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CFP: CUNY English Student Association Graduate Conference on Beauty, Pleasure, Value. Proposal deadline 2/20.
February 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
CFP: CUNY English Student Association Graduate Conference on Beauty, Pleasure, Value. Proposal deadline 2/20.
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This year, we are adding audio versions of many of your favorite articles, and donors to the magazine get early access through our private podcast feed!
Donate today and you’ll get to hear all of our monster series authors over the next few weeks, beginning with Sam Moore.
Donate today and you’ll get to hear all of our monster series authors over the next few weeks, beginning with Sam Moore.
February 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This year, we are adding audio versions of many of your favorite articles, and donors to the magazine get early access through our private podcast feed!
Donate today and you’ll get to hear all of our monster series authors over the next few weeks, beginning with Sam Moore.
Donate today and you’ll get to hear all of our monster series authors over the next few weeks, beginning with Sam Moore.
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I found this yesterday in a secondhand copy of a TS Eliot book of poems.
January 30, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I found this yesterday in a secondhand copy of a TS Eliot book of poems.
"The morning was colder than yesterday morning; there was a black frost that drove in. But they did not comment upon the weather, which seemed to them part of their private fate—brought on them by the act of waking up"
January 31, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"The morning was colder than yesterday morning; there was a black frost that drove in. But they did not comment upon the weather, which seemed to them part of their private fate—brought on them by the act of waking up"
1. Love and Money (lit/film)
2. Media and Mass Politics (ditto)
3. Anthropology of Women
4. Intro to Comp Lit & Intro to Lit Theory (tied)
5. Comics as Literature & The Bible as Literature (tied - and oddly enough, both taught at Haverford in the same classroom)
2. Media and Mass Politics (ditto)
3. Anthropology of Women
4. Intro to Comp Lit & Intro to Lit Theory (tied)
5. Comics as Literature & The Bible as Literature (tied - and oddly enough, both taught at Haverford in the same classroom)
Never mind the jobs you had, five classes you took in college:
1). Heterodox Global Political Economy
2). Television and Black Struggle
3). Marguerite Duras (en francais)
4). The Frankfurt School
5). Calculus III
1). Heterodox Global Political Economy
2). Television and Black Struggle
3). Marguerite Duras (en francais)
4). The Frankfurt School
5). Calculus III
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. History of Science from Galileo to Newton
2. Kant's First Critique
3. Game Theory and Politics
4. Tolkien and Modern English Culture
5. Theological Hermeneutics
1. History of Science from Galileo to Newton
2. Kant's First Critique
3. Game Theory and Politics
4. Tolkien and Modern English Culture
5. Theological Hermeneutics
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
1. Love and Money (lit/film)
2. Media and Mass Politics (ditto)
3. Anthropology of Women
4. Intro to Comp Lit & Intro to Lit Theory (tied)
5. Comics as Literature & The Bible as Literature (tied - and oddly enough, both taught at Haverford in the same classroom)
2. Media and Mass Politics (ditto)
3. Anthropology of Women
4. Intro to Comp Lit & Intro to Lit Theory (tied)
5. Comics as Literature & The Bible as Literature (tied - and oddly enough, both taught at Haverford in the same classroom)
Oh heck Elizabeth am I living in your book?
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Oh heck Elizabeth am I living in your book?
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Friday's Weather Rating: 1/10
I've got nothing. It's horribly cold, with wind chill values below zero and high temperatures barely reaching the teens this afternoon. The sun is not helping much. The vibes have completely frozen over!!
I've got nothing. It's horribly cold, with wind chill values below zero and high temperatures barely reaching the teens this afternoon. The sun is not helping much. The vibes have completely frozen over!!
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Friday's Weather Rating: 1/10
I've got nothing. It's horribly cold, with wind chill values below zero and high temperatures barely reaching the teens this afternoon. The sun is not helping much. The vibes have completely frozen over!!
I've got nothing. It's horribly cold, with wind chill values below zero and high temperatures barely reaching the teens this afternoon. The sun is not helping much. The vibes have completely frozen over!!
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Niklaus Miller, aka the Mediocre Bunny, has spent months learning Bad Bunny's songs ahead of the superstar's Super Bowl half-time show. Millions of fans have tagged along for the journey. Now, he's begging the universe for a ticket. Will it deliver? n.pr/4qUx24U
Meet Mediocre Bunny, the non-Spanish speaker learning Bad Bunny songs
Niklaus Miller, aka the Mediocre Bunny, has spent months learning Bad Bunny's songs ahead of the superstar's Super Bowl half-time show. Millions of fans have tagged along for the journey. Now, he's begging the universe for a ticket. Will it deliver?
n.pr
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Niklaus Miller, aka the Mediocre Bunny, has spent months learning Bad Bunny's songs ahead of the superstar's Super Bowl half-time show. Millions of fans have tagged along for the journey. Now, he's begging the universe for a ticket. Will it deliver? n.pr/4qUx24U
Guys I've thought about it loads and the best REM album remains Fables of the Reconstruction
January 29, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Guys I've thought about it loads and the best REM album remains Fables of the Reconstruction
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The situation in MN remains horrific. In-depth reporting here reveals a pattern of ICE detaining people who are here legally, ignoring court orders, shipping them out of state, refusing them counsel, and even deporting them. Make sure your Senators know the horrors more ICE funding will perpetuate.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...
www.mprnews.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The situation in MN remains horrific. In-depth reporting here reveals a pattern of ICE detaining people who are here legally, ignoring court orders, shipping them out of state, refusing them counsel, and even deporting them. Make sure your Senators know the horrors more ICE funding will perpetuate.
Another heartening thing from yesterday: students in my MA course didn't need any lectures or arguments to already be on the side of doing all their own thinking
A beautiful pile of thoughts for my cli-fi MA course. Spring 2026, here we go!
January 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Another heartening thing from yesterday: students in my MA course didn't need any lectures or arguments to already be on the side of doing all their own thinking
A beautiful pile of thoughts for my cli-fi MA course. Spring 2026, here we go!
January 28, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A beautiful pile of thoughts for my cli-fi MA course. Spring 2026, here we go!
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There is money for "education" if and only if that money is being directly funneled to corporations. Anything involving actual learning, however, well there's no magic money tree
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 AM
There is money for "education" if and only if that money is being directly funneled to corporations. Anything involving actual learning, however, well there's no magic money tree
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Even the pope hates chatgpt
"Pope Leo XIV on Saturday stressed the risks of generative artificial intelligence, how it could usurp human identities and relationships, influence public opinion and deepen social polarisation."
Pope warns against risks of AI algorithms
In a message marking the World Day of Social Communications, the pope said AI systems reflect the worldview of their creators.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Even the pope hates chatgpt
Kid face down in the snowy curb, I feel ya
January 25, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Kid face down in the snowy curb, I feel ya
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Earlier this month, Modernism/modernity was delighted to win the 2025 Council of Editors of Learned Journals Best Digital Feature award for "Hope Mirrlees's Paris: A Poem @ 100"
You can check out the award-winning feature on Print Plus here: modernismmodernity.org/forums/mirrl...
You can check out the award-winning feature on Print Plus here: modernismmodernity.org/forums/mirrl...
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Earlier this month, Modernism/modernity was delighted to win the 2025 Council of Editors of Learned Journals Best Digital Feature award for "Hope Mirrlees's Paris: A Poem @ 100"
You can check out the award-winning feature on Print Plus here: modernismmodernity.org/forums/mirrl...
You can check out the award-winning feature on Print Plus here: modernismmodernity.org/forums/mirrl...
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Nostalgic for snow days rather than shift to remote days.
January 25, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Nostalgic for snow days rather than shift to remote days.
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imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 PM
imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
January 25, 2026 at 1:26 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
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i do not know how this goes on for three more years
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
i do not know how this goes on for three more years
Cannot read the news, doing this instead
January 22, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Cannot read the news, doing this instead
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The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX
January 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX
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apparently the zoom link is public, no need to reach out, come say hi if you’re free! it’s 12:30 eastern on 1/21
u-paris.zoom.us/j/8116387096...
u-paris.zoom.us/j/8116387096...
January 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
apparently the zoom link is public, no need to reach out, come say hi if you’re free! it’s 12:30 eastern on 1/21
u-paris.zoom.us/j/8116387096...
u-paris.zoom.us/j/8116387096...