Reposted by QuinnKatie Spoon @kspoon.bsky.social · 20hAs a PhD student designing my first survey, I added what I thought was a throwaway question at the end. To my surprise, thousands of academics answered it! The paper is out today: doi.org/10.1093/pnas... 561972644
Reposted by QuinnSimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 23h"Damn you, Walt Whitman! I-hate-you- Walt-freakin'-Whitman! Leaves of Grass, my ass!" 120957
Reposted by QuinnKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 14/10/2026static.klipy.comThe Good Place: Jason Mendoza's Bad Place RealizationAlt: The Good Place: Jason Mendoza's Bad Place Realization 222477377
Reposted by Quinnryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14/10/2026"People used to compare the experience of watching prestige TV shows like “The Sopranos” to reading a great Victorian novel. By the same token, we can say that watching a microdrama is like being electrocuted onstage at the circus." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/m...nytimes.comSecret Billionaires, Mafia Brides, Alpha Kings: The Insane World of MicrodramasVertical soap operas for your phone have taken over film and TV production, and they may soon need no humans at all. 211310
Reposted by QuinnDVS @dvsblast.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Metallica was always political. "Enter Sandman" was a warning of what would happen if everyone voted for Sandman 510311
Reposted by QuinnJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet 7873341479
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Ah, it is a very mood-specific book. Have you read Young Men and Fire? 100
Reposted by QuinnEmma Baccellieri @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social · 12/10/2026What a lede ☠️ www.washingtonsun.com/sports/washi... 111025163
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 12/10/2026And this is why the presumption of regularity is toast. 010
Reposted by QuinnArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Celebration of the Manifesto of October 17, 1905 (flipped), by Ilya Repin, 1906, 📸 by Chris Kim 92075328
Reposted by Quinnkir @kirlax.bsky.social · 04/10/2026i saw your man struggling to draw the cool s 07517
Reposted by QuinnJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If you don't live in DC, may be hard to appreciate scale of nihilist, grifter-based desecration of what has always distinguished the nation's capital, and what so many people have worked so hard for so long to sustain and improve. Backhoe-based counterpart to wartime damage we see in news footage. 29297123
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Little do they know I'm already reading her Master & Commander: I'm winning hearts and minds here. 000
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"she lowkey looks like A" You and I have a different definition of "lowkey" because this kid is a carbon copy. 110
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Everyone is trying to gingerly address the fact that my baby looks exactly like my partner. I will not be upset by the truth! There's none of me in that face! 110
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I am haunted by the vegan, raw restaurant that had the disclaimer "any reference to conventional food is purely for context." 020
Reposted by QuinnBrian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026this week on RJ Decker -- America's finest television program -- a death at a fishing tournament led to allegations of cheating and/or UFO abductions and/or the shady business dealing of a drone company run by two bros named Riz and Walt 7293
Reposted by QuinnFrances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 04/10/2026google's ai proving absolutely indispensable in dublin 362721234
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 07/10/2026when the baby is yelling for milk and the milk is right in front of her face: youtu.be/AfX_oDzOxsc?...youtu.beyou must chill.wmvYouTube video by Holly Burnett 000
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Andrew Bird one is also terrific bsky.app/profile/zach... 0181
Reposted by QuinnAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026These are the basic contours of every major religious schism 3183897
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Looking forward to these #topical #opinions getting Atlantic print space. 130
Reposted by QuinnRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026TODAY! IN! SPORTS! is about the #1 sports story that I have witnessed since I started writing this newsletter The saga of Wharfie Time, the moment an Australian football team played their team's in-stadium hype video at the exact worst possible timesports.coolToday in Sports! The Wharfie Time SagaThe tale of Wharfie Time is both beautiful and stupid, and it's why I write this newsletter. PLUS, an American cycling miracle, a *near* marathon world record on a "destroyed" Achilles, and more! 3114324
Reposted by QuinnNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Whenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)feministing.com Chart of the Day: College presidents think rape is only a problem at other schoolsAccording to Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, US college and university presidents demonstrate some very wishful thinking when it comes to sexual assault. While about a third believe that it is preva... 10903287
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Once again the territory of the Gauls proves an obstacle for the Mediterranean forces. 020
Reposted by Quinnwhet moser @whetmoser.com · 03/10/2026“Drawing on labyrinthine Internal Revenue Service records, the pair study a group of rich business owners that looks more like a suburban chamber of commerce than an oligarchy: car dealers, dentists... What they find is tremendous wealth and power.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...nytimes.comThe Rich People Democrats Aren’t Talking About (Gift Article)As billionaires become a popular political target, a new book urges Washington not to lose sight of a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners. 215048
Reposted by QuinnTom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Paul Bowles, from The Sheltering Sky 0223
Reposted by QuinnDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wemby went into the Finals a fan favorite, left the Finals something of a villain, and with one quick preseason quote is once again the hero the NBA needs www.espn.com/nba/story/_/... 316916
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The baby's sole goal in life is to get milk, and when she's getting milk, she looks like Gollum trying to figure out how to steal the Ring from hobbitses. 000
Reposted by QuinnMark Schofield @markschofield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Mike Tomlin is currently giving a tour of his boutique hotel in Minecraft, which has a multipurpose conference room and an appropriate number of public restroom and I’m losing MY MIND 221745219
Reposted by QuinnBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 3933
Reposted by QuinnJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i wish baseball teams could resolve their differences without resorting to baseball 432568579
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.vulture.com/article/ari-...vulture.comAri Emanuel Is Finally Getting Around to Watching EntourageThe superagent on Roll the Calls, torching his enemies, and betting on a post-work utopia. 000
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Couldn't be more up my alley if it was dedicated to me. 100
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"What kind of outfit is Kelce wearing?" "Imagine if they had Colonial Williamsburg, but for Irish people." 27912
Quinn @ampersands.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Some relative got us a mat for the baby that says "Happy Childhood" and is exclusively used for her to scream her lungs out during tummy time. 120
Reposted by QuinnAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Can you tell texas republicans are not used to competitive races bsky.app/profile/head... 812504406
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