Bradley J. Fest
@bradleyfest.bsky.social
associate professor of English at Hartwick College | poetry: The Rocking Chair (2015), The Shape of Things (2017), & 2013–2017: Sonnets (2024) | criticism: C20-21 lit. & culture | https://bradleyjfest.com
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Bradley J. Fest
@bradleyfest.bsky.social
· Aug 19
BRADLEY J. FEST / POSTROCK — always crashing
Things show restraint. The guitar’s evening light, the decades, at least three ways of space running on, spilling over from us no matter the font of being’s omissions. It, that: here. Here . Let’s ...
www.alwayscrashing.com
I am beyond delighted that my long poem, “Postrock,” is now in @alwayscrashing.bsky.social. I am forever indebted to @inauthenticity.bsky.social and the other editors of AC for their ongoing support of my work. www.alwayscrashing.com/current/2025...
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At the end of the day, Generative A.I. is nothing more than a plagiarism machine. It will never birth the next Dr. Seuss, Jim Henson, David Lynch or any other artist known for their unique and creative imagination and storytelling.
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
At the end of the day, Generative A.I. is nothing more than a plagiarism machine. It will never birth the next Dr. Seuss, Jim Henson, David Lynch or any other artist known for their unique and creative imagination and storytelling.
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Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast are putting in bids for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Paramount, Comcast, Netflix Prepare Bids for Warner as Deadline Approaches
Warner Bros. Discovery is holding an auction process in the hopes of having it completed by the end of the year.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast are putting in bids for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was, in the long run, a very bad idea with disastrous consequences.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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beyond honored to have been subject to Titus Blome's intense intelligent scrutiny for this profile in Die Zeit
www.zeit.de/2025/48/phil...
www.zeit.de/2025/48/phil...
Philosophie in Krisenzeiten: Alles längst zu spät? Nichts ist zu spät!
Wälder brennen, Demokratien bröckeln, überall prasseln Krisen auf uns ein. Wie kann man hier noch denken? Im von Trump bekriegten Chicago findet Anna Kornbluh Antworten.
www.zeit.de
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
beyond honored to have been subject to Titus Blome's intense intelligent scrutiny for this profile in Die Zeit
www.zeit.de/2025/48/phil...
www.zeit.de/2025/48/phil...
Just got the new issue of boundary 2, which contains my interview with @roberttally.bsky.social, “Grateful and Generous Reading: An Interview with Robert T. Tally Jr.” I'll post links as soon as they're live. Thanks so much to Rob for sitting down w/ me! More here: bradleyjfest.com/2025/11/12/g...
“Grateful and Generous Reading: An Interview with Robert T. Tally Jr.” in boundary 2
I am really happy that my interview with Robert T. Tally Jr.—the first of two interviews I conducted in conjunction with The Babcock Lecture at Hartwick College, which I organized as Cora A. …
bradleyjfest.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just got the new issue of boundary 2, which contains my interview with @roberttally.bsky.social, “Grateful and Generous Reading: An Interview with Robert T. Tally Jr.” I'll post links as soon as they're live. Thanks so much to Rob for sitting down w/ me! More here: bradleyjfest.com/2025/11/12/g...
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Be right back, asking chatGPT how to convert half built data centers into cheap housing and printing out the answers before the second Great Recession
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Be right back, asking chatGPT how to convert half built data centers into cheap housing and printing out the answers before the second Great Recession
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if you told 17 year old me how thoroughly, world-historically vindicated ICP would be within a couple decades...
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
if you told 17 year old me how thoroughly, world-historically vindicated ICP would be within a couple decades...
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Public service announcement: criterion films are 50% off at Barnes and Nobles until dec 7th. And i want to know what you're getting!
The Criterion Collection of Blu-rays and DVDs
Discover hundreds of movies from the Criterion Collection at Barnes & Noble®. Shop DVDs and Blu-rays of critically acclaimed films, including both classic and modern titles.
www.barnesandnoble.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Public service announcement: criterion films are 50% off at Barnes and Nobles until dec 7th. And i want to know what you're getting!
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November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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“Mamdani could, in the span of a single term, dynamically change the entirety of U.S. higher education for the better.”
Mamdani Win Could Be The First Step Towards Seizing The Means of Knowledge Production
Let CUNY socialize EdTech for all of us.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“Mamdani could, in the span of a single term, dynamically change the entirety of U.S. higher education for the better.”
Linda-Philomène Tsoungui contiues to be a revelation. #TheMarsVolta
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Linda-Philomène Tsoungui contiues to be a revelation. #TheMarsVolta
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The problem with scammers and loneliness these days is that everything is digital, so the scammer never gets the chance to fall in love with a plucky local librarian and change his wicked ways. And forget about the implications of not even having to buy a bunch of marching band instruments.
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The problem with scammers and loneliness these days is that everything is digital, so the scammer never gets the chance to fall in love with a plucky local librarian and change his wicked ways. And forget about the implications of not even having to buy a bunch of marching band instruments.
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Call for Contributions: Special Issue on the Systems Novel in the Twenty-First Century
Orbit is a peer-reviewed, digitally preserved, open-access journal with no author-facing charges. Part of @openlibhums.org
orbit.openlibhums.org/news/869/
Orbit is a peer-reviewed, digitally preserved, open-access journal with no author-facing charges. Part of @openlibhums.org
orbit.openlibhums.org/news/869/
Call for Contributions: Special Issue on the Systems Novel in the Twenty-First Century
Guest editor: Ali Dehdarirad (University of Rome, Sapienza) In 1987 Tom LeClair formulated the concept of the “systems novel,” a generic category that included highly erudite works that “master the …
orbit.openlibhums.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Call for Contributions: Special Issue on the Systems Novel in the Twenty-First Century
Orbit is a peer-reviewed, digitally preserved, open-access journal with no author-facing charges. Part of @openlibhums.org
orbit.openlibhums.org/news/869/
Orbit is a peer-reviewed, digitally preserved, open-access journal with no author-facing charges. Part of @openlibhums.org
orbit.openlibhums.org/news/869/
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✨ New Essay! ✨
@mattseybold.bsky.social agues that the new Mamdani administration ought to fund CUNY to develop its own public, open-source educational technology. The result stands to socialize the means of knowledge production for collaborative use across the entire US higher education system.
@mattseybold.bsky.social agues that the new Mamdani administration ought to fund CUNY to develop its own public, open-source educational technology. The result stands to socialize the means of knowledge production for collaborative use across the entire US higher education system.
Mamdani Win Could Be The First Step Towards Seizing The Means of Knowledge Production (Let CUNY Socialize EdTech for All of Us)
by Matt Seybold This essay originally appeared on Matt Seybold’s The American Vandal Substack. We are grateful for his generous permission to republish it here. An understandable response to …
moneyontheleft.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
✨ New Essay! ✨
@mattseybold.bsky.social agues that the new Mamdani administration ought to fund CUNY to develop its own public, open-source educational technology. The result stands to socialize the means of knowledge production for collaborative use across the entire US higher education system.
@mattseybold.bsky.social agues that the new Mamdani administration ought to fund CUNY to develop its own public, open-source educational technology. The result stands to socialize the means of knowledge production for collaborative use across the entire US higher education system.
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The NYC mayor‘s election might be the first big election where Millennials and Gen Zers realize that their broad participation can literally dictate the outcome of elections.
That alone is everything. It’s the way democracy will be reborn.
That alone is everything. It’s the way democracy will be reborn.
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The NYC mayor‘s election might be the first big election where Millennials and Gen Zers realize that their broad participation can literally dictate the outcome of elections.
That alone is everything. It’s the way democracy will be reborn.
That alone is everything. It’s the way democracy will be reborn.
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
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For years people made fun of big tech for inventing things that already exist and they responded with their magnum opus: inventing fascism. Incredible work
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For years people made fun of big tech for inventing things that already exist and they responded with their magnum opus: inventing fascism. Incredible work
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CAMPUS VISIT WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
CAMPUS VISIT WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
TEACHING DEMO WITH THE VAMPIRE
SIT-DOWN WITH THE DEAN WITH THE VAMPIRE
APOLOGETIC EMAIL THAT THE SEARCH WAS CANCELED WITH THE VAMPIRE
If he runs for a "third term," so should Obama.
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If he runs for a "third term," so should Obama.
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I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
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speaking of heists! everything you ever wanted to know about the heyday of the cinematic genre and what that has to do with Hollywood finance
our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Filming Capital
www.dukeupress.edu
November 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
speaking of heists! everything you ever wanted to know about the heyday of the cinematic genre and what that has to do with Hollywood finance
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The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
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Techbros: "Don't worry dear humanity; we'll take away the toil of creating art so that you can focus your efforts on building our Ziggurats, and consume entertainment content *cough* art, generated on the fly as entertainment during your breaks between shifts in your cabins to pay of perpetual debt"
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Techbros: "Don't worry dear humanity; we'll take away the toil of creating art so that you can focus your efforts on building our Ziggurats, and consume entertainment content *cough* art, generated on the fly as entertainment during your breaks between shifts in your cabins to pay of perpetual debt"
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hmm really not a good time psychologically to be reading “nuclear war: a scenario”
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
hmm really not a good time psychologically to be reading “nuclear war: a scenario”