Pepito
@postcolsandwich.bsky.social
sociologist of abhorrent agriculture. A mourner on a folding bike.
“[…] she developed on her body a means of protection from the world: a gargantuan cloak made of stone-like scales, stretching further than the eyes could see into the far reaches of ocean.”- Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka (2025).
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“[…] she developed on her body a means of protection from the world: a gargantuan cloak made of stone-like scales, stretching further than the eyes could see into the far reaches of ocean.”- Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka (2025).
The Invisible Child by Tove Jansson (1962)
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Invisible Child by Tove Jansson (1962)
A portion of nasi padang for lunch keeps the rage away
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
A portion of nasi padang for lunch keeps the rage away
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(Grieving, & loving our community. Going back thru collaborations, found this from Alice, & am smile-crying:
‘Khairani helped me understand that poetry is all around us & that there’s something for everyone.’
Alice Wong was THE best of us. *She helped us understand crip beauty is all around us.)
‘Khairani helped me understand that poetry is all around us & that there’s something for everyone.’
Alice Wong was THE best of us. *She helped us understand crip beauty is all around us.)
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
(Grieving, & loving our community. Going back thru collaborations, found this from Alice, & am smile-crying:
‘Khairani helped me understand that poetry is all around us & that there’s something for everyone.’
Alice Wong was THE best of us. *She helped us understand crip beauty is all around us.)
‘Khairani helped me understand that poetry is all around us & that there’s something for everyone.’
Alice Wong was THE best of us. *She helped us understand crip beauty is all around us.)
My boss is leaving so there’s literally ⭐️ me ⭐️ in this graduate program
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
My boss is leaving so there’s literally ⭐️ me ⭐️ in this graduate program
Mana kucing hitam gendut yang bisa kupeluk-peluk & cium-cium setelah hari kerja yang panjang itu 😩
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Mana kucing hitam gendut yang bisa kupeluk-peluk & cium-cium setelah hari kerja yang panjang itu 😩
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‘The problem is that we are now recycling so much stuff that it’s impossible to recycle it all.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social reviews three new books on the problem of trash, including 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 by Oliver Franklin-Wallis and Alexander Clapp’s 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social reviews three new books on the problem of trash, including 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 by Oliver Franklin-Wallis and Alexander Clapp’s 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
‘The problem is that we are now recycling so much stuff that it’s impossible to recycle it all.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social reviews three new books on the problem of trash, including 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 by Oliver Franklin-Wallis and Alexander Clapp’s 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social reviews three new books on the problem of trash, including 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 by Oliver Franklin-Wallis and Alexander Clapp’s 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Y un continente no cabe en Él
Pero Él cabe en mi pecho
Y mi pecho ocupa su amor
Y en su amor me quiero perder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Ts...
Pero Él cabe en mi pecho
Y mi pecho ocupa su amor
Y en su amor me quiero perder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Ts...
ROSALÍA - La Yugular (Official Lyric Video)
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November 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Y un continente no cabe en Él
Pero Él cabe en mi pecho
Y mi pecho ocupa su amor
Y en su amor me quiero perder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Ts...
Pero Él cabe en mi pecho
Y mi pecho ocupa su amor
Y en su amor me quiero perder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Ts...
Me: man, if I only I was that evil-incarnate fat cat in Master & Margarita…
@tukangmikwir.bsky.social : well you’re already an evil-incarnate so you’re halfway through.
@tukangmikwir.bsky.social : well you’re already an evil-incarnate so you’re halfway through.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Me: man, if I only I was that evil-incarnate fat cat in Master & Margarita…
@tukangmikwir.bsky.social : well you’re already an evil-incarnate so you’re halfway through.
@tukangmikwir.bsky.social : well you’re already an evil-incarnate so you’re halfway through.
Babysitting & carrying a 8-kg baby for a whole day will result in two-day arm injuries. The more I know.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Babysitting & carrying a 8-kg baby for a whole day will result in two-day arm injuries. The more I know.
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‘Writing about the kind of figure who is usually given short shrift in literary fiction, he avoids the obvious showdowns, allowing illness and accident to deepen the characters’ attachments.’
Tim Parks on David Szalay’s novels.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#ManBookerPrize2025
Tim Parks on David Szalay’s novels.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#ManBookerPrize2025
Tim Parks · You should get a job: David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’
All of David Szalay’s stories point up the body’s indifference to the plans the will seeks to impose, its capacity...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
‘Writing about the kind of figure who is usually given short shrift in literary fiction, he avoids the obvious showdowns, allowing illness and accident to deepen the characters’ attachments.’
Tim Parks on David Szalay’s novels.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#ManBookerPrize2025
Tim Parks on David Szalay’s novels.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#ManBookerPrize2025
They put Marsinah (a labor activist murdered in New Order) next to the very person who drove workers of this country to the bottom of hell.
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
They put Marsinah (a labor activist murdered in New Order) next to the very person who drove workers of this country to the bottom of hell.
J’ai un esprit inquiet.
Il habite près du lac que sont mes yeus enfoncés.
Il s'agite sous le soleil ardent de mes prières
Il dort et ses rêves frissonnent sous ma peau
Créant l’angoisse dans mon cœur chantant.
- Joyce Mansour dans “Cris” (1953)
Il habite près du lac que sont mes yeus enfoncés.
Il s'agite sous le soleil ardent de mes prières
Il dort et ses rêves frissonnent sous ma peau
Créant l’angoisse dans mon cœur chantant.
- Joyce Mansour dans “Cris” (1953)
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
J’ai un esprit inquiet.
Il habite près du lac que sont mes yeus enfoncés.
Il s'agite sous le soleil ardent de mes prières
Il dort et ses rêves frissonnent sous ma peau
Créant l’angoisse dans mon cœur chantant.
- Joyce Mansour dans “Cris” (1953)
Il habite près du lac que sont mes yeus enfoncés.
Il s'agite sous le soleil ardent de mes prières
Il dort et ses rêves frissonnent sous ma peau
Créant l’angoisse dans mon cœur chantant.
- Joyce Mansour dans “Cris” (1953)
“There is no democracy in any love relation: only mercy. To be at someone’s mercy is dialectical damage: they may be merciful and they may be merciless… I am highly qualified in unhappy love Affairs.” - Gillian Rose in Love’s Work, chapter 5.
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“There is no democracy in any love relation: only mercy. To be at someone’s mercy is dialectical damage: they may be merciful and they may be merciless… I am highly qualified in unhappy love Affairs.” - Gillian Rose in Love’s Work, chapter 5.
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"Does the world get poorer when a hundred-dollar bill falls down a sewer? For that matter, does the world get richer when we strike gold or cut down trees?"
Richard Powers in Gain (1998)
Richard Powers in Gain (1998)
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Does the world get poorer when a hundred-dollar bill falls down a sewer? For that matter, does the world get richer when we strike gold or cut down trees?"
Richard Powers in Gain (1998)
Richard Powers in Gain (1998)
“[…] In which disappearance is escape and to vanish is sheer victory. I hope you feel exhilarated.” Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka (2025).
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“[…] In which disappearance is escape and to vanish is sheer victory. I hope you feel exhilarated.” Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka (2025).
Sedang butuh kehangatan & pelukan Mas Tono
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sedang butuh kehangatan & pelukan Mas Tono
Guest lecturing @ a theology school today on religious institution & their environmental ethics. As someone who absolutely hate faith schools, this was a huge accomplishment for me & the students are exceptional — mostly from working class families outside Java. A full heart today.
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Guest lecturing @ a theology school today on religious institution & their environmental ethics. As someone who absolutely hate faith schools, this was a huge accomplishment for me & the students are exceptional — mostly from working class families outside Java. A full heart today.
just what-the-hell-sure my life these days
a baby monkey is sitting on a couch wearing a sweater and looking at the camera .
ALT: a baby monkey is sitting on a couch wearing a sweater and looking at the camera .
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October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
just what-the-hell-sure my life these days
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Alas, this book accompanied me today. “My family settled in a place that was not made for them, but they called it home. How is that for a metaphor of Black life in America?” ; “On the revolutionary side, [blue] was a color of Black self-adornment in the face of disregard.”
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Alas, this book accompanied me today. “My family settled in a place that was not made for them, but they called it home. How is that for a metaphor of Black life in America?” ; “On the revolutionary side, [blue] was a color of Black self-adornment in the face of disregard.”
Been telling myself that I’m a bit too old & too disabled to still continue my bad habit of working at ungodly hours but here I am on my fourth night in doing so.
October 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Been telling myself that I’m a bit too old & too disabled to still continue my bad habit of working at ungodly hours but here I am on my fourth night in doing so.
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A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle hazardous waste.
Watchdog report says American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia
A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle hazardous waste.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle hazardous waste.
I said “If you think job market this year is bad, wait until next year: it’d be worse!” in February 2025 😬
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I said “If you think job market this year is bad, wait until next year: it’d be worse!” in February 2025 😬
🥹Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s "Peasants and Capital: Dominica in the World Economy."
October 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
🥹Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s "Peasants and Capital: Dominica in the World Economy."