intellectual caliban (Lev)
@levnekov.bsky.social
23. PhD student in musicology at Pitt. BA Music (UIUC, 2025). inquisitor of finite modes, perseverer of the Absolute. editor for @crittheoryworkgrp.bsky.social. banner from Soul Glo, Gold Chain Punk. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/levnekov
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notes to self:
- be reasonably polite to normies
- be helpful when asked
- it's ok for someone to be wrong w/o textblocking them
- your ability to make a living involves politics
- you don't have to go for the jugular every time
- strategize without becoming reliant on strategems
- touch grass
- be reasonably polite to normies
- be helpful when asked
- it's ok for someone to be wrong w/o textblocking them
- your ability to make a living involves politics
- you don't have to go for the jugular every time
- strategize without becoming reliant on strategems
- touch grass
this week is an awful week to both be right before hellweek (finals) + the Bears game on Sunday
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
this week is an awful week to both be right before hellweek (finals) + the Bears game on Sunday
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translation—forgotten piece of early Critical Theory: in ‘33, Löwenthal, resident ISR lit sociologist, wrote a sketch for a Marx-inspired critical history of technology using Lefebvre des Noëttes’ work relating the devo of the draft-animal apparatus to slavery open.substack.com/pub/jamescra...
Translation: Leo Löwenthal—Draft-Animal and Slavery. (1933)
On a Book of Lefebvre des Noëttes’: ‘L’attelage, Le cheval de selle à travers les âges.’
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
translation—forgotten piece of early Critical Theory: in ‘33, Löwenthal, resident ISR lit sociologist, wrote a sketch for a Marx-inspired critical history of technology using Lefebvre des Noëttes’ work relating the devo of the draft-animal apparatus to slavery open.substack.com/pub/jamescra...
the wonders of complementary proof:
- "Adorno was right about jazz": soundbite
- "in my immanent critique of jazz, I have uncovered that Adorno was indeed right about jazz": devastator
- "Adorno was right about jazz": soundbite
- "in my immanent critique of jazz, I have uncovered that Adorno was indeed right about jazz": devastator
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
the wonders of complementary proof:
- "Adorno was right about jazz": soundbite
- "in my immanent critique of jazz, I have uncovered that Adorno was indeed right about jazz": devastator
- "Adorno was right about jazz": soundbite
- "in my immanent critique of jazz, I have uncovered that Adorno was indeed right about jazz": devastator
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some of my oomfs
dude can you stop astral projecting into my thoughts. you keep pissing all over the floor of my mind palace i fuckin know it's you man
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
some of my oomfs
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dude can you stop astral projecting into my thoughts. you keep pissing all over the floor of my mind palace i fuckin know it's you man
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
dude can you stop astral projecting into my thoughts. you keep pissing all over the floor of my mind palace i fuckin know it's you man
perhaps the wrong takeaway from Blue Archive V3 is "Beatrice was right ngl"
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
perhaps the wrong takeaway from Blue Archive V3 is "Beatrice was right ngl"
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"good better best" is a syllogism
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"good better best" is a syllogism
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quote with a meme you made yourself
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
quote with a meme you made yourself
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Some of the most important individuals in any anime adjacent fandom, are the creators of fanworks
just a couple super dedicated fanartists, can keep a franchises fandom on life support for decades
So always be kind to artists and don't give them a hard time, artists are awesome!
just a couple super dedicated fanartists, can keep a franchises fandom on life support for decades
So always be kind to artists and don't give them a hard time, artists are awesome!
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Some of the most important individuals in any anime adjacent fandom, are the creators of fanworks
just a couple super dedicated fanartists, can keep a franchises fandom on life support for decades
So always be kind to artists and don't give them a hard time, artists are awesome!
just a couple super dedicated fanartists, can keep a franchises fandom on life support for decades
So always be kind to artists and don't give them a hard time, artists are awesome!
I post on this site like Bill Walton commented games
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I post on this site like Bill Walton commented games
it genuinely hits different when you see a photo that's not unlike your childhood photos.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
it genuinely hits different when you see a photo that's not unlike your childhood photos.
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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I know more about music than sports but no one wants to pay to read music writing lol oh well
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I know more about music than sports but no one wants to pay to read music writing lol oh well
after the fun realization that I've been talking past interlocutors about "representation," I realize I can just say art doesn't mean anything and that, no, when I say that "representation isn't fundamental," this entails that we can't assume that "thing stands for another thing" is even correct.
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
after the fun realization that I've been talking past interlocutors about "representation," I realize I can just say art doesn't mean anything and that, no, when I say that "representation isn't fundamental," this entails that we can't assume that "thing stands for another thing" is even correct.
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They should invent a university that prioritizes teaching and research
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
They should invent a university that prioritizes teaching and research
hot take: NNN is just ero art NaNoWriMo
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
hot take: NNN is just ero art NaNoWriMo
reading the Leys – "basic affects" is literally just the Kantian schematism (pejorative) but woke
I learnt about another critique of the affective turn in the humanities by Ruth Leys which compliments that by Papoulias and Callard that I read a few weeks ago.
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
reading the Leys – "basic affects" is literally just the Kantian schematism (pejorative) but woke
"affect is a body" where's God, checkmate /jk
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"affect is a body" where's God, checkmate /jk
> be me
> it snowed
> all my buses literally keep disappearing
> at least eight unrouted buses pass me
> i'm late
we live in a society
> it snowed
> all my buses literally keep disappearing
> at least eight unrouted buses pass me
> i'm late
we live in a society
> be me today
> forget I turned my Monday alarm off last week
> wake up half an hour past my alarm
> scarf down a granola bar
> it's snowing
> no coffee, we ball
> take my meds
> miss three buses
> jog up Squirrel Hill to catch another bus
chat is this Monday
> forget I turned my Monday alarm off last week
> wake up half an hour past my alarm
> scarf down a granola bar
> it's snowing
> no coffee, we ball
> take my meds
> miss three buses
> jog up Squirrel Hill to catch another bus
chat is this Monday
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
> be me
> it snowed
> all my buses literally keep disappearing
> at least eight unrouted buses pass me
> i'm late
we live in a society
> it snowed
> all my buses literally keep disappearing
> at least eight unrouted buses pass me
> i'm late
we live in a society
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I would distinguish between 'reaction' and 'response' papers.
The former invite a student to share their opinions and feelings, which are essentially worthless *in an academic context.*
The latter, on the other hand, require students to explain and apply the argument of an assigned text. Valuable!
The former invite a student to share their opinions and feelings, which are essentially worthless *in an academic context.*
The latter, on the other hand, require students to explain and apply the argument of an assigned text. Valuable!
First: a) this essay was profoundly transphobic and b) the university has essentially sacrificed the possibility of pedagogy to the first amendment.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I would distinguish between 'reaction' and 'response' papers.
The former invite a student to share their opinions and feelings, which are essentially worthless *in an academic context.*
The latter, on the other hand, require students to explain and apply the argument of an assigned text. Valuable!
The former invite a student to share their opinions and feelings, which are essentially worthless *in an academic context.*
The latter, on the other hand, require students to explain and apply the argument of an assigned text. Valuable!
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First: a) this essay was profoundly transphobic and b) the university has essentially sacrificed the possibility of pedagogy to the first amendment.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
First: a) this essay was profoundly transphobic and b) the university has essentially sacrificed the possibility of pedagogy to the first amendment.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.