Drew M. Loewe
@drewloewe.bsky.social
Austinite. Seahawks fan. #GoHawks #GoDodgers, #GoFrogs, #GoZags, #GoGauchos, #GoRoadrunners ⛳️ NOT official university account. The writing class section sizes are too large.
PSA: For the love of God, stop lionizing professors who put white-font gotchas in assignments instead of putting in the work to design better assignments.
I'm not reactivating my FB account to follow the news, but apparently some at NCTE might dissolve CCCC....in the middle of summer. I don't always agree w/CCCC, but it's undeniable we need a strong national organization devoted to college writing instruction. CCCC has been that since the late '40s.
When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.
I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.
University President: Good afternoon Class of 2026! Please put your hands together for this year’s graduation speaker, MOLOCH!!
Metropolis Silent Film: Moloch Scene
Alt: Metropolis Silent Film: Moloch Scene
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guy who is mad at Nolan’s Odyssey because it depicts the sea as blue instead of wine-dark
Was not immediately sure this was satire.
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 3mo ago"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...
too many stupid people have money; that's why I'm launching protein cigarettes
Every learning management system is dog shit. It just depends on which flavor of dog shit your employer has signed up for.
I bet that Yautja metal music is so much heavier than ours.
“We’re pleased to announce that the rate of sagging jawlines since March has exceeded even our flappiest projections,” said AARP spokesperson Janet Reyes
AARP Releases Strong April Jowls Report
WASHINGTON—Calling the past month one of the droopiest on record, officials at AARP issued a strong April jowls report Tuesday. “We’re pleased to announce that the rate of sagging jawlines since March...
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I am informed that it is wrong to complain about a very stupid and dishonest indictment of Comey because Comey is bad. As I understand it we should only be concerned about abuse of state power against people we like. I am on a journey of LEARNING
Imagine if every year the FBI had a celebratory dinner with the Five Families and told jokes about each other.
Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 3mo agoover at the newsletter I wrote about the White House Correspondents Association dinner, and the pitiful complicity of our broken brunchlord access press
The Athletic | Whether it's Dianna Russini losing her job or Mike Vrabel missing Day 3 of the draft, both have paid the price for their affair.
Being a professor is just giving yourself homework for the rest of your life.
“Fans of the rich world George Lucas created can expect a consistent output of wildly varying guesses at what might appeal to them,” said Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro
Disney Promises ‘Star Wars’ Fans A New Era Of Blind Stabs At What They Seemed To Like Before
BURBANK, CA—Hinting at an exciting new phase for the beloved franchise, the Walt Disney Co. released a statement Friday promising Star Wars fans a new era of blind stabs at what they seemed to like be...
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IF YOU’RE IN LINE TO GET CONTROL OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, STAY IN LINE
Yes, the fact that I'm attending the White House Correspondents Dinner might SEEM like a supine gesture of complete deference to the insane dullard who demands total obedience from the press, BUT that's until you see the secret message I have on my pocket square
From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks
Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉@ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 4mo agoany advice from writers for when you desperately need to start writing something but you can't because you're terrified of it being terrible
He was talking about 17th century poetry, but this must be what Stanley Fish had in mind by a “self-consuming artifact”
