Jason B Jones
@jbj.bsky.social
Teaching and learning with technology. Currently: Northeastern U. Previously Woolf, Trinity, CCSU, ProfHacker
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
I refuse to learn what an Amfib is and so assume it’s whatever is required to keep my heart functioning while trying to bike at 0 degrees.
Do not mess around with cyclists.
Do not mess around with cyclists.
Hey winter cyclists: the smartest thing I've done after threatening to do it for too many years was actually write down what to wear based on temperature. This helped immensely last year, and winter is coming 🥶
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I refuse to learn what an Amfib is and so assume it’s whatever is required to keep my heart functioning while trying to bike at 0 degrees.
Do not mess around with cyclists.
Do not mess around with cyclists.
I’m pleased to report that we got our first holiday card of the season today, which means that’s *another* task everyone’s officially behind on.
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m pleased to report that we got our first holiday card of the season today, which means that’s *another* task everyone’s officially behind on.
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"There is a role for every person in revolution if he is revolutionary."
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"There is a role for every person in revolution if he is revolutionary."
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
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my god, this RIPS youtu.be/IY3UyDxH6zs
GEESE “Trinidad" @ The Brooklyn Paramount NY USA 11.21.2025
YouTube video by L Ron Jesus
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
my god, this RIPS youtu.be/IY3UyDxH6zs
I still haven’t watched it yet but I’m one way to tell how bad the Reds were yesterday is I think @knoxharrington.bsky.social may have been perfectly sober for the ratings show, which really goes against the spirit of the enterprise 😅
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I still haven’t watched it yet but I’m one way to tell how bad the Reds were yesterday is I think @knoxharrington.bsky.social may have been perfectly sober for the ratings show, which really goes against the spirit of the enterprise 😅
Another reason to be against AI workshops for school district board members is my wife came home and wanted me to get the Puppramin ad up on the tv’s YouTube
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Another reason to be against AI workshops for school district board members is my wife came home and wanted me to get the Puppramin ad up on the tv’s YouTube
I do not think of Pilates as “taking it easy,” even if set to the soothing vibes of pop punk
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I do not think of Pilates as “taking it easy,” even if set to the soothing vibes of pop punk
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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one thing I have come to believe, as someone who grew up deeply skeptical of the "authentic expression / sold out" dichotomy is that however true or false it was objectively, the taboo on "selling out" was societally load-bearing
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
one thing I have come to believe, as someone who grew up deeply skeptical of the "authentic expression / sold out" dichotomy is that however true or false it was objectively, the taboo on "selling out" was societally load-bearing
Guess where we are tho
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Guess where we are tho
I’ll take responsibility for this one, but I’d like Slot to start paying attention sometime soon this season
I thought “maybe if I go see Keanu in Godot instead of watching the Reds they’ll play better,” but ig that was just the Lie of Self-Delusion.
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’ll take responsibility for this one, but I’d like Slot to start paying attention sometime soon this season
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If you will be in Brooklyn for the Hold Steady shows at Brooklyn Bowl two weeks from today, or will simply be in or near Brooklyn for some other reason, and want to go for a run with THS fans (“The Hold Sweaty,” and no I will not apologize for that), let me know.
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If you will be in Brooklyn for the Hold Steady shows at Brooklyn Bowl two weeks from today, or will simply be in or near Brooklyn for some other reason, and want to go for a run with THS fans (“The Hold Sweaty,” and no I will not apologize for that), let me know.
My wife thought a “bagel with hot honey cream cheese” was “a bagel with warmed honey and cream cheese” and man I just don’t know, we might be too old for NYC
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My wife thought a “bagel with hot honey cream cheese” was “a bagel with warmed honey and cream cheese” and man I just don’t know, we might be too old for NYC
I thought “maybe if I go see Keanu in Godot instead of watching the Reds they’ll play better,” but ig that was just the Lie of Self-Delusion.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I thought “maybe if I go see Keanu in Godot instead of watching the Reds they’ll play better,” but ig that was just the Lie of Self-Delusion.
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I feel like Amazon has opinions about the shows I look up on IMDB and their implications for my health
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I feel like Amazon has opinions about the shows I look up on IMDB and their implications for my health
@theanfieldwrap.bsky.social any thoughts? (It’s not a problem with my account—nor a crisis—because I can access it in TAW Player.)
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
@theanfieldwrap.bsky.social any thoughts? (It’s not a problem with my account—nor a crisis—because I can access it in TAW Player.)
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Hey everyone I'm hosting a party this weekend and inviting
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Hey everyone I'm hosting a party this weekend and inviting
When you’ve lost Wired, it’s probably time to have a long sit-down and think about what you’re doing
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
When you’ve lost Wired, it’s probably time to have a long sit-down and think about what you’re doing
(It does make me sad that the “poetry defeats LLMs” paper everyone’s been gleeful about is p r e t t y bad.)
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
(It does make me sad that the “poetry defeats LLMs” paper everyone’s been gleeful about is p r e t t y bad.)
It’s amazing that this isn’t the name of a fetish but a group of paying customers
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s amazing that this isn’t the name of a fetish but a group of paying customers
This is the criticism we need
(It’s about the exhaustion/danger of
the heterosexual project via genre)
(It’s about the exhaustion/danger of
the heterosexual project via genre)
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is the criticism we need
(It’s about the exhaustion/danger of
the heterosexual project via genre)
(It’s about the exhaustion/danger of
the heterosexual project via genre)
Crazy that things are so chaotic that this typo showed up in the New Yorker’s newsletter today
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Crazy that things are so chaotic that this typo showed up in the New Yorker’s newsletter today
That moment when three tables literally say out loud “jfc this guy” as the whitest guy in SF loudly said “did I ever tell you I’m half-Thai” cuts across cultures and ages
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
That moment when three tables literally say out loud “jfc this guy” as the whitest guy in SF loudly said “did I ever tell you I’m half-Thai” cuts across cultures and ages
That there are (wholly dissimilar) plays called Proof and Doubt is not going to be great for my ability to keep them straight in X decades
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
That there are (wholly dissimilar) plays called Proof and Doubt is not going to be great for my ability to keep them straight in X decades