Howell Jenkins's Collarbones
@erceldoune.bsky.social
Borsht Boi. Anti-anti-Esperantist. Gay. Bread and roses!
Pinned
איך װיל (און װעל) שרײַבן אַ ביסל מער אָפֿט אויף ייִדיש דאָ אויף בליוסקײַ! אויב איר רעדט ייִדיש, זײַט איר פֿאַרבעטן צו פֿאַרריכטן די טעותים :)
Five classes I took in college:
Medieval Women's Writing
Oil, Culture, Power
African Politics through Literature
Animate Objects*
History of Political Economic Thought
*we read Marx and Mary Shelley and Ovid!
Medieval Women's Writing
Oil, Culture, Power
African Politics through Literature
Animate Objects*
History of Political Economic Thought
*we read Marx and Mary Shelley and Ovid!
Five classes I took in college:
Ancient Philosophy
Literary Approach to Pop Culture
Design for Social Change
Advanced Weight Training
Comics (I forget the name but it was….making comics)
Ancient Philosophy
Literary Approach to Pop Culture
Design for Social Change
Advanced Weight Training
Comics (I forget the name but it was….making comics)
Five classes I took in college:
Archaeology of Death
Human Skeletal Analysis
Intensive Intro Mandarin
Plant Biology
Proper Ladies and Women Writers
Archaeology of Death
Human Skeletal Analysis
Intensive Intro Mandarin
Plant Biology
Proper Ladies and Women Writers
January 31, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Five classes I took in college:
Medieval Women's Writing
Oil, Culture, Power
African Politics through Literature
Animate Objects*
History of Political Economic Thought
*we read Marx and Mary Shelley and Ovid!
Medieval Women's Writing
Oil, Culture, Power
African Politics through Literature
Animate Objects*
History of Political Economic Thought
*we read Marx and Mary Shelley and Ovid!
UPDATE: Infinite thanks to Julia for determining that my great grandfather (EF) *may very well* have lived and worked in Boston at the Molasses Flood. This is my new favourite map
If I'm correct, E.F. lived just under a mile away from the molasses tank in 1910. He'd moved to another neighborhood by the time of the flood, but EF worked 2 mi away in 1917 & his father worked on Salem Street (North End) in 1916. Can't prove he was there in 1919, but he certainly could have been!!
January 29, 2026 at 11:56 PM
UPDATE: Infinite thanks to Julia for determining that my great grandfather (EF) *may very well* have lived and worked in Boston at the Molasses Flood. This is my new favourite map
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[complaint about the university]
[boyfriend update]
[folk music rec]
[Colorado!]
[politics retweet]
[linguistics]
[boyfriend update]
[folk music rec]
[Colorado!]
[politics retweet]
[linguistics]
Generalize your skeets. What’s your most typical, most average skeet?
“Here’s my corgi sleeping, and some art”
“Here’s my corgi sleeping, and some art”
Generalize your skeets. What’s your most typical, most average skeet?
“I recommend this book I read. Here’s a skeet-length description of it.”
“I recommend this book I read. Here’s a skeet-length description of it.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:07 AM
[complaint about the university]
[boyfriend update]
[folk music rec]
[Colorado!]
[politics retweet]
[linguistics]
[boyfriend update]
[folk music rec]
[Colorado!]
[politics retweet]
[linguistics]
GUYS I just realised my great-grandfather *probably* lived in Boston during the Molasses Flood why did nobody ever tell me
January 28, 2026 at 1:06 AM
GUYS I just realised my great-grandfather *probably* lived in Boston during the Molasses Flood why did nobody ever tell me
what the shitting fuck is "vibe coding". please don't actually tell me, I just want to register my bafflement/distaste in front of the world
January 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
what the shitting fuck is "vibe coding". please don't actually tell me, I just want to register my bafflement/distaste in front of the world
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abolishing ICE is not enough
i need them to bring my neighbors back
i need them to bring my neighbors back
January 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM
abolishing ICE is not enough
i need them to bring my neighbors back
i need them to bring my neighbors back
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Boy sitting on a tree branch playing a flute in the foreground, Mt. Fuji in the distance 1839
January 27, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Boy sitting on a tree branch playing a flute in the foreground, Mt. Fuji in the distance 1839
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🎶 one short day in the crumbling empire
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
🎶 one short day in the crumbling empire
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
The boyfriend, who is mostly recovered but still testing positive, came up with a new recipe for seitan chili, dictated it over the phone, and asked I should cook for dinner. It is 9/10, great taste, seitan kind of liquefied? but it blends it. Unclear whose fault the liquefaction
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 AM
The boyfriend, who is mostly recovered but still testing positive, came up with a new recipe for seitan chili, dictated it over the phone, and asked I should cook for dinner. It is 9/10, great taste, seitan kind of liquefied? but it blends it. Unclear whose fault the liquefaction
Our faith cries out, "They shall not pass"
We cry, "No pasarán"
We pledge our lives, our honor all
To free this prison land
Isn't this a time? (Isn't this a time?)
Isn't this a time?
A time to free the soul of man
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Ud...
