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Derek John Boczkowski

@derekboczkowski.bsky.social

Writing center guy (The Ohio State University at Newark). Composition and literacies researcher. Chicago Cubs fan. Teacher, learner, molder of minds and minder of molds.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 9h ago

The Chicago Park District has a great monument to this shameful moment in Chicago History, at 67th and Kedzie. www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facili...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Memorial

Sponsored by the Inner City Muslim Action Network (IMAN), the Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Memorial was dedicated on August 5, 2016 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. King’s historic march thro...

chicagoparkdistrict.com

Robert Loerzel@robertloerzel.bsky.social · 12h ago

Sixty years ago today, someone threw a rock at Martin Luther King Jr., hitting him in the neck, during a march in Marquette Park. Here’s a Tribune story by @chicagorumormill.bsky.social looking back at the history: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/30/v...

Aides shield the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after he was struck by a rock in Marquette Park during an Aug. 5, 1966, march in Chicago. (Chicago Tribune archive)

Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 12h ago

Derek John Boczkowski @derekboczkowski.bsky.social · 10h ago

“All the people who are anti-cancer or want to slow cancer progress, I have one question: If cancer disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without cancer? Imagine cancer was suddenly banned. Would you actually be willing to give it up?” This is how Kavish sounds to me.

Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 18h ago

I have one answer.

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kavishj611 5h
+ All the people who are anti-Al or want to slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
Al tool?
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it up?

CSketch @csketch.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh my god I think I found the video.

CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · yesterday

NBC Headline: "9/11 cheerleading reenactment leaves local community shocked"

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 2d ago

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

chart showing 280k pr specialists to 40k 'news analysts, reporters, and journalists'

Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social · 2d ago

GOODLEG.BMF

A giant whole roasted turkey leg, complete with a delectable drumstick and juicy thigh. Not unlike the giant leg that arrived on Lou and Dianne’s dinner plates at Medieval Times. The leg posed a bit of challenge to eat on a first date. What’s the etiquette here? Lou joked that he felt like he was at a Renaissance Festival. Dianne laughed and said she felt like she was a princess. For the first time in her life.

Florence @justflorence.bsky.social · 3d ago

Florence@justflorence.bsky.social · 3d ago

Went to an arcade in Halifax that had a framed portrait of Shigeru Miyamoto looking like he's about to be at the center of a murder mystery in the pacific northwest

A framed portrait of Shigeru Miyamoto, smiling at the camera.

Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Origin of Creed:

Hail Sagan ™️@hailsagan42069.bsky.social · 4d ago

A book with a DVD titled, "Teach Yourself Ass Guitar"

Derek John Boczkowski @derekboczkowski.bsky.social · 4d ago

Charles Schultz predicted social media discourse

Hourly Peanuts Comics@esnupi.me · 4d ago

Peanuts by Schulz: Friday, January 21, 1955

A Peanuts comic strip, drawn by Charles M. Schulz, originally released Friday, January 21, 1955

95Sports @95sports.bsky.social · 4d ago

If this show wasn’t called “Day and Knight” what are we even doing here.

Sitcom People@sitcompeople.bsky.social · 5d ago

Constantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 5d ago

Who says cops never have to face any consequences.

Times

LA Times 4m

LA Times

LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping

Stuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 5d ago

ICE kidnapped a colleague at Johns Hopkins.

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · 5d ago

When ICE tells you they’re targeting the worst of the worst, this is what they mean. ICE arrested Ameaka at BWI airport, and immediately moved her out of state to a GEO facility in Louisiana. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

Screenshot of two paragraphs of article text reading: "Ameaka began studying for a master's degree in public health in 2023 as a Fulbright scholar, according to her LinkedIn page. She's affiliated with the university's environmental health and engineering department and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, according to her faculty page on the university's website. She's also the founder of a peer education organization, BodyTalk, which aims to educate young women and girls about self-esteem, health and body positivity."

Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 7d ago

Missouri Library Defiantly Holds LGBTQ Story Hour Despite Funding and Legal State Threats www.erininthemorning... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Missouri Library Defiantly Holds LGBTQ Story Hour Despite Funding and Legal State Threats

“This isn’t isolated to Missouri. It doesn’t end here if we don’t stop it here.”

erininthemorning.com

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records

Derek John Boczkowski @derekboczkowski.bsky.social · 7d ago

While it’s true that none of us is bigger than our writing center, this shocking decision to fire Jane exposes how little Harvard’s administrators value the pedagogy, labor, ingenuity, leadership, and community-building of a writing center director—they need to talk to a writing tutor or twenty.

Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · last wk.

