ilinca iurascu

a flock of Canada geese on a grass field near Jericho Beach

a very Vancouver sort of evening

Today! Register&join us for a talk by @loriemerson.net on alternative and forgotten networks and the futures they might hold.

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Woke up to that upenn hack email thing. Isn’t it ironic.

Three jack-o'-lanterns displayed on a porch, the middle one carved out to read ‘67’

Haven’t these numbers suffered enough?

Cybernetic Forests Sifting Through the Techno-Cultural Debris.

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i love playing the AI-overview-quote-guessing game. Enjoying the assertiveness here "this phrase is almost certainly a quote or a strong opinion about xyz" Nope.

Torn between going as “experience designer” or “judgment coach” this Halloween 🤔

Yes, on vessels made of brânzǎ! 🙂

It’s Dacians of course who first brought corn to Europe - I’m frankly surprised you don’t mention that in your book, Alex

You wouldn’t believe the thousands of likes and reposts 😖

Stumbled on this acct on insta: what is this casserole of pseudo-linguistic Romanianist nonsense? I can assure you that “Balkan and Dacian” 🤪 do not in fact “come alive in harmony” when I speak.

black rabbit on grass meadow

Striking that Lindt bunny/ Dieter Roth Karnickel pose

#litcrit pals, a really interesting question about the history of discipline from a graduate student here, a question that has me totally stumped:
"which journal in literary criticism was the first to implement modern peer review?" (I think he might mean blind review)
Thank you for your suggestions!

Wooden bench against green grassy patch and concrete sidewalk

“one and three benches”
Not quite a Joseph Kosuth, but look at the mossy patches underneath this bench, pretending to be a second shadow.

i guess everyone here is as excited as me about this term yay.

Tell me what you're teaching this/next week.

portrait of Walter Benjamin as a child in hussar uniform

toy catalogue page with picture and description of child's hussar uniform

A couple of years ago, I found toddler Benjamin's hussar outfit in an 1890s toy catalogue (16.50 marks, pricey!) Still best online find ever...

😔

Image reads: “No staff person is available to serve you at this moment, please proceed to the cashier”

Image reads: “We do not take order here. Please place your order in the middle (or as directed). Thank you.”

Admin workflow, simplified.

If there was truly any conviction for the public interest, members of the AI Strategy Task Force would resign in protest for the configuration of their group.

Happy birthday, Jared! Here’s to better times- always! ❤️

a man wearing a plaid shirt and a leather jacket says that was clearly a triangle ALT: a man wearing a plaid shirt and a leather jacket says that was clearly a triangle

but delighted to find the burns are still sick: "but let us follow Lacan ... in the analysis of the two triangles which constitutes the specific contribution of the Seminar." 🔼🔼

The world is literally burning and I’ve asked my students to read Derrida. 😑

Hier geht's zur Petition der Studierenden bsky.app/profile/bild...

skies this evening

Ceausescu and QE II in state carriage during his official visit in the UK, 1978

Oh, the memories

quoting from message received today: “we believe this film could serve as a valuable teaching tool, research case study, or point of discussion in academic contexts.”

on this note: has anyone else received emails at their uni address from said producing company inviting us to teach the film?

This is absurd on so many levels, I’m lost for words

alas, I’m afraid the 8 am is only a 5 pm retroactive projection