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@troynovaunt.bsky.social
she/her. English literature, medievalist, singer in the band, recovering indoor cat. In both research and life, resisting being reductive about religion. I don’t speak for my institution, and it doesn’t speak for me. Expect posts about academic freedom.
Pinned
Immigration is good, actually.
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
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This seems like a play to cut NPS profitability to make it easier to open these lands up to extraction. 35% of NPS visitors are from overseas
US triples national park fee for non-residents, amid ‘new’ fee for Americans
Interior department, which has defunded conservation organizations, claims fee hike is for conservation
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This seems like a play to cut NPS profitability to make it easier to open these lands up to extraction. 35% of NPS visitors are from overseas
Everything I learn about Nick Cave falls out of my head 15 minutes later and then I’m back at square one whenever he next becomes relevant to something. It’s very odd.
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Everything I learn about Nick Cave falls out of my head 15 minutes later and then I’m back at square one whenever he next becomes relevant to something. It’s very odd.
It just occurred to me that with current google Bella could totally google “adrenaline rush make stronger?” and stand a decent chance of getting the answer Edward is gaslighting her with.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It just occurred to me that with current google Bella could totally google “adrenaline rush make stronger?” and stand a decent chance of getting the answer Edward is gaslighting her with.
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Q for academicsky: I’m working on starting an AAUP advocacy chapter. There are lots of great stories out there about how wins from union chapters (UC!!!) but union isn’t an option for us. Does anyone have achievements from your AAUP advocacy chapters I can share with colleagues in my conversations?
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Q for academicsky: I’m working on starting an AAUP advocacy chapter. There are lots of great stories out there about how wins from union chapters (UC!!!) but union isn’t an option for us. Does anyone have achievements from your AAUP advocacy chapters I can share with colleagues in my conversations?
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Collage I will remind you is the method / spiritual technology that bridges postmodern deconstruction (which is what most of the wealthy world finds itself in at present alas) and What Comes Next for which we don’t quite have a name yet.
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Collage I will remind you is the method / spiritual technology that bridges postmodern deconstruction (which is what most of the wealthy world finds itself in at present alas) and What Comes Next for which we don’t quite have a name yet.
Yeah, YouTube really does scare me.
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Yeah, YouTube really does scare me.
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Every morning I look up whether the strike is still going and get disappointed that #Starbucks still hasn’t come to the table to treat their workers fairly, and thus cannot have my business for another day.
Workers in all industries have more in common with each other than the executives making millions. Solidarity with everyone who is not crossing the line or buying Starbucks while we’re on a ULP strike! Special thanks to @Teamsters, for not crossing the picket line and standing with us✊
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every morning I look up whether the strike is still going and get disappointed that #Starbucks still hasn’t come to the table to treat their workers fairly, and thus cannot have my business for another day.
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The moment before I open my Macbook on a Monday morning and get drowned in stuff to do and write and reply ...
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The moment before I open my Macbook on a Monday morning and get drowned in stuff to do and write and reply ...
Q for academicsky: I’m working on starting an AAUP advocacy chapter. There are lots of great stories out there about how wins from union chapters (UC!!!) but union isn’t an option for us. Does anyone have achievements from your AAUP advocacy chapters I can share with colleagues in my conversations?
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Q for academicsky: I’m working on starting an AAUP advocacy chapter. There are lots of great stories out there about how wins from union chapters (UC!!!) but union isn’t an option for us. Does anyone have achievements from your AAUP advocacy chapters I can share with colleagues in my conversations?
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This thread! Interview with a cat who has lived n interesting life
THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This thread! Interview with a cat who has lived n interesting life
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Well guys, there’s nothing for it. We’re going to have to go find Piers Plowman.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Well guys, there’s nothing for it. We’re going to have to go find Piers Plowman.
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Mary Were You Listening Eight Seconds Ago To That Angel
Mary Did You Know is about a woman having her own kid mansplained to her by Kenny Rogers.
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Mary Were You Listening Eight Seconds Ago To That Angel
As the orc said to the Nazgûl, being essentially truthful
“‘We are in this magical, unique time,’ Sinema said of Trump’s health department, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn
In a new interview, the one-time Democrat says the movement for psychedelic medicine should capitalize on the Trump administration.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
As the orc said to the Nazgûl, being essentially truthful
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
Considering teaching Kingsnorth's ALEXANDRIA in Imaginary Cities next semester. What do y'all think, y/n?
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Considering teaching Kingsnorth's ALEXANDRIA in Imaginary Cities next semester. What do y'all think, y/n?
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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I think about this John Cullen comic all the time. Thank you! @nellucnhoj.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I think about this John Cullen comic all the time. Thank you! @nellucnhoj.bsky.social
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If you're an educator and feel anything from disgust to discomfort with AI please consider joining.
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
If you're an educator and feel anything from disgust to discomfort with AI please consider joining.
THATS NOT WHAT FRIENDSHIP IS
Is it just us Gen X nerds or does everyone feel like all the dystopian SF of your youth is coming true?
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
THATS NOT WHAT FRIENDSHIP IS
Landscapes of scarcity incentivize charisma over competence in knowledge professions and it enrages me
I think the people wondering how the Nuzzis & the Lizzas of the world get so famous are maybe making more discriminating choices. But fact is, more people prefer such ego bombs than the many, many excellent journalists w/out white mustangs or tell-all bamboo metaphors.
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Landscapes of scarcity incentivize charisma over competence in knowledge professions and it enrages me
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WAPO jumps into the circular-revenue graphic game.
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
WAPO jumps into the circular-revenue graphic game.
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Stumbled into a conversation that is absolutely fascinating.
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Stumbled into a conversation that is absolutely fascinating.