Gunner Taylor
@gct.bsky.social
Looking for a second act in American academic life
Wake Up Dead Man is the second coming of Benoit Blanc (and Rian Johnson)
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Wake Up Dead Man is the second coming of Benoit Blanc (and Rian Johnson)
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I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
It's actually sometimes good to not be invited to something
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Bush, Biden and former vice presidents honor Dick Cheney, while Trump, Vance snubbed for funeral invitation | CNN Politics
Political figures from across the aisle gathered Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's actually sometimes good to not be invited to something
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Quiet Time! in the Labor Market
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Quiet Time! in the Labor Market
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New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New insult to life itself just dropped
this is evil
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.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
this is evil
Adulthood is embracing watching half of a movie and then finishing it the next day
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Adulthood is embracing watching half of a movie and then finishing it the next day
This has backfired on the Trump admin so spectacularly you'd think Elon was involved
Sean Dunn, aka DC Sandwich Guy, speaks outside court after his not guilty verdict:
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This has backfired on the Trump admin so spectacularly you'd think Elon was involved
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
The Gray Lady (belongs in the home)
By Ross Douthat
By Ross Douthat
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Gray Lady (belongs in the home)
By Ross Douthat
By Ross Douthat
Search begins for exciting and fresh octogenarian to carry on Pelosi's legacy
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Search begins for exciting and fresh octogenarian to carry on Pelosi's legacy
Very exciting book coming soon!
Excited to reveal the cover of my book, MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN FICTION, which is available for pre-order now!
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Very exciting book coming soon!
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can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
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Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the answer to a machine is lazy and rude. Just answer them yourself.
Your Friend Asked You a Question. Don't Copy and Paste an Answer From a Chatbot
Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the answer to a machine is lazy and rude. Just answer them yourself.
wrd.cm
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the answer to a machine is lazy and rude. Just answer them yourself.
What your opponents on the academic job market are like:
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
What your opponents on the academic job market are like:
My Lyft driver just asked if I minded if he stopped at Dunkin on the way to my destination
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My Lyft driver just asked if I minded if he stopped at Dunkin on the way to my destination
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Bodega Cat Approved!
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Bodega Cat Approved!
What do you think the backlash is to AI if not a labor movement?
Imagine you time travel back to 1847 and you find the left response to industrialization is a) machines will never be as good as human weavers or b) we need to copyright loom patterns or c) it’s a speculative bubble.
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
November 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
What do you think the backlash is to AI if not a labor movement?
Finally someone is doing something about the big problems in the US: the decor of the bathroom in the Lincoln Bedroom
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Finally someone is doing something about the big problems in the US: the decor of the bathroom in the Lincoln Bedroom
What did they update their relationship status on Facebook or something?
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What did they update their relationship status on Facebook or something?
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well this kicks ass www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
well this kicks ass www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Incredibly important labels
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Incredibly important labels
A Marxist goes to a therapist: I don't know what's wrong with me doc, every day I get home from work too tired to reproduce the conditions of my labor power
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A Marxist goes to a therapist: I don't know what's wrong with me doc, every day I get home from work too tired to reproduce the conditions of my labor power