Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch
@troynovaunt.bsky.social
she/her. English literature, medievalist, singer in the band, recovering indoor cat. In both research and life, resisting being reductive about religion. I don’t speak for my institution, and it doesn’t speak for me. Expect posts about academic freedom.
Pinned
Immigration is good, actually.
Look on my works ye mighty and despair
The crown of Empress Eugénie was one of nine invaluable royal ornaments snatched by burglars during the Louvre heist in October, but the thieves dropped it on the sidewalk before making their escape. The Louvre announced it will soon invite restorers to submit proposals for the crown’s repair.
The Louvre Thieves Dropped This Priceless Crown. Now It Looks Like This.
Empress Eugénie’s crown was left lying on the sidewalk after the Louvre Museum heist in October. The museum has now released pictures of the damage.
nyti.ms
February 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Look on my works ye mighty and despair
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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I am not exaggerating: Removing this webpage warning against fake autism "treatments" will kill autistic people.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
FDA Removes Warning Page About Dangerous Autism Treatments
Autism researchers question motivations for latest HHS changes, including the new IACC
www.medpagetoday.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I am not exaggerating: Removing this webpage warning against fake autism "treatments" will kill autistic people.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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They’ve been on this for a minute. More teaching + post tenure review (and contracts) plus ai supercharged productivity surveillance tools also makes professors more vulnerable to student evals, which gives admin more power to fire you. That’s the plan.
"Imposing minimum teaching requirements...has been touted as a way to cut costs and 'better focus university resources in the classroom,' .... The notion is also gaining steam in conservative circles as a means of ensuring faculty productivity and curbing 'intellectually unserious' research."
The Campaign to Make Professors Teach More
Lawmakers say faculty members don’t work enough. Is this about productivity or punishment?
www.chronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
They’ve been on this for a minute. More teaching + post tenure review (and contracts) plus ai supercharged productivity surveillance tools also makes professors more vulnerable to student evals, which gives admin more power to fire you. That’s the plan.
What’s the Churchill line about Americans always doing the right thing after exhausting all other possible options?
Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed.
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
What’s the Churchill line about Americans always doing the right thing after exhausting all other possible options?
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The destruction of independent media outlets and the attempts to bring higher education to heel are part of a united authoritarian strategy designed to destroy checks on their propaganda.
February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The destruction of independent media outlets and the attempts to bring higher education to heel are part of a united authoritarian strategy designed to destroy checks on their propaganda.
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how do you mourn for a lost generation of knowledge, talent, mentorship, institutional memory, etc. ongoing across so many fields
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
how do you mourn for a lost generation of knowledge, talent, mentorship, institutional memory, etc. ongoing across so many fields
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The hallmark (the “brand”) of the Washington Post has been accountability journalism. Thus, today’s staff decimation is Bezos’s greatest gift to Trump, so much more valuable than the Melania movie, inauguration money, etc. This disaster began, for real, with the Harris endorsement he killed.
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The hallmark (the “brand”) of the Washington Post has been accountability journalism. Thus, today’s staff decimation is Bezos’s greatest gift to Trump, so much more valuable than the Melania movie, inauguration money, etc. This disaster began, for real, with the Harris endorsement he killed.
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1/ One reason that universities are so vexing for Trump and his band of fascists is because they, unlike newspapers and TV networks, are not for sale. Capital alone cannot acquire, loot, and dismantle universities. State power is needed and even then universities can partially resist.
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
February 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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The gods literally made up a guy for him to be mad at but he was STILL a menace
Poor humbaba. Gilgamesh was a menace
February 4, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The gods literally made up a guy for him to be mad at but he was STILL a menace
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No matter the breed, every dog has one of three default dispositions:
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
February 4, 2026 at 3:35 AM
No matter the breed, every dog has one of three default dispositions:
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
Who up addressing their cat as “sir”
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Who up addressing their cat as “sir”
Unironically this was the experience of watching ANCIENT EARTH on NOVA
absolutely losing it when the iron precipitates out of the sea 2.45 billion years ago
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Unironically this was the experience of watching ANCIENT EARTH on NOVA
Still stumped by this one. I had paired it with Eisner’s New York: The Big City. Astro City volume 1 is also hard to source. Should I just give up and screen DARK CITY?
In the three weeks since I adopted it for my class, the original run of MISTER X went from costing $25 new on Amazon to $80-100 used. Does anyone have any suggestions or do I just need to pick a new book?
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Still stumped by this one. I had paired it with Eisner’s New York: The Big City. Astro City volume 1 is also hard to source. Should I just give up and screen DARK CITY?
Valorously trying to mute a bunch of discourses
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Valorously trying to mute a bunch of discourses
Cool. Cool. Coolcoolcoolcoolcool
Quite a kicker here @nikobowie.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Cool. Cool. Coolcoolcoolcoolcool
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"Guys, I know we've got learning outcomes, but who should we be before each other and before God in the United States today?" is just burning in the back of my head 24/7 these days.
February 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"Guys, I know we've got learning outcomes, but who should we be before each other and before God in the United States today?" is just burning in the back of my head 24/7 these days.
In the three weeks since I adopted it for my class, the original run of MISTER X went from costing $25 new on Amazon to $80-100 used. Does anyone have any suggestions or do I just need to pick a new book?
February 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
In the three weeks since I adopted it for my class, the original run of MISTER X went from costing $25 new on Amazon to $80-100 used. Does anyone have any suggestions or do I just need to pick a new book?
I would be sad if he knocked the Kennedy Center down
February 2, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I would be sad if he knocked the Kennedy Center down
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taught Pangur Bán today in my undergrad medieval animals course. Everyone loves this ninth-century Old Irish poem about a white cat and monk each hunting, one for mice, the other for textual meaning. Without knowing the scholarship, I'd wager than at least popularly, it's taken as just that. 1/4
February 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
taught Pangur Bán today in my undergrad medieval animals course. Everyone loves this ninth-century Old Irish poem about a white cat and monk each hunting, one for mice, the other for textual meaning. Without knowing the scholarship, I'd wager than at least popularly, it's taken as just that. 1/4
Students who did a commonplace book in class with me last semester were visibly excited when I introduced the assignment in a new class this semester! They then eagerly helped explain it to the other students!
February 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Students who did a commonplace book in class with me last semester were visibly excited when I introduced the assignment in a new class this semester! They then eagerly helped explain it to the other students!
My strong temperamental bent toward wanting to understand everything I come across is really being challenged by the whole tech turn we’re in these days
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February 2, 2026 at 8:56 PM
My strong temperamental bent toward wanting to understand everything I come across is really being challenged by the whole tech turn we’re in these days