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.
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Immigration is good, actually.
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I can reassure the New York Times that networks of mutual protection, and misogynist retaliation efforts that benefit abusive men at the expense of the young women they prey upon, are very much still intact post-Me Too.
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I can reassure the New York Times that networks of mutual protection, and misogynist retaliation efforts that benefit abusive men at the expense of the young women they prey upon, are very much still intact post-Me Too.
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“Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.”
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I have no special stake in Harvard's reputation, except that if a broad public becomes cynical about the forms of authority that come from a well-resourced university, that's bad news for a lot of other people.
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I have no special stake in Harvard's reputation, except that if a broad public becomes cynical about the forms of authority that come from a well-resourced university, that's bad news for a lot of other people.
I love that the pope clearly hates the algorithms as much as I do
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I love that the pope clearly hates the algorithms as much as I do
Oh no, I forgot to celebrate yesterday!!!
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for 30 Seconds Before Vanishing Day to all who observe.
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oh no, I forgot to celebrate yesterday!!!
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Otter Demands Getting Wrapped Like A Burrito After Bathtime | The Dodo
YouTube video by The Dodo
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November 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
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Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
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"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
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combining the humanities, social sciences, and climate science into our new School of AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
combining the humanities, social sciences, and climate science into our new School of AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Yeah, I’m gonna call it. Being a department chair is absolutely trashing my mental health and there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it.
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Yeah, I’m gonna call it. Being a department chair is absolutely trashing my mental health and there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it.
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📚 Academic Freedom: A Brief History📚
Check out this awesome event featuring Joan Wallach Scott and Alex Gourevitch, organized by AAUP - Brown!
November 17, 7:30pm ET over Zoom
Register via QR code in graphic
@aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
Check out this awesome event featuring Joan Wallach Scott and Alex Gourevitch, organized by AAUP - Brown!
November 17, 7:30pm ET over Zoom
Register via QR code in graphic
@aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
📚 Academic Freedom: A Brief History📚
Check out this awesome event featuring Joan Wallach Scott and Alex Gourevitch, organized by AAUP - Brown!
November 17, 7:30pm ET over Zoom
Register via QR code in graphic
@aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
Check out this awesome event featuring Joan Wallach Scott and Alex Gourevitch, organized by AAUP - Brown!
November 17, 7:30pm ET over Zoom
Register via QR code in graphic
@aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
What’s the tweet about feeling bad for the country but this is tremendous content?
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What’s the tweet about feeling bad for the country but this is tremendous content?
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
A really good book almost always makes me feel at least a little bit this way
I am reading Ulysses by James Joyce and as it turns out I don't know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A really good book almost always makes me feel at least a little bit this way
Pretty sure I’ve seen that horror movie
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Pretty sure I’ve seen that horror movie
Did…did the graphic have to look like that?
Trump is the single most mentioned name in the 2,300 emails released.
The emails date back to 2009.
The emails date back to 2009.
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Did…did the graphic have to look like that?
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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This seems to be a common misconception. *There is nowhere to go* for most faculty & staff. The academic labor market is incredibly inflexible even in good times, we haven't been in good times for decades, and we're now in a *contracting* phase, not expanding. For most people, there's nowhere to go.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This seems to be a common misconception. *There is nowhere to go* for most faculty & staff. The academic labor market is incredibly inflexible even in good times, we haven't been in good times for decades, and we're now in a *contracting* phase, not expanding. For most people, there's nowhere to go.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Sudden sense memory of wanting to drink hand sanitizer during MeToo
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sudden sense memory of wanting to drink hand sanitizer during MeToo
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Why does Clarissa, the largest Penguin, not simply eat the other Penguins?
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Why does Clarissa, the largest Penguin, not simply eat the other Penguins?
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