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a child trying to decipher a pigpen cipher on a long narrow strip of paper
September 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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this guy would never have a sycophancy problem
an animatronic flintstones bird
September 18, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Nick Covaleski talking about how everything got so fronty
A man with a beard and glasses stands to the left of a projection screen displaying a presentation slide titled The return of the frontier. The slide lists five categories on the left, each with a corresponding headline on the right: The New Frontier: New frontiers in pathogen immunity The Final Frontier: WHY WAVE ENERGY IS THE FINAL FRONTIER OF RENEWABLE ENERGY The Electronic Frontier: Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF The Digital Frontier: Taming the Digital Frontier The AI Frontier: Who Paces the AI Frontier?
September 18, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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and the weirdest aye aye of them all
A close-up, eye-level shot of an aye-aye lemur at night. The creature has shaggy, dark fur with white tips, large rounded ears, and striking, bright amber eyes. It is perched on a branch, reaching out with a long, thin, skeletal-looking finger. The background is dark and out of focus, suggesting a dense forest environment.
September 17, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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very good, even if they only have 4 or 5 killer songs and all the songs are 50 seconds long
lead singer moaning into the mic while guitarist makes unsettling tones behind him
September 17, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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dad’s night out to see YHWH Nailgun
a stage set up for a rock band with synth
September 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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...what
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September 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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a cat saying “ I hope I don't have to briefly wait” in front of the fake problem factory
September 16, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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Week 2 of the attention seminar! We talked about ideologies of attention in close reading, disciplined and distracted forms of reading, and the age-old question: Can women read (good)?
SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 2 READING READINGS DAN SINYKIN AND JOHANNA WINANT “Introduction: What Close Reading Is.” In Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2025), 1–10. 15 JESSE CORDES SELBIN “‘Read with Attention’: John Cassell, John Ruskin, and the History of Close Reading.” Victorian Studies 58, no. 3 (2016): 493–521. 21 N. KATHERINE HAYLES “Hyper and Deep Attention: The Generational Divide in Cognitive Modes.” Profession (2007): 187–99. 37 YAEL SEGALOVITZ “‘Probably Not Book Learned at All’: The Gender of Attentive Reading in Woolf and Lispector.” Poetics Today 47, no. 1 (2026): 29–50. 45 EXERCISE DROP EVERYTHING AND READ [QR Code] While doing the reading this week, keep track of the distractions that interrupt you. These may be things like notifications, friends knocking on the door, or your own mind wandering. Keep your commonplace book nearby and mark them down as they arise. Then make a diagram that represents your data. (There are some nice examples at www.dear-data.com/by-week.)
September 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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student bought me another tesla FSD camera head from the chinese internet, which, incidentally, is from a ronaldo doll, it appears
Two doll heads are mounted to the underside of a door frame, hanging upside down. The head on the left resembles Cristiano Ronaldo with a tan complexion and a wide, toothy grin. The head on the right is a Ken-style doll head with a neutral, slightly pouty expression.
September 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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noted
MONDAY GOOD 宜 demolition LUNAR 農曆 08 丁酉月 04 辛卯日 8/23-9/22 VIRGO 處女座 AVOID 忌 everything else
September 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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new specimen
IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE: LAWS ARE REAL BILLIONAIRES SHOULDN'T EXIST TARIFFS HURT MANUFACTURING RUSSIA IS OUR ENEMY THE FCC SHOULDN'T CENSOR LATE NIGHT TV TYLENOL IS SAFE RUMP IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES
September 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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buenas
a bottle of lizano salsa next to a fried egg over beans and rice
September 11, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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humans are amazing, all the reviews are from people who paid this person to pre-annotate booktok romantasy titles
* Optional small doodles, hearts, stars, symbols, or themed decorations. (let me know) The chapter guide provides a summary every few chapters, while the playlist guide includes the same summaries along with a list of songs for each set of chapters. It also features a Spotify playlist with all the songs in order based on the book, as well as the reasons why I chose each song for those chapters. Choose a Glossary Guide only if there are terms or words that are unfamiliar you'd like me to notate or add information about. For example, if a book is heavy in science terms, including a glossary for all of the scientific terms, etc. ****Please note:***** This listing is for custom hand annotation services. The final product will vary depending on the book, the annotation style selected, and your personal preferences. I put care into every book so that it feels thoughtful, personal, and one of a kind. Perfect for readers who love tabs, highlighted quotes, handwritten notes, and a cozy, personalized reading experience.
