Sam Clevenger
@idlesmc.bsky.social
Historian of sport and physical culture | Asst Prof | Author, Physical Culture and the Biopolitics of the International Garden City Movement (Palgrave, 2025)
Reposted by Sam Clevenger
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
Reposted by Sam Clevenger
new video up at my youtube page on the history of the filibuster and why it’s Bad. watch/share/subscribe/etc!
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
What's the deal with the filibuster?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
new video up at my youtube page on the history of the filibuster and why it’s Bad. watch/share/subscribe/etc!
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
Reposted by Sam Clevenger
Need a thought-provoking read? Check out this new open-access 🔓 paper from our own @idlesmc.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Need a thought-provoking read? Check out this new open-access 🔓 paper from our own @idlesmc.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Sam Clevenger
Especially since the publication of 'Mood Machine,' there's a growing sense among underground musicians that we don't have to simply accept our own exploitation by streaming.
I wrote about the artists who are dropping out and imagining a future beyond it www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...
I wrote about the artists who are dropping out and imagining a future beyond it www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...
Tune In, Drop Out
The independent musicians and labels who are saying no to streaming.
www.hearingthings.co
April 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Especially since the publication of 'Mood Machine,' there's a growing sense among underground musicians that we don't have to simply accept our own exploitation by streaming.
I wrote about the artists who are dropping out and imagining a future beyond it www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...
I wrote about the artists who are dropping out and imagining a future beyond it www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...
Reposted by Sam Clevenger
also considering a 12-hour version
1 hour of clean water flowing after treatment at a sewage plant
YouTube video by Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
also considering a 12-hour version
Reposted by Sam Clevenger
February 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Reposted by Sam Clevenger
“Thinking has an affective, bodily dimension. Goosebumps. Stirrings innervate thinking. This is precisely why artificial intelligence cannot think. Because feelings and affects are analog, bodily events, they cannot be represented in algorithms. Intelligence merely calculates.”
~Byung-Chul Han
~Byung-Chul Han
December 30, 2024 at 9:39 PM
“Thinking has an affective, bodily dimension. Goosebumps. Stirrings innervate thinking. This is precisely why artificial intelligence cannot think. Because feelings and affects are analog, bodily events, they cannot be represented in algorithms. Intelligence merely calculates.”
~Byung-Chul Han
~Byung-Chul Han