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Scholar & Writer. Professing 18th & 19th c. literature, Romanticism, disability, book history, bookbinding, and comics. PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 9h

Feeling autumnal in my backyard.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 10h

"...so the wretched infidel gazes himself blind at the monumental white shroud that wraps all the prospect around him. And of all these things the Albino whale was the symbol. Wonder ye then at the fiery hunt?" -- #MobyDick

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 1d

Can I just go to bed now?

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 1d

Tesla's stock is higher than it was a year ago, 5 years ago despite its brief drop earlier this year. Alas.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 2d

Some days I think about how hard I worked to get the hell out of central CT, and then there are days I think maybe I should just move back and get a job painting houses like my father and put all this petty bullshit behind me.

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Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 3d

My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”

Counterpoint | Minnesota humanities graduates thrive in meaningful careers

"The stereotype of the underemployed history major is simply not true," professor Andrea Kaston Tange writes.

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 2d

A pickle? A plastic bag? A crust of bread?

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 2d

P.B. Shelley was right about a lot of things.
As was Toni Morrison.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

United Airlines?

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

Funny thing is I grew up in CT.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

I live in Colorado. 😐

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

Ugh, so jealous. Wish I could get there.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

Many museums already do this. We did them with our kiddos when they were little. New York's Nat Hist. use to do this, and I feel like one of the Tates. Denver Art Museum has something like this, too.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

At some point we're simply giving up on what it means to be human.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 3d

When my children were little we'd take them to museums (art, natural history etc.) and have them do scavenger hunts. They loved it, and we got to experience the museums through their eyes.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 4d

Somehow I have been brought to the Mall of America. Send help.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 4d

"... they're saying boo-k history". #bookhistory

Still from the Simpsons episode "A Star Is Burns" (1995). A decrepit Mr. Burns, having just screened his self-aggrandizing original film, sits in the theatre seat turned slightly toward his dorky younger assistant and yes-man, Smithers, who is gesturing nervously with his hands.

The caption reads:
Smithers, are they booing me?
No, they're saying Boo-urns

In this post, the last line goes as follows: "No, they're saying Boo-K History"

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 4d

Little known fact: Blake was once a dancer on Solid Gold.

a man in a silver leotard is dancing on a stage

ALT: a man in a silver leotard is dancing on a stage

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 4d

"Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hells despair."
--Wm. Blake

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 4d

Each day I understand more and more why millenarianism gripped England in the 1790s.

homer simpson from the simpsons is holding a sign that says the end is near

ALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is holding a sign that says the end is near

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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 5d

RBS is now accepting applications for:

𝗥𝗕𝗦-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 (𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 (𝗦𝗼𝗙𝗖𝗕) 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 (𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 (𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

rarebookschool.org

A vertically oriented graphic shows a white box will a yellow border. Inside the box, black and blue text reads, “Apply Now! RBS-Awarded Scholarships Application Deadline: Sunday, 2 November 2025. The SoFCB Junior Fellows Program Application Deadline: Wednesday, 19 November 2025. The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025.” On a black bar at the bottom of the graphic, white and yellow text says, “Learn more & apply at: rarebookschool.org.” The background of the graphic is a photo of a younger man in a blue shirt and glasses leaning over a table to look at a book that an older man in a mauve shirt is pointing at.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 5d

Visiting my kid at her college is wonderful. But it’s a bit weird ‘cause I feel like I’m at work.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve never heard anyone call Johnny Cash uncool. That’s just weird.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 6d

Art is more important now than ever.

Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 6d

a cartoon character says i 'm not fat i 'm well nourished

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