Nathan Waddell
@drnjwaddell.bsky.social
Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature, University of Birmingham, UK | drnjwaddell.co.uk
This.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This.
Me, looking at a recent picture of myself: ‘God I look old.’
My eldest child: ‘But daddy—you’ve always looked old.’
My eldest child: ‘But daddy—you’ve always looked old.’
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Me, looking at a recent picture of myself: ‘God I look old.’
My eldest child: ‘But daddy—you’ve always looked old.’
My eldest child: ‘But daddy—you’ve always looked old.’
Having thought long and hard about it, I can confirm that #Chopin's 3rd scherzo, in C sharp minor, is in fact the best of his scherzi. As you were.
P.S. Additional petition for us all to use the pleasingly jagged, jangly, and jocular word 'scherzo' on a more regular basis.
P.S. Additional petition for us all to use the pleasingly jagged, jangly, and jocular word 'scherzo' on a more regular basis.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Having thought long and hard about it, I can confirm that #Chopin's 3rd scherzo, in C sharp minor, is in fact the best of his scherzi. As you were.
P.S. Additional petition for us all to use the pleasingly jagged, jangly, and jocular word 'scherzo' on a more regular basis.
P.S. Additional petition for us all to use the pleasingly jagged, jangly, and jocular word 'scherzo' on a more regular basis.
Can confirm it was rather sublime. Bravo @lukekennard.bsky.social. 🎓
I got to do my inaugural lecture this evening and really enjoyed it.
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Can confirm it was rather sublime. Bravo @lukekennard.bsky.social. 🎓