Lewis Roberts
@lewisroberts.bsky.social
English professor at Purdue Fort Wayne
Victorian novels, Children's Lit, Detective fiction
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame”
Victorian novels, Children's Lit, Detective fiction
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame”
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If Tesla made a dishwasher
April 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If Tesla made a dishwasher
Student: But Prof Roberts, what if we aren't allowed to teach these books you're showing us?
Me: Then it's even more important that you know they exist.
Me: Then it's even more important that you know they exist.
March 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Student: But Prof Roberts, what if we aren't allowed to teach these books you're showing us?
Me: Then it's even more important that you know they exist.
Me: Then it's even more important that you know they exist.
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If you're going outside Amazon for used books, remember that Abebooks is owned by them. Alibris is not and I have been buying from them since the 1990s.
And I usually find better deals on international books via eBay.
And I usually find better deals on international books via eBay.
March 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you're going outside Amazon for used books, remember that Abebooks is owned by them. Alibris is not and I have been buying from them since the 1990s.
And I usually find better deals on international books via eBay.
And I usually find better deals on international books via eBay.
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Tesla protest, Ann Arbor Michigan.
February 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Tesla protest, Ann Arbor Michigan.
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Clay Bennett nails it.
February 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Clay Bennett nails it.
"... for, conscious that there was nothing in his person, conduct, character, or accomplishments, to command respect, he was greedy of power, and was, in his heart, as much a tyrant as any laureled conqueror on record."
Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
March 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"... for, conscious that there was nothing in his person, conduct, character, or accomplishments, to command respect, he was greedy of power, and was, in his heart, as much a tyrant as any laureled conqueror on record."
Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
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This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
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(1/X) I've done some posts about the narcissistic sociopath I work with and how dealing with him has influenced how I see Trump.
Now I'd like to do something about how it has influenced how i see the people who enable Trump.
It's what I call the "shitty people problem"....
Now I'd like to do something about how it has influenced how i see the people who enable Trump.
It's what I call the "shitty people problem"....
February 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
(1/X) I've done some posts about the narcissistic sociopath I work with and how dealing with him has influenced how I see Trump.
Now I'd like to do something about how it has influenced how i see the people who enable Trump.
It's what I call the "shitty people problem"....
Now I'd like to do something about how it has influenced how i see the people who enable Trump.
It's what I call the "shitty people problem"....
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List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
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If you don't know Stephanie Miller, you should. She and her crew of misfit toys got me through W, the Tea Party, MAGA, Trump, and will get me through Emperor Bone Spurs' hopefully short time in office.
There's a new person in the White House and we have some VERY choice words for that person... hear all those words right now in today's Stephanie Miller Out Of The Gate podcast, fresh and new in your Happy Hour podcast feed right now!
January 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you don't know Stephanie Miller, you should. She and her crew of misfit toys got me through W, the Tea Party, MAGA, Trump, and will get me through Emperor Bone Spurs' hopefully short time in office.
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January 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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WWII Slogan
The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi
Even more true in 2025
Punch a Nazi!
The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi
Even more true in 2025
Punch a Nazi!
January 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
WWII Slogan
The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi
Even more true in 2025
Punch a Nazi!
The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi
Even more true in 2025
Punch a Nazi!
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January 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
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Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!
January 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!
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my pay scales up with views with tinyview. It's been the sole reason I interact with facebook in any way whatsoever, to drive traffic. If enough of you click through (and repost this) I can get the hell out of metaworld.
This week's cartoon (rerun due to holiday schedule) in phone friendly format
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TMW cartoon for Jan. 7, 2024
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January 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
my pay scales up with views with tinyview. It's been the sole reason I interact with facebook in any way whatsoever, to drive traffic. If enough of you click through (and repost this) I can get the hell out of metaworld.
"... for, conscious that there was nothing in his person, conduct, character, or accomplishments, to command respect, he was greedy of power, and was, in his heart, as much a tyrant as any laurelled conqueror on record."
Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit
December 13, 2024 at 6:29 PM
"... for, conscious that there was nothing in his person, conduct, character, or accomplishments, to command respect, he was greedy of power, and was, in his heart, as much a tyrant as any laurelled conqueror on record."
Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit
Prepping to teach The Picture of Dorian Gray next week. I think for the foreseeable future, all my lessons are going to be cautionary tales.
November 15, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Prepping to teach The Picture of Dorian Gray next week. I think for the foreseeable future, all my lessons are going to be cautionary tales.