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Associate Professor of Literature at Stevens Institute of Technology, which means I’ve taught everything from Spaceships to Shakespeare. I wrote a book on 1980s British subversive theatre. Am writing one on James Baldwin. Fulbright Scholar. Playwright.

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“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.”
― John Steinbeck

07.03.2026 15:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a hat is sitting in the dirt with a caption that says if i say it 's safe to surf Alt: a man in a hat is sitting in the dirt with a caption that says if i say it 's safe to surf

The End. The Doors.

07.03.2026 03:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a man and a woman are standing next to each other and smiling Alt: a man and a woman are standing next to each other and smiling
07.03.2026 02:22 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
An ad for Carmen

An ad for Carmen

We have a winner.

07.03.2026 02:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a young boy is sitting on a porch playing a banjo . Alt: a young boy is sitting on a porch playing a banjo .

Is this Markwayne Mullin?

06.03.2026 20:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Maybe it’s a function of discipline.

06.03.2026 19:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mine peak on Friday. I think we need a larger sample size.

06.03.2026 19:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a man in a leather jacket is laying on a plaid blanket next to a sign that says right Alt: a man in a leather jacket is laying on a plaid blanket next to a sign that says right

Chalamet has gone full Kardashian.
Never go full Kardashian. #FilmSky

06.03.2026 16:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
― Mark Twain

05.03.2026 16:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man and a woman are laughing and the man is saying kill me kill me now . Alt: a man and a woman are laughing and the man is saying kill me kill me now .

In a faculty meeting. #AcademicSky

04.03.2026 20:18 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

I hope the rash is ok.

03.03.2026 02:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This war is spreading so quickly you’d think an archduke had been shot.

02.03.2026 23:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My tax dollars are being used to shoot down my tax dollars.

02.03.2026 23:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Touch of Evil and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Touch of Evil and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

This week in teaching. #AcademicSky #FilmSky

02.03.2026 13:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
DVD of In the Loop.

DVD of In the Loop.

Tonight’s watch. #FilmSky

02.03.2026 02:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

I’m sorry, man. Hope she’ll be back begging at the dinner table again soon.

02.03.2026 00:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I just took a cheese break. #AcademicSky

01.03.2026 22:56 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Day 2 of Operation Demented Fury.

01.03.2026 17:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sitting here listening to jazz, drinking coffee, and doom scrolling.

01.03.2026 16:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Taking a stupid walk for my stupid mental health right now.

28.02.2026 19:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.”
George McGovern

28.02.2026 17:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a computer screen that says ' i mes make mistakes shall he play a game ' Alt: a computer screen that says ' i mes make mistakes shall he play a game '

And here I was just thinking WarGames was just a stupid movie from the 1980s.

28.02.2026 16:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A still from Wag the Dog

A still from Wag the Dog

Larry Ellison right now (probably).

28.02.2026 16:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

28.02.2026 14:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This completely devalues the integrity of the FIFA Peace Prize.

28.02.2026 14:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Poster for Love & Mercy

Poster for Love & Mercy

Tonight’s watch. I love the scenes with The Wrecking Crew. #FilmSky

28.02.2026 04:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston

27.02.2026 14:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was at that moment that Operation Rid-Flat-of-Pickle-Juice went on permanent hiatus.

26.02.2026 17:56 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refuses abdication, one begins again.”
― Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

26.02.2026 14:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A more efficient methodology for delivering alcohol to your bloodstream. That’s tenure thinking right there.

25.02.2026 22:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0