Would anyone be interested in a thread on Black futurity and how it includes but exceeds Afrofuturism? #PhDSky #AcademicSky #

TFW a student writes in their weekly reflection that your breakdown of what a citation needs (1. who wrote it? 2. what did they call it? 3. how did they distribute it?) makes writing citations easy. #LibrarySky #AcademicSky

I need some affirmation that just because I am struggling with my dissertation doesn't mean I am constitutively bad at it. That just because I cannot see a future in which I succeed at this doesn't mean such a future is impossible. Likes or comments welcome. #PhDSky

Wheelchair user crosswalk light in the UK:

Adaptive chopsticks holder:

Sometimes self-care is allowing yourself to stop pulling quotes for a close reading 15 pages before the death of a beloved character and promising yourself that tomorrow you only have to do those 15 pages. #PhDSky #AcademicSky

let's stop saying "first [marginalized group member] to win" and go with "this is the first time the Academy has been willing to honor [marginalized group]" instead to put the shame where it belongs #Oscars

Someone please reassure me about the fact that I spent untold hours drafting one paragraph yesterday and don't feel done with it? #PhDSky

You know that feeling when you get accepted to a conference but then you reread your own abstract and think, damn. Now I have to figure out how to write that? Me either. #YesIDo #AcademicSky #PhDSky

Right???

Being on the job market is going to give me agita. I just got an email from one of the schools I applied to and was all oooooooo! But then it was just a formality and not an update on my application. I suppose at least I can be sure that they got my application? #AcademicSky #PhDSky

No, but can we get together in NOLA anyway???

A bookshop owner in Southampton, England asked for help when he moved his library due to high rent. He was surprised when more than 250 people showed up & formed a human chain to transfer books from the old place to the new place. The job was done in an hour. #Goodpeople

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education

Hey #AcademicSky! Hey #PhDSky! Can we get a thread going of who is going to be at #MLA2025 in NOLA next week? I'll be presenting on time and disability in African American literature.

I'm presenting at #MLA2025 in a little more than a week. It's hard to not be in awe of the institution long enough to write the paper!

I don’t want my class to prepare students for ‘the real world.’

I want my class to help students dream of a better world.

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Um clergyfolk? you should totally buy stoles from this artist. Follow. Like. Buy!

You know what I don't understand? All wheel drive. We already have four wheel drive. Unless you are secretly telling me that your vehicle has more than four wheels, what's the point??

Spit-laugh rating: 9/10

THIS IS WHY I’M HERE

Light the lamp, not the rat! #MuppetChristmasCarol

Happy Christmas Adam!

ALL HAIL THE REVERSE OUTLINE!!! writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-too... #AcademicSky #PhDSky

New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

Three cheers for New Jersey!

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#AcademicSky #PhDSky Is anyone looking for a roommate for MLA in NOLA in January? I have a room in the conference hotel from the 8th to the 13th. We could do a vibe check by video chat. Lmk!

I'm just glad I'm not screaming into an abyss! Thanks for reading and liking!

Protagonists are not Subjects in every moment of every scene. There are times when they are acted upon. That being said, the stories of which they are the narrative center often focus on the process of the protagonist claiming and reclaiming subjectivity. It is this process that intrigues me. 17/

Indeed, a translator’s note states that “The term Subjects denotes those who know and act, in contrast to objects, which are known and acted upon” (18). 16/