Trending
Derek John Boczkowski's Avatar

Derek John Boczkowski

@derekboczkowski

University 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.

684
Followers
674
Following
2,553
Posts
31.05.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Derek John Boczkowski @derekboczkowski

every time you miss a crosswalk in a captcha, a waymo runs over a child

13.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 791 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5

This is exactly why when that AI prof or any other Bluesky bemoaner talks about this place being an echo chamber, I go out of my mind. BDD has 489K followers andβ€”present post excludedβ€”he never comes across my timeline. This place is a cacophony of howler monkeys with our individual silly hang-ups.

13.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The NBC Mystery Mueller

13.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
13.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3

"Some say 'maybe'; others aren't so sure."

13.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do YOU have bad epistemics? Use Claude Code to identify the problem and order prescription medicine from your doctor today!

bsky.app/profile/prou...

13.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Amanda didn't take the job. But some other folks might have. Here's a creator, The Woke Ginger, reciting specific attacks from the brief. He urges followers β€œto look past viral personalities and ask who is running and why” β€” a quote (see first skeet) matching a suggested quote in the brief.

13.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1151 πŸ” 180 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 128
Video thumbnail

Chicago wind gauge

13.03.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 3956 πŸ” 740 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 61

β€œThat Rhetorical Triangle you have there isn’t very efficient. What if we made it into a nice, simple straight line.”

*The sound of ethos being sucked up into the ether*

13.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

what if the purpose of getting an education was to learn things and not creating a record of easily manipulated metrics used for future career placement

13.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 256 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this post.

13.03.2026 06:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Everyone else in the room when a former DOGE employee was deposed.

11.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 1012 πŸ” 274 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 63

The US led a coalition of navies trying to protect commercial ships through the Red Sea in 2024. It didn't work, fighting continued into 2025 and only diplomacy stopped it. This just happened!!!!

I am going to keep saying this because they're memory holing it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

13.03.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 314 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

Putting the P in AP Chem.

13.03.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can this be a solution?

12.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 4468 πŸ” 925 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 44

"Soon I get back to the White House, the first thing I'm gonna do is punch Pete Hegseth in the mouth."

12.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m putting together a team…

12.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

#Dallas #Texas

Scared girl, Bluey πŸ†”A1281497
Female, 1.5yr 39lbs
She appears to be a little more confident in the presence of her kennelmate, Willow

DASadopt@dallas.gov
DASfoster@dallas.gov
DASrescue@dallas.gov

Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center
1818 N Westmoreland Rd
Dallas TX 75212
#Dogs

12.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Post image

[March 12th, 1986] Jiggs, a chimpanzee, was taking names at a Central Park event held by the Police Athletic league for young skaters.

12.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think he already discussed it in his book "Towards a New Cold Wario."

12.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Respect the geopolitical foresight of the Cheeseheads of the Wisconsin Dells.

bsky.app/profile/ryan...

12.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Given the new OSU president’s pet project, it’s likely the Board just typed β€œWho should be OSUβ€˜s next president?” into ChatGPT.

12.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Space-Camp-ass government agency.

12.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Poor Charlie Brown, always out catching strays.

12.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I did note it.

bsky.app/profile/dere...

12.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Officer having anxiety attack took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report says A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

12.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 4917 πŸ” 2377 πŸ’¬ 242 πŸ“Œ 365

Stick around for the end of the clip where you get to hear a Trump official complain that Iran has β€œinvested all of the wealth of their country … simply to build a war machine.”

12.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
- B L U R S T - O F - T I M E S -
- B L U R S T - O F - T I M E S - YouTube video by Dankmus

m.youtube.com/watch?v=9uYh...

12.03.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Jim Duggan shared a friendship collage he made on social media, and it’s my new favorite thing.

12.03.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 162 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2