Nemanja Protic
@nemanjabb.bsky.social
Likes words + pictures. Still here (in academia, thinking about contemporary lit, visual culture, & politics of aesthetics).
Coined the phrase "It's Adam & Eve, not Adam & Jeeves" as a [bad] argument against labour exploitation.
Salting the vibes.
Coined the phrase "It's Adam & Eve, not Adam & Jeeves" as a [bad] argument against labour exploitation.
Salting the vibes.
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Nemanja Protic
@nemanjabb.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Mary Beton, Mr. Bennett, and Ms. Brown: A Tragicomedy (The Prologue)
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge— The soldier, labouring through a winter’s march, Still sees to-morrow dressed in robe…
redeyedfrogg.wordpress.com
Hey, do you know I sometimes write little fictions? Here's one:
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If you've never seen this jaw-dropping video of Orville Peck & Willie Nelson performing "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other" by the great Ned Sublette, you should click this link and fix your omission pronto!
Most students aren't going to listen to a playlist this long. I suggested they start in 1957, with "Walkin' After Midnight."
open.spotify.com/playlist/4fI...
At the professor's request, we started the class with the Orville-and-Willie video:
youtu.be/BirJMnMcfBs?...
open.spotify.com/playlist/4fI...
At the professor's request, we started the class with the Orville-and-Willie video:
youtu.be/BirJMnMcfBs?...
Ned's 101 Country Hits
open.spotify.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you've never seen this jaw-dropping video of Orville Peck & Willie Nelson performing "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other" by the great Ned Sublette, you should click this link and fix your omission pronto!
A valuable thread for teachers.
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A valuable thread for teachers.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
The world is conspiring to confirm my worst prejudices about people who spent a lot of their time in the business department in high school.
It also clearly shows that Carney bent the knee to Danielle Smith to get nothing in return. This MOU will not secure interprovincial peace, and it won't mollify Alberta separatists, and instead he's threatened his whole climate framework and pissing off every other province.
Complete amateur hour.
Complete amateur hour.
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The world is conspiring to confirm my worst prejudices about people who spent a lot of their time in the business department in high school.
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I would say, sign me up, but this actually inspired me to sign up. I think this and Mubi will keep me occupied and away from Disney and HBO.
The one #BlackFriday sale I recommend.
Criterion Channel for $6.25/month if you pay for a full year.
signup.criterionchannel.com #FilmSky
Criterion Channel for $6.25/month if you pay for a full year.
signup.criterionchannel.com #FilmSky
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I would say, sign me up, but this actually inspired me to sign up. I think this and Mubi will keep me occupied and away from Disney and HBO.
I taught my last course about 3 years ago, which feels like a lifetime.
Canadian University teachers of English/Humanities, are things as bad as this thread describes?
Canadian University teachers of English/Humanities, are things as bad as this thread describes?
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I taught my last course about 3 years ago, which feels like a lifetime.
Canadian University teachers of English/Humanities, are things as bad as this thread describes?
Canadian University teachers of English/Humanities, are things as bad as this thread describes?
🙌 🙌 🙌
Jack White is the king of “indie dudes love sports too” representation matters baby
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🙌 🙌 🙌
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Hello moths,
The harvest has arrived: anisota.net/harvest
It's like Spotify Wrapped, but for Bluesky and the ATmosphere. 🌾
See your most-used words, discover who you interact with most, explore your posting patterns, and find all sorts of fun insights.
The harvest has arrived: anisota.net/harvest
It's like Spotify Wrapped, but for Bluesky and the ATmosphere. 🌾
See your most-used words, discover who you interact with most, explore your posting patterns, and find all sorts of fun insights.
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
anisota.net
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Hello moths,
The harvest has arrived: anisota.net/harvest
It's like Spotify Wrapped, but for Bluesky and the ATmosphere. 🌾
See your most-used words, discover who you interact with most, explore your posting patterns, and find all sorts of fun insights.
The harvest has arrived: anisota.net/harvest
It's like Spotify Wrapped, but for Bluesky and the ATmosphere. 🌾
See your most-used words, discover who you interact with most, explore your posting patterns, and find all sorts of fun insights.
Is *everyone* on Ozempic?
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Is *everyone* on Ozempic?
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Hockey isn’t our national culture. Cars are.
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hockey isn’t our national culture. Cars are.
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914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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I can't speak for all of bluesky but I'm fully aware that machine learning has genuinely good applications outside of the crap they're selling us as 'AI' text/image/audio generators. Please don't assume ignorance just because people aren't corporate shills.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I can't speak for all of bluesky but I'm fully aware that machine learning has genuinely good applications outside of the crap they're selling us as 'AI' text/image/audio generators. Please don't assume ignorance just because people aren't corporate shills.
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I can sorta see it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I can sorta see it.
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Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
Post a famous bathroom scene.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene.
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*Aqualung riff*
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
*Aqualung riff*
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Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
That sound you hear is a million syllabi being rewritten.
Thomas King, the Canadian author who had identified as part-Cherokee throughout his career, said Monday that contrary to what he had believed his entire life, he has no Indigenous ancestry.
Thomas King, Award-Winning Canadian Author, Says He Is Not Indigenous
Thomas King said he felt “ripped in half” on learning he had no Indigenous ancestry. The Canadian author has dedicated his career to writing about Indigenous people.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
That sound you hear is a million syllabi being rewritten.
Great move by the Carney government.
Ford is so Trumpish sometimes, "this will be the worst decision in the history of our galaxy, immenent disaster, he's stealing our conservative democracy!" These clowns are desperate. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
5 premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Five premiers say Ottawa must withdraw its recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause because it amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freed...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Great move by the Carney government.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.