Eleanor Courtemanche
@ecourtem.bsky.social
Midwestern prof: Victorian lit & financial crisis. Zeitgeist-seismometer. 75% normcore
Anti-doomer but ☹️☹️ wtf
Anti-doomer but ☹️☹️ wtf
Pinned
Beyond the Doom Loop of High Theory
If paradox can be toxic, what’s the antidote?
www.publicbooks.org
For @publicbooks.bsky.social, I reviewed Elizabeth Anker's fascinating & extremely ambitious "On Paradox," which critiques almost the whole theoretical connection between politics and aesthetics (and then rebuilds a little). Books should take big swings! www.publicbooks.org/beyond-the-d...
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Stumbled into a Neolithic tomb this morning idk
January 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Stumbled into a Neolithic tomb this morning idk
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me? oh yeah, fine. I'm doing great. just sort of left my body for a second to observe the current moment and my place in it from a high angle, sort of like what I imagine you'd see from a spy satellite? but one that can look through time? but yeah, I'll have that report done by the end of the day
January 27, 2026 at 5:26 PM
me? oh yeah, fine. I'm doing great. just sort of left my body for a second to observe the current moment and my place in it from a high angle, sort of like what I imagine you'd see from a spy satellite? but one that can look through time? but yeah, I'll have that report done by the end of the day
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50501 announcing a major anti-ICE campaign, including protests this Saturday, boycott campaigns against businesses who serve ICE, and primary efforts on the 7 House Dems who voted for DHS funding (this part is unsophisticated; the filing deadline passed for 3 of them, and Golden's retiring)
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
50501 announcing a major anti-ICE campaign, including protests this Saturday, boycott campaigns against businesses who serve ICE, and primary efforts on the 7 House Dems who voted for DHS funding (this part is unsophisticated; the filing deadline passed for 3 of them, and Golden's retiring)
“Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu.”
I’d welcome a theory of neighborism— as close as you can get to Wm Morris’s “fellowship,” but in an American vein & about the contingencies of acceptance in a complex society 🤝❤️🩹
I’d welcome a theory of neighborism— as close as you can get to Wm Morris’s “fellowship,” but in an American vein & about the contingencies of acceptance in a complex society 🤝❤️🩹
January 27, 2026 at 2:43 PM
“Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu.”
I’d welcome a theory of neighborism— as close as you can get to Wm Morris’s “fellowship,” but in an American vein & about the contingencies of acceptance in a complex society 🤝❤️🩹
I’d welcome a theory of neighborism— as close as you can get to Wm Morris’s “fellowship,” but in an American vein & about the contingencies of acceptance in a complex society 🤝❤️🩹
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If your idea of community building only involves people in your circle of friends or your church it probably seems incredible to you that millions of strangers in a big city can be largely on the same page. But it's not incredible to anyone who actually lives in a big city.
January 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
If your idea of community building only involves people in your circle of friends or your church it probably seems incredible to you that millions of strangers in a big city can be largely on the same page. But it's not incredible to anyone who actually lives in a big city.
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The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
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This may be jarring on your timeline at the moment but it’s important: I am deep into the show “Girls5Eva”. Maybe I missed it initially because I live in UK? In any case I am angry & physically sick that I was not on this show. It’s so funny I do not know what to do, other than evangelize.
January 26, 2026 at 11:26 PM
This may be jarring on your timeline at the moment but it’s important: I am deep into the show “Girls5Eva”. Maybe I missed it initially because I live in UK? In any case I am angry & physically sick that I was not on this show. It’s so funny I do not know what to do, other than evangelize.
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this isn't The Big Win but it is a big win and people should feel great about it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
this isn't The Big Win but it is a big win and people should feel great about it.
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minneapolis was their gettysburg
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
minneapolis was their gettysburg
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The bar for "worst British disaster in America" is very high but Will Lewis is practicing his vault.
From Paul Farhi at the other site. Former media reporter there.
January 26, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The bar for "worst British disaster in America" is very high but Will Lewis is practicing his vault.
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why is this Dickensian ass nightmare administration killing people who basically spell out “pretty good”
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 PM
why is this Dickensian ass nightmare administration killing people who basically spell out “pretty good”
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This state violence was facilitated by rhetoric that dehumanized the (mostly) white middle class protesters at Kent State. The day before students were killed, their Governor described them as "worse than the Brownshirts, and the Communist element, and also the Night Riders, and the vigilantes."
