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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 21m

Make a band/musician meaty Three Hot Dog Night

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 1h

If two Cybertrucks procreate, do they both only get supervised custody every other weekend?

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 2h

I saw *two* Cybertrucks this evening, so I feel like I deserve some kind of compensation, perhaps in the form of a humorously oversized check.

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 3h

Because heaven forbid we look at different repertoires instead of Yet Another Goddamn Schenker Graph On Brahms. And I say that as someone who likes Brahms and believes Schenkerian-like techniques still have a place in analysis.

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 10h

Gad Saad is the Jordan Peterson of Ezra Levants.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 12h

wild to be living in a world with live-streamed state executions and legal daylight kidnappings, but every time you turn around some loser is saying, hey man, what if art were completely frictionless? what if we killed even the possibility of human connection??

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 10h

The only proper response here is from Miss Dionne Warwick.

Dionne Warwick looking directly into the camera, disappointedly.

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 13h

Things my 1990s-2000s Preparing Future Faculty program actually prepared me for: How to farm out teaching to TAs How to not let teaching interfere with your research

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 13h

Things I have had to deal with as a college administrator and faculty member: Death of a student Constant assault on academic freedom A piano collapsing because a student tried to take a sexy picture on it Cell phones falling behind piano lids A flooding room that revealed the building has a creek

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 17h

“Austerity creates corporate universities,” @tressiemcphd.bsky.social said. “Corporate universities are not healthy educational organizations, and unhealthy educational organizations cannot inculcate or defend academic freedom.” Whew. That’s it right there. dailytarheel.com/484871/unive...

dailytarheel.com

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 14h

Brother, though it is challenging for you to do so, take it as a testament to the wonderful composer, pedagogue, and person that you are.

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 14h

YES. Letterman’s (a fellow native Hoosier) corn-pone surrealism informs everything about my classroom technique.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I genuinely mean this. I cannot imagine a more bleak dystopian notion than the idea of all art being turned into slop designed to coddle my exact perceived intentions. The point of literature, film, music, and art is to be exposed to the interior lives of others. Who are these people.

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I thought it was going to be Henry Kissinger at first.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Livestreaming an execution is basically copying ISIS

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 08/10/2026

This is a moral atrocity and it needs to be loudly condemned as such. There is a reason that democracies *don't* do publicly televised executions (and why many don't execute people at all): it inculcates and rewards bloodthirst, which corrupts the spirit and corrodes the foundation of the polity.

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Your typical nativist is *just* smart enough to realize that the government is never going to let them fulfill their dream of being a slaveowner and the Gulf State model is their favorite among the alternatives they think they can actually get.

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is a thing I find people alarmingly slow to realize: the goal is not to have a country without immigrants. The goal is to have a country full of immigrants who have no legal rights or personhood whatsoever and who any citizen can blow a whistle and have deported.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My kids have measles, I can’t afford diesel, I lost my job, and my country just lost a war to Iran. But at least now I can watch firing squad executions on TV.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

No one can handle unaltered Shrek.

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Tana Weingartner @tanaweingartner.wvxu.org · 08/10/2026

Heads up, Cincinnati - especially east siders heading to Blink and Queen Bee runners. VP Vance will be in town this weekend.

CINCINNATI, OH — Starting the morning of Friday, October 9, through the afternoon of Monday, October 12 the following road and sidewalk closures will be in place:

• William Howard Taft Road between 1905 William Howard Taft Road and East McMillan Street;

• Collins Avenue between William Howard Taft Road and the underside of the US Route 50/Columbia Parkway overpass;

• Taft Road Lane and Heatherhill Lane.

• Westbound Riverside Drive between Leblond Recreation Center and Collins Avenue (due to ongoing construction).

Drivers are encouraged to use Torrence Parkway, Madison Road, and Woodburn Avenue as a detour while the closures are in place. The Queen Bee half marathon is scheduled for the morning of Saturday, Oct. 10 – closing the eastbound lane of Woodburn Avenue and portions of Madison Road. Drivers should expect delays but there will be directed opportunities to cross between groups of runners. Local access to Riverside Drive will be maintained during the race. Drivers are encouraged to follow posted signage and direction of local law enforcement on scene. The full course can be found here.

Residents who live within the area where roads are closed will be able to access their neighborhood through one of three, marked security checkpoints. Checkpoints will be located at:

• William Howard Taft Road and Torrence Parkway

• William Howard Taft Road and E McMillan Street

• PEDESTRIAN ENTRY ONLY: Collins Ave and Gladstone Ave

Residents should expect to encounter law enforcement at these checkpoints. Please factor in extra time when traveling as a result of these security measures. Delivery trucks and other commercial services delivering to addresses in those neighborhoods may use those checkpoints, as well.

All aircraft pilots and drone operators are reminded to consult Federal Aviation Administration resources for any temporary flight restrictions before operating in and around Cincinnati.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

What if God actually thinks he should atone for the horrors that he happily unleashed on millions of people with, idk, acts of genuine service, making real amends, & accepting the consequences of his actions, even if it does, ultimately, include jail time? Before the whole lawn business thing?

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I make a lot of comments about removing kids from home. Many are snarky. This one, however…that child should absolutely be removed from this home and this man given zero visitation.

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For Cincinnati-area folks: Is anyone surprised at all somehow Eric Deters is tied up in this?

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I find it interesting that both of the baseball players Donald Trump has advocated for and/or honored this year – Roger Clemens and Pete Rose – were involved in the exploitation of girls who were no older than 15 at the time. What a weird coincidence.

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today in why your librarian is stressed: academic journals increase in cost about 5% every single year while our funding continues to, at best, stagnate. And that's just the things we already purchase, much less the new acquisitions our patrons need or want.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

this is why i roll my eyes at linda mcmahon and the other millionaires talking about fast tracking people for trade school instead of getting notions in their head about white collar work they want a serf army to serve the white billionaires

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Look at that S car go!”

Alfred Drake in Trading Places, laughing uproariously.

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If your parents used James Dobson to raise you, and have not apologized profusely for doing so, cut them off immediately. If you are using James Dobson to raise your own children, your children need to be removed from your home immediately.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 07/10/2026

The rule is: If you have talent, you have to focus on that talent instead of offering opinions on politics. If you don’t have talent, opine away.

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Paid too much for muffler.”

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Wes Flinn @wesflinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

DID YOU KNOW: The mascot of the College of Cardinals? Ironically, a Blue Devil. They started using the Blue Devil a solid two centuries before Duke. Their Blue Devil lacks a mustache.

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