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Ishmael, The Transition will be Live

@comrade-ishmael.bsky.social

Year of the Smile :) They/Them

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Dr ShinyGoth@ghostingdani.bsky.social · 10h ago

Emily Wilson set the entire world to arguing how to properly interpret an ancient poem and a modern blockbuster but sure, this is a failure of public engagement.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · yesterday

If the academy gets pulled into coming out swinging against the biggest adaptation of Homer in probably a couple generations off the back of one prominent scholar deciding to be Reviewer 2 to Nolan's work, it will say, IMO, pretty damning things about academia's ability to foster public engagement.

merritt@merrittk.com · 2y ago

Jar Jar: Meesa no knowing what dat is mister Jedi Qui-Gon: Why don’t you have a taste, Jar Jar? It’s quite safe. But you mustn’t bite

Turn Down For Hwæt@mxlabradorite.bsky.social · 9h ago

There is no ethical consumption of Harry Potter. And not in the usual "no ethical consumption under capitalism" way. In the "your fandom is now comprised of hate symbols" way.

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 10h ago

JKR explicitly said she considers anything Potter-related, even fan-made, endorsement of her politics. And every time you engage with this franchise, you signal to the industry that there's still money in it and they should keep pumping out content from full-cast audiobooks to book box partnerships.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 6h ago

This is incredible content, it's the same "it's cheaper if you cook / I'm too tired from work to cook" discourse from BlueSky except literally no one posting actually cooks or has a real job, so nobody has any standing to argue either side and yet they're far nastier about it.

huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 12h ago

for reasons that only make sense if you're insane, a TPUSA kid complaining about burrito costs on xitter has the GOP's biggest divas going for each other's throats.

One of our TPUSA college students gave me his take on affordability: “A burrito shouldn’t cost $20.” Yeah, a lot of this is a hangover from Covid and Biden-era inflation, but the lived experience is the same: It just feels like basic things cost too much.
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫@lookitup.baby · 8h ago

Me buying a house and not having to do coin laundry anymore: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me having to replace the washing machine when it breaks: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.