We cry, "No pasarán"
We pledge our lives, our honor all
To free this prison land
Isn't this a time? (Isn't this a time?)
Isn't this a time?
A time to free the soul of man
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Ud...
Wasn't That A Time - The Weavers - (Lyrics)
YouTube video by DePicchi
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Our faith cries out, "They shall not pass"
We cry, "No pasarán"
We pledge our lives, our honor all
To free this prison land
Isn't this a time? (Isn't this a time?)
Isn't this a time?
A time to free the soul of man
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Ud...
We cry, "No pasarán"
We pledge our lives, our honor all
To free this prison land
Isn't this a time? (Isn't this a time?)
Isn't this a time?
A time to free the soul of man
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Ud...
Hi @jhu.edu and @snfagora.bsky.social or have you had any second thoughts about giving this man a fellowship!! How is "strengthening global democracy" going over at the SN Foundation Agora Institute?
The ADL has elected Rev. Johnnie Moore, who led the Gaza Humanitarian Fund responsible for the "humanitarian shooting galleries" (tinyurl.com/27dftt42) which killed over 2,600 and wounded over 19,000 Palestinians (tinyurl.com/272lnumu), to its board of directors
Three New Members Elected to the ADL Board of Directors
www.adl.org
January 25, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Hi @jhu.edu and @snfagora.bsky.social or have you had any second thoughts about giving this man a fellowship!! How is "strengthening global democracy" going over at the SN Foundation Agora Institute?
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I'm really tired of seeing all these dem politicians saying "well we all want secure borders, but-" in all these fucking pressers. I don't really give a shit how good my neighbors are at doing paperwork. I don't think people who say "come here the right way" understand that they themselves couldn't.
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I'm really tired of seeing all these dem politicians saying "well we all want secure borders, but-" in all these fucking pressers. I don't really give a shit how good my neighbors are at doing paperwork. I don't think people who say "come here the right way" understand that they themselves couldn't.
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PLEASE help support my Minneapolis neighbors to stay housed. the government hasn't declared an eviction moratorium and i do not know what our neighbors in hiding are going to do without help www.gofundme.com/f/support-ph...
Donate to Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need, organized by Alexandria Gomez
We are a small collective of friends and community organizers working direct… Alexandria Gomez needs your support for Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need
www.gofundme.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:40 PM
PLEASE help support my Minneapolis neighbors to stay housed. the government hasn't declared an eviction moratorium and i do not know what our neighbors in hiding are going to do without help www.gofundme.com/f/support-ph...
idk maybe this is pedantic but I feel like "tragic" is a term I would use to describe Greek drama, not for execution by fascists. for the latter I would reach for terms like "depraved", "morally degenerate", "evil", etc. this is a subtweet of several electeds
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
idk maybe this is pedantic but I feel like "tragic" is a term I would use to describe Greek drama, not for execution by fascists. for the latter I would reach for terms like "depraved", "morally degenerate", "evil", etc. this is a subtweet of several electeds
I told the boyfriend I'd be fine in the winter storm bc my ancestors were peasants in Sweden & Russia and he was like "well have you pickled anything in preparation for this?"
"no"
"then you have learnt nothing from them"
"no"
"then you have learnt nothing from them"
January 24, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I told the boyfriend I'd be fine in the winter storm bc my ancestors were peasants in Sweden & Russia and he was like "well have you pickled anything in preparation for this?"
"no"
"then you have learnt nothing from them"
"no"
"then you have learnt nothing from them"
"Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
See we one another clearly?
Do we know who we are?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaEL...
Do I know who you are?
See we one another clearly?
Do we know who we are?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaEL...
Harry Belafonte & Falumi Prince - Turn the World Around (Live)
YouTube video by Harry Belafonte Television and Video Archive
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
"Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
See we one another clearly?
Do we know who we are?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaEL...
Do I know who you are?
See we one another clearly?
Do we know who we are?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaEL...
LRT: the capacity to remain surprised (with joy, with horror) is part and parcel of our capacity to love. I believe this deeply
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
LRT: the capacity to remain surprised (with joy, with horror) is part and parcel of our capacity to love. I believe this deeply
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remain surprised. the killing of human beings and the devaluation of human life (in killer and killed human) should remain a shock
the "and you're surprised by this?" guys have never been less vital than they are right now
January 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM
remain surprised. the killing of human beings and the devaluation of human life (in killer and killed human) should remain a shock
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solidarity to those who fight fascism everywhere
January 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
solidarity to those who fight fascism everywhere
May their memory be a revolution
January 24, 2026 at 4:30 PM
May their memory be a revolution
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free
Tis a gift to have eyebeams I can blast at thee
Tis a gift to have eyebeams I can blast at thee
January 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free
Tis a gift to have eyebeams I can blast at thee
Tis a gift to have eyebeams I can blast at thee
my proposed research is on re/signifying the cryosphere (ie the icy parts of the world) as a political subject, and usually if I say I work on "ice" people assume I mean "ICE", but lo and behold, sometimes it's both
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:37 AM
my proposed research is on re/signifying the cryosphere (ie the icy parts of the world) as a political subject, and usually if I say I work on "ice" people assume I mean "ICE", but lo and behold, sometimes it's both