Gerry Canavan (parody)

Doomsayer, Utopologist. Minor but representative. Professor of 20th- and 21st-Century Literature at Marquette University and Chair @MarquetteENGL.

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

Context collapse on social media is just a major unsolved problem that bad UI makes a thousand times worse. Sometimes I worry people don’t realize I’m actually a very smart person with impeccably correct opinions who posts bad takes because I think it’s funny

[@[email protected] @alexch]

Twitter threads are so poorly implemented! It often just prunes entire branches, which means readers *can't even see* your elaborations and clarifications to an initial tweet, so they assume you're an ignorant buffoon and react accordingly.

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

The great Ted Chiang on LLMs as speculative fictions. https://t.co/JkB2CxN6iu

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

This is great.

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

You really have to read Ted Chiang on consciousness and AI—just published in The Atlantic:

https://t.co/z9eRSlkwQ8

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

more and more people are saying it

[cold 🥑 @coldhealing]

Star Wars making the central figure of their new movie a 50yo baby constitutionally incapable of growing up is a little bit on the nose as critique of their fans

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

governmental overreach. concerning

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.

As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.

Go Knicks.

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

A coda to my "Mandalorian & Franchise Fatigue" post: TM&G as "post-human cinema": https://t.co/PcA6xC5Biy

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

the sinning will continue until the movies improve

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

For my sins, I wrote about THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU. https://t.co/zb3V2nsV2R

[Aχιѕ @AxisAntiquities]

I was just reminded of Tony Gilroy’s advice to writers on Andor:

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

and on the pedestal these words appear

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

New photos show the construction of a UFC arena at the White House:

https://t.co/7nSHS0XAAs

[Kyle 🚄 @KyleTrainEmoji]

PICARD: Data, shields up

DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It's not precaution—it's strategy.

[camera shakes]

WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS

DATA: Here's what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn't

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

For my sins, I wrote about THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU. https://t.co/zb3V2nsV2R

[Cassie Pritchard @hecubian_devil]

Lotta Butlerian Jihad/Orange Catholic Bible jokes about the new encyclical, which made me realize that Pope Leo is a 70 year old math major from Chicago, so it feels virtually guaranteed he has in fact read Dune, and probably up through God Emperor of Dune.

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

in the sense that they'll be fighting in world war three, yes

[William Pannapacker @pannapacker]

Are today’s young not the future greatest generation?

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

we both up now

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

when you teach science fiction at a Jesuit school

[Myron Medcalf @MedcalfByESPN]

The brightest star in the league is a 7-foot-4 Avenger who does postgame press conferences like a philosopher, professes his love for the game whenever he can, goes all out for his teammates and talks recklessly to opponents like 97 Rodman. I mean, this is incredible.

[Daniel Hemel @DanielJHemel]

~All US universities share the same governance structure: an external board & its chosen managers wield essentially absolute power. In a new draft, “In Search of University Democracy” (forthcoming in @PennLRev), David Pozen & I ask why US higher ed has adopted this model ... 1/

[SFFTV @sfftvLUP]

SFFTV Call for Reviewers - Spring/Summer 2026 https://t.co/8AVJIsYFj0

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

oh boy https://t.co/dWb6Qxu4I5

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

he was right

[Gerry Canavan (parody) @gerrycanavan]

(clears throat) The Mandalorian AND Grogu? In this economy??