still can't run but i'm a cross-country ski guy now (went last weekend for the second time in my life, ever) and i am pleased to report that it has (mostly) fixed me
the "readings tbd" note in my syllabus under the heading, "The End of Human Rights?" looking increasingly ominous rn
making some last-minute syllabus emendations to the course on international relations and political theory i'm teaching this semester, might get a little topical with it
the horrors persist, but so do the poor quality and unhinged nature of my Middlemarch memes
immersing myself in the austere beauty of quantitative political science
Absolutely mortifying
outstanding instrument choice
my father is living out his retirement like a character in an eighteenth century novel of ideas, literally “tending to his garden,” cutting narrow pathways through the woods, cultivating a metaphorical balance between the chaos of nature and the order of reason—
recently finished my habermas reread
the news is grotesque and terrifying, but panic isn’t going to make anything better. go volunteer to canvass or sth (this is what i’ve been doing)
flopping on the sleep, but the other part is going well.
exciting news -- now i am free to take the name of abrdn for myself. surely this rebrand will help me break into the academic job market.
can’t run for the indefinite future due to injury but days like today i think getting a pair of cross-country skis would fix me.
coffee run
Amazing article.
"More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media ... actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of ..fear and anger... instead of organizing against [our oppressors]."
embracing a kind of hyper-pragmatism around current events where i sleep for ten hours a night and start getting more politically involved in organizations locally in a moderate, sustainable fashion.
screaming, crying, gnashing my teeth as i put all them all in the "supplementary readings" folder on mycourses that only i will ever look at
doing some last-minute syllabus trimming for my seminar that starts tomorrow and somehow there are now even more readings than before
let’s get this clout!
hello to my dozens of new followers — you have revitalized my long-buried dream of becoming a niche internet micro-celebrity
at the noise show, feeling like a modern-day des esseintes as i fixate on the aesthetic experience of new sonic textures
happy pride to my fellow aesthetes
the “A” in LGBTQIA+ stands for “Aesthete”
unlocked a new level of caffeine addiction where i am either drinking coffee or have a headache
passed my road test, can't wait to embody the toxic masculine archetype of ryan gosling in drive
consuming the nice wine at an academic dinner and suddenly i’m talking about fabric textures like the decadent antihero of a nineteenth century symbolist novel
Wobbly memes rule.
An excellent start to the year
this is the ideal resolution: both concrete and achievable
