-Mr. Cankersore
-Mr. Crock-Pot
-Mr. Congeniality
-Mr. Cremation
-Mr. Cinnabon
-Mr. Crustacean
-Mr. CanterburyTales

I’m teaching #Middlemarch, and one of my students has decided that Mr. Casaubon’s name is unpronounceable (accurate), so every single time he’s mentioned in class discussion or in writing, they give him an entirely new name. Here’s a running tally of my favorites so far:

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

*dominos pizza guy busily gluing cheese to the pizza*
“wait…what???”

Bulldog reclining like an odalisque potato

End-of-semester self-portrait

One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse

Fluffy cat luxuriates on a pile of Victorian tomes

Victorianist cat

idk how so many people have energy for the infighting and being snarky to people who are showing up and doing the work for the first time, like are y’all not tired from living in the fascism? I only have so much energy and I’m not dedicating it to being a weirdo to people on my side of the fight

Mood

The best clef

Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡
(and forward the positive vibes)

MI voters! Call Slotkin! 202-224-4822

English plaque the temporary hospital for scurvy-ridden whalemen who had been trapped in the ice for months

babe what if we kissed outside the temporary hospital for scurvy-ridden whalemen who had been trapped in the ice for months

Enormous fluffy cat wears Batcat mask while sitting regally on newel post

*Batcat voice* Hi, I’m Batcat

Now I want books about morning

Victorian lit nerds, please enjoy these memes of The Moonstone made by my students (scroll down for the Sergeant Cuff + gardener shipping you never even knew you needed) #19c

Please JB Pritzker do not commit any crimes before 2028. I know it is part of the job as Illinois governor but you must resist.

International Women’s Day is just around the corner! Here is an article about a Victorian female author, Christina Rossetti. In Ashley Miller’s article, she discusses how Christina Rossetti’s poetry about fruitlessness and waste can provide a deeper understanding of female corporeality.

How cool to see this here! Especially today, as I’m sitting down to work on a longer piece that developed out of this one, examining tropes of fruitlessness alongside changing attitudes toward reproductive rights.

"AI" is, purely, a marketing term and a (poor) umbrella phrase for a number of different types of computerized statistical analysis, iteration and synthesis. If something is being touted as "AI" to me, it's because someone wants me to buy it, and also I probably don't need it.

FO-eeb right there with you!