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sex & murder & semiotic theory (elves & doomed revolutionaries & kpop men). arriviste & vauquelin & dianize on ao3.
put my name down on the love meme… managed to mistype ao3 gdgdbaby.dreamwidth.org/314179.html?...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
God, this final batch of semester's marking has been very dispiriting re: AI usage by students.
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
God, this final batch of semester's marking has been very dispiriting re: AI usage by students.
Every FaceTime with my beloved nephew (16 months) ends with him falling or crashing into something as his ambitious reach exceeds his grasp and my sister being like, babe, I have to go, byeeeee
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Every FaceTime with my beloved nephew (16 months) ends with him falling or crashing into something as his ambitious reach exceeds his grasp and my sister being like, babe, I have to go, byeeeee
Amazingly, it’s finally been long enough since I submitted my PhD thesis (5+ years) that I can actually reread and enjoy it without feeling queasy.
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Amazingly, it’s finally been long enough since I submitted my PhD thesis (5+ years) that I can actually reread and enjoy it without feeling queasy.
I was going to buy myself a little present for this difficult year (earrings? new purse?) but now I’m eyeing up a miniature of Napoléon www.europeanantiques.co.nz/product/2-mi...
A pair of Napoleon Bonaparte miniatures
A pair of French finely hand painted 19th century Quality Miniature Paintings of Napoleon Bonaparte (Born 1769 - Died 1821). I can not be certain of the painted background material but it will be ivo...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I was going to buy myself a little present for this difficult year (earrings? new purse?) but now I’m eyeing up a miniature of Napoléon www.europeanantiques.co.nz/product/2-mi...
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May i wake up tomorrow to more dead war criminals and angry billionaires
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
May i wake up tomorrow to more dead war criminals and angry billionaires
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
Peony season + Halloween cookie
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Peony season + Halloween cookie
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how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
Art heists may sound glamorous, but stealing priceless cultural artifacts doesn't always pay off like you'd expect. We talked with a veteran art thief, a lawyer, and an expert on heist economics.
A few things to consider before committing a museum heist
Art heists may sound glamorous, but stealing priceless cultural artifacts doesn't always pay off like you'd expect. We talked with a veteran art thief, a lawyer, and an expert on heist economics.
n.pr
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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October 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I’m recovering from a procedure on Tuesday/Wednesday, please rec books and long fic? 🩷
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I’m recovering from a procedure on Tuesday/Wednesday, please rec books and long fic? 🩷
I've been keeping a bottle of cold brew in my office for an emergency and we're in the second to last week of the teaching semester, I'm breaking the seal
October 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I've been keeping a bottle of cold brew in my office for an emergency and we're in the second to last week of the teaching semester, I'm breaking the seal
There's so much marking in my life but my brain is starting to bud with spring and to think about writing again.
October 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There's so much marking in my life but my brain is starting to bud with spring and to think about writing again.
The horrible vicious circle of procrastination: I don’t want to do the thing, I want to be free of the thing, but the only way to be free of the thing is to do the thing
October 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The horrible vicious circle of procrastination: I don’t want to do the thing, I want to be free of the thing, but the only way to be free of the thing is to do the thing
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"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost
October 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost
It’s the best time of the year — peonies are in season, the first cherry blossom blooming in my front yard
October 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It’s the best time of the year — peonies are in season, the first cherry blossom blooming in my front yard
just came across a description of one of gerard manley hopkins' terrible sonnets as ”a kind of cursed croissant, a damned doughnut' in a scholarly article. incroyable.
homer simpson is holding a plate with a donut on it .
ALT: homer simpson is holding a plate with a donut on it .
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October 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
just came across a description of one of gerard manley hopkins' terrible sonnets as ”a kind of cursed croissant, a damned doughnut' in a scholarly article. incroyable.
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
The automatic transcription on my lectures rendering ‘haecceity’ as ‘high Casati’ throughout is really. A thing.
October 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The automatic transcription on my lectures rendering ‘haecceity’ as ‘high Casati’ throughout is really. A thing.
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Pico! Tall, gorgeous, great hair, a genius, arrogant af.
Had so much fun with this piece.
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Had so much fun with this piece.
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Erin Maglaque · Thishereness: Pico in Purgatory
Pico’s Oration contravenes the very idea of human possibility that we think the Renaissance is about – yet we think...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Pico! Tall, gorgeous, great hair, a genius, arrogant af.
Had so much fun with this piece.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Had so much fun with this piece.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I already notice this grading essays. Issues of grammar and punctuation are charmingly human to me now.
In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
October 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I already notice this grading essays. Issues of grammar and punctuation are charmingly human to me now.