primer for College Writers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The CCCC Special Committee on Generative AI in College Composition & Writing Studies is pleased to share two docs that have been in the works since this past summer:
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The CCCC Special Committee on Generative AI in College Composition & Writing Studies is pleased to share two docs that have been in the works since this past summer:
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Judging from the quotes in here, university admins are some of the least “ai literate” people in existence. No wonder they think students need to be taught how to use it.
After mass AI college-cheating freakout, many admissions offices are using it to screen student applications | Fortune
It wasn't long ago they began banning student use of it for homework or test-taking. Admissions offices are different, though.
fortune.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Judging from the quotes in here, university admins are some of the least “ai literate” people in existence. No wonder they think students need to be taught how to use it.
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What an insult to all Alaska. This is outrageous.
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
What an insult to all Alaska. This is outrageous.
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You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state
Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state
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October 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Excited to announce that University of Tennessee at Martin is hiring a TT faculty member! Specialty is Prof/Tech Writing, and teaching first-year comp is also expected. bit.ly/UTM-PTW-AY26TT. Priority deadline is Nov 3rd. I'm Search Chair, so let me know if you have questions. #techcomm #rhetcomp
Assistant Professor of English
The Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages at University of Tennessee at Martin invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor with a specialization in composition and profess...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Excited to announce that University of Tennessee at Martin is hiring a TT faculty member! Specialty is Prof/Tech Writing, and teaching first-year comp is also expected. bit.ly/UTM-PTW-AY26TT. Priority deadline is Nov 3rd. I'm Search Chair, so let me know if you have questions. #techcomm #rhetcomp
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A lot of video-game publishers spend hundreds of millions of dollars chasing after "realistic graphics" and "massive open-worlds" when what players really want is just a shitload of weird little guys
September 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A lot of video-game publishers spend hundreds of millions of dollars chasing after "realistic graphics" and "massive open-worlds" when what players really want is just a shitload of weird little guys
not to make it a competition, but I've been on the phone for an hour (so far) with the drug manufacturer, insurance, and the specialty pharmacy trying to get my monthly dose of way-too-expensive-MS-disease-modifying-drug.
how's your healthcare going?
how's your healthcare going?
a black cat is holding a pair of scissors in its paws and says `` well '' .
Alt: Gif of a black cat filing its claws with the caption, "Well..."
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August 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
not to make it a competition, but I've been on the phone for an hour (so far) with the drug manufacturer, insurance, and the specialty pharmacy trying to get my monthly dose of way-too-expensive-MS-disease-modifying-drug.
how's your healthcare going?
how's your healthcare going?
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You can use this tool to find out just how much funding your local district (or any district in the country) will be losing in the new federal budget:
"DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT will lose $8,175,391 in federal funding."
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"DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT will lose $8,175,391 in federal funding."
public.tableau.com/app/profile/... #EduSky #EdChat
August 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You can use this tool to find out just how much funding your local district (or any district in the country) will be losing in the new federal budget:
"DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT will lose $8,175,391 in federal funding."
public.tableau.com/app/profile/... #EduSky #EdChat
"DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT will lose $8,175,391 in federal funding."
public.tableau.com/app/profile/... #EduSky #EdChat
"coding error" lolol
August 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"coding error" lolol
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All the punitive deplatformization & surveillance that gamers egged on against hot tub/"egirl"/OF streamers is a rehearsal for attacking that freedoms of expression that YOU love, sooner than later
Here's my story. Thanks to everyone who reached out and spoke to me about this.
We'll have more on this on the radio this weekend. www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/s...
We'll have more on this on the radio this weekend. www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/s...
How an anti-porn lobby on payment processors censored thousands of video games | CBC Radio
Video game developers are speaking out after thousands of games and other digital artworks were hidden or removed entirely from two popular PC games stores. They say many of the vanished titles were u...
www.cbc.ca
August 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
All the punitive deplatformization & surveillance that gamers egged on against hot tub/"egirl"/OF streamers is a rehearsal for attacking that freedoms of expression that YOU love, sooner than later
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if you read one thing about higher ed or tech or venture capital this week, make it this
theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
How Venture Capitalists Built A For-Profit "Micro-University" Inside Our Public Flagships
You can graduate any time, but you can never leave.
theamericanvandal.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
if you read one thing about higher ed or tech or venture capital this week, make it this
theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
I interviewed Kishonna Gray for _Historiographies of Game Studies: What it Has Been, What it Could Be_.
It was published today and I'm so excited to see it in print!
This book contains 31 chapters of awesome scholarship *and* it's open access. So... >>>
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It was published today and I'm so excited to see it in print!
This book contains 31 chapters of awesome scholarship *and* it's open access. So... >>>
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be – punctum books
punctumbooks.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I interviewed Kishonna Gray for _Historiographies of Game Studies: What it Has Been, What it Could Be_.
It was published today and I'm so excited to see it in print!
