Cornelius Collins

teach English at Fordham University / co-editor, Doris Lessing Studies / play guitar etc. for Present Tense

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what a scoop! The new, left-y mayor, secretly meeting with an elderly Hollywood director? Go get 'em, @nytimes! https://t.co/McYKHxGqrm

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"Democratic voters want Grants, not McClellans." https://t.co/ODkUT8UEkv

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Dr. Pangloss, heard from: https://t.co/8RFS6w89yI

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maybe unpopular: the carnival atmosphere -- colorful costumes, homespun signs, etc. -- at the center of this era's protests is a tired vibe. A more focused set of messages and images, and demonstrating the people's power, is more relevant rn than expressing individual creativity.

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in other words, lessons on how to withdraw into celebrity, stay silent, and be of little use while your country collapses: "In the final episode, Marc Maron and former President Barack Obama spoke about the legacy of the podcast, politics and moving on." https://t.co/ZeA9hsiC02

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there's a remarkably weak concept of ideological formation at work when simply not (or no longer) to be homophobic and transphobic is to "lean left."

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"Few of Kirk’s eulogists have seen fit to mention the fact that his first act on the national stage was to create a McCarthyite watchlist of college and university professors, lecturers and academics." https://t.co/6V3yK4ZUEz

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"People like Sally Rooney more than they like Israel": https://t.co/QwJJ7tbq2d

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an ecological visionary whose work grows more widely applicable (or should): https://t.co/ABeDseYYaw

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reminds me of the lines, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses ... the wretched refuse of your teeming shore": https://t.co/YmILdgxkxV

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"It has been painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over many others who have been waiting in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years." https://t.co/nOt3PVlJn6

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"what we are witnessing [...] is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist.* https://t.co/AxZZy0KJu4

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I suggest journalists reporting on DOGE take the opportunity to make use of the word "soi-disant." In each instance.

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know that I lived to see Fredric Jameson be told, "You're on mute, Fred," during an MLA session.

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this obit features the glib opinionating that's a hallmark of ChatGPT (here, "Walk on the Wild Side" is "gritty," its intro "haunting" -- questionable takes on the song's tone). But as OpenAI used NYT articles for training, is this the chicken or the egg? https://t.co/ok3kAJ1NTD

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@MichaelCBender re: today's The Morning: how are Romney, Ryan, and McCain "establishmentarians"? They each embraced extreme conservative positions, with a shared focus on gutting the social welfare capacity of the federal government.

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seeing Mdou Moctar play, you can understand how exciting the time around such events as Woodstock must have felt:
https://t.co/KQHdpQJH3I

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may we likewise be remembered, first for integrity:
https://t.co/IAaTgbWIdO

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I happened by chance upon the 3 volumes of what was not yet called the New York Trilogy on the please-take shelf in my college reading room first semester. Discovering Paul Auster in this way made me excited to study contemporary American lit and to think about postmodernism.

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@Jonesieman And this trial in particular connects more to his origins as a tabloid celebrity than to anything he did as a national figure (which is why it's even able to go forward at this point).

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@Jonesieman I think you err in consistently coining every aspect of this trial "the first of a former president." Yeah, but before all else, it's Donald Trump. The whole point is that he's not entitled to an extra level of dignity.