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Jonathan Schultz

@jonathanschultz.bsky.social

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I am an avid reader with particular interest in modern and post-modern novels. Practicing Jodo Shinshu Buddhist who loves nature, art, and exploring the world.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

Repost yf you are an educator usinge Canvas and it ys down by cause of the fragile nature of internet oligopoly ... (no definite purpose, just solidaritye).

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Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans love undoing any of Roosevelt's work.

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 2d

The government shutdown doesn't impact the willful desecration of historical landmarks, or so it seems.

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 2d

A freeway interchange central to my morning commute was closed due to construction this morning. AWS has tipped over and is impacting services on my campus. I am getting the feeling I was meant to stay home today.

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 4d

Earlier this year, when I was feeling low, I promised myself that when I got a job, with my first paycheck, I would treat myself to sushi for dinner. Tonight I made good on that promise. Let met assure you, dear reader, that it was tremendously good.

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Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 4d

A fair tailwind enjoyed while out for chores. Each obstacle provided a consoling opportunity. More than I had reason to expect, and in record time. Before me lies the enchanting evening, kicky green beret and all.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 4d

‘On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening’
Bashō
#BookWormSat
🖼️ Maple tree in Autumn,
Tosa Mitsuoki, C17th.

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Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 4d

The new job provides some odd moments, like when I stumble onto a pile of spare arms while performing daily inspections.

Three spare medical simulator arms stored on a shelf in a closet.

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 5d

"Oh, dear," Pips making with an eyebrow, "do you really not know? 'Normal'? Things will never go back to the way they were, it'll all just keep getting more, what the Chinese call, 'interesting.'"

— Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 7d

Jesse Traverse is Frenesi's grandfather.

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 7d

AtD and Vineland are connected through the Traverse family, if my memory serves me correctly.

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 7d

This work is pretty tightly couple to Against the Day, isn't it?

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 8d

"Those elves called me Schultz, we know anybody by that name?"

"Sure narrows it down, don't it?"

— Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 8d

You have a real Merry Xmas now, Mister Schultz.

— Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket

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Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 8d

Making space in my heart for a wailing, inconsolable regret. Resisting, as best I can, the impulse to withdraw into abject sadness. Tonight my regret and I will watch the rain from my porch and salve our hurt with the comforts of home.

Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 9d

Cool weather with rain on the way. I am already planning on getting mad snuggly when I get home. Probably have soup for dinner to lean into the feeling. How wonderful to experience the changes of weather that come with the circuit of seasons.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 10d

Yes.

“Everyday we wake up
and collectively make
a world together; but
which one of us, left to
our own devices, would
ever decide they wanted
to make a world like this
one?”

— David Graeber, “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory”

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Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 10d

We want to believe that objects are pure, innocent, when the truth is that they lie open to every vibration that comes their way, law-abiding, criminal, everything in between...

— Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket

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Alphonse Mucha @alphonsemucha.bsky.social · 10d

The Autumn https://www.wikiart.org/en/alphonse-mucha/the-autumn-1896

"The Autumn" by Alphonse Mucha depicts a serene woman adorned with autumnal flora, embodying the gentle transition and abundant richness of the season. Mucha's use of flowing lines and warm colors is emblematic of the Art Nouveau style, celebrated for its harmonious blend of natural and decorative elements.

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Jeremy David Engels @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social · 12d

In Vietnam, there are myriad little lakes formed from bomb craters—in which lotus flowers grow. That image sticks with me. The Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh taught, no mud, no lotus. Without the mud, the flower cannot grow. What will we grow from the mud we are collectively in?

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Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 12d

When we board the ship of the vow of great compassion and sail out on the vast sea of light, the breezes of the utmost virtue blow softly and the waves of our karmic evil turn to merit.

— Shinran Shonen, Kyōgyōshinshō

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Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 13d

The sweet promise of her presence was what it had always been, and he felt a wish to chide her for her cruelty, but she would only have disliked him for it.

—Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 13d

Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!

- Brecht

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Francisco Goya @franciscogoya.bsky.social · 15d

Majas on a Balcony https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/majas-on-a-balcony

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Jonathan Schultz @jonathanschultz.bsky.social · 15d

The first page is good. I probably won't be able to give it proper attention until this weekend.