lindsay thomas
academic and aspiring person who likes winter.
contemporary lit, digital stuff.
i’ve written about sci fi, national security and fiction, the humanities, bunkers, and chatbots. now writing about novels and how long they are.
https://lindsaythomas.net
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- The ICE is implied
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- Reposted by lindsay thomas🤖 "SLOP" and "NOSTALGIA" 📀 – DLC+ mini-conference: Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture. May 14th CFP out now. See link for details and submission. Deadline: Mar. 13th. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please share widely! #nostalgia #slop #digitalhumanities #digitalculture
- Every morning I wake up and watch as many videos as I can of ICE agents falling on ice, digging their stupid cars out of snow, being shouted and whistled out of stores and gas stations and parks. These videos give me such joy. They are irredeemable losers.
- The SAD is hitting astonishingly hard this winter but I did read The Long Form by Kate Briggs and really loved it
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[Not loaded yet] - @wearehighered.bsky.social has designed a quick survey to gather information about current state and federal attacks on higher ed, program closures, budget cuts, etc. There is a lot happening all over, and a lot that isn’t being reported on. Take a moment to document it here:
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- Late to the party on this, but I like how this ends: “Confronting the material effects of AI on inequalities of wealth and power is even more critical, and the outcome of that struggle is hard to predict. What I do feel certain about, however, is that we need an active strategy.” Yes!
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- Yes. The right takes us way more seriously than we take ourselves.
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- All of these books are FANTASTIC. I was blown away — in different ways — by each one and they were each a joy to read. The world is dark but scholarship continues to amaze
- Reposted by lindsay thomasWe are so excited to announce the shortlist for the ASAP/16 Book Prize! Congratulations to all the nominees! We’ll announce the winner of the prize at the annual conference in a few weeks in Houston! See the ALT ID and thread for more information. 1/4
- A small bright spot. Does this mean that university administrators will stop doing this administration’s illegal work for them??
- Every day is stupider
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- Not surprising but depressing nonetheless
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- I spent the weekend in Milwaukee doing one of my favorite Extremely Wholesome Activities: the Riverwest 24! It’s a 24-hour bike relay race typically completed in teams and involving the surrounding community. I biked over 60 miles, slept too little, and had a blast with old friends. Always a delight
- Dreaming of creating our own university, a free one, where we just learn and teach stuff, not controlled by business people, and no one is expelled or has their degree revoked for legal activities unrelated to academic conduct. Call me crazy
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- We will abolish ICE. And dismantle DHS.
- Dark, dark times but this man is so inspiring
- This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
- “…while the U.S. academy is one of the nation’s greatest achievements and public goods, and while it’s worth fighting for, it needn’t be — and shouldn’t be — preserved in its present neoliberal form. There’s so much that can be reimagined.” May we all have your courage and clear-eyed vision, Shannon
- A fascinating dataset that will be of interest to sci-fi scholars and beyond. And co-authored by Cornell Lit in English grad student @teddyleane.bsky.social!
- Ok there is a lot going on and everything is as horrible as ever, but I have to be honest: 28 Years Later is a maliciously bad film. I went bc it was 90 degrees in London and the theater was air conditioned — and bc I love bad zombie movies and watch them all of the time. But this one is BEYOND bad
- I wrote about mid-20th century speed reading and its surprising interest in novel reading. Come for descriptions of how to move your hand down the page to increase your eye span, stay for an argument about speed reading, like close reading, as a defense of human reading in an age of reading machines
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- I ❤️ LA so much
- This weekend in Santa Barbara I have been trying to restore my spirit and soul after a rough semester and prepare my psyche for what’s to come. This giant burrito I ate earlier today from my favorite burrito place on the planet is a vital piece of this work
- What an honor and a joy to join in celebrating the amazing career of @alanyliu.bsky.social today. I feel incredibly lucky to have been his student, to have worked closely with him as a collaborator, and to continue to learn from him as a colleague and friend. I can’t imagine my career without him
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- Kristi Noem stretches many of my core beliefs to the breaking point on a near-daily basis. ICE must be abolished
- 📣 We’ve extended the abstract deadline to June 15! Send us your abstracts, one and all!
- What does DH look like today? What a question, where to even begin! But Kelly Baker Josephs and I want you to help us find out. We are co-editing the next general volume in the Debates in Digital Humanities series from @uminnpress.bsky.social! Cfp below. Abstracts are due May 25.
- Definitely not our worst problem, I know, but ProQuest running a *national* dissertation award contest in which they choose *one* winner for all of “the arts and humanities,” and then giving that winner a certificate and $2k, is really sending me today. It’s pathetic
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- Just about ten days to submit an abstract for Debates in DH 2028!
- What does DH look like today? What a question, where to even begin! But Kelly Baker Josephs and I want you to help us find out. We are co-editing the next general volume in the Debates in Digital Humanities series from @uminnpress.bsky.social! Cfp below. Abstracts are due May 25.
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