祖思薪 Eugenia Zuroski
@zugenia.bsky.social
English and Cultural Studies prof; poet; editor of @ecfjournal.bsky.social. Thinking in semiotic squares and cosmological circles. she/they/we
Pinned
A Funny Thing | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
For your holiday shopping pleasure: A FUNNY THING is available in paperback, and you can get 20% off with the code ENGLITR26
Go get her!
Go get her!
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Books, bitches!
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Books, bitches!
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ZINES ZINES ZINES
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
ZINES ZINES ZINES
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Incredible victory! After years of organizing across Canada, Scotia Bank has divested from Elbit Systems!
Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Scotiabank’s 1832 Asset Management sells last shares in Israeli military supplier Elbit
Bank faced criticism for investment, including high-profile protests at the Giller Prize
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Incredible victory! After years of organizing across Canada, Scotia Bank has divested from Elbit Systems!
Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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the "left" broadly advocated for open access community owned gigabit fiber networks while the right coddled monopoly access to the detriment of progress and affordability for four decades
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 12:27 PM
the "left" broadly advocated for open access community owned gigabit fiber networks while the right coddled monopoly access to the detriment of progress and affordability for four decades
Just thinking about the time @derekbjenkins.bsky.social said lovingly to me, “You’re a lyric poet, baby, and there’s nothing wrong with that”
February 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just thinking about the time @derekbjenkins.bsky.social said lovingly to me, “You’re a lyric poet, baby, and there’s nothing wrong with that”
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Essaka Joshua’s wonderful study Disability and the Gothic has just been published! Even better, it’s free online from today until the 3rd March 2026:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
@igagoths.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
@igagoths.bsky.social
Disability and the Gothic
Cambridge Core - English Literature: General Interest - Disability and the Gothic
www.cambridge.org
February 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Essaka Joshua’s wonderful study Disability and the Gothic has just been published! Even better, it’s free online from today until the 3rd March 2026:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
@igagoths.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
@igagoths.bsky.social
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www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Myself and @sesmith.lol and others were interviewed for the Lancet’s obituary of our friend Alice. <3
Myself and @sesmith.lol and others were interviewed for the Lancet’s obituary of our friend Alice. <3
Alice Wong
Writer, editor, and disability justice activist. Born on March 27, 1974 in Indianapolis,
IN, USA, she died from an infection on Nov 14, 2025 in San Francisco, CA, USA, aged
51 years.
www.thelancet.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:08 AM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Myself and @sesmith.lol and others were interviewed for the Lancet’s obituary of our friend Alice. <3
Myself and @sesmith.lol and others were interviewed for the Lancet’s obituary of our friend Alice. <3
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appalling theft of public funds as corporate welfare for the kleptoplagiarism cognitive decapacitating machine
My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access
Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.
www.axios.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
appalling theft of public funds as corporate welfare for the kleptoplagiarism cognitive decapacitating machine
I always thought Everybody Loves Me But You was Juliana Hatfield’s most Leo song, but maybe it’s Star (complimentary)
February 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I always thought Everybody Loves Me But You was Juliana Hatfield’s most Leo song, but maybe it’s Star (complimentary)
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Not a lot to be proud of as an American these days, but I admit to feeling a swell of pride when I see an extremely normal person setting fire to a planned concentration camp
that’s a wine mom imo. we count those
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Not a lot to be proud of as an American these days, but I admit to feeling a swell of pride when I see an extremely normal person setting fire to a planned concentration camp
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If the United States was founded, then it is a fiction. And if it is a fiction, then its story requires tellers and listeners. And if it requires listeners, a public, an audience, then we can refuse to hear, to heed, its telling.
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
If the United States was founded, then it is a fiction. And if it is a fiction, then its story requires tellers and listeners. And if it requires listeners, a public, an audience, then we can refuse to hear, to heed, its telling.
