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...
I heard a new (to me) song in the top 40 for this week in 1980. A solid little pop-country song called "Lost Her in the Sun." Always such a nice surprise.
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I heard a new (to me) song in the top 40 for this week in 1980. A solid little pop-country song called "Lost Her in the Sun." Always such a nice surprise.
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Hey Solo TTRPG makers!! I'm looking to play a couple games on stream to tip my toes into solo games 👀 Call it a promo thread - what's a solo game that either you or a friend have made, and what about it do you think should be shown to the world? (Or at least my chat 😅)
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Hey Solo TTRPG makers!! I'm looking to play a couple games on stream to tip my toes into solo games 👀 Call it a promo thread - what's a solo game that either you or a friend have made, and what about it do you think should be shown to the world? (Or at least my chat 😅)
Sometimes the archives bring so much joy. I'm sorry Billy Rose was a lousy lay, Miss Julian, but I'm so glad you shared your experience for posterity.
February 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Sometimes the archives bring so much joy. I'm sorry Billy Rose was a lousy lay, Miss Julian, but I'm so glad you shared your experience for posterity.
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There's overlap with @beckyhammer.bsky.social 's thread but I recommend reading both of you want all the references
Petra and Vanessa are back today with a guide to last night's show in @rollingstone.com! Read this, then grab their book from @dukepress.bsky.social!
"But Bad Bunny always finds a way to get many complex messages in his performances, just as he does with his songs."
"But Bad Bunny always finds a way to get many complex messages in his performances, just as he does with his songs."
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
There's overlap with @beckyhammer.bsky.social 's thread but I recommend reading both of you want all the references
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wellesley has offered this class for years! catalog.wellesley.edu/course.php?p...
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
wellesley has offered this class for years! catalog.wellesley.edu/course.php?p...
Excited for the American Studies syllabus that's going to come out of that halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Excited for the American Studies syllabus that's going to come out of that halftime show
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The oldest known image of an owl:
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
February 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The oldest known image of an owl:
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
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Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...
February 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...
I signed a contract with Columbia UP for my New York Hippodrome book! A long way to go before it's completed, but I want to pause a moment for celebration. 🎉
February 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I signed a contract with Columbia UP for my New York Hippodrome book! A long way to go before it's completed, but I want to pause a moment for celebration. 🎉
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Waiting for kickoff… ⏳🏈
Go wayback & play FOOTBALL FOR WINDOWS (Windows 3.1, 1994), made by an ex-college player.
You're the Coach. Pressure's on 😬
📋 Call the plays. Try not to blow it as the clock runs out! ⏱️
Preserved and emulated in the browser ➡️ archive.org/details/FOOTFW
#SuperBowl
Go wayback & play FOOTBALL FOR WINDOWS (Windows 3.1, 1994), made by an ex-college player.
You're the Coach. Pressure's on 😬
📋 Call the plays. Try not to blow it as the clock runs out! ⏱️
Preserved and emulated in the browser ➡️ archive.org/details/FOOTFW
#SuperBowl
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Waiting for kickoff… ⏳🏈
Go wayback & play FOOTBALL FOR WINDOWS (Windows 3.1, 1994), made by an ex-college player.
You're the Coach. Pressure's on 😬
📋 Call the plays. Try not to blow it as the clock runs out! ⏱️
Preserved and emulated in the browser ➡️ archive.org/details/FOOTFW
#SuperBowl
Go wayback & play FOOTBALL FOR WINDOWS (Windows 3.1, 1994), made by an ex-college player.
You're the Coach. Pressure's on 😬
📋 Call the plays. Try not to blow it as the clock runs out! ⏱️
Preserved and emulated in the browser ➡️ archive.org/details/FOOTFW
#SuperBowl
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Bernie is smiling because Vera ebooks are on sale for just $1.99 until February 11th!!! All proceeds to go directly into his long dachshund tummy. It’s a win-woof situation
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Bernie is smiling because Vera ebooks are on sale for just $1.99 until February 11th!!! All proceeds to go directly into his long dachshund tummy. It’s a win-woof situation
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Kristy Coventry is not only the President of the IOC, she's also an Auburn grad.
Higher. Faster. War damn eagle.
Higher. Faster. War damn eagle.
February 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Kristy Coventry is not only the President of the IOC, she's also an Auburn grad.
Higher. Faster. War damn eagle.
Higher. Faster. War damn eagle.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
My one quibble with the new Muppet Show is there's too much of Kermit singing. Otherwise wonderful.
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 AM
My one quibble with the new Muppet Show is there's too much of Kermit singing. Otherwise wonderful.
Having a pretty good day until a student spotted me in the hallway singing both parts of a Les Miz song to myself.
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Having a pretty good day until a student spotted me in the hallway singing both parts of a Les Miz song to myself.
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Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
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I collected ~416 Jim Crow Statutes in Alabama, 1876-1903. Here is a link to the Google Drive folder containing the Excel spreadsheet, MS Word Project Explainer, and AL course of study lesson plans for grades 4&11.Pls use freely https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TjEqwwlaL7NtfCLTxcAGL77oPz-aip9e
November 16, 2024 at 3:25 PM
I collected ~416 Jim Crow Statutes in Alabama, 1876-1903. Here is a link to the Google Drive folder containing the Excel spreadsheet, MS Word Project Explainer, and AL course of study lesson plans for grades 4&11.Pls use freely https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TjEqwwlaL7NtfCLTxcAGL77oPz-aip9e
Well, that book was deeply unsatisfying and super mid, but I'm glad I read it.
January 31, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Well, that book was deeply unsatisfying and super mid, but I'm glad I read it.
Ok y'all, I had a solid 30-minute doom scroll on here before I could snap out of my panic trance. (Guess I'm Team Freeze.) But I got a notification for the new George Saunders on my library app, so I'm going to log off and go read that. Please be kind to yourself, my fellow panic metabolizers.
January 30, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Ok y'all, I had a solid 30-minute doom scroll on here before I could snap out of my panic trance. (Guess I'm Team Freeze.) But I got a notification for the new George Saunders on my library app, so I'm going to log off and go read that. Please be kind to yourself, my fellow panic metabolizers.
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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.
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Anyway.
There's no legit reason to stop using Signal.
Block all those Alt government accounts as they're grifters/trash.
This has been a strong suggestion from your pal Laurel who is too tired to explain right now if you question her.
There's no legit reason to stop using Signal.
Block all those Alt government accounts as they're grifters/trash.
This has been a strong suggestion from your pal Laurel who is too tired to explain right now if you question her.
January 28, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Anyway.
There's no legit reason to stop using Signal.
Block all those Alt government accounts as they're grifters/trash.
This has been a strong suggestion from your pal Laurel who is too tired to explain right now if you question her.
There's no legit reason to stop using Signal.
Block all those Alt government accounts as they're grifters/trash.
This has been a strong suggestion from your pal Laurel who is too tired to explain right now if you question her.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
As a late edition to the syllabus of haters, may I add "Sahara of the Bozart?" Mencken is a top-tier hater, imho.
I feel certain that bluesky could immediately compile a syllabus. Feel free to reply with it now in fact
It's at least partially the hard cider talking but now I really want to explore a degree in hater studies.
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 AM
As a late edition to the syllabus of haters, may I add "Sahara of the Bozart?" Mencken is a top-tier hater, imho.
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