Richard Menke
@richardmenke.bsky.social
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Nineteenth-century fiction, print cultures, media, technologies, environments
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Sooo long—even when it’s only 1700–1789.
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None ever wished it longer than it was.
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costasamaras.com
Our current moment, explained: imagine that keeping your car idling 24/7 solved mad libs that told you to put glue on pizza
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ennui.org
why is it that the only two stately things are Kublai Khan's pleasure dome and Wayne Manor
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Aww, thanks folks! Happy to see the piece in such good company!
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I always feel kind of embarrassed when a bland, descriptive phrase gets pulled from my report as a blurb, but now I understand why it happens!
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ryanboyd.bsky.social
Twitter was dead, to begin with.
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josephscrimshaw.bsky.social
Actually Frankenstein was the name of the scientist. I, the person correcting you on this trivial point, am the monster.
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Woo-hoo! Such terrific news!
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johannawinant.bsky.social
This is it, this is the definitive essay on WVU's current situation. It's written by the brilliant, furious, and clear-sighted Myya Helm, recent WVU graduate, first-gen student, Black West Virginian, and now Marshall Scholar.
I Graduated From West Virginia University. The Travesty Unfolding There Is Breaking My Heart.
The student population got smaller and smaller while fancy new buildings appeared.
slate.com
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Continually amazed at the conservative conception of free speech, which is so amorphous it can protect election fraud but so narrow it excludes drag queens
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(large public R1 in the South, BTW)
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generally, 25 for upper-level, 30-35 for sophomore surveys
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Little Mary’s gift; little monkey’s grift
A Victorian illustration of a little girl on a balcony with a young woman, as the girl gives a coin to a monkey in a dress and a ruff collar. The bearded organ grinder watches. Original caption: “Little Mary’s Gift.”
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phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
Babe, is everything ok? You’ve hardly posted on your 9 different social media accounts where you are mutuals with the exact same 200 people