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Dr. Syntax

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Scholar & Writer. Professing 18th & 19th c. literature, Romanticism, disability, book history, bookbinding, and comics. PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 1h

a woman says i don 't know her on a tv show

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 2h

Can confirm.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 11h

I once went to a lecture J.G.A. Pocock gave while I was in grad school. I was shocked b/c I thought he was dead (he was 80ish at the time). He passed two years ago at the age of 99!

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 12h

I have a bad habit of assuming everyone is dead.

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 19h

Yikes. Good point.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 20h

I'm starting to doubt whether we even have a congress anymore. Maybe it'll be like those times when the king simply dissolved Parliament.

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 23h

This line from Star Wars keeps banging around inside my head. Difficult not to see parallels. What are we even doing?

a man with a beard is saying `` before the dark times ... ''

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 1d

Teachers of #Frankenstein - anyone have favorite essays/articles you like to use with undergraduates that engage the novel in terms of artificial intelligence (AI)? Thanks!

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 1d

WTF

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 1d

What asshole invented MHRA citation and why can't we all just use fucking Chicago like civilized people?

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 1d

Don't look for your "passion." Certainly don't follow it.

Make as much money as possible and get financial security for you and your family.

I'm only half-kidding.

(sigh)

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 4d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been to one and I’m not sure I can explain it.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 1d

I had a friend from my time in grad school at York (CECS) who loved Jilly Cooper. Not for the history, but for (in her words), "the naughty bits."

Jilly Cooper: Best-selling author of Rivals and Riders dies at 88

Queen Camilla leads the tributes to a "legend" and a "wonderfully witty and compassionate friend".

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Emory @emory-f8.bsky.social · 3d

I could listen to him talk about books forever. ☺️

His channel is truly my ASMR.

#books #rarebooks #asmr #1700s #literature #history

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Have You EVER Seen A Book Like This?

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 2d

He can sing, he can dance (after all, Miss, this is France!).

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 2d

The ship sinks.

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

I'm going with bodies buried in the basement. The number was for "the cleaner."

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

Impressive branding.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that John Wick was written to be a #rarebooks #bookbinder is just too good. The backstory didn't make it into the film except in a few shots. I really want my own book press.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

I offer myself as tribute.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

On Bourdieu or Fleetwood Mac?

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 4d

Apropos of nothing, my students and I were discussing Bourdieu today.

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 4d

I agree. I've always hated this kind of language. Best not to mention the other applicants at all.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 5d

This is not something that started in the past year. This has been going on for at least a decade now. Is it any wonder faculty morale is at an all-time low?

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 5d

To be attacked from all sides: from the gov't, from students, from parents, from administrators, and worst of all, attacked by fellow faculty?

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