Nemanja Protic
@nemanjabb.bsky.social
Likes words + pictures. Still here (in academia, thinking about contemporary lit, visual culture, & politics of aesthetics).
Coined the phrase "It's Adam & Eve, not Adam & Jeeves" as a [bad] argument against labour exploitation.
Salting the vibes.
Coined the phrase "It's Adam & Eve, not Adam & Jeeves" as a [bad] argument against labour exploitation.
Salting the vibes.
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Nemanja Protic
@nemanjabb.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Mary Beton, Mr. Bennett, and Ms. Brown: A Tragicomedy (The Prologue)
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge— The soldier, labouring through a winter’s march, Still sees to-morrow dressed in robe…
redeyedfrogg.wordpress.com
Hey, do you know I sometimes write little fictions? Here's one:
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914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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I can't speak for all of bluesky but I'm fully aware that machine learning has genuinely good applications outside of the crap they're selling us as 'AI' text/image/audio generators. Please don't assume ignorance just because people aren't corporate shills.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I can't speak for all of bluesky but I'm fully aware that machine learning has genuinely good applications outside of the crap they're selling us as 'AI' text/image/audio generators. Please don't assume ignorance just because people aren't corporate shills.
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I can sorta see it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I can sorta see it.
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Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
Post a famous bathroom scene.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene.
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*Aqualung riff*
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
*Aqualung riff*
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Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
That sound you hear is a million syllabi being rewritten.
Thomas King, the Canadian author who had identified as part-Cherokee throughout his career, said Monday that contrary to what he had believed his entire life, he has no Indigenous ancestry.
Thomas King, Award-Winning Canadian Author, Says He Is Not Indigenous
Thomas King said he felt “ripped in half” on learning he had no Indigenous ancestry. The Canadian author has dedicated his career to writing about Indigenous people.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
That sound you hear is a million syllabi being rewritten.
Great move by the Carney government.
Ford is so Trumpish sometimes, "this will be the worst decision in the history of our galaxy, immenent disaster, he's stealing our conservative democracy!" These clowns are desperate. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
5 premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Five premiers say Ottawa must withdraw its recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause because it amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freed...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Great move by the Carney government.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
Yup.
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yup.
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You should wear a mask if you *don't* have symptoms. If you *do* have symptoms you should stay home and not infect anyone else (if you have *any* choice in the matter. Obviously not everyone does.)
UK health officials urge extra precautions, including wearing a mask if you have symptoms, as 4 winter viruses spread: RSV, Flu, COVID and Norovirus.
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You should wear a mask if you *don't* have symptoms. If you *do* have symptoms you should stay home and not infect anyone else (if you have *any* choice in the matter. Obviously not everyone does.)
Everything is so stupid right now.
i just reviewed 50+ applications for an arts award and most of them were written by chatgpt. And then the other reviewers said they put them into Gemini to rank them. At a certain point, if everyone is giving their thinking entirely over to AI, why are we even bothering with any of this anymore?
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Everything is so stupid right now.
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Whew thank you for writing about this speech, which has been squirming in my gut since I read about it. This whole attitude of Jewish impunity horrifies me.
“She's thought about this. She has chosen the abyss. She is far from the only one.”
“She's thought about this. She has chosen the abyss. She is far from the only one.”
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Whew thank you for writing about this speech, which has been squirming in my gut since I read about it. This whole attitude of Jewish impunity horrifies me.
“She's thought about this. She has chosen the abyss. She is far from the only one.”
“She's thought about this. She has chosen the abyss. She is far from the only one.”
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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The theory is that he's suppressing the results because they're bad news.
But what if it's actually because they are good news, and he's hiding them because they'd undermine his case for taking control of school boards and/or eliminating elected Trustees?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
But what if it's actually because they are good news, and he's hiding them because they'd undermine his case for taking control of school boards and/or eliminating elected Trustees?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Ontario Education Minister says he is withholding EQAO test scores, prompting outcry
Critics call on the provincial government to reveal the standardized test scores publicly
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The theory is that he's suppressing the results because they're bad news.
But what if it's actually because they are good news, and he's hiding them because they'd undermine his case for taking control of school boards and/or eliminating elected Trustees?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
But what if it's actually because they are good news, and he's hiding them because they'd undermine his case for taking control of school boards and/or eliminating elected Trustees?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Dear Canada,
Stop waiting for a Black 3M Aura.
This black BreatheTeq KN95 headband mask just arrived, and is available for purchase on Canada Strong!
It's made in Canada, too!
Elbows up, neighbour 💪
Stop waiting for a Black 3M Aura.
This black BreatheTeq KN95 headband mask just arrived, and is available for purchase on Canada Strong!
It's made in Canada, too!
Elbows up, neighbour 💪
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Dear Canada,
Stop waiting for a Black 3M Aura.
This black BreatheTeq KN95 headband mask just arrived, and is available for purchase on Canada Strong!
It's made in Canada, too!
Elbows up, neighbour 💪
Stop waiting for a Black 3M Aura.
This black BreatheTeq KN95 headband mask just arrived, and is available for purchase on Canada Strong!
It's made in Canada, too!
Elbows up, neighbour 💪
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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This is a pernicious and anti-democratic government steeped in grift and corruption. And a plurality of Ontarians continue to support them. Depressing as fuck.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is a pernicious and anti-democratic government steeped in grift and corruption. And a plurality of Ontarians continue to support them. Depressing as fuck.
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It's so fucking easy to whine about the SYMPTOMS of these problems - WE CAN'T HAVE *ENCAMPMENTS* NEAR DAYCARES, WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN??? - and then your lazy ass solution is "get rid of the encampments", as if that answers the Q: where are these people supposed to go?
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It's so fucking easy to whine about the SYMPTOMS of these problems - WE CAN'T HAVE *ENCAMPMENTS* NEAR DAYCARES, WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN??? - and then your lazy ass solution is "get rid of the encampments", as if that answers the Q: where are these people supposed to go?