Geoff Klock
@geoffklock.bsky.social
Tenured full professor at BMCC-CUNY with an Oxford doctorate; I teach folks about oneiric thinking via Plato, Shakespeare, Proust, Kafka, David Lynch, and the X-Men
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Geoff Klock
@geoffklock.bsky.social
· Dec 3
post 4 characters that you relate to and let people make assumptions about you accordingly
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If you told me this was a conversation between a drag queen and her lesbian friend with a uniform fetish, I'd totally believe you.
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If you told me this was a conversation between a drag queen and her lesbian friend with a uniform fetish, I'd totally believe you.
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
The final page of issue 3 remains one of my all time favorite pages of any comic book
The fluidity of symbols, the erotics of color, the necessity of remembering metaphors are also the thing they are and more with Fantastic Four 1234 by José Villarrubia, Jae Lee, Wes Abbot, and Grant Morrison.
A Beautiful Molecule: Fantastic Four: 1234
A Beautiful Molecule
travishedgecoke.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The final page of issue 3 remains one of my all time favorite pages of any comic book
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Happy Monday, Everyone! Looking Forward To Another Week Of Infecting Every Aspect Of Your Daily Lives! https://theonion.com/happy-monday-everyone-looking-forward-to-another-week-1819769158/
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy Monday, Everyone! Looking Forward To Another Week Of Infecting Every Aspect Of Your Daily Lives! https://theonion.com/happy-monday-everyone-looking-forward-to-another-week-1819769158/
I do think it's a good idea to engage in conversation with right wingers. But you gotta do it face to face so you can get a sense if they are sincerely listening and not winding you up or mocking you or a robot or twelve years old or just ignoring you until it's their time to monologue
Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I do think it's a good idea to engage in conversation with right wingers. But you gotta do it face to face so you can get a sense if they are sincerely listening and not winding you up or mocking you or a robot or twelve years old or just ignoring you until it's their time to monologue
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Once in a century political opportunity here, if only there were a party to claim it
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Once in a century political opportunity here, if only there were a party to claim it
I taught it this term and this is 100% correct. PLATO WAS RIGHT
The Republic Book IX remains the most essential political reading of the current era.
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I taught it this term and this is 100% correct. PLATO WAS RIGHT
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mommy's had a hard year, let her get a little sloppy
December 16, 2024 at 8:52 PM
mommy's had a hard year, let her get a little sloppy
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if you saw mommy kissing Santa Claus, no you didn't. snitches get stitches.
December 16, 2024 at 8:50 PM
if you saw mommy kissing Santa Claus, no you didn't. snitches get stitches.
This is such a wild streak. Like literally you need to be either Tim Burton or Akira Kurosawa to have a streak like this
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is such a wild streak. Like literally you need to be either Tim Burton or Akira Kurosawa to have a streak like this
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Gal Gadot Assures Casting Agent She Can Play AI Roles https://theonion.com/gal-gadot-assures-casting-agent-she-can-play-ai-roles/
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Gal Gadot Assures Casting Agent She Can Play AI Roles https://theonion.com/gal-gadot-assures-casting-agent-she-can-play-ai-roles/
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girl who was born without a nose but had one constructed through surgery: this is my nose
some weirdo: you mean fakenose. that's not a nose. you are lying to me about your biology!
nose girl: wow you smell really bad. i can tell that now.
weirdo: your fakenose doesn't sense real smells!!
some weirdo: you mean fakenose. that's not a nose. you are lying to me about your biology!
nose girl: wow you smell really bad. i can tell that now.
weirdo: your fakenose doesn't sense real smells!!
December 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
girl who was born without a nose but had one constructed through surgery: this is my nose
some weirdo: you mean fakenose. that's not a nose. you are lying to me about your biology!
nose girl: wow you smell really bad. i can tell that now.
weirdo: your fakenose doesn't sense real smells!!
some weirdo: you mean fakenose. that's not a nose. you are lying to me about your biology!
nose girl: wow you smell really bad. i can tell that now.
weirdo: your fakenose doesn't sense real smells!!
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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"A candle does not negotiate with darkness" is such a good fucking sentence, god damn.
December 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"A candle does not negotiate with darkness" is such a good fucking sentence, god damn.
100% agree
December 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
100% agree
When I taught Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater and was explaining what aestheticism was one student interrupted and was like "so it's just ... vibes" and I had a hard time arguing! Where's the lie?!
Gen Z and Gen Alpha have been using “aesthetic” as an adjective or a one-word compliment on social media for a few years now.
But to older ears, it still sounds strange.
But to older ears, it still sounds strange.
Why everything is ‘aesthetic’ to Gen Z and Alpha
Gen Z turned “aesthetic” into an adjective and a one-word compliment. Why does it still sound wrong to older ears?
wapo.st
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
When I taught Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater and was explaining what aestheticism was one student interrupted and was like "so it's just ... vibes" and I had a hard time arguing! Where's the lie?!
As a substitute for religion allow me to recommend PLATO! It fulfills the need to worship something that is not just money and power but Plato is more active than religion and leaves more room for you to develop yourself on your own principles
Religious affiliation has been dropping among young people for decades, but there are examples of surging interest on college campuses and in cities. https://wapo.st/4a3Gmhk
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As a substitute for religion allow me to recommend PLATO! It fulfills the need to worship something that is not just money and power but Plato is more active than religion and leaves more room for you to develop yourself on your own principles
I regret to to inform you that my best movies of the year ranking looks like this:
5. Die my Love
4. Sinners
3. One Battle after Another
2. Sentimental Value
1. CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE REZE ARC
5. Die my Love
4. Sinners
3. One Battle after Another
2. Sentimental Value
1. CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE REZE ARC
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I regret to to inform you that my best movies of the year ranking looks like this:
5. Die my Love
4. Sinners
3. One Battle after Another
2. Sentimental Value
1. CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE REZE ARC
5. Die my Love
4. Sinners
3. One Battle after Another
2. Sentimental Value
1. CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE REZE ARC
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I could get behind this interpretation
I think Pluribus is a comedy but I also think Kafka's The Trial is hilarious.
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I could get behind this interpretation
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Happy (almost) first week of winter! Stay warm out there folks 💙🧡💛 #thething #80shorror
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy (almost) first week of winter! Stay warm out there folks 💙🧡💛 #thething #80shorror
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Revachol sober (on amphetamines, chain smoking cigarettes)
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Revachol sober (on amphetamines, chain smoking cigarettes)
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bring Jeffrey Epstein back to life and kill him
December 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
bring Jeffrey Epstein back to life and kill him