Curtis Perry
@curtisperry.bsky.social
Professor of English lit 🔥 ; anti-Zionist Jew; amateur of song; watcher of myriad kdramas; introvert; featherless biped; he/him.
I try to be generous, as a rule, but there is one exception: I absolutely know who has been kind to my amateur art postings and I absolutely refuse to engage with the amateur art postings of others.
February 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I try to be generous, as a rule, but there is one exception: I absolutely know who has been kind to my amateur art postings and I absolutely refuse to engage with the amateur art postings of others.
All these AI users are either gonna have to learn analog art forms or they're gonna be left behind.
February 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
All these AI users are either gonna have to learn analog art forms or they're gonna be left behind.
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Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.
www.siliconrepublic.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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“Fuck J. D. Vance” is the new cogito: the one unassailable truth everyone must agree to.
February 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
“Fuck J. D. Vance” is the new cogito: the one unassailable truth everyone must agree to.
Had a good grad seminar yesterday, no matter how much I perseverate about it afterwards.
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Had a good grad seminar yesterday, no matter how much I perseverate about it afterwards.
I heart the Louvin Brothers. This tune feels so weird and raw to me, in its juxtaposition of the utterly pedestrian with breathtaking blood harmonies.
youtu.be/sojCghE4UMU
youtu.be/sojCghE4UMU
Nearer, My God, To Thee
YouTube video by The Louvin Brothers - Topic
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February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I heart the Louvin Brothers. This tune feels so weird and raw to me, in its juxtaposition of the utterly pedestrian with breathtaking blood harmonies.
youtu.be/sojCghE4UMU
youtu.be/sojCghE4UMU
My biggest problem with anachronism in Nolan’s Odyssey is that it will apparently be a movie!? Wtf!
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
My biggest problem with anachronism in Nolan’s Odyssey is that it will apparently be a movie!? Wtf!
Everyone actively trying to fuck up ICE is my hero
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Everyone actively trying to fuck up ICE is my hero
Defund and prosecute the murderous shitheads
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Defund and prosecute the murderous shitheads
Three shows in three nights at Front Porch Improv in Savannah (my son is part of the team there): three very different shows, all excellent, all with just a great overall vibe. Love that place.
December 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Three shows in three nights at Front Porch Improv in Savannah (my son is part of the team there): three very different shows, all excellent, all with just a great overall vibe. Love that place.
Seneca knew this.
It's best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It's how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied.
It's not an inconsistency. It's very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination.
It's not an inconsistency. It's very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination.
December 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Seneca knew this.
Reposted by Curtis Perry
You could write a history of the American Right as a long-term synthesis of Jim Crow And the Prosperity Gospel
it really is something that almost a century later, oligarchs and economic royalists still see social security as an affront that must be destroyed
Fyi, my new piece in @bostonreview.bsky.social about the history of calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” and how attacks on Social Security have often marked the opening wedge of a broader war on public goods.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/soc...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/soc...
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
You could write a history of the American Right as a long-term synthesis of Jim Crow And the Prosperity Gospel