Thank you!!

this race-bending the new musketeers thing is taking it way too far, next they'll be claiming Dumas was black or something

He’s giving Warren Jeffs

He’s giving Warren Jeffs

Educators and researchers are urging a pivot away from computers and tablets while industry and misguided school leaders push more AI use. Something is going to have to give.

Remarkably well-written and interesting. Thanks for getting me, UNC Press.

When I’m planning my schedule each morning I have to think hard about how I’m going to fit my reading in there at some point. Some days I can only fit an hour or less.

I think about this every day. The reading habits of even the most dedicated readers are being eroded by labor intensification.

Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones

“But after tens of billions of dollars of school spending…studies have found that digital tools have generally not improved students’ academic results or graduation rates. Some researchers &organizations like UNESCO even warn that overreliance on technology can distract students and impede learning”

There’s a Prince interview where he talks about how the body is not equipped to take on all the world’s problems and to shut off the TV for a week at a time. I’ve been easing back on screen time because I haven’t been sleeping well!

I’m learning Russian right now for this reason. I’d like to read books in other languages.

Thanks to UC San Diego Latin American Studies for the opportunity to speak at my alma mater alongside @kevanaguilar.bsky.social about the intersection of Latin American Studies and History!

Been singing along to a lot of Reagan Youth these days

Photo of Deleuze and Guattari’s A THOUSAND PLATEAUS shelved in the psychology section

Never not taking photos of @uminnpress.bsky.social books in the wild. (In this case at Wallace Books in Portland.)

What a dream course

For the past year I’ve been following news stories of squirrels turning carnivorous in the Bay Area. I wondered when this would happen lol.

With each passing day I feel us inching closer and closer to Gilead.

Star Wars and the Mythopoetics of Late Capitalism: Part 1 The first entry in a multi-part series looking at the relationship between the rise of multimedia franchise storytelling and American capitalism's ongoing crisis of accumulation

Part one of an multi-part series on the franchise culture industry and Andor

Print is a rent strike.

The count of monte cristo is one of my favorite books of all time. What fun drives you have cooked up.

Getting a head start on reading for an upcoming seminar, the problem w the modern novel: The Booker Prize. I’m only 2 chapters in but I’m enjoying this one.

Thank you so much! I was afraid I wouldn’t even be able to continue in my PhD program. All of this is very helpful.

Thank you!

Revenge of the Nerds, 2025: Revenge saga with undercurrents of comedy.

As a teacher of teenagers, he’s fucking weird.

Knowing cats, he’s probably still mad at her too

I hate it here so much