This book contains 31 chapters of awesome scholarship *and* it's open access. So... >>>
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
It was published today and I'm so excited to see it in print!
This book contains 31 chapters of awesome scholarship *and* it's open access. So... >>>
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
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xAI has disabled Grok, deleted a slew of its antisemitic and neo-Nazi posts, posted a statement, and are evidently rolling back the prompt that made it identify as "MechaHitler," but this new low for Elon Musk's chatbot will live in internet infamy:
Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot Goes Full Nazi, Calls Itself 'MechaHitler'
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot has unleashed a slew of antisemitic commentary and praised Hitler after apparent change allowed to be 'politically incorrect'
www.rollingstone.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
xAI has disabled Grok, deleted a slew of its antisemitic and neo-Nazi posts, posted a statement, and are evidently rolling back the prompt that made it identify as "MechaHitler," but this new low for Elon Musk's chatbot will live in internet infamy:
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All power to ADAPT, who saved Medicaid last time and of course got us the ADA many years ago. Probably the most serious contemporary American direct action outfit.
Disabled people are being arrested in DC today as they're protesting Medicaid cuts.
Source of this photo, ADAPT www.facebook.com/theRealNatio...
Source of this photo, ADAPT www.facebook.com/theRealNatio...
June 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
All power to ADAPT, who saved Medicaid last time and of course got us the ADA many years ago. Probably the most serious contemporary American direct action outfit.
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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
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This has been on my mind since I left games media. It's readily apparent how many marginalized folks have been pushed out over these last few years and it's no coincidence that there's generally been a lot less interesting coverage as a result. The whole games space feels like it's sliding backwards
i clicked on 15 reviews for death stranding 2, on major publications, and haven’t found a single from a woman. am i missing something? this is normal for video game media, especially with big games, but damn usually i can find at least a few lol
June 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This has been on my mind since I left games media. It's readily apparent how many marginalized folks have been pushed out over these last few years and it's no coincidence that there's generally been a lot less interesting coverage as a result. The whole games space feels like it's sliding backwards
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Today I would like to find content and course creator bsky. Where are you all? I don't mean like, academic course creators, I mean people who are building out courses as part of their side hustles or main hustles. I want to find you!
June 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Today I would like to find content and course creator bsky. Where are you all? I don't mean like, academic course creators, I mean people who are building out courses as part of their side hustles or main hustles. I want to find you!
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In light of today's SCOTUS ruling upholding Tennessee's ban on youth gender-affirming care, it would be amazing to see donations flood into OUTMemphis, the mid-south's longest-running LGBTQ+ org.
OUTMemphis offers material and social support for trans kids and adults and has since 1989.
OUTMemphis offers material and social support for trans kids and adults and has since 1989.
Donate | Support a Better Future — OUTMemphis
Make a difference with your donation to OUTMemphis and support impactful programs for the LGBTQ+ community. Your contribution empowers advocacy and creates long-term social change.
www.outmemphis.org
June 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In light of today's SCOTUS ruling upholding Tennessee's ban on youth gender-affirming care, it would be amazing to see donations flood into OUTMemphis, the mid-south's longest-running LGBTQ+ org.
OUTMemphis offers material and social support for trans kids and adults and has since 1989.
OUTMemphis offers material and social support for trans kids and adults and has since 1989.
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I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger
I presented at #ATTW2025 yesterday on 10 years of GG & the alt-right. I used this quote from #CharlieWarzel to introduce the importance of GG when discussing modern politics and what we're seeing in online spaces.
Disinformation on yesterday's political assassinations is already spreading.
Disinformation on yesterday's political assassinations is already spreading.
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Gamergate is occasionally framed as a battle for the soul of the internet between a diverse, progressive set and an angry collection of white males who feel displaced. And it is that, too. But its most powerful legacy is as proof of concept of how to wage a post-truth information war.
[Highlighted in yellow] The lesson of Gamergate — the one we feel reverberating throughout our politics every day in 2019 — is that there’s a sinister power afforded to those brazen enough to construct their own false realities and foist them on others.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fcwnhf5etipbw3lqqwnkl6md/bafkreiffdeotxhpubz3gqe5bzofbi7i56u7pj34ri2zc5xbt2pco4d367y@jpeg)
June 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I presented at #ATTW2025 yesterday on 10 years of GG & the alt-right. I used this quote from #CharlieWarzel to introduce the importance of GG when discussing modern politics and what we're seeing in online spaces.
Disinformation on yesterday's political assassinations is already spreading.
Disinformation on yesterday's political assassinations is already spreading.
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I’m sorry, this has such “now that I’m grown I eat five dozen eggs, so I’m roughly the size of a barge” energy.
Amazing.
Amazing.
June 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m sorry, this has such “now that I’m grown I eat five dozen eggs, so I’m roughly the size of a barge” energy.
Amazing.
Amazing.