Nate Wolff
@natewolff.bsky.social
Professor of heterodox humanistic cetology
ummm it was actually Walt Whitman who first called a NYC ferry the friendship express
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
ummm it was actually Walt Whitman who first called a NYC ferry the friendship express
this is also the phrase I used to start my Émile Zola reading marathon
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
this is also the phrase I used to start my Émile Zola reading marathon
Pleased to announce it was crotch comparison day in Whitman class.
#pedagogy #crotch @genoways.bsky.social
#pedagogy #crotch @genoways.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Pleased to announce it was crotch comparison day in Whitman class.
#pedagogy #crotch @genoways.bsky.social
#pedagogy #crotch @genoways.bsky.social
Everybody's talking about the vaguely mystical masturbatory subculture where doomed young men find self-destructive community.
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Everybody's talking about the vaguely mystical masturbatory subculture where doomed young men find self-destructive community.
“Migaloo” is a great name for an albino whale don’t get me wrong. just wonder if they’ve considered adding the extra taxonomic precision, not to mention a certain je ne sais quoi, that comes with a hyphenated phallic abbreviation of a common man’s name.
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“Migaloo” is a great name for an albino whale don’t get me wrong. just wonder if they’ve considered adding the extra taxonomic precision, not to mention a certain je ne sais quoi, that comes with a hyphenated phallic abbreviation of a common man’s name.
RIP Thoreau you would've loved zillow
October 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
RIP Thoreau you would've loved zillow
Lots of options but let's go classic on this one and say that time we shitposted so hard they put it in a peer reviewed journal and then that issue won a prize 🐳
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Lots of options but let's go classic on this one and say that time we shitposted so hard they put it in a peer reviewed journal and then that issue won a prize 🐳
👉 👈 What if we kissed in a bar brawl ☺️ setting in motion a fundamental tension or conflict about cycles of violence and how hard it is to break them 🤭
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
👉 👈 What if we kissed in a bar brawl ☺️ setting in motion a fundamental tension or conflict about cycles of violence and how hard it is to break them 🤭
no disrespect but is your supposedly exciting "archival find" more impressive than this?
September 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
no disrespect but is your supposedly exciting "archival find" more impressive than this?
[new Isaac Chotiner interview]
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
[new Isaac Chotiner interview]
pretty sad AI flubbed this gimme
September 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
pretty sad AI flubbed this gimme
A student emailed me to ask what "affect theory" is and I responded. iykyk
September 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A student emailed me to ask what "affect theory" is and I responded. iykyk
❤️ I’m not saying I was the first to make this joke but I’m not not saying it.
September 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
❤️ I’m not saying I was the first to make this joke but I’m not not saying it.
My pal Pete has written a mad, obsessive, ambitious book about how everything comes down to one thing, and I can’t wait to read it!!
(even though the one thing in question is not, as one might naturally assume, a specific albino fish)
(even though the one thing in question is not, as one might naturally assume, a specific albino fish)
September 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My pal Pete has written a mad, obsessive, ambitious book about how everything comes down to one thing, and I can’t wait to read it!!
(even though the one thing in question is not, as one might naturally assume, a specific albino fish)
(even though the one thing in question is not, as one might naturally assume, a specific albino fish)
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nature” (1836)
September 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nature” (1836)
first day of teaching fit check
September 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
first day of teaching fit check
I smashed that follow button so fast.
August 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I smashed that follow button so fast.
Joyce, THANK YOU ❤️
August 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Joyce, THANK YOU ❤️
Sorry if you "completed" Zohran's scavenger hunt and got chai and a meet-n-greet you actually missed the last clue which led to a cask on a pier in lower manhattan containing a sacred text unlocking the secrets of socialism.
August 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Sorry if you "completed" Zohran's scavenger hunt and got chai and a meet-n-greet you actually missed the last clue which led to a cask on a pier in lower manhattan containing a sacred text unlocking the secrets of socialism.
ummmm Moby-Dick *is* a story about fishing and in fact about *how* fishing *is itself* quite a bit darker and weirder than you might think..and fairly Leftist
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ummmm Moby-Dick *is* a story about fishing and in fact about *how* fishing *is itself* quite a bit darker and weirder than you might think..and fairly Leftist
turns out someone on facebook re-posted an old course poster I made to the Melville Society page, which explains why I suddenly got a bunch of emails from strangers demanding a doubloon.
August 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
turns out someone on facebook re-posted an old course poster I made to the Melville Society page, which explains why I suddenly got a bunch of emails from strangers demanding a doubloon.
I did directly weigh in, but less efficiently
August 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I did directly weigh in, but less efficiently