Cory James Rushton
@crushton.bsky.social
Editor of Arthurian Studies at Brewer. All about Camelot, zombies, Lovecraft, Tolkien. Not necessarily combined.
But maybe?
But maybe?
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One thing I like about AI is how I’ll search for “ESPN” and then the browser will be like “AI Powered Search found you the website for ESPN” and I can marvel at the wonders of Tomorrowland
October 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
One thing I like about AI is how I’ll search for “ESPN” and then the browser will be like “AI Powered Search found you the website for ESPN” and I can marvel at the wonders of Tomorrowland
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
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If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.
September 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.
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"Frankenstein was the doctor." Wrong. He was an undergraduate.
September 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Frankenstein was the doctor." Wrong. He was an undergraduate.
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i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
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REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
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Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"
June 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"
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I just submitted my book for peer review. After 15 years of thinking, researching, and writing, and, as I keep saying, an NEH this year to finish up. I’m furious about the gutting of that institution, which makes so much knowledge possible. I hope this book eventually lives up to that honor.
June 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I just submitted my book for peer review. After 15 years of thinking, researching, and writing, and, as I keep saying, an NEH this year to finish up. I’m furious about the gutting of that institution, which makes so much knowledge possible. I hope this book eventually lives up to that honor.
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“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.”
--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
June 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.”
--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
Same for Canada
Anyone saying ‘DEI’ here in the UK is telling you very directly where their hate is imported from.
June 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Same for Canada
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“Preserving art, literature, and philosophy will require no less than the creation of an environment totally and uncompromisingly committed to abolishing the linguistic alienation created by AI and reintroducing students to the indispensability of their own voice.“
Opinion | What I Learned Serving on My University’s AI Committee
What I learned serving on a university AI committee.
www.chronicle.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Preserving art, literature, and philosophy will require no less than the creation of an environment totally and uncompromisingly committed to abolishing the linguistic alienation created by AI and reintroducing students to the indispensability of their own voice.“
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you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
May 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
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Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
May 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
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The funniest explanation for Andor would be that they actually went into the room and pitched "What if Star Wars was more like The Battle of Algiers?", and some Disney exec greenlit because he didn't want to admit not knowing what that was
May 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The funniest explanation for Andor would be that they actually went into the room and pitched "What if Star Wars was more like The Battle of Algiers?", and some Disney exec greenlit because he didn't want to admit not knowing what that was
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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God: A flood is coming. Build an ark.
Poilievre: Right. New corporate tax cuts it is!
God: No, build a boat.
PP: I’ll cancel the capital gains tax!
God: Build. A. Boat.
PP: Tank the tax! Build the boats!
God: ?? Jesus Christ…
Jesus Christ: Don’t bring me into this…
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Poilievre: Right. New corporate tax cuts it is!
God: No, build a boat.
PP: I’ll cancel the capital gains tax!
God: Build. A. Boat.
PP: Tank the tax! Build the boats!
God: ?? Jesus Christ…
Jesus Christ: Don’t bring me into this…
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Poilievre announces capital gains tax cut
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre promises to eliminate capital gains tax on some asset sales.
www.cbc.ca
March 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
God: A flood is coming. Build an ark.
Poilievre: Right. New corporate tax cuts it is!
God: No, build a boat.
PP: I’ll cancel the capital gains tax!
God: Build. A. Boat.
PP: Tank the tax! Build the boats!
God: ?? Jesus Christ…
Jesus Christ: Don’t bring me into this…
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Poilievre: Right. New corporate tax cuts it is!
God: No, build a boat.
PP: I’ll cancel the capital gains tax!
God: Build. A. Boat.
PP: Tank the tax! Build the boats!
God: ?? Jesus Christ…
Jesus Christ: Don’t bring me into this…
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
When HP Lovecraft looks more tolerant than the current American presidential administration? You're in trouble.
March 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When HP Lovecraft looks more tolerant than the current American presidential administration? You're in trouble.
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🚨 BREAKING: Another one of Elon Musk’s taxpayer-funded Starship rockets just exploded—AGAIN.
How many billions are we wasting on this failure factory?
Everything Musk touches blows up, catches fire, or crashes—including the Trump Administration.
How many billions are we wasting on this failure factory?
Everything Musk touches blows up, catches fire, or crashes—including the Trump Administration.
March 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Another one of Elon Musk’s taxpayer-funded Starship rockets just exploded—AGAIN.
How many billions are we wasting on this failure factory?
Everything Musk touches blows up, catches fire, or crashes—including the Trump Administration.
How many billions are we wasting on this failure factory?
Everything Musk touches blows up, catches fire, or crashes—including the Trump Administration.
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Wow: JD Vance is apparently skiing in Vermont this weekend and the locals aren’t having it. Thousands have lined the streets in protest.
March 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wow: JD Vance is apparently skiing in Vermont this weekend and the locals aren’t having it. Thousands have lined the streets in protest.
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
As we enter the Dark Ages, it's worth recalling that they're not "New." The early Middle Ages had the Arab world, Ireland, Byzantium. The lights were always on.
February 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As we enter the Dark Ages, it's worth recalling that they're not "New." The early Middle Ages had the Arab world, Ireland, Byzantium. The lights were always on.