Today I realized, Wow, a certain listserv I'm on is incredibly quiet recently. Then, I remembered that I created a gmail rule to route those emails to a folder because there had been so many emails. Checked and there's 188 emails in less than 2 weeks. Where do these people make the time for this?

Inbox 22. ouch fall 2026

Got my inbox down below 40. #exhaustion

I miss 2008 Twitter

Has Dropbox been absolute shit for anyone else? Like taking forever to sync pretty small files.

Just had to verify my age for this stupid app because of Texas age verification laws, which are really laws to give more data to companies rather than to protect people

Unfortunately, the whole internet didn't go down and I still have an inbox. But it's down to 20 emails!

Michael J. Faris@sisypheantask.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So my inbox is still below 30 ... but if this Canvas hack is any indicator, maybe i won't have inboxes at all in a few weeks?

So my inbox is still below 30 ... but if this Canvas hack is any indicator, maybe i won't have inboxes at all in a few weeks?

For the first time in 4 months, my inbox is below 20 emails... But not for long, I'm sure.

Absolutely love that my healthcare provider refuses to email me bills because they can't recognize my email address, but they have no problem emailing me with a late notice.

I just want to say that I've been using @dreamhost.bsky.social for over 15 years (I think actually 18 years), and it's become nearly unusable. If they don't resolve my issues, will probably lose 20+ years of content

Inbox down to 13 for the first time in a LONG time. I've been extra grumpy the last few months, but maybe March and April is when I catch up and feel less overwhelmed.

I should say that, obviously, this is a product/effect of neoliberal publishing and all our work being outsourced/owned by these publishing agencies, but that's "obviously": Our work becomes less our own and ALSO harder to do because of corporate infrastructures

Michael J. Faris@sisypheantask.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hey all these journals using "ScholarOne Manuscripts": Is it really necessary to have a different login for each journal? Having 5 different logins to the same site is kinda confusing.

Hey all these journals using "ScholarOne Manuscripts": Is it really necessary to have a different login for each journal? Having 5 different logins to the same site is kinda confusing.

Don't understand why presses do hardcovers. Price is too high for both individuals & libraries. Just do the paperback from start. A no-duh move. Best presses in my field (e.g. Colorado UP) understand this. (This you, Routledge & SUNY Press: stop with stupid hardcover w/ then paperback a year later)

I wish that EPSN understood that North Carolina baby blue on a white background is not really readable #accessibility

I really wish MLA/MAPS would fix their login issues. It took me like 30 minutes to log into my department account today, and it takes nearly that long EVERY TIME because they have 3+ logins instead of just one. JFC

I don't have concrete data on this, but it feels like in 50% of the online meetings I have with someone using bluetooth headphones that there's a problem with their audio. I hate them. (them = bluetooth headphones, not the people)

Print copies of Adequate: Rewriting the Logics of Success in Rhetoric and Composition, edited by @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social and me, came in the mail today! Thanks to @upcolorado.bsky.social for publishing it!

And why on earth would the federal government want a list of Jewish employees... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

Penn Calls Government’s Demand for Lists of Jewish Staff ‘Disconcerting’

nytimes.com

I finally got my inbox below 15. Goal is 0 before winter break

Finally got my inbox below 30 again... it won't last long.

Finally got back down to 30 after a crazy September and start to October...

Michael J. Faris@sisypheantask.bsky.social · last yr.

Finally got my inbox below 30. woot!

Finally got my inbox below 30. woot!

Fall 2025 is already killing me. Got my inbox down to 53 messages, the lowest its been in a few weeks, but higher than normal.

Carolyn Miller in the recent RSQ: "I will just question whether it’s helpful to think of rhetoric as having “methodologies.” Does this language engage in a kind of science-envy? Isn’t rhetoric, as a discipline, rather a set of questions, a habit of mind, an interpretive vocabulary?"

You know Routledge/T&F editing is crap when I'm excitedly reading a new article and I keep getting distracted by the copyediting errors instead of engaging with the authors' ideas.

Due to travel and then being sick today, my inbox hit 90+ emails today, which is anxiety inducing! Got it down to 45 after a few hours...

.@dropbox.com I'm a Mac OS user and haven't even updated to the newest Mac OS yet, and your syncing has become incredibly slow and unreliable. It takes hours to sync just a few MB files, and I've had to quit and restart Dropbox and force quit Finder just to get things to sync. Can you fix your app?

Is Bluesky glitching for others? I tried the browser version before mobile, and there’s no compose button available 🤷