Ron Brooks

I'm watching a guy on TV who climbed Everest and then went back down on skies... I don't have that kind of motivation

AI Revolution as Crisis of Meaning, and More AI continues to be deeply panickable because it disrupts human meaning-making.

Thinking about the crisis of meaning imposed on us all with the RhetAI Coalition here. Hope it can be useful!

rhetaicoalition.substack.com/p/ai-revolut...

Tis the season for zucchini boats

Caption this?

I’m reluctant to mention…

I’m resigned to say…

I’m unexcited to announce…

I’m ashamed to share….

Why Administration Will Always Fail to Understand AI and The Teaching of Writing In 1970, Ken Macrorie was approached by the journal Research in the Teaching of English. They asked him to review a study. Its purpose “was to find out if computers could analyze and evaluate stude…

rooksbay.com/2025/07/23/w...

After Dark, My Sweet (1990) with Ron Brooks Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir · Episode

I was a guest on Pods Against Tomorrow. Many thanks to Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush for a fun conversation about After Dark, My Sweet.

open.spotify.com/episode/2YsD...

The (pedagogical) question of how does one ethically engage AI (in the classroom) is sort of like asking how does one ethically engage child labor or burning styrofoam (in the classroom).

Georgie trances in the elderberry bush

1. Lies.
2. Notice how much tech companies and execs invoke "magic" to sell those lies.

This has been the year for social media weariness.

RIP Jonathan Sterne - most influential sound studies scholar of the past 20 years, renowned mentor, dedicated colleague.

Post by Jeremy Barr. It reads: Day 3: the Associated Press was once again stopped from attending a White House event, I have heard — this time a 1 p.m. event in the Oval Office. This all started on Tuesday, of course. The AP has said it is "prepared to vigorously defend its constitutional rights"

Where is the solidarity with AP?

Journalists claim to defend the freedom of the press. Yet they’re piss poor at supporting their own.

This is a test case against authoritarianism.

Every member of the White House press corps should boycott WH events in support of AP.

Then watch Trump back down

I was a department chair for 5 years, but it occurs to me recently that the entire experience will always be associated in my mind with covid-19 and being a chair during that time. Might as well have been 20 years!

This is the dumbest timeline

Proposed "economic blackout" Feb 28 - Democratic Underground Forums

IMPORTANT

www.democraticunderground.com/100220000520...

Direct paper link: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

Sweetums as Aubrey Plaza on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine.

just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of cosmopolitan magazine: thread

Of all of Millie's endearing qualities, I think my favorite is her smile.

Al poses with Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony

Just bumped into an old friend.

I did not have "a sinkhole opening up on one of the busiest interstates in the US [also, my commute!]" on my 2025 bingo card.

I wish US News and World Reports had a bureaucracy meter that let students and parents know how much red tape they were going to have to deal with ahead of time. If a school scored low on this, I'd consider that over many other factors for my daughters.

I can't explain why yet but these Grammys are healing me a little

I'd like to attend, Michelle. Can you send me the link?

Homepage The Society for Technical Communication is the world’s largest and oldest professional association dedicated to the advancement of the field of technical communication.

Really surprised by this news:

www.stc.org

I am now a person with no Meta or Musk owned social accounts. I'm hoping the move will allow me to focus more on writing off grid, but I'm happy to have this connection to the social media world.