Nathaniel Williams
@nathanielwms.bsky.social
Teaches technical & science writing at UC Davis / studies weird C19 literature and pulps
No kings, except the album “King Sh*t and the Golden Boys” by Guided by Voices (1995)
June 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
No kings, except the album “King Sh*t and the Golden Boys” by Guided by Voices (1995)
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There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
Between quarters at UC Davis. Three short stories submitted yesterday. PowerPoint sent to next week’s conference too.
March 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Between quarters at UC Davis. Three short stories submitted yesterday. PowerPoint sent to next week’s conference too.
View from my parents’ kitchen window near Kansas City earlier this week.
February 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
View from my parents’ kitchen window near Kansas City earlier this week.
Signal bump re: student loans and new admin protectborrowers.org/trump-vought...
Trump, Vought, and Musk Team Up to Abandon Students and Borrowers, Illegally Fire Top Student Loan Industry Watchdog - Student Borrower Protection Center
By eliminating the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman, the President is making clear his crusade to “delete” the CFPB is a gift to corporations and a betrayal of working families.
protectborrowers.org
February 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Signal bump re: student loans and new admin protectborrowers.org/trump-vought...
Out with youngest supporting my hometown team.
February 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Out with youngest supporting my hometown team.
Visited one of my oldest friends in Tucson this week. Sharing music recs since first grade. Causing trouble about as long.
February 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Visited one of my oldest friends in Tucson this week. Sharing music recs since first grade. Causing trouble about as long.
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I am amused that Mark Z. says those of us who are extricating ourselves from Meta are "virtue signaling."
No, my dude. What you're seeing is a raised middle finger. That -does- signal something, but it ain't "virtue."
No, my dude. What you're seeing is a raised middle finger. That -does- signal something, but it ain't "virtue."
January 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I am amused that Mark Z. says those of us who are extricating ourselves from Meta are "virtue signaling."
No, my dude. What you're seeing is a raised middle finger. That -does- signal something, but it ain't "virtue."
No, my dude. What you're seeing is a raised middle finger. That -does- signal something, but it ain't "virtue."
One week away from my band, The Labricks, playing a show at Sudwerk Brewing in Davis—Jan 18, 6-9pm.
January 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
One week away from my band, The Labricks, playing a show at Sudwerk Brewing in Davis—Jan 18, 6-9pm.
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Whaddaya think guys, time for a reboot?
January 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Whaddaya think guys, time for a reboot?
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If you are starting to think about your nominations, Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right is eligible for a Hugo Award in Best Related Work.
January 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you are starting to think about your nominations, Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right is eligible for a Hugo Award in Best Related Work.
I went to KC games each season growing up. The aura was nuts before they even became a winning team.
In a ESPN poll of 111 players, more than half said the toughest place to play in the NFL is Arrowhead Stadium — and it wasn’t particularly close.
“I just think the aura, and the fans are nuts,” one player told ESPN.
“I just think the aura, and the fans are nuts,” one player told ESPN.
NFL players say Arrowhead Stadium is toughest place to play, share thoughts on Chiefs fans
In a poll, NFL players say Chiefs fans are not only the loudest in league, but also very knowledgeable.
www.kansascity.com
January 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I went to KC games each season growing up. The aura was nuts before they even became a winning team.
Happy Holidays to all!
December 25, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Happy Holidays to all!
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Seeking 15-minute papers for a prospective panel on franchise fiction, mass market books, and pulp at the American Literature Association conference in Boston, May 21-24, 2025. Please share.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
December 9, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Seeking 15-minute papers for a prospective panel on franchise fiction, mass market books, and pulp at the American Literature Association conference in Boston, May 21-24, 2025. Please share.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
School break. It’s nice not having to hustle the kids out for school this morning. Figuring out how to keep ‘em busy all day is a bit intimidating though.
December 16, 2024 at 3:47 PM
School break. It’s nice not having to hustle the kids out for school this morning. Figuring out how to keep ‘em busy all day is a bit intimidating though.
Re: Black Doves. Any show with drummer Rat Scabies cameoing as an arms dealer gets a pass from me.
December 15, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Re: Black Doves. Any show with drummer Rat Scabies cameoing as an arms dealer gets a pass from me.
All finals graded, all grades calculated. Going to wait a day, just to have one more fresh glance at the numbers, before I hit submit.
December 14, 2024 at 1:29 AM
All finals graded, all grades calculated. Going to wait a day, just to have one more fresh glance at the numbers, before I hit submit.
Folks who teach Jesse James dime novels know…
I’m laughing because Tressie Cottom is like, people, unclutch your pearls, this is humanity we’re talking about
December 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Folks who teach Jesse James dime novels know…
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We are 8 days from the end of quarter 2 & kids have started to ask.
“What can I do get get my grade up?”
My response…
“Your work, as it was assigned in class.”
“Can I turn it in now?”
“No, that’s why we have rolling due dates.”
“Is there extra credit?”
“Extra implied you did the credit…”
“What can I do get get my grade up?”
My response…
“Your work, as it was assigned in class.”
“Can I turn it in now?”
“No, that’s why we have rolling due dates.”
“Is there extra credit?”
“Extra implied you did the credit…”
December 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM
We are 8 days from the end of quarter 2 & kids have started to ask.
“What can I do get get my grade up?”
My response…
“Your work, as it was assigned in class.”
“Can I turn it in now?”
“No, that’s why we have rolling due dates.”
“Is there extra credit?”
“Extra implied you did the credit…”
“What can I do get get my grade up?”
My response…
“Your work, as it was assigned in class.”
“Can I turn it in now?”
“No, that’s why we have rolling due dates.”
“Is there extra credit?”
“Extra implied you did the credit…”
Seeking 15-minute papers for a prospective panel on franchise fiction, mass market books, and pulp at the American Literature Association conference in Boston, May 21-24, 2025. Please share.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
December 9, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Seeking 15-minute papers for a prospective panel on franchise fiction, mass market books, and pulp at the American Literature Association conference in Boston, May 21-24, 2025. Please share.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
Post the LAST sentence of your last article:
The draft brought to the public in the Atlantic in 2001 may not the same manuscript as the one Twain presented to Howells in 1876, but rather the culmination of a lingering frustration with
Verne…
The draft brought to the public in the Atlantic in 2001 may not the same manuscript as the one Twain presented to Howells in 1876, but rather the culmination of a lingering frustration with
Verne…
post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article
Seeing at scale, Miami Vice’s mediation holistically theorizes the interface of transpo and horizon: moving goods, moving cyclones, moving mullets, moving images, all the bright lights faded to blue.
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Seeing at scale, Miami Vice’s mediation holistically theorizes the interface of transpo and horizon: moving goods, moving cyclones, moving mullets, moving images, all the bright lights faded to blue.
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December 5, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Post the LAST sentence of your last article:
The draft brought to the public in the Atlantic in 2001 may not the same manuscript as the one Twain presented to Howells in 1876, but rather the culmination of a lingering frustration with
Verne…
The draft brought to the public in the Atlantic in 2001 may not the same manuscript as the one Twain presented to Howells in 1876, but rather the culmination of a lingering frustration with
Verne…
If you see this, post a knight.
December 4, 2024 at 12:54 AM
If you see this, post a knight.
For me, academic social media was always like listening in on colleagues in the break room while grabbing coffee—an office interaction only know apocryphally on many campuses. In higher ed, you fend for yourself in terms of coffee. And the break room’s been repurposed for storage.
November 26, 2024 at 5:51 PM
For me, academic social media was always like listening in on colleagues in the break room while grabbing coffee—an office interaction only know apocryphally on many campuses. In higher ed, you fend for yourself in terms of coffee. And the break room’s been repurposed for storage.
Not sure who came up with this bit o’ wisdom… “Your real age is 70 minus the number of Coachella performers you recognize.”
November 25, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Not sure who came up with this bit o’ wisdom… “Your real age is 70 minus the number of Coachella performers you recognize.”