Sir Ian
@sir-ian.bsky.social
Onetime English/radio prof, now policy guy. Media, fiction, Indigenous rights and reconciliation. Here for bad takes & worse jokes. Writing the Radio War, the Edinburgh Companion to Modernism & Technology, & DUBLINERS out now. www.ianwhittington.com
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The EUP sale has our Companion to Modernism and Technology for only $22.48 (co-edited with Alex Goody). Really proud of how this one turned out. Brilliant essays and gorgeous images. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edi...
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The EUP sale has our Companion to Modernism and Technology for only $22.48 (co-edited with Alex Goody). Really proud of how this one turned out. Brilliant essays and gorgeous images. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edi...
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The EUP sale has our Companion to Modernism and Technology for only $22.48 (co-edited with Alex Goody). Really proud of how this one turned out. Brilliant essays and gorgeous images. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edi...
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The EUP sale has our Companion to Modernism and Technology for only $22.48 (co-edited with Alex Goody). Really proud of how this one turned out. Brilliant essays and gorgeous images. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edi...
Looks like Edinburgh University Press is having a sale, and Writing the Radio War is only $14.98! Perfect as a stocking stuffer!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...
Writing the Radio War
Writing the Radio War
edinburghuniversitypress.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Looks like Edinburgh University Press is having a sale, and Writing the Radio War is only $14.98! Perfect as a stocking stuffer!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...
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“Reading Elizabeth Bishop” is £13.50 in the EUP sale… edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reading...
Reading Elizabeth Bishop
Reading Elizabeth Bishop
edinburghuniversitypress.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Reading Elizabeth Bishop” is £13.50 in the EUP sale… edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reading...
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
I can’t believe Monday is November 1st
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I can’t believe Monday is November 1st
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Top of mind because I read it not that long ago: Miriam Toews’s Women Talking. Short, harrowing, and totally immersive.
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Top of mind because I read it not that long ago: Miriam Toews’s Women Talking. Short, harrowing, and totally immersive.
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It's funny when you feel as if you don't want anything more in your life except to sleep, or else to lie without moving. That’s when you can hear time sliding past you, like water running.
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
It's funny when you feel as if you don't want anything more in your life except to sleep, or else to lie without moving. That’s when you can hear time sliding past you, like water running.
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“The seven tiers of stacks in which many of the books of the New York Public Library are shelved”: the splendid front cover of May 27th 1911’s Scientific American.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“The seven tiers of stacks in which many of the books of the New York Public Library are shelved”: the splendid front cover of May 27th 1911’s Scientific American.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Metrograph memberships are on sale right now. One year is only $25.
I don’t live in NYC, but streaming makes it easily worth it.
Code: HOLIDAY25
I don’t live in NYC, but streaming makes it easily worth it.
Code: HOLIDAY25
Home - Metrograph
All Showtimes This holiday season, make it a Metrograph moment. Membership grants you $11 in-theater tickets, curated streaming with Metrograph…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Metrograph memberships are on sale right now. One year is only $25.
I don’t live in NYC, but streaming makes it easily worth it.
Code: HOLIDAY25
I don’t live in NYC, but streaming makes it easily worth it.
Code: HOLIDAY25
The Devil and John Berryman, they took a walk together
And they ended up on Washington, talking to the river
He said, "I surrounded myself with doctors and deep thinkers
But big heads and soft bodies make for lousy lovers"
And they ended up on Washington, talking to the river
He said, "I surrounded myself with doctors and deep thinkers
But big heads and soft bodies make for lousy lovers"
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The Devil and John Berryman, they took a walk together
And they ended up on Washington, talking to the river
He said, "I surrounded myself with doctors and deep thinkers
But big heads and soft bodies make for lousy lovers"
And they ended up on Washington, talking to the river
He said, "I surrounded myself with doctors and deep thinkers
But big heads and soft bodies make for lousy lovers"
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they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
The best museum that can buy money
The American Numismatic Society’s collections of coins will be relocating from Manhattan to the spacious campus of the Toledo Museum of Art. The $20 million plan, to be completed in 2028, would make possible its long-harbored vision of a state-of-the-art money museum.
After 167 Years in New York, a Priceless Coin Collection Heads to Toledo
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The best museum that can buy money
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Is this fintech
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Is this fintech
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This section of Gerald of Wales' The Conquest of Ireland in which he praises his own family is essentially the Theme from Shaft.
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This section of Gerald of Wales' The Conquest of Ireland in which he praises his own family is essentially the Theme from Shaft.
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Friends, I'm trying to purchase some Arduino kits for my engineering classes. If you're able to either purchase or share, I'd be so appreciative!
#clearthelist
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#clearthelist
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Check out my list on Amazon
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November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Friends, I'm trying to purchase some Arduino kits for my engineering classes. If you're able to either purchase or share, I'd be so appreciative!
#clearthelist
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
#clearthelist
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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Wow, he looks just like him!
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wow, he looks just like him!
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Great thread on early camera movement:
Camera movement has existed longer than we might think, with pans becoming common in the 1900s.
Early filmmakers also simulated movement. This 1908 fairy tale THE GRATEFUL LITTLE MICE gives the illusion of a zoom by pulling the performers and prop book toward the camera. It's nearly seamless.
Early filmmakers also simulated movement. This 1908 fairy tale THE GRATEFUL LITTLE MICE gives the illusion of a zoom by pulling the performers and prop book toward the camera. It's nearly seamless.
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Great thread on early camera movement:
At a roller derby bout and one of the refs’ roller derby name is “Rolando Furioso” and I salute this level of aggressive nerdiness
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
At a roller derby bout and one of the refs’ roller derby name is “Rolando Furioso” and I salute this level of aggressive nerdiness