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I feel like something that rarely gets brought up in Wuthering Heights discourse is that it’s the most beautifully written novel of the century. More like a prose poem with characters than any other novel of the period.
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The front cover of Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski
Starting with this monster
RESOLVED: 2026 is the year where I read a bunch of excessively long novels that demand slow, sustained attention
my article on John Gower and late medieval archives is out as part of the new issue of Studies in the Age of Chaucer! muse.jhu.edu/pub/102/arti...
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
a shot of a god botherer in a car, next to him on the passenger seat is a skull in an ornate box
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Fascinating to see the entire educational apparatus of central Virginia brought to its knees by two inches of snow
Title: The street tom waits grew up on. Image: a shabby, broken down old timey American street. Caption: Buildings (left to right): vern's all-nite pizza 'n' tattoo, accordion players' graveyard, abandoned clown-shoe factory, divorced salesmen's polka club, tomb of the unknown cabbie, bootleg ice-cream warehouse, saint frank's hobo orphanage, illegal umbrella incinerator.
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
Having children and a long commute to their preschool has destroyed my Spotify wrapped
Babe, look, early Christian monasticism is back
fwiw this has not been my experience at all
85% of what I know about English grammar I learned in high school and college Latin. Glad to see it’s not just me!
The @rialibrary.bsky.social Book of Ballymote (MS 23 P 12) is a fantastic 14th-century compilation of biblical texts, saints’ lives, topographical works, and even a table of the Ogham alphabet! Love the fun initials and illustration possibly depicting Noah’s ark 📜🎉
The bass riff from The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
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Dale Partridge on Twitter writes: "Feminist media is BIG mad about me saying that women shouldn’t wear underwear (leggings and sports bras) as outerwear. As Pearl says, “It’s amazing how hard women will fight to be naked.” Immodest ladies, read 1 Tim. 2:9, repent, and follow Christ." Attached are two images. Image 1 headline: “Outraged pastor slams worker at quaint coffee shop for wearing ‘sinful’ leggings and sports bra in front of kids” Image 2 headline: “‘Make sin shameful again’: Pastor sparks row after sports bra complaint”
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
What an absolutely stunning opening statement the first two tracks are
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Honestly season 2 might be worth watching just to see you snark posting about it
Earliest Latin translation of 'Tao Te Ching' published
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First 10k in three years, after a major foot injury and new baby together took me off of running for the long term. Was it on a treadmill and was my pace basically a crawl? Sure. I’ve a long way to go from here to get back to where I was, but it feels good to be on my way
“We endeavor to have a response for authors within 12 weeks” sounded really reassuring nine months ago
All the scrolls in the Library at Alexandria could probably have fit on a 16 GB hard drive, how important could it have been, honestly
Mar Awa III, in red cassock, smiles as he gives the jersey to Leo, who looks as though he's been given a bomb to hold
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
This is such a tragedy. Danya was a once-in-a-generation teacher whose knowledge and passion helped make his sport accessible to everyone. I owe my love for chess in part to him, and will miss him terribly.
I don't think students should be asked to rhetorically analyze poetry in a class before they get practice experiencing poetry without imagining it as a rhetorical structure.
Like, cooking is so much better if you begin by first developing a relationship to the pleasure of food.
To the University of Virginia community: On Monday of last week, Rector Rachel Sheridan and I shared a message with the community regarding the proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. We were asked to provide comments on the proposal no later than October 20. Today, I sent the letter below to the Secretary of Education and to White House officials. The letter confirms our core values and commitments while expressing our view that federal research funding should be based on merit. I want to thank personally the Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, Student Council, and many other members of our community who expressed their opinions on the proposed Compact, through the online form we provided and other means. Your thoughtful feedback shows a profound care for the University and a strong commitment to its future. We will continue to work to strengthen free expression and free inquiry, protect academic freedom, ensure affordability , promote intellectual pluralism, and maintain institutional neutrality in an increasingly polarized world. I am grateful for your continued dedication to the University and I look forward to working with you on these vital projects. Paul Mahoney Interim President University of Virginia
October 17, 2025 The United States Department of Education Washington, DC 20202 Dear Secretary McMahon, Ms. Mailman, and Mr. Haley, Thank you for your letter inviting comment on the proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. We wholeheartedly agree that “American higher education is the envy of the world.” We also agree with many of the principles outlined in the Compact, including a fair and unbiased admissions process, an affordable and academically rigorous education, a thriving marketplace of ideas, institutional neutrality, and equal treatment of students, faculty, and staff in all aspects of university operations. Indeed, the University of Virginia leads in several of these areas and is committed to continuous improvement in all of them. We seek no special treatment in exchange for our pursuit of those foundational goals. The integrity of science and other academic work requires merit-based assessment of research and scholarship. A contractual arrangement predicating assessment on anything other than merit will undermine the integrity of vital, sometimes lifesaving, research and further erode confidence in American higher education. Higher education faces significant challenges and has not always lived up to its highest ideals. We believe that the best path toward real and durable progress lies in an open and collaborative conversation. We look forward to working together to develop alternative, lasting approaches to improving higher education. Sincerely yours, Paul Mahoney Interim President University of Virginia
UVA says no to the compact
UVA says NO to the "compact"
BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact.