Peter J. Maurits
@peterjmaurits.bsky.social
Writing a book on African science fiction. Wrote a book titled 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘻𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 modern 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳y. Sub-3h marathon. Likes to run far and up things.
Decided to pick up Stranger Things where I left off. Surprised how much I'm enjoying season 3 so far.
January 2, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Decided to pick up Stranger Things where I left off. Surprised how much I'm enjoying season 3 so far.
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Still cant believe i have another novel coming out this year. After more than a decade of being a short fiction guy I guess I am a novel writer now?
January 2, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Still cant believe i have another novel coming out this year. After more than a decade of being a short fiction guy I guess I am a novel writer now?
Why is it, that all I can think about is Mike Davis' work, I wonder.
January 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Why is it, that all I can think about is Mike Davis' work, I wonder.
Oh these people.
October 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Oh these people.
Introduction to the German 'social democrats' (lol).
www.fr.de/verbraucher/...
www.fr.de/verbraucher/...
Neue Arbeitszeitgesetz-Reform der Merz-Regierung – 48-Stunden-Woche soll kommen
Union und SPD wollen das Arbeitszeitgesetz reformieren. Die Reaktionen fallen gespalten aus, mitunter gibt es scharfe Kritik. Nun auch von Forschenden.
www.fr.de
September 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Introduction to the German 'social democrats' (lol).
www.fr.de/verbraucher/...
www.fr.de/verbraucher/...
Umbrella Academy is like 'alright this super hero thing never works let's abolish ourselves' and it's so right (about the genre and the politics).
July 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Umbrella Academy is like 'alright this super hero thing never works let's abolish ourselves' and it's so right (about the genre and the politics).
It was fun to see how Polanski's The Palace (2023) was absolutely directionless. Like it's built around the ending scene of a dog and penguin having sexual intercourse.
May 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It was fun to see how Polanski's The Palace (2023) was absolutely directionless. Like it's built around the ending scene of a dog and penguin having sexual intercourse.
Please consider our 5% position of 20 teaching hours/weeks and enclose a research project and two book proposals alongside a 15 pg teaching and research statement in your application.
May 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Please consider our 5% position of 20 teaching hours/weeks and enclose a research project and two book proposals alongside a 15 pg teaching and research statement in your application.
The Residence was fun (!), but so sad that it had to culminate in a conservative plaidoyer -- so unnecessary; Cups didn't have to take a position.
May 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Residence was fun (!), but so sad that it had to culminate in a conservative plaidoyer -- so unnecessary; Cups didn't have to take a position.
So do all LLM make stuff up? Are there exceptions? Pretty practical when correcting essays in any case..
May 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So do all LLM make stuff up? Are there exceptions? Pretty practical when correcting essays in any case..
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a military-industrial complex with Tolkienesque characteristics
Excited to see my ARC essay on Tolkien and the Silicon Valley right is live. I learned a lot from @roberttally.bsky.social and @gerrycanavan.bsky.social while researching this.
May 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
a military-industrial complex with Tolkienesque characteristics
Ok, I get the enthusiasm about Deafheaven's _Lonely People With Power_! "Revelator", "Incidental", all great songs.
I wonder if someone who gets music could tell me what is up with the epic in their compositions.
I wonder if someone who gets music could tell me what is up with the epic in their compositions.
May 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ok, I get the enthusiasm about Deafheaven's _Lonely People With Power_! "Revelator", "Incidental", all great songs.
I wonder if someone who gets music could tell me what is up with the epic in their compositions.
I wonder if someone who gets music could tell me what is up with the epic in their compositions.
Impressive how uninteresting they managed to make _Bondsman_. I really wanted to like it but no success.
May 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Impressive how uninteresting they managed to make _Bondsman_. I really wanted to like it but no success.
Just go and see Sinners in the cinema. If nothing else, your ears will thank you.
April 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just go and see Sinners in the cinema. If nothing else, your ears will thank you.
Look, I get it, but to me, Wheel of Time is still just hella fun to watch.
April 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Look, I get it, but to me, Wheel of Time is still just hella fun to watch.
Kinda sad how bad the writing in _From_ is. It's like they've never seen humans talk or whatever.
April 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Kinda sad how bad the writing in _From_ is. It's like they've never seen humans talk or whatever.
Michel Feher in the streets ✊.
March 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Michel Feher in the streets ✊.
Academic applications are getting wild: "please [for this temp position] add 4 pages of your achievements and give 5 references".
January 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Academic applications are getting wild: "please [for this temp position] add 4 pages of your achievements and give 5 references".
I have a lot of issues with "The 8 Show", but I appreciate how the full weight of exploitation only occurs after the managerial classes shift alliance from labor to capital in E5.
December 19, 2024 at 11:37 AM
I have a lot of issues with "The 8 Show", but I appreciate how the full weight of exploitation only occurs after the managerial classes shift alliance from labor to capital in E5.
I know there must be many "The Banker Figure in Litrature/Film" monographs but I cannot find it.
Help?!?!
Help?!?!
December 10, 2024 at 1:06 PM
I know there must be many "The Banker Figure in Litrature/Film" monographs but I cannot find it.
Help?!?!
Help?!?!
tfw it feels you've been writing for hours and you check and you're still on page 1.
November 25, 2024 at 9:08 AM
tfw it feels you've been writing for hours and you check and you're still on page 1.
Misread "Utopian sea" and was immediately on board.
back when map-makers called the Atlantic Ocean Oceanus Aethiopicus and the Ethiopian Sea.
November 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Misread "Utopian sea" and was immediately on board.
Felt bad but the toddler made me a bouquet for no reason.
February 29, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Felt bad but the toddler made me a bouquet for no reason.
On second thought, maybe "ass" isn't the best acronym to use in my proposal.
February 20, 2024 at 8:54 AM
On second thought, maybe "ass" isn't the best acronym to use in my proposal.