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@bocadelperro.bsky.social
Historian of 17th century German religion and culture in the San Francisco area. I have a kid, a corgi and a garden.
Posts mostly in English, occasionally in German or Spanish.
All typos are due to the demon Titivillus, who has possessed my autocorrect.
Posts mostly in English, occasionally in German or Spanish.
All typos are due to the demon Titivillus, who has possessed my autocorrect.
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Really loved this article on close reading. The art of noticing, and of crafting an argument, is how we begin to inoculate ourselves from so many societal and intellectual ills, especially in a world where disinformation, toxic algorithms, and slop vie for our limited time and attention.
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Really loved this article on close reading. The art of noticing, and of crafting an argument, is how we begin to inoculate ourselves from so many societal and intellectual ills, especially in a world where disinformation, toxic algorithms, and slop vie for our limited time and attention.
Iove a 2 Live Crew reference.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Iove a 2 Live Crew reference.
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blessed to be able to read
cursed to be unable to resist reading
cursed to be unable to resist reading
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
blessed to be able to read
cursed to be unable to resist reading
cursed to be unable to resist reading
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I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
It bugs me too, as a Hispanic woman from the US West. I've only ever changed planes in New England and I'm about as far removed from that waspy puritan culture as anyone born in the USA can be.
I don’t like being referred to as a Yankee but I’ve realized this is not at all because I’m Southern, but because I specifically resent being associated with traditional New England Protestant culture and its flavorless foods
All people from the U.S. are Yankees. I say this as a person born and raised in The South because pissing off That Specific Kind of Southerner is a moral good.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It bugs me too, as a Hispanic woman from the US West. I've only ever changed planes in New England and I'm about as far removed from that waspy puritan culture as anyone born in the USA can be.
It's about ethics in presidential journalism.
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It's about ethics in presidential journalism.
This is what happens when the pope used to teach seminarians.
Pope's got your back, teachers.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is what happens when the pope used to teach seminarians.
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I don't want a LLM, I want an LMS that actually fucking works.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I don't want a LLM, I want an LMS that actually fucking works.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
My replica "bowl with human feet-predynastic" sits next to my bathroom sink and holds hairpins. It makes me smile every time.
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Bowl with Human Feet - Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
www.metmuseum.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
My replica "bowl with human feet-predynastic" sits next to my bathroom sink and holds hairpins. It makes me smile every time.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
My crime? Removing the 5yo's fleece that he was using as a pillow. (Also having the audacity to walk around with baskets full of laundry and never once to take it outside to dry).
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
My crime? Removing the 5yo's fleece that he was using as a pillow. (Also having the audacity to walk around with baskets full of laundry and never once to take it outside to dry).
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If this is what it looks like, this is a live third amendment issue. The third amendment has always been my favorite amendment, but largely because it never came up.
Idk if I'm right. Here's what I think I'm seeing:
Police are using her lawn as a staging area. She wants them off. The say she's obstructing them and they'll arrest her. She keeps repeating that it's her property and she won't let them on it without a warrant.
They stay!
Police are using her lawn as a staging area. She wants them off. The say she's obstructing them and they'll arrest her. She keeps repeating that it's her property and she won't let them on it without a warrant.
They stay!
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If this is what it looks like, this is a live third amendment issue. The third amendment has always been my favorite amendment, but largely because it never came up.
Brains be like: good luck remembering what you had for breakfast but we can still recite all 50 US states in alphabetical order and I got your 6th grade locker combination right here whenever you need it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Brains be like: good luck remembering what you had for breakfast but we can still recite all 50 US states in alphabetical order and I got your 6th grade locker combination right here whenever you need it.
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thank god I have a graduate degree so I can come up with fun names for our annual surprise departmental mouse, such as 'Algernon.'
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
thank god I have a graduate degree so I can come up with fun names for our annual surprise departmental mouse, such as 'Algernon.'
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
Always here for historical images or kids being kids.
Kids and dogs alike enjoy desecrating columns in Delft's Oudekerk,1652. Church graffiti was a popular children's hobby, shown by many artists; here by Emanuel de Witte, whose day is today.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Always here for historical images or kids being kids.
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⚪️ Read
🔘 Saw subject line & can't deal w this just now
⚪️ Unread
🔘 Saw subject line & can't deal w this just now
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November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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🔘 Saw subject line & can't deal w this just now
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🔘 Saw subject line & can't deal w this just now
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And people wonder why I have no need to leave the Bay Area.
every day on this app we are assaulted by the worst people in that terrible “city” - a place that somehow makes me grateful for the existence of boston and philly
I regret to inform you there is more Olivia Newzzi: the print VF will feature a nude portrait by artist Isabelle Brourman that is also destined for Art Basel Miami Beach. Notably, its inclusion appears be a surprise to VF staff. VF looking worse and worse here. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And people wonder why I have no need to leave the Bay Area.
This is actually a pretty good way of parsing what Leibnitz was trying to say.
We live in the best of all possible dystopias.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is actually a pretty good way of parsing what Leibnitz was trying to say.
We built a pyramid and 30 years later it's falling apart. Egypt and Mexico are both laughing at us.
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
A stay at the decrepit tomb of what was once Vegas' coolest hotel
Las Vegas guests hate this Strip hotel. I found out why.
www.sfgate.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We built a pyramid and 30 years later it's falling apart. Egypt and Mexico are both laughing at us.
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
My legs don't get cold easily because I went to Catholic School: an essay.
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
My legs don't get cold easily because I went to Catholic School: an essay.
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And engaging in this kind of pedagogy is simply the entry-level version of when scholars do this, which I wrote about here. www.artforum.com/features/gen...
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And engaging in this kind of pedagogy is simply the entry-level version of when scholars do this, which I wrote about here. www.artforum.com/features/gen...
"only editors can stop writers from hurting themselves" 10/10, Mr. Pearce. No notes.
Nuzzi vs. Lizza vs. the group chat
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mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"only editors can stop writers from hurting themselves" 10/10, Mr. Pearce. No notes.
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Matt Pearce from the top rope:
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
Nuzzi vs. Lizza vs. the group chat
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Matt Pearce from the top rope:
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
"The responsibility of the California writer is to regard our dear Didion as a sheer rock face to be respected but also avoided. One literary evocation of the Santa Anas is a description of nature; three is a sign of negligence."
Don't fuck with me, Charlie Brown! This is not my first time at the rodeo.
“And that’s what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps, Charlie Brown.”
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Don't fuck with me, Charlie Brown! This is not my first time at the rodeo.