Angela Black
@nerdybutcute.bsky.social
weirdo geek married pansexual middle-aged academic transgirl
not that kind of doctor
51 as of Jan 2025, extrapolate from there
my beloved spouse is @moggerb.bsky.social
#philosophy #philsky #epistemology #aesthetics
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not that kind of doctor
51 as of Jan 2025, extrapolate from there
my beloved spouse is @moggerb.bsky.social
#philosophy #philsky #epistemology #aesthetics
(she/her)
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Some in #academia favor teaching students to use AI to produce essays (etc), arguing that the point of comp classes (and the like) is teaching the student to create a certain kind of product. This is not bc of AI - it is the next (il)logical step in Higher Ed's Fetishization of the Thing. (1) 🧵
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The best thing about philosophy is that all the great philosophers in history were basically wrong about almost everything, so there's really not that much pressure to be right.
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The best thing about philosophy is that all the great philosophers in history were basically wrong about almost everything, so there's really not that much pressure to be right.
in the 70s, child pornographer John David Norman had a client list of tens of thousands of names, including public figures. when police handed over this list to the State Dept, they *destroyed it*.
the govt has always protected pedophiles.
the govt has always protected pedophiles.
February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
in the 70s, child pornographer John David Norman had a client list of tens of thousands of names, including public figures. when police handed over this list to the State Dept, they *destroyed it*.
the govt has always protected pedophiles.
the govt has always protected pedophiles.
“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.”
- Vincent van Gogh
- Vincent van Gogh
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.”
- Vincent van Gogh
- Vincent van Gogh
i don't know if cis people understand that the dominant feelings toward their bodies that most trans ppl grew up with are pervading disgust and horror.
it's a hard habit to break once we transition. it's why so many of us keep finding flaws in ourselves even after becoming who we were meant to be.
it's a hard habit to break once we transition. it's why so many of us keep finding flaws in ourselves even after becoming who we were meant to be.
February 3, 2026 at 1:46 AM
i don't know if cis people understand that the dominant feelings toward their bodies that most trans ppl grew up with are pervading disgust and horror.
it's a hard habit to break once we transition. it's why so many of us keep finding flaws in ourselves even after becoming who we were meant to be.
it's a hard habit to break once we transition. it's why so many of us keep finding flaws in ourselves even after becoming who we were meant to be.
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
thank you to @moggerb.bsky.social for making this birthday so wonderful and special. i cried with happiness. you're the best spouse anyone could ask for (sorry, everyone else, i got the best one).
January 31, 2026 at 10:40 PM
thank you to @moggerb.bsky.social for making this birthday so wonderful and special. i cried with happiness. you're the best spouse anyone could ask for (sorry, everyone else, i got the best one).
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am i to understand the rage against the machine guy is in fact raging against said machine
I saw Tom Morello a couple months back. Photo from that show:
January 30, 2026 at 10:17 PM
am i to understand the rage against the machine guy is in fact raging against said machine
Godspeed, Catherine O'Hara. One of the greatest.
January 30, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Godspeed, Catherine O'Hara. One of the greatest.
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Read 'em. Terrible, maybe the worst superhero comics I've ever read, practically incompetent, unecessary, tawdry. And the portions? Enormous. I was feasting. Wretched, but ambitious and, more importantly, with its head stuck way up its own ass. Tommy Wiseau's The Room for capes and cowls. 400 stars.
Couldn't resist these at the library sale, three bucks, a pristine pair of Doomsday Clock collections, a book I am positive is going to be absolutely fucking stupid and I can't wait. Whoever donated these never even read 'em. I opened one up in the lobby and the spine cracked so hard a kid cried.
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Read 'em. Terrible, maybe the worst superhero comics I've ever read, practically incompetent, unecessary, tawdry. And the portions? Enormous. I was feasting. Wretched, but ambitious and, more importantly, with its head stuck way up its own ass. Tommy Wiseau's The Room for capes and cowls. 400 stars.
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Becoming increasingly convinced that humanities academics need to clean up our own house before admins or students will listen to us about AI in the university.
LLM text in publication = automatic reject.
Using AI to grade or lesson plan = major ethical breach.
People should lose tenure for this.
LLM text in publication = automatic reject.
Using AI to grade or lesson plan = major ethical breach.
People should lose tenure for this.
January 29, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Becoming increasingly convinced that humanities academics need to clean up our own house before admins or students will listen to us about AI in the university.
LLM text in publication = automatic reject.
Using AI to grade or lesson plan = major ethical breach.
People should lose tenure for this.
LLM text in publication = automatic reject.
Using AI to grade or lesson plan = major ethical breach.
People should lose tenure for this.
courts order ICE to stop doing some awful thing and then what? they just ignore the orders. who's going to enforce them? the DOJ won't do it.
we record ICE doing something illegal and then what? no one is getting charged. the DOJ won't do it.
there are no consequences. they are utterly lawless.
we record ICE doing something illegal and then what? no one is getting charged. the DOJ won't do it.
there are no consequences. they are utterly lawless.
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 AM
courts order ICE to stop doing some awful thing and then what? they just ignore the orders. who's going to enforce them? the DOJ won't do it.
we record ICE doing something illegal and then what? no one is getting charged. the DOJ won't do it.
there are no consequences. they are utterly lawless.
we record ICE doing something illegal and then what? no one is getting charged. the DOJ won't do it.
there are no consequences. they are utterly lawless.
hands off, that's my emotional support maladaptive daydreaming
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 AM
hands off, that's my emotional support maladaptive daydreaming
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RIP TVWP you would have loved Bridgerton.
I miss Television Without Pity.
January 29, 2026 at 8:40 PM
RIP TVWP you would have loved Bridgerton.
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"I've made some bad choices in my life."
Something you can say during sex and at the Melania movie.
January 28, 2026 at 12:36 PM
"I've made some bad choices in my life."
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So it turns out there was never a homicidal rabbit. It was all just a metaphor for GenX alienation, depression, and the daily trauma of modern life; a hollow scream of rage at our helplessness against a world that is constantly spiraling towards chaos.
Kidding! It is about a homicidal rabbit.
Kidding! It is about a homicidal rabbit.
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 PM
So it turns out there was never a homicidal rabbit. It was all just a metaphor for GenX alienation, depression, and the daily trauma of modern life; a hollow scream of rage at our helplessness against a world that is constantly spiraling towards chaos.
Kidding! It is about a homicidal rabbit.
Kidding! It is about a homicidal rabbit.
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Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
@calamityjon.bsky.social didn't this happen with Wonder Woman?
January 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM
@calamityjon.bsky.social didn't this happen with Wonder Woman?
ppl keep talking about how the protests are "putting pressure" on the Trump admin. what is the mechanism for that pressure? they ignore court orders, refuse to press charges against ICE goons who murder us. it really is true that nonviolent resistance only works when your opponent has a conscience.
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 AM
ppl keep talking about how the protests are "putting pressure" on the Trump admin. what is the mechanism for that pressure? they ignore court orders, refuse to press charges against ICE goons who murder us. it really is true that nonviolent resistance only works when your opponent has a conscience.