Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 14hGrading the first short lit analysis papers of the semester and agreeing with every fiber of my being 010
Reposted by Quinn Groverghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 20hyou can do three things: 1) basic "where's the bathroom" familiarity with agents 2) fundamental concepts (may or may not be relevant in three months) 3) broad critical reasoning skills the road is long but it leads back to liberal arts, basically 82059
Reposted by Quinn GroverBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores. 2854193353
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I try not to be a doomer about the future, but sometimes I think about what a just world requires of an electorate (especially in the US) and then I get really bummed out. 050
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026He seems to alternate between reactionary and bizarrely stubborn. At least they are putting us out of our misery tonight. I found this year's team especially frustrating. 000
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Philliesstatic.klipy.comJust When I Thought I Was OutALT: Just When I Thought I Was Out 031
Reposted by Quinn GroverAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down... 724356644
Reposted by Quinn GroverCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026wake up babe the Trump administration chatbot is crashing out again 128416
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Have been listening to this entire year in order for the last six months or so. So many great shows. 101
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Almost hope my Phillies somehow manage to miss the playoffs because it will be more memorable than losing a wildcard series. But because the baseball postseason is like 50% luck, if they get in they could also win the world series. 000
Reposted by Quinn GroverMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026two things I think are true -Man City should receive maximal punishment for their decades of bad faith and cover-up -it is mostly neither here nor there in evaluating the "fairness" of the Premier League, which is among the most unfair sports leagues in history 91028
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Honestly has seemed like an improvement to me on the season. I think the recency bias of the Brighton game makes it hard to figure. 000
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ok, sorry. That was not what I thought you meant. 050
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What do you mean by "the same thing" happening with the bar? AI will "solve" longstanding open legal questions and then release the "solutions" in conjunction with bar associations? I am not a lawyer, but I don't think that is how it works. 2180
Reposted by Quinn GroverDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There are many parallels including the fact that quality is remarkably worse. Going from professional journalism to podcasts and TikTok influencers is equivalent to the quality drop as software becomes vibe coded AI slop. But when the choice is between cheap, good and fast; good usually loses. 5496
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Every episode of Chad Powers and Steve Zahn gets a little shorter 001
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The announcers mentioned it and I knew it would end 010
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Great photo, looks like he's performing in a musical 011
Reposted by Quinn GroverSheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Flashback to that time I gave my students extra credit for plastering Annie Dillard quotes all over campus in preparation for the eclipse. 3397
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Going to need a new greatest living American essayist. RIP to one the best writers of my lifetime. I'm teaching "the chase" next week and spent time this summer reading some of her best stuff. Go read "Total Eclipse" in honor of her. This sucks. 011
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Strange team. Was hoping Timber would start, he's not in the team. 000
Reposted by Quinn GroverJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵 341836794
Reposted by Quinn GroverDavid Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The most important thing about the data center backlash is that, in a time of intense polarization and micro-movements, it is astonishingly large—such a big tent mass politics that any time you try and an atomize or explain it you end up diminishing it. nytimes.com/2026/08/31/opi… 2324972
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Also I think the right side of defense is maybe a more urgent problem than LW. If Mosquera hurt himself against Villa, then we have no backup RCB or RB for the next few games. Might see Rice at right back again. 000
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Should be interesting to watch. For some reason I am cautiously optimistic, but that's how I often feel at the beginning of a new season. I think the club sees both Bruno and Tzolis as attacking signings, even though Bruno is not a forward. 000
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Agree with this, but also very excited to see Eze playing on the left wing, which is much more likely now. 120
Reposted by Quinn GroverAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026RIP Wendell Berry bsky.app/profile/did:... 0167
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Curious to see how Eze and Cali combine. They like a lot of the same spaces. 100
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I'm watching The Batman and they are arresting the riddler and one of the cops says "Let's go, pencil-neck!" and I think, "sick burn, my brother, sick burn." 030
Reposted by Quinn GroverJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026$2 million a year would cover the salaries of approximately 40 writing instructors (paid a reasonable, but still low wage). I would love to do a John Henry v. the steam shovel experiment to see which has superior effects, whatever this initiative discovers, or 40 additional writing instructors. 411739
Reposted by Quinn GroverMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Just remember this thread anytime you hear people say professors are the problem. Four colleagues made me cry today with the crazy extra miles they’ve gone this summer for their students. 08118
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026We look so much more dangerous with a functional attack on the left and good transitions. The Cali-Tzolis combo looks great. May it continue against better opposition. 010
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🤣 Mikel gonna Mikel Seems like a bad sign for Zub. 001
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Did you like Inland? I've got it on the shelf but haven't read it yet. 000
Reposted by Quinn GroverConstance Grady @constancegrady.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Relatedly: I am open to work! If you need someone to write about books, gender in pop culture or in general, and big cultural shifts, I'm your gal. 26317
Reposted by Quinn GroverDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Passive voice is working overtime here. Trump cut taxes and started the war in Iran which have both massively ballooned the debt. NY Times makes it seem these things randomly happened and have “undercut” his plans to reduce the debt. 814630
Reposted by Quinn GroverJeffrey Insko @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Hey literary scholars! Remember fun syllabus queries on the other site back in the day? Can we try it here? The literature of extraction: a syllabus. Please and thank you. 445716
Quinn Grover @inthebackeddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026If we're doing primary sources, Hell or Highwater is a good film to include. For theory/analysis I liked Lemanager's Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century. I'm not really up to date on the scholarship of extraction though. Interested to see other responses. 230
