Dr. Steve Mallory

The ability to be bored

CFP: Sounding Things: Props, Material Culture, and Accessories in Popular Music

Abstract Deadline: May 1, 2026
Abstract Length: 350–500 words
Editors: Kate Galloway, Paxton Haven, and Mike Levine

Full call here: drive.google.com/file/d/1mfyd...

The phrase “every conservative influencer in the business” tells you everything you need to know.

The entire modern conservative movement descends from snake oil salesmen and prosperity gospel revival tent preachers.

It’s nothing more than a con, and that’s all it will ever be.

Mood

My Peloton handle is "DrHIITnHILLS" for a reason. My body hates it and lives it in equal measure

I'm rambling. Grief is such a potent emotion. Rising from it seems like "closing it off". Embracing the love that was instead of erasing it... That is the way

I grieve that my Dad won't see the legacy he gave me lives through my son, and that he dedicated a lot of his last energy to making pancakes with my daughter because that was their "thing"

I grieve because my mom, her mind gone from Alzheimer's, still recognized my daughter and danced with her.

"pre-computational media critique"
apologies for the error...ugh

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What does "rise from grief" even mean? Genuinely.

I lost both of my parents over the last six years. Grief is a part of you, it changes you, and is always under the surface. I grieve that my kids never knew their Grandmom and barely knew they Granddad.

No rising from that, but embracing it.

Gotta have it run long enough to cancel the midterms

I find everything pre-computational media really struggle today. They still seem to rely on a "author" and a passive consumption of media that computerized interactive media resists.

I've started pivoting back to that just for the structure. The struggle students have with uncertainty is real

Cool essay about how designed environments shape our cognitive practices, especially in libraries, which the author calls "a gymnasium for attention"

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If you have a cool art portfolio but 0 industry experience under your belt, you should apply.

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Is he threatening us with a good time?

Delroy made "Get Shorty"

If they dont like being called Nazis, they should stop saying and doing Nazi stuff.

"Never go against the Tism...WHEN DEATH IS ON THE LINE!"

...or something like that...

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Why did I hear this in your best Vincini voice?

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Dee dah dee dah dee dee doe doe
Dee dah doo dee doe!

It seems to me that the foundational 'wrong turn' in education was the increasing rhetoric from universities themselves and their supporters that the primary value of a university education was increased earning power.

That leads pretty directly to this place we're in now.

To think that there are people who believe that college professors only work the hours they are in a classroom in front of their students!

::stares into the camera with flat affect::

The Court Packing Plan was a double-edged sword. Many moderates protested. He lost some political clout for even suggesting it, but it is worth noting (or correlates, even if causation isnt clear) that after the plan was proposed, Chief Justice Owen Roberts suddenly swung liberal on future rulings.

Everything that @eryk.bsky.social writes is recommended. This is a great summary of the challenges raised by AI agents.

The next administration has to look at FDR.

When FDR started ramping up new deal legislation, He effectively told the Chief Justice that if he tries to stop the legislation, he would use his super-majority in both houses to stack the courts and that the Chief Justice would be a political minority

say what you will about AI, it’s an absolute godsend for professors who hate their students & also teaching generally

Bold of Sam Altman to assume that LLMs are, in fact, "smart"

Everyone thinks they are Churchill. Most are Chamberlain.