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Gerry Canavan
@gerrycanavan.bsky.social
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Doomsayer, Utopologist. Minor but representative. Professor of 20th- and 21st-Century Literature at Marquette University.

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 14h
😬 fortune.com/2026/01/09/g...
Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates | Fortune
With Gen Z students struggling to read, academics have been forced to adapt—a move critics describe as “coddling” the next generation of workers.
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Dr. Kate Ward @thekateward.bsky.social · 5d
Making a Life: Catholic Social Teaching and the Meaning of Work is available for pre-order (and 10% off at the moment!) If something about your work life is troublesome, you hate jargon and you aren't sure about Catholic teaching, I wrote it for you. www.bloomsbury.com/us/making-a-...

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 6d
Extended Call for Nominations: 2026 SFRA Innovative Research Award sfra.org/extended-cal...
extended call: 2026 SFRA Innovative Research Award | Science Fiction Research Association
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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 8d
it’s a bad system

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 8d
VP is a cursed chalice
xcarlxrogersx.bsky.social Bad Carl Rodgers @xcarlxrogersx.bsky.social · 8d
Walz dropping out of the MN governor's race is some incredibly depressing shit

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Bad Carl Rodgers @xcarlxrogersx.bsky.social · 8d
Walz dropping out of the MN governor's race is some incredibly depressing shit

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 9d
(Jan 3) 🎵 🎶 I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me 🎶 🎵

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 10d
The media using "captured" to describe what happened to Maduro is really strange. He is the sitting president of the country, not a fugitive!

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 10d
(guy running for president in 2035 on Trump nostalgia)

guy: And what did Trump used to say, folks?
crowd (absolutely rabid): THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!!

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Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 11d
With a knock on your door, a kindly wizard invites you to join us on Shelved By Genre's LORD OF THE YEAR, in which we will consider the popular but contested works of JRR Tolkien, kicking things off with a long rumination upon the first four chapters of THE HOBBIT: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/02/t...

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Jordan S. Carroll 🌹 @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 14d
I coedited a collection titled "Reactionary Worldbuilding: From Speculative Imagination to Political Practice" with Anindita Banerjee, Sherryl Vint, and David M. Higgins. It's forthcoming from MIT Press, and you can preorder at a discount here.
Reactionary Worldbuilding: From Speculative Imagination to Political Practice|Paperback
The first in-depth study of the dark side of worldbuilding, exploring the connection between speculative imagination and political practice.Speculative imagination brings to life an array of possible ...
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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 17d
the classical formulation is “the magic goes away” and “the magic comes back” (Niven)

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 18d
Homestuck Made This World 2
ckunzelman.bsky.social cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 18d
Let’s save…an announcement…for 2026.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 18d
Let’s save…an announcement…for 2026.

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 21d
that the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 22d
as adam kotsko teaches us, all gods long to die
Dr Manhattan on Mars meme but it's Santa Claus

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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 22d
Sometimes the scroll is startlingly on point.
Reposted b Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.b... 4d started / going TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by Al 29 Apr 2025 - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20% to 30% of code inside the company's repositories was "written by software" meaning... Next article Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com Microsoft admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken 1 day ago - Except it's not totally terrible. What makes it terrible is the privacy invasions and the consent issues Microsoft has with its users, along ... Followed by Endless Screaming @infinitescream... 1m ΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΗΗΗΗ H

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 23d
Can’t believe Griffin Newman got to “fire AND ash? in this economy??” before me. I’ve lived too long at the top of the game. I’m losing my touch.

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 23d
spotted on Facebook

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 24d
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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 25d
almost too easy Wordle 1,644 3/6*

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nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25d
"I think today's Wordle word is actually the worst in the entire history of the game."

Wordle 1644 is trending as Friday's puzzle is breaking many streaks. How did you do?
Wordle - A daily word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 25d
When @danhf.bsky.social shared with me his idea for a special issue on The Dark Fantastic, I was surprised, honored & (truly) shy about it all.

My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
gerrycanavan.bsky.social Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 25d
SFFTV 18.3 (a special issue on the Dark Fantastic guest-edited by S.R. Toliver and Autumn A. Griffin) is now live! This is a special one (including SFFTV's first venture into creative praxis).

TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 25d
Congressional candidate and staunch anti-ICE activist @katmabu.bsky.social loves sci-fi and... One Direction fan fiction.
Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Parable of the Sower, and Her Love of Sci-Fi
I’ve been following Kat Abughazaleh’s career for years, starting with her work as a researcher and journalist for Media Matters. Her insights on politics and the American right, and her ability to …
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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 25d
I’ve recommend the “Jackson cut” of Fellowship; TTT ch 1 completes the FOTR thought and chapter 2 starts TTT proper. I found something in the letters or in HoME that confirmed even Tolkien thought it was better than way (no citation provided).

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25d
"I think today's Wordle word is actually the worst in the entire history of the game."

Wordle 1644 is trending as Friday's puzzle is breaking many streaks. How did you do?
Wordle - A daily word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
nyti.ms

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 25d
Thanks also of course to @ebonyteach.blacksky.app whose terrific book inspired this collection.

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 25d
This has been in the works a really long time; I wanted to give a special shout-out to @danhf.bsky.social for all his did in helping this one to come to fruition even though it landed after he officially left the journal.

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 25d
SFFTV 18.3 (a special issue on the Dark Fantastic guest-edited by S.R. Toliver and Autumn A. Griffin) is now live! This is a special one (including SFFTV's first venture into creative praxis).

TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 25d
seems less than ideal that every day 2 to 3 Milwaukee restaurants announce they’re closing permanently

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 25d
SFFTV Call for Reviewers - Winter 2025-2026 gerrycanavan.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/s...
SFFTV Call for Reviewers – Winter 2025-2026
Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry…
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