Sunny Stalter-Pace
@slstalter.bsky.social
English prof, writing about NYC performance and mobility. Modernist, mom. Work in Progress: The New York Hippodrome: A Kaleidoscopic Cultural History. Pronouns: she/her. https://www.sunnystalterpace.com/hippodrome
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Sunny Stalter-Pace
@slstalter.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Here it is, folks: www.gothamcenter.org/blog/hippodr...
Goodness, what's more disheartening than seeing a pangram in the 🐝and getting hit with a "not in word list"?
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Goodness, what's more disheartening than seeing a pangram in the 🐝and getting hit with a "not in word list"?
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illinois!durbin is 202-224-2152; "experiencing high call volumes" but keep trying and in the meantime send an email pronto
www.durbin.senate.gov
www.durbin.senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
illinois!durbin is 202-224-2152; "experiencing high call volumes" but keep trying and in the meantime send an email pronto
www.durbin.senate.gov
www.durbin.senate.gov
Yes, please! I'd spend a good amount of time and money working for this.
Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones appears to be headed for another political showdown against current Sen. Tommy Tuberville, this time for the governor’s office.
🔗: https://www.al.com/politics/2025/11/alabama-democrat-hints-at-2026-rematch-with-tommy-tuberville-stay-tuned.html
🔗: https://www.al.com/politics/2025/11/alabama-democrat-hints-at-2026-rematch-with-tommy-tuberville-stay-tuned.html
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Yes, please! I'd spend a good amount of time and money working for this.
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1984 Nintendo Red Tent aka the Nintendo Vs. DualSystem cocktail arcade cabinet.
You don’t see this one very often. It allows two players to play different games on each side or to play the same game against each other.
#nintendo #arcade #80s #1980s #retroarcade #supermario #supermariobros
You don’t see this one very often. It allows two players to play different games on each side or to play the same game against each other.
#nintendo #arcade #80s #1980s #retroarcade #supermario #supermariobros
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
1984 Nintendo Red Tent aka the Nintendo Vs. DualSystem cocktail arcade cabinet.
You don’t see this one very often. It allows two players to play different games on each side or to play the same game against each other.
#nintendo #arcade #80s #1980s #retroarcade #supermario #supermariobros
You don’t see this one very often. It allows two players to play different games on each side or to play the same game against each other.
#nintendo #arcade #80s #1980s #retroarcade #supermario #supermariobros
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Given the garish entitlement at the Gatsby themed WH party on the very day that SNAP benefits are cut off, I thought I would post a piece I wrote about a book about The Great Gatsby @thegreatgatsby0901.bsky.social @fscottfitzgerald.bsky.social @thebaffler.com
thebaffler.com/latest/gatsb...
thebaffler.com/latest/gatsb...
Gatsbys of Our Time | Matt Hanson
America often reveals itself in misreadings of its own myths. Why not start with “The Great Gatsby”?
thebaffler.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Given the garish entitlement at the Gatsby themed WH party on the very day that SNAP benefits are cut off, I thought I would post a piece I wrote about a book about The Great Gatsby @thegreatgatsby0901.bsky.social @fscottfitzgerald.bsky.social @thebaffler.com
thebaffler.com/latest/gatsb...
thebaffler.com/latest/gatsb...
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@mattseybold.bsky.social I just read your new AV blog post about CUNY stepping in for public ed-tech. 1) Bold, love it; 2) Lina Khan, who is in the transition team, might be into it. Anyone we know has an in with her? Maybe @moacir.com who's doing digital librarian type work for the DSA...
Mamdani Win Could Be The First Step Towards Seizing The Means of Knowledge Production
Let CUNY socialize EdTech for all of us.
theamericanvandal.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@mattseybold.bsky.social I just read your new AV blog post about CUNY stepping in for public ed-tech. 1) Bold, love it; 2) Lina Khan, who is in the transition team, might be into it. Anyone we know has an in with her? Maybe @moacir.com who's doing digital librarian type work for the DSA...
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Humanities programs have 3 perfect tools here:
"There's a reason they don't want you studying it" paired with
"The only way to tear this down and rebuild is by practicing the empathy, understanding, and critical thought that can come with studying the humanities" and
"We're already doing it."
"There's a reason they don't want you studying it" paired with
"The only way to tear this down and rebuild is by practicing the empathy, understanding, and critical thought that can come with studying the humanities" and
"We're already doing it."
Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Humanities programs have 3 perfect tools here:
"There's a reason they don't want you studying it" paired with
"The only way to tear this down and rebuild is by practicing the empathy, understanding, and critical thought that can come with studying the humanities" and
"We're already doing it."
"There's a reason they don't want you studying it" paired with
"The only way to tear this down and rebuild is by practicing the empathy, understanding, and critical thought that can come with studying the humanities" and
"We're already doing it."
Yay for Zohran! Yay for NYC!
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Yay for Zohran! Yay for NYC!
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ICE/CBP is active in Lincoln Park right now, has been spotted near Damen/Clybourn at Costco + Jewel (this is in addition to a morning abduction reported at Costco earlier).
