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unstable distinction between high culture & pop culture in class today youtu.be/kbMqWXnpXcA

Just watched the Taking of Pelham 123 and am genuinely curious it was that cops (or screenwriters) thought about Brits in 1974.

Still don't understand why Buffalo schools have "February Break" AND "Spring Break"

What will become of Nextdoor without Ring cameras?

Remembering fondly the morning my 5yo asked "what happens after you die?" only to clarify 10 seconds later that he meant to ask how you kill a hydra.

Seems like nobody told the campus bookstore that they should order paper copies this semester.

NYTimes Spelling Bee editor: "This one's for all you 12 year olds out there"

I still don't know who Stancil is.

I've already made more drafts than you can count.

The this annoyed me let me share it with everyone pipeline.

Bluesky: the site that allows you to read all of posts to all of the social media sites you have chosen not to use.

It's one of my favorite weeks of the year, when I get to watch Derek DelGaudio's In and Of Itself with my Cultural Theory students. Have you seen it? You should see it. www.imdb.com/title/tt1191...

Woke up at 5am with a desperate need to know what Laura Loomer thought of the halftime show. Thanks for having my back, internet.

No Kings includes Draft Kings

Having the Bills there would have made it good.

I convinced some Super Bowl virgins that it's a tradition to do a shot of Sunny D at each TD.

Another reason to hate AI: It makes you require your students to get physical books and then you keep forgetting to bring your own physical book home for the weekend and then you have to drive to campus to Sunday just to get your book so you can prep for class.

Is there non-Olympic luge?

It seems to me like one thing AI would be terrible at is absolutely everything the Civilian Conservation Corps did.

NPR reporting on the outrage over the end of Minute Maid frozen OJ made me feel like I lived in normal times again.

Remember how 30 Rock had a Jimmy Fallon character but quickly realized that even a caricature of Jimmy Fallon is too boring for tv?

If I were James Harden I might start wondering if I get traded every year because of my beard.

A room of students willing to grapple with Nietzsche is a beautiful thing

"Democracy Dies in Darkness," he says, while reaching for the dimmer ...

Eager to see what triviality my people will overreact to tomorrow.

Congratulations to #UBuffalo English PhD Andy Lindquist, who was named a finalist for this year’s @sunyofficial.bsky.social Chancellor's Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award! system.suny.edu/academic-aff... (1/2)

Canada has ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER fever

Troublemaker is my middle name.

After 5 years of successfully doing the NYT Super Mega I'm finally getting a key chain.

gonna miss this parody account.

Excited to get up tomorrow get some coffee and read a movie review. 🍿

actually it's a commonwealth

NBA courts looking like nascar uniforms

When somebody you follow here posts pix of their yard and you realize you’re neighbors.

Ellison: "The Bondi letter reveals what this is all about. This is not about fraud and it's not even about immigration, and it's certainly not about law enforcement. It's about handing over documents of the state of Minnesota, private information, including voting information, to the federal govt."

Imagine being so awful that you are sidelined by an administration that thinks Hegseth and Noem are doing a good job. Matt Gaetz level embarrassment.

Just learned that Outlook has a calendar and that my university has been using it for years.

Walz: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the streets or on the side of a nurse at the V.A. who died bearing witness to such government

It's cute that they're still playing football even though nobody cares who wins so long as the Patriots lose.

This song lives in my head on days I spend editing: youtu.be/IasCZL072fQ?...

Yes, things are bad, as an opportunity for *literature*, this is pretty great! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...

Apparently I just graduated from "I've never heard of the pop stars at the Grammys" to "I've never heard of the pop stars from 20 years ago"

can't wait for my yearly wrap up from the gas company.

I decided to watch the Good Will Hunting and Gone Girl cop movie. Pleasantly surprised to learn that Friday Night Lights and Beef were also in it.

Did I unfollow Schumer or did he stop sending his regular "somebody should stop trvmp" skeets? I can't remember.

Holiday + snow day + "midterms" = 9 days off for the 9th grader . what are we doing?

COOKS CAUGHT IT

FIFA prize suddenly seems a little silly.