Sean Desilets
@seandesilets.bsky.social
MASTER LECTURER in the BU CAS Writing Program. Works on religion, cinema, and other media.
D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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This is outstanding.
Never forget that these weak fascist lying losers are WEAK FASCIST LYING LOSERS.
Never forget that these weak fascist lying losers are WEAK FASCIST LYING LOSERS.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is outstanding.
Never forget that these weak fascist lying losers are WEAK FASCIST LYING LOSERS.
Never forget that these weak fascist lying losers are WEAK FASCIST LYING LOSERS.
One of my students just referred to the Kansas scenes in The Wizard of Oz as having been "shown in a dull, almost lifeless grayscale filter."
October 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
One of my students just referred to the Kansas scenes in The Wizard of Oz as having been "shown in a dull, almost lifeless grayscale filter."
Ah, yes, the committee for the first amendment, that symbol of fearless resistance to authoritarianism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...
Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Ah, yes, the committee for the first amendment, that symbol of fearless resistance to authoritarianism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...
I don't know what's under this headline and never will, but I *am* willing to bet it's among the few things Gingrich has ever said that I agree with.
September 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I don't know what's under this headline and never will, but I *am* willing to bet it's among the few things Gingrich has ever said that I agree with.
I'm pretty sure this movie is illegal under our president's laws...
September 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I'm pretty sure this movie is illegal under our president's laws...
I am reading students' drafts. Always cut your first sentence.
September 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I am reading students' drafts. Always cut your first sentence.
Who do Wednesday sound like and why don't I enjoy their music?
September 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Who do Wednesday sound like and why don't I enjoy their music?
My God, The fabulous Ones.
September 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
My God, The fabulous Ones.
I really resent the current moment for making me give any kind of a shit about Jimmy Kimmel.
September 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I really resent the current moment for making me give any kind of a shit about Jimmy Kimmel.
Post a movie you love that has a terrible rotten tomato score
September 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Post a movie you love that has a terrible rotten tomato score
Reposted by Sean Desilets
If a working journalist cannot say that something true happened solely because it reflects badly on the subject, their publication has no interest in truth.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If a working journalist cannot say that something true happened solely because it reflects badly on the subject, their publication has no interest in truth.
We're experiencing an incredible surge in political censorship in the US, even compared to the terrible situation before the Kirk shooting. It's terrifying.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We're experiencing an incredible surge in political censorship in the US, even compared to the terrible situation before the Kirk shooting. It's terrifying.
Alabama Shakes in Boston.
September 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Alabama Shakes in Boston.
First day of 5,342nd grade.
September 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
First day of 5,342nd grade.
My ACLA seminar (Montréal, 2/26/26-3/1/26) is now accepting proposals: "Hot Priests: The Theo-erotics of Catholicism." Anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anybody know anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anyway please forward. www.acla.org/seminar/7e7d...
View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association
www.acla.org
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My ACLA seminar (Montréal, 2/26/26-3/1/26) is now accepting proposals: "Hot Priests: The Theo-erotics of Catholicism." Anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anybody know anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anyway please forward. www.acla.org/seminar/7e7d...
I'm proposing this seminar for the ACLA conference in Montréal, 2/26/26-3/1/26: "Hot Priests: The Theo-erotics of Catholicism." Anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anybody know anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anyway please forward.
www.acla.org/seminar/7e7d...
www.acla.org/seminar/7e7d...
View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association
www.acla.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm proposing this seminar for the ACLA conference in Montréal, 2/26/26-3/1/26: "Hot Priests: The Theo-erotics of Catholicism." Anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anybody know anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anyway please forward.
www.acla.org/seminar/7e7d...
www.acla.org/seminar/7e7d...
Worst sphere ever.
i wanna try something. quote this post if you’re a man who hates the manosphere
August 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Worst sphere ever.
Reposted by Sean Desilets
"The tragedy of the contemporary academy is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power."
Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Opinion | Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much.
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"The tragedy of the contemporary academy is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power."
Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
BU appears to be cracking down on hazing. There goes my pedagogy.
July 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
BU appears to be cracking down on hazing. There goes my pedagogy.
Reposted by Sean Desilets
Holy shit, I hadn't even thought of this!
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...
You hide AI prompts in your paper that tell AI reviewers to say positive stuff (presumably both for public reviews and private analysis)
I wonder if Amazon sellers are already doing this?
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...
You hide AI prompts in your paper that tell AI reviewers to say positive stuff (presumably both for public reviews and private analysis)
I wonder if Amazon sellers are already doing this?
'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review
asia.nikkei.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Holy shit, I hadn't even thought of this!
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...
You hide AI prompts in your paper that tell AI reviewers to say positive stuff (presumably both for public reviews and private analysis)
I wonder if Amazon sellers are already doing this?
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...
You hide AI prompts in your paper that tell AI reviewers to say positive stuff (presumably both for public reviews and private analysis)
I wonder if Amazon sellers are already doing this?
This honestly made me cry.
Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -
June 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This honestly made me cry.
Reposted by Sean Desilets
Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -
June 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -