@nathanpensky
Writer. / First-gen CMU Ph.D. adjuncting at Pitt and Duquesne. / Host at Third Person Limited podcast. / Columnist at The Pittsburgh Review of Books. / He/him. First book, 'Cartesian Theaters, Shakespearean Minds': https://tinyurl.com/2pxhu7cu
All the best oracle are saying, Donald, if you invade PERSIA, a great empire will fall! We love our ORACLES, especially as regards to Delphi and Future! thank you for your attention to this matter!
I finally watched The Fabelmans, and, hot take incoming, it's very good! But it also illustrated to me, clear as crystal, what a dummy Tarantino is for his idiotic rant against Paul Dano. Again, hot take, Paul Dano is an excellent actor!
...wherein I argue that several ideas found on the early modern stage (most notably subjectivity of mind) conceptually prefigure Cartesian philosophy. Link to the pre-order: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-cartesi...
If you're a fan of Shakespeare and/or René Descartes, the Pittsburgh Review of Books has published an excerpt of my forthcoming book, 'Cartesian Theaters, Shakespearean Minds: Finding Descartes on the Early Modern Stage'... pghrev.com/at-the-carte...
Tom Ryan discusses how he is unapologetic about dismantling the time-honored teen sleuth mythology in his new book, 'We Had a Hunch'.
A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.
By your logic, individual members of a band should be nominated with their bands even after they have gone solo. For instance, all four members of the Beatles are in the RRHoF as solo artists, in addition to their being inducted as the Beatles.
It's not at all weird that it's the same people IMO. New Order came together after the suicide of Ian Curtis, the other members trying to move on (hence the name). Joy Division and New Order are very different bands.
I think it's really weird that Joy Division and New Order are nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one entry.
So trans people in Kansas are being told their driver's licenses are invalid, and the Trump admin is trying to make it so you need a driver's license to vote. Probably just a coincidence.
iambic tetrameter ass stick
The thing I am trying to figure out about the Kid Rock/RFK Jr. video is, who is it for? Who is looking at this like, yes, this is something I am glad happened.
Here's Episode 18: "Tom Ryan, and Authors Being Too Literal". www.thirdpersonlimited.com/episodes/epi...
This is what authoritarians are never gonna understand: average, everyday citizens do not like watching paramilitary thugs brutalize children. All the vaporware memes in the world can't fix that for them
Happy almost Valentine's Day with a detail from an extraordinary survival of a pre-Reformation Scottish textile: The Fetternear Banner held by the NMS. The heart motif relates to the arms of Gavin Douglas (1474-1522) at the top of the banner, the scallop shell relates to the Graham family ❤️🐚❤️🐚❤️
In a world where Trump is actually innocent of everything Epstein-related his people would be investigating/arresting/charging powerful people implicated and making themselves the heroes of the story.
There need to be a new word that combines something being both scary and hilarious. "Hi-scare-ious"? (Currently referring to Gallup stopping their presidential polls, because Trump sucks so much.)
Here's Ep. 17: "Interpretation and 'Ecstasy'". www.thirdpersonlimited.com/episodes/epi...
I'm happy to announce that my first academic book 'Cartesian Theaters, Shakespearean Minds: Finding Descartes on the Early Modern Stage' is now available for pre-order! (For a 30% discount, feel free to use the discount code NEW30.) edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-cartesi...
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.
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Watching Elaine May's "A New Leaf" for the first time. It's maybe the best thing I've ever seen?
Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
One problem with billionaires is that they're so rich they no longer have rational incentives. To someone like Bezos, the financial performance of WaPo is wholly irrelevant, and so the only "incentive" is to satisfy emotional urges, such as breaking something just to show he can.
Trump to Harvard: 2 billion $
NYT: Harvard to pay 2B$
Harvard: no
Trump: 1B
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations intensify
Trump: 200 million
NYT: Harvard-Trump reach deal
Harvard: no
Trump: 0$
Harvard: ok
NYT: Harvard not paying! Trump loses.
Trump: How about 1B$
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations resume!
I remember when it was a major news story that Vice President Dan Quayle couldn't spell "potato".
“Is nature whatever happens to occur in the world, or is it a reality known through human perception and constructed by human intervention, and thus susceptible to the many prejudices found therein?” — @nathanpensky.bsky.social of @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social. pghrev.com/competing-na...
Really enjoyed 'Eradication'.
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Bilbo looking at his phone top on bottom is ChatGPT After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.
