@qvidtvm.bsky.social
Art historian, professor.
New York City | Cape Cod.
This is my personal account, views my own, etc.
New York City | Cape Cod.
This is my personal account, views my own, etc.
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
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I try to be as measured as possible on social media, but everyone in the art world—including art historians!—who in recent years has focused incessantly on "the contemporary" is at fault for developments like this. This is what happens when you fail to value history hyperallergic.com/1058320/why-...
Why Is DC’s Phillips Collection Selling Off Its Masterpieces?
The museum’s decision to deaccession works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, and more has come under public scrutiny.
hyperallergic.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I try to be as measured as possible on social media, but everyone in the art world—including art historians!—who in recent years has focused incessantly on "the contemporary" is at fault for developments like this. This is what happens when you fail to value history hyperallergic.com/1058320/why-...
The fact that this MF’s signature is on my diploma is a stain on my education and on my pride being an academic.
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The fact that this MF’s signature is on my diploma is a stain on my education and on my pride being an academic.
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
Giving a paper in 5 days and at that stage of deluded stress writing where I hate the paper but also maybe think parts of it are brilliant? But who can tell and I don't care anymore?
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Giving a paper in 5 days and at that stage of deluded stress writing where I hate the paper but also maybe think parts of it are brilliant? But who can tell and I don't care anymore?
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Amazing quote:
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
October 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Amazing quote:
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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If you think Trump deploying troops in American cities is nothing more than an opportunity to pivot to a completely different subject, you do not belong in Democratic leadership.
The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
September 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If you think Trump deploying troops in American cities is nothing more than an opportunity to pivot to a completely different subject, you do not belong in Democratic leadership.
I was there for that Nosferatu screening in Bologna's Piazza Maggiore and it was a thing of magic.
The Exacting Magic of Film Restoration
Each year, at a festival in Bologna, movies that were once lost or damaged come back to life.
www.newyorker.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I was there for that Nosferatu screening in Bologna's Piazza Maggiore and it was a thing of magic.
Updated to the new iOS and now when I’m bored, I think about how apocalyptically Steve Jobs would have hated every aspect of it.
September 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Updated to the new iOS and now when I’m bored, I think about how apocalyptically Steve Jobs would have hated every aspect of it.
Another thing that is apparently no longer common knowledge: take off your backpack and hold it in your hand on a crowded subway car. Truly everyone in their own, self-centered world…
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Another thing that is apparently no longer common knowledge: take off your backpack and hold it in your hand on a crowded subway car. Truly everyone in their own, self-centered world…
Seems like what happened at A&M is grounds for the school to lose its accreditation?
September 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Seems like what happened at A&M is grounds for the school to lose its accreditation?
I will never understand how a restaurant can have both a C grade from the Health Department AND a long line to get in
September 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I will never understand how a restaurant can have both a C grade from the Health Department AND a long line to get in
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New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
August 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
Getting an email about a broken sewer line on campus is an AMAZING way to start the first day of classes
August 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Getting an email about a broken sewer line on campus is an AMAZING way to start the first day of classes
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Great news! I replaced screen time before bed with panicking in the dark
August 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Great news! I replaced screen time before bed with panicking in the dark
Here’s the thing about lobster rolls… they should have the following ingredients inside a buttered, grilled bun: cold lobster, a LITTLE mayo, touch of salt. The end.
You want hot with butter? Fine. But if you put lettuce, Old Bay, celery, or scallions and I’ll assume your lobster’s subpar.
You want hot with butter? Fine. But if you put lettuce, Old Bay, celery, or scallions and I’ll assume your lobster’s subpar.
The Best Lobster Rolls In NYC, Ranked - New York - The Infatuation
Where to get a lobster roll that's actually worth the money.
www.theinfatuation.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Here’s the thing about lobster rolls… they should have the following ingredients inside a buttered, grilled bun: cold lobster, a LITTLE mayo, touch of salt. The end.
You want hot with butter? Fine. But if you put lettuce, Old Bay, celery, or scallions and I’ll assume your lobster’s subpar.
You want hot with butter? Fine. But if you put lettuce, Old Bay, celery, or scallions and I’ll assume your lobster’s subpar.
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We're in the middle of a fascist takeover of our federal government and most of the states, which is beginning to look terminal and irreversible, and instead of dealing with that we're talking about the deficiencies of an old man who isn't even president any more.
A 2023 audio recording of President Biden speaking haltingly and having memory lapses is the latest in a series of recent disclosures that have reopened a debate over Biden’s physical and mental fitness while in office and prompted fresh recriminations among Democrats.
Audio of Special Counsel Interview Adds to Renewed Debate of Biden’s Fitness as President
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We're in the middle of a fascist takeover of our federal government and most of the states, which is beginning to look terminal and irreversible, and instead of dealing with that we're talking about the deficiencies of an old man who isn't even president any more.
Just saw someone refer to NYU and Columbia as the “Collaboration Colleges” and that’s all I’m gonna say about that.
May 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Just saw someone refer to NYU and Columbia as the “Collaboration Colleges” and that’s all I’m gonna say about that.
It’s difficult to express how entirely uninterested I am in the iPhone 17 Air or whatever it’s going to be called. I don’t care how thin it is (and how that’s going to compromise camera, battery, etc.), it’s still just big.
May 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It’s difficult to express how entirely uninterested I am in the iPhone 17 Air or whatever it’s going to be called. I don’t care how thin it is (and how that’s going to compromise camera, battery, etc.), it’s still just big.
For a moment I thought I saw someone reading the Chicago Manual of Style on the subway and was excited to meet my new best friend.
May 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For a moment I thought I saw someone reading the Chicago Manual of Style on the subway and was excited to meet my new best friend.
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
Not a religious person but sweet baby Jesus this Larry Levan mix touches a chord.
Stand On the Word (Larry Levan Mix) by Joubert Singers on Apple Music
Song · 1985 · Duration 4:42
music.apple.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Not a religious person but sweet baby Jesus this Larry Levan mix touches a chord.
Hi and welcome to what seems like your first time riding the subway. If you stand on top of me when there’s plenty of room to give each other space, I’ll put a curse on you so you take a Q train without realizing it runs express to Brooklyn and then you get stuck on the bridge during “show time.”
April 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hi and welcome to what seems like your first time riding the subway. If you stand on top of me when there’s plenty of room to give each other space, I’ll put a curse on you so you take a Q train without realizing it runs express to Brooklyn and then you get stuck on the bridge during “show time.”