Tobias Wilson-Bates
@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
Time Machines. Temporality. Ecology. Robots. Education. Associate Professor of 19th century British Literature.
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Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 William Morris lovers together in a single online location!
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favorite in class activities for the first day of Bleak House? (roughly chapters 1-7)
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December 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
favorite in class activities for the first day of Bleak House? (roughly chapters 1-7)
@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social @aktange.bsky.social @nathankhensley.bsky.social @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social @joshuagooch.bsky.social @ghostingdani.bsky.social
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I think most researchers and policymakers underestimate how much people really do not understand the difference between college sticker and net price. And the way high prices at a select few influences feelings about all.
December 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I think most researchers and policymakers underestimate how much people really do not understand the difference between college sticker and net price. And the way high prices at a select few influences feelings about all.
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I know archives are suddenly out of style in the humanities again, but when you think about media preservation as a wing of memory research, all of the fine logistics take on more urgency and import.
December 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I know archives are suddenly out of style in the humanities again, but when you think about media preservation as a wing of memory research, all of the fine logistics take on more urgency and import.
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It’s increasingly clear that social media is a net social evil which shreds attention spans, and this is why the only appropriate remedy available in this space is spending time observing Morris company wallpaper patterns
December 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
It’s increasingly clear that social media is a net social evil which shreds attention spans, and this is why the only appropriate remedy available in this space is spending time observing Morris company wallpaper patterns
It’s increasingly clear that social media is a net social evil which shreds attention spans, and this is why the only appropriate remedy available in this space is spending time observing Morris company wallpaper patterns
December 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
It’s increasingly clear that social media is a net social evil which shreds attention spans, and this is why the only appropriate remedy available in this space is spending time observing Morris company wallpaper patterns
The canonical response of someone reading ‘Do Androids Dream’ AFTER watching Bladerunner:
1. What the fuck?
2. This is much worse than the movie.
3. Wait. Hold on.
4. Holy shit.
1. What the fuck?
2. This is much worse than the movie.
3. Wait. Hold on.
4. Holy shit.
December 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The canonical response of someone reading ‘Do Androids Dream’ AFTER watching Bladerunner:
1. What the fuck?
2. This is much worse than the movie.
3. Wait. Hold on.
4. Holy shit.
1. What the fuck?
2. This is much worse than the movie.
3. Wait. Hold on.
4. Holy shit.
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The care is just so evident
December 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The care is just so evident
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I know Nolan is looking to recreate the power and majesty of The Odyssey, so I’m assuming he is going to begin as is tradition with an hour long conversation between the Gods and then the Ithacan assembly and more Telemachus wandering around than anyone has ever asked for
December 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I know Nolan is looking to recreate the power and majesty of The Odyssey, so I’m assuming he is going to begin as is tradition with an hour long conversation between the Gods and then the Ithacan assembly and more Telemachus wandering around than anyone has ever asked for
I know Nolan is looking to recreate the power and majesty of The Odyssey, so I’m assuming he is going to begin as is tradition with an hour long conversation between the Gods and then the Ithacan assembly and more Telemachus wandering around than anyone has ever asked for
December 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I know Nolan is looking to recreate the power and majesty of The Odyssey, so I’m assuming he is going to begin as is tradition with an hour long conversation between the Gods and then the Ithacan assembly and more Telemachus wandering around than anyone has ever asked for
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Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
The Phaedrus
-Plato (370 BC)
-Plato (370 BC)
I hate dumb shit.
December 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Phaedrus
-Plato (370 BC)
-Plato (370 BC)
Merry Registering Extended Product Warranty Day to all those who celebrate ❤️
December 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Merry Registering Extended Product Warranty Day to all those who celebrate ❤️
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It's Muppet time! The world is divided between people who skip that random love song scene and monsters who watch the whole thing.
December 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It's Muppet time! The world is divided between people who skip that random love song scene and monsters who watch the whole thing.
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a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
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the grinch literally stole christmas. and of course Dr. Seuss, who’s always been desperate for eyeballs and clicks and ad dollars, platforms him. 🙄
December 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
the grinch literally stole christmas. and of course Dr. Seuss, who’s always been desperate for eyeballs and clicks and ad dollars, platforms him. 🙄
Reminded that there should be new adaptations every year of the greatest Christmas story (Twelfth Night)
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Reminded that there should be new adaptations every year of the greatest Christmas story (Twelfth Night)
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And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, floated on a soft and dirgelike main. The unharming sharks, they glided by as if with padlocks on their mouths; the savage sea-hawks sailed with sheathed beaks. On the second day, a sail drew near, nearer, and picked him up at last.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, found himself in the bowels of a Vogon constructor ship, nursing a terrible transmaterial hangover, made only all the worse by the incessant poetry piped out over the ships loudspeaker, and his startling lack of any available towels
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, eventually became a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth!
December 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, floated on a soft and dirgelike main. The unharming sharks, they glided by as if with padlocks on their mouths; the savage sea-hawks sailed with sheathed beaks. On the second day, a sail drew near, nearer, and picked him up at last.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, floated on a soft and dirgelike main. The unharming sharks, they glided by as if with padlocks on their mouths; the savage sea-hawks sailed with sheathed beaks. On the second day, a sail drew near, nearer, and picked him up at last.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, found himself in the bowels of a Vogon constructor ship, nursing a terrible transmaterial hangover, made only all the worse by the incessant poetry piped out over the ships loudspeaker, and his startling lack of any available towels
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, eventually became a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth!
December 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, floated on a soft and dirgelike main. The unharming sharks, they glided by as if with padlocks on their mouths; the savage sea-hawks sailed with sheathed beaks. On the second day, a sail drew near, nearer, and picked him up at last.
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𒀭ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤𒀭
Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.”
I couldn’t agree more.
When Giving Is All We Have:
Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.”
I couldn’t agree more.
When Giving Is All We Have:
December 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
𒀭ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤𒀭
Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.”
I couldn’t agree more.
When Giving Is All We Have:
Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.”
I couldn’t agree more.
When Giving Is All We Have:
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I have had an essay in the works on McCarthyism & higher ed for months. I think this thing may actually see the light of day in January? I'll believe it when I see copyedits but this seems to be real. So uhh, be on the lookout for that!
December 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I have had an essay in the works on McCarthyism & higher ed for months. I think this thing may actually see the light of day in January? I'll believe it when I see copyedits but this seems to be real. So uhh, be on the lookout for that!
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December 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.
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The Achilles Shield scene in The Iliad is incredible. The shield seems like it would need to be the size of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to fit this many illustrations 😅
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The Achilles Shield scene in The Iliad is incredible. The shield seems like it would need to be the size of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to fit this many illustrations 😅
Important question: do gingerbread cookies require icing?
(there is very clearly a correct answer)
(there is very clearly a correct answer)
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Important question: do gingerbread cookies require icing?
(there is very clearly a correct answer)
(there is very clearly a correct answer)
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Absolutely the best Christmas Novel is JANE EYRE. Up there on the moors with your cousins in “a sort of merry domestic dissipation” etc etc
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Absolutely the best Christmas Novel is JANE EYRE. Up there on the moors with your cousins in “a sort of merry domestic dissipation” etc etc