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Niels Hansen Jacobsen, "Death and the Mother" (1892)

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 7h

Proposing an op-ed to take down an academic rival: it’s an underhanded pitch.

Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 1d

We should do it for everyone: Karl Marx's apfelkuchen, Michel Foucault's lemon soufflé, bell hooks's gingerbread cookies, etc.

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 1d

Niels Hansen Jacobsen, "Death and the Mother" (1892)

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 1d

The tradition continues: Baked John Dewey's apple pie recipe for our discussion of "Democracy and Education."

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 1d

The tradition continues: Baked John Dewey's apple pie recipe for our discussion of "Democracy and Education."

#philosophy
#education

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 2d

This may be the funniest thing that John Dewey ever wrote?

"Open-mindedness is not the same as empty-mindedness. To hang out a sign saying 'Come right in; there is no one home' is not the equivalent of hospitality."

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 2d

This may be the funniest thing that John Dewey ever wrote?

"Open-mindedness is not the same as empty-mindedness. To hang out a sign saying 'Come right in; there is no one home' is not the equivalent of hospitality."

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 2d

Janis Rozentāls, "Temptation" (1901)

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 2d

Janis Rozentāls, "Temptation" (1901)

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Philosophy Bits @philosophybits.com · 3d

“Truth is given, not for deposit in some safe place, but for realization in the fullness of life, and for development.”

— Nikolai Berdyaev, Christian Existentialism

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 3d

I know it's just a silly joke for our silly political moment, but it's kind of inspiring to read the punchline as sincere. "You have four whole months to learn Spanish and enjoy a shared, multicultural event! What a great opportunity! You can do it!"

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Bad Bunny Reacts to Backlash Over Spanish Super Bowl Halftime Show: 'You Have Four Months to Learn'

The Puerto Rican rapper tells anyone who doesn't know his native language: "You have four months to learn."

www.rollingstone.com

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 3d

Edward Burne-Jones, "The Garden of Pan" (1887)

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 3d

I know it's just a silly joke for our silly political moment, but it's kind of inspiring to read the punchline as sincere. "You have four whole months to learn Spanish and enjoy a shared, multicultural event! What a great opportunity! You can do it!"

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Bad Bunny Reacts to Backlash Over Spanish Super Bowl Halftime Show: 'You Have Four Months to Learn'

The Puerto Rican rapper tells anyone who doesn't know his native language: "You have four months to learn."

www.rollingstone.com

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 3d

Edward Burne-Jones, "The Garden of Pan" (1887)

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 4d

Doodled this in 2023. Feel it still.

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 5d

A new blog post, "Spellbound," discusses what the documentary can teach us about arbitrary academic exercises and children's coming-into-being.

open.substack.com/pub/campbell...

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Spellbound

Our family recently watched the documentary “Spellbound” (2002), which remains an incredible piece of film-making.

open.substack.com

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 5d

Governing themselves since 1819!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmou...

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 5d

A new blog post, "Spellbound," discusses what the documentary can teach us about arbitrary academic exercises and children's coming-into-being.

open.substack.com/pub/campbell...

#education
#Art

Spellbound

Our family recently watched the documentary “Spellbound” (2002), which remains an incredible piece of film-making.

open.substack.com

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 5d

Nicholas Roerich, "The Doomed City" (1914); "St Mercurius of Smolensk" (1918); "The Battle of Kerzhenets" (1913); "The Vicious Town" (1919)

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 5d

Nicholas Roerich, "The Doomed City" (1914); "St Mercurius of Smolensk" (1918); "The Battle of Kerzhenets" (1913); "The Vicious Town" (1919)

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 5d

Just reading this excellent (not quite new) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social piece, about ghosting: a practice that I have experienced but never understood.

www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

The Sad Humiliations of Academic Ghosting

The academy is a haunted house.

www.chronicle.com

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 6d

Evita Tezeno, "In the House of My Soul" (2024); "Stay With Me While We Grow Old" (2024); and "If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say, Don't Say Anything at All" (2023)

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 6d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 6d

Evita Tezeno, "In the House of My Soul" (2024); "Stay With Me While We Grow Old" (2024); and "If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say, Don't Say Anything at All" (2023)

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