Ivan Kreilkamp
@ivan812.bsky.social
English prof, easily distracted Victorianist
Writing: https://ivankreilkamp.com/
Writing: https://ivankreilkamp.com/
Jeff Tweedy & his family band concluded encore in Bloomington with 2 songs by Indiana musicians, one by Jason Molina and then this slightly better-known number
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Jeff Tweedy & his family band concluded encore in Bloomington with 2 songs by Indiana musicians, one by Jason Molina and then this slightly better-known number
1828 mortgage deed to an enslaved person. $300. It’s quite something to see this kind of original document. @ Lilly Library
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
1828 mortgage deed to an enslaved person. $300. It’s quite something to see this kind of original document. @ Lilly Library
I think it’s time to issue a TIME OUT / pause on any and all use of the phrase “it’s a feature, not a bug.”
Possibly we can come back to it after a cooldown period, but too soon to say at the moment
Possibly we can come back to it after a cooldown period, but too soon to say at the moment
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I think it’s time to issue a TIME OUT / pause on any and all use of the phrase “it’s a feature, not a bug.”
Possibly we can come back to it after a cooldown period, but too soon to say at the moment
Possibly we can come back to it after a cooldown period, but too soon to say at the moment
Happy “On the Calculation of Volume” (by Solvej Balle) day for those who celebrate !!
Psyched for Vol. 3 out today
Psyched for Vol. 3 out today
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Happy “On the Calculation of Volume” (by Solvej Balle) day for those who celebrate !!
Psyched for Vol. 3 out today
Psyched for Vol. 3 out today
Like Charli XCX, I also appreciate Wuthering Heights’s sentences, punctuation, & grammar
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Like Charli XCX, I also appreciate Wuthering Heights’s sentences, punctuation, & grammar
B/c “building LLMs to study the vocal patterns of male speakers” definitely screams, “I am very cool & down & can ‘hang with the boys’”
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
B/c “building LLMs to study the vocal patterns of male speakers” definitely screams, “I am very cool & down & can ‘hang with the boys’”
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A solemn Wombat Day (Nov. 6) for those who honor it
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A solemn Wombat Day (Nov. 6) for those who honor it
"Or consider the claim of AI rights advocacy group UFAIR (United Foundation for AI Rights) that denying AI personhood amounts to 'digital apartheid' comparable to the violence of slavery, Indigenous dispossession, and the subjugation of women"... omg... ?!
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Or consider the claim of AI rights advocacy group UFAIR (United Foundation for AI Rights) that denying AI personhood amounts to 'digital apartheid' comparable to the violence of slavery, Indigenous dispossession, and the subjugation of women"... omg... ?!
I’m enjoying this podcast
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’m enjoying this podcast
amusingly this is what you get if you search for Hearing Trumpet on Amazon
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
amusingly this is what you get if you search for Hearing Trumpet on Amazon
Parenting triumph: I gave my daughter my copy of “the Hearing Trumpet” on her Fall break - she declared it one of the best novels she’s ever read and is taking it back to school to loan to friends
@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Parenting triumph: I gave my daughter my copy of “the Hearing Trumpet” on her Fall break - she declared it one of the best novels she’s ever read and is taking it back to school to loan to friends
@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
I enjoyed this truck at the post office window
October 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I enjoyed this truck at the post office window
Henry James can be so savage 🔥
"Isabel would as soon have thought of despising her as of passing a moral judgement on a grasshopper. She was like a bright rare shell, in which something would rattle when you shook it. This rattle was apparently the Countess's spiritual principle"
"Isabel would as soon have thought of despising her as of passing a moral judgement on a grasshopper. She was like a bright rare shell, in which something would rattle when you shook it. This rattle was apparently the Countess's spiritual principle"
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Henry James can be so savage 🔥
"Isabel would as soon have thought of despising her as of passing a moral judgement on a grasshopper. She was like a bright rare shell, in which something would rattle when you shook it. This rattle was apparently the Countess's spiritual principle"
"Isabel would as soon have thought of despising her as of passing a moral judgement on a grasshopper. She was like a bright rare shell, in which something would rattle when you shook it. This rattle was apparently the Countess's spiritual principle"
We can only pray that Santos might still be willing to pied-à-terre 🙏
@just-jack-1.bsky.social
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
@just-jack-1.bsky.social
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We can only pray that Santos might still be willing to pied-à-terre 🙏
@just-jack-1.bsky.social
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
@just-jack-1.bsky.social
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
I always thought of D'Angelo's "The Charade" as a Ferguson anthem-- but it turns out it's also very much an Occupy Wall Street song
October 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I always thought of D'Angelo's "The Charade" as a Ferguson anthem-- but it turns out it's also very much an Occupy Wall Street song
Just heard “Sunday Morning” in a doctor’s office on a Pandora (or something) “Mellow Morning” mix. Would Lou be amused or appalled @willhermes.bsky.social ?
I guess he’d probably just appreciate the revenue
I guess he’d probably just appreciate the revenue
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Just heard “Sunday Morning” in a doctor’s office on a Pandora (or something) “Mellow Morning” mix. Would Lou be amused or appalled @willhermes.bsky.social ?
I guess he’d probably just appreciate the revenue
I guess he’d probably just appreciate the revenue
Happened on this 1919 edition of Henri Bergson’s Matter and Memory with amazing annotations thruout. There’s a coding system distinguishing between comments made: (1) At Home, Sept 22, 1925; (2) at Berea, KY, Feb 11, 1928; (3) At Home, Sept 29, 1930; & (4) Cottage, July 22, 1933 😮
October 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happened on this 1919 edition of Henri Bergson’s Matter and Memory with amazing annotations thruout. There’s a coding system distinguishing between comments made: (1) At Home, Sept 22, 1925; (2) at Berea, KY, Feb 11, 1928; (3) At Home, Sept 29, 1930; & (4) Cottage, July 22, 1933 😮
Judge William G. Young 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“ Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, we the people of the United States have our magnificent Constitution”
“ Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, we the people of the United States have our magnificent Constitution”
September 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Judge William G. Young 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“ Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, we the people of the United States have our magnificent Constitution”
“ Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, we the people of the United States have our magnificent Constitution”
Excellent exercise tips from James Boswell (via Dwight Garner)
September 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Excellent exercise tips from James Boswell (via Dwight Garner)
Loved the ‘spooky’ font on the credits of Jacques Tourneur’s “Curse of the Demon”
September 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Loved the ‘spooky’ font on the credits of Jacques Tourneur’s “Curse of the Demon”
These AAUP “Tips for Engaging with Social Media” don’t seem to have a realistic sense of how & why people use social media. I mean I’m sorry but I’m not going to post “the faculty united will never be divided” over & over
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
These AAUP “Tips for Engaging with Social Media” don’t seem to have a realistic sense of how & why people use social media. I mean I’m sorry but I’m not going to post “the faculty united will never be divided” over & over
Wow there's a 1992 Filipino adaptation of *Washington
Square* (well, of Wyler's 1949 *The Heiress*-- it's pretty faithful to Wyler)!
Ikaw Pa Lang Ang Minahal (You're the Only One I Have Loved)
Square* (well, of Wyler's 1949 *The Heiress*-- it's pretty faithful to Wyler)!
Ikaw Pa Lang Ang Minahal (You're the Only One I Have Loved)
September 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow there's a 1992 Filipino adaptation of *Washington
Square* (well, of Wyler's 1949 *The Heiress*-- it's pretty faithful to Wyler)!
Ikaw Pa Lang Ang Minahal (You're the Only One I Have Loved)
Square* (well, of Wyler's 1949 *The Heiress*-- it's pretty faithful to Wyler)!
Ikaw Pa Lang Ang Minahal (You're the Only One I Have Loved)
Ok why on earth does usage of “gormless” explode circa 2000??? This puzzles me
September 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ok why on earth does usage of “gormless” explode circa 2000??? This puzzles me
Great line: “‘Media organizations’ is is an accurate term for how the big leagues work, in a way that calling them ‘magazines’ and ‘newspapers’ and so on probably isn’t in many cases. The magazines are like… a little hand puppet on the tentacle of some Cthulhu-like being”
September 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Great line: “‘Media organizations’ is is an accurate term for how the big leagues work, in a way that calling them ‘magazines’ and ‘newspapers’ and so on probably isn’t in many cases. The magazines are like… a little hand puppet on the tentacle of some Cthulhu-like being”