Doug Eacho
@dougeacho.bsky.social
performance historian, prof (U of T ➡️ NUS). writing a book about automating theatre (surrealism, cybernetics, backstage tech, ai) in which i discover to much astonishment that it was capital all along.
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similarly: the elite uni's could have increased their undergrad student numbers alongside population. starting new uni's is really hard! expanding them pretty straightforward
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
similarly: the elite uni's could have increased their undergrad student numbers alongside population. starting new uni's is really hard! expanding them pretty straightforward
among the toronto bourgeois toddler parent set, the *only* argument advanced for "maybe i'll send my kid to private school" is "i want to keep them away from school computers and AI"
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
among the toronto bourgeois toddler parent set, the *only* argument advanced for "maybe i'll send my kid to private school" is "i want to keep them away from school computers and AI"
yeah i think her reputation is higher in theatreworld than in lit proper
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
yeah i think her reputation is higher in theatreworld than in lit proper
wait is there something bad about jelinek i dont know about? she's maybe my favorite winner of that prize in decades
(the other austrian winner, however...)
(the other austrian winner, however...)
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
wait is there something bad about jelinek i dont know about? she's maybe my favorite winner of that prize in decades
(the other austrian winner, however...)
(the other austrian winner, however...)
we don't get that many global-bourgeois immigrants in the US actually, so Vance is doubly wrong (wrong about the surface as well as about the deeper dynamics) but he's so stewed in the global right that he is hoping other countries' surface appearance can stick in the US anyway
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
we don't get that many global-bourgeois immigrants in the US actually, so Vance is doubly wrong (wrong about the surface as well as about the deeper dynamics) but he's so stewed in the global right that he is hoping other countries' surface appearance can stick in the US anyway
i like the thread here but I think this one may be imported from abroad: in the UK, Canada, Germany (at least Berlin), you actually have had wealthy immigrants at scale buying up real estate, allowing RWers to associate the fact of the refugee with the fact of inward capital flight
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
i like the thread here but I think this one may be imported from abroad: in the UK, Canada, Germany (at least Berlin), you actually have had wealthy immigrants at scale buying up real estate, allowing RWers to associate the fact of the refugee with the fact of inward capital flight
in my experience some of the skills are still retained by students of sufficiently elite backgrounds, but *none* of them (enrolled in an arts major) have engaged with non-commercial art unless their parent is a professional artist.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
in my experience some of the skills are still retained by students of sufficiently elite backgrounds, but *none* of them (enrolled in an arts major) have engaged with non-commercial art unless their parent is a professional artist.
ah haven't tried that one. children of earth is worth another shot i'd think even if it won't be an all-timer for you, just a great execution of a great concept
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
ah haven't tried that one. children of earth is worth another shot i'd think even if it won't be an all-timer for you, just a great execution of a great concept
sorry i'm going to champion the tacky romance cover as so inappropriate it winds up as perfect:
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
sorry i'm going to champion the tacky romance cover as so inappropriate it winds up as perfect:
whatt was it children of earth though?!?
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
whatt was it children of earth though?!?
i'm reading brandon sanderson's "The Way of Kings" rn and it's definitely a TV-like popcorn guilty pleasure, but it has a cover that *rips*. like if you are reading pop fantasy isn't this what you want your book to look like??
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
i'm reading brandon sanderson's "The Way of Kings" rn and it's definitely a TV-like popcorn guilty pleasure, but it has a cover that *rips*. like if you are reading pop fantasy isn't this what you want your book to look like??
Will look to the Storey - thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Will look to the Storey - thanks!
Which Gramsci did you go for? I'm working on a more 'pop culture' oriented course than I've taught before (upper-level undergrad lit majors) and am considering him...
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Which Gramsci did you go for? I'm working on a more 'pop culture' oriented course than I've taught before (upper-level undergrad lit majors) and am considering him...
we did not, in retrospect,
think seriously enough about the amount of $$ they'd have to just settle all of these and continue straight along
think seriously enough about the amount of $$ they'd have to just settle all of these and continue straight along
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
we did not, in retrospect,
think seriously enough about the amount of $$ they'd have to just settle all of these and continue straight along
think seriously enough about the amount of $$ they'd have to just settle all of these and continue straight along
great dude!! reach out to him when you read him for sure
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
great dude!! reach out to him when you read him for sure
also - do you know Owen? - www.routledge.com/Finance-and-...
Finance and the World Economy in Weimar Cinema
After the First World War, the effects of financial crisis could be felt in all corners of the newly formed Weimar Republic. The newly interconnected world economy was barely understood and yet it was...
www.routledge.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
also - do you know Owen? - www.routledge.com/Finance-and-...
as I am currently moving my family to the other side of the earth, i cant do this, but man, i wanna. keep these coming!
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
as I am currently moving my family to the other side of the earth, i cant do this, but man, i wanna. keep these coming!
ok fact-checked this and Pearson claims they are fine, no controller issues, and no consistent / cascading delays from the US. yet.
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
ok fact-checked this and Pearson claims they are fine, no controller issues, and no consistent / cascading delays from the US. yet.
wait sorry YYZ (toronto) uses American flight controllers ?!?!
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
wait sorry YYZ (toronto) uses American flight controllers ?!?!
are your eye-rolls directed at Carney, or at my narration?
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
are your eye-rolls directed at Carney, or at my narration?