Brad Congdon
@brcongdon.bsky.social
Wrote a book about American literature, masculinity, and magazines https://utorontopress.com/9781487522162/leading-with-the-chin/ He/him
Mitch McConnell's brain has finished being shrunken down and inserted into a flying metal orb, he's happy, he's thriving, he's chasing a man through a mausoleum at dusk with his blades fully extended and drill bit spinning, he's now living his best life thanks to the Tall Man
You know, it’s a shame that ice cream and beer both still have calories even in the summer.
The kid in Ozu’s GOOD MORNING who keeps trying to fart on command but continually shits himself.
Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 4w agoName your fav running gag in a film/tv show.
My cousin’s baby daughter has FBXO11, a rare disease with fewer than 100 known cases worldwide. Please donate, if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/rylee-find...
Donate to Rylee’s road to find a life changing gene therapy treatment, organized by Kris Dowling
Hello everyone, We’re Kris and Grant, the very proud pare… Kris Dowling needs your support for Rylee’s road to find a life changing gene therapy treatment
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My Canadian politics hot take is that the NDP can gain serious traction by becoming the anti-AI party.
Publication News! You can now pre-order the Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird, edited by me and @jasonhaslam.ca Look at that cover!! www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird
Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird
cambridge.org
This is a rare opportunity to define yourself against a technology that is uniquely unpopular and ubiquitous.
Brad Congdon@brcongdon.bsky.social · 4w agoMy Canadian politics hot take is that the NDP can gain serious traction by becoming the anti-AI party.
My Canadian politics hot take is that the NDP can gain serious traction by becoming the anti-AI party.
Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain.
Anyone had any success teaching a Ted Chiang story to undergrads? If so, which one/ what was your approach?
“Ahh the humble Oyster Farmer, they say is the Maine Mamdani” “He comes from money” “As I was saying…” “He got a Nazi tattoo when he was in the military” “May I finish?” “He was a mercenary with Blackwater” “I’ll just let you talk until you’re done” “I’m not done”
Anyone had any success teaching a Ted Chiang story to undergrads? If so, which one/ what was your approach?
Publication News! You can now pre-order the Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird, edited by me and @jasonhaslam.ca Look at that cover!! www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird
Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Weird
cambridge.org
Planning on taking a social media break for a while—maybe for the rest of the summer, or until my will gives out. I’ll definitely log back on if It happens, though.
This guy wrote a hell of an application letter.
Brad Congdon@brcongdon.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo did everyone get this email, or just me and the 494 others cc’d to it?
So did everyone get this email, or just me and the 494 others cc’d to it?
So is Widow’s Bay JAWS told from the mayor’s perspective?
A story that absolutely exists to justify an amazing headline. www.cbc.ca/arts/this-cr...
This Cronenberg burlesque show puts the bawdy in body horror | CBC Arts
At Toronto’s Burdock Music Hall, Long Live the New Flesh pays pulsating tribute to the Canadian filmmaker behind The Fly, Videodrome and more.
cbc.ca
A story that absolutely exists to justify an amazing headline. www.cbc.ca/arts/this-cr...
This Cronenberg burlesque show puts the bawdy in body horror | CBC Arts
At Toronto’s Burdock Music Hall, Long Live the New Flesh pays pulsating tribute to the Canadian filmmaker behind The Fly, Videodrome and more.
cbc.ca
It’s 2026, and some important institutions still require that you send them documentation via FAX MACHINE.
If I understand time zones correctly, I’m going to get on a 15-hour flight later today and arrive in Saskatoon at the same time I departed Tokyo.
People who encounter a locked restroom door and knock: what response are you hoping for?
People who encounter a locked restroom door and knock: what response are you hoping for?
If I understand time zones correctly, I’m going to get on a 15-hour flight later today and arrive in Saskatoon at the same time I departed Tokyo.
