Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 15h

It's Hannah Arendt's birthday!

I find hope in how the experience of birth shapes her thinking about politics, freedom and our capacity to begin new things. She says:

"With each new birth, a new beginning is born into the world, and a new world has potentially come into being"

Here's to new worlds

3 6

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 1d

coming up!

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 1d

• Why do we bury our dead?
• Where is the best place to hide a dead body?
• Why are catacombs so cool?

If you've ever wondered about these questions, tune in or stream tonight (6-8pm) when I'll be talking with a student about her research on burial practices in Ancient Rome.

91.7 FM
www.wmcn.fm

Catacombs of Santa Priscilla, a long underground tunnel with stacked (now empty) burial spots carved out of the walls along both sides. photo credit: Max Rossi/Reuters/Corbis

4

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 1d

• Why do we bury our dead?
• Where is the best place to hide a dead body?
• Why are catacombs so cool?

If you've ever wondered about these questions, tune in or stream tonight (6-8pm) when I'll be talking with a student about her research on burial practices in Ancient Rome.

91.7 FM
www.wmcn.fm

2 5

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 2d

we could still...

youtu.be/dDnNr6lNxvc?...

Bob Mould - See A Little Light

YouTube video by BobMouldVEVO

youtu.be

1 1

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 3d

if you want to know how tonight's show was, most of my pics of Bob Mould are all a blur lol

he was movin' bodies and souls

Bob Mould, on stage at the Turf, running away from me

1 17

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 3d

one of my favorite places on earth

1

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 3d

it was pretty amazing

1 2

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 3d

oh shoot, I didn't see this until now! I would have tried to look for you!

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 3d

david barbe might be my new best friend

1

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 3d

ok, ok I saw all the Bob Mould posts from last night. so who's going to see him tonight???

2 3

Reposted by Della

Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 3d

Yup. I feel the exact same.

Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 3d

On the way home from the barn I heard a This American Life piece by a guy who had an AI clone of himself call his friends to have conversations and I would just like to state now that if anyone ever does this to me, we will no longer be friends. WTF is this world where we outsource all interaction?

2 3

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 3d

can confirm

I am hilarious and students love puns

The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 3d

I bet when T-Pain was a relevant cultural figure there were a lot of American history teachers who made fun Thomas Paine / T-Paine puns.

2

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 3d

I got a bad feeling about this

trash compactor scene from Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope

1 7

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 4d

every time I see footage of those inflatable costumes, I can't help but laugh

and then I'm reminded of this juicy line from Hannah Arendt:

"The greatest enemy of authority is contempt and the surest way to undermine it is laughter."

1 10 42

Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 4d

maybe John Prine's birthday should come with a warning because I just listened to enough sad songs to fill me with a wistful ache

celebrate with caution

youtu.be/H9DMxYQn_pc?...

All Night Blue

YouTube video by John Prine - Topic

youtu.be

1