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
ICE/CBP is active in Lincoln Park right now, has been spotted near Damen/Clybourn at Costco + Jewel (this is in addition to a morning abduction reported at Costco earlier).
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
Disagreeable 🐝,"toff" is a word. So is "gigot." Throw me a freaking bone, here.
November 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Disagreeable 🐝,"toff" is a word. So is "gigot." Throw me a freaking bone, here.
Holy cow this is good. Thinking about when/how I could teach it.
I'm excited to share my piece in Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which examines OpenAI's claims about ChatGPT's creative writing skills, Big Tech's weaponisation of grief and nostalgia, and the collapse of the academic humanities. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Holy cow this is good. Thinking about when/how I could teach it.
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History/Humanities crowdsourcing time: I’m looking for organizations / scholars / students who have done interesting work on interpreting hauntings (loosely) in the Humanities. I am eager to gather work from any discipline. This could be books, events, initiatives. Can you share & help? 🔮
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
History/Humanities crowdsourcing time: I’m looking for organizations / scholars / students who have done interesting work on interpreting hauntings (loosely) in the Humanities. I am eager to gather work from any discipline. This could be books, events, initiatives. Can you share & help? 🔮
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Nothing captures American life in 2025 better than Chair Company
I'm already in the tank for Tim Robinson but Chair Company reminds me of a Don DeLillo novel, I'm obsessed.
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Nothing captures American life in 2025 better than Chair Company
I've never been a Tim Robinson fan, but this Chair Company show is pretty fun.
October 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I've never been a Tim Robinson fan, but this Chair Company show is pretty fun.
Derek Hough *wishes* he could be Fiyero.
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Derek Hough *wishes* he could be Fiyero.
Aftereffect of the B52s/Devo show: my brain keeps going "suburbanrobotswhomonitotreality"
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Aftereffect of the B52s/Devo show: my brain keeps going "suburbanrobotswhomonitotreality"
Devo live effing ruled. A new appreciation for the guys who aren't Mark M. Political and tight and danceable (or worth marching to). Line Lovich also great. Cannot believe B52s are still to come.
October 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Devo live effing ruled. A new appreciation for the guys who aren't Mark M. Political and tight and danceable (or worth marching to). Line Lovich also great. Cannot believe B52s are still to come.
I'm going to see the B52s and Devo and Leve Lovich tomorrow! With my husband and my kid who has heard enough of their songs that he should actually enjoy himself! This video is something that brings me pure, unadulterated joy: youtu.be/VvCng7-za1Y?...
The B-52's - Song For A Future Generation (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm going to see the B52s and Devo and Leve Lovich tomorrow! With my husband and my kid who has heard enough of their songs that he should actually enjoy himself! This video is something that brings me pure, unadulterated joy: youtu.be/VvCng7-za1Y?...
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Such a cool find, and the story behind "Learning from Las Vegas" is fascinating! Book history lovers can explore it further on the MIT Press Reader: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-tyranny-...
October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Such a cool find, and the story behind "Learning from Las Vegas" is fascinating! Book history lovers can explore it further on the MIT Press Reader: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-tyranny-...
Business systems! Technical vitality! Olympians and office parks! youtu.be/z7iVuDjwAIw?...
Making it - a 9 projector multi image slideshow
YouTube video by AV Archaeology
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Business systems! Technical vitality! Olympians and office parks! youtu.be/z7iVuDjwAIw?...
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People have been sending me all sorts of good resources on grief, so I'm now compiling a list. There are so many beautiful and powerful resources here. It means so much to be so loved by each other that we are creating multiple spaces for people to grieve. I love us docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
People have been sending me all sorts of good resources on grief, so I'm now compiling a list. There are so many beautiful and powerful resources here. It means so much to be so loved by each other that we are creating multiple spaces for people to grieve. I love us docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Exhibit 348 in my case “The future we actually live in is closest to Douglas Adams sighing doors and robots with genuine people personalities”
our "smart" coffee machine at work is broken today. I made a joke about it being related to the AWS outage but then we looked in the back and it's plugged into ethernet
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Exhibit 348 in my case “The future we actually live in is closest to Douglas Adams sighing doors and robots with genuine people personalities”
Yep, I knew there were some reasons for not returning a grocery cart that hadn't occurred to me.
the grocery cart is the most commonly-used mobility aid, especially among people who don’t yet realize they would benefit from another form of mobility aid. But it would be helpful if stores would put cart corrals nearer to accessible parking areas instead of in the middle of the parking lot.
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yep, I knew there were some reasons for not returning a grocery cart that hadn't occurred to me.
I'm pretty sure having a baby with you is the only acceptable reason for not returning your grocery cart. Willing to entertain other possibilities. But I do think returning a grocery cart is one of the best tests of whether people will work towards the public good when no one is watching.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I'm pretty sure having a baby with you is the only acceptable reason for not returning your grocery cart. Willing to entertain other possibilities. But I do think returning a grocery cart is one of the best tests of whether people will work towards the public good when no one is watching.