arorzoff.bsky.social
research administrator and independent historian. Opinions are mine, not my employer's. After work: hiker, mom, writer, reader. Brecht: “When the times darken/ Will there be singing even then? /There will be singing even then. /Of how the times darken.”
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Bad outfits. Bad hair (plugs). Shitty cars. Soderburgh would laugh
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So many inadequate men, with such loud feelings, and we are all forced to know that they exist, and we’re all dumber for it
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Not all dogs have arms (legs?) long enough for a standard trombone, so they’d have to play a soprano trombone or a marching baritone
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The "giant wave of accountability stories" is great. The problem is if you surround it with "are the fascists dapper?" & "is Lebensraum a good investment" & "Hey Canada, sovereignty is overrated, eh?" then you've totally undermined the premise of your excellent investigative journalism.
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I get one, then I get it reversed, then I reverse that one…
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Nobel Prizes? Nothing but IQ
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NSF funding? All IQ, baby
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Professors are promoted based exclusively on their IQ scores, little-known fact
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once anyone’s rights are threatened, everyone’s rights are.
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That’s the perfect hoodie for anyone paying any damn attention. We all need one. But since we’re no longer functionally a republic: maybe the Cosplay-Kingdom of Anhedonia?
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This is the truth, the light, and the way.
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Define “bad” in this context?
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😢
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My elderly ladies send greetings:
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This is one of so many reasons why I get quietly grouchy about the history=pendulum or history repeating/rhyming tropes. History is *people*, not a set of abstractions. And every person is a world entire.
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Well, they want to be careful: *alleged* couch fucker
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Came here to post this!
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Timebie.com is the truth, the light, and the way (because I can’t figure it out on my own either)
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Morning, MJ! Full day at work today, non-taco dinner with a visiting prof tonight, hoping to work out over my lunch break. Ah, the romance, the glamor…
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(Makes the sign of the cross, backs away slowly)
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If anyone is unsafe, then no one is safe. It has always been that way. People make bargains, decide some "others" can be sacrificed. But the consequences come for all. bsky.app/profile/jenm...
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Gratuluju!
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My favorite Roethke: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43333/...
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Blake’s Lotaburger would like a word and some extra green chile
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New Mexico would definitely rather join our hermana república al sur. Texas is too damn close as it is.
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The apocryphal Adlai Stevenson story: a supporter told him “Governor, every thinking person will vote for you!” His alleged response was “Thank you, but I need a majority.”
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Fancy candles are magic concentration-focusing devices, 100%
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“Infinite indignities…” poor baby, look at how hard his life is
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A lot of us have a lot to learn/reflect on. It’s going to be part of the work.