Dan Breen
@dgsbreen.bsky.social
Medieval and early modern literature and history, friends, family, "culture." Occasionally grumpy, but mostly nice.
Reposted by Dan Breen
“Applications are invited from well-qualified candidates with expertise in literature in English of the long eighteenth century (1660–1830).”
February 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
“Applications are invited from well-qualified candidates with expertise in literature in English of the long eighteenth century (1660–1830).”
Reposted by Dan Breen
As tensions build with Canada, many young Republicans are expressing concern about their future ability to visit their girlfriends.
January 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
As tensions build with Canada, many young Republicans are expressing concern about their future ability to visit their girlfriends.
Reposted by Dan Breen
Come & learn all things #LowCountries @ihr.bsky.social this term! We've got lace! We've got the future! We've got disability history! We've got divergence! We've got museums! Everything happens in the #LowCountries!
Fridays, 17:30, in person & on zoom: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
Fridays, 17:30, in person & on zoom: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Come & learn all things #LowCountries @ihr.bsky.social this term! We've got lace! We've got the future! We've got disability history! We've got divergence! We've got museums! Everything happens in the #LowCountries!
Fridays, 17:30, in person & on zoom: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
Fridays, 17:30, in person & on zoom: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
Happy birthday Robert Burns
”May Liberty meet wi’ success!
May Prudence protect her frae evil!
May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist,
And wander their way to the devil!”
—Burns, “Here’s a health to them that’s awa,” 1792
”May Liberty meet wi’ success!
May Prudence protect her frae evil!
May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist,
And wander their way to the devil!”
—Burns, “Here’s a health to them that’s awa,” 1792
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Happy birthday Robert Burns
”May Liberty meet wi’ success!
May Prudence protect her frae evil!
May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist,
And wander their way to the devil!”
—Burns, “Here’s a health to them that’s awa,” 1792
”May Liberty meet wi’ success!
May Prudence protect her frae evil!
May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist,
And wander their way to the devil!”
—Burns, “Here’s a health to them that’s awa,” 1792
Reposted by Dan Breen
imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 PM
imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
Reposted by Dan Breen
At a flea market today:
Child, perhaps 10 or 11: What is this song? It’s stupid.
Dad: What? That’s GREEN DAY. It’s a CLASSIC.
Child, perhaps 10 or 11: What is this song? It’s stupid.
Dad: What? That’s GREEN DAY. It’s a CLASSIC.
January 24, 2026 at 11:36 PM
At a flea market today:
Child, perhaps 10 or 11: What is this song? It’s stupid.
Dad: What? That’s GREEN DAY. It’s a CLASSIC.
Child, perhaps 10 or 11: What is this song? It’s stupid.
Dad: What? That’s GREEN DAY. It’s a CLASSIC.
Reposted by Dan Breen
I asked my cab driver in Davos for his thoughts about NATO, Greenland, Venezuela, and ICE. He said he'd already gone on the record with David Brooks, whom he'd driven from the airport an hour earlier.
by Thomas L. Friedman
by Thomas L. Friedman
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I asked my cab driver in Davos for his thoughts about NATO, Greenland, Venezuela, and ICE. He said he'd already gone on the record with David Brooks, whom he'd driven from the airport an hour earlier.
by Thomas L. Friedman
by Thomas L. Friedman
Reposted by Dan Breen
It’s time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs, father children out of wedlock, and steal from the government.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
It’s time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs, father children out of wedlock, and steal from the government.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
Reposted by Dan Breen
Who wants to move to NYC for a tenure track job teaching Caribbean and/or Latino/a literature?
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
January 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Who wants to move to NYC for a tenure track job teaching Caribbean and/or Latino/a literature?
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Reposted by Dan Breen
I can't watch a goddamn football game without the Federal Reserve declaring war on the President?
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I can't watch a goddamn football game without the Federal Reserve declaring war on the President?
Reposted by Dan Breen
Many ICE officers appear to be white supremacists who were unable to obtain jobs in other branches of law-enforcement. Some liberal critics say that’s a bad thing.
January 10, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Many ICE officers appear to be white supremacists who were unable to obtain jobs in other branches of law-enforcement. Some liberal critics say that’s a bad thing.
Reposted by Dan Breen
A spate of mass shootings, extrajudicial military killings, and economic hardships are plaguing the world. Here are two more articles about the State Department changing its font back to Times New Roman.
December 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A spate of mass shootings, extrajudicial military killings, and economic hardships are plaguing the world. Here are two more articles about the State Department changing its font back to Times New Roman.
Wrote 85,000 words this semester. Almost all of them were comments on student essays and assignments.
Publisher interest remains lukewarm.
Publisher interest remains lukewarm.
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Wrote 85,000 words this semester. Almost all of them were comments on student essays and assignments.
Publisher interest remains lukewarm.
Publisher interest remains lukewarm.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Joe Manchin on how to fix the Senate? This HAS to be you, right?
Joe Manchin on how to fix the Senate? This HAS to be you, right?
Jeff Flake, Joe Manchin and Tina Smith all decided to leave the Senate during the Trump era. On “The Interview,” the current and former lawmakers open up about why they think the Senate is broken and what it would take to fix it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/m...
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Joe Manchin on how to fix the Senate? This HAS to be you, right?
Joe Manchin on how to fix the Senate? This HAS to be you, right?
Reposted by Dan Breen
Due to an act of Congress, the Epstein files must be released by Friday. Is Venezuela ready for the imminent invasion?
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Due to an act of Congress, the Epstein files must be released by Friday. Is Venezuela ready for the imminent invasion?
Reposted by Dan Breen
Why did Rome fall? Because it became too woke.
December 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Why did Rome fall? Because it became too woke.
“It’s easy to laugh at Kim Kardashian, who recently announced that she failed the California bar exam,” Max Raskin writes.
“But Kardashian’s failure is not a knock on her — it’s an indictment of the bar.”
“But Kardashian’s failure is not a knock on her — it’s an indictment of the bar.”
Opinion | Actually, the bar exam failed Kim Kardashian
The test is not about quality control for lawyers, it’s about quantity control.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
This you?
This you?
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Even I have trepidations about what kind of future my son will grow up in as A.I. progresses. And I am far from alone,” writes Soulaiman Itani, a developer of several A.I. projects.
“Even I have trepidations about what kind of future my son will grow up in as A.I. progresses. And I am far from alone,” writes Soulaiman Itani, a developer of several A.I. projects.
Opinion | How to Prepare Your Kids for the A.I. Revolution
I help to build A.I. systems, and even I know there are real reasons to be concerned about how A.I. affects our children.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
This you?
This you?
Reposted by Dan Breen
No; 2026 is the distant science-fiction future, when we’ll all have jet-packs and live on lunar colonies.
I, meanwhile, am still writing “1994” on my checks.
I, meanwhile, am still writing “1994” on my checks.
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
No; 2026 is the distant science-fiction future, when we’ll all have jet-packs and live on lunar colonies.
I, meanwhile, am still writing “1994” on my checks.
I, meanwhile, am still writing “1994” on my checks.
Reposted by Dan Breen
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
Reposted by Dan Breen
Happy Birthday William Blake!
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Happy Birthday William Blake!
Reposted by Dan Breen
The Harder They Come
Donald Too Bad's ratings are in a pressure drop, but Dems have many rivers to cross to keep the country from turning into a shanty town. We'll be sitting in limbo to see if really want it.
by Maureen Dowd
Donald Too Bad's ratings are in a pressure drop, but Dems have many rivers to cross to keep the country from turning into a shanty town. We'll be sitting in limbo to see if really want it.
by Maureen Dowd
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Harder They Come
Donald Too Bad's ratings are in a pressure drop, but Dems have many rivers to cross to keep the country from turning into a shanty town. We'll be sitting in limbo to see if really want it.
by Maureen Dowd
Donald Too Bad's ratings are in a pressure drop, but Dems have many rivers to cross to keep the country from turning into a shanty town. We'll be sitting in limbo to see if really want it.
by Maureen Dowd
Reposted by Dan Breen
Marjorie Taylor Greene to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
Reposted by Dan Breen
Why didn’t we ever get a dark, gritty reboot of Encyclopedia Brown?
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Why didn’t we ever get a dark, gritty reboot of Encyclopedia Brown?
Reposted by Dan Breen
Pinker, Taylor, Souljah, Pie
Campus free speech, the new Swift album, and Democrats’ shift to the center will give your family plenty to talk about this Thanksgiving.
by Maureen Dowd
Campus free speech, the new Swift album, and Democrats’ shift to the center will give your family plenty to talk about this Thanksgiving.
by Maureen Dowd
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pinker, Taylor, Souljah, Pie
Campus free speech, the new Swift album, and Democrats’ shift to the center will give your family plenty to talk about this Thanksgiving.
by Maureen Dowd
Campus free speech, the new Swift album, and Democrats’ shift to the center will give your family plenty to talk about this Thanksgiving.
by Maureen Dowd