Tobias Wilson-Bates
@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
Time Machines. Temporality. Ecology. Robots. Education. Associate Professor of 19th century British Literature.
It clearly wounded you in a way that has left you forever in pursuit
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It clearly wounded you in a way that has left you forever in pursuit
No one misses polls more than you
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
No one misses polls more than you
Classic Brontë fan behavior
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Classic Brontë fan behavior
Reposted by Tobias Wilson-Bates
'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single monster in possession of great loneliness, must be in want of a female with whom he can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for his being.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single monster in possession of great loneliness, must be in want of a female with whom he can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for his being.”
Why not just make one?!
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Why not just make one?!
Not to worry, a young Swiss scientist has been diligently crafting a solution
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Not to worry, a young Swiss scientist has been diligently crafting a solution
Austen is like your favorite memory relived with the vivid pleasure of looking back on a life well lived. Shelley is like being possessed by an alien parasite that changes your ability to understand the dimensions of time.
Just depends on your preferred vibe.
Just depends on your preferred vibe.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Austen is like your favorite memory relived with the vivid pleasure of looking back on a life well lived. Shelley is like being possessed by an alien parasite that changes your ability to understand the dimensions of time.
Just depends on your preferred vibe.
Just depends on your preferred vibe.
Austen is a goddess and I would fight a bear to defend her good name, but she’s not the Goth Queen of the Spiders and Myth-maker who carried the black calcified heart of her drowned lover
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Austen is a goddess and I would fight a bear to defend her good name, but she’s not the Goth Queen of the Spiders and Myth-maker who carried the black calcified heart of her drowned lover
As I am currently evening self, I find the arrangement entirely unfair
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
As I am currently evening self, I find the arrangement entirely unfair
Too much reading ancient texts
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Too much reading ancient texts
They were giving them to all the veteran soldiers but not the wookies
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
They were giving them to all the veteran soldiers but not the wookies
So good 😭😭😭😭
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
So good 😭😭😭😭
Burgers, cookies, and personal pizzas (bc they’re round like Rounders)
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Burgers, cookies, and personal pizzas (bc they’re round like Rounders)
That’s very kind of you to say
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
That’s very kind of you to say
With a little cave and everything
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
With a little cave and everything
ya, everywhere I've been has been distinct in its approaches, and, even at the same institution, different schools and departments tend to operate via their own interpretation
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
ya, everywhere I've been has been distinct in its approaches, and, even at the same institution, different schools and departments tend to operate via their own interpretation
Too Franken, Too Stein
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Too Franken, Too Stein
In search of wit these lose their common sense,
And then turn critics in their own defence:
And then turn critics in their own defence:
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In search of wit these lose their common sense,
And then turn critics in their own defence:
And then turn critics in their own defence:
Whether these outcomes are truly enacted, measurable, properly reported, or met at all is the never-ending torment of Assessment Committees everywhere
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Whether these outcomes are truly enacted, measurable, properly reported, or met at all is the never-ending torment of Assessment Committees everywhere