Nemanja Protic
@nemanjabb.bsky.social
Likes words + pictures. Still here (in academia, thinking about contemporary lit, visual culture, & politics of aesthetics).
Coined the phrase "It's Adam & Eve, not Adam & Jeeves" as a [bad] argument against labour exploitation.
Salting the vibes.
Coined the phrase "It's Adam & Eve, not Adam & Jeeves" as a [bad] argument against labour exploitation.
Salting the vibes.
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Nemanja Protic
@nemanjabb.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Mary Beton, Mr. Bennett, and Ms. Brown: A Tragicomedy (The Prologue)
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge— The soldier, labouring through a winter’s march, Still sees to-morrow dressed in robe…
redeyedfrogg.wordpress.com
Hey, do you know I sometimes write little fictions? Here's one:
Thread on rates and causes of death in Sweden since 2019.
Mortality in Sweden:
The good news: deaths are declining in most age groups >=15. At the same time, causes of death that started rising after 2019 are becoming increasingly dominant across all age groups <15. Most affected are 5-9 and 10-14 year olds.
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The good news: deaths are declining in most age groups >=15. At the same time, causes of death that started rising after 2019 are becoming increasingly dominant across all age groups <15. Most affected are 5-9 and 10-14 year olds.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Thread on rates and causes of death in Sweden since 2019.
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watching LeBron do LeBron bullshit, still, 23 years in
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
watching LeBron do LeBron bullshit, still, 23 years in
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Emphasizing "low-cost" & "dramatically improving air quality." There are no air cleaners that come anywhere close to a classic CR Box wrt effectiveness of particle removal and effectiveness per $. And there are abundant studies by research teams across the US that have come to the same conclusion.
The training focused on constructing Corsi-Rosenthal boxes, low-cost, do-it-yourself indoor air purifiers made with simple materials but capable of dramatically improving air quality inside homes and classrooms.
Seeley school teaches students how to build indoor air purifiers
SEELEY, Calif. (KYMA) - In a community where air quality challenges are part of daily life, students, parents and school staff at Seeley Union School District took action by learning how to build their own indoor air purifiers. A recent workshop, led by Comite Civico del Valle (CCV) in partnership with Seeley Elementary School, gave
kyma.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Emphasizing "low-cost" & "dramatically improving air quality." There are no air cleaners that come anywhere close to a classic CR Box wrt effectiveness of particle removal and effectiveness per $. And there are abundant studies by research teams across the US that have come to the same conclusion.
“Reading books? Really? While I’m sitting here with actual needs!!”
February 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
“Reading books? Really? While I’m sitting here with actual needs!!”
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If the skiing thing doesn't work out as a career, he should head straight to Marvel and get work as a letterer
Can we please acknowledge the, er, penmanship here
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If the skiing thing doesn't work out as a career, he should head straight to Marvel and get work as a letterer
Yup. New Atheists pointed the finger at the church for historical wrongs and then proceeded to act like jerks with the little capital they got from their shtick.
And this matters. One of the huge gotchas of New Atheism was that religious faith didn't instill moral virtue in believers. Rational thought apparently could. But it didn't, for so many leading men in that movement.
February 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Yup. New Atheists pointed the finger at the church for historical wrongs and then proceeded to act like jerks with the little capital they got from their shtick.
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jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
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Saw the images shared by the temporary president, and yeah, there is just no way to overestimate how depraved and indecent republicans are; they will always go lower than any decent person can imagine. They're defending child rape now, just an army of morally bankrupt fiends, what else can we expect
February 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Saw the images shared by the temporary president, and yeah, there is just no way to overestimate how depraved and indecent republicans are; they will always go lower than any decent person can imagine. They're defending child rape now, just an army of morally bankrupt fiends, what else can we expect
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And the tragedy of Rob Ford’s life is that he was not one; but he died, after he fucked up Toronto and his own life, thinking that being a cunt is something to aspire to.
I think I know why he thought that.
I think I know why he thought that.
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
And the tragedy of Rob Ford’s life is that he was not one; but he died, after he fucked up Toronto and his own life, thinking that being a cunt is something to aspire to.
I think I know why he thought that.
I think I know why he thought that.
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And here’s another thing: if his mother gave him that advice in the same tone (and I hope she didn’t), she was a cunt too.
February 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
And here’s another thing: if his mother gave him that advice in the same tone (and I hope she didn’t), she was a cunt too.
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Doug Ford always was, and continues to be, a cunt.
Let’s get him another job, shall we?
Let’s get him another job, shall we?
Here's Doug Ford's surprising voicemail message to a public servant who expressed concerns about the Ontario government's return to the office policy:
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
February 5, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Doug Ford always was, and continues to be, a cunt.
