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BLM. Teaching Prof., Northeastern. Reviewer @nytbooks @washpost @BostonGlobe, elsewhere. he/him Newsletter at https://sebastianstockman.substack.com/

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · May 10

I was asked to open the reception for our graduating English majors this week, so I made it into a little post.

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A Note to the Graduates

The English majors, specifically

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2h

Quittin’ time

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2h

A first this season!

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2h

Put the kneeldowns in there, help Detroit feel better.

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 6h

True, but he’s got less LT experience than Simmons at this point!

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 6h

I guess the bright side is the “personal” designation rather than injury.

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 6h

But are we freaking out about Simmons, or what?

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

If the Altman be Bob,
Great work, good job
If the Altman be Sam,
Good grief, goddamn

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

If the Altman be Bob,
Great work, good job
If the Altman be Sam,
Good grief, goddamn

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

If the Altman be Bob,
Great work, good job
If the Altman be Sam,
Good grief, goddamn

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

Dignity, always dignity

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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 1d

Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy try to make sense of Kirby Smart getting off the hook for calling a timeout here.

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

He’s going to push his luck and try to get the TO back just before the next snap

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

That time he was just clapping

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 1d

(forgetting the word for antibiotics) do i need cancel culture

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 1d

Remember that if the Democrats take power again, they will go into great detail telling you why they can't do things.

You will tell them that Trump did those things, and they will say he broke the law.

You will then ask why he hasn't been arrested, and they will be very quiet.

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

Fitting that UGA misses that FG

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

Kirby Smart called timeout as the play clock ran down, immediately denied he’d done it, and they let him keep the TO and run the play!

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

It was also hilarious. Maybe Kirby at his weaseliest.

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

Kirby Smart called timeout as the play clock ran down, immediately denied he’d done it, and they let him keep the TO and run the play!

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

Manhattan Transfer

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 1d

What would be the wildest concert for a fight to break out at?

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

Would watch an Abbott-Pritzker push-up contest

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups"

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

If our TV networks had not been captured by the right wing, some very easy journalism would be to play this clip besides a very not on fire Portland and then tell viewers that the President of the United States is living in an alternate reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 3d

it's ok to be a nimby about prisons

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 3d

“My NIMBY stance was for my family property in the beginning. Now it’s for my whole state. I say no, we don’t want a prison. We don’t want this mega prison in this state,” says a resident of Franklin County, Arkansas.

The Prison Next Door

How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered people in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the latest update of the House legislative calendar. Summer break was July 24-September 1. Epstein Files / shutdown break will be Sept. 20 to at least October 20. (3 work weeks out of 9 weeks)