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Robert McDonald

@lacanmunist.bsky.social

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Associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Kansas, author of Works like a Charm: Incentive Rhetoric and the Economization of Everyday Life https://sunypress.edu/Books/W/Works-like-a-Charm

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Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 8h

Mock cover for 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand

"Ayn Rand

Atlas Needs You To Spot Him Like 20 Billion Dollars

1st Argentinian Edition"

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 12h

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 12h

it's a privilege to watch this team play, in person, every week. who knows what will happen in the playoffs, but this season is already 1) historic 2) a success.

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Triangle Beagle Rescue @tribeagles.bsky.social · 1d

After 437 days in the rescue, senior beagle boy BUDDY found his forever people!

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 1d

"Dude, you're getting [in trouble]"

I'm sorry to hear that!

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 1d

only a few hundred more and you'll have a grand, son

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 1d

that's a good Son (Heung-Min)

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 1d

Academics (esp. rhetoric/comm folks), I'm running a professionalization seminar on disciplinary service. I've noticed my grad students are eager volunteers inside our department, but clueless about the discipline (reviewing, chairing, committees). If you have any, I'd love to pass along your advice!

Flyer for my professionalization seminar on navigating disciplinary service "or how you can be a reviewer, too"

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 1d

not to mention the moral blackmail (to which i'm a willing participant) of feeling obligated to rate every interaction a 10/10 or else the worker is potentially punished. there's no ethical communicative interaction under capitalism

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 1d

an outstanding entry in the "which italian is worthy of an american holiday"

Jenny Langin (Halloween Var.) @jennylangin.myatproto.social · 1d

A black and white photo of a young Sophia Loren in an informal moment on set. She is seated on a rickety wooden chair. She is folded up in a playful casual position, her hair is in a loose, tousled updo, and she is wearing a simple, rural white dress. She is having a conversation with someone just off-camera, and her enormous, gorgeous, open-mouthed mid-laugh smile dominates the whole image.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 3d

The Rock's new movie was originally titled just "The Machine" until this guy got his hands on it

Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 3d

ha, one of my "scaring the hoes" opinions is that sports replay reviews actually do open up glimmers of ontology, they're the closest most of us 'normies' get to Being (crucially not beyond, but because of mediation). which is why it's so bothersome, and alluring at the same time

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 4d

1. non-relational; our ownmost
2. certain
3. indefinite
4. not to be outstripped

yup, Heidegger's characterization of death matches up with playoff baseball pretty well

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 4d

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 4d

1. non-relational; our ownmost
2. certain
3. indefinite
4. not to be outstripped

yup, Heidegger's characterization of death matches up with playoff baseball pretty well

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 4d

it's magnificent, probably my favorite Larson book. I think Tom Hanks is making a film version of it. there's a great fictional spy series based in Berlin in the same time period, the Zoo Station series, if you're interested

Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 4d

One Friday Beers Post After Another

Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 4d

I've had a few small beers,

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 4d

i swear these bad boys are deeper than some fjords

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 4d

oh man, i realize, i have one on the other side, i should dual-wield with a quesadilla

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 4d

you know i keep that mf thang on me (foil-wrapped Mexican delights)

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 4d

🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT

UT Austin wants to eliminate its Black studies, Latino Studies, and gender studies departments. Tell them you won't stand for it.
UT President, Jim Davis, president@utexas.edu
UT Executive Vice President and Provost, William Inboden, provost@utexas.edu
College of Liberal Arts Interim Dean, David Sosa, david_sosa@austin.utexas.edu
#EducationalLiberty #SaveUT

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Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social · 4d

talk about a "ghost goal"

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James Crane @jamescrane.bsky.social · 4d

final go at Adorno’s sketch of a historical-philosophical materialist reinterpretation of Oedipus: “Perhaps the one who sleeps with his mother is doomed to be cursed by society because he takes for himself what belongs not to the individual but to the succession of generations…”

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