Reposted by Dr. SyntaxJessica R Valdez @jrvaldez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We're hiring in the long eighteenth century at LSU. Please spread the word and let me know if you have any questions. It's a wonderful department to work in! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0210...lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor - 18th-Century British LiteratureAll Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre... 05052
Reposted by Dr. SyntaxKate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Books are a perfect technology that will never die. 415131
Reposted by Dr. SyntaxChelsea Phillips (she/her) @chelseaphillips.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Villanova Theatre is hiring! We’ve just opened our search for a TT Assistant Professor of Playwriting position. Details below, and very happy to answer questions. jobs.villanova.edu/postings/36362jobs.villanova.eduTenure track Assistant Professor of PlaywritingWhy work at Villanova?Join a mission-driven organization. Since Villanova University’s founding in 1842, we have been inspired by the values of truth, unity, and love, and are a community dedicated to... 087
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don't know why I'm so neurotic about asking colleagues to read my works-in-progress. I do it for others, so why can't I get over this anxiety? I am SO grateful to folks who agree to read for me. (thank you, thank you!).static.klipy.comHomer Simpson PrierALT: Homer Simpson Prier 060
Reposted by Dr. SyntaxProf MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Please share!! The Department of English at Arizona State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies position. PhD in literature, rhetoric, media studies, linguistics, or related discipline required at the time of appointment. apply.interfolio.com/194236apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 01421
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Goldman Sachs warned Friday that AI hyperscalers, including Meta, need to generate roughly $300 billion a year in AI services revenue just to break even on their capital spending—and $1 trillion annually to earn meaningful profits—spooking investors."finance.yahoo.comMark Zuckerberg Loses $9 Billion In A Day As Goldman Sachs Pours Cold Water On Meta Stock RallyZuckerberg’s $9 billion loss was the biggest single-day drop among any billionaire Friday. 020
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 28/09/2026static.klipy.comThey're ghosts - Angelo Pappas - Point Break (1991)ALT: They're ghosts - Angelo Pappas - Point Break (1991) 1102
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How can there still be a Video Music Awards?static.klipy.comMtv GoodbyeALT: Mtv Goodbye 041
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've powered through the first five seasons of Peaky Blinders. I'm into it.static.klipy.comТомми ШелбиALT: Томми Шелби 020
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Got excited for a minute because I misread the name of the director as "John Waters."hollywoodreporter.com‘Star Wars’: Jon Watts to Direct Next Movie for LucasfilmSimon Kinberg is writing the new trilogy that is said to be next episodes of the Skywalker Saga. 170
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There is very little good about the university Greek system. 170
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Autumnal weather. Broke out a flannel shirt, barn jacket, and boots. Fuck yeah!static.klipy.comPeanuts: Autumn Seasons - Feels Like FallALT: Peanuts: Autumn Seasons - Feels Like Fall 060
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@dieworkwear.bsky.social you want to take this one?nytimes.comMark Zuckerberg Is Trying Something OnMeta’s C.E.O. talks for the first time about his style evolution. 010
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I continue to be mystified by Canadian culture. File this under, "milk in bags and other such tomfoolery." Thank god for poutine. 150
Reposted by Dr. SyntaxSarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#bookhistory #histmed 18th Century Literatures job at the University of Alberta! Particular interest in candidates with expertise in Critical Race/Ethnicity Studies; Disability Studies; Environmental Humanities; History of Science/Medicine; and Print Culture/ Book History.iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comAssistant Professor (tenure-track), Global 18th -Century LiteraturesLocation - This role is in-person at North Campus Edmonton. The Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in Global 18th-C... 01921
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I can highly recommend applying for the Rare Books School M.C. Lang Fellowship! It was a boon to my teaching, helped me develop a new area of our curriculum, provided funding for my teaching development. Feel free to DM me if you're interested! 02914
Reposted by Dr. SyntaxJack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It’s the Coltrane centenary. 0177
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Fat shaming the Rebellion: Porkington and the Politics of Compulsory Corporeal Normativity" 040
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Did I have homemade apple pie for breakfast the morning after my birthday?static.klipy.comBreaking Bad Walter WhiteALT: Breaking Bad Walter White 2110
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Blade Runner, but in YE OLDE ENGLYSH!static.klipy.comHarrison Ford in Blade Runner (1982) Noodle BarALT: Harrison Ford in Blade Runner (1982) Noodle Bar 160
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One aspect of the collapsing profession is the lack of hiring. And part of that, which I forgot, is how cool it is to meet young academics, taking them out for meals, and hearing about their work/teaching. I always found it exciting and life affirming. Just another casualty of all this awfulness. 😕 2190
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"From Gundark to Mynock: a Solo Study of Intergalactic Cryptids" 010
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"6 Million Forms of Communication: A Short History of the Protocol Droid" 060
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;" --John Keats 081
Reposted by Dr. SyntaxAbigail Swingen @abigailswingen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Working on a book, article, or dissertation on #18thc British world? The Lewis Walpole Library offers 4-week visiting fellowships and 2-week travel grants for scholars. The deadline for applications is November 2. 🗃️ More info: walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/...walpole.library.yale.eduVisiting Fellowships and Travel Grants | Lewis Walpole Library 24750
Reposted by Dr. SyntaxSeth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Career achievement unlocked: my article, “Encyclopedic Divisions: Lexicon Technicum (1704) and the Gendering of ‘Universal’ Knowledge,” is now out in the Summer 2026 issue of ECS! Thanks to all who helped included those who helped by not helping. #18thcentury 185
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Not often one gets to celebrate the autumnal equinox, Yom Kippur, and one's birthday on the same day. 7241
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Well, it’s my day. Come dance with me, y’all! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...m.youtube.comEarth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO 060
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Alright, you got me Trader Joes, with you all your delicious maple flavored treats.static.klipy.comShut Up And Take My Money MemeALT: Shut Up And Take My Money Meme 171
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I just sent a thing I've been working on for WAY TO LONG to a friend to read. It may be shite. It may go nowhere. But I need to put this to bed.static.klipy.comGandalf's Iconic 'I Release You' MomentALT: Gandalf's Iconic 'I Release You' Moment 180
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 19/09/2026static.klipy.comRob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes TwoALT: Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two 362
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's painful to watch someone destroy something you care about. And I am absolutely (certainly not) not talking about a college president. 070
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 18/09/2026You know, there are just some folks who ruin everything they touch. Why oh why do we give them power? 280
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What is it about the academics/former academics who write for The Atlantic? Why do they hate colleges so much? 2111
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Shout it from the rooftops.chronicle.comOpinion | Higher Ed’s Middle-Manager ProblemIt’s time to get serious about administrative bloat. 042
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 16/09/2026God help me for asking this question: but can anyone point me to work concerning Jane Austen and artificial intelligence? More broadly towards Austen and (what we used to call) digital humanities? Something like Janine Barchas's work on _Emma_ ("Very Austen")? Thanks in advance! 201
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sad news. But so grateful for her writing, which I discovered as a college student. Thank for your words, Annie Dillard.nytimes.comAnnie Dillard, Meditative Author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ Dies at 81 (Gift Article)Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil. 0133
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 15/09/2026So I guess I'm sick. Cancelled meetings for the day. Will try to work on admin tasks/writing. But if that doesn't work, what's a comfort TV show you recommend? Old is fine! 440
Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is Bess. She refuses to be grateful to a feckless Supreme Court for doing the absolute bare minimum of its job. She’s grateful for sticks. 0100