Calamity Andrew

What a parenthetical statement! Truly the icing on the cake.

I'm teaching American Lit Beginnings-1865 this semester and the final exam is open note. I just saw a student's notes with a heading labeled "TOP 5 WALT WHITMAN QUOTES (READY TO GO)" and honestly what a great way to live.

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"

and

"I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."

I'm not even that much a fan of Whitman, but these are great!

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I'm pretty sure we did it a lot more back in 1985.

This is really evergreen content for you.

Congratulations! I had a similar feeling of disbelief, a dreamlike haziness when I bought my house, too.

Oh I am so excited for this!

This history of art in America is the history of defending against censorship of art against charges of obscenity. From the weaponization of the post office in the 20th century to payment processor weaponization now, these folks endeavor to use distribution bottlenecks to limit speech.

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That makes so much sense!

You know this, but the forms are designed such that you can be wrong whatever you put--or right whatever you put--to better serve the administrator's whim. Those questions are much like the ballot tests of the 19th century: a screening test to keep out the "wrong" kind of people.

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Been there, Barrett. Rest up and take care of yourself!

As my advisor would always say, "good enough is your friend!" But I bet you did great!

Oh I'm never satisfied! 🫠

Usually about 3 minutes before I deliver it.

Someone in the replies called this doordash for bears and I can't stop laughing

Look what I found in the largest independent bookstore in the world! @olgakhazan.bsky.social

I mean, there's a variety of reasons why, including visibility, context, and culture. Kojima didn't wear it at a major live broadcast, did not use it while dismissing other creative works, and that phrase is bound to American culture in ways that Kojima can't fully connect with.

I can see that! I do think it solves the clunkiness of the "agency of triad of player/designer/action ..." construction. But the importance of writing to your audience may outweigh some awkwardness in phrasing.

I will concur with everyone else on "triad," but I like dropping the preposition and making it "agentic triad."

It actually goes from smallest to biggest. They wanted to end on a high note.

As a professor, it's very disheartening. I don't think most of my students who use ChatGPT consider it to be cheating, but they also don't appear to understand that they are outsourcing their thinking, undermining their own agency and voice.

I did notice that was an image of Grendel and his bag, but I guessed something older! Should have gone with my first instinct.

The Odyssey?