David Mittelman
@dmittelman.bsky.social
Afro-Luso-Brazilian literary/cultural studies (still, somehow).
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Here is my new article, "Inversions, Subversions, Reversions: Possibilities of the Literary Sertão," just published in Luso-Brazilian Review.
The issue is open access via @projectmuse.bsky.social (you'll need to verify you are a human but no login should be required).
muse.jhu.edu/pub/19/artic...
The issue is open access via @projectmuse.bsky.social (you'll need to verify you are a human but no login should be required).
muse.jhu.edu/pub/19/artic...
I didn’t buy any books for a while, but here are the recent bookquisitions:
January 30, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I didn’t buy any books for a while, but here are the recent bookquisitions:
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What if the digital revolution was just a counterrevolution against admin assistant fantasies of lobbing metal tape dispensers and staplers at their bosses’ heads?
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM
What if the digital revolution was just a counterrevolution against admin assistant fantasies of lobbing metal tape dispensers and staplers at their bosses’ heads?
what
A man was arrested after intentionally ramming car into 770, the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters, in Crown Heights.
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 AM
what
Solid
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Solid
Among the things I love best about this thread, and there are several, is how much of it is Justin replying “a ridiculous people” over and over.
Student: Professor Zimmerman, where does Upstate New York start in your opinion?
Me a Californian: The Catskills, I guess. What do you think?
Student: Anything north of The Bronx.
New Yorkers are ridiculous.
Me a Californian: The Catskills, I guess. What do you think?
Student: Anything north of The Bronx.
New Yorkers are ridiculous.
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Among the things I love best about this thread, and there are several, is how much of it is Justin replying “a ridiculous people” over and over.
how bout that
🇧🇷 Em forte alta, Ibovespa sobe mais de 12% em 2026 e ultrapassa a marca de 180 mil pontos.
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
how bout that
It’s not just about Lula himself, but he has an ability to make himself and Brazil be taken seriously that his far right rivals…do not.
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It’s not just about Lula himself, but he has an ability to make himself and Brazil be taken seriously that his far right rivals…do not.
I think I’ll just sit here and take pictures of this cat who has taken over my lap.
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I think I’ll just sit here and take pictures of this cat who has taken over my lap.
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Friends in Spanish, Portuguese, and other language departments, do you offer a pro seminar for your grads? if so, do you have materials you'd be willing to share? Thank you!
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Friends in Spanish, Portuguese, and other language departments, do you offer a pro seminar for your grads? if so, do you have materials you'd be willing to share? Thank you!
…and what proportion of Columbia’s Jewish alumni grew up in the city?
I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
…and what proportion of Columbia’s Jewish alumni grew up in the city?
yeah you all should see the one i keep in my boot
never leave home without at least two emojis on me
Then there’s…this. This is a news article, not an op ed. I reviewed Fox’s December 2019-March 2020 COVID coverage in their online news section and it didn’t throw in shit like this, even since then they’ve deteriorated
January 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
yeah you all should see the one i keep in my boot
realmente impressionante
“Apenas Nikolas discursou no ato. O Pastor Silas Malafaia, que estava previsto para ir, não compareceu. No seu discurso, o parlamentar mandou recados ao STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) e à cúpula do Congresso, e ignorou as vítimas da descarga atmosférica no local.”
“Apenas Nikolas discursou no ato. O Pastor Silas Malafaia, que estava previsto para ir, não compareceu. No seu discurso, o parlamentar mandou recados ao STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) e à cúpula do Congresso, e ignorou as vítimas da descarga atmosférica no local.”
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January 25, 2026 at 9:39 PM
realmente impressionante
“Apenas Nikolas discursou no ato. O Pastor Silas Malafaia, que estava previsto para ir, não compareceu. No seu discurso, o parlamentar mandou recados ao STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) e à cúpula do Congresso, e ignorou as vítimas da descarga atmosférica no local.”
“Apenas Nikolas discursou no ato. O Pastor Silas Malafaia, que estava previsto para ir, não compareceu. No seu discurso, o parlamentar mandou recados ao STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) e à cúpula do Congresso, e ignorou as vítimas da descarga atmosférica no local.”
PVD FOREVER
On Foundings: 254 years later, my town holds a parade every year celebrating the night fed up Rhode Islanders captured and burned a customs enforcement ship after heavy handed official harrassment. No one ever snitched. #GaspeeAffair
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 AM
PVD FOREVER
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ILL is a miracle and I give thanks for each day it continues to serve.
January 24, 2026 at 12:58 AM
ILL is a miracle and I give thanks for each day it continues to serve.
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Not a huge fan of performative attention-seekers with adrenaline addictions.
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Not a huge fan of performative attention-seekers with adrenaline addictions.
Office door update
January 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Office door update
January 23, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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does anyone else’s dog “help” them climb stairs
January 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
does anyone else’s dog “help” them climb stairs
OK who the *hell* made it play “Leaving on a Jet Plane” inside my head all afternoon??
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 AM
OK who the *hell* made it play “Leaving on a Jet Plane” inside my head all afternoon??
"Quem então imaginava o verdadeiro recheio das coisas, que impunham para se executar, no sobre o desenho da ordem?"
-- João Guimarães Rosa, "Uma Estória de Amor (Festa de Manuelzão)"
-- João Guimarães Rosa, "Uma Estória de Amor (Festa de Manuelzão)"
January 22, 2026 at 12:28 AM
"Quem então imaginava o verdadeiro recheio das coisas, que impunham para se executar, no sobre o desenho da ordem?"
-- João Guimarães Rosa, "Uma Estória de Amor (Festa de Manuelzão)"
-- João Guimarães Rosa, "Uma Estória de Amor (Festa de Manuelzão)"
so wait, are we getting Iceland or not?
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
so wait, are we getting Iceland or not?