Marshall N Armintor
@mnarmintor.bsky.social
English Department at UNT; modernism, graphic narrative, Lacan and red velvet cake. Currently working on game studies, UX, and writing about grind. (he/him/his)
I'm not at all good at promotion, which is why I'm putting this out now: for MLA conference people, I will be hosting a virtual roundtable tomorrow, "How to Teach in Game Studies." Great panelists, it'll be enlightening.
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Just in Time: How to Teach in Game Studies
With the increasing popularity of game studies, academic departments are striving to accommodate its students. Faculty members discuss their approaches to teaching game studies, at all levels, sharing...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:30 AM
I'm not at all good at promotion, which is why I'm putting this out now: for MLA conference people, I will be hosting a virtual roundtable tomorrow, "How to Teach in Game Studies." Great panelists, it'll be enlightening.
mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee...
mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee...
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
Wednesday evening.
September 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Wednesday evening.
So, because of where I grew up (deep-red Texas) there are people in my Facebook orbit who share things from Trump fan accounts. And now they are taking up the cause of the Cracker Barrel guy, because they see removing him as a threat to Christian society. Even I don't know what's happening here.
August 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So, because of where I grew up (deep-red Texas) there are people in my Facebook orbit who share things from Trump fan accounts. And now they are taking up the cause of the Cracker Barrel guy, because they see removing him as a threat to Christian society. Even I don't know what's happening here.
Lighten up, Francis. We saw it last night and Honey Don't is an enjoyable movie, dammit. 🙂
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Two of Our Greatest Filmmakers Stopped Making Movies Together. It Has Not Gone Well.
The Coen brothers have been making movies separately for seven years. Only one has made anything good.
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August 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Lighten up, Francis. We saw it last night and Honey Don't is an enjoyable movie, dammit. 🙂
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Despite the subtitle @dandrezner.bsky.social gives a hopeful look at how Tufts (and I think many universities) are managing in the face of the Trump assault on higher education.
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What It's Like To Be An International Affairs Graduate School Administrator in 2025
Not great, Bob.
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August 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Despite the subtitle @dandrezner.bsky.social gives a hopeful look at how Tufts (and I think many universities) are managing in the face of the Trump assault on higher education.
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All fired up for a Friday. 🙂
August 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
All fired up for a Friday. 🙂
It's very difficult as it is to keep track of people getting picked up and incarcerated by them now; they are truly being disappeared.
This would make it much easier to traffic people out of the US with no records.
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is pushing for ICE to use funds to buy, own and operate its own fleet of airplanes to deport immigrants, two sources familiar with the discussions tell NBC News.
August 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It's very difficult as it is to keep track of people getting picked up and incarcerated by them now; they are truly being disappeared.
Very upsetting to say the least. And there _was_ an ominous flurry of activity around budgeting there about...two years ago...? It would have to be massive in ways I personally can't imagine.
August 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Very upsetting to say the least. And there _was_ an ominous flurry of activity around budgeting there about...two years ago...? It would have to be massive in ways I personally can't imagine.
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Graphic designer Joe Caroff passed away yesterday at age 103. Responsible for absolutely legendary posters and typefaces. www.printmag.com/daily-heller...
August 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Graphic designer Joe Caroff passed away yesterday at age 103. Responsible for absolutely legendary posters and typefaces. www.printmag.com/daily-heller...
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Well, UChicago has paused new PhD admissions in my department now, too. One of the flagship departments for anthropology in the US and worldwide.
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
August 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Well, UChicago has paused new PhD admissions in my department now, too. One of the flagship departments for anthropology in the US and worldwide.
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
Please forward to anyone you know who might be interested.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
August 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Please forward to anyone you know who might be interested.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...
One of my cherished professors (with whom I studied ancient Greek) earned two PhDs from Chicago in classics and philosophy. Much later, in doing some archival digging, I found his job rec letter from Hannan Arendt.
He's been gone 20 years now, & I'm glad he's not here for this. Shameful.
He's been gone 20 years now, & I'm glad he's not here for this. Shameful.
Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
August 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
One of my cherished professors (with whom I studied ancient Greek) earned two PhDs from Chicago in classics and philosophy. Much later, in doing some archival digging, I found his job rec letter from Hannan Arendt.
He's been gone 20 years now, & I'm glad he's not here for this. Shameful.
He's been gone 20 years now, & I'm glad he's not here for this. Shameful.
Upsetting. And, seems the dean here is playing to type as an Americanist by training. This will destroy philosophy and religious studies at the institution also.
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Upsetting. And, seems the dean here is playing to type as an Americanist by training. This will destroy philosophy and religious studies at the institution also.
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you've gotta be fucking kidding me
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
August 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
you've gotta be fucking kidding me
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What is Sinopessimism? From lying flat to runology, Dino Ge Zhang explores a grassroots lexicon of disillusionment in China. Not just youth disengagement but a low theory of coping, refusing, and imagining alternatives amid economic and social pressures.
On Sinopessimism, or Junkies of Futility | Made in China Journal
This essay is written precisely so that it could be dismissed. —Paul Mann (1991: 141) Gary Gexi Zhang (2021) first coined the term ‘Sinopessimism’ as a speculative counterpart to Afropessimism, imag...
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August 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What is Sinopessimism? From lying flat to runology, Dino Ge Zhang explores a grassroots lexicon of disillusionment in China. Not just youth disengagement but a low theory of coping, refusing, and imagining alternatives amid economic and social pressures.
Too hot to be outside in NTX today, everyone, please hydrate. 🙂
July 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Too hot to be outside in NTX today, everyone, please hydrate. 🙂
Fox naps pretty hard. 🙂
July 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Fox naps pretty hard. 🙂
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To be clear, this is what actual antisemitism looks like.
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner says she "100%" questions the faith of Jewish politicians who endorse Zohran Mamdani.
"The same way I would question Chuck Schumer, who works against the interests of his own people at times for the politics."
Emily Compagno then accuses Mamdani of Holocaust denial!
"The same way I would question Chuck Schumer, who works against the interests of his own people at times for the politics."
Emily Compagno then accuses Mamdani of Holocaust denial!
June 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
To be clear, this is what actual antisemitism looks like.
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June 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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I've just been made aware of this mod; the creators really went the extra mile for it. No simple gender/model swap; they re-recorded 1700 lines of spoken dialogue, added new NPCs and tweaked others, and made sure pronoun swaps were included across all text. Amazing.
The Lay D Denton Project mod for Deus Ex
The Lay D Denton project is an effort to provide a FULL seamless female JC Denton experience. Features include: -A complete female JC voiceover -Female JC model -All pronouns and gender references mod...
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June 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I've just been made aware of this mod; the creators really went the extra mile for it. No simple gender/model swap; they re-recorded 1700 lines of spoken dialogue, added new NPCs and tweaked others, and made sure pronoun swaps were included across all text. Amazing.