Nathan
@derweise.bsky.social
VAP in German Studies | Narrative, Time, Environment, Ecomarxism | I like bikes, banjos, and mountains
drafting syllabus blurbage
January 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
drafting syllabus blurbage
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I will say this: if you use the toys of rent-seeking billionaires to do your writing for you, I promise I will never care about a single thing you write or think, ever
January 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I will say this: if you use the toys of rent-seeking billionaires to do your writing for you, I promise I will never care about a single thing you write or think, ever
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Heading into the inauguration I just want to say again that the only people who were actually serious about stopping Trump were those of us who tried to push Biden out and stop the genocide starting in 2023
January 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Heading into the inauguration I just want to say again that the only people who were actually serious about stopping Trump were those of us who tried to push Biden out and stop the genocide starting in 2023
pretty stoked to get to teach this
January 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
pretty stoked to get to teach this
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The MLA’s interpretation of “fiduciary responsibility” is to the right of Milton Friedman’s.
January 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The MLA’s interpretation of “fiduciary responsibility” is to the right of Milton Friedman’s.
A year without a Santa Claus
December 25, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A year without a Santa Claus
Putting my German studies PhD to work*
*Analyzing the Prussian stereotypes manifested by Bürgermeister Meisterbürger in Santa Claus is Coming to Town
*Analyzing the Prussian stereotypes manifested by Bürgermeister Meisterbürger in Santa Claus is Coming to Town
December 25, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Putting my German studies PhD to work*
*Analyzing the Prussian stereotypes manifested by Bürgermeister Meisterbürger in Santa Claus is Coming to Town
*Analyzing the Prussian stereotypes manifested by Bürgermeister Meisterbürger in Santa Claus is Coming to Town
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BREAKING: 8 MLA past presidents--incl Judith Butler and Chris Newfield--publicly call on the MLA Executive Council NOT to block a vote on a BDS Resolution. Please read and share their letter today in LitHub. Members deserve to debate and VOTE. lithub.com/8-former-mod...
Former Modern Language Association Presidents Call for BDS Vote
In late October, the leadership of the Modern Language Association (MLA)—one of the largest and wealthiest US scholarly organizations in the humanities—refused to allow the organization’s Delegate …
lithub.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:06 PM
BREAKING: 8 MLA past presidents--incl Judith Butler and Chris Newfield--publicly call on the MLA Executive Council NOT to block a vote on a BDS Resolution. Please read and share their letter today in LitHub. Members deserve to debate and VOTE. lithub.com/8-former-mod...
Feeling compelled to do a Sherman's March rewatch once grades are in for the semester
December 15, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Feeling compelled to do a Sherman's March rewatch once grades are in for the semester
give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head
December 12, 2024 at 5:04 AM
give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head
It sucks to spend lots of time in a car and anyone who doesn't recognize this is deluding themselves
“In a typical week, relying on a car more than 50% of the time for out-of-home activities is associated with a decrease in life satisfaction. This implies that at high levels of car dependence, there are negative implications that outweigh the benefits of car-based travel.” ssti.us/2024/12/09/t...
Too much driving is bad for society, new studies show
It turns out trying to expand the freedom of the open road has its limits—when taken too far, it can end up driving people apart.
ssti.us
December 12, 2024 at 1:56 AM
It sucks to spend lots of time in a car and anyone who doesn't recognize this is deluding themselves
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Can't fathom what kind of monster you'd have to be to be a lame duck president and not go wild with the pardon power
December 11, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Can't fathom what kind of monster you'd have to be to be a lame duck president and not go wild with the pardon power
Sorry, Nathan can't come to the phone right now. He's having a goblincore banjo folk punk moment
December 4, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Sorry, Nathan can't come to the phone right now. He's having a goblincore banjo folk punk moment
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just a random story I remembered today, apropos of nothing arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI’s error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
arstechnica.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:14 PM
just a random story I remembered today, apropos of nothing arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
Still thinking about this essay. There really is no alternative to just taking money away from people who have a lot of it and giving to to people who need it
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:02 AM
Still thinking about this essay. There really is no alternative to just taking money away from people who have a lot of it and giving to to people who need it
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Most celebrated use cases for AI (personalized learning, medical care, etc.) only make sense in scenarios of absolutely bloodthirsty austerity, in which public investment in the common good is completely decimated. When you notice that, you realize that these interests are intertwined.
November 30, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Most celebrated use cases for AI (personalized learning, medical care, etc.) only make sense in scenarios of absolutely bloodthirsty austerity, in which public investment in the common good is completely decimated. When you notice that, you realize that these interests are intertwined.
Netflix produced a Pedro Paramo movie??? It can't be any good, can it?
November 24, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Netflix produced a Pedro Paramo movie??? It can't be any good, can it?
the thing is, literary studies becomes a lot more fun when you realize that the authors you study are all really fucked up! doesn't mean they didn't write good books!
November 23, 2024 at 5:19 PM
the thing is, literary studies becomes a lot more fun when you realize that the authors you study are all really fucked up! doesn't mean they didn't write good books!
I applaud the ICC's arrest warrants, but I think they should also put out a warrant for Matthew Miller's ugly fucking smirk
November 21, 2024 at 4:40 PM
I applaud the ICC's arrest warrants, but I think they should also put out a warrant for Matthew Miller's ugly fucking smirk
The pains of teaching das Perfekt to first year students as someone who has mostly spent time in the pink region
November 20, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The pains of teaching das Perfekt to first year students as someone who has mostly spent time in the pink region
dream team
Auerbach was the librarian at the Stabi who provided Benjamin with some of his conceptual framing for the Trauerspiel project
November 20, 2024 at 5:29 PM
dream team
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Auerbach was the librarian at the Stabi who provided Benjamin with some of his conceptual framing for the Trauerspiel project
November 20, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Auerbach was the librarian at the Stabi who provided Benjamin with some of his conceptual framing for the Trauerspiel project
holy shit, Latour is absolutely intolerable to read
November 20, 2024 at 2:59 PM
holy shit, Latour is absolutely intolerable to read
I think about this essay on a more or less daily basis:
The Walls of the Tank: On Palestinian Resistance - Andreas Malm
How do you keep on fighting when everything is lost? Ask a Palestinian. A Palestinian is someone who is wading knee-deep in rubble.
salvage.zone
November 20, 2024 at 1:48 AM
I think about this essay on a more or less daily basis:
Already working on my 2035 monograph: Bluesky and the atmospheric imaginary in the age of SRM
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Already working on my 2035 monograph: Bluesky and the atmospheric imaginary in the age of SRM