rewatching Rome, the show so good they cancelled Deadwood for it

very glad that Humza Yousaf is our FM right now, especially given the other two jackals who were in the race

this is the first thing I have read on the current situation in Palestine that has not filled me with disgust and loathing, maybe that's a moral failing on my part idk

danger illustrated

saw someone on discord say "money is $0 you can get it if you work" and my mind is reeling at the implications

pettily informing my PhD alma mater about my new post so it will be read out as news in a dept meeting causing my haters (cryptofascist medievalists and crusty early modern-ists) to seethe for me one last time

Just had a lovely 2 hrs zoom chat with my new dept chair, discovering that he is a fellow spec fic fan interested in atomics in comics. Feeling very good about this move.

always been more of a passionate intensity kind of guy but finding recently I am lacking all conviction. is this normal?

throwing out some follows for comics studies ppl today, follow back for a citation, unless you're Hatfield or Postema in which case I already cite you

absolute unit of a spider in the greenhouse, guarding the tomatoes. think it's a false widow (?)

have been DMing a D&D group for a gang of canadian pals for the last 7 years, the last 3 online, and mb my favourite running joke is whenever they cast speak with animals the first thing the animal always says is, so this is language huh? can't say I like it much

nothing quite like seeing a contract to make things feel concrete and real is there

Oops forgot about this place for a bit, but I'm not paying a dollar a month or w/e so I guess this is it for now(?)

and he's right to do it

I got a job. Less than 7 months since my PhD defense! In January I'll be starting a tenure track faculty post teaching graphic narrative in the literature dept of Lahore University of Management Sciences. Adventure awaits!

so it's like twitter but you can't press the back button?