Matt Seybold
@mattseybold.bsky.social
American Vandal Pod | Prof of AmLit & Twain Studies + Director of Media Studies, Elmira College | Resident Scholar @MarkTwain.bsky.social | Political Economy of Mass Media
TheAmericanVandal.substack.com
MattSeybold.com
buymeacoffee.com/americanvandalpod
TheAmericanVandal.substack.com
MattSeybold.com
buymeacoffee.com/americanvandalpod
defeat our robot overlords, write a poem
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
defeat our robot overlords, write a poem
Not that its exactly news that with a single poem, certain poets can get whatever they want.
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Not that its exactly news that with a single poem, certain poets can get whatever they want.
“Adversarial poetry.”
Love this. Obvs.
Love this. Obvs.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Adversarial poetry.”
Love this. Obvs.
Love this. Obvs.
This paragraph is a lot.
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This paragraph is a lot.
Twain, on the other hand, was prepared to give Whitman a year of his own life.
whitmanarchive.org/item/yal.00104
whitmanarchive.org/item/yal.00104
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Twain, on the other hand, was prepared to give Whitman a year of his own life.
whitmanarchive.org/item/yal.00104
whitmanarchive.org/item/yal.00104
Not precisely clear what happened here, but Big Tech platforms are simultaneously embedding themselves deeper in schools & becoming more cavalier about porn, gambling, spam & scam. Both trends fueled by need to feed the beast of AI development.
Be extra vigilant about what you rely on in classroom.
Be extra vigilant about what you rely on in classroom.
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not precisely clear what happened here, but Big Tech platforms are simultaneously embedding themselves deeper in schools & becoming more cavalier about porn, gambling, spam & scam. Both trends fueled by need to feed the beast of AI development.
Be extra vigilant about what you rely on in classroom.
Be extra vigilant about what you rely on in classroom.
When I found this is my mailbox, I was occupied with other things & just kinda threw it on my pile. But now I’m going through that pile & I dunno, something has changed in the ensuing weeks which has made it feel a little more urgent.
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
When I found this is my mailbox, I was occupied with other things & just kinda threw it on my pile. But now I’m going through that pile & I dunno, something has changed in the ensuing weeks which has made it feel a little more urgent.
When he was 80, my dad voluntarily moved in with my sister. When he was 83, he voluntarily gave up his car. So it comes as a great disappointment to me that I think, at 85, we're going to have to forcefully take away the Emoji panel.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
When he was 80, my dad voluntarily moved in with my sister. When he was 83, he voluntarily gave up his car. So it comes as a great disappointment to me that I think, at 85, we're going to have to forcefully take away the Emoji panel.
…oh, and here’s the uncropped version.
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
…oh, and here’s the uncropped version.
Sometimes when things are tough, I think about the first woman Director of the Center For Mark Twain Studies, Gretchen Sharlow, and particularly the look on her face in this photo…
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Sometimes when things are tough, I think about the first woman Director of the Center For Mark Twain Studies, Gretchen Sharlow, and particularly the look on her face in this photo…
At Stanford we quickly figured out how to take Lemons & make Crystal Pepsi & New Coke.
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
At Stanford we quickly figured out how to take Lemons & make Crystal Pepsi & New Coke.
Timeline cleanse.
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Timeline cleanse.
Pleased to announce our well-orchestrated Soros-funded boycott of this paint-by-numbers “academic thriller” has been successful beyond my wildest expectations. Cancel culture triumphs again!
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Pleased to announce our well-orchestrated Soros-funded boycott of this paint-by-numbers “academic thriller” has been successful beyond my wildest expectations. Cancel culture triumphs again!
In your feed in time for the Monday morning commute...
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In your feed in time for the Monday morning commute...
Proud to be part of the first wave of professors teaching with this volume. This week my students in American Modernism read the @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social intro, then a little Larsen, Butler on Larsen, & @ncecire.bsky.social on Butler on Larsen.
And. It. Went. Awesome.
And. It. Went. Awesome.
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Proud to be part of the first wave of professors teaching with this volume. This week my students in American Modernism read the @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social intro, then a little Larsen, Butler on Larsen, & @ncecire.bsky.social on Butler on Larsen.
And. It. Went. Awesome.
And. It. Went. Awesome.
Evan Goldstein & Len Gutkin ask bag of soft grey room-temperature ground meat where the Trichinella parasites are coming from.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Evan Goldstein & Len Gutkin ask bag of soft grey room-temperature ground meat where the Trichinella parasites are coming from.
This is a truly lovely profile of Anna and her work, a highpoint of the genre (journalistic profile of an academic) which rarely goes well for its objects.
But also, for some reason, it made me think of this:
But also, for some reason, it made me think of this:
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is a truly lovely profile of Anna and her work, a highpoint of the genre (journalistic profile of an academic) which rarely goes well for its objects.
But also, for some reason, it made me think of this:
But also, for some reason, it made me think of this:
A whole lotta liberals who were willing to take Epstein’s money turning off their phones tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A whole lotta liberals who were willing to take Epstein’s money turning off their phones tonight.
History ain't easy, but it sure is fun.
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
History ain't easy, but it sure is fun.
Synthetic Risk Transfer is a financial innovation you probably haven’t heard of, the specific variety of securitization which is beginning to look like the Credit Default Swap of the next financial crisis.
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Synthetic Risk Transfer is a financial innovation you probably haven’t heard of, the specific variety of securitization which is beginning to look like the Credit Default Swap of the next financial crisis.
