Jon Boeckenstedt
@jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social
Retired but still working at EnrollmentVP. Hot takes and amateur photography. Bad speller. I blame the nuns at Nativity School.
Google me to find me; I'm the only one on the planet with this name.
Google me to find me; I'm the only one on the planet with this name.
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I will donate to any charity or buy insurance from any agent that promises not to send return address labels at the holidays.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I will donate to any charity or buy insurance from any agent that promises not to send return address labels at the holidays.
Why am I wasting my time doing higher ed consulting when there is a much more lucrative opportunity in Hollywood staring me right in the face?
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Why am I wasting my time doing higher ed consulting when there is a much more lucrative opportunity in Hollywood staring me right in the face?
The more MS Word tells me I'm using "effect" incorrectly the more I'm going to use it.
I hope I can effect some changes in their model.
I hope I can effect some changes in their model.
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The more MS Word tells me I'm using "effect" incorrectly the more I'm going to use it.
I hope I can effect some changes in their model.
I hope I can effect some changes in their model.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
Reposted by Jon Boeckenstedt
So just what were those strange sex acts that RFK Jr. was describing in his poems? Ross Douthat and Bret Stephens drop by to explain.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So just what were those strange sex acts that RFK Jr. was describing in his poems? Ross Douthat and Bret Stephens drop by to explain.
We're in a movie. This is the first scene.
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We're in a movie. This is the first scene.
What everyone knows, but the Ivy Leagues won't admit: The SAT is great if you want to perpetuate inequality by giving opportunity to the students who have the most opportunity, but a weak tool to predict freshman GPA.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Why the SAT Is a Poor Fit for Public Universities (opinion)
The SAT may suit the Ivies, but it undermines the mission of America’s public institutions.
www.insidehighered.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What everyone knows, but the Ivy Leagues won't admit: The SAT is great if you want to perpetuate inequality by giving opportunity to the students who have the most opportunity, but a weak tool to predict freshman GPA.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A1 would have fixed her grammar for her.
Linda McMahon: "The states will have less requirements because more money will go in block grants to the states ... I have called for a hard reset of education because we have failed our students."
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A1 would have fixed her grammar for her.
City at night.
Chicago, last night, from the Lakeview neighborhood
Chicago, last night, from the Lakeview neighborhood
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
City at night.
Chicago, last night, from the Lakeview neighborhood
Chicago, last night, from the Lakeview neighborhood
MTG retiring on January 5th. Guess she got uninvited to the big Trump January 6th party.
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
MTG retiring on January 5th. Guess she got uninvited to the big Trump January 6th party.
She can't win a purple-ish state without sounding sane, which is exactly what and why she's been faking for the last couple of weeks,
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
She can't win a purple-ish state without sounding sane, which is exactly what and why she's been faking for the last couple of weeks,
This had not occurred to me, but damn. I suspect Putin already knows this....
the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This had not occurred to me, but damn. I suspect Putin already knows this....
Maybe now you can understand how awful his hot takes on higher education are.
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Maybe now you can understand how awful his hot takes on higher education are.
Check out that last bullet in the NYT story about Epstein and his passive and probable accomplice JP Morgan Chase.
Only ten years too late.
Only ten years too late.
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Check out that last bullet in the NYT story about Epstein and his passive and probable accomplice JP Morgan Chase.
Only ten years too late.
Only ten years too late.
I can neither confirm nor deny that Nick Saban is trying to get me to consider the LSU job.
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I can neither confirm nor deny that Nick Saban is trying to get me to consider the LSU job.
I guess I shouldn't feel bad about finishing that report tomorrow. Or Monday.
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I guess I shouldn't feel bad about finishing that report tomorrow. Or Monday.
Jeffrey Epstein had an office at Harvard....
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Jeffrey Epstein had an office at Harvard....
Grade inflation at the Hilton
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Grade inflation at the Hilton
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Some end-of-season photography Greene Valley Forest Preserve in suburban Chicago this afternoon.
Some end-of-season photography Greene Valley Forest Preserve in suburban Chicago this afternoon.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Some end-of-season photography Greene Valley Forest Preserve in suburban Chicago this afternoon.
Some end-of-season photography Greene Valley Forest Preserve in suburban Chicago this afternoon.
Funny how a few emails come out and the former president of Harvard, Larry Summers, pretty much says, "Yep, it's me, I'm guilty, but to be clear she was an adult, but still, I'm going to step away from public life because I'm humiliated," but the emails are all a hoax.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Funny how a few emails come out and the former president of Harvard, Larry Summers, pretty much says, "Yep, it's me, I'm guilty, but to be clear she was an adult, but still, I'm going to step away from public life because I'm humiliated," but the emails are all a hoax.
Trump's cabinet gathers to see how those immigrants get cattle across the border.
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Trump's cabinet gathers to see how those immigrants get cattle across the border.
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Yeah, that’s what really set America apart — we were the first and only nation in history to put a religious angle on wars.
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Yeah, that’s what really set America apart — we were the first and only nation in history to put a religious angle on wars.