@gerrycanavan

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

 Milwaukee, WI
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Joined December 2008
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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]@alexch9 Jun 2022
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.
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nature is healing nypost.com/2026/10/26/lifest…

Paper straws worse for the environment than plastic ones, says study

Paper straws can actually be worse for the environment, according to studies.

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bro theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…

Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think

Here’s how to make the most of it.

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The Hollywood Reporter
@THR22h
Walter Koenig, the Russian Crewman Chekov on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 90 hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…

Walter Koenig, the Russian Crewman Chekov on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 90

He joined the TV series for the second season but had more to do on another acclaimed sci-fi program, 'Babylon 5.'

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memes are good again
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Tea with Tolkien@TeawithTolkienOct 24
happy October the 24th to all who celebrate
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new extremely load bearing post just dropped
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best movie of the decade btw
Dave Itzkoff@ditzkoffOct 20
NATHAN FIELDER Now do you understand what the principal and the superintendent are arguing about? You just saw him climb out the window to buy hamburgers across the street ELIZABETH HOLMES They're ... they're talking past each other? BILLY EVANS Ok, let's stop tape right here
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wanna feel old?
Quite Interesting
@qikipediaOct 20
We are closer in time to a T-Rex than a T-Rex was to a Stegosaurus.
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called this one too artreview.com/morally-deprav…

Morally Depraved Fantasy: ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘Rings of Power’

We are watching these TV shows with bated breath waiting for everyone to die (if they’re lucky) or survive in failure and shame (if they’re not)

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The Lord of the Rings
@TheRingsofPowerOct 21
This season, One Ring to rule them all. Watch the official trailer now, then witness Season 3 beginning November 11.
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Gerry Canavan (parody) retweeted
Ken LaVicka
@KLVsaysOct 20
the random woman who goes toe-to-toe with Conan, one of the great comedic riffers of all-time, in the final :30 of this is one of the most impressive things i've seen in a long time
SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
@SubwayTakesOct 20
All statues should be made out of soap!! @ConanOBrien
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"Write Me a Commonwealth Story: On the charge of being a postcolonial formula" by ML Kejera oaklandreviewofbooks.org/wri…

Write me a Commonwealth story

On the charge of being a postcolonial formula.

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Great fun to be a part of the terrific "Star Wars at 50" symposium at Science Fiction Studies, on my usual high horse about how good the end of Return of the Jedi is and how sad it is that the franchise has been so completely unable to honor it... online.ucpress.edu/sfs/artic…
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sick Marquette got the Conan O'Brien cybersecurity course
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I'm writing a book and they just... tweeted it out dissentmagazine.org/article/…

Tolkien Against the Grain - Dissent Magazine

The Lord of the Rings is a book obsessed with ruins, bloodlines, and the divine right of aristocrats. Why are so many on the left able to love it?

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U.S. Department of Education
@usedgovOct 19
Literacy starts at home. 📚
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a chilling possibility, but the science is undeniable
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Today!
Marquette English@MarquetteENGLOct 7
talk from Dr. andré m. carrington(UCR): "Audiofuturism: The Black History of Science Fiction Radio Drama" registration not required but preferred! eventbrite.com/manage/events…
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White shirt I was wearing today turned pink after getting wet from the rain. Troubling.
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are you sure? that doesn't sound like the boomers to me
unusual_whales
@unusual_whalesOct 15
US boomers support tax hikes on young workers to keep current Social Security checks, per YF
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I am become Calvin's Dad
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jainormis
@jainormisOct 8
they should add a Not For You tab. i wanna see what the algorithm thinks i’d hate
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