Dr. Syntax
@drsyntax.bsky.social
Scholar & Writer. Professing 18th & 19th c. literature, Romanticism, disability, book history, bookbinding, and comics.
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
Well, fuck.
“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently rolled out a new policy that permits university officials to record classes without notifying the instructor. It’s a practice administrators have used in the past to investigate professors but have now formalized in writing.”
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Well, fuck.
Does one have a "Dad bod" or a "Father figure"?
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Does one have a "Dad bod" or a "Father figure"?
Currently living this reality.
February 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Currently living this reality.
This girl got to play with her friends today.
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 AM
This girl got to play with her friends today.
That’s fair. Chicago is legit cold, especially near the Lake. But the sweaty ears would drive me nuts.
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 AM
That’s fair. Chicago is legit cold, especially near the Lake. But the sweaty ears would drive me nuts.
This right here.
A downside of classroom exercises that require digital tools is that you constantly have to update them because websites disappear, apps change their interfaces (making your instructions out of date), and half the time what works on one computer doesn’t work on the next computer over.
February 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This right here.
Wait, people don’t know this?
Hey just a philosopher noting that the original academic meaning of “performative” is that words aren’t just symbols but DO things in the world.
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Wait, people don’t know this?
Why is it Hollywood, filmmakers, fiction writers, etc. can't learn the difference between a university and a college?
Please, someone inform them. It's really not that hard.
Please, someone inform them. It's really not that hard.
a man is laying his head on a desk with his hands on the desk .
ALT: a man is laying his head on a desk with his hands on the desk .
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Why is it Hollywood, filmmakers, fiction writers, etc. can't learn the difference between a university and a college?
Please, someone inform them. It's really not that hard.
Please, someone inform them. It's really not that hard.
It's trippy watching yourself and your colleagues age.
February 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM
It's trippy watching yourself and your colleagues age.
Just glad it’s not a shutout.
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Just glad it’s not a shutout.
Ricky Martin is older than I am. How does he have no grey hair?
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Ricky Martin is older than I am. How does he have no grey hair?
Maybe we can finally make Puerto Rico a state now.
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Maybe we can finally make Puerto Rico a state now.
on this day for all my fellow New Englanders — let’s go Pats!
Dunkin Donuts - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
m.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
on this day for all my fellow New Englanders — let’s go Pats!
_Kindred_, by Octavia Butler and _Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court_, by Mark Twain for starters.
February 8, 2026 at 2:11 AM
_Kindred_, by Octavia Butler and _Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court_, by Mark Twain for starters.
My cat, Huck, is so lazy that he makes everyone around him lazier.
February 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
My cat, Huck, is so lazy that he makes everyone around him lazier.
Reposted by Dr. Syntax
No punches pulled.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
No punches pulled.
This is how poetry happens!
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This is how poetry happens!
Amazing how much can change in two decades. The hope we held, the pride we felt, and the belief in this country now seems a distant dream. This speech embodies my America, and I pray we can find our way back to the promise of these words.
Obama's 2004 DNC keynote speech
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Amazing how much can change in two decades. The hope we held, the pride we felt, and the belief in this country now seems a distant dream. This speech embodies my America, and I pray we can find our way back to the promise of these words.