David B Hobbs

of course! I leaned pretty heavily on @manshel.bsky.social ’s book for that unit, which worked nicely!

I was surprised by how much my first years enjoyed Robinson’s Gilead, which teaches well on this front! Could also imagine teaching one or two from Sonnet L’Abbé’s Sonnet’s Shakespeare early on

Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

is The Thomas Crown Affair (1999, dir. John McTiernan) considered “copaganda”

Fredric Jameson's name has not emerged in the Epstein Files.
www.justice.gov/epstein

I agree! I knew that it was a bit of a punchline before I saw the movie but it really worked for me

gotta be the Parkway Motel in beautiful Wawa Ontario:
parkwaymotel.com

he could fix me

the audible audiobook of Greg Grandin’s “America, América” ends with a preview of ”Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone”

reminded of the Dean I was TA’ing for who told me “NYU is a very profitable hospital that is obliged for tax reasons to offer college classes”

my tiny dog, framemogging me

framemogged by tiny dog who wants a walk

Calgary

the head & sub is “Conservatives Want Colleges to Speak, Too:
Critics of institutional neutrality might get more than they bargained for“ and yes it does also favorably cite an essay in The Free Press and another by Tyler Austin Harper

leave it to our Chronicle of Higher Ed to quote Les Wexner without contextualizing info — was Prince Andrew not available to weigh in?

it's so funny to try to legitimize a moronic argument by claiming that it is supported by a growing movement of diverse thinkers and then you list the people who belong to that movement and every single one is stupid and/or racist

oh dear lol

exciting! looking forward to the piece

…which, to be clear, was cool and good!

it’s the least of it, but…obviously our system is failing too if we’re allowing That Shirt to be sold and worn

probably people know this but as a long-time NYU prof, Doctorow was often at the forefront of protesting the school’s expansion into Greenwich Village, including financing some legal battles to prevent it from acquiring additional properties

you need to MOGG (Meditate On Great Genres of literature)

I find this so fucking sad actually

it's from a great article by @bildoperationen.bsky.social

journals.openedition.org/transbordeur...

the olive oil cake in question

I have become a total degenerate freak for making the Abraço olive oil cake

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

here’s another by the same writer — he seems to clearly have a “beat”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

bring! back! cinematic horniness!

he should be allowed to rejoin the Raps for this postseason just so we don’t waste him

Spike Lee at the All Star game in a keffiyeh sweater with a Palestine flag bag strap

Spike Lee courtside at the All Star game tonight while Denicide Avdija waits for someone to pass him the ball

yes this is the premise of my strategic alliance in this case