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H. Austin Whitver

@majikmouse.bsky.social

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Senior Instructor in English Lit at the University of Alabama. PhD in Early Modern Drama. Author of Tombs in Shakespearean Drama; Monumental Theater. Views are very much my own. I instablock any account that posts AI art. He / Him.

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · Nov 20

All you other charming folks: Bluesky is such a breath of fresh air. What a lovely community here!

Me, an autistic misanthrope with the charisma of a wet skunk who worked a decade to build up a small community of peculiar folks over on the other place:

a man sits in a red emirates chair during a soccer game

Alt: Pep having an animated conversation with absolutely no one during a soccer game

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 2d

I honestly do not care about the Chiefs, but this game is very unbecoming of a team of their stature.

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 4d

Bama won and now watching this with the fam. A good day.

Poster for Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 4d

One of the main questions I ask my students every time I teach it is "what does she see in him." Usually they end up deciding it is an "I can fix him" situation.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 4d

This site needs a CEO who represents the values of its users. That's why the next CEO needs to be a 40 year old trans black woman whose favorite show is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 5d

The CEO of Bluesky is craven and evil. The only people that build these platforms are infected with the self-reproducing moral rot of capitalism. They have no sense of duty or stewardship. They see their monetary reward as a cleansing justification for their actions.

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 7d

Had a live roach crawl out into my office and onto my desk while I was interviewing a student for a letter of rec. How is your day going.

[[Should note, seen other bugs, but never a roach here before. I keep my office very clean of food. Also, she reacted a LOT less dramatically than I did.]]

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 9d

For what it is worth, I feel like Weird Al is someone who has grown into his face? As in someone who has become more handsome as he has gotten older?

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 9d

Stage Beauty is set right after the restoration, but I thought I would give it a shout regardless.

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 10d

My god, that is a stunningly powerful / painful song.

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 10d

::Wonders what instigated this. Looks up scores. Sees Mets / Colts / Vikings / Lynx. Assumes we are dealing with an aggregate kind of situation.::

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 10d

I had exactly that conversation with my freshmen about sports betting. I was like, "Those players are the exact same age as you. Would you make a bet on your own ability to consistently achieve or even, like, wake up on time?"

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 11d

We Want Vandy!

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 11d

Oh no! That is shortchanging him. Great hands!

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 11d

Hope you get to see the video. Someone on here described it as a Katamari Damacy for cornerbacks and that is exactly right.

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 11d

Corso meets you at the pearly gates, halo in hand, before shouting "Not so fast," slamming it down, and putting on a giant demon head.

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 11d

At the kiddos soccer game, and for the hundredth time noticing how the parents bitch and moan about missed calls ten times as much when the ref is not white (particularly if they are Hispanic).

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 12d

OK. This is a really solid counterpoint.

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 12d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 12d

Yeah. The gambling thing is such an awful new wrinkle. Honestly, I wish all of it would go away other than "home cooking." I legit think sports might be best if the home team always got all 50/50 calls. It would mean that if you beat someone in their house, you BEAT them.

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 12d

I actually bailed out of what I was doing (a program that crashes every time I open the internet) just because I wanted to come see your take on the no call on a pre-ball-arrival wide receiver sandwich.

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 12d

They have to be cold?? Like, the world is so full of enormous, unimaginable horrors, but things like this, the small examples of petty, heartless, needless cruelty, are always the things that can just shock me and stop me in my tracks.

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 12d

All good. That obtuse angle joke was solid.

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 13d

As someone who lives in Alabama, I feel it would be more irrational to NOT be constantly angry at humidity.

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 14d

I turn on a Mets game for a minute and the commentators are making Rocky IV references. @brianoliu.bsky.social are you all like this?

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H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 16d

Worse than plausible? Borderline inevitable?

H. Austin Whitver @majikmouse.bsky.social · 16d

Just for the record, I am Autistic and I am a fucking delight.

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