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Nathaniel Williams

@nathanielwms.bsky.social

Teaches technical & science writing at UC Davis / studies weird C19 literature and pulps

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No kings, except the album β€œKing Sh*t and the Golden Boys” by Guided by Voices (1995)

14.06.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

18.05.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4586    πŸ” 1323    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 115

Between quarters at UC Davis. Three short stories submitted yesterday. PowerPoint sent to next week’s conference too.

27.03.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooof. Just learned the news. RIP, Davey Jo.

01.03.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Johnny T’s guitar = so good to hear this morning.

01.03.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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View from my parents’ kitchen window near Kansas City earlier this week.

19.02.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump, Vought, and Musk Team Up to Abandon Students and Borrowers, Illegally Fire Top Student Loan Industry Watchdog - Student Borrower Protection Center By eliminating the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman, the President is making clear his crusade to β€œdelete” the CFPB is a gift to corporations and a betrayal of working families.

Signal bump re: student loans and new admin protectborrowers.org/trump-vought...

15.02.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out with youngest supporting my hometown team.

09.02.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Visited one of my oldest friends in Tucson this week. Sharing music recs since first grade. Causing trouble about as long.

08.02.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am amused that Mark Z. says those of us who are extricating ourselves from Meta are "virtue signaling."

No, my dude. What you're seeing is a raised middle finger. That -does- signal something, but it ain't "virtue."

19.01.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

One week away from my band, The Labricks, playing a show at Sudwerk Brewing in Davisβ€”Jan 18, 6-9pm.

11.01.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
As God is my witness, I thought these turkey droids could fly.

As God is my witness, I thought these turkey droids could fly.

Whaddaya think guys, time for a reboot?

11.01.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1

If you are starting to think about your nominations, Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right is eligible for a Hugo Award in Best Related Work.

05.01.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I have my Worldcon membership and will be nominating/voting for it.

05.01.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HBO’s Watchmen and Victor LaValle’s fiction

04.01.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to KC games each season growing up. The aura was nuts before they even became a winning team.

03.01.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A living legend. New album’s great too.

01.01.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our youngest stopped believing last month. It has been so. Much. Easier.

25.12.2024 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Holidays to all!

25.12.2024 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
cfp | call for papers

Seeking 15-minute papers for a prospective panel on franchise fiction, mass market books, and pulp at the American Literature Association conference in Boston, May 21-24, 2025. Please share.

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...

09.12.2024 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

School break. It’s nice not having to hustle the kids out for school this morning. Figuring out how to keep β€˜em busy all day is a bit intimidating though.

16.12.2024 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Re: Black Doves. Any show with drummer Rat Scabies cameoing as an arms dealer gets a pass from me.

15.12.2024 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All finals graded, all grades calculated. Going to wait a day, just to have one more fresh glance at the numbers, before I hit submit.

14.12.2024 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Folks who teach Jesse James dime novels know…

12.12.2024 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the kicker is, a good reference won’t do much for anyone’s admission. (But I write several each quarter and give each one my best shot.)

12.12.2024 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We are 8 days from the end of quarter 2 & kids have started to ask.

β€œWhat can I do get get my grade up?”

My response…

β€œYour work, as it was assigned in class.”

β€œCan I turn it in now?”

β€œNo, that’s why we have rolling due dates.”

β€œIs there extra credit?”

β€œExtra implied you did the credit…”

09.12.2024 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1226    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 10
cfp | call for papers

Seeking 15-minute papers for a prospective panel on franchise fiction, mass market books, and pulp at the American Literature Association conference in Boston, May 21-24, 2025. Please share.

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...

09.12.2024 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

John the Balladeer stories by Manly Wade Wellman

07.12.2024 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post the LAST sentence of your last article:

The draft brought to the public in the Atlantic in 2001 may not the same manuscript as the one Twain presented to Howells in 1876, but rather the culmination of a lingering frustration with
Verne…

05.12.2024 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0