Let’s get him another job, shall we?
Let’s get him another job, shall we?
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This is fucking criminal. I can't believe Ontario keeps electing these malicious clowns who are openly and gleefully destroying health care in front of our eyes.
Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report
One emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
#onpoli
One emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
#onpoli
Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report
The metric was not included in the latest Ontario Health annual report, with one emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This is fucking criminal. I can't believe Ontario keeps electing these malicious clowns who are openly and gleefully destroying health care in front of our eyes.
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Name them
shame them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Name them
shame them
shame them
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This voicemail prompts a number of questions, but one of the top ones for me is how does the Premier of Ontario not have anything better to do with his time than call people up at night and leave passive aggressive voicemails?
Here's Doug Ford's surprising voicemail message to a public servant who expressed concerns about the Ontario government's return to the office policy:
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
February 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This voicemail prompts a number of questions, but one of the top ones for me is how does the Premier of Ontario not have anything better to do with his time than call people up at night and leave passive aggressive voicemails?
Doug Ford always was, and continues to be, a cunt.
Let’s get him another job, shall we?
Let’s get him another job, shall we?
Here's Doug Ford's surprising voicemail message to a public servant who expressed concerns about the Ontario government's return to the office policy:
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
February 5, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Doug Ford always was, and continues to be, a cunt.
Let’s get him another job, shall we?
Let’s get him another job, shall we?
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Astounding.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Astounding.
Abolish ICE.
Tax billionaires out of existence.
This is the winning platform in the US.
And it is *the* moral and ethical choice.
Tax billionaires out of existence.
This is the winning platform in the US.
And it is *the* moral and ethical choice.
February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Abolish ICE.
Tax billionaires out of existence.
This is the winning platform in the US.
And it is *the* moral and ethical choice.
Tax billionaires out of existence.
This is the winning platform in the US.
And it is *the* moral and ethical choice.
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the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
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Everyone should watch this.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Everyone should watch this.
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“Gramsci used to say 'Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will'. What he meant is: understand how the bloody system works.” - Stuart Hall, born Feb. 3, 1932
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
“Gramsci used to say 'Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will'. What he meant is: understand how the bloody system works.” - Stuart Hall, born Feb. 3, 1932
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What the generation behind me needs to know about Stephen Harper is he changed the unwritten rules of politics for the worse and no party has any interest in returning to the way they were before. Freezing out the press, consolidating power, disenfranchising local representatives, etc.
February 4, 2026 at 2:15 AM
What the generation behind me needs to know about Stephen Harper is he changed the unwritten rules of politics for the worse and no party has any interest in returning to the way they were before. Freezing out the press, consolidating power, disenfranchising local representatives, etc.
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every awful trend on the internet for the last decade came out of GamerGate and they were all readily visible from the very early days
if you couldn’t see it you weren’t paying attention, and everyone who coddled the movement bears responsibility for where we are today
if you couldn’t see it you weren’t paying attention, and everyone who coddled the movement bears responsibility for where we are today
hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 AM
every awful trend on the internet for the last decade came out of GamerGate and they were all readily visible from the very early days
if you couldn’t see it you weren’t paying attention, and everyone who coddled the movement bears responsibility for where we are today
if you couldn’t see it you weren’t paying attention, and everyone who coddled the movement bears responsibility for where we are today
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Breaking
The world’s first vaccine targeting the entire SARS coronavirus family has commenced human testing.
GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, seeks to provide protection against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses, potentially preventing the onset of the next pandemic.
The world’s first vaccine targeting the entire SARS coronavirus family has commenced human testing.
GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, seeks to provide protection against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses, potentially preventing the onset of the next pandemic.
February 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Breaking
The world’s first vaccine targeting the entire SARS coronavirus family has commenced human testing.
GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, seeks to provide protection against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses, potentially preventing the onset of the next pandemic.
The world’s first vaccine targeting the entire SARS coronavirus family has commenced human testing.
GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, seeks to provide protection against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses, potentially preventing the onset of the next pandemic.
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"To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan and not quite enough time." ~ Leonard Bernstein
February 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan and not quite enough time." ~ Leonard Bernstein
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If many people hold a left-wing opinion they are a mob and should be ignored; if few people hold a left wing opinion they are fringe and should be ignored. The substance or correctness of the opinion is irrelevant. This is the reactionary centrist credo bsky.app/profile/eliv...
Imagine writing these words, in February 2026, regarding the most vicious McCarthyite of the modern era: "Bari Weiss Hates cancel culture"
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If many people hold a left-wing opinion they are a mob and should be ignored; if few people hold a left wing opinion they are fringe and should be ignored. The substance or correctness of the opinion is irrelevant. This is the reactionary centrist credo bsky.app/profile/eliv...