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Prof MNP

@nushpowell.bsky.social

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Professor of eighteenth-century lit and culture; person who studies pirates; dragon aficionado; proud parliamentarian dork. Opinions are my own and no one else's.

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 10h

Probably best to chase it indefinitely

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 10h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

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

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

www.nzherald.co.nz

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 17h

This is so cool.

Department of English at Arizona State University @asuenglish.bsky.social · 17h

Ta-da! Our history exhibit is now open in ASU's Hayden Library. Join us at the Opening Reception this Thurs 10/16 at 4pm. Remarks by @nushpowell.bsky.social & Peter Goggin + refreshments served! All welcome.

Info.: ow.ly/S7pu50XaMmR #ASUHumanities

A view of the "What is a Quasquicentennial" exhibit at ASU's Hayden Library. Photo by Kristen LaRue-Sandler/ASU

A view from the "What is a Quasquicentennial?" exhibit at ASU's Hayden Library that features the late Professor Emeritus Nicholas Salerno and his contributions to the university. Photo by Kristen LaRue-Sandler/ASU

A flyer advertising the opening reception for ASU Department of English's "What is a Quasquicentennial?" exhibit at ASU Library, Oct. 16 at 4 p.m.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 20h

Hinged

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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 5d

MEMOs EVENT: Islam in Medieval England
British Library, London:

memorients.com/events/memos...

MEMOs EVENT: Islam in Medieval England | MEMOs

Our expert panel explore the Islamic presence in England during the medieval and early modern period.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 22h

Nobody has wanted to acknowledge this but since 2018 tuition in real US$ has been falling. Plus, available aid has been increasing.

Trump is ending that streak.

Cuts in research and foreign students are gouging budgets, putting the burden on US students.

hechingerreport.org/after-years-...

The good news? College tuition has been going down. The bad news? It’s about to rise again

College students nationwide are facing increases in tuition this fall of as much as 10 percent, along with new fees and rising costs for dorms and dining plans, after a stretch when tuition had been f...

hechingerreport.org

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

That's my name. Don't wear it out.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Nope.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

So hinged.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Only weirdos read a book straight through. Samuel Johnson taught us that.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

For sure. Perfectly normal.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like most people are cheating and sharing hinged opinions.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

You know that post from a little while back that got people upset, about the person who doesn't read linearly? I often don't either. Like, I'll get to everything eventually, but I do skip around and I tend to read the ending either at the start or about 1/3 of the way through.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

UNHINGED

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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 1d

I wrote about the great Diane Keaton, who left us too soon but her work will endure forever. www.playtyperguy.com/p/i-already-...

I Already Miss Diane Keaton

www.playtyperguy.com

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

“If the car’s gone,”

“I’ll give you another cookie anyway”

“because I love you.”

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Nissa Ren Cannon @nissaren.bsky.social · 3d

There are few things that make me happier than the fact that William James’ house looks like this at Halloween.

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La Firuláis ΘΔ @thegonzalez.bsky.social · 3d

The best Dracula adaptations leave in the cowboy.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 3d

One exam question I've had luck with is to divide all our works into two or three columns, and tell students to pick one from each and demonstrate course synthesis by constructing an argument that connects them.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 3d

a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone and shouting .

ALT: a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone and shouting .

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 4d

"Sora 2, an elaborate regency romance where everyone is wearing a live duck for a hat (each duck is also wearing a hat) , prestige drama"

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 3d

Original. I love both.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 4d

Also, the theater was pretty full. (Tickets at this place are $3.50.) People still want to go to the movies; they just don't want to have to drop $100 per family to do it.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 4d

Local theater had The Addams Family on the big screen tonight. I have never seen another pair of actors doing horny as well as Raul Julia and Angelica Huston, and I doubt I ever will. Just the absolute horniest.

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Chris Loar @chrisloar.bsky.social · 4d

Scholars of eighteenth-century topics: consider submitting your work to *Digital Defoe*. We publish essays on Defoe, but also on his "contemporaries," which we're inclined to interpret broadly. More info here:
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...

cfp | call for papers

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 4d

It is SO nice. Now she actually hears the phone ring when we call, too -- it had been years.