@einpfannkuchen.bsky.social
Three multitudes in a trenchcoat. High school English teacher.
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Not sure if any single part of academia felt more like a weird cheat code than Interlibrary Loan. Like, I just say a book I want, basically any book, and this crack team of experts just *get it*????
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Not sure if any single part of academia felt more like a weird cheat code than Interlibrary Loan. Like, I just say a book I want, basically any book, and this crack team of experts just *get it*????
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A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book
July 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book
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I thought the headline was exaggerating but it’s not. This is legitimately insane www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
Texas is about to ban talking on college campuses at night | Opinion
If signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, this bill will ban speech at night — from study groups to newspaper reporting — at the state's public universities.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I thought the headline was exaggerating but it’s not. This is legitimately insane www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
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Sometimes I think about Wikipedia, and what they're trying to do, and what they could be, and compare their budget with the funding for LLM slop machines, and it drives me a little insane. We tried to build a library of Alexandria that would not burn, then tried a library of babel for profit.
July 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Sometimes I think about Wikipedia, and what they're trying to do, and what they could be, and compare their budget with the funding for LLM slop machines, and it drives me a little insane. We tried to build a library of Alexandria that would not burn, then tried a library of babel for profit.
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This article is going to turn me into the Joker. Literary style is not a puzzle you solve to get a little information treat 😩😩😩
June 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This article is going to turn me into the Joker. Literary style is not a puzzle you solve to get a little information treat 😩😩😩
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My favorite two signs from today's No Kings protest in Charlottesville. Big crowd, fantastic turnout. Lots of positive energy. The mood defiant & determined.
June 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My favorite two signs from today's No Kings protest in Charlottesville. Big crowd, fantastic turnout. Lots of positive energy. The mood defiant & determined.
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Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.
June 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.
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Forgive the click-bait title, but I had to wade into the "Kids can't read" & "Give them books!" discourse. While I 100% agree we should advocate for teaching long-form texts, it's easy to forget that teaching literature well is HARD. #literacies #academicsky
trevoraleo.substack.com/p/books-cann...
trevoraleo.substack.com/p/books-cann...
Books Cannot Not Save English (Part 1)
Why literature is necessary but insufficient for transformative teaching
trevoraleo.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Forgive the click-bait title, but I had to wade into the "Kids can't read" & "Give them books!" discourse. While I 100% agree we should advocate for teaching long-form texts, it's easy to forget that teaching literature well is HARD. #literacies #academicsky
trevoraleo.substack.com/p/books-cann...
trevoraleo.substack.com/p/books-cann...
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"And yet—books cannot save English."
all of this 🎯 @mraleosays.bsky.social
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all of this 🎯 @mraleosays.bsky.social
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March 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"And yet—books cannot save English."
all of this 🎯 @mraleosays.bsky.social
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all of this 🎯 @mraleosays.bsky.social
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Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
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Years ago, ACT UP protested at hospitals cutting off LGBTQ+ people from their care.
They didn't stand for it.
They didn't stand for it.
January 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Years ago, ACT UP protested at hospitals cutting off LGBTQ+ people from their care.
They didn't stand for it.
They didn't stand for it.
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President Trump issued an executive order to find out what education funds he can legally rescind based on curriculum he doesn’t like. Existing law already answers that question —nothing.
January 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
President Trump issued an executive order to find out what education funds he can legally rescind based on curriculum he doesn’t like. Existing law already answers that question —nothing.
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I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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Chaos and confusion. Somebody read @naomiaklein.bsky.social The Shock Doctrine as a manual, it seems. Time for people to read it again for countermeasures also.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
a 🧵
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This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
January 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
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Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
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I am hopeful that all of our worries about AI will inspire us to invite and support a far more authentic process. It's pushing many to do what we should have been doing all along: teaching rather than assigning writing, workshopping process, daily fdbk+micro-conferences, and iterating bit by bit.
January 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I am hopeful that all of our worries about AI will inspire us to invite and support a far more authentic process. It's pushing many to do what we should have been doing all along: teaching rather than assigning writing, workshopping process, daily fdbk+micro-conferences, and iterating bit by bit.
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Hope everyone is waking up to the fact that there's no such thing as 'good billionaires'
January 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hope everyone is waking up to the fact that there's no such thing as 'good billionaires'
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[Gertrude Stein seeing something annoying on the internet] I am gradually becoming, I am always seeing and repeating and becoming, I am going deeper and seeing and finding ways of being, a way of gradually finding and listening and seeing and becoming, the joker
January 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
[Gertrude Stein seeing something annoying on the internet] I am gradually becoming, I am always seeing and repeating and becoming, I am going deeper and seeing and finding ways of being, a way of gradually finding and listening and seeing and becoming, the joker
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I have taken
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
January 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I have taken
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
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Recategorizing the normal range of human need (sign interpretation, wheelchairs, vaccines) as socially pathological (and intolerable) is a way of preparing us to see anyone who is not in the right kind of body as making too many demands, just by being alive
January 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Recategorizing the normal range of human need (sign interpretation, wheelchairs, vaccines) as socially pathological (and intolerable) is a way of preparing us to see anyone who is not in the right kind of body as making too many demands, just by being alive
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Oh man, should we tell them about Cantebury Tales?
Assuming that "old" means "must have been deadly serious at all times" does such a disservice to a lot of really great books
Pro tip for Moby Dick (& just about every other book people tend to think of as "serious literature"): It's supposed to be funny. It's supposed to be weird. Herman was doing a whole lot of screwing around with it & that makes it fun!
January 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Oh man, should we tell them about Cantebury Tales?
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This skill has inherent value.
But also, if you can’t thoughtfully interpret a text, I’m worried about your ability to interpret a music video, a moment, a news event, a statement or action by yourself or someone else, etc etc. In the absence of critical thinking… well, just look around.
But also, if you can’t thoughtfully interpret a text, I’m worried about your ability to interpret a music video, a moment, a news event, a statement or action by yourself or someone else, etc etc. In the absence of critical thinking… well, just look around.
How to critically read a text. This is what the author wrote, here’s one way to interpret what they’re saying and here’s why I think it’s interesting or significant. It’s an invaluable skill. And increasingly rare across different mediums.
17. What is one thing you think every human being should learn how to do?
December 30, 2024 at 11:53 PM
This skill has inherent value.
But also, if you can’t thoughtfully interpret a text, I’m worried about your ability to interpret a music video, a moment, a news event, a statement or action by yourself or someone else, etc etc. In the absence of critical thinking… well, just look around.
But also, if you can’t thoughtfully interpret a text, I’m worried about your ability to interpret a music video, a moment, a news event, a statement or action by yourself or someone else, etc etc. In the absence of critical thinking… well, just look around.