David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 8hSitting in the cinema lobby after watching the 20th anniversary restoration of Pan’s Labyrinth. I have mostly stopped weeping. 020
Reposted by David MittelmanDavid Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Maybe I’m stupid, but I fundamentally don’t understand how it makes sense to say that these a.i. agents were “acting on their own.” 121
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Maybe I’m stupid, but I fundamentally don’t understand how it makes sense to say that these a.i. agents were “acting on their own.” 121
Reposted by David MittelmanSheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just another Anne-Carson-changed-my-life appreciation post, that is all 0353
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I an taking the day off. Which means I will end up working for at least three hours. But I’m going for a run first. 000
Reposted by David MittelmanThomaz Amancio @thomazamancio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Thinking of when I saw Anne Carson (allegedly) speak in a packed room from behind this projector stand. 091
Reposted by David MittelmanKate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anne Carson, SHORT TALKS. 0236
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It is taking all my will power this morning not to burst into the bedroom yelling “Babe, wake up, the Anne Carson Nobel Prize discourse needs you!” 110
Reposted by David MittelmanStephanie Borges @stephieborges.bsky.social · 08/10/2026eita que deram o Nobel a Carson! ainda bem! 0254
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Listen up, folks, Rebecca has an update to the agenda: 161
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026No doubt, no doubt. I am also always talking to students about the importance of PROFFEASTING. 100
Reposted by David MittelmanDan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In 2012, I stood on a stage with Anne Carson as a volunteer grad student to help her perform BRACKO, an adaptation of Sappho, where my job was to say the word "bracket" every time there was a bracket, which was more than two hundred times 20680114
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I thought we, as a society, had moved permanently beyond the idea of Tuesday. 120
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026who did this to you I will come down there and fight them 110
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026you know what, this is actually so helpful. (to me, in coming to terms with part of the reality of what I have done and not done and will never do.) 061
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The situation is severe, but it is too early to make assumptions about the outcome of the runoff. 020
Reposted by David MittelmanIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In other Bolsonaro family news: Carlos (Jair's son) was elected senator, Michelle (Jair's wife) was elected senator, and Jair Renan (Jair's son) was elected as federal deputy. 17493163
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This month is going to be unbearable. Like all months. 010
Reposted by David MittelmanDavid Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hoje e sempre desejo coisas boas para todos os meus amigos brasileiros e para o povo brasileiro inteiro. 052
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Today and always wishing good things for all my Brazilian friends and for the Brazilian people. 052
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hoje e sempre desejo coisas boas para todos os meus amigos brasileiros e para o povo brasileiro inteiro. 052
Reposted by David MittelmanTreta Garbo @apoetaumaporta.bsky.social · 04/10/2026É aquele poema do Drummond 522163
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I said bear, arguing something like because a bear will fiercely defend its own, while also being, you know, fuzzy and not particularly aggressive. (I guess in retrospect I was imagining a black bear, rather than a grizzly or polar bear or whatever.) I was not offered the position. 020
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Suddenly remembering the time I interviewed for a position in academic administration and one of the questions they asked was, "If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?" 121
Reposted by David MittelmanJezebel Matadora de Profeta @julianamarques.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Produtivismo e ciência são antagonistas. Você precisa de tempo e liberdade, não de pressão e mais tarefas empilhadas 283
David Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Look, Brazilian politics are notoriously hard to synthesize, especially for a foreign audience, but it strikes me as pretty weird to call this race a “rematch.” 010
Reposted by David MittelmanDavid Mittelman @dmittelman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This week is going to be a very long month. 041
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