Nathan Elliott
@shakespeareswims.bsky.social
English Teacher, a writer when someone pays me to do it, and a short-order cook for a hungry adolescent.
I mostly just post random thoughts about genre (noir, gothic, spy, sci-fi) fiction and film on here--a kind of open journal.
I mostly just post random thoughts about genre (noir, gothic, spy, sci-fi) fiction and film on here--a kind of open journal.
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I recently went to a McDonald’s where you don’t interact with anyone, you just go to a kiosk and then they put your order on a rack, and the thing that gets me is that nothing on the menu cost less because of it. No benefit for me! Doubt the people in the kitchen are getting paid better!
August 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I recently went to a McDonald’s where you don’t interact with anyone, you just go to a kiosk and then they put your order on a rack, and the thing that gets me is that nothing on the menu cost less because of it. No benefit for me! Doubt the people in the kitchen are getting paid better!
You get so used to seeing certain 'routine' plays on TV that you might forget that many professional athletes at that level have physical skills that push up close against 'mutant super hero' level
remember that even heroes have their own heroes
August 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
You get so used to seeing certain 'routine' plays on TV that you might forget that many professional athletes at that level have physical skills that push up close against 'mutant super hero' level
Great cartoon
August 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Great cartoon
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Kindness is punk AF. ❤️✊
August 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Kindness is punk AF. ❤️✊
Recycling a short story I published in the spring. I still like it.
"One morning, Gregor Samsa woke from a night of uneasy dreams to find that he had become a series of questions and answers on an exam." - Nathan Elliott mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
August 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Recycling a short story I published in the spring. I still like it.
Pretty much.
Listening to radio ads right now is like "Canadians are strong. Canadians are tough. Canadians never back down. Canadians deserve the best. That's why at Bob's Lube Garage, we know your tire lube should smell like poutine and Lake Erie fish,"
August 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Pretty much.
. . . and to get what? When did a Mafia thug settle for just one 'insurance' or 'security' payment?
“The most powerful, well-heeled institutions of higher education in this country are cutting deals with the Trump administration that undermine the future of higher education.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
. . . and to get what? When did a Mafia thug settle for just one 'insurance' or 'security' payment?
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holy shit you guys, one of my main intellectual heroes on earth, Karen Pinkus, reviewed my book for Critical Inquiry —i can't believe it 😱🙏🌿
@karenpinkus.bsky.social @criticalinquiry.bsky.social
@karenpinkus.bsky.social @criticalinquiry.bsky.social
"Through close readings of Emily Brontë, George Eliot, and others, the book challenges its readers to immerse themselves in the 'fossil-fueled lifeworld' of the nineteenth century."
New in review, Karen Pinkus on Nathan K. Hensley's Action without Hope: criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/karen_pinkus...
New in review, Karen Pinkus on Nathan K. Hensley's Action without Hope: criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/karen_pinkus...
August 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
holy shit you guys, one of my main intellectual heroes on earth, Karen Pinkus, reviewed my book for Critical Inquiry —i can't believe it 😱🙏🌿
@karenpinkus.bsky.social @criticalinquiry.bsky.social
@karenpinkus.bsky.social @criticalinquiry.bsky.social
The infrastructure problem in journalism, education, government and pretty much every aspect of neo liberal capitalism
The fact that CBC was too cowardly to film this is indicative of a much bigger problem in media.
When layoffs come, they tend to target journalists who are "problems" for management, who question authority.
This is what you lose when you only keep the journalists who are deferential to authority:
When layoffs come, they tend to target journalists who are "problems" for management, who question authority.
This is what you lose when you only keep the journalists who are deferential to authority:
The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands:
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
August 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The infrastructure problem in journalism, education, government and pretty much every aspect of neo liberal capitalism
All true, but it bears remembering that governments have been gradually defunding higher education for decades. Trump's strategy is more aggressive, but it feels like an endgame of a ploy that started in the 80s.
The government is “using levers of power that are completely unrelated to the underlying allegations…Cutting off research for diabetes, cancer, heart disease will not improve the safety of Jewish faculty & students on campus & will not address antisemitism.”
—Mia McIver, AAUP Executive Director
—Mia McIver, AAUP Executive Director
With Grant Cuts, Trump Pressures UCLA to Make Deal
Like it did for prestigious private universities, the administration has cut off federal grants for UCLA, alleging it failed to address antisemitism. The UC system must tell the DOJ by today whether i...
www.insidehighered.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
All true, but it bears remembering that governments have been gradually defunding higher education for decades. Trump's strategy is more aggressive, but it feels like an endgame of a ploy that started in the 80s.
Oof.
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
theonion.com/trump-s...
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
WASHINGTON—Despite the president’s sagging approval rating overall, a Gallup Poll released Tuesday confirmed that Donald Trump’s support remained overwhelmingly strong among working-class American pedophiles. “Even though his polling numbers among Americans who are not sexually attracted to children have hit a second-term low, the president’s approval rating is still an impressive 80% among child rapists […]
theonion.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Oof.
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So much of change in universities the past few decades could be summed up this way--shared governance has been gradually eroded into nothing.
The @aaup.org report on AI is so hugely important. Among other key takeaways is the fact that most AI programs have been introduced by administrative fiat and by circumventing meaningful faculty, student, & staff consultation.
shorturl.at/InI5Q
shorturl.at/InI5Q
July 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So much of change in universities the past few decades could be summed up this way--shared governance has been gradually eroded into nothing.
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The @aaup.org report on AI is so hugely important. Among other key takeaways is the fact that most AI programs have been introduced by administrative fiat and by circumventing meaningful faculty, student, & staff consultation.
shorturl.at/InI5Q
shorturl.at/InI5Q
July 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The @aaup.org report on AI is so hugely important. Among other key takeaways is the fact that most AI programs have been introduced by administrative fiat and by circumventing meaningful faculty, student, & staff consultation.
shorturl.at/InI5Q
shorturl.at/InI5Q
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Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration is a disaster for academic freedom, freedom of speech, & the independence of American higher education. Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat.
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July 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration is a disaster for academic freedom, freedom of speech, & the independence of American higher education. Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat.
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Pretty much why the rest of the world shrugs and eye rolls when the States comes up
A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
July 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Pretty much why the rest of the world shrugs and eye rolls when the States comes up
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A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
July 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
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On this week’s Washington Roundtable, the law professor Leah Litman analyzes the wave of victories that the Supreme Court has given Trump’s second Administration and how outside influence seeps into the Court’s decision-making. Listen here: swap.fm/l/tny-tps-Aw...
July 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
On this week’s Washington Roundtable, the law professor Leah Litman analyzes the wave of victories that the Supreme Court has given Trump’s second Administration and how outside influence seeps into the Court’s decision-making. Listen here: swap.fm/l/tny-tps-Aw...
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Give this guy a medal
July 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Give this guy a medal
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The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
June 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
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June 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
June 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
Yeah, what she said
So.... if (and this is a BIG IF) the President is impeached...
can we then impeach the Vice President too?
Asking for about 300 million friends.
can we then impeach the Vice President too?
Asking for about 300 million friends.
June 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yeah, what she said