Jared Eberle

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Jared Eberle

I'm a historian of late 20th century Indigenous activism and a lecturer at Oklahoma State University. Here you will find my current status, reading and watching updates, and highlights of things from around the web I enjoy.

Recent writing

Highlights

  • John Gruber: Musk’s Twitter/X is not an aggregator for news. It’s a walled garden. But the type of garden where you need to keep your eyes open and your hand on your wallet. Sometimes it’s fun to …

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  • Jon Greenaway: Fallon is the court jester of the Anthropocene, a figure who invites us to watch celebrities play parlor games on stage while the air outside the studio begins to smell of tear gas and …

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  • Rebecca Solnit:"[…]In education, the ultimate product is not your term paper or essay or grade point average; it’s your self. You are supposed to emerge more informed, more capable of critical …

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  • Eric Harvey: “Learning about reggae, or even Bob Marley himself, by listening to Legend is like learning about a big city by sticking to its downtown. You’ll no doubt have a good time amid the most …

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  • Jess Love: “Nothing is ever simple. Nostalgia protects and nostalgia poisons, and still we go back for more.”

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  • Alys Fowler: “For that is the thing about bogs: they are not hugely interested in wowing you. The mountains have good views and the forest has majesty; the sand dunes sculpture and the wildflower …

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  • Not one to normally quote anything Black Rock is involved in but an exception here: “We have more and more conviction that we need people who majored in history or English, in things that have nothing …

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  • New York Times: “Did you see the notes he put on Canvas?” she wrote, referring to the university’s software platform for hosting course materials. “He made it with ChatGPT.” “OMG Stop,” the classmate …

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  • 52% of Gen Zers said schools should be required to teach students how to leverage AI. 49% said they believe AI will harm their critical thinking skills. 41% said AI makes them anxious, while 36% said …

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  • The Gen Z lifestyle subsidy isn’t entirely like its Millennial predecessor. Uber was appealing because using an app to instantly summon a car is much easier than chasing down a cab. Ride-hailing apps …

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