Cat Clifford
@catcliff.bsky.social
She/they, English prof, queer ace spinster, early modern drama, NWSL and USWNT fangirl, ultrarunner
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*Views are mine, not my employer’s.*
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Weezer and The Killers both have nonsense lyrics but The Killers get away with it because their lyrics are like “cigarette lady of my dreams, inhale the addiction of a queen” while Weezer is like “Japanese teenage summer, Godzilla atom bummer”
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Weezer and The Killers both have nonsense lyrics but The Killers get away with it because their lyrics are like “cigarette lady of my dreams, inhale the addiction of a queen” while Weezer is like “Japanese teenage summer, Godzilla atom bummer”
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Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
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10 years of this shit
January 20, 2026 at 10:44 PM
10 years of this shit
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i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
The people’s captain 🫡
Becky Sauerbrunn on Instagram, “I’m choosing to release this video today, January 13th, because right now the US Supreme Court is deliberating a case that could change the future of women’s sport.”
An important video:
An important video:
January 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The people’s captain 🫡
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Always worth a post
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Always worth a post
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
“Stop demonizing AI!”
Stop trying to colonize education. You first.
Stop trying to colonize education. You first.
Professor Layton Boss Wants People To Stop Demonizing Generative AI
Level-5 CEO Wants People To Stop Demonizing Generative AI
Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino has shared further thoughts on AI after a past interview of his went viral online
kotaku.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Stop demonizing AI!”
Stop trying to colonize education. You first.
Stop trying to colonize education. You first.
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Fellas is it gay to have a dog bsky.app/profile/disa...
December 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fellas is it gay to have a dog bsky.app/profile/disa...
Heated Rivalry is only *6 episodes*
December 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Heated Rivalry is only *6 episodes*
Christmas movie for sickos (complimentary)
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Christmas movie for sickos (complimentary)
I feel like my feed on here needs a dog post every now and then. Here’s Kit being adorable.
December 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I feel like my feed on here needs a dog post every now and then. Here’s Kit being adorable.
OMG I just learned that Brett Ratner directed this 🤣🤡
December 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
OMG I just learned that Brett Ratner directed this 🤣🤡
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
The way I slammed the order button on this backordered book
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The way I slammed the order button on this backordered book
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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Sadly in a country that hates intellectuals and commercialised education as if it was a market product, yes. In the rest of the normal world it is accessible and a duty of the state. USA has turned basic rights (healthcare, housing, education, transportation and safety) into private businesses.
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sadly in a country that hates intellectuals and commercialised education as if it was a market product, yes. In the rest of the normal world it is accessible and a duty of the state. USA has turned basic rights (healthcare, housing, education, transportation and safety) into private businesses.
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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This makes a good argument for how REAL reading requires moving beyond "excerpts" and focusing on the organic relation of part to whole: "We need whole texts—novels, plays, or poems—to care about literature." slate.com/life/2025/10...
There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.
You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.
slate.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This makes a good argument for how REAL reading requires moving beyond "excerpts" and focusing on the organic relation of part to whole: "We need whole texts—novels, plays, or poems—to care about literature." slate.com/life/2025/10...
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Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate
October 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate
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cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
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Happy coming out day. I’m a genderqueer biromantic asexual. Most often this is someone’s punchline or ignored entirely, because people assume I am a woman married to a man.
There’s a lot wrong with that assumption and the effects!
But the worst is usually the way people react to the asexuality.
There’s a lot wrong with that assumption and the effects!
But the worst is usually the way people react to the asexuality.
October 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Happy coming out day. I’m a genderqueer biromantic asexual. Most often this is someone’s punchline or ignored entirely, because people assume I am a woman married to a man.
There’s a lot wrong with that assumption and the effects!
But the worst is usually the way people react to the asexuality.
There’s a lot wrong with that assumption and the effects!
But the worst is usually the way people react to the asexuality.