Jake Wright
@bcnjake.bsky.social
Philosopher, husband, dad, teacher, "leftist," potty-mouth, and pedagogical chaos agent. Aspiring to be the C.M. Punk of higher education. Distinguished, or so I'm told.
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Post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene
It's been seven hours and 13 days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night & sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothin I said nothin can take away these blues
Since you took your love away
I go out every night & sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothin I said nothin can take away these blues
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It's been seven hours and 13 days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night & sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothin I said nothin can take away these blues
Since you took your love away
I go out every night & sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothin I said nothin can take away these blues
Do I have a totally baller slide for tomorrow's seminar on curiosity and learning? Yes.
Is it based on an impromptu exploration of "hwæt" with my 8YO from reading Weinersmith (@smbccomics.bsky.social) and Boulet's Bea Wolf together? Also yes.
Are we talking @josheyler.bsky.social? Still yes.
Is it based on an impromptu exploration of "hwæt" with my 8YO from reading Weinersmith (@smbccomics.bsky.social) and Boulet's Bea Wolf together? Also yes.
Are we talking @josheyler.bsky.social? Still yes.
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Do I have a totally baller slide for tomorrow's seminar on curiosity and learning? Yes.
Is it based on an impromptu exploration of "hwæt" with my 8YO from reading Weinersmith (@smbccomics.bsky.social) and Boulet's Bea Wolf together? Also yes.
Are we talking @josheyler.bsky.social? Still yes.
Is it based on an impromptu exploration of "hwæt" with my 8YO from reading Weinersmith (@smbccomics.bsky.social) and Boulet's Bea Wolf together? Also yes.
Are we talking @josheyler.bsky.social? Still yes.
[in my best Shang Tsung voice]
IT HAS BEGUN
IT HAS BEGUN
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
[in my best Shang Tsung voice]
IT HAS BEGUN
IT HAS BEGUN
"of course [Trump] knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"of course [Trump] knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder
wand’ring far
alone
Of shadows on the stars.
–James Agee
wand’ring far
alone
Of shadows on the stars.
–James Agee
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder
wand’ring far
alone
Of shadows on the stars.
–James Agee
wand’ring far
alone
Of shadows on the stars.
–James Agee
Down here in Rochester, I looked up and was like “Holy shit, it’s PURPLE.”
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Down here in Rochester, I looked up and was like “Holy shit, it’s PURPLE.”
My timeline is filled with images of the Northern Lights and it reminds me that there is beauty and majesty in the world. No one can take it from us, no matter how hard they try.
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
My timeline is filled with images of the Northern Lights and it reminds me that there is beauty and majesty in the world. No one can take it from us, no matter how hard they try.
And a heaven full of stars
Over my head
White and topaz
And misty red;
Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
The aeons
Cannot vex or tire;
Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill
I watch them marching
Stately and still.
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty.
–Sara Teasdale
Over my head
White and topaz
And misty red;
Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
The aeons
Cannot vex or tire;
Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill
I watch them marching
Stately and still.
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty.
–Sara Teasdale
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
And a heaven full of stars
Over my head
White and topaz
And misty red;
Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
The aeons
Cannot vex or tire;
Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill
I watch them marching
Stately and still.
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty.
–Sara Teasdale
Over my head
White and topaz
And misty red;
Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
The aeons
Cannot vex or tire;
Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill
I watch them marching
Stately and still.
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty.
–Sara Teasdale
The splash page for the New York Times has SO MUCH WINNING.
As Pyrrhus might have said, "One more victory over the Republicans and we're done for!"
Masterful gambit, sirs and madams. Truly masterful.
As Pyrrhus might have said, "One more victory over the Republicans and we're done for!"
Masterful gambit, sirs and madams. Truly masterful.
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The splash page for the New York Times has SO MUCH WINNING.
As Pyrrhus might have said, "One more victory over the Republicans and we're done for!"
Masterful gambit, sirs and madams. Truly masterful.
As Pyrrhus might have said, "One more victory over the Republicans and we're done for!"
Masterful gambit, sirs and madams. Truly masterful.
I know the Carvaggio one is closer to the photograph, but the Artemisia Gentileschi version goes SO FUCKING HARD.
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I know the Carvaggio one is closer to the photograph, but the Artemisia Gentileschi version goes SO FUCKING HARD.
If I'm going to give a talk on SoTL as a locus of antifascist resistance, it only seems appropriate that I should lean into everyone's favorite antifascist academic, Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr.
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If I'm going to give a talk on SoTL as a locus of antifascist resistance, it only seems appropriate that I should lean into everyone's favorite antifascist academic, Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr.
I cannot properly explain how comically green everything is here. Just green turned up to 12.
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I cannot properly explain how comically green everything is here. Just green turned up to 12.
At McDonalds in New Zealand, you can apparently purchase something called the “Big Brekkie Burger,” which is a quarter pounder with cheese, an egg, bacon, and a hash brown patty with what looks like barbecue sauce.”
November 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
At McDonalds in New Zealand, you can apparently purchase something called the “Big Brekkie Burger,” which is a quarter pounder with cheese, an egg, bacon, and a hash brown patty with what looks like barbecue sauce.”
What’s up, Knox fam? Can we pool $15,250 to buy this giant, jaunty, hand-carved “Winkin’ Lincoln” to be displayed somewhere on campus?
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What’s up, Knox fam? Can we pool $15,250 to buy this giant, jaunty, hand-carved “Winkin’ Lincoln” to be displayed somewhere on campus?
Sunrise over Rochester this morning
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sunrise over Rochester this morning
Free speech is good. We should exercise it.
Dumping AI poo on protesters is bad. We should say so.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
Dumping AI poo on protesters is bad. We should say so.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
October 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Free speech is good. We should exercise it.
Dumping AI poo on protesters is bad. We should say so.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
Dumping AI poo on protesters is bad. We should say so.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
So, like, big savings on mediocre philosophy, too? Is that what they mean here?
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So, like, big savings on mediocre philosophy, too? Is that what they mean here?
TODAY IN MY FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR
STUDENTS: We want to learn time management strategies!
ME: Surprise! You don’t have “time management” issues! You have emotional regulation issues that make you procrastinate! Let’s fix those first.
STUDENTS: We want to learn time management strategies!
ME: Surprise! You don’t have “time management” issues! You have emotional regulation issues that make you procrastinate! Let’s fix those first.
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
TODAY IN MY FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR
STUDENTS: We want to learn time management strategies!
ME: Surprise! You don’t have “time management” issues! You have emotional regulation issues that make you procrastinate! Let’s fix those first.
STUDENTS: We want to learn time management strategies!
ME: Surprise! You don’t have “time management” issues! You have emotional regulation issues that make you procrastinate! Let’s fix those first.
The Simon's Quest cover had a photo of Simon Belmont posing with DRACULA'S SEVERED HEAD. Parents were *not* pleased and called Nintendo to let them have it. The 80s were a wild time.
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Simon's Quest cover had a photo of Simon Belmont posing with DRACULA'S SEVERED HEAD. Parents were *not* pleased and called Nintendo to let them have it. The 80s were a wild time.