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@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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You know that creative struggle you have in your head when figuring something out and trying to write it out? That’s called thinking!
Nothing to see here other than a university telling its research community that AI can appropriately be used to "generate first drafts."
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February 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
You know that creative struggle you have in your head when figuring something out and trying to write it out? That’s called thinking!
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I was hesitant to even give it oxygen, but then it’s like, this guy had dinner with the president
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I was hesitant to even give it oxygen, but then it’s like, this guy had dinner with the president
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A warning to always keep me well away from the 8th-century Anglo-Saxon Franks Casket, because it just looks too delectable and I can't be held responsible for what happens next
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 AM
A warning to always keep me well away from the 8th-century Anglo-Saxon Franks Casket, because it just looks too delectable and I can't be held responsible for what happens next
“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
A little rainbow shows itself every time the water slams against the seawall along the coast of Beirut.
February 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM
“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
Drill tweet that is a dril tweet
At the age of 58, I’ve bought my first drill. Can it make me a new man? | Adrian Chiles
At the age of 58, I’ve bought my first drill. Can it make me a new man? | Adrian Chiles
Bored with my DIY hopelessness, I’ve decided it’s time I learned some basics, writes Adrian Charles
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Drill tweet that is a dril tweet
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Moderation in all things. Moderationmaxxing.
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Moderation in all things. Moderationmaxxing.
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Everybody stop what you're doing and look at this cat I'm sitting
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Everybody stop what you're doing and look at this cat I'm sitting
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I’m calling for a total and complete shutdown of appending words with “maxxing” until we can figure out what the hell is going on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fibermaxxing Is a Diet Trend Even Nutritionists Can Love
Fiber-boosted sodas, mac and cheese, and even candy are showing up on supermarket shelves.
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I’m calling for a total and complete shutdown of appending words with “maxxing” until we can figure out what the hell is going on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Because of my own bad decisions (fed a squirrel) I must now face dire consequences (being stalked by squirrel).
February 11, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Because of my own bad decisions (fed a squirrel) I must now face dire consequences (being stalked by squirrel).
What a waste that the Olympics are on but my dumb brain is currently only accepting creaky old rizzoli and isles episodes to relax with
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 AM
What a waste that the Olympics are on but my dumb brain is currently only accepting creaky old rizzoli and isles episodes to relax with
Gonna tell my Dante students this is Geryon
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Gonna tell my Dante students this is Geryon
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At the urging of my office, the FAA is rightfully lifting the Temporary Restricted Airspace.
I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas.
I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas.
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Things I have wished I was today:
(1) a new crack in the ice on Lake Erie;
(2) a blue iris;
(3) a Calder sculpture
(1) a new crack in the ice on Lake Erie;
(2) a blue iris;
(3) a Calder sculpture
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Things I have wished I was today:
(1) a new crack in the ice on Lake Erie;
(2) a blue iris;
(3) a Calder sculpture
(1) a new crack in the ice on Lake Erie;
(2) a blue iris;
(3) a Calder sculpture
Read up on what I’d missed in Papadakis and Cizeron news since the last time I hyperfocused on figure skating and now I am sad as hell
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Read up on what I’d missed in Papadakis and Cizeron news since the last time I hyperfocused on figure skating and now I am sad as hell
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CALL FOR PITCHES
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
CALL FOR PITCHES
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
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If you can bring yourself to root for the French ice dancing pair of Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry, you are a very different person than me! www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Woman who accuses Sørensen of sexual assault says comments by French ice dancer ‘create dangerous environment' | CBC Sports
The woman who accused Canadian-Danish figure skater Nikolaj Sørensen of sexual assault says public comments by French
ice dance team Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron create a "dangerous...
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
If you can bring yourself to root for the French ice dancing pair of Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry, you are a very different person than me! www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
Art is powerful
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
Art is powerful
Spent the weekend incapacitated by migraines, may I have a bonus weekend please?
February 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Spent the weekend incapacitated by migraines, may I have a bonus weekend please?
I don’t know about the team event in figure skating, it just doesn’t work for me
February 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I don’t know about the team event in figure skating, it just doesn’t work for me
It’s because there aren’t enough walkable streets in our cities
Songs don't say stuff like "Do wah ditty ditty dum ditty do" anymore. No one's in the mood for that shit
February 8, 2026 at 10:58 PM
It’s because there aren’t enough walkable streets in our cities
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I disagree with Congressman Gonzales that 5-year-old American citizen children are helped in any way by their kindergarten classmates being kisbnapped and disappeared by marked, armed thugs.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I disagree with Congressman Gonzales that 5-year-old American citizen children are helped in any way by their kindergarten classmates being kisbnapped and disappeared by marked, armed thugs.
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
Need a curse bowl for my office
This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Need a curse bowl for my office