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Derek John Boczkowski @derekboczkowski.bsky.social · 7d ago

“[W]e are committed to ensuring that the work of the writing tutors continues as before . . . trained in the same ways.” Writing centers have scratched and clawed in the academy to provide a rare opportunity for undergrads to enact pedagogy. I worry that the “training” stated here will fall short.

Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · last wk.

And here. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · last wk.

It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Harvard College Lays Off Writing Center Director, Consolidates Center | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Harvard College Writing Center will no longer operate as a standalone unit after its director was laid off and its functions were consolidated as part of a restructuring in the Faculty of Arts and...

thecrimson.com

Derek John Boczkowski @derekboczkowski.bsky.social · last wk.

Li'l Lisa's Patented Book Slurry youtu.be/J-QeTbmchvQ

You Inspired It All, Li'l Lisa (The Simpsons)

YouTube video by ThingsICantFindOtherwise

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Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

news.com.au

Courtney (Dr. Version)@cakrolik.bsky.social · last wk.

Y’all. How is this even possible? Joan is STILL available for adoption in #Nashville. This gorgeous 9 year old girl has been waiting on her forever family for far too long. Can we #FindJoanAFurrever together? Looking at you #Medievalsky #Skystorians #DogsOfBluesky @weratedogs.com

Courtney (Dr. Version)@cakrolik.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Okay, #Skystorians. Do your thing, please. Someone in the Nashville area (or someone willing to drive) NEEDS to adopt Joan. This 9 year old lady needs her forever. LOOK AT HER FACE. @weratedogs.com #MedievalSky nashvillehumane.org/nha-pets/joan/

Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · last wk.

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · last wk.

tfw you smell Trump

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

look at the guy behind Trump (who is asleep). it smells crazy back there

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · last wk.

See you in court, creep.

MPR News@mprnews.org · last wk.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is suing Minnesota over a first-in-the-nation law banning technology that allows users to create and post deepfake videos or images of people naked without their consent.

kalibomeli.bsky.social @kalibomeli.bsky.social · last wk.

1/ This is Nick Adams. He’s a big deal in MAGA world. He’s got 638K followers on X and 2.1M on Facebook. President Trump even appointed him to a role at the State Dept. But when I started digging into Adams' nonprofit for "civics" education, something didn't look right ... 🧵

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · last wk.

Some serious fucking dystopia from this mornings Axios Columbus newsletter. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Nearly 18 months after Anduril announced its presence in Ohio and 4 months after beginning production, the company is celebrating the first autonomous aircraft completed at its massive new factory.

Why it matters: The defense company's Arsenal-1 facility near Rickenbacker is anticipated to be one of Ohio's largest job creation and economic development projects as war in Iran adds urgency to its work.

The latest: At an unveiling yesterday, the company rolled out its first completed YFQ-44A model, an autonomous drone known as the Fury, from the site

The event was a celebration for Anduril's first Ohio production team, joined by workers' families, company leadership and state political and economic officials.
The vibe: As the room commemorated the production of devices designed to kill, workers enjoyed an open bar and ate catered lunch while kids played games, including giant Anduril-themed Battleship.

It was all a bit surreal.

paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · last wk.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.

I admire our government's new commitment to honesty.

A real tweet from the Department of Defense that says "It's not an option" above a meme that just says WINNING.

Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫@lookitup.baby · 2w ago

A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.

suzpretti
18 hours ago

Today marks the six-month anniversary of Alex's murder. No one has been held accountable, no apologies, not a single phone call from any governmental official, hospital personnel, or the mpls police dept. Six-months of pain, a roller-coaster of trauma over and over. Every time another a death, another mention, a picture, a tribute, a sorrow so deep. I wonder how to move forward. Will I ever get over this loss and this pain?
Will I ever be able to enjoy life again? How does one live knowing that I have no power to change what has happened?

And yet the outreach not only from Minnesota, but from around the world has been nothing less than spectacular. Every card, every gift, every heartfelt letter has been read, touched, held, and cherished by us all. The kindness you've all shown us is beyond words. Please never forget Alex and what he believed in ~ equality and peace for all. I will remember the things that made you, you. It will never take your memory. As long as I'm here, you will never be forgotten.

For all you asking what you can do. Continue this fight. Never give up your right to speak out, protect your neighbor, your community and don't forget to spend time with those you love...

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Important petition re CCCC "If you are currently a CCCC member, we ask that you commit to cancelling your NCTE membership should these changes be made." Petition: "Join us in calling on the NCTE to halt any actions leading to the dissolution of the CCCC member group." www.change.org/p/halt-disso...

Sign the Petition

Halt Dissolution of CCCC and Call for Transparency from NCTE #SaveCCCC

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · last wk.

‘Edsel sales dropped each year the model was on the market, and Ford discontinued the car in 1959. It is widely viewed as the greatest automotive flop of all time. Cybertruck sales are off to an even worse start.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...