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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition)
@agholdier.bsky.social
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giant bag of mostly water
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philosophy postdoc at Notre Dame thinking about language, power, and technology
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my spreadsheets are cooler than yours
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A two-panel screenshot from the final trailer for Stranger Things: Season 5 showing Vecna levitating a terrified Will closer and closer, raising a hand to touch Will's face. Vecna says: "You are going to help me. One last time." Vecna is labeled "Me" Will is labeled "Interfolio"
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Screenshot of the webpage of an academic journal, cropped to just show the "Submit an article" button
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Celebrating this Postdoc Appreciation Week in the traditional manner (working from home on job applications)
A photo of a small brown cat resting on my lap facing away from the camera. I'm sitting at a desk with two computer monitors (both with windows open, though they are too blurry to read), a keyboard, a coffee mug with a crossword puzzle on it, and a small handmade statue.
September 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A badly photoshopped image of Kid Anakin Skywalker from 'The Phantom Menace' in a cockpit, wearing aviator goggles: "Now THIS is [public philosophy]!"
September 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Yup
Powerline from 'A Goofy Movie' in the midst of a performance with two backup dancers
September 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Just read a footnote in a (great!) paper that apologized for using a "pop culture reference" (to Tywin Lannister from ASoIaF/Game of Thrones).

What are more examples of philosophers referencing "low" art (vs. something like Shakespeare or a Bach concerto)?
A screenshot of Tywin Lannister, an older man dressed in fancy armor, sitting at a table and looking stern
September 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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RETVRN
The old school brown and yellow logo for Cracker Barrel, but the old man image on the left has been replaced by a stylized version of Diogenes sitting in his barrel
August 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨
A clip of Plato and Aristotle from Raphael's 'School of Athens' painting
August 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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A room with a wooden floor, absolutely filled with wooden bookcases piled high with books. In the foreground a table sits, but is barely visible under the mountain of books sitting on it, as well as a vase of dried flowers A tall wooden bookshelf completely filled with books to the point that books are stacked on top of shelved books. Another similarly crammed bookcase is visible in the background A closer shot of a different bookcase filled with books. The titles of several are visible with the name 'Rorty' on a few
August 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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A black and white profile photo of Nancy Bauer in a leather jacket wryly smiling into the camera. Laser eyes have been shoddily photoshopped onto the image
August 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Screenshot of the ordering page for the shirt in the op. Name: "The PhD" Price: $125 Roy Kent from 'Ted Lasso' dressed in a black suit and black tie, glaring angrily while giving a side eye in a leftward (from our perspective) direction
August 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Screenshot of a tweet by "Sean Leahy & The Ivy | @thepunningham": "The bond's Name. James name" Please to... What? "Bond Name's the james" Are you alright? "Bames Nond's having a stronk, call a Bondulance"
August 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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I love spending the first day in my new office working on job applications 🥲 #academia
April Ludgate from 'Parks and Rec' sitting at a desk, holding a tea bag above a paper cup, glaring straight into the camera.
August 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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A meme of Dr Manhattan sitting on Mars, quietly looking into space. All three panels have nearly identical captions: 1. It is Sep 2024. OpenAI celebrates GPT-o1 as a "PhD-level" intelligence 2. It is Jan 2025. OpenAI celebrates GPT-o3 as a "PhD-level" intelligence 3. It is Aug 2025. OpenAI celebrates GPT-5 as a "PhD-level" intelligence
August 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Me deciphering wtf DN did based only on y'all's subtweets:
Screenshot from Ted lasso showing Roy, Ted, and Coach Beard looking confused and surprised.
July 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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A "wrestler posing while winning" meme with her feet labeled "analytics with thoughts™ on ai today" and her face labeled "phenomenologists half a century ago"
July 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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A photoshopped cover of a book by Routledge made to look like the title is "why it's okay to make sure the reader knows your politics" by Cranky McBadfaithson
July 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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pshhh like i don't keep receipts
A badly photoshopped screenshot of Brett Karlan quote-tweeting himself. The original tweet has been edited to read "boutta check the hype" with a blurry screenshot of the PPR article 'Slurring Silences' by A.G. Holdier. The quote-tweet has been edited to read "lol, sucks a$$"
July 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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MFW I read a paper acknowledgment thanking someone

"who served as a commentator on a previous version of this paper, which resulted not only in valuable feedback, but also the occasion of our first meeting and eventual marriage."
Ron Swanson dressed in a hat and jacket, standing outside and looking towards and past the camera with a happy, satisfied expression on his face.
June 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Launching a DDOS attack might legitimately fall under "Service" on a CV
Screenshot of the counter for the comments on the latest Daily Nous article (currently showing 111 comments)
May 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Two shots of Ann Perkins from 'Parks and Rec' looking towards the camera and talking: 1. "Jogging is the worst, Chris" 2. "I mean, I know it keeps you healthy, but God, at what cost?"
April 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Anyone else having trouble with PhilPapers?

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Slice of a screenshot showing the PhilPapers logo, a Header that reads "Oops, an error has occurred." and text "The incident has been logged and we will be looking into it. If the problem persists, please contact David Bourget."
April 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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A shot from the Eli Cash intro scene of 'The Royal Tenenbaums' where Owen Wilson, dressed like a flashy cowboy, is holding up a finger while talking to a crowd. Although there is no caption in the image, it is from the scene where he is talking about Custer dying at the Battle of Little Bighorn, then saying "what this book presupposes is...maybe he didn't?"
April 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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POV: you just asked if grad school is a good idea
The actor who plays Lucius Malfoy in a scene from White Lotus, sitting down and looking sad while saying "Do you think you could live with no money?"
April 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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The meme image of Ben Affleck standing in a doorway outside, looking extremely annoyed and tired (mid-sigh), with one hand in the pocket of his jeans and the other loosely grasping a cigarette.
February 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM