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Scholar of visual culture, sound, & political aesthetics. Philosophy of literature, ecological form, post-Romantic media. Anti-obscurantist. Architect and Strategist for the School of Materialist Research 🌐 http://www.schoolofmaterialistresearch.org

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Revising today for the Routledge Handbook of Global Literature and Culture in the Romantic Era The piece I’m contributing isn’t exactly global, literary, or romantic—but a transnational reading of 'Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio,' a bilingual English–Diné Bizaad opera by Laura Tohe #OperaStudies

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🌍 Are you an early-career researcher with a passion for environmental humanities — and ready to build something collaborative and interdisciplinary? We have an open call that might interest you.

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But me, I'm a single cell on a serpent's tongue There's a muddy field where a garden was And I'm glad you got away, but I'm still stuck right here My clothes are soaking wet from your mother's tears

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Building Visual Culture syllabus. ––How sound is seen is a major component. Mars Volta and Minus the Bear are playing during the course unit. Who would Gen Z rather see? Or neither?

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Ad maiorem Dei gloriam. St. Ignatius \ perception & persistence

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So excited for my new work setup via Etsy 💅 A Ukrainian designed and built murphy desk for a Lithuanian Jacob 🇺🇦 🇱🇹

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Yesterday’s symposium offered much to reflect on—not only in honoring a legacy, but in confronting how intellectual structures bear (or fail to bear) that weight. A few thoughts on method, silence, and the uneasy work of staying present in imperfect spaces. #CriticalTheory #SamuelWeber

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Nasrin Qader opening things with a fan talk on Weber, games & gaming. Serial continuity’s at the core— Sam goes past Lyotard. For Weber, games aren’t a space for non-ambiguity, but laughter. There’s justice in that. A multiplicity Sam categorically upholds.

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At Northwestern today for the symposium honoring Sam Weber’s work— “Weber’s — Abilities” #CriticalTheory #CompLit

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Free Luigi

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Keep Thibs, build forward www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

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Always historicize.

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“Now is the time to rally our forces & offer a different vision of higher education & a positive path forward. Higher ed is under a withering assault right now, but it’s important for us to be clear: The assault on higher ed did not begin with Trump.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

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Doing a close read of @hozier.bsky.social ’s “De Selby (Part 2)” over on IG: sonic architecture, cracked metaphysics, poetics of dissolution. #Hozier #Music #Deconstruction #SoundStudies IG: @levetonjacobh 🔗 ⤵️ www.instagram.com/stories/leve...

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Reupping this in light of Democracy Now!’s recent segment—

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The Trump administration is expanding its assault on foreign students, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the government will revoke visas for many Chinese students. @jameeljaffer.bsky.social from @knightcolumbia.org warns it will do "irreparable" harm to U.S. international standing.

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A term-time Lectureship in Early Modern Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNG264/l...

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It is v funny when the Irish Giro commentators are going off on the cost of a pint at a pub in London, and upholding Italian price controls on an aperol spritz.

🌍 Are you an early-career researcher with a passion for environmental humanities — and ready to build something collaborative and interdisciplinary? We have an open call that might interest you.

But me, I'm a single cell on a serpent's tongue There's a muddy field where a garden was And I'm glad you got away, but I'm still stuck right here My clothes are soaking wet from your mother's tears

Building Visual Culture syllabus. ––How sound is seen is a major component. Mars Volta and Minus the Bear are playing during the course unit. Who would Gen Z rather see? Or neither?

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam. St. Ignatius \ perception & persistence

So excited for my new work setup via Etsy 💅 A Ukrainian designed and built murphy desk for a Lithuanian Jacob 🇺🇦 🇱🇹

Yesterday’s symposium offered much to reflect on—not only in honoring a legacy, but in confronting how intellectual structures bear (or fail to bear) that weight. A few thoughts on method, silence, and the uneasy work of staying present in imperfect spaces. #CriticalTheory #SamuelWeber

Nasrin Qader opening things with a fan talk on Weber, games & gaming. Serial continuity’s at the core— Sam goes past Lyotard. For Weber, games aren’t a space for non-ambiguity, but laughter. There’s justice in that. A multiplicity Sam categorically upholds.

At Northwestern today for the symposium honoring Sam Weber’s work— “Weber’s — Abilities” #CriticalTheory #CompLit

Free Luigi

Keep Thibs, build forward www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Always historicize.

“Now is the time to rally our forces & offer a different vision of higher education & a positive path forward. Higher ed is under a withering assault right now, but it’s important for us to be clear: The assault on higher ed did not begin with Trump.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Doing a close read of @hozier.bsky.social ’s “De Selby (Part 2)” over on IG: sonic architecture, cracked metaphysics, poetics of dissolution. #Hozier #Music #Deconstruction #SoundStudies IG: @levetonjacobh 🔗 ⤵️ www.instagram.com/stories/leve...

Reupping this in light of Democracy Now!’s recent segment—

The Trump administration is expanding its assault on foreign students, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the government will revoke visas for many Chinese students. @jameeljaffer.bsky.social from @knightcolumbia.org warns it will do "irreparable" harm to U.S. international standing.

A term-time Lectureship in Early Modern Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNG264/l...

It is v funny when the Irish Giro commentators are going off on the cost of a pint at a pub in London, and upholding Italian price controls on an aperol spritz.

What will I do with my mornings in my post-Giro, pre-Tour interregnum era?

Last chance—just one week left!