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
This state violence was facilitated by rhetoric that dehumanized the (mostly) white middle class protesters at Kent State. The day before students were killed, their Governor described them as "worse than the Brownshirts, and the Communist element, and also the Night Riders, and the vigilantes."
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all the dramatic recreations in movies are going to be set to a really cool era-defining song that won't get written for 3-4 more years
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
all the dramatic recreations in movies are going to be set to a really cool era-defining song that won't get written for 3-4 more years
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Nothing can prepare your soul for the first image ever transmitted onto a television
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Nothing can prepare your soul for the first image ever transmitted onto a television
Amazing shit 🤯
The Minneapolis protest network is leaderless, spontaneous, hyperlocal
It builds on the George Floyd networks, and the new Chicago-style whistle anti-ICE tactics
Our cities are doing all this to defend our immigrant neighbors ❤️🩹 and none of it existed 6 months ago
The Minneapolis protest network is leaderless, spontaneous, hyperlocal
It builds on the George Floyd networks, and the new Chicago-style whistle anti-ICE tactics
Our cities are doing all this to defend our immigrant neighbors ❤️🩹 and none of it existed 6 months ago
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Amazing shit 🤯
The Minneapolis protest network is leaderless, spontaneous, hyperlocal
It builds on the George Floyd networks, and the new Chicago-style whistle anti-ICE tactics
Our cities are doing all this to defend our immigrant neighbors ❤️🩹 and none of it existed 6 months ago
The Minneapolis protest network is leaderless, spontaneous, hyperlocal
It builds on the George Floyd networks, and the new Chicago-style whistle anti-ICE tactics
Our cities are doing all this to defend our immigrant neighbors ❤️🩹 and none of it existed 6 months ago
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blizzard noir from toronto
Click on every photo in this thread, it will do you good
January 26, 2026 at 1:19 AM
blizzard noir from toronto
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🎯 The people organizing in MSP aren't paid. They're the ones who get your kids to every doc appt, sports practice & music lesson, get costumes for plays/holidays, volunteer in classrooms, coordinate kid-swaps on snow days w/other working moms & know all your kids friends' allergies & fave snacks.
There are a lot of men out there who do not see any of the logistics happening around them and they're like "wait, where the fuck did these hand warmers come from?"
Look at every kid wearing mittens, and that's your answer. From the people who have been silently keeping hands warm for centuries.
Look at every kid wearing mittens, and that's your answer. From the people who have been silently keeping hands warm for centuries.
January 26, 2026 at 2:10 AM
🎯 The people organizing in MSP aren't paid. They're the ones who get your kids to every doc appt, sports practice & music lesson, get costumes for plays/holidays, volunteer in classrooms, coordinate kid-swaps on snow days w/other working moms & know all your kids friends' allergies & fave snacks.
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The first one I saw, days ago, was Minnesota
January 25, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The first one I saw, days ago, was Minnesota
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Same people out there now dropping portentous, stentorian posts about The Battle Against Fascism ... were unwilling to look awkward or be mocked online for supporting Trump's only opponent.
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Same people out there now dropping portentous, stentorian posts about The Battle Against Fascism ... were unwilling to look awkward or be mocked online for supporting Trump's only opponent.
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I…sigh. Just enjoy ten seconds of this yellow-bellied sapsucker in our yard.
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I…sigh. Just enjoy ten seconds of this yellow-bellied sapsucker in our yard.
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Thank you, @schumer.senate.gov!
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Thank you, @schumer.senate.gov!
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Here's a sense of the crowd size. This is a fraction of the turnout. People had already been streaming out of the park and into the march for half an hour when I shot this.
January 23, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Here's a sense of the crowd size. This is a fraction of the turnout. People had already been streaming out of the park and into the march for half an hour when I shot this.
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Look, I believe in casts, but if a parent has strongly-held anti-cast beliefs, they should be allowed to let their kid’s broken arm grow back all floppy and fucked up, even to the point of lifelong, debilitating pain. And that’s not child abuse because a kid’s bones are their parents’ property
January 23, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Look, I believe in casts, but if a parent has strongly-held anti-cast beliefs, they should be allowed to let their kid’s broken arm grow back all floppy and fucked up, even to the point of lifelong, debilitating pain. And that’s not child abuse because a kid’s bones are their parents’ property
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On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”