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Gerry Canavan
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Doomsayer, Utopologist. Minor but representative. Professor of 20th- and 21st-Century Literature at Marquette University.

Philosophy 30%
Art 21%

Homestuck Made This World 2
Let’s save…an announcement…for 2026.

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Let’s save…an announcement…for 2026.

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that the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion

as adam kotsko teaches us, all gods long to die

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Sometimes the scroll is startlingly on point.

Can’t believe Griffin Newman got to “fire AND ash? in this economy??” before me. I’ve lived too long at the top of the game. I’m losing my touch.

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almost too easy Wordle 1,644 3/6*

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"I think today's Wordle word is actually the worst in the entire history of the game."

Wordle 1644 is trending as Friday's puzzle is breaking many streaks. How did you do?
Wordle - A daily word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
nyti.ms

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Congressional candidate and staunch anti-ICE activist @katmabu.bsky.social loves sci-fi and... One Direction fan fiction.
Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Parable of the Sower, and Her Love of Sci-Fi
I’ve been following Kat Abughazaleh’s career for years, starting with her work as a researcher and journalist for Media Matters. Her insights on politics and the American right, and her ability to …
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I’ve recommend the “Jackson cut” of Fellowship; TTT ch 1 completes the FOTR thought and chapter 2 starts TTT proper. I found something in the letters or in HoME that confirmed even Tolkien thought it was better than way (no citation provided).

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"I think today's Wordle word is actually the worst in the entire history of the game."

Wordle 1644 is trending as Friday's puzzle is breaking many streaks. How did you do?
Wordle - A daily word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
nyti.ms

Thanks also of course to @ebonyteach.blacksky.app whose terrific book inspired this collection.

This has been in the works a really long time; I wanted to give a special shout-out to @danhf.bsky.social for all his did in helping this one to come to fruition even though it landed after he officially left the journal.

SFFTV 18.3 (a special issue on the Dark Fantastic guest-edited by S.R. Toliver and Autumn A. Griffin) is now live! This is a special one (including SFFTV's first venture into creative praxis).

TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3

seems less than ideal that every day 2 to 3 Milwaukee restaurants announce they’re closing permanently

truly, the great equalizer

he'll never wriggle his way out of this jam
it does kind of feel like the wheels are coming off the Trump train in a way that, on some level, everyone is starting to respond to

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it does kind of feel like the wheels are coming off the Trump train in a way that, on some level, everyone is starting to respond to

Astride of a grave *and* a difficult birth? in this economy??

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Hearing about more and more restaurants that are community institutions on the verge of closing. A growing sense of local conditions worsening faster than indicators can catch up with: www.wpr.org/news/milwauk...
After closures, Milwaukee restauranteurs sound alarm about rising costs, decline in sales
A string of small restaurants in Milwaukee are sounding the alarm about rising costs and a decline in sales.
www.wpr.org

NO WAR WITH Venezuela? that can't be right, who are they trying to go war with

No, but I will now!

these are rookie numbers

plenty of context here and it's not as bad as it sounds but what a juxtaposition

25th

Really fun interview with Marquette Tolkien archivist Bill Fliss at the Entmoot podcast!
shows.acast.com/entmootpod/e...
To The Archives! (w/ William Fliss) | The Entmoot Podcast
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flipped classroom, they can prove the nonexistence of God for homework and come to the classroom to discuss methods

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If the last thing he ever directs is a Fortnite animation with a dancing banana, all that talk about legacy will have been for nothing
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is the best and the worst of Quentin Tarantino
The Whole Bloody Affair is the best way to watch Kill Bill—and includes the most embarrassing filmmaking of Tarantino's career.
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