Casey
@drcothran.bsky.social
Lover of teaching, writing, 19th century British literature, detective fiction, and fairy tales.
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another day at the uncrustables factory decrusting these crustables
February 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
another day at the uncrustables factory decrusting these crustables
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If we really want to screw with AI scrapers, we should start punctuating along Victorian models, w/commas for emphasis, sometimes between subjects & verbs or just for whimsy, colons where no one'd use them today, and a shockingly free hand w/semi-colons. Not to mention the fantastic :— construction
Virginia Woolf is an underrated colon user: bring back colons for things other than lists and time!!
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If we really want to screw with AI scrapers, we should start punctuating along Victorian models, w/commas for emphasis, sometimes between subjects & verbs or just for whimsy, colons where no one'd use them today, and a shockingly free hand w/semi-colons. Not to mention the fantastic :— construction
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Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
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December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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There's this weird thing in the American Exceptionalist psyche where we get told over & over & over again that our history— The Best History— comes down to Singular Moments™ led by Great Men™— the Revolution, Emancipation, Miners' Strikes Civil Rights— & those moments' resolutions Solved It Forever™
You know in Europe they riot about this kind of thing.
A new investigation has revealed that grocery delivery service Instacart is using a covert, AI-powered dynamic pricing scheme to charge customers different prices for the same items — potentially costing households over $1,000 more a year.
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There's this weird thing in the American Exceptionalist psyche where we get told over & over & over again that our history— The Best History— comes down to Singular Moments™ led by Great Men™— the Revolution, Emancipation, Miners' Strikes Civil Rights— & those moments' resolutions Solved It Forever™
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Stranger Christmas 🎄🌀🙃
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Stranger Christmas 🎄🌀🙃
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
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Here's to good writing, which makes life more liveable. Many found in Stevenson’s work, particularly his essays, “hope to live and courage to die.” That's a life well lived. #authors
lithub.com/robert-louis...
lithub.com/robert-louis...
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
On summer break from his university studies, a young Robert Louis Stevenson worked late into the night. He apprenticed in his family’s lighthouse engineering business but had no interest in the tra…
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November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here's to good writing, which makes life more liveable. Many found in Stevenson’s work, particularly his essays, “hope to live and courage to die.” That's a life well lived. #authors
lithub.com/robert-louis...
lithub.com/robert-louis...
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Sangre De Cristo Mountains
20”x20” Oil
Available on my website
20”x20” Oil
Available on my website
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Sangre De Cristo Mountains
20”x20” Oil
Available on my website
20”x20” Oil
Available on my website
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Any fans of ultramarine blue out there?
Gulf Storm. 6”x6” oil painting
Gulf Storm. 6”x6” oil painting
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Any fans of ultramarine blue out there?
Gulf Storm. 6”x6” oil painting
Gulf Storm. 6”x6” oil painting
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🪶 #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs, but here it looks like the avian version of the meme of the couple with the guy looking back at another girl. House finches in winter.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🪶 #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs, but here it looks like the avian version of the meme of the couple with the guy looking back at another girl. House finches in winter.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.
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To justify the Border Patrol’s operation, the administration — and even our own representatives — have spread misinformation about Charlotte | Opinion
Another Border Patrol casualty: Charlotte’s image | Opinion
To justify the Border Patrol’s operation, the administration — and even our own representatives — have spread misinformation about Charlotte | Opinion
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November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
To justify the Border Patrol’s operation, the administration — and even our own representatives — have spread misinformation about Charlotte | Opinion
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Seibert Creek, Port Angeles, Washington
Sound up!
Sound up!
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Seibert Creek, Port Angeles, Washington
Sound up!
Sound up!
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Reporters should start wearing lapel pins featuring Miss Piggy. She’s tough, fearless, and doesn’t take shit from anyone. Embrace it, celebrate it. It’ll piss him off no end.
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Trump had several tense exchanges with the press over the weekend, including pointing in the face of a female reporter.
Trump had several tense exchanges with the press over the weekend, including pointing in the face of a female reporter.
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reporters should start wearing lapel pins featuring Miss Piggy. She’s tough, fearless, and doesn’t take shit from anyone. Embrace it, celebrate it. It’ll piss him off no end.
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Really nice stiff arm to scumbag former viewers from @wcnc-charlotte.bsky.social on TikTok. Local journalism in Charlotte has been doing a great job covering the attack on our community.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Really nice stiff arm to scumbag former viewers from @wcnc-charlotte.bsky.social on TikTok. Local journalism in Charlotte has been doing a great job covering the attack on our community.
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In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
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I don't know what I might have done to have this rosebush gift me with this lovely rose in the middle of November, but here it is. On the South Shore of Long Island, New York.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I don't know what I might have done to have this rosebush gift me with this lovely rose in the middle of November, but here it is. On the South Shore of Long Island, New York.
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Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins
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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.