casey (turkey lurkey flop queen)
@clberner.bsky.social
phd candidate, theatre artist, flop collector. i write about commercial failure(s), megamusicals, and neoliberalism. ask me about the 1986 musical RAGS. she/her/hers
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all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
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I think it’s important to insist on recalling, at all available opportunities, that this was specifically an attack on a trans instructor over an assignment about gender. Neither of those details are incidental; they are the center of the story
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I think it’s important to insist on recalling, at all available opportunities, that this was specifically an attack on a trans instructor over an assignment about gender. Neither of those details are incidental; they are the center of the story
things are going well (just sobbed to “a new deal for christmas” from annie)
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
things are going well (just sobbed to “a new deal for christmas” from annie)
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this made me so happy
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
this made me so happy
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I read about 350 books to prepare for my comprehensive exams as a PhD student. That is exactly what we do.
December 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I read about 350 books to prepare for my comprehensive exams as a PhD student. That is exactly what we do.
*sobs in grading papers taking 5x as long and a higher failure rate than ever before*
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
*sobs in grading papers taking 5x as long and a higher failure rate than ever before*
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That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
December 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
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this is irritatingly correct for how apocalyptically mad i am.
given the fuckton of newsprint & cash spent to make it fine to say “fuck trans people,” it’s a miracle shit isn’t *farther* gone.
i do not, however, think the line gets held by trans people alone.
cis folks need to get very damn loud.
given the fuckton of newsprint & cash spent to make it fine to say “fuck trans people,” it’s a miracle shit isn’t *farther* gone.
i do not, however, think the line gets held by trans people alone.
cis folks need to get very damn loud.
Not being contrarian for contrarianism's sake, but the fact that only three conservative Democrats from districts that voted for Trump voted for a trans care ban for minors should encourage trans people that they can make Democrats hold the line.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/202535...
clerk.house.gov/Votes/202535...
Roll Call 351 Roll Call 351, Bill Number: H. R. 3492, 119th Congress, 1st Session
VOTE QUESTION: On Passage, DESCRIPTION: Protect Children’s Innocence Act, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed
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December 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
this is irritatingly correct for how apocalyptically mad i am.
given the fuckton of newsprint & cash spent to make it fine to say “fuck trans people,” it’s a miracle shit isn’t *farther* gone.
i do not, however, think the line gets held by trans people alone.
cis folks need to get very damn loud.
given the fuckton of newsprint & cash spent to make it fine to say “fuck trans people,” it’s a miracle shit isn’t *farther* gone.
i do not, however, think the line gets held by trans people alone.
cis folks need to get very damn loud.
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here they are with phone numbers bsky.app/profile/thre...
not that it will change their votes at this point and this has long been the case but henry cuellar, don davis, and vicente gonzalez should probably not ever know another moment of peace.
henry cuellar: 202-225-1640
don davis: 202-225-3101
vicente gonzalez: 202-225-2531
henry cuellar: 202-225-1640
don davis: 202-225-3101
vicente gonzalez: 202-225-2531
December 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
here they are with phone numbers bsky.app/profile/thre...
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Prof. Marc Lamont Hill is calling for the reinstatement of the 4 CUNY faculty members removed from Brooklyn College after speaking out for Palestinian rights. 3 adjuncts weren't reappointed & a 4th was terminated despite strong evaluations & departmental support. The PSC union says the firings...
December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Prof. Marc Lamont Hill is calling for the reinstatement of the 4 CUNY faculty members removed from Brooklyn College after speaking out for Palestinian rights. 3 adjuncts weren't reappointed & a 4th was terminated despite strong evaluations & departmental support. The PSC union says the firings...
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"Obsequiousness and collaboration spread like viruses to weaken our republic, but the choice to support one another and defend our institutions strengthens it." From @msroth.bsky.social, the President of Wesleyan and a fine historian. He is NOT collaborating.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Americans still have a choice whether to let the nation turn authoritarian
Obsequiousness and collaboration spread like viruses to weaken our republic, but the choice to support one another and defend our institutions strengthens it.
www.latimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Obsequiousness and collaboration spread like viruses to weaken our republic, but the choice to support one another and defend our institutions strengthens it." From @msroth.bsky.social, the President of Wesleyan and a fine historian. He is NOT collaborating.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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I want jobs for humanities experts to kill AI systems.
I'm starting to see jobs out there for 'humanties experts' to train AI systems. I know we all need work, but don't do it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I want jobs for humanities experts to kill AI systems.
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The people pushing for the elimination of birthright citizenship are currently committing atrocities against immigrants within our country's borders and murdering fishermen overseas. This cannot be ethically discussed as an abstract legal question. There is no law here, only a fascist will to power.
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The people pushing for the elimination of birthright citizenship are currently committing atrocities against immigrants within our country's borders and murdering fishermen overseas. This cannot be ethically discussed as an abstract legal question. There is no law here, only a fascist will to power.
visited home and bumped into my hero in love park
December 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
visited home and bumped into my hero in love park
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Ebenezer Scrooge: Goes outside
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Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING FOOD!!!!!!!! @helenshaw.bsky.social best in the business, this is HUGE!!
HELEN SHAW CHIEF THEATRE CRITIC YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
www.nytco.com/press/helen-...
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Helen Shaw Joins Culture | The New York Times Company
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December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING FOOD!!!!!!!! @helenshaw.bsky.social best in the business, this is HUGE!!
this is the best review of the worst production of the musical i have, for whatever reason, staked my academic career to. thank you @sabs.bsky.social for nailing it!!! defector.com/chess-the-mu...
‘Chess: The Musical’ Is Somehow More Of A Musical About Chess Than You Can Imagine | Defector
Several months ago, I received a text from my friend Giulia with news that every former musical theater nerd yearns to hear: she had an extra ticket to see a Broadway show. Namely, Chess: The Musical,...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
this is the best review of the worst production of the musical i have, for whatever reason, staked my academic career to. thank you @sabs.bsky.social for nailing it!!! defector.com/chess-the-mu...
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“I think we have to be careful with the Nazi comparisons” people are always waiting until we are five minutes until the Holocaust and then they’re like well it’s only ethnic cleansing not a Holocaust
Is this clear enough or are we still doing that whole thing where we pretend it’s about “crime”?
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“I think we have to be careful with the Nazi comparisons” people are always waiting until we are five minutes until the Holocaust and then they’re like well it’s only ethnic cleansing not a Holocaust
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In honor of World AIDS Day, I'd like to share a story that breaks my heart whenever I tell it. Please read it. It's the story of David Carroll.
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In honor of World AIDS Day, I'd like to share a story that breaks my heart whenever I tell it. Please read it. It's the story of David Carroll.
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she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
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I'm really tired of people pretending that this is about whether or not the essay was bad! It's not. It's about trying to purge trans people from society. The student called the TA a fucking demon, man. Do you know what that's like?
December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm really tired of people pretending that this is about whether or not the essay was bad! It's not. It's about trying to purge trans people from society. The student called the TA a fucking demon, man. Do you know what that's like?
hit me with your berlin recs folks (just no theatre—we are BOOKED lmao)
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
hit me with your berlin recs folks (just no theatre—we are BOOKED lmao)
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and this is why the Death of the Humanities Degrees is devastating; we're just giving up on teaching students how to synthesize information in a way that's not somehow tied to capitalism
One hard part of the literacy problem in the United States is there are a lot of people -- some of them with college degrees and beyond -- who don't realize that they are bad at reading
I don't know how to reach those people
I don't know how to reach those people
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
and this is why the Death of the Humanities Degrees is devastating; we're just giving up on teaching students how to synthesize information in a way that's not somehow tied to capitalism