Evan Rosa

@publicroad It is a perfect book. "full of enterprise."

reading this perfect book out loud this morning for the 100th time when I realized it's basically Master & Commander: a tender friendship between two bros with very different temperaments who help each other out at sea

#MLB rules changing to make the game faster: - Bigger bases (15" to 18") - Pitch clock (15-20 seconds) - Pickoff attempt limit (2, then balk) - No shift (stay on your side of 2nd) Not against it, but another ex of accommodating humans' diminishing attention.

All in all is all we are. I like the magical, mystical Kurt. Other Nirvana mysticism for a freaky Friday?

I wish I was like you: Easily amused.

@kevinwhector Stan must have loved this for sure.

Since people are talking about the ethics of blurbs, it’s a good chance to remind everyone of this all-timer. 💀

I interviewed @esaumccaulley about Lent for @YaleCFC. Thanks Esau! faith.yale.edu/media/lent-sea…

@kevinwhector @RJMLinz

@kevinwhector @RJMLinz put up your dukes and throw down

Have academics ever staged a fight? Just to drum up interest? If not, we totally should.

@HootenWilson @HildCollege

What are the top Great Books colleges in the country? With links please. (How many of you when choosing a college for your students consider whether they have a great books program?)

@DouthatNYT “How you think eating what you think”…

Always here for Nineties chauvinism: freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/its-so-sad-w…

@heyeaslo @SaveToNotion #thread

Notionverse.

newfound love for @TVonTheRadio

I'll start: "Women's Sports Umbrella" from @DonnaLopiano would identify having experienced male puberty as a line of distinction. forbes.com/sites/donnalop…

Looking for published arguments for/against transwomen competing against biological women in sports. Biology, psychology, ethics, policy, sociology: all welcome. No astrophysics. I don't give a rats ass what astrophysicists have to say about this topic. theinertia.com/surf/world-sur…

I really wanted to talk to him about @kendricklamar in this context but he didn't go for it. KDot, maybe you can come on the show and we could discuss.

... allows us to appreciate the expression of human freedom and agency, and that can only be learned from Black dignity, which leads to joy, magic, and love.

I'm used to thinking of dignity as some kind of inert, essential feature of human nature. But as Vincent Lloyd of @VillanovaU taught me, the special third-dimension of dignity that emerges only from struggling against domination ...

@NancyAFrench Also, despite the many people suggesting it, avoid the junior university across the Bay. #gobears

You have one day in Berkeley, California. What do you do?

@NancyAFrench Hangout on sproul plaza. Moses Hall’s philosophy library. See the Campanile. If open, Serendipity Books. Telegraph to chill w the gutterpunks. Mem stadium to see the view of the bay. Breakfast at La Note. Lunch at Bakesale Betty’s. Dinner at Burma Superstar. Drinks at Albatross.

@IAmPascio @SaveToNotion #thread

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