Dr. Jackpots Ⓥ

Power from Chainsaw Man saying "I have nothing to do except thinking about the Nobel Prize."

yuppp

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HEALTHCARE.GOV EMPLOYEE: So, what's your yearly income?
ME: It's $X
EMPLOYEE: *Yearly*?
ME: Yep, it's tough out here 🥴

#adjunctlife

a box that says "ELIGIBILITY: Probably no savings - Your income is too low to receive financial help from a government subsidy. We'll send you to the correct government based website to see if you qualify for an exemption."

well....that ain't good 😩

God hunt us all, if we do not hunt Moby Dick to his death!

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Between Michael Bench-Capon and a toucan there must be
*some* distinction! This is called the Transformation of Things.

"Fr. fr fr" --> "Father For Real For Real"

Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe

YouTube video by Fatcat Records Animal Collective - Did You See the Words

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQTg...

you might change that tune when you learn that it's actually Paul Churchland twice

The Mountain Goats, growing up as a huge NMH head they were the most frequently suggested comp

I have a baggy one that just says "BASKETBALL" on it, with a small image of a basketball. Easily one of my favorite shirts, gotta let 'em know

when abbreviating, almost all my students in Colorado called it "Chat," even though I was calling it "GPT"

"Moby Duck" was always the way to go, in any case 🦆

ah, see I keep retaining a psychical therapist instead. There's my issue 🤦

apologies for seriousposting on a good riff, but it's less about memory qua such and more a criticism of the way writing-reliance precludes recollection in particular, which I find more fun. Bc yeah, down with writing, I haven't even recollected the Form of Wisdom yet 😩

someone with brown hair and a purple t-shirt smiling in front of a large bike and some Gustave Dore artwork

course prepping today bc I got the Fall teaching I wanted last minute 🥳

rare pic of young Descartes

the nephew

smart; if you lead with that, readers will click away

@mikebenchcapon.bsky.social @oldaristocles.bsky.social

American Hippopotamus - The Atavist Magazine A bracing and eccentric epic of espionage and hippos.

we believed "in that golden future when the meadows and the bayous of our Southern lands shall swarm with herds of hippopotami" magazine.atavist.com/2013/america...

Birdman (Published 2015)

Long form articles everyone should read, that aren’t awful contemporary political news:

1: The Pigeon King and the Ponzi Scheme that Shook Canada www.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/m...

Should The Numbers Count? Saving 100 girlfriends who really, really, really, really, really love you vs. Saving 1 Kaguya-sama

fire writing meme

the great orator Cicero writing his "mediocre" poetry

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