Geoff Klock
@geoffklock.bsky.social
Tenured full professor at BMCC-CUNY with an Oxford doctorate; I teach folks about oneiric thinking via Plato, Shakespeare, Proust, Kafka, David Lynch, and the X-Men
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Geoff Klock
@geoffklock.bsky.social
· Dec 3
post 4 characters that you relate to and let people make assumptions about you accordingly
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I cut people who grew up down there, especially Millennials and older, a little slack because the Lost Cause Myth permeated the very air. (Lived in ATL from '77-'00 and Knoxville '00-'08; it took work to deprogram myself.)
It falls apart with even the slightest critical examination.
But yankees?
It falls apart with even the slightest critical examination.
But yankees?
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I cut people who grew up down there, especially Millennials and older, a little slack because the Lost Cause Myth permeated the very air. (Lived in ATL from '77-'00 and Knoxville '00-'08; it took work to deprogram myself.)
It falls apart with even the slightest critical examination.
But yankees?
It falls apart with even the slightest critical examination.
But yankees?
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I mean, hell, there's a joke within historical/poli sci circles that the United States has precisely "one map" when you try to map out any kind of economic, social, etc sort of analysis. The former CSA always, always, always shows up, even in places you wouldn't at first expect.
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I mean, hell, there's a joke within historical/poli sci circles that the United States has precisely "one map" when you try to map out any kind of economic, social, etc sort of analysis. The former CSA always, always, always shows up, even in places you wouldn't at first expect.
When I get to class every day I swipe my ID to get in the building, log into the computer and, log into the class website which has two factor authentication so i log into my phone to get the six digit code and then use the code to log into the site, then log into YouTube for add free music.
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When I get to class every day I swipe my ID to get in the building, log into the computer and, log into the class website which has two factor authentication so i log into my phone to get the six digit code and then use the code to log into the site, then log into YouTube for add free music.
1. Middle aged woman in Hollywood in trouble
2. Being cosmically lost
3. Being psycho sexually lost
4. The power of love broadly defined
5. Sequels that betray the originals
(Examples of each below)
2. Being cosmically lost
3. Being psycho sexually lost
4. The power of love broadly defined
5. Sequels that betray the originals
(Examples of each below)
Top 5 movie genres:
- Does this robot / monster have a soul? (Yes it does)
- Sassy New York newspaper gal does not need love but finds it anyway
- I travelled in time or space. It was a mistake.
- You’re supposed to be the victim of my crime but I love you
- Being a detective is miserable but hot
- Does this robot / monster have a soul? (Yes it does)
- Sassy New York newspaper gal does not need love but finds it anyway
- I travelled in time or space. It was a mistake.
- You’re supposed to be the victim of my crime but I love you
- Being a detective is miserable but hot
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- mystery on a train
- I've committed the perfect murder, "oh for fucks sake"
- European road movie
- ennui in Hong Kong
- I've tried nothing to improve my life and crime is the only thing left
- mystery on a train
- I've committed the perfect murder, "oh for fucks sake"
- European road movie
- ennui in Hong Kong
- I've tried nothing to improve my life and crime is the only thing left
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
1. Middle aged woman in Hollywood in trouble
2. Being cosmically lost
3. Being psycho sexually lost
4. The power of love broadly defined
5. Sequels that betray the originals
(Examples of each below)
2. Being cosmically lost
3. Being psycho sexually lost
4. The power of love broadly defined
5. Sequels that betray the originals
(Examples of each below)
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Mary Shelley: I subtitled my book The Modern Prometheus as a cautionary tale
Tech company: At long last,
Tech company: At long last,
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos has a new job.
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Mary Shelley: I subtitled my book The Modern Prometheus as a cautionary tale
Tech company: At long last,
Tech company: At long last,
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STREAMER GREETINGS
"Hey guys": Dated, cliché, unnecessarily gendered
"Hello, kiddies": Intriguing, literally what the Cryptkeeper says, usually prefaces a twisted tale of devilish delights
"Hey guys": Dated, cliché, unnecessarily gendered
"Hello, kiddies": Intriguing, literally what the Cryptkeeper says, usually prefaces a twisted tale of devilish delights
August 1, 2023 at 10:05 PM
STREAMER GREETINGS
"Hey guys": Dated, cliché, unnecessarily gendered
"Hello, kiddies": Intriguing, literally what the Cryptkeeper says, usually prefaces a twisted tale of devilish delights
"Hey guys": Dated, cliché, unnecessarily gendered
"Hello, kiddies": Intriguing, literally what the Cryptkeeper says, usually prefaces a twisted tale of devilish delights
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Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
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Alan Dershowitz redefining the semantics of "pedophile" isn't hairsplitting, according to the plain meaning of "hairsplitting"
by Steven Pinker
by Steven Pinker
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Alan Dershowitz redefining the semantics of "pedophile" isn't hairsplitting, according to the plain meaning of "hairsplitting"
by Steven Pinker
by Steven Pinker
I started CHAINSAW MAN which, against all reason, demands joules of Freudianism unseen outside of Hitchcock and David Lynch. I am going to be enraged if this thing sticks the landing and I have to put it in my list of Favorite TV shows next to The Leftovers and and then EXPLAIN THIS TO PEOPLE.
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I started CHAINSAW MAN which, against all reason, demands joules of Freudianism unseen outside of Hitchcock and David Lynch. I am going to be enraged if this thing sticks the landing and I have to put it in my list of Favorite TV shows next to The Leftovers and and then EXPLAIN THIS TO PEOPLE.
When I see this I can only hear the sound effect from the Hot Chip video
youtu.be/EvSjYYep3t4?...
youtu.be/EvSjYYep3t4?...
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
When I see this I can only hear the sound effect from the Hot Chip video
youtu.be/EvSjYYep3t4?...
youtu.be/EvSjYYep3t4?...
Most people don't know good and bad are not the same thing. I could not get a room of undergraduates to consider that "putting babies on spikes" was anything other than a simple opinion. Nietzsche attacked traditional morality but he wanted you to rebuild it! No one did the second part!
Pretty complete summary of how we got into this mess.
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Most people don't know good and bad are not the same thing. I could not get a room of undergraduates to consider that "putting babies on spikes" was anything other than a simple opinion. Nietzsche attacked traditional morality but he wanted you to rebuild it! No one did the second part!
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Leaves caught in anti-drone nets over the streets of Kherson. There’s no Rilke for this kind of autumn www.instagram.com/reel/DRAtAPu...
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Leaves caught in anti-drone nets over the streets of Kherson. There’s no Rilke for this kind of autumn www.instagram.com/reel/DRAtAPu...
I had to take an online training where I was told not to accept any gift from a student more valuable than a cup of coffee
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I had to take an online training where I was told not to accept any gift from a student more valuable than a cup of coffee
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PINHEAD: we have such sights to show you
ME: hmmm…. are they good or bad
PINHEAD: mostly bad
ME: right
PINHEAD: …but that can feel good
ME: yeah no thanks
ME: hmmm…. are they good or bad
PINHEAD: mostly bad
ME: right
PINHEAD: …but that can feel good
ME: yeah no thanks
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
PINHEAD: we have such sights to show you
ME: hmmm…. are they good or bad
PINHEAD: mostly bad
ME: right
PINHEAD: …but that can feel good
ME: yeah no thanks
ME: hmmm…. are they good or bad
PINHEAD: mostly bad
ME: right
PINHEAD: …but that can feel good
ME: yeah no thanks
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Is it 'online training course'?
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Is it 'online training course'?
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Pretty complete summary of how we got into this mess.
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Pretty complete summary of how we got into this mess.
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STITCH INCOMING is a good title for a TikTok-style Frankenstein movie.
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
STITCH INCOMING is a good title for a TikTok-style Frankenstein movie.
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at my limit; people can’t emotionally regulate their cognitive dissonance when exposed to the basic obvious observation that in their society all the liberal institutions with substantial power are equally or more reactionary in their politics both in substance and ideology than the catholic church.
unlike the institution of journalism, which never invented any euphemistic smears to accuse certain minorities of being superpredators and monsters and groomers. glass houses, just sayin.
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
at my limit; people can’t emotionally regulate their cognitive dissonance when exposed to the basic obvious observation that in their society all the liberal institutions with substantial power are equally or more reactionary in their politics both in substance and ideology than the catholic church.
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Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
I was watching an art house movie on Amazon -- Corsage -- and the split second the credits started Amazon was like GEOFF DO YOU WANT TO WATCH ROBOCOP, ruining the final effect. At my film showing I use blu-rays but the montage on the main menu spoils a lot! It turns out I am too prissy to live.
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I was watching an art house movie on Amazon -- Corsage -- and the split second the credits started Amazon was like GEOFF DO YOU WANT TO WATCH ROBOCOP, ruining the final effect. At my film showing I use blu-rays but the montage on the main menu spoils a lot! It turns out I am too prissy to live.
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The Superman of Palestine. Photo by Fadi Al-Hawari, 2024.
This is the meaning of Superman, captured better than any photo I've ever seen.
This is the meaning of Superman, captured better than any photo I've ever seen.
January 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Superman of Palestine. Photo by Fadi Al-Hawari, 2024.
This is the meaning of Superman, captured better than any photo I've ever seen.
This is the meaning of Superman, captured better than any photo I've ever seen.
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the idea is that moral clarity or certainty is somehow dangerous. of course, everyone who argues this is also morally certain, just about different things. this is just a way of devolving the debate into abstraction.
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
the idea is that moral clarity or certainty is somehow dangerous. of course, everyone who argues this is also morally certain, just about different things. this is just a way of devolving the debate into abstraction.
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