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dan-punday.bsky.social
Professor of English at Mississippi State University. I've published on narrative theory, contemporary US (mostly) literature, and computing. Currently working on infrastructure as a narrative issue. Also sometimes makes pottery.
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Trump to fund new National Endowment for Inhumanities

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Obviously, I love McSweeney's, but most of their stories aren't worth reposting. This one, though, had my wife and I cackling and sending clips back and forth. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...

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So much of the discourse around dem politics is finding dumb or weak stuff that leadership said. Let's raise up folks who are stepping up, and set the bar there.

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Yesterday I posted that bit about the Pens' 4OT goal back in the 90s, and my wife reminded me what their long-time announcer Mike Lange just died. Here's a lovely piece about his arrival in Pittsburgh, and the way he came up with his signature catch-phrases. www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/mik...

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Obviously, Kermit as Luke and Miss Piggy as Leia. Maybe Fozzy as Chewy? I kinda want Gonzo as Tarkin, but I'm not sure why. But who's the Han and Darth? Or is Kermit Han and we do a wildcard as Luke?

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Everything is terrible, and I spend my whole day furious. But does anyone remember when Petr Nedved scored the winning goal in the 4th overtime for the Penguins in 1996? My wife was sure that I had fallen sleep on the couch, but the game was still going on! Amazing! www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

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Mapquest all out of fucks to give. gulfof.mapquest.com

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I don't know how it got started, but in our family we refer to "Jackson" as a generic person who messes things up. Like, "Jackson, use your turn signal!" A bit of a Leroy Jenkins; a screw up, but lovable. My wife caught up on social media and texted, did you "Jackson" Mark Cuban? Reader, I did.

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I'm on sabbatical this semester, which is awesome. My wife came home and we were talking about our days, and I realized the my longest IRL interaction today was a two-sentence conversation with a guy at Jersey Mike's about how slow the line was.

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This is a really good thread. I guess I kinda knew most of this, but I really hadn't thought through it this way. Easy to look at the Ivies and roll your eyes about their budget woes, but this really puts university endowments in context.

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Conference in Miami in April. Assumed I'd fly, but it's only a 13 hour drive, so....

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youtu.be/lI2J3uI9riA My amazing colleague Dr. Kemeshia Swanson has a great interview with Jesmyn Ward.

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Made a political post with ten likes and 4 replies. I’m available @crooked.com and @thebulwark.bsky.social to serve as a co-host for a future podcast.

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I never thought of it that way, but yes, Buddhism and swimming. Both make me always make me feel better after, probl swimming more so. It’s the closest thing to space travel that I’ll ever experience.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Working on a book on contemporary novels about infrastructure. Here's a weird, interesting novel that may have flown under the radar; it's especially fun if you have any Chicago connections. Sorry for the Amazon link; can't seem to find the publisher site. www.amazon.com/Ghost-Networ...

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I've been posting nothing but angry political stuff. So here's a break. With everything going on I've decided to build a gaming computer for the first time in like 15 years (I've been playing via Bootcamp on a Mac). Isn't this Fractal case nice? www.fractal-design.com/products/cas...

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You can tell a straight person came up with strategy: LGB will be ok if we slice off the T. I don't claim to be an expert, but my sense is that the LGBs are fond of the Ts.

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