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Neil Daigle Orians
@neilmakesthings.bsky.social
Artist and educator, they/them.
Keywords: haunting, unfiction, printed matter, ARG, archives
Assistant Professor @ University of Cincinnati, posts are my own opinions
www.neilmakesthings.com
www.lusciniahistoricalsociety.com
as someone who uses the singular they professionally, my only problem with it is the fact that "what's-their-face" doesn't hit the same as "what's-his-face".
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Cincinnati be like “who Dey?” But it’s never “how Dey” 😔😔😔
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
adding "chat, don't clip that" to the list of things I started saying ironically only to now be a part of my actual vernacular. also, referring to my students as "chat".
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm so mad. I just found out that yesterday was Godzilla day. My grad seminar course meets on Monday evenings, and I assigned Godzilla Minus One for NEXT MONDAY. I'm such a bad academic RIP.
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I always love Hazel's videos, but this quote hit me out of nowhere; "Sometimes, as an interdisciplinary artist, you have to admit you have a favorite baby, and it needs to have the biggest college fund"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=de5D...
how i invaded the Channel Awesome movies
YouTube video by hazel
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Attack on Titan (2013)

* joke made by @neilmakesthings.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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If Xenomorphs had just evolved to be ass-huggers, people wouldn't kick up such a fuss all the time.
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I teach on Halloween this year, and I was thinking of dressing up as the terrifying pink thing like I did last year, but I've got a new idea in mind:
October 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
AI-generated essays are the logical conclusion to raising students from a young age to focus on grades and "correct answers" rather than curiosity and understanding.
October 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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University of Cincinnati is hiring tenure-track in Games and Animation this cycle. I'm search committee chair and can answer any questions related to the position. Our program is intensive, studio-based, and collaborative, and we welcome industry folks who have MAs/MFAs!

jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Assistant Professor, Games and Animation, School of Art, College of DAAP
Assistant Professor, Games and Animation, School of Art, College of DAAP
jobs.uc.edu
October 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
me after sending a grad student a 70+ page reading on apophasis and not explaining why
a woman is laying in a hammock in the ocean on a beach .
ALT: a woman is laying in a hammock in the ocean on a beach .
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
anytime I see someone using a swearword that they censor themselves online through asterisks, it's always either a boomer or early gen-X, and I think that's fun.
October 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There is less than 5 minutes of video posted for this project and I am already pumped for it @moonkowski.bsky.social really DID THAT.
DEPMUJNHOJNHOJ
YouTube video by THEE HYMNALS
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I just love going to a coffee shop to work and immediately turning on a lo-fi coffee shop ambient music and sound playlist to really get the vibe going.
October 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
this is the funniest thing I've seen on this app yet.
ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.
September 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
considering purchasing merch from my local masonic organizations, because a) it exists, and b) I think it would be a fun bit. yay or nay?
September 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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In case it needs restating, autism isn't caused by Tylenol, or vaccines, or woke parents or whatever. It's not a disease, and it doesn't need curing. Eugenicists and fascists love to think of ways to eradicate us because they are unwilling to understand us. But we will outlive them.
September 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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repost 🖍️🖌️✂️
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I’ve taken up common placing as a research practice. I find it’s helping me by creating a much more tactile approach to the texts I consume. I’m starting to see my research as having a materiality that I am getting my hands dirty with, manipulating it like an artist does with any other material.
September 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I misspelled "I'm sick" as "I'm sic" so now I'm finally embodying the walking grammatical error I've always been.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Today I'd like you to imagine a world we get to delight in fat androgyny. Androgynous doesn't have to mean "stick".
September 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
sometimes, I love researching contemporary spiritualist/ghost hunting technology and comparing it to historic forms. other times I'm reminded that 98% of this world is grifting.
September 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
YouTube's AI slop is a major MAJOR problem, but also kind of hilarious sometimes.
September 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I forgot to crosspost here yesterday but if anyone is in the Cincinnati area and wants to learn more about the Terrifying Pink Thing, visit the Cincinnati Art Book Fair from 12-5 PM today at the Carnegie in Covington. www.cincinnatiartbookfair.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM