Supervictims, Part I: The Limits of