Hot off the presses, this omnibus review of books by Scott Black, Elaine Freedgood, Anna Kornbluh, and Wendy Lee was written in late 2021 😆 but is hopefully still of some interest/value…

read.dukeupress.edu/eighteenth-cen…

3yo: What’s it feel like to be a grownup?
Me: Well, it can feel all kinds of ways. Right now, I’m happy to be with you.
3yo: No, what does it feel like INSIDE YOUR EYES?
Me: Um, I guess, good?
3yo: No, I mean, I’m a little sweaty. Are you a little sweaty?
Me: A little.
3yo: Ok

I'm reading about medieval Gaelic personal names and apparently the name BEAN is a diminutive or pet form of MACBETH. Which has frankly huge implications for Shakespeare and Mr Bean.

“No”

Off to an exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci drawings. I'm always amazed how ahead of his time he was. His rough sketch of a front-loading washing-machine, 1506 -

Wait until AI Socrates starts trying to sleep with everybody…

Timeline kismet

Hats off to the guy on the c18 listserv apologizing for omitting quotation marks around a phrase in something he published in 1997. I, for one, forgive you.

Nice try, but this is the renowned Ape Kingdom of Jersey City, New Jersey.

Who else wants a t-shirt that says “Alas, she teaches, and it shows.” 😂

I’m in New England.

Was someone just saying that this is about following rules?

They are trying! Christ!

This is happening now. #GazaSolidarityEncampment #CUNY

One of the most extraordinary photographs I've ever seen: Edward Burtynsky's image of the Uralkali Potash mine in Russia. These are not giant ammonites, but the marks left by the tunnelling machines.

HOLY SHIT

Love to have a chancellor who tells cute stories about how his grandfather was a smuggler and then calls the cops on peaceful protestors.

Academics, New Yorkers, and random people on twitter who care about freedom! It's time to flood CUNY's inbox and tell them to keep the NYPD's hands off our students! (Email is best, they're not picking up the phone)