John Attridge

Respect your "boundaries"? Bro maybe you should read up on a little concept called the pharmakon. Every limit depends on the possibility of transgression

Claude is actually short for Claude Lévi-Strauss because its code depends on binary oppositions

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Incredible

I was the academic consultant on Wuthering Heights responsible for ensuring that the film was faithful to the book. I haven't read it myself but I think we did a great job

It's great that coders are so productive now. Soon we will be living in a technological utopia *Google books search for Hamlet returns no hits*

Instead of just outright banning killer robots in the classroom, we should be having discussions about the *ethical use* of killer robots

Getting jump scared when the narrator says "dear reader"

Searching "if I may" in the Epstein files to find all the academics

Hearing that Matt Damon has interpreted "polytropos" to mean "complicated" rather than "man of twists and turns". Woke Hollywood strikes again

"I identify with the main character" no. Characters are a fantasy propagated by big realism to distract you from the novel's form. Wake up

(relatable lecturer voice) and in this scene it is simply not clocking to the wedding guest that the ancient mariner is standing on business

I have a very particular set of skills *close reads ransom note*

I reviewed Kristin Grogan's brilliant new book _Stitch, Unstitch: Modernist Poetry and the World of Work_ for The Space Between
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Ever since I started writing this application, I have been passionate about the prospect of being awarded a fellowship

"In this essay I will"
- spoilers
- over-confident
- rigid, boring

"In this essay I *might*"
- creates suspense
- nonchalant
- adventurous, fun

You are probably hearing a lot about vibe coding? *class nods* Well T.S. Eliot's concept of the "objective correlative" might be described as a technique for coding vibes *class chuckles, write in their notebooks*

Writing instructor: write what you know *sees me writing this in my notebook* no not you. You should probably write genre fiction

Sean Penn is a well-known liberal yet in OBAA he plays a reactionary. Seems a little dishonest

That's just tasteslop. You only find it beautiful because it enables the free play of the imagination and the understanding

You're right to be concerned. Yes, from what you've told me, your employer's wife likely *is* imprisoned in the attic. Here are some practical steps you can take now:
- flee
- await telepathic message
- return *only* if the house is incinerated, leaving your employer crippled

When to stop saying happy new year gap relationship

I don't ask for much but if members of the ensemble could discreetly hand me the costume items I need before dancing away that would be nice

"Cite your sources" Sorry but my sources are on deep background. Citing them would be a huge breach of academic ethics

Citation count is not the only measure of impact for academic publications. Rolled eyes, snorts of derision and involuntary wincing are also valid metrics

Thanks Esther, merry Christmas to you too!

Three wise men. Three very high IQ individuals. And they bring amazing gifts. Gold, myrrh, you name it. Very smart, very successful guys. We could do with more guys like that today, let me tell you

A university is so much more than its bricks and mortar facilities. It is also an eduroam network with intermittent access

"Die Hard is a Christmas movie" Die Hard is a nostalgic allegory in which the mythical values of the American frontier triumph over technofuturist global capitalism. Grow up

Some of you are too immersed in parochial disciplinary concerns. Others of you are too oblivious to debates in your field. Only I know the correct balance between scholarly rigour and universal human relevance