Nusky
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One day 60 years from now, some of your grandkids are gonna ask you what it was like to know me.
August 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
One day 60 years from now, some of your grandkids are gonna ask you what it was like to know me.
I deserve better than this.
August 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I deserve better than this.
Nusky fact: my trivia team name is The Wiggles
August 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Nusky fact: my trivia team name is The Wiggles
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When you're in Mexico
Eating sauce on taco
That's a mole
Eating sauce on taco
That's a mole
August 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
When you're in Mexico
Eating sauce on taco
That's a mole
Eating sauce on taco
That's a mole
“I was born in the river” -Salmon Cooke
August 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“I was born in the river” -Salmon Cooke
I haven’t really been keeping up with advertising my writing on social media since my article on Alice, but I’m still writing. open.substack.com/pub/nusky/p/...
In Pursuit of Didactic Poetry
Why this underappreciated subgenre of an underappreciated style of writing ought to become a fixture of any modern classroom worth its salt.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I haven’t really been keeping up with advertising my writing on social media since my article on Alice, but I’m still writing. open.substack.com/pub/nusky/p/...
Got banned off the other site for telling Richard Hanania to jump off a bridge
August 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Got banned off the other site for telling Richard Hanania to jump off a bridge
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This undertaking has quite possibly been the most important project that has ever come out of my blog. Substack gives a free trial week to any new subscribers, and even if you don’t plan on paying, I recommend using that on this. open.substack.com/pub/nusky/p/...
May 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This undertaking has quite possibly been the most important project that has ever come out of my blog. Substack gives a free trial week to any new subscribers, and even if you don’t plan on paying, I recommend using that on this. open.substack.com/pub/nusky/p/...
This undertaking has quite possibly been the most important project that has ever come out of my blog. Substack gives a free trial week to any new subscribers, and even if you don’t plan on paying, I recommend using that on this. open.substack.com/pub/nusky/p/...
May 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This undertaking has quite possibly been the most important project that has ever come out of my blog. Substack gives a free trial week to any new subscribers, and even if you don’t plan on paying, I recommend using that on this. open.substack.com/pub/nusky/p/...
I have the gene where if I eat cilantro it makes me taste like soap
April 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I have the gene where if I eat cilantro it makes me taste like soap
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This week, I wrote my opinions on what direction “The Classics” as a body needs to take in order to return to its primary role in education. nusky.substack.com/p/classics-e...
Classics Education: A Manifesto for Today
My response to a prompt asking what we as classicists ought to do for the health of the present and future of our discipline.
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April 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This week, I wrote my opinions on what direction “The Classics” as a body needs to take in order to return to its primary role in education. nusky.substack.com/p/classics-e...
This week, I wrote my opinions on what direction “The Classics” as a body needs to take in order to return to its primary role in education. nusky.substack.com/p/classics-e...
Classics Education: A Manifesto for Today
My response to a prompt asking what we as classicists ought to do for the health of the present and future of our discipline.
nusky.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This week, I wrote my opinions on what direction “The Classics” as a body needs to take in order to return to its primary role in education. nusky.substack.com/p/classics-e...
Politico buried the lede in this article. Trump is replacing Musk as head of DOGE with Joe and Murr from Impractical Jokers
(Politico) - President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man.
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Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon
The president is pleased with Musk but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.
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April 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Politico buried the lede in this article. Trump is replacing Musk as head of DOGE with Joe and Murr from Impractical Jokers
I never understood this line
March 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I never understood this line
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I heard there was a secret ooze
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?
They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin
Cowabunga
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?
They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin
Cowabunga
March 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I heard there was a secret ooze
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?
They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin
Cowabunga
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?
They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin
Cowabunga
This is the last translation I’ll be doing on the blog, at least for a while. Check it out if you want. open.substack.com/pub/nusky/p/...
German Translation Exercise: The Mystery of the Chinese Carnation by Louis Weinert-Wilton
An excerpt of a classic German Krimi-novel, translated into English.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is the last translation I’ll be doing on the blog, at least for a while. Check it out if you want. open.substack.com/pub/nusky/p/...
I was actually Banksy this whole time btw
March 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I was actually Banksy this whole time btw
I spent my morning thinking about certain precursors to The Funny Thing that may come to pass. Like, at some point Elon is going to fuck up the TSA budget and that could lead to The Funny Thing happening very quickly.
March 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I spent my morning thinking about certain precursors to The Funny Thing that may come to pass. Like, at some point Elon is going to fuck up the TSA budget and that could lead to The Funny Thing happening very quickly.
Poke me back on Facebook you coward
March 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Poke me back on Facebook you coward
Just finished writing my first 0 star review for the blog. I’m going to have to track down the person who recommended I read this book and honk them on the nose for being such a clown.
March 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Just finished writing my first 0 star review for the blog. I’m going to have to track down the person who recommended I read this book and honk them on the nose for being such a clown.
I hate writing to such a small audience but I also hate self-promotion. I feel so stuck all the time.
March 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I hate writing to such a small audience but I also hate self-promotion. I feel so stuck all the time.
A functioning government would buy this up and destroy any American’s data in order to prevent horrific shit from being done to their descendants, but as-is it’s probably going to end up in Elon’s hands so he can hand pick his next sperm receptacle.
23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and its co-founder and CEO has resigned
23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as co-founder and CEO Wojcicki resigns
23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and its co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki has resigned as the company continues its push to cut costs.
apnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A functioning government would buy this up and destroy any American’s data in order to prevent horrific shit from being done to their descendants, but as-is it’s probably going to end up in Elon’s hands so he can hand pick his next sperm receptacle.
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It's up on the store!
March 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It's up on the store!
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March 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just lost a $13m investment because I forgot to cast a single black actor in my musical adaptation of the discography of the Wu Tang Clan. Fml.
March 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Just lost a $13m investment because I forgot to cast a single black actor in my musical adaptation of the discography of the Wu Tang Clan. Fml.