Why do I love teaching at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social? Well yesterday a biochem major who’s taking my 18th-century lit class came to my office hours to talk with me about MY BOOK which she IS READING out of SHEER INTEREST ✨
February 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Why do I love teaching at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social? Well yesterday a biochem major who’s taking my 18th-century lit class came to my office hours to talk with me about MY BOOK which she IS READING out of SHEER INTEREST ✨
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“It was at least the fourth such event in two days among Fayette County Public Schools. On Tuesday, between 200 and 250 students at Lexington’s Paul Laurence Dunbar High School participated in a walkout to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
More FCPS students stage walkouts to protest ICE. Additional protests planned
Students at Lexington’s Bryan Station High School staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest ICE
amp.kentucky.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
“It was at least the fourth such event in two days among Fayette County Public Schools. On Tuesday, between 200 and 250 students at Lexington’s Paul Laurence Dunbar High School participated in a walkout to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
I love this, @liederfollower.bsky.social!! Thank you for sharing the love! ❤️✊❤️
Had the BEST time with lovely students this afternoon working on @ecfjournal.bsky.social special issue, "Refusing Eighteenth-Century Fictions", edited by @zugenia.bsky.social and @profchander.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I love this, @liederfollower.bsky.social!! Thank you for sharing the love! ❤️✊❤️
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DEVELOPING: All flights in El Paso, Texas have been grounded from Feb 10, 11:30PM to Feb 20, 11:30PM. No further details were given.
El Paso is location for Camp East Montana, an ICE detention facility the ACLU calls "largest internment facility in US." Two cases of TB & 19 covid detected 2/09.
El Paso is location for Camp East Montana, an ICE detention facility the ACLU calls "largest internment facility in US." Two cases of TB & 19 covid detected 2/09.
'What on Earth Is Going On?': FAA Grounds All Flights in El Paso, Texas | "So this is really strange. No reason given. No one, not even military users, were apparently given advanced warning. Aside from 9/11, I can't remember anything like that."
'What on Earth Is Going On?': FAA Grounds All Flights in El Paso, Texas
"No reason given. No one, not even military users, were apparently given advanced warning," said one veteran journalist. "Aside from 9/11, I can't remember anything like that."
www.commondreams.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
DEVELOPING: All flights in El Paso, Texas have been grounded from Feb 10, 11:30PM to Feb 20, 11:30PM. No further details were given.
El Paso is location for Camp East Montana, an ICE detention facility the ACLU calls "largest internment facility in US." Two cases of TB & 19 covid detected 2/09.
El Paso is location for Camp East Montana, an ICE detention facility the ACLU calls "largest internment facility in US." Two cases of TB & 19 covid detected 2/09.
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A sudden 10 day closure of airspace in a major US city like El Paso should be THE STORY, with nothing else getting any air time until at minimum someone within the US government says what’s happening and why.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
A sudden 10 day closure of airspace in a major US city like El Paso should be THE STORY, with nothing else getting any air time until at minimum someone within the US government says what’s happening and why.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
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Last two days to fill this out. I've just done it. It took me about 20 minutes.
As Amnesty International put it, "the most significant assessment made of responses to Government consultations is often about little more than how many people agreed or disagreed with what is proposed."
As Amnesty International put it, "the most significant assessment made of responses to Government consultations is often about little more than how many people agreed or disagreed with what is proposed."
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Last two days to fill this out. I've just done it. It took me about 20 minutes.
As Amnesty International put it, "the most significant assessment made of responses to Government consultations is often about little more than how many people agreed or disagreed with what is proposed."
As Amnesty International put it, "the most significant assessment made of responses to Government consultations is often about little more than how many people agreed or disagreed with what is proposed."
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This consultation closes at 11:59 pm tomorrow.
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
This consultation closes at 11:59 pm tomorrow.
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Something compelled me to make this
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Something compelled me to make this
YOU JUST FOLD IT IN, DAVID
Our snow is at the gently folded stage. ❄️✨
February 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
YOU JUST FOLD IT IN, DAVID
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
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Getting Elizabeth Holmes vibes here
“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Getting Elizabeth Holmes vibes here
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February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM