Drew Daniel
@drewdaniel.bsky.social
Matmos guy with my husband @lordchiefjustice / English professor at Hopkins / also known as The Soft Pink Truth.
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
Christmas scene report: My brother gave us vintage salt and pepper shakers shaped like washing machines in honor of « Ultimate Care II »
December 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Christmas scene report: My brother gave us vintage salt and pepper shakers shaped like washing machines in honor of « Ultimate Care II »
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Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
Is this a whale bone that washed up on the beach in Half Moon Bay? @lordchiefjustice.bsky.social shown for scale
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Is this a whale bone that washed up on the beach in Half Moon Bay? @lordchiefjustice.bsky.social shown for scale
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If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
Their plan is to weaponize fake victimhood in order to drive out trans people from the teaching profession : « religious freedom » arguments always boil down to the freedom to discriminate. The paper she wrote was a deliberate attempt to troll, and it worked like a charm.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Their plan is to weaponize fake victimhood in order to drive out trans people from the teaching profession : « religious freedom » arguments always boil down to the freedom to discriminate. The paper she wrote was a deliberate attempt to troll, and it worked like a charm.
spiritual selfie:
December 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
spiritual selfie:
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"I want people to know what happened to him, a man who lived 30 years here, hardworking, paid taxes, and they treated him like an animal," said Gantchev's wife, who ...fears retaliation from federal officials. "They are so rude to him... They treated him like he was a murderer."
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I-...
abc7chicago.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"I want people to know what happened to him, a man who lived 30 years here, hardworking, paid taxes, and they treated him like an animal," said Gantchev's wife, who ...fears retaliation from federal officials. "They are so rude to him... They treated him like he was a murderer."
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When The Soft Pink Truth lets the violins take over
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When The Soft Pink Truth lets the violins take over
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Yknow it might be a good idea for Dems to counter this any time soon
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Yknow it might be a good idea for Dems to counter this any time soon
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
R.I.P. Rosa von Praunheim, one of the greatest to ever do it
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
R.I.P. Rosa von Praunheim, one of the greatest to ever do it
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Every time I see this genre of article, I'm reminded of the time I applied for a job that got 500+ apps for 3 US history positions. There was a .6% chance of being hired. At that point, most applicants are qualified, everyone's odds are terrible, and getting hired involves some measure of luck
Wait…omg…this entire anecdote I mean argument is premised on the experience of someone who DIDN’T EVEN ATTEMPT THE MARKET????
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Every time I see this genre of article, I'm reminded of the time I applied for a job that got 500+ apps for 3 US history positions. There was a .6% chance of being hired. At that point, most applicants are qualified, everyone's odds are terrible, and getting hired involves some measure of luck
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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There is an absolute fucking scandal going down at The New School, wherein at appears that the university is funnelling to a MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL’S BOARD while purging faculty and staff.
This should be headline news.
x.com/uaw7902/stat...
This should be headline news.
x.com/uaw7902/stat...
December 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There is an absolute fucking scandal going down at The New School, wherein at appears that the university is funnelling to a MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL’S BOARD while purging faculty and staff.
This should be headline news.
x.com/uaw7902/stat...
This should be headline news.
x.com/uaw7902/stat...
Tickled to see folks sharing this essay- I want to be clear that I support people writing about music and sharing their recommendations - it’s the numeric ranking part that, er, rankles
Had never read, yet really enjoyed and will definitely teach, this brief polemic on lists and ranking and stuff by @drewdaniel.bsky.social (h/t @philipsherburne.bsky.social)
thequietus.com/interviews/b...
thequietus.com/interviews/b...
13 Reasons Why I Can't Pick My 13 Favourite Records, By Drew Daniel | The Quietus
A few weeks ago, I was asked to write a Baker’s Dozen for the Quietus, a breezy exercise in which I would pick my 13 favourite recordings, write a short paragraph about each one and, voila, the job wo...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Tickled to see folks sharing this essay- I want to be clear that I support people writing about music and sharing their recommendations - it’s the numeric ranking part that, er, rankles
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
as bleak as this sounds I’m glad that universal basic income is now being openly proposed even by capitalist ghouls
"I find the resulting outlook for employment terrifying. I am enormously concerned about what will happen to the people whose jobs AI renders unnecessary, or who can't find jobs because of it," Marks wrote in his latest blog post on Tuesday.
Howard Marks says AI is going to have a 'terrifying' impact on employment — and it goes well past lost paychecks
Howard Marks, cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, said AI could strip people of the structure, purpose, and self-worth they gain from work.
www.businessinsider.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
as bleak as this sounds I’m glad that universal basic income is now being openly proposed even by capitalist ghouls
the platter that matters this holiday season
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
the platter that matters this holiday season
R.I.P. John Carey, a terrific Donne scholar; grateful to have heard him lecture at Oxford.
John Carey RIP. Everyone should read his books on Dickens and Donne and the Faber Book of Reportage. Vary rarely a dull review...
John Carey obituary: literary critic
Witty, eclectic and sometimes scathing scholar and reviewer who held sacred cows in little respect dies aged 91
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
R.I.P. John Carey, a terrific Donne scholar; grateful to have heard him lecture at Oxford.
How did I live so long without ever seeing / hearing Gilbert and Sullivan’s « Patience »? Delightful parody of Wilde and the aesthetic movement which they epitomize in the fey poet Reginald Bunthorne
December 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
How did I live so long without ever seeing / hearing Gilbert and Sullivan’s « Patience »? Delightful parody of Wilde and the aesthetic movement which they epitomize in the fey poet Reginald Bunthorne
“The idea of coiling the murderous serpents about both father and sons, tying them thus into one knot, is certainly a very happy one, and betrays great picturesqueness of fancy. ”
« Laocoon »
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
« Laocoon »
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
December 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“The idea of coiling the murderous serpents about both father and sons, tying them thus into one knot, is certainly a very happy one, and betrays great picturesqueness of fancy. ”
« Laocoon »
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
« Laocoon »
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
having heard talks from this project at field conferences for the past few years, this is a major new book from an inspired, indeed field defining scholar- many of us in early modern studies and beyond have been eagerly anticipating this book- and now- it’s here at last!
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
having heard talks from this project at field conferences for the past few years, this is a major new book from an inspired, indeed field defining scholar- many of us in early modern studies and beyond have been eagerly anticipating this book- and now- it’s here at last!
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UT-Dallas fired the editor of the student paper, then fired the staff when they went on strike to object, then banned their independent newspaper from campus, and now are trying to discipline the former student editor for fact-checking a letter to the editor? Glad @thefireorg.bsky.social is on this.
UT Dallas is Trying to Punish a Student Editor for Editing
UT Dallas has consistently been accused of free speech violations in recent years.
www.dallasobserver.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
UT-Dallas fired the editor of the student paper, then fired the staff when they went on strike to object, then banned their independent newspaper from campus, and now are trying to discipline the former student editor for fact-checking a letter to the editor? Glad @thefireorg.bsky.social is on this.
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.