Sneak peek:

I'm giving a talk tomorrow from 12:20–1:20. Come by if you like! Distance attendance at:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8676779079....
Meeting ID: 867 6779 0790
Passcode: 287458

Put this rapier together from a 45” Castille blade, a pommel and Thibault-style guard from Darkwood, and a grip that I made from PVC pipe, thermoplastic, and stingray leather.

Me: “Can you give me research leave?”
ODU: “To study AI?”
Me: “Yeeeeeess.”
me: [Actually researches Renaissance and Early Modern occult martial technologies, like a boss.]

(Related: I made this 7’ x 7’ “cercle mysterieux” from instructions in Gerard Thibault’s 1630 rapier manuscript.)

I'm giving a talk tomorrow at 3:30 Eastern. Zoom link below. Come by if you like! It’s based on a scholarly article called “The Bullshit Singularity is Near.” Pic is a sample slide, for a preview of the vibes.

ID: 945 2151 3422
Passcode: 659054

These new AI summaries are going to help me be so much more productive. Also, bonus: neither of these texts is about a bird or about napping, so that’s exciting.

Anyone watch the new Derrida adaptation yet?

Teaching Merleau-Ponty, BRB.

As we begin a new year, I’ve been thinking about how at this point in my life I only have one thing on my bucket list.

Shocked this is legal; joining PETA immediately.

Class prep notes that I’m sharing with students. Would’ve stuck to English if I’d planned on providing them.

Thank goodness I have a smartwatch so that I can get important alerts immediately.