What are your top for verification movie genres? Mine are: - a solitary man goes into the desert to conquer his demons. there are five lines of dialogue. Everybody dies. - there's a heist. Everything not nailed down is stolen. - anything made in the 70s - this film's budget was $5k - werewolves

My Harvard google account is no more

As someone new to Britain, I hate to break it to y'all but your standard of living in this place is fcking embarrassing. I would never in a million years call it a "golden ticket." Your politicians are lying to you so y'all won't notice that the ceiling for your quality of life is on the floor

The actual takeaway from Amwerica’s historical experience is that we must not assume directionality in history at all. There is no arc, and there definitely is no ironclad law of the universe that says “We” can’t slide back – or slide forward into a new kind of authoritarianism.

I got convinced to come to a birthday at a pub tonight only there's a rugby game on, this was a terrible mistake

I was looking up retreat estates today for -reasons- and accidentally stumbled on one run by Opus Dei. Let me just say that I could not nope out of there fast enough.

Jesus, I could successfully wield a hammer more manfully than this if I gripped it inside my literal vagina.

how stupid is it the “glass ceiling” probably just turned out to be “donors want dudes they can blackmail, not competent people who are good at their jobs”

Dinner tonight is olives, corn nuts and alcohol. Am I British yet? Y/N

New title for my tentative article on Plato's Republic just dropped.

The ridiculous bullshit I say without tenure makes me shudder to think what kind of monster I would become with it.

Is seeing 20-somethings in high rise jeans ever going to stop being disconcerting? Asking for an old.

There are archives everywhere, for those with eyes to see.

Me to someone struggling to remember my name: Alexis from Texas Him, whispering: there's a porn star with that name Me: yeah, she's known for her butt Him: I wouldn't know Me: Him: Me: of the 100s of people I have told this mnemonic, you are literally the only one who knew this actress exists

Mamdani is gonna implement sherry law. No more crying alone in the pantry like a secret alcoholic. All drinking will be done in public at state sponsored communal dinners with halal tapas.

Submitted!

The problem with writing fellowship applications all day is that I'm ready for bed by 5pm.

Adieu to James Watson. Let's all raise a glass.

Every day I'm reminded of advice I got from a sr leader at Harvard when I was Prez of the Student Council: messaging was the #1 priority for garnering & keeping student support for what I did It's not ~wrong~, but none of these"leaders" seem to grasp that w nothing BEHIND it, it's a house of cards

Quite a few of my posts have fallen prey to these settings because my language can be colorful and because I have no hesitation to call bull on institutions when I see it. If you've found yourself wondering where your follows have gone, consider tweaking these settings.

You know what to do.

Solidarity with British Public Library staff currently on strike under a Labour government that keeps fucking labour.

Everyone's favourite Dr Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social has been having a rough couple of days and I bet she would be delighted if Bluesky surprised her by pushing her friend Rachel's fundraiser over the finish line!

Using the internet in this hostel is like being 14 again and spending the entire night downloading a game off a BBS over a 14.4k modem.

Everyone's favourite Dr Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social has been having a rough couple of days and I bet she would be delighted if Bluesky surprised her by pushing her friend Rachel's fundraiser over the finish line!

Maybe instead of fining and punishing ebike users whenever their ride bursts into flames, the company that built such a defective piece of flaming garbage should be fined 200,000 per incident for putting public safety at risk.

Re-read a snippet of Plato's Republic trying to track down a particular passage & accidentally landed on one where Socrates says people will believe whatever you tell them if you say it enough. I def didn't just think of this bcuz I saw bsky still still still confused about why pols baldfaced lie.

Trump would like us all to remember remember the fifth of november

I have been told by @swilua.bsky.social that today is astronomical Samhain AND it's a full moon, to boot. So some morning blessings are being cast here in the somewhat rather pretty Edinburgh

You know what goes better with onion and mustard on a sandwich than anything? Pork.

Edinburgh is kind of pretty

I just felt someone's spirit pass and I don't know who, shit.

Hey bluesky. I need a little pep talk and suggestions There's something really important I need to do but it feels like I'm in a situation where I'm going to get it wrong regardless. Giving up, shutting down, or withdrawing aren't options. How do you get yourself to keep trying in this situation?

Just had a dream where my brain was testing me in Latin. I don't know Latin

I was a student and teacher at Harvard from 2015-2024 and met a single pair of students that entire time who teamed up to behave this way, and every other single student and professor were appalled by the behaviour and did everything they could to redirect it. Lepore is full of shit.

Scotland is awesome, sorry England

Happy #Halloween week 🎃 If you are looking for something different to do, come along to my free talk this coming Saturday. "Walking in the footsteps of the #Glasgow #Witches" Sat 1 Nov • 1pm • Mitchell Library More info via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in...

Ok, real talk. I've seen eight hundred and five tricks that don't work great to get students to stop using AI on papers, and -- real question -- has anyone just sat down with the students on the first day to do a check in on what skills they want to develop during the class?

I leave for haunted Edinburgh tomorrow! There's still time to put in a request for Nov 05 Samhain spellwork/blessing candles/prayers/etc from this magical ass place. DM what you're looking for and if it's in my wheelhouse, I'll make it happen for a modest sum!

Well fuck

Maybe this is a well known argument and I'm embarrassing myself by admitting I realized it without having read it But it seems like novelty as a source of cultural capital tracks w the degree of hierarchical stratification? Why differentiate "NOT THAT" when assuming existential equality?

We're at the "Moody's Tax is advertising to me on Facebook about services they provide if I want to renounce my citizenship" stage of fascist decline

If you see this, post a vampire who isn't Dracula.

Currently making a comprehensive work history. This sucks ass. (HR ffs set a reasonable limit on this, not all of us are 27). But! I am reminded of a delightful geographer who set assistants to edit a book length manuscript he knew wouldn't see the light of day just so we would have the experience🧵

Just passed a dog grooming sign offering free pup cups and I almost burst into tears because I want a free pup cup. How's your day going?

Has it long been the case that local US media sites like, say, the Chicago Tribune aren't available in the UK, or is this a recent development?

Oh man. Just came across a job and a department that look MADE for me and I hate to hope.... HOWEVER

This. I can PROMISE you that the wealthy will still be hiring private tutors to teach their children face-to-face, with an honest-to-god human being teacher doing the teaching, because that is how education happens.

Someone I chatted with over breakfast just wished me a good day, sir, and I have crumbled into dust.

Goddesses, if you grant me a single wish, please let it be that all the science fankkkids see what is happening today and that the scales fall from their eyes as they collectively realize that techno-boosterism has always been driven by this degree of assclownery.