Kim Andrews
@kqandrews.bsky.social
“poetry person,” university of ottawa. displaced pennsylvanian. www.kqandrews.com.
I just realized today that in Ottawa the 6 bus line and the 7 bus line run in parallel for much of their routes and those bus stops must be SO annoying at like 8am and 3:30pm every weekday
Fell for it again award: I innocently mentioned on the family zoom that we’d gotten “6 or 7” inches of snow
Instant rejoicing
Instant rejoicing
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I just realized today that in Ottawa the 6 bus line and the 7 bus line run in parallel for much of their routes and those bus stops must be SO annoying at like 8am and 3:30pm every weekday
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I think it is this, PLUS: we actually know, deep down, that global warming is about to wreck everything. Parts of the earth will be uninhabitable in some of our lifetimes.
So it's making everyone mean and stingy -- they're subconsciously already in "preparing for the apocalypse" mode.
So it's making everyone mean and stingy -- they're subconsciously already in "preparing for the apocalypse" mode.
That begs the question: why has everyone lost their damn minds?
And the answer I think is Phone x COVID x Neoliberalism = everyone is insane.
And the answer I think is Phone x COVID x Neoliberalism = everyone is insane.
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I think it is this, PLUS: we actually know, deep down, that global warming is about to wreck everything. Parts of the earth will be uninhabitable in some of our lifetimes.
So it's making everyone mean and stingy -- they're subconsciously already in "preparing for the apocalypse" mode.
So it's making everyone mean and stingy -- they're subconsciously already in "preparing for the apocalypse" mode.
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this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this is quite the detail
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pretty sure that one of these days is gonna be the 100th anniversary of the parking lot, and no one will care, but imagine how that conversation went the first time
“well, Grover, it’s like a horse post but for cars”
“Chester, you honestly expect people to be able to drive these things backwards”
“well, Grover, it’s like a horse post but for cars”
“Chester, you honestly expect people to be able to drive these things backwards”
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
pretty sure that one of these days is gonna be the 100th anniversary of the parking lot, and no one will care, but imagine how that conversation went the first time
“well, Grover, it’s like a horse post but for cars”
“Chester, you honestly expect people to be able to drive these things backwards”
“well, Grover, it’s like a horse post but for cars”
“Chester, you honestly expect people to be able to drive these things backwards”
This, niece of same age, but “I AM A GODZILLA HUMAN”
My two year old niece, in the shrillest, loudest scream you've ever heard: I'M THE LADY
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This, niece of same age, but “I AM A GODZILLA HUMAN”
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This essay by Sarah Mesle is, finally, the one essay that gets everything right re: why the discourse around “public humanities” is so embarrassing, even as the activity itself is worth holding on to.
archive.is/BIR5M
archive.is/BIR5M
archive.is
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This essay by Sarah Mesle is, finally, the one essay that gets everything right re: why the discourse around “public humanities” is so embarrassing, even as the activity itself is worth holding on to.
archive.is/BIR5M
archive.is/BIR5M
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the Appalachian mountains are so ancient they predate the evolution of bones.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the Appalachian mountains are so ancient they predate the evolution of bones.
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The energy of IVE protests by city:
LA: large protests (normal, parade style)
Portland: protests (improv theater style)
Chicago: whistle system
DC: throwing sandwiches
Baltimore: wheee I’m chasing YOU now
LA: large protests (normal, parade style)
Portland: protests (improv theater style)
Chicago: whistle system
DC: throwing sandwiches
Baltimore: wheee I’m chasing YOU now
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The energy of IVE protests by city:
LA: large protests (normal, parade style)
Portland: protests (improv theater style)
Chicago: whistle system
DC: throwing sandwiches
Baltimore: wheee I’m chasing YOU now
LA: large protests (normal, parade style)
Portland: protests (improv theater style)
Chicago: whistle system
DC: throwing sandwiches
Baltimore: wheee I’m chasing YOU now
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[Cookie Monster] : "No, no, no, boss, it ok, you sit down, me write headline!"
The author Joan Didion embraced Thanksgiving. And she staged it the same way she conjured her essays, novels, screenplays and memoirs, with an almost military mustering of planning and ambition. nyti.ms/47PYF8i
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
[Cookie Monster] : "No, no, no, boss, it ok, you sit down, me write headline!"
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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms s 33 (the notwithstanding clause) is one of the most maliciously stupid pieces of legislation I've seen in any English speaking country (and I only specify those because I'm monolingual and can't check anywhere else)
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
The Alberta government has introduced legislation to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to prevent legal challenges to three laws impacting transgender and gender-diverse youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms s 33 (the notwithstanding clause) is one of the most maliciously stupid pieces of legislation I've seen in any English speaking country (and I only specify those because I'm monolingual and can't check anywhere else)
I would say that Canada appears to be barreling towards a real constitutional crisis type situation with all of this, but of course it isn’t, it’s just going to flop over into not actually having a meaningful charter at all lmao
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
The Alberta government has introduced legislation to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to prevent legal challenges to three laws impacting transgender and gender-diverse youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I would say that Canada appears to be barreling towards a real constitutional crisis type situation with all of this, but of course it isn’t, it’s just going to flop over into not actually having a meaningful charter at all lmao
Aaaaaaaahahaha I grew up in the valley and was a hopeless anime dork in high school I am losing my mind rn
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Aaaaaaaahahaha I grew up in the valley and was a hopeless anime dork in high school I am losing my mind rn
The world is bad; make babka buns.
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The world is bad; make babka buns.
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Ottawa you lucky bastards, go!!
hello Ottawa! I am giving this talk tomorrow please come!
+ thank you @kqandrews.bsky.social for inviting me!
+ thank you @kqandrews.bsky.social for inviting me!
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Ottawa you lucky bastards, go!!
When I say I am PUMPED about this !!!!
hello Ottawa! I am giving this talk tomorrow please come!
+ thank you @kqandrews.bsky.social for inviting me!
+ thank you @kqandrews.bsky.social for inviting me!
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
When I say I am PUMPED about this !!!!
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I low-key think that executive counter-knowledge is one of the biggest scourges on and threats to a functioning American society
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I low-key think that executive counter-knowledge is one of the biggest scourges on and threats to a functioning American society
Of course humanities fields “progress.” We‘ve discarded and superseded any number of ways of doing things. But I’d argue that’s not the GOAL of the field, which (a) people do not want to admit and/because it (b) makes things difficult, existentially!
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Of course humanities fields “progress.” We‘ve discarded and superseded any number of ways of doing things. But I’d argue that’s not the GOAL of the field, which (a) people do not want to admit and/because it (b) makes things difficult, existentially!
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Virgo: Sometimes you are your own worst enemy. Not today though. Today it is Jeff.
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Virgo: Sometimes you are your own worst enemy. Not today though. Today it is Jeff.
Am I having an anxiety attack or am I just hungry? A Kim Story
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Am I having an anxiety attack or am I just hungry? A Kim Story
Look when I say that I had a headache for two days for this, I mean it in the best way — absolutely over-full of thinkers doing some of the most good-faith work I’ve had the pleasure to be a part of.
I think it's likely that I look back on the book launch symposium for Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century as one of the absolute highlights of my career
thanks to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , our contributors, and all the participants -- this was so incredible
thanks to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , our contributors, and all the participants -- this was so incredible
We are underway. @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social delivers opening remarks at a packed “Close Reading For The 21st Centure” book launch symposium.
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Look when I say that I had a headache for two days for this, I mean it in the best way — absolutely over-full of thinkers doing some of the most good-faith work I’ve had the pleasure to be a part of.
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Puffer jacket snoopy season is upon us
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Puffer jacket snoopy season is upon us
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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I literally laughed out loud at seeing this headline / byline combo, tonight is the best night in a while
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I literally laughed out loud at seeing this headline / byline combo, tonight is the best night in a while