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Book history, Shakespeare, early modern studies @ Penn English. Views just my own. Image in header is from: https://shorturl.at/FtfZQ / Gen'l Ed., Arden Shakespeare / https://pennmaterialtexts.org/ / http://shakespearecensus.org / http://deepplaybooks.org

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Now I want a bumper sticker that reads:

Thus they relate,
Erring.

07.10.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have found this to be very hard

07.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I generally endorse poetry bumper stickers, but no. Exactly the opposite.

07.10.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Never apologize for using an Arden @ardenpublisher.bsky.social !even if it's Arden 2!

07.10.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, by "way out", I mean, avoid having to make a choice either way. Avoid having to do one thing or the other.

04.10.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

stalling also is a way to see what others do. Prisoner's dilemma is at work here.

04.10.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's meant to stall; they are buying time hoping to find a way out. That's my guess.

04.10.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

So the secret to Bluesky is... kebabs?

04.10.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kofta kebab recipe in England c. 1660. Amazing find!

03.10.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 190    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Proposed reply:

Dear Secretary McMahon,

Our offer is this: Nothing. Not even the fee for the gaming license, which we would appreciate if you’d put up personally.

Sincerely,

Universities

03.10.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 412    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5

They were such a revelation. I first tuned in to them with Fables, then found Murmur, and then realized that Reckoning was my favorite. I lost track of them after about 1990 and I think they declined but I think people don't realize how incredible they were for a stretch in the 80s

03.10.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, if the university gives Trump their mobile number, they get 10% off their first order

03.10.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yeah I had this last time you posted about it. Delicious!

02.10.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No but I'm gonna! You're killing me on a fast day though

02.10.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh that's very far from the passport place which is not far from my house

02.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Where's this sandwich exactly?

02.10.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Delightful. Something similar happened at my house about ten years ago when i burned something in the kitchen and set off the alarm

30.09.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
"Students are not permitted to share, copy, or distribute recordings of live class sessions or any prerecorded class content without the permission of the University and the instructor. Students may also not make their own recording of class sessions. These actions are violations of the Code of Academic Integrity."

"Students are not permitted to share, copy, or distribute recordings of live class sessions or any prerecorded class content without the permission of the University and the instructor. Students may also not make their own recording of class sessions. These actions are violations of the Code of Academic Integrity."

was just looking up Penn's policy on students' recording classes for some reason...

29.09.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And that doing those politics isn't synonymous with abandoning one's values or throwing people under the bus. Or doesn't have to be.

29.09.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Coates made that point well I thought, and showed how it emerges out of a particular tradition, as does Klein's misperception of it.

But I think Klein was also right about certain segments of the left preferring easy judgment and condemnation over hard politics.

29.09.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this just a misuse of the word "novel"?

27.09.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They should close their library too. All those books, who's really using them anyway?

26.09.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This serves as a warning to other universities who have sought to punish faculty for similar comments: the law is not on your side.

Faculty don’t lose their right to speak about matters of public interest simply because they work for a public university.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

25.09.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Careers in Questioned Documents Questioned document examination, also referred to as forensic document examination, is the branch of forensic science best known for the determination of authorship of signatures and handwriting but, ...

Not made up!

www.aafs.org/careers-ques...

25.09.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, what am I supposed to do with all this iron pyrite I've been hoarding?

23.09.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even for religious reasons, a US store can't say they refuse to accept US dollars!

23.09.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's weird because the way currency works is the government mandates what is legal tender and individual shops don't get to opt out

23.09.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Also got to meet Lenny Dykstra there once.

23.09.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it's the best Italian hoagie in town

23.09.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is just... I don't know, man

23.09.2025 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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