The Rev. Col. Kirsten
@ennuigo.bsky.social
narrative opportunist, flâneuse, glutton, pistol
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'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
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After years of being told that the only reason I pay attention to every last detail in what I grade is because I have a deep-seated need to dock my students points, not because I teach a language where precision is vital, it’s great to find out that it was always projection from the boss class.
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
After years of being told that the only reason I pay attention to every last detail in what I grade is because I have a deep-seated need to dock my students points, not because I teach a language where precision is vital, it’s great to find out that it was always projection from the boss class.
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Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
I, for one, hold three advanced degrees in the humanities and am often kind of unpleasant. I am very good at a cocktail party, but my liberal arts education did nothing to stem this tendency.
there is not any particularly strong evidence that study of the humanities make people good people. the elites of many brutal empires were extremely well-read!
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I, for one, hold three advanced degrees in the humanities and am often kind of unpleasant. I am very good at a cocktail party, but my liberal arts education did nothing to stem this tendency.
Tis the season! I think this is pretty cute for the holiday.
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Tis the season! I think this is pretty cute for the holiday.
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I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
Yall have NO IDEA how good we have it in America wrt a reliable, safe, affordable postal service. Protect USPS at all costs.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Yall have NO IDEA how good we have it in America wrt a reliable, safe, affordable postal service. Protect USPS at all costs.
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hard to explain these days but less than two decades ago, saying something like this aloud in the wrong pre-prohibition themed stomp-clap gentrification "speakeasy" could get you challenged to fisticuffs by a guy in suspenders with a klout score higher than his bodyweight
No, Vodka Is Not a ‘Neutral Spirit’
I’m standing in a distillery in Poland, about an hour and a half away from Warsaw. Copper stills clatter and hum, working their magic on a spirit we’ve been drinking for, well, a very long time. A riv...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
hard to explain these days but less than two decades ago, saying something like this aloud in the wrong pre-prohibition themed stomp-clap gentrification "speakeasy" could get you challenged to fisticuffs by a guy in suspenders with a klout score higher than his bodyweight
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I haven't seen a single commenter or article point out that Tennessee Representative Aftyn Behn's name is very similar to the 17th century British woman playwright Aphra Behn. Do I have to do everything around here?
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I haven't seen a single commenter or article point out that Tennessee Representative Aftyn Behn's name is very similar to the 17th century British woman playwright Aphra Behn. Do I have to do everything around here?
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Watch til the end. How has no one asked her this before
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera."
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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December 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Watch til the end. How has no one asked her this before
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
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Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
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NOT A ASS OUT PASS OUT PHOTO They didn't have to do my guy like that
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
NOT A ASS OUT PASS OUT PHOTO They didn't have to do my guy like that
Bardstown Road looks so beautiful in the snow this morning. It really looks like a hallmark movie and it sparks immense joy. Please send me pics of your snow people.
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Bardstown Road looks so beautiful in the snow this morning. It really looks like a hallmark movie and it sparks immense joy. Please send me pics of your snow people.
I threw this together and it looks fine.
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I threw this together and it looks fine.
Can this guy take a bad picture? He looks better at his murder trial than I did at my wedding.
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Can this guy take a bad picture? He looks better at his murder trial than I did at my wedding.
My super smart friend Lindsey is matching people to books they will love this holiday season. Check it out.
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Matchbook: Lindsey Alexander's Book Concierge Holiday Pop-up
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December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My super smart friend Lindsey is matching people to books they will love this holiday season. Check it out.
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On the plus side, I genuinely do believe she wrote this herself, so good for her not using ChatGPT to do it.
Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
On the plus side, I genuinely do believe she wrote this herself, so good for her not using ChatGPT to do it.
Because I hate myself, I read it. Two things stuck out to me:
1. I would have flunked 9th grade social studies if I turned this in.
2. You can cite the Bible any time you want, but you do have to provide chapter and verse AND it's not, like, a peer-reviewed study.
1. I would have flunked 9th grade social studies if I turned this in.
2. You can cite the Bible any time you want, but you do have to provide chapter and verse AND it's not, like, a peer-reviewed study.
Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Because I hate myself, I read it. Two things stuck out to me:
1. I would have flunked 9th grade social studies if I turned this in.
2. You can cite the Bible any time you want, but you do have to provide chapter and verse AND it's not, like, a peer-reviewed study.
1. I would have flunked 9th grade social studies if I turned this in.
2. You can cite the Bible any time you want, but you do have to provide chapter and verse AND it's not, like, a peer-reviewed study.
My favorite part of police procedurals is when the first cop gets to the scene and the second one shows up with take out coffee for the first.
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
My favorite part of police procedurals is when the first cop gets to the scene and the second one shows up with take out coffee for the first.
As a career-oriented brunette, this is my time to shine
If you’re looking for a job, just remember that a bunch of junior partner, marketing vice president, and PR exec roles and WILL be opening on December 26th (unless you live in a notably cozy small town, in which case your job market is about to get complicated).
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
As a career-oriented brunette, this is my time to shine
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If you’re looking for a job, just remember that a bunch of junior partner, marketing vice president, and PR exec roles and WILL be opening on December 26th (unless you live in a notably cozy small town, in which case your job market is about to get complicated).
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you’re looking for a job, just remember that a bunch of junior partner, marketing vice president, and PR exec roles and WILL be opening on December 26th (unless you live in a notably cozy small town, in which case your job market is about to get complicated).
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Go to a gym, press some buttons to have robots lift the weights, then wonder why you’re not any stronger
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Go to a gym, press some buttons to have robots lift the weights, then wonder why you’re not any stronger
I have a car and I drive and that’s fine. But people should have options to get places safely and easily without a car, kids deserve to be able to be safe at school, and no one should worry about their business getting Magbarred.
My pitch to be mayor of Lou: citywide speed limit of 25, roundabouts at all major intersections, protected bike lanes on major throughways, pedestrianized zone around schools, and buses come every 20min and are tracked by GPS on a consumer app. Later we get the loop train we were promised in 2000.
Ahem. It’s a “war on cars.”
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I have a car and I drive and that’s fine. But people should have options to get places safely and easily without a car, kids deserve to be able to be safe at school, and no one should worry about their business getting Magbarred.