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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Jul 27

Absurdity.

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Jul 27

If #Cthulhu were to massage your brain it would not be done with tentacles, but with psalms of wet geometry, whispered through lattices of non-Euclidean cartilage—each syllable a surgical caress unravelling the cortex like overripe fruit beneath an alien sun.
That's what I think anyway, just imo.

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · Jul 27

Hildegard of Bingen enjoys a scalp massage from Cthulhu while she repairs a convent radiator

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Jul 27

What's interesting is that I couldn't share the full quote and all the relevant info in one post, which is almost certainly why it ended up being paraphrased like this. At least the sentiments are the same!
Me: You're welcome
Nobody who ever asked for such a detailed breakdown: Thx?

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Jul 27

under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control [...] the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult [...] for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights."

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Jul 27

Just fact-checking this - it is a fairly accurate paraphrase, though not direct quote, here is what Einstein actually said:
From an essay titled "Why Socialism?" in Monthly Review. (1949) (monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...)

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Jul 27

There is irony, but this some gilded level psycho irony going on right here. I genuinely think he believes his own bullshit too... so what is that? Bullshitrony?

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · Jul 27

😂🤣

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Jul 27

There is irony, but this some gilded level psycho irony going on right here. I genuinely think he believes his own bullshit too... so what is that? Bullshitrony?

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Jun 22

Been watching too much news. I was trying to remember whose theory was the Zone of Proximal Development and all I could come up with was Zelensky.
(it was of course Vygotsky).

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · May 25

Rediscover ‘Moloch’: A Poetic Dialogue Between Man and Machine
A collection of Flarf poems before Translation software was good... some hilarious results.

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · May 25

Earlier this week we had our first official meeting for the @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project headed by @emaushioda.bsky.social "Navigating the ethical complexities of using generative AI for academic writing", with @salconsoli.bsky.social and ‪‪‪@marianna-patrick.bsky.social‬

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · May 25

It's true - reading does increase your empathic powers. I should know, I love everybody all the time

❤️‍🔥 🍁 Otoño @llfarm.bsky.social · May 24

📚 ¿y tù? 📖

I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS
ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · May 14

will do!

Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · May 14

I see you there, putting in the work. Keep at it. Write that thing. Paint it. Sculpt it. Compose it. Photograph it. Play it. Record it. Choreograph it. Draw it. Cook it. Knit it. Whatever. Keep making art.

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · May 14

When Trump denounces actual news as Fake News, he is deliberately attacking the free press and their right to tell the truth, even when he doesn't like it.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 13

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Across the world, we’ve seen democracy in retreat,” writes A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times. “This anti-press playbook is now being used here in this country — and it could not come at a more difficult time for the American press.”

Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · May 14

I just taught a great lesson on English language and cultural capital. One student said it was the best lesson they had so far this year! I get back to my office happy, until I notice my flies were down the whole time!

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Apr 21

Get ready, Shakespeare geeks! 🎭 We're dropping a brand new project, #BARD409, on April 23rd for the Bard's birthday! 🎉 Can you decipher this quote from emojis back to the original? ➡️ ⚠️➡️👑➡️😠➡️👁️🟢👾➡️🎭➡️🥩➡️😋#Shakespeare #NewRelease #LiteraryProject #HungryWolfPress #StayTuned 🐺📖

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Apr 21

Can you translate this Shakespeare quote from emojis back to the original? ➡️ 🗓️➡️🗓️➡️🗓️➡️🐌➡️🚶‍♀️➡️➡️🗓️➡️🔚➡️⏰️📜➡️⬅️🗓️➡️💡➡️🤡
#BARD409

Shakespeare Resource Center @shakespearerc.bsky.social · Apr 20

Apr 20, 1611: Earliest recorded performance of Macbeth occurs at the Globe. #OTD #Shakespeare
bit.ly/3aChNcq

Forman's account of seeing plays at the Globe: Macbeth, Cymbeline, Winter's Tale

Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Apr 21

Maybe we will!
www.hungrywolf.net/fiction/bard...
To mark the 409th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and to celebrate his birthday, we are releasing a new series; BARD409.

Two new novels. One immortal voice.
Releasing on April 23rd. More details to come.

A glitchy image of Shakespeare to promote a new series blending old and new.

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Apr 21

💔➡️🍬➡️😭 What bittersweet Shakespearean moment is this? 🤔 Translate the emojis! 👇 #ShakespeareInEmojis #LanguageLovers #LiteraryTeaser #HungryWolfPress is cooking up something special for the Bard's birthday! #BARD409 🗓️ 4/23 @shakespeare.lol

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Apr 21

Chomsky said "If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are."
I have been using this quote for 10 years in my teacher training courses.

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Apr 13

Needed to find Sir Ken Branagh on socials, tell him how he inspired my reading in my upcoming #Shakespeare #Audiobook. Couldn't find him on X because they are ALL fake accounts. What's the world coming to when you can't even make genuine contact with an extremely famous person you've never even met?

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Apr 2

National Novel Writing Month cancelled forever. lithub.com/nanowrimo-is...

NaNoWriMo is shutting down.

Looks like that’s the end of the manuscript for NaNoWriMo. In an email, the nonprofit announced that they’re wrapping things up for good. NaNoWriMo—which stands, for the uninitiated, for Nati…

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Apr 2

Did the Tower of Babel Actually Exist?: A Look at the Archaeological Evidence www.openculture.com/2025/03/did-...

Did the Tower of Babel Actually Exist?: A Look at the Archaeological Evidence

For all the means of communication and exchange we've established between the cultures of the world, no matter how distant they may be from one another, we still have no truly universal single human l...

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Mar 6

Happy #WorldBookDay2025!! If you are in #Skipton, you can get signed hardback copies of my novel from the wonderful Oxfam Books on the High Street. Limited stocks so hurry on down! Oxfam Great Britain #WorldBookDay #books

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Greg Andree @gregandree71.bsky.social · Feb 13

Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this.

Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.

Book covers for: Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

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R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Feb 2

I am re-sharing this because I came up with this and I think it's funny and deserves at least a few more likes. To be fair, when I posted it initially I had 0 followers.

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · Nov 29

Let's all come together and try to agree on stuff, yeah?