Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 10hI said something about a Monty Python skit to a class of middle schoolers the other day, and one of them looked up "the movie" and asked if it had been a real thing, and I said, "Definitely a real thing. Several Gen X men made quoting it a solid 70% of their personality." 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had those complicated emotions as well! 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You are so not alone, even among the nominally Xian!!!! 020
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026OMG! I was just at Mayo & they didn't mention that yet (of course I didn't specifically discuss trials). Wouldn't that be amazing!!! 030
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Your dad is so cute! He looks like a little Midwestern elf (one of my favorite dad genres) 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm all for malicious compliance! And yes, there are a lot of places to go starting with 50% of these... 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Thank you for this message! I used to keep my black cat (indoor/outdoor, but I was a kid in the 80s and didn't know better) inside on Halloween. We had some great pix of her with me when I was dressed up as a witch, though... 040
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yes, some can be sedating. Tell your provider and maybe they can adjust your dose (?). It's hard to hit the sweet spot where you feel good but are awake to do normal activities. Good luck! 000
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Clearly his staff's* fault that the bag didn't contain what it was supposed to contain. *It's you, you're his staff. 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026One of my parents was a clinical psychologist in the oughts and sometimes correct diagnosis of teens and tweens depended on having read Harry Potter 090
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That is a gorgeous collection and it's great to have friends that knit. I was in a store that sold Dales of Norway sweaters the other day and those are so beautiful and so expensive! 030
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Find a German history book by the publisher that you hope to write for & follow their model. 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I really miss those days of handouts and overheads and everyone taking notes on the handouts or in their notebooks. I was able to hold onto that in my Old English & Old Norse classes for a long time & I feel that's why they were so pedagogically successful (& popular!). It was just us & the texts. 130
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Those poor elderfolks (not condescending). They fought so many battles and now there are so many stupid new ones popping up again. 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026God in heaven (my first spontaneous response). I'm so sorry. I wish you all could split and join the good part of the American Episcopal Church. The new Presiding Bp seems good, but we'll loan you Emeritus Bp Curry for a morale-raiser. Thinking of you standing up to this. 000
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I saw a man yesterday who had that same panicked, pop-eyed, just-got-arrested-for-possession-of-a-controlled-substance look that Kash Patel always has, and I think it was just his face! Patel seems to deserve being cursed with Resting Bad Trip Face, but I felt bad for the random guy at the airport. 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Me, a longtime knitter: You can *MEASURE* yarn??? Sounds fake.... 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hang in there! I know it's hard, but it's doable (with pain). You will be the Lord of the Rings very soon!!! 110
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This would be a great headshot for your new New York Times one! 020
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My mother (clinical psychologist) says nicotine is more addictive than heroin. This is hard stuff, but you can get through it! Hang in there... 020
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Not entirely. It starts sounding like Charlie Brown's Teacher to me whenever the word "vector" appears. 000
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026(Ain't No Busy Signal on the) Hotline to God 000
Reposted by Abstruse DisciplinesWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 24/09/2026In his lawless fit 021029
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just to iron it, on your own bed (minus dog); beyond that, ????? 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I love the cartoon!!! Good health to you as you recover! 140
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am going through this right now! A friend's husband has just left her, and her first ex is acting worse that ever and hurting their children. The rage of it all!!!!!! 120
Reposted by Abstruse DisciplinesChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Love for a booke ys nevir unrequited 212223
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My godmother had been a 1st-grade teacher and gave me a lot of records. Baloo the bear reading a couple of Kipling's Just So Stories & I forget what all. I'm pro vinyl for first-graders. 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I've really enjoyed the Eight Days in September! Thank you for doing them. Looking forward to Stamford Bridge... 000
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If your kid enjoys school, that's the main thing. That's a lot of extra work post-meds, though! 000
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Whatever could have brought this concern into your mind? :) I agree with you completely about children's privacy issues. 100
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I accidentally replied to yr first post with a couple of links & suggestions. Hope they might be helpful. I don't know how you're managing to cope with this. 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026supposed to be good). The schools might not take him midyear, but here's a link to some good ones: www.niche.com/k12/search/b... I can't imagine trying to basically teach your child the curriculum like that. 110
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Is this really any different from homeschooling? Because if you have the $$ (a big if), you could buy a full curriculum or send him to a real online school where they would actually teach him. There are also online tutoring sites that could take over some of what you're having to do (Outschool is 110
Reposted by Abstruse DisciplinesChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The greatest adventure Doth yet lie ahead Todaye and Tomorwe Are yet to be seyde The chaunces, the chaunges Are all thyne to make The mould of thy lyfe Ys yn thyne handes to breake #HobbitDay 0978
Reposted by Abstruse DisciplinesWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 22/09/2026an autumn it was That grew the more by reaping. 122741
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh, that's crap! Anyone with any linguistic knowledge does know that Canadians are pretty much right between US & UK English. You are consistent in usage to Canadian English! That pisses me off for you. 000
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Also recommend. I need it *dark* to sleep, so I have the kind that can have all the lights turns off (no glowing clock numbers), and I like it a lot. 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026... instead of "Yo, girl, here's my paper, hope it doesn't suck too much!" / "Got it! Don't care if it sucks! We need warm bodies!" We made our fun where we could.... 020
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A friend was co-running a conference that I was applying to when we were absolute *baby* academics, and you can bet that we did the performative "Dear Professor Doe, My submission is attached, than you for your consideration" / "Dear Professor Roe, I look forward to reading your submission" ... 110
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026There's some sort of Google center near where I grew up (dirt-poor Southern county) and they're just so desperate for "industry" & jobs that I don't know that there was any objection to it. Heartbreaking. 010
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ready to become a professor Right Then. (Zeppole for St. Joseph's Day.) The bakery every day plus a bookstore sounded like a great lifetime gig! 030
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My nephew came to visit me when he was around 16 and I arranged things so that I taught in the morning and he usually went; we had lunch and I had office hours while he visited someone else's class; I graded at night; but every afternoon we managed to go to the bakery for seasonal pastries. He was 120
Reposted by Abstruse DisciplinesSeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 21/09/202621st September 2026 19.13 111918
Reposted by Abstruse DisciplinesWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21/09/2026All the commons Hate him perniciously 341986
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You do have stuff set up for where your kid would go, right? That is so important, though not fun to think about. Especially important if you don't want your kid to go to your next of kin. My parents wanted me to go to their friends instead of their siblings, so they were always up on that stuff. 130
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's kind of comforting sometimes to hear that other people, and specifically people as brilliant as TMcMC, function in some ways exactly like me. 020
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I would be so happy never to see him again. I had to see him during the actual fucking Clinton years and I am just through. Through, I tell you! (not you, Imani, you don't need telling) 000
Abstruse Disciplines @abstrusedis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I had a college freshman at one point whose family kept taking him out to babysit his nieces and nephews. On quiz days. He was first-gen and his family just didn't get it. They were driving 50+ miles each way to get him for this and I didn't know WTH to do about it. 0180
