Dr. Syntax
@drsyntax.bsky.social
Scholar & Writer. Professing 18th & 19th c. literature, Romanticism, disability, book history, bookbinding, and comics.
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
Maiden voyage for the Grim Steeper with Hazelnut Orange tea (both gifts from my daughter).
January 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Maiden voyage for the Grim Steeper with Hazelnut Orange tea (both gifts from my daughter).
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Prof Michael Gamer’s wonderful lecture ‘Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture’, delivered at the University of Sheffield and at Keats House, is now available as a special episode of our free podcast series: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/ann-r... @radcliffecup.bsky.social
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Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture | A lecture by Professor Michael Gamer | The University of Sheffield Player
Discover Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novels and lasting influence on Romantic literature in this podcast episode with Professor Michael Gamer.
player.sheffield.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Prof Michael Gamer’s wonderful lecture ‘Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture’, delivered at the University of Sheffield and at Keats House, is now available as a special episode of our free podcast series: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/ann-r... @radcliffecup.bsky.social
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
Um, when I think of sports that reflect testosterone, golf isn't one of them.
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Um, when I think of sports that reflect testosterone, golf isn't one of them.
My home river was the Connecticut, but as a rower I had so many rivers that become temporary homes: the Mohawk, the Charles, the Ouse, the Thames, and the Schuylkill.
The Schuylkill, but I still consider the river of my youth - the New River - to be my home river.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
My home river was the Connecticut, but as a rower I had so many rivers that become temporary homes: the Mohawk, the Charles, the Ouse, the Thames, and the Schuylkill.
Tell me more about how this administration really cares about fighting anti-semitism.
Horrible. Arson attack today at Mississippi’s largest synagogue, on Shabbat, destroyed multiple Torahs and left parts of the building in ruins
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
January 11, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Tell me more about how this administration really cares about fighting anti-semitism.
Beware the fearsome yeti, Bess.
(photo credit to my daughter)
(photo credit to my daughter)
January 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Beware the fearsome yeti, Bess.
(photo credit to my daughter)
(photo credit to my daughter)
David Bowie - Heroes
YouTube video by Broken Ridge Records
m.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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A rare first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), annotated by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by John Tenniel, has been jointly acquired by Christ Church, Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries!
Read more: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/2026/jan/alice-acquisition
Read more: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/2026/jan/alice-acquisition
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
A rare first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), annotated by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by John Tenniel, has been jointly acquired by Christ Church, Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries!
Read more: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/2026/jan/alice-acquisition
Read more: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/2026/jan/alice-acquisition
It’s like they decided to do the opposite of each of the Ten Commandments,
Moses Prince GIF
ALT: Moses Prince GIF
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
It’s like they decided to do the opposite of each of the Ten Commandments,
What could possibly go wrong?
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
My friend just uttered the phrase “Kegsbreath” and that’s the name from now on.
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 AM
My friend just uttered the phrase “Kegsbreath” and that’s the name from now on.
Everything is terrible right now, and on top of that some news about the passing of one of my favorite college professors, Dr. Carl George. He was an amazing teaching, scholar, and activist. I wish there were more like him at this moment.
May his memory be a blessing.
May his memory be a blessing.
Professor Carl George, beloved fixture on campus for decades, dies at 95
www.union.edu
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Everything is terrible right now, and on top of that some news about the passing of one of my favorite college professors, Dr. Carl George. He was an amazing teaching, scholar, and activist. I wish there were more like him at this moment.
May his memory be a blessing.
May his memory be a blessing.
Frederic Goudy might be my newest hero.
January 7, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Frederic Goudy might be my newest hero.
Whoah.
I want my MTV.
I want my MTV.
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Whoah.
I want my MTV.
I want my MTV.
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Happy new year, all! Can anyone recommend good critical sources on redacted names/ blanks/ initialism in C18th lit? I'm looking for something about the various purposes of the practice, whether for real names or fictional, and my context is popular fiction in 1790s. TIA! #skystorians #c18th
January 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Happy new year, all! Can anyone recommend good critical sources on redacted names/ blanks/ initialism in C18th lit? I'm looking for something about the various purposes of the practice, whether for real names or fictional, and my context is popular fiction in 1790s. TIA! #skystorians #c18th
The world keeps getting more hollow.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which helped fund NPR, PBS and many local radio and TV stations — is officially shutting down, months after Congress passed spending cuts that stripped the organization of more than $1 billion in funding.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting is officially shutting down months after GOP funding cuts
The CBP's board of directors voted to dissolve the private, nonprofit corporation after 58 years of service.
nbcnews.to
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 AM
The world keeps getting more hollow.
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This article is written in an extremely confusing way, but it's neat that they found this old press.
Hidden in a closet, a 200-year-old piece of Boston’s printing past emerges - The Boston Globe
The press, built by Adam Ramage of Philadelphia in about 1815, is among only two or three believed to remain in existence.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This article is written in an extremely confusing way, but it's neat that they found this old press.
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I realize this will never happen, but during these press conferences, when he says something idiotic like the insane-asylum thing, I just wish somebody would respond, “What the fuck are you talking about?”
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I realize this will never happen, but during these press conferences, when he says something idiotic like the insane-asylum thing, I just wish somebody would respond, “What the fuck are you talking about?”
We should start researching the Glorious Revolution.
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
We should start researching the Glorious Revolution.
United States of America, 2026
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 PM
United States of America, 2026
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Today is J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday!
Born in 1892, Tolkien paved the way for modern fantasy literature and his creativity continues to inspire the minds of many to this day. ✨
📸 | Tolkien, Bournemouth, July 1965
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien photogr. 7, fol. 75r
(c) Tolkien Trust, 2015
Born in 1892, Tolkien paved the way for modern fantasy literature and his creativity continues to inspire the minds of many to this day. ✨
📸 | Tolkien, Bournemouth, July 1965
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien photogr. 7, fol. 75r
(c) Tolkien Trust, 2015
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Today is J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday!
Born in 1892, Tolkien paved the way for modern fantasy literature and his creativity continues to inspire the minds of many to this day. ✨
📸 | Tolkien, Bournemouth, July 1965
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien photogr. 7, fol. 75r
(c) Tolkien Trust, 2015
Born in 1892, Tolkien paved the way for modern fantasy literature and his creativity continues to inspire the minds of many to this day. ✨
📸 | Tolkien, Bournemouth, July 1965
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien photogr. 7, fol. 75r
(c) Tolkien Trust, 2015
Watching that press conference like…
a man in a suit and tie says " serious people "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " serious people "
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Watching that press conference like…
Set your timers: the door for China to invade Taiwan has been thrown open.
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Set your timers: the door for China to invade Taiwan has been thrown open.
Apparently the Monroe Doctrine is a "big deal."
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Apparently the Monroe Doctrine is a "big deal."