"Disco Elysium depicts these men not solely as individuals making bad choices, but also as products of their environments: imperialist violence, the drug trade, and economic plight." - from @madisyn-writes.bsky.social 's first for the site
www.mothership.blog/disco-elysiu...
My book on the "coming soon" front page of the Manchester university press site Translating hell: vernacular theology and apocrypha in the medieval north sea
🔥 hell yeah 🔥
New book incoming:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
text that reads: If you have to cover Xbox-published games, always do so with context about Microsoft’s activities and the ongoing boycott. Just because you may be in a position where you have to cover these games, it doesn’t mean you can’t make people aware of the boycott against Microsoft called for by BDS. Be constructive and thoughtful in your criticism, and help people understand that by purchasing an Xbox-published game, or by subscribing to Game Pass, they are supporting a company that is complicit in the genocide against the Palestinian people.
I just think about this advice from @nogamesforgenocide.com quite a bit... for no reason in particular
The echoes of Troy in Tolkien’s Fall of Gondor
I really think it is imperative for the continued existence of the field that the idea of a "stale" PhD be discarded completely
The Infowars news is funny, yes. But more importantly, it is an outright rebuke of Alex Jones' evil.
It's testament to the strength and resilience of the Sandy Hook families who survived this bullshit for more than a decade as well as the Onion, which didn't give up on this for the last 18 months.
🐁☁️🎈💕
Censorship regime at Texas Tech is too extreme for (checks notes) the American Enterprise Institute. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Donate if you are able to! @butwhytho.net (& @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social ) does amazing work!
This is the best review of the game I’ve read so far! An honest reflection on the “sad dad game” genre and the ways that Pragmata fails.
Today, on Palestinian Prisoners' Day the BDS movement calls for intensifying BDS pressure against companies involved in genocidal Israel’s prison complex and its crimes against Palestinian prisoners, particularly Microsoft, HP, and Cisco.
#FreeThemAll
bdsmovement.net/news/Palesti...
I hate what we’re becoming. Ohio State, where I went to grad school, is getting rid of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. @aarontpratt.bsky.social @lollardfish.bsky.social @profgabriele.com
compliance.osu.edu/focus-areas/...
Depends on the year & the job (it is never childish)
vibecoding y’all. vibecoding all the way down
Today marks 2 years sober
I have this debate before every trip and make the same bookish decision every time.
@sewaneemedieval.bsky.social continues to be my favorite conference
Tonight in 1990 — David Lynch and Mark Frost's TWIN PEAKS debuted on the ABC Sunday Night Movie. #TwinPeaks #OTD
Was an honor to be on the podcast! Wish it was about a more fun topic but also, I wish ill on JK Rowling so I glad I got to talk about the harm she causes.
So Act! Don’t post.
Why aren’t you in front of every camera?
Why aren’t you marching?
Your cowardice got us here.
(202) 224-3121 is the capitol switchboard for connecting to any senate or house office; even if you've never called; even though the lot of them are useless. no abominable war crimes, no war, no.
I am aware that they (mostly) lack the political will.
Write & call your congressional reps now. Don’t wait. Don’t hold your breath. Demand action.
I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.
Anyone in Congress who is not working frantically to stop this will share the responsibility for it.
An opposition party would not be on vacation right now. They would have coordinated message to the public about the fact that a President in cognitive decline is threatening more war crimes. They would be BLASTING the message on all available platforms.
“we’re all traumatized by covid” ok but i specifically need to know if you were traumatized because the government cancelled brunch or because of all the death, this is a super important distinction
the students love it!
a little piece of joy: my TX State students thanked me for bringing manuscript fragments to class yesterday. I didn’t expect to have an emotional reaction (I teared up), but they were just so excited
