intellectual caliban (Lev)
@levnekov.bsky.social
23. PhD student in musicology at Pitt. BA Music (UIUC, 2025). inquisitor of finite modes, perseverer of the Absolute. editor for @crittheoryworkgrp.bsky.social. banner from Soul Glo, Gold Chain Punk. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/levnekov
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notes to self:
- be reasonably polite to normies
- be helpful when asked
- it's ok for someone to be wrong w/o textblocking them
- your ability to make a living involves politics
- you don't have to go for the jugular every time
- strategize without becoming reliant on strategems
- touch grass
- be reasonably polite to normies
- be helpful when asked
- it's ok for someone to be wrong w/o textblocking them
- your ability to make a living involves politics
- you don't have to go for the jugular every time
- strategize without becoming reliant on strategems
- touch grass
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quote with a meme you made yourself
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
quote with a meme you made yourself
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Some of the most important individuals in any anime adjacent fandom, are the creators of fanworks
just a couple super dedicated fanartists, can keep a franchises fandom on life support for decades
So always be kind to artists and don't give them a hard time, artists are awesome!
just a couple super dedicated fanartists, can keep a franchises fandom on life support for decades
So always be kind to artists and don't give them a hard time, artists are awesome!
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Some of the most important individuals in any anime adjacent fandom, are the creators of fanworks
just a couple super dedicated fanartists, can keep a franchises fandom on life support for decades
So always be kind to artists and don't give them a hard time, artists are awesome!
just a couple super dedicated fanartists, can keep a franchises fandom on life support for decades
So always be kind to artists and don't give them a hard time, artists are awesome!
I post on this site like Bill Walton commented games
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I post on this site like Bill Walton commented games
it genuinely hits different when you see a photo that's not unlike your childhood photos.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
it genuinely hits different when you see a photo that's not unlike your childhood photos.
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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I know more about music than sports but no one wants to pay to read music writing lol oh well
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I know more about music than sports but no one wants to pay to read music writing lol oh well
after the fun realization that I've been talking past interlocutors about "representation," I realize I can just say art doesn't mean anything and that, no, when I say that "representation isn't fundamental," this entails that we can't assume that "thing stands for another thing" is even correct.
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
after the fun realization that I've been talking past interlocutors about "representation," I realize I can just say art doesn't mean anything and that, no, when I say that "representation isn't fundamental," this entails that we can't assume that "thing stands for another thing" is even correct.
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They should invent a university that prioritizes teaching and research
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
They should invent a university that prioritizes teaching and research
hot take: NNN is just ero art NaNoWriMo
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
hot take: NNN is just ero art NaNoWriMo
reading the Leys – "basic affects" is literally just the Kantian schematism (pejorative) but woke
I learnt about another critique of the affective turn in the humanities by Ruth Leys which compliments that by Papoulias and Callard that I read a few weeks ago.
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
reading the Leys – "basic affects" is literally just the Kantian schematism (pejorative) but woke
"affect is a body" where's God, checkmate /jk
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"affect is a body" where's God, checkmate /jk
> be me
> it snowed
> all my buses literally keep disappearing
> at least eight unrouted buses pass me
> i'm late
we live in a society
> it snowed
> all my buses literally keep disappearing
> at least eight unrouted buses pass me
> i'm late
we live in a society
> be me today
> forget I turned my Monday alarm off last week
> wake up half an hour past my alarm
> scarf down a granola bar
> it's snowing
> no coffee, we ball
> take my meds
> miss three buses
> jog up Squirrel Hill to catch another bus
chat is this Monday
> forget I turned my Monday alarm off last week
> wake up half an hour past my alarm
> scarf down a granola bar
> it's snowing
> no coffee, we ball
> take my meds
> miss three buses
> jog up Squirrel Hill to catch another bus
chat is this Monday
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
> be me
> it snowed
> all my buses literally keep disappearing
> at least eight unrouted buses pass me
> i'm late
we live in a society
> it snowed
> all my buses literally keep disappearing
> at least eight unrouted buses pass me
> i'm late
we live in a society
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I would distinguish between 'reaction' and 'response' papers.
The former invite a student to share their opinions and feelings, which are essentially worthless *in an academic context.*
The latter, on the other hand, require students to explain and apply the argument of an assigned text. Valuable!
The former invite a student to share their opinions and feelings, which are essentially worthless *in an academic context.*
The latter, on the other hand, require students to explain and apply the argument of an assigned text. Valuable!
First: a) this essay was profoundly transphobic and b) the university has essentially sacrificed the possibility of pedagogy to the first amendment.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I would distinguish between 'reaction' and 'response' papers.
The former invite a student to share their opinions and feelings, which are essentially worthless *in an academic context.*
The latter, on the other hand, require students to explain and apply the argument of an assigned text. Valuable!
The former invite a student to share their opinions and feelings, which are essentially worthless *in an academic context.*
The latter, on the other hand, require students to explain and apply the argument of an assigned text. Valuable!
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First: a) this essay was profoundly transphobic and b) the university has essentially sacrificed the possibility of pedagogy to the first amendment.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
First: a) this essay was profoundly transphobic and b) the university has essentially sacrificed the possibility of pedagogy to the first amendment.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
But: my experience teaching on contentious topics is that 'reaction' papers are not a good tool. Students must be required to hew to the literature.
me: boy I hate Kantianism
also me: REAL STRUCTURALISM HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED
also me: REAL STRUCTURALISM HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
me: boy I hate Kantianism
also me: REAL STRUCTURALISM HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED
also me: REAL STRUCTURALISM HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED
I will be slightly petty in subskeeting, but calling anyone who doesn't believe that aesthetics must be sensuous an "analytic aesthetician" is even more of a riot now
December 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I will be slightly petty in subskeeting, but calling anyone who doesn't believe that aesthetics must be sensuous an "analytic aesthetician" is even more of a riot now
do i trust the constitutional law "scholar" or the chiropractor
December 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
do i trust the constitutional law "scholar" or the chiropractor
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clarity in philosophy is mostly about replacing the language you speak, one where you can’t be sure which inferences are ok to draw from an assertion til you’ve seen someone else assert the same, with another language, where no-one at all knows which inferences are fine to draw
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
clarity in philosophy is mostly about replacing the language you speak, one where you can’t be sure which inferences are ok to draw from an assertion til you’ve seen someone else assert the same, with another language, where no-one at all knows which inferences are fine to draw
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starting Dec 1st! ie tomorrow!
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
is there a NaNoWriMo but for December and academic/ nonfiction? Should we start it?
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
starting Dec 1st! ie tomorrow!
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
talk to your doctor about a 1-seed Bears today
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
talk to your doctor about a 1-seed Bears today
PIT: being outbid for Uber drivers to get home bc the airport's 20 miles away from my apartment
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
PIT: being outbid for Uber drivers to get home bc the airport's 20 miles away from my apartment
sensei after recharging senseinium:
uoohhhhhh
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
sensei after recharging senseinium:
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reposting my repost of your repost of my repost of your post @paizuri.moe
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
reposting my repost of your repost of my repost of your post @paizuri.moe
i did not need to learn about a worse ABO concept in my dumbass life today
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
i did not need to learn about a worse ABO concept in my dumbass life today