still can't run but i'm a cross-country ski guy now (went last weekend for the second time in my life, ever) and i am pleased to report that it has (mostly) fixed me

the "readings tbd" note in my syllabus under the heading, "The End of Human Rights?" looking increasingly ominous rn

making some last-minute syllabus emendations to the course on international relations and political theory i'm teaching this semester, might get a little topical with it

clippy the paperclip asking "It looks like you're writing a key to all mythologies? Would you like a tomb instead?"

the horrors persist, but so do the poor quality and unhinged nature of my Middlemarch memes

immersing myself in the austere beauty of quantitative political science

Absolutely mortifying

outstanding instrument choice

my father is living out his retirement like a character in an eighteenth century novel of ideas, literally “tending to his garden,” cutting narrow pathways through the woods, cultivating a metaphorical balance between the chaos of nature and the order of reason—

recently finished my habermas reread

the news is grotesque and terrifying, but panic isn’t going to make anything better. go volunteer to canvass or sth (this is what i’ve been doing)

flopping on the sleep, but the other part is going well.

exciting news -- now i am free to take the name of abrdn for myself. surely this rebrand will help me break into the academic job market.

can’t run for the indefinite future due to injury but days like today i think getting a pair of cross-country skis would fix me.

coffee run

Amazing article.

"More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media ... actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of ..fear and anger... instead of organizing against [our oppressors]."

embracing a kind of hyper-pragmatism around current events where i sleep for ten hours a night and start getting more politically involved in organizations locally in a moderate, sustainable fashion.

screaming, crying, gnashing my teeth as i put all them all in the "supplementary readings" folder on mycourses that only i will ever look at

doing some last-minute syllabus trimming for my seminar that starts tomorrow and somehow there are now even more readings than before

let’s get this clout!

hello to my dozens of new followers — you have revitalized my long-buried dream of becoming a niche internet micro-celebrity

at the noise show, feeling like a modern-day des esseintes as i fixate on the aesthetic experience of new sonic textures

happy pride to my fellow aesthetes

the “A” in LGBTQIA+ stands for “Aesthete”

unlocked a new level of caffeine addiction where i am either drinking coffee or have a headache

passed my road test, can't wait to embody the toxic masculine archetype of ryan gosling in drive

consuming the nice wine at an academic dinner and suddenly i’m talking about fabric textures like the decadent antihero of a nineteenth century symbolist novel

A diagram of the trolley problem titled IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) Presents: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION The illustration shows a trolley on a forking track. On one line five people are tied to the track, on the side track one person is tied to the track. The trolley has passed halfway across the tracks point of intersection. Off to the side a person manning a switch lever gives the viewer a thumbs up. Text beside an arrow pointing at the track intersection reads: "Slip the switch" by flipping it while the trolley's front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt. Thank a rail worker today!

Wobbly memes rule.

An excellent start to the year

this is the ideal resolution: both concrete and achievable