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Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

11.08.2025 11:12 — 👍 5068    🔁 1891    💬 70    📌 102

The bibliomancy exercise goes like this: Take a notebook and pen and go to a library, to the fiction stacks, poetry, autobiography, literary criticism, literary journals... maybe even choose a different genre for each selection. Ask, "What should I be writing about?" And for 60 minutes—set a timer even—wander the stacks, flipping open books at random. Pause before the shelf, and if you want it to be more like a Tarot card reading, close your eyes, reach out with your non-dominant hand and see if there’s a book that feels like it is pulling at you, maybe even warmer than the others. Flip it open and if you like, run your finger down the page, or, just read the two facing pages for a passage that speaks to you. Write it down along with the title and author, even the page number if you want to find it again. Do this 6 more times. Read the list of quotes and look for a common theme or themes. Write them down. Are there any images or ideas that repeat or images or ideas that speak to your own ideas? Is there even just a line you like particularly?

I love @alexanderchee.bsky.social's Bibliomancy assignment — such a great way to encourage exploration of the library, to help students appreciate the value of curiosity and magic of serendipity. I cld see this being ⭐ for first-year composition classes.

querent.substack.com/p/bibliomanc...

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Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) .@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database

This thread is incredible.

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taking a more hardline belief in this with each passing day

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I just saw someone holding an open can of Monster Energy Drink at 8:30am, and I feel very strongly that that beverage contains Night Energy. It’s only for mornings if you’ve been up all night and you are still carrying the darkness with you.

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Photo of a longhaired tabby cat standing on a newspaper on a floor. She looks back toward the camera.

Photo from my collection, the back reads “Fuzzy. Isn’t she beautiful? 1942.” 🥹

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having an emotional support coke zero

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Me (crying): Please...I just need to message my coworkers

Microsoft Teams Developers: No you don't. You want a Bunch of Bullshit that also changes week-to-week for some reason

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nathan fielder (narrating): to understand what it’s like to be in a plane crash, i needed to experience one myself. but i would have to defeat the god of death to return to the world of the living. so in a studio warehouse, i recreated the shadow realm of duat and the twelve gates of the underworld,

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i would be a great therapist i'd just be telling people "it is what it is" and "you gotta lock in" and "yeah it do be like that" and all my patients would become so normal

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when I’m at the Coke freestyle machine that’s the real me

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"I'm alive!" said Gatsby, roaring past on a speedboat. He'd faked his own death and gotten away with everything. That's why they called him the Great Gatsby. "Out of the way, current!" he yelled at the water. "This speedboat is bearing me ceaselessly into the future!"

Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:

17.03.2025 05:39 — 👍 11802    🔁 1523    💬 215    📌 61

Asked a friend how it's going and they responded "bad but I'm used to it" devastating

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Eating a bowl of soup at the club

01.02.2025 04:53 — 👍 237    🔁 37    💬 13    📌 4

Poker Face hits all of these if you haven’t seen it already!

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Being one of the last people to leave dying Twitter while also trying to get used to adopting Bluesky makes me feel like one of those feral children having to adjust to living in human society for the first time

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Around 2005 I wrote a small item about Osama bin Laden’s socialite niece and was required to write “Mr. Bin Laden could not be reached for comment.”

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