Will Canoe-Sick
@willcanoesick.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English. he/him. I’m giving the internet one more shot.
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Ok, everyone banned from calling things “the printing press” for the next 18 months while we sort out these multiple coinciding crises
February 19, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Ok, everyone banned from calling things “the printing press” for the next 18 months while we sort out these multiple coinciding crises
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Animal Farm
Kazuo Ishiguro’s NEVER LET ME MUPPETS
(The flaw in this one is one should ALWAYS muppets)
(The flaw in this one is one should ALWAYS muppets)
Our Mutual Muppet
February 19, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Animal Farm
Gary Oldman should have been a great Dracula
February 19, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Gary Oldman should have been a great Dracula
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People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all.
February 19, 2026 at 1:03 AM
People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all.
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they should invent a cost of living that goes down
February 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
they should invent a cost of living that goes down
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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“Pride and Prejudice and Muppets” is low-hanging fruit here
The Great Gonzo
Muppetship Down
February 18, 2026 at 11:40 PM
“Pride and Prejudice and Muppets” is low-hanging fruit here
Me describing the tenure system in my promotion document
Submissive award winners are like "it was an honor just to be dominated"
February 18, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Me describing the tenure system in my promotion document
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In my conception of the humanities, the journey to the right answer—the figuring it out—is at least as important as the answer itself.
If an agent* whose processes are opaque to us figures it out for us, we're no longer doing the thing we thought had value.
If an agent* whose processes are opaque to us figures it out for us, we're no longer doing the thing we thought had value.
February 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM
In my conception of the humanities, the journey to the right answer—the figuring it out—is at least as important as the answer itself.
If an agent* whose processes are opaque to us figures it out for us, we're no longer doing the thing we thought had value.
If an agent* whose processes are opaque to us figures it out for us, we're no longer doing the thing we thought had value.
A SUPPOSEDLY MUPPETS THING I’LL NEVER DO AGAIN
Brief Interviews with Hideous Muppets
Kazuo Ishiguro’s NEVER LET ME MUPPETS
(The flaw in this one is one should ALWAYS muppets)
(The flaw in this one is one should ALWAYS muppets)
February 18, 2026 at 11:25 PM
A SUPPOSEDLY MUPPETS THING I’LL NEVER DO AGAIN
Kazuo Ishiguro’s NEVER LET ME MUPPETS
(The flaw in this one is one should ALWAYS muppets)
(The flaw in this one is one should ALWAYS muppets)
Our Mutual Muppet
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young The Muppets
February 18, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Kazuo Ishiguro’s NEVER LET ME MUPPETS
(The flaw in this one is one should ALWAYS muppets)
(The flaw in this one is one should ALWAYS muppets)
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The Muppets of Wrath
Citizen Muppet
Full Muppet Jacket
February 18, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The Muppets of Wrath
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The Great Gonzo
Muppetship Down
The Pickwick Muppets
February 18, 2026 at 11:14 PM
The Great Gonzo
Mrs. Muppets said she would buy the flowers herself
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young The Muppets
Muppetship Down
February 18, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Mrs. Muppets said she would buy the flowers herself
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something i think about a lot is whether it’s possible to drum up the political will to protect intellectual life in schools
February 18, 2026 at 10:45 PM
something i think about a lot is whether it’s possible to drum up the political will to protect intellectual life in schools
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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Can you believe when we were growing up they didn’t know how to make a little heart with your hands after your athletic event
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Can you believe when we were growing up they didn’t know how to make a little heart with your hands after your athletic event
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Dare to Be Stupid is his manifesto
you are all fools the REAL music question that will cause intergenerational warfare on bluesky is actually: what is weird al's signature song?
February 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Dare to Be Stupid is his manifesto
Anybody remember what it’s like to not be mad about everything all of the time?
February 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Anybody remember what it’s like to not be mad about everything all of the time?
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Read so closely that we memorize it, take long walks and discuss what it means to think. A lot of things have been right for a long time. What went wrong was the attempt to frame our interventions through metrics. AI is basically a bunch of metrics.
It automatically wins in advance.
It automatically wins in advance.
February 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Read so closely that we memorize it, take long walks and discuss what it means to think. A lot of things have been right for a long time. What went wrong was the attempt to frame our interventions through metrics. AI is basically a bunch of metrics.
It automatically wins in advance.
It automatically wins in advance.
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It’s going to sound quaint, but the best way to resist an AI takeover of the humanities is to assign physical books, sit around, read them, and argue about ideas. Academic has become such a competitive arena, that we ourselves are trained to look for the winning angle, instead of the best education.
February 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
It’s going to sound quaint, but the best way to resist an AI takeover of the humanities is to assign physical books, sit around, read them, and argue about ideas. Academic has become such a competitive arena, that we ourselves are trained to look for the winning angle, instead of the best education.
Lunchtime thoughts: tortellini is an A+ pasta shape
February 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Lunchtime thoughts: tortellini is an A+ pasta shape
Good morning, everyone! My iPhone is teaching me the value of dominance
February 17, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Good morning, everyone! My iPhone is teaching me the value of dominance
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we should think about school as though students’ real lives are actually happening right now
February 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
we should think about school as though students’ real lives are actually happening right now