Reposted by nonathanTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Why I Left Academia Writing personal essays is easier than teaching, grant-writing, or getting research articles published. But nobody told me that in grad school my latest for the Chronicle 1066376
Reposted by nonathanRevan @revan.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026A true crime ew.com/white-house-...ew.comWhite House parodies Nicole Kidman’s AMC ad: ‘We come to this place for MAGA’Somehow, heartbreak feels bad in a place like this: the White House has recreated Nicole Kidman’s beloved AMC ad to promote a ‘golden age’ of MAGA. 1133
nonathan @nonathan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Evergreen post for anyone telling you "personal responsibility" is the best or sole fix to a structural issue 010
Reposted by nonathanLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 23/07/2026I personally think it’s great that we are inventing guys that the X-Men are supposed to fight 441566285
Reposted by nonathanScoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 23/07/2026Noticing a lot of bees that have fallen asleep on the job this summer. Look at this guy and his little leg twitch! 410114
Reposted by nonathandjent atkins @jojjjajjr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026frankfurtschoodle.orgfrankfurtschoodle.orgFrankfurt SchoodleA daily Frankfurt School quote-guessing game. 24418
nonathan @nonathan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Everyone on the mconnell deathwatch as lindsey graham keels over in the background 000
Reposted by nonathanDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 07/06/2026the extent to which ""leftist"" thought leaders are adopting far-right language about hr ladies tells you a lot about what noosphere they're stewing in 171013168
Reposted by nonathanZito @zeets.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I don’t want to make an account just to buy something. I don’t want to download an app either. I just want to pay for the thing and leave. I don’t want to join the rewards program. I don’t want to get the inevitable email that my information has been compromised. 22820166
Reposted by nonathanThorne 🌸 - Play Cozysters! @ens0.me · 28/05/2026a time-honored tradition for key affiliates of disintegrating Nazi regimes 17668691621
Reposted by nonathanJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/05/2026Also worth noting that The Great Gatsby was only a modest success when it was published, it only became the cultural behemoth it is today during WWII, when the novel was licensed for a "books for soldiers" scheme via the US government. F. Scott Fitzgerald was long gone by that time. 1439136
Reposted by nonathanMaterialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 06/05/2026[reading the illiad] what the fuck do you mean zeus was there. zeus is fake. 842440
Reposted by nonathanRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 22/04/2026Here's an important read for today: policymakers are encouraging students to learn trades that are costly to teach, but community colleges and apprenticeships don't have the capacity to meet demand. This sends students to the more expensive for-profit sector, where they take on debt.wsj.comThey Chose Careers in the Trades and Still Wound Up With DebtAs community colleges and union apprenticeships fill up, more students are turning to pricier training options for blue-collar careers. 69842
Reposted by nonathanSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 16/04/2026How is “viewpoint diversity” not just affirmative action for people with bad ideas 161918376
Reposted by nonathanTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 12/04/2026In general, (re)orienting education wholly or chiefly to specific perceived market needs is always going to produce disaster once the near term passes. It also eviscerates institutions that might otherwise help people weather change, intellectually and in other ways 8942268
nonathan @nonathan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Chadwick boseman's death was caused by a cia deadhand operation triggered by the success of black panther 010
Reposted by nonathanBrandon @spacejamveteran.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Rich people have gotta go man 0318
Reposted by nonathanJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 29/03/2026Please don’t snitch tag because I don’t want the boy-arguments, but… I think we are due (overdue?) for a reconsideration of the domination of this libertarian speech philosophy built in a 90s neoliberal tech consensus that no longer exists (if it ever did). 3144
Reposted by nonathanYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 27/03/2026Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi. The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary. 1185463942
Reposted by nonathanAaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 26/03/2026An underrated Miyazaki classic #LGM 334613792
nonathan @nonathan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Yeah idk, I think the oscars shook out reasonably! Biggest snubs were in casting (anything other than obaa or hamnet was more deserved) and international feature (tsa deserved to be canonized). And I wish supporting actor had gone differently, but I get it! 100
nonathan @nonathan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Y'all we got COVID after we made that mummy talk. Nothing good can come of this. 010
Reposted by nonathanMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 04/02/2026I taught a class on “hope” last year and the few theorists who’ve written on it all point out that hope is the harder choice - that despair is easy and too often fashionable 28630160
Reposted by nonathanWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/02/2026While this is kind of cute, the reality is that if you buy into the idea that being surveilled while protesting places you at grave risk, they have already won. Stop trying to defeat their surveillance - you can't. Realize that the goal of surveillance is to scare you, so you obey in advance! 2877194
Reposted by nonathanTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session: —protect abortion rights —repeal the same-sex marriage ban —allow mid-decade redistricting —greatly expand voting rights restoration. These will all go to 2026 referendums. 107114352231
Reposted by nonathanTube Amps for Justice @curiousaudio.us · 14/01/2026the union taking Richmond from the rebs again is a nice outcome 0646
Reposted by nonathanWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/01/2026It is, but an obsession with opsec is a real hindrance for activists. If you're out there confronting ICE, I assure you they can figure out who you are if they really wanted. The key is to not do anything illegal (taking or sharing video is not) and to understand there's safety in numbers. 652546
Reposted by nonathanChris @chris-hhh.bsky.social · 04/01/2026One point that deserves more emphasis: fascism isn’t only immoral and unjust -- it’s *operationally worse* It degrades how societies think, learn, and coordinate. 🧵 1102
Reposted by nonathanArin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026They gentrified the tinfoil hat 249113023256
Reposted by nonathanGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 29/12/2025“i don’t like either party” 181586220
nonathan @nonathan.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Am I perturbed by the increasingly common Christmas tradition of everyone binging holiday-themed gas leak cinema from stresmers? Yes. Am I gleefully watching Love Actually again? You betcha. 000
nonathan @nonathan.bsky.social · 23/12/2025youtu.be/WsY_1aRZUPA Well okay now I'm interestedyoutu.beDigger - Title Announcement (2026)YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Trailers 010
Reposted by nonathanTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Scratch a Campus Free Speecher, find a state censor 1307
nonathan @nonathan.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Living in 2026? Like, the future? What a silly idea. Leave me out of such nonsense. 000
Reposted by nonathanAriel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 12/12/2025"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time 11133674530
Reposted by nonathanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/12/2025Computer scientists: "So with machine learning we can extract subtle patterns from massive datasets. What shall we do with it?" Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."knowledge.wharton.upenn.eduCan Your Face Predict Your Salary? Using AI Personality Assessments in HiringA new study from Wharton faculty explores how AI can extract personality traits from facial images — and what that means for your career. 421355437
Reposted by nonathanDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Boards are where every ounce of the action is my friends. Do you know who's on your board? What "expertise" do they bring to the institution? What conflicts of interest do they and their partner have? What litmus test does the political appointing body use to select new members? 1207
Reposted by nonathanJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 30/11/2025I’ve spent a lot of time in the past 18 months really working to, if you will, kill the neoliberal in my head. as someone with my politics, I’ve been surprised by how much there’s still been to excise. anyway, maybe productivity and efficiency are scams, and redundancy protects human happiness. 950578
Reposted by nonathanVulture @vulture.com · 26/11/2025Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’vulture.comEven God Is Worried About ChatGPTPope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’ 903053719