September 11, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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aaaahhhh
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September 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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this is what we might call the 'chaos' half of a double-encompassment hospitality chiasmus
than enough to take home afterwards. This is what we might call the 'chaos' half of a double-encompassment hospitality chiasmus, in which the house itself becomes the metonym of the 'order' half. By the illustrative logic of the feasting complex, the open, stone-walled enclosure of the feasting area, or taun, is bisected, front to back, by a large prone tree-trunk that serves as the threshold log for the small 'hospitality house' (gunun) erected at the rear centre. This is 'the tree that cuts the ground in half',
September 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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Week 1 was mostly orienting ourselves, and because I don't have them read ahead of time for the first day, we read together in class, a nice piece by Jo Cook on the anthropology of attention, and a blog post from Maria Popova that has all the famous quotes from William James in it.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 1 HELLO We’ll read this week’s pieces together in class. READINGS JOANNA COOK “Paying Attention to Attention.” Anthropology of This Century (2018). MARIA POPOVA “Pioneering Psychologist William James on Attention, Multitasking, and the Mental Habit That Sets Great Minds Apart.” The Marginalian (2016).
September 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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printing approximately a trillion pages for the analog version of my attention seminar this term. Let’s find out if it’s worth it.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 2 READING DAN SINYKIN AND JOHANNA WINANT JESSE CORDES SELBIN N. KATHERINE HAYLES YAEL SEGALOVITZ READINGS "Introduction: What Close Reading Is." In Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2025), 1-10. "Read with Attention': John Cassell, John Ruskin, and the History of Close Reading." Victorian Studies 58, no. 3(2016): 493-521. "Hyper and Deep Attention: The Generational Divide in Cognitive Modes." Profession, 187-99 (2007). "Probably Not Book Learned at All': The Gender of Attentive Reading in Woolf and Lispector." Poetics Today 47, no. 1(2026): 29-50. DROP EVERYTHING AND READ EXERCISE While doing the reading this week, keep track of the distractions that interrupt you. These may be things like notifications, friends they arise. Then
September 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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newest addition to my collection of synthetic attention: the “drive man,” who sits in front of a car’s in-cabin camera and appears to be watching the road for you
a little rubber head on a metal stand
September 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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love doing these, even if the questions are basically always the same. (no option given for “I want to say freeway but internally correct myself every time to say highway instead”)
Dialect map that shows that my dialect is the most similar to people in California and Nevada, and least similar to people in New York and New England
September 4, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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christmas came early
a pile of cardboard boxes that say “empty box” on them
September 4, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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expanding my portfolio of “sciences whose scientific status is in dispute”
a screenshot of Nick Seaver’s faculty page, showing that he is now appointed in computer science as well as anthropology
September 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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he picked up!
Harry Collins, a sociologist at Cardiff University who has studied tacit knowledge for over 50 years, said he was optimistic about the effort because it was focused on molecular biology — a field that has matured to the point that many of its fundamental mysteries have been worked out. But he was skeptical that Transfyr's approach would reveal much in fields where scientists agree on far less, even about which experiments will reveal something important. "You might be lucky now and again, but it's not a silver bullet for scientific problems," Dr. Collins said.
August 29, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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a cute lil greyhound laying on the ground and peeking around the corner
August 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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lol, lmao
IMPORTANT- BUILDING THE MOUSETRAP IS PART OF GAMEPLAY. DO NOT PRE-ASSEMBLE THE TRAP.
August 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM