Scott O'Neil
@bluecollarscholar.bsky.social
Shakespeare professor. Tired.
Things I make when I'm bored, procrastinating, and easily amused. :)
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Things I make when I'm bored, procrastinating, and easily amused. :)
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September 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Quote with a GIF from the last movie/TV show that you watched:
August 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Quote with a GIF from the last movie/TV show that you watched:
In the earliest universities, this was a feature. Before they had permanent physical spaces, their ability to pick up & move to another town was their best weapon against price hikes. The current administration wants to destroy an ideological opponent, but is too daft to see the economic fallout.
It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In the earliest universities, this was a feature. Before they had permanent physical spaces, their ability to pick up & move to another town was their best weapon against price hikes. The current administration wants to destroy an ideological opponent, but is too daft to see the economic fallout.
This was probably my first ever comic, period. A comic store opened in our tiny town when I was about 10 years old. Pulled this issue from the bargain bin based solely on the cover being cool and the price being right.
July 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This was probably my first ever comic, period. A comic store opened in our tiny town when I was about 10 years old. Pulled this issue from the bargain bin based solely on the cover being cool and the price being right.
I'm a bit late to the game on this one, but I am enjoying the hell out of Birthright by @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social and Andrei Bressan. I picked up a TPB at Ollie's Discount Warehouse a couple weeks back, and got sucked right in. I'm four volumes in now, and it just keeps getting better.
June 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm a bit late to the game on this one, but I am enjoying the hell out of Birthright by @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social and Andrei Bressan. I picked up a TPB at Ollie's Discount Warehouse a couple weeks back, and got sucked right in. I'm four volumes in now, and it just keeps getting better.
Newest acquisition arrived yesterday! Couldn’t pass it up at the price it sold for, plus, this is the first piece I picked up that includes Niels the bouncing cat!
May 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Newest acquisition arrived yesterday! Couldn’t pass it up at the price it sold for, plus, this is the first piece I picked up that includes Niels the bouncing cat!
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🧵 Today’s lesson: Diving into Digital Humanities
This project (funded with the help of NEH) allowed researchers to digitize and study 700 playbills from the 1800s from one of the nation’s oldest theaters in Philadelphia. Sounds super cool, right? That’s because it IS! 1/3
shorturl.at/DY9jH
This project (funded with the help of NEH) allowed researchers to digitize and study 700 playbills from the 1800s from one of the nation’s oldest theaters in Philadelphia. Sounds super cool, right? That’s because it IS! 1/3
shorturl.at/DY9jH
The Philadelphia Playbills Project
Visit the post for more.
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April 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🧵 Today’s lesson: Diving into Digital Humanities
This project (funded with the help of NEH) allowed researchers to digitize and study 700 playbills from the 1800s from one of the nation’s oldest theaters in Philadelphia. Sounds super cool, right? That’s because it IS! 1/3
shorturl.at/DY9jH
This project (funded with the help of NEH) allowed researchers to digitize and study 700 playbills from the 1800s from one of the nation’s oldest theaters in Philadelphia. Sounds super cool, right? That’s because it IS! 1/3
shorturl.at/DY9jH
The total annual budget for the NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) for 2025 was $201 million dollars.
That pays for things like:
-Institutes, workshops, and professional development for school teachers.
-It pays for grants to help fund museums, historical sites, and libraries.
That pays for things like:
-Institutes, workshops, and professional development for school teachers.
-It pays for grants to help fund museums, historical sites, and libraries.
April 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The total annual budget for the NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) for 2025 was $201 million dollars.
That pays for things like:
-Institutes, workshops, and professional development for school teachers.
-It pays for grants to help fund museums, historical sites, and libraries.
That pays for things like:
-Institutes, workshops, and professional development for school teachers.
-It pays for grants to help fund museums, historical sites, and libraries.
Happy day of birth! The first issue to come to mind was this one. I wasn't really into the X-Men at the time (a little bit of New Mutants only). I picked this up for some reason, and couldn't put it down. Colossus was relentless and there was a sense of danger through the whole issue. Loved it.
April 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Happy day of birth! The first issue to come to mind was this one. I wasn't really into the X-Men at the time (a little bit of New Mutants only). I picked this up for some reason, and couldn't put it down. Colossus was relentless and there was a sense of danger through the whole issue. Loved it.
I'll start things off. I collect mostly production art (comic book art and theater costume designs). I love the idea of art as part of the process of creating something. I currently only own two original costume design sketches, both from shows at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival.
I saw this great convo the other day, and it gave me an idea. In the interests of pushing back on the constant negativity, let's share our art collections, describe what we like and why we like it, and throw some love towards the artists who created the pieces that we love. #ArtCollectionApril
April 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I'll start things off. I collect mostly production art (comic book art and theater costume designs). I love the idea of art as part of the process of creating something. I currently only own two original costume design sketches, both from shows at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival.
I saw this great convo the other day, and it gave me an idea. In the interests of pushing back on the constant negativity, let's share our art collections, describe what we like and why we like it, and throw some love towards the artists who created the pieces that we love. #ArtCollectionApril
April 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I saw this great convo the other day, and it gave me an idea. In the interests of pushing back on the constant negativity, let's share our art collections, describe what we like and why we like it, and throw some love towards the artists who created the pieces that we love. #ArtCollectionApril
I honestly don't think I've seen this before. A job posting (at Binghamton U) that openly states that they have an internal candidate.
April 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I honestly don't think I've seen this before. A job posting (at Binghamton U) that openly states that they have an internal candidate.
@jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social. Do you know if the Kirby Museum has ever made/sold prints of the costume designs the King made for Julius Caesar way back when? As a comic nerd who grew up to be a Shakespeare professor, that is one of my all time favorite crossover stories.
March 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
@jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social. Do you know if the Kirby Museum has ever made/sold prints of the costume designs the King made for Julius Caesar way back when? As a comic nerd who grew up to be a Shakespeare professor, that is one of my all time favorite crossover stories.
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Come Out to Play… A New Warriors Podcast - episode 40
Jarrod (Death Probe) and Delvin (Dark Web) do some easy math: SuperNova over Nova...but what does that mean for Nova and the New Warriors? The Starlost begins!
Listen On All Podcatchers and Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lon...
Jarrod (Death Probe) and Delvin (Dark Web) do some easy math: SuperNova over Nova...but what does that mean for Nova and the New Warriors? The Starlost begins!
Listen On All Podcatchers and Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lon...
February 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Come Out to Play… A New Warriors Podcast - episode 40
Jarrod (Death Probe) and Delvin (Dark Web) do some easy math: SuperNova over Nova...but what does that mean for Nova and the New Warriors? The Starlost begins!
Listen On All Podcatchers and Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lon...
Jarrod (Death Probe) and Delvin (Dark Web) do some easy math: SuperNova over Nova...but what does that mean for Nova and the New Warriors? The Starlost begins!
Listen On All Podcatchers and Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lon...
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Jason brings X-FORCE? From the 90’s! Ok, it’s from MAY 2019, but we ask you to listen to this LONGBOX CRUSADE anyway 😂
Listen on Apple Podcast or YouTube: youtu.be/kDc-uzB19W4
Listen on Apple Podcast or YouTube: youtu.be/kDc-uzB19W4
Longbox Crusade - episode 48: X-Force #5 (2019) #xforce #marvelcomics #cable #marvel #comicreview
YouTube video by Longbox Crusade
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March 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Jason brings X-FORCE? From the 90’s! Ok, it’s from MAY 2019, but we ask you to listen to this LONGBOX CRUSADE anyway 😂
Listen on Apple Podcast or YouTube: youtu.be/kDc-uzB19W4
Listen on Apple Podcast or YouTube: youtu.be/kDc-uzB19W4
I somehow keep getting mix ups on my Free Agents pull. At first, I was missing issue 4 (I had 1-3 and 5). Now I'm missing issue 6 (I have 1-5 and 7). Even with all the confusion, I've really been enjoying this series by @fabiannicieza.bsky.social, Kurt Busiek, and Stephen Mooney.
March 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I somehow keep getting mix ups on my Free Agents pull. At first, I was missing issue 4 (I had 1-3 and 5). Now I'm missing issue 6 (I have 1-5 and 7). Even with all the confusion, I've really been enjoying this series by @fabiannicieza.bsky.social, Kurt Busiek, and Stephen Mooney.
Couldn't sleep last night. Got bored. Made this. :)
February 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Couldn't sleep last night. Got bored. Made this. :)
She heard me play a video that had a cat meowing. This got her all up in her feels.
February 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
She heard me play a video that had a cat meowing. This got her all up in her feels.
We need to steal a jet in order to stop our ex-leader's octogenarian housekeeper from murdering our friends and taking over the world.
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
"Edith Keeler must die."
January 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
We need to steal a jet in order to stop our ex-leader's octogenarian housekeeper from murdering our friends and taking over the world.
I'm really really trying to like the anime series, Dr. Stone. The premise is great, but I just can't get into it. Anyone else have a similar reaction?
January 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'm really really trying to like the anime series, Dr. Stone. The premise is great, but I just can't get into it. Anyone else have a similar reaction?
For those who delight in such things, I put my dog in a holiday sweater. If you never hear from me again, that likely means the dog succeeded in gaining her vengeance for this indignity (adorable though said indignity was).
December 25, 2024 at 4:44 AM
For those who delight in such things, I put my dog in a holiday sweater. If you never hear from me again, that likely means the dog succeeded in gaining her vengeance for this indignity (adorable though said indignity was).
Quote posting so I can easily find it again when I'm not broke, haha.
New comics to read, new thread I'll update as I make my way through it:
Light Carries On
By Ray Nadine (cartoonist) with May Hijikuro (designer), Josie Weaver (digital art technician), and Konner Knudsen (editor). Published by Dark Horse Books.
Light Carries On
By Ray Nadine (cartoonist) with May Hijikuro (designer), Josie Weaver (digital art technician), and Konner Knudsen (editor). Published by Dark Horse Books.
November 28, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Quote posting so I can easily find it again when I'm not broke, haha.
Re-bagging/boarding the collection, and came across this gem. Picked it up and got it signed at a Baltimore Comic convention, must have been 20 some odd years ago. To date, @davidgallaher.bsky.social is still the only member of the old Crashpad mailing list that I've met in person.
September 20, 2023 at 1:32 AM
Re-bagging/boarding the collection, and came across this gem. Picked it up and got it signed at a Baltimore Comic convention, must have been 20 some odd years ago. To date, @davidgallaher.bsky.social is still the only member of the old Crashpad mailing list that I've met in person.