Blake Huggins
@blakehuggins.bsky.social
I teach in the Writing Program at Northeastern.
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Theoretical physicist who also does research in humanities using critical theories.
It’s interesting how when it comes down to it, no one is mad at quantum field theory being confusing — for physicists too — but they’re mad at humanists for also having analytic frameworks that take time to learn.
It’s interesting how when it comes down to it, no one is mad at quantum field theory being confusing — for physicists too — but they’re mad at humanists for also having analytic frameworks that take time to learn.
Critical theory is notorious for this especially. I have never seen important ideas that should be widely spread locked behind absolute microsubject definitions and word salad that is completely inaccessible to pretty much anyone who doesn't spend a lot of time reading on the subject.
February 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Theoretical physicist who also does research in humanities using critical theories.
It’s interesting how when it comes down to it, no one is mad at quantum field theory being confusing — for physicists too — but they’re mad at humanists for also having analytic frameworks that take time to learn.
It’s interesting how when it comes down to it, no one is mad at quantum field theory being confusing — for physicists too — but they’re mad at humanists for also having analytic frameworks that take time to learn.
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How it started. How it’s going
February 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
How it started. How it’s going
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actual civic service
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
www.theverge.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
actual civic service
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NEW: While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for the agency they operate — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to some $40 million, ProPublica found.
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
NEW: While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for the agency they operate — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to some $40 million, ProPublica found.
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The wolves are at the door, Your contactless delivery of wolves has arrived!
February 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The wolves are at the door, Your contactless delivery of wolves has arrived!
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Really don’t think we can understate how much troll culture is now political culture
February 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Really don’t think we can understate how much troll culture is now political culture
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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
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Happy tenth birthday to a real one
February 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy tenth birthday to a real one
That’s because it’s a bad take
February 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
That’s because it’s a bad take
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“Pedagogy,” [Fredric Jameson] said in an interview, “is not inflicting discipline but awakening interest.”
Excellent account of Jameson’s relation to the reified binaries of contemporary politics, of the place of slogans in his writing, and much else.
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/the...
Excellent account of Jameson’s relation to the reified binaries of contemporary politics, of the place of slogans in his writing, and much else.
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/the...
The Last Good Dad — Parapraxis
On Fredric Jameson’s pedagogy Nico Baumbach
www.parapraxismagazine.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“Pedagogy,” [Fredric Jameson] said in an interview, “is not inflicting discipline but awakening interest.”
Excellent account of Jameson’s relation to the reified binaries of contemporary politics, of the place of slogans in his writing, and much else.
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/the...
Excellent account of Jameson’s relation to the reified binaries of contemporary politics, of the place of slogans in his writing, and much else.
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/the...
I did not remember that the original intent was a dating site
YouTube turns 20 years old today
Twenty years ago, three former PayPal employees activated the domain name "YouTube.com." The first YouTube video followed soon after.
www.npr.org
February 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I did not remember that the original intent was a dating site
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happy super bowl to all
February 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
happy super bowl to all
walls blizzard-pruf
February 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
walls blizzard-pruf
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At a moment when the largest AI companies are all openly aligning with Trumpism, I'm proud to share a new report:
*AI Commons: nourishing alternatives to Big Tech monoculture*
By Joana Varon, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Mariana Tamari, Berhan Taye, and Vanessa Koetz
oneproject.org/wp-content/u...
*AI Commons: nourishing alternatives to Big Tech monoculture*
By Joana Varon, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Mariana Tamari, Berhan Taye, and Vanessa Koetz
oneproject.org/wp-content/u...
oneproject.org
February 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
At a moment when the largest AI companies are all openly aligning with Trumpism, I'm proud to share a new report:
*AI Commons: nourishing alternatives to Big Tech monoculture*
By Joana Varon, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Mariana Tamari, Berhan Taye, and Vanessa Koetz
oneproject.org/wp-content/u...
*AI Commons: nourishing alternatives to Big Tech monoculture*
By Joana Varon, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Mariana Tamari, Berhan Taye, and Vanessa Koetz
oneproject.org/wp-content/u...
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I want to be clear: gender affirming care remains available in Massachusetts for all who need it. My office and I will continue to enforce our state laws to ensure families can access it without fear of discrimination.
January 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I want to be clear: gender affirming care remains available in Massachusetts for all who need it. My office and I will continue to enforce our state laws to ensure families can access it without fear of discrimination.
Now *this* is a thread
remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
January 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Now *this* is a thread
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Thank you to @mid-theory.bsky.social for inviting me to write 2k words about the STANLEY CUP
I love art but I also love the degenerate ephemera of our times. This is about the cup, the rectangle, vertical video, TikTok (RIP?) and Andre Bazin (RIP). Please read!! mid-theory.com/2025/01/22/s...
I love art but I also love the degenerate ephemera of our times. This is about the cup, the rectangle, vertical video, TikTok (RIP?) and Andre Bazin (RIP). Please read!! mid-theory.com/2025/01/22/s...
Screening Stanley
Each clip-on addition is a talisman of got-my-shit-together-ness —these fragments I have shored against my ruins—with the fully dressed cup acting as a stand-in for an aesthetically organized life.…
mid-theory.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thank you to @mid-theory.bsky.social for inviting me to write 2k words about the STANLEY CUP
I love art but I also love the degenerate ephemera of our times. This is about the cup, the rectangle, vertical video, TikTok (RIP?) and Andre Bazin (RIP). Please read!! mid-theory.com/2025/01/22/s...
I love art but I also love the degenerate ephemera of our times. This is about the cup, the rectangle, vertical video, TikTok (RIP?) and Andre Bazin (RIP). Please read!! mid-theory.com/2025/01/22/s...
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“Serling was following a path laid down by writers and artists in a lot of different cultures who had more to lose than their income—including ones who were, at that very moment, being persecuted by dictators.” — I wrote about Rod Serling today. No reason. www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
The Metaphor Years: Writing Lessons from "The Twilight Zone" | Features | Roger Ebert
A look back at a show that never shied away from commenting on the world around it.
www.rogerebert.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“Serling was following a path laid down by writers and artists in a lot of different cultures who had more to lose than their income—including ones who were, at that very moment, being persecuted by dictators.” — I wrote about Rod Serling today. No reason. www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
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Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
Everything really started going downhill when they killed Google Reader
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Everything really started going downhill when they killed Google Reader
conjure the ancient forms of old
January 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
conjure the ancient forms of old
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a period of 11 months contains the releases of all these films:
Dog Man
Wolf Man
Better Man
Monkey Man
Different Man
Hit Man
Working Man
Dog Man
Wolf Man
Better Man
Monkey Man
Different Man
Hit Man
Working Man
January 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
a period of 11 months contains the releases of all these films:
Dog Man
Wolf Man
Better Man
Monkey Man
Different Man
Hit Man
Working Man
Dog Man
Wolf Man
Better Man
Monkey Man
Different Man
Hit Man
Working Man
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The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.
Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.