Dr. Syntax
@drsyntax.bsky.social
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
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
Apparently we’re also taking over Kirkland, Disneyland, and Munchkinland.
January 21, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Apparently we’re also taking over Kirkland, Disneyland, and Munchkinland.
From Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" -- I mean COME ON. Milton's poetry crushes me every time.
January 20, 2026 at 1:05 AM
From Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" -- I mean COME ON. Milton's poetry crushes me every time.
Seriously, y’all. I quit.
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Seriously, y’all. I quit.
The huge amount of money paid for the work.
Why do academics write book reviews? Wrong answers only.
January 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The huge amount of money paid for the work.
Sadly we won't get to see a 1986 Super Bowl rematch.
a group of football players are standing next to each other in a line .
ALT: a group of football players are standing next to each other in a line .
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Sadly we won't get to see a 1986 Super Bowl rematch.
Spring semester starts tomorrow (yes, we have class on MLK Day and every other darn holiday). But I get to start teaching my Milton seminar, and it feels more urgent than ever. "Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:"
harley quinn says " oh that guy milton " in a movie scene
ALT: harley quinn says " oh that guy milton " in a movie scene
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Spring semester starts tomorrow (yes, we have class on MLK Day and every other darn holiday). But I get to start teaching my Milton seminar, and it feels more urgent than ever. "Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:"
I’m gonna enjoy being a Patriots fan in Colorado next weekend.
a mascot in a patriots uniform with the number 1 on it
ALT: a mascot in a patriots uniform with the number 1 on it
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I’m gonna enjoy being a Patriots fan in Colorado next weekend.
Philly? LOL. I wish I was still living there to see it. Folks in Philly will eat these fools alive.
I've heard rumors that Philadelphia is next for the ICE invasion after Minneapolis.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
January 18, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Philly? LOL. I wish I was still living there to see it. Folks in Philly will eat these fools alive.
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I remember this issue. Daredevil #283, where Captain and Daredevil team up to protect a man who invented a flying car and is being threatened by oil companies.
This entire story is absolute gold, and this panel lives rent-free in my head ever since I first read it.
This entire story is absolute gold, and this panel lives rent-free in my head ever since I first read it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I remember this issue. Daredevil #283, where Captain and Daredevil team up to protect a man who invented a flying car and is being threatened by oil companies.
This entire story is absolute gold, and this panel lives rent-free in my head ever since I first read it.
This entire story is absolute gold, and this panel lives rent-free in my head ever since I first read it.
Reading the Murderbot series and the relationship between ART and Murderbot is giving me life.
January 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Reading the Murderbot series and the relationship between ART and Murderbot is giving me life.
it’s hard to sympathize with folks when they consistently vote against their own interests.
A Trump Veto Leaves Republicans in Colorado Parched and Bewildered
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:25 PM
it’s hard to sympathize with folks when they consistently vote against their own interests.
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Modern bookbinding in LotR.
#FilmSky, a quick question; what is the pettiest thing you have had to be annoyed at a film? I ask because I am watching The Gift from 2000, and the main character does divination with Zener Cards, which are not the same thing as Tarot at all. Why go for a more boring looking option?
January 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Modern bookbinding in LotR.
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
“These are the times that try men’s souls…” —Thomas Paine (whom I’m rereading with urgency these days)
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
“These are the times that try men’s souls…” —Thomas Paine (whom I’m rereading with urgency these days)
I can't imagine that military actions abroad and the denial of civil rights at home is going to inspire ordinary consumers to spend money. Watch what happens when the economy is no longer being propped up by consumer spending.
January 16, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I can't imagine that military actions abroad and the denial of civil rights at home is going to inspire ordinary consumers to spend money. Watch what happens when the economy is no longer being propped up by consumer spending.
I never thought I'd say something like this but . . . I'm really glad my mother is not alive to see what is happening.
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I never thought I'd say something like this but . . . I'm really glad my mother is not alive to see what is happening.
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I feel like repeating something I said about a year ago: there are a lot of good people, trying to do their jobs and protect the institutions and people they're responsible for, dealing with situations and pressures very, very few of us have ever seen before. Try to give them some grace.
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I feel like repeating something I said about a year ago: there are a lot of good people, trying to do their jobs and protect the institutions and people they're responsible for, dealing with situations and pressures very, very few of us have ever seen before. Try to give them some grace.
Maiden voyage for the Grim Steeper with Hazelnut Orange tea (both gifts from my daughter).
January 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Maiden voyage for the Grim Steeper with Hazelnut Orange tea (both gifts from my daughter).
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Prof Michael Gamer’s wonderful lecture ‘Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture’, delivered at the University of Sheffield and at Keats House, is now available as a special episode of our free podcast series: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/ann-r... @radcliffecup.bsky.social
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture | A lecture by Professor Michael Gamer | The University of Sheffield Player
Discover Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novels and lasting influence on Romantic literature in this podcast episode with Professor Michael Gamer.
player.sheffield.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Prof Michael Gamer’s wonderful lecture ‘Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture’, delivered at the University of Sheffield and at Keats House, is now available as a special episode of our free podcast series: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/ann-r... @radcliffecup.bsky.social
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
Um, when I think of sports that reflect testosterone, golf isn't one of them.
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Um, when I think of sports that reflect testosterone, golf isn't one of them.
My home river was the Connecticut, but as a rower I had so many rivers that become temporary homes: the Mohawk, the Charles, the Ouse, the Thames, and the Schuylkill.
The Schuylkill, but I still consider the river of my youth - the New River - to be my home river.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
My home river was the Connecticut, but as a rower I had so many rivers that become temporary homes: the Mohawk, the Charles, the Ouse, the Thames, and the Schuylkill.
Tell me more about how this administration really cares about fighting anti-semitism.
Horrible. Arson attack today at Mississippi’s largest synagogue, on Shabbat, destroyed multiple Torahs and left parts of the building in ruins
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
January 11, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Tell me more about how this administration really cares about fighting anti-semitism.
Beware the fearsome yeti, Bess.
(photo credit to my daughter)
(photo credit to my daughter)
January 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Beware the fearsome yeti, Bess.
(photo credit to my daughter)
(photo credit to my daughter)