James [November] Harbeck
@sesquiotic.bsky.social
Louche left-wing nerd. Words, food, music, beverage alcohol. MA linguistics, PhD theatre. jamesharbeck.com, sesquiotic.com
And a bonus tree. The old ent has some opinions about what needs to happen by year end.
Leica X typ 113, St. James Park, Toronto.
Leica X typ 113, St. James Park, Toronto.
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
And a bonus tree. The old ent has some opinions about what needs to happen by year end.
Leica X typ 113, St. James Park, Toronto.
Leica X typ 113, St. James Park, Toronto.
One urban tree photo a day, all month.
30. Sony a7ii, Minolta MD 135mm f/3.5 (I think). Harbour Square Park, Toronto.
30. Sony a7ii, Minolta MD 135mm f/3.5 (I think). Harbour Square Park, Toronto.
November 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
One urban tree photo a day, all month.
30. Sony a7ii, Minolta MD 135mm f/3.5 (I think). Harbour Square Park, Toronto.
30. Sony a7ii, Minolta MD 135mm f/3.5 (I think). Harbour Square Park, Toronto.
I will need to replicate the results.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I will need to replicate the results.
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I'm also surprised that Roger went with a Hong Kong factory (I called the factory today to confirm). If MAGA is about making America great again through reindustrialization, why not use a US factory? Over at O'Connell's, you can find MiUSA tailoring for half of Roger's prices
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm also surprised that Roger went with a Hong Kong factory (I called the factory today to confirm). If MAGA is about making America great again through reindustrialization, why not use a US factory? Over at O'Connell's, you can find MiUSA tailoring for half of Roger's prices
I just love shoofly pie. Spent some time in my younger years perfecting the ratio of cake to goo. Haven’t made it in a while. I should again soon.
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I just love shoofly pie. Spent some time in my younger years perfecting the ratio of cake to goo. Haven’t made it in a while. I should again soon.
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I love whenever articles like this are all “SEE THE UNREASONABLE ANGRY DEMANDS OF THIS SJW TEACHER” and the teacher’s comment are always “please actually cite sources and try not to call your classmates demonic”
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I love whenever articles like this are all “SEE THE UNREASONABLE ANGRY DEMANDS OF THIS SJW TEACHER” and the teacher’s comment are always “please actually cite sources and try not to call your classmates demonic”
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Admin are continually pressuring us to make the course "more accessible," by which they mean "devastatingly easy to complete," but it's not about access. Many students refuse to read or write in any capacity that isn't tech-aided, no matter how simple the assignment, no matter how process-based.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Admin are continually pressuring us to make the course "more accessible," by which they mean "devastatingly easy to complete," but it's not about access. Many students refuse to read or write in any capacity that isn't tech-aided, no matter how simple the assignment, no matter how process-based.
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It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
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I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
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At the MFA program, sometimes the issue was slightly different. I was told that knowing how to punctuate dialogue in fiction was "colonialist."
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
At the MFA program, sometimes the issue was slightly different. I was told that knowing how to punctuate dialogue in fiction was "colonialist."
One urban tree photo a day, all month.
29. Leica X typ 113. Riverdale Park East, Toronto.
29. Leica X typ 113. Riverdale Park East, Toronto.
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One urban tree photo a day, all month.
29. Leica X typ 113. Riverdale Park East, Toronto.
29. Leica X typ 113. Riverdale Park East, Toronto.
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President Hernandez was serving 45 years in prison for a plot to distribute 400 tons of cocaine before Trump pardoned him. Meanwhile, Trump is murdering fishermen in small boats for allegedly smuggling far smaller amounts.
“Additionally, I Will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that | greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
President Hernandez was serving 45 years in prison for a plot to distribute 400 tons of cocaine before Trump pardoned him. Meanwhile, Trump is murdering fishermen in small boats for allegedly smuggling far smaller amounts.