S. M. Carroll
@smcarroll.bsky.social
Academic Blue Sky for Siobhan Maria Carroll. Victorian Studies, Romantism, 18C Studies, Science Fiction, Environmental Humanities. Short reviews of things I love and occasional gardening complaints.
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I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
This series features scholars of media history looking back at both familiar and lesser-known chapters in public broadcasting’s evolution. “Rewind” is presented in partnership with the Radio Preservat...
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January 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!
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Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.
A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.
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Hey friends! I’m psyched that so many folks want to read Mary Shelley’s prescient climate/pandemic apocalypse novel, THE LAST MAN, in community, in this, its bicentennial year.
#LastMan200
#LastMan200
January 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Hey friends! I’m psyched that so many folks want to read Mary Shelley’s prescient climate/pandemic apocalypse novel, THE LAST MAN, in community, in this, its bicentennial year.
#LastMan200
#LastMan200
Well *my* obscure academic monograph gathers at least 2 of the 6 “Signs of the Old Ones” to help, so idk what you’re complaining about here.
Too many book reviews are like “this is a well-informed study of the history of citrus-growing up and down the Italian peninsula. Unfortunately, the author fails to explain how this knowledge helps us to break the power of the Dark at its midwinter height.”
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Well *my* obscure academic monograph gathers at least 2 of the 6 “Signs of the Old Ones” to help, so idk what you’re complaining about here.
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Too many book reviews are like “this is a well-informed study of the history of citrus-growing up and down the Italian peninsula. Unfortunately, the author fails to explain how this knowledge helps us to break the power of the Dark at its midwinter height.”
December 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Too many book reviews are like “this is a well-informed study of the history of citrus-growing up and down the Italian peninsula. Unfortunately, the author fails to explain how this knowledge helps us to break the power of the Dark at its midwinter height.”
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Greetings, new followers! If you are unsure whether to create timeless art or change the world for the better now that you’ve retired from the internet, I would like to introduce you to the work of May Morris (who chose Both!)
December 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Greetings, new followers! If you are unsure whether to create timeless art or change the world for the better now that you’ve retired from the internet, I would like to introduce you to the work of May Morris (who chose Both!)
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What makes me lean forward and point at the television like Leo DiCaprio
December 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
What makes me lean forward and point at the television like Leo DiCaprio
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SFWA is doing a survey on LLM use in the industry. You don't need to be a member to submit. Writers/artists/humans need all the advocates we can get, and I hope we can encourage SFWA to take a strong stance. www.sfwa.org/sfwa-survey-...
SFWA Survey on LLM Use in Industry - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Thank you for participating in this survey. The data collected here is preliminary, not definitive, but it will help to […]
www.sfwa.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
SFWA is doing a survey on LLM use in the industry. You don't need to be a member to submit. Writers/artists/humans need all the advocates we can get, and I hope we can encourage SFWA to take a strong stance. www.sfwa.org/sfwa-survey-...
I picked up this collection after reading Thomas Ha’s wonderful “window boy” last year. I’m only partway through reading the collection but can confirm that the first three stories are bangers. Ha has a knack for weird, surreal, and psychologically complex storytelling.
Friends! @thomasha.bsky.social's Uncertain Sons and Other Stories is 3-months old today. Time flies. Please consider grabbing a copy of this stellar debut. Thanks to all who have bought a copy. Really appreciate it.
undertowpublications.com/ebooks/uncer...
undertowpublications.com/ebooks/uncer...
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I picked up this collection after reading Thomas Ha’s wonderful “window boy” last year. I’m only partway through reading the collection but can confirm that the first three stories are bangers. Ha has a knack for weird, surreal, and psychologically complex storytelling.
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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
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me to grad students: share your work with each other, talk, exchange ideas!
me to me: no one can ever see this draft it's garbage and they'll think i'm garbage and then i'll have to move into a dumpster where i belong
me to me: no one can ever see this draft it's garbage and they'll think i'm garbage and then i'll have to move into a dumpster where i belong
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
me to grad students: share your work with each other, talk, exchange ideas!
me to me: no one can ever see this draft it's garbage and they'll think i'm garbage and then i'll have to move into a dumpster where i belong
me to me: no one can ever see this draft it's garbage and they'll think i'm garbage and then i'll have to move into a dumpster where i belong
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also always deeply funny that every sci-fi video game from 1999-2014 was trying to be Aliens, and copied everything except the...working class woman protagonist
Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
also always deeply funny that every sci-fi video game from 1999-2014 was trying to be Aliens, and copied everything except the...working class woman protagonist
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Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
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Also hiring for another position in our Marketing Department! We're looking for a Marketing Manager to manage campaigns and champion our authors. Join our mission-driven team! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucop/EMP...
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Also hiring for another position in our Marketing Department! We're looking for a Marketing Manager to manage campaigns and champion our authors. Join our mission-driven team! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucop/EMP...
I saw this recently, and it was terrifically weird. More of a Gothic fairytale about plastic surgery than a straightforward mad scientist tale. It seemed very much up Del Toro’s alley.
"My face frightens me. My mask frightens me even more."
Today, 11/23, at 1pm and 7pm EST, the Deadlights Theater presents...
EYES WITHOUT A FACE
Come and join us on Discord for this disturbing modern fairytale about beauty, captivity, and personhood.
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
Today, 11/23, at 1pm and 7pm EST, the Deadlights Theater presents...
EYES WITHOUT A FACE
Come and join us on Discord for this disturbing modern fairytale about beauty, captivity, and personhood.
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I saw this recently, and it was terrifically weird. More of a Gothic fairytale about plastic surgery than a straightforward mad scientist tale. It seemed very much up Del Toro’s alley.
Surveys find students feel “demoralized” when instructors use ChatGPT for grading and lecture preparation.
Food for thought: students don’t want ‘cheap AI’ instruction (anyone with half a brain cell knows this already). But worth telegraphing to a sector being tapped for AI investment: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Surveys find students feel “demoralized” when instructors use ChatGPT for grading and lecture preparation.
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Monty Python: Mystico and Janet - Flats Built By Hipnosis
YouTube video by Bruno Carneiro da Cunha
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November 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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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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If you're doing your holiday shopping and/or thinking about best to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday, 1 month from today, I have some news: Harvard UP's annotated editions of Austen's fiction (my own edition of Mansfield Park included) are now 25% off.
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
Happy 250th Birthday, Jane Austen — Harvard University Press
Celebrate with six gorgeous annotated editions of Jane Austen’s classics. “A sumptuous reading experience…richly illustrated with paintings, museum-quality photographs, and colorful Regency prints. A ...
www.hup.harvard.edu
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you're doing your holiday shopping and/or thinking about best to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday, 1 month from today, I have some news: Harvard UP's annotated editions of Austen's fiction (my own edition of Mansfield Park included) are now 25% off.
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
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This headline ticks all the boxes for me.
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This headline ticks all the boxes for me.
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
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My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!
PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!
Eric William Ravilious, y’all.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Eric William Ravilious, y’all.
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Hobbes must’ve felt like a fucking god telling the illustrator about this insane cover concept
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hobbes must’ve felt like a fucking god telling the illustrator about this insane cover concept
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In Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), Dr Seward’s journals are famously ‘Kept in Phonograph’. Join me for a nerdy deep dive in which I, brandishing back-of-an-envelope math, calculate the cost of Seward's phonograph habit, & encounter a creature more uncanny than Dracula himself! 1/14 #Gothic
November 10, 2024 at 8:08 PM
In Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), Dr Seward’s journals are famously ‘Kept in Phonograph’. Join me for a nerdy deep dive in which I, brandishing back-of-an-envelope math, calculate the cost of Seward's phonograph habit, & encounter a creature more uncanny than Dracula himself! 1/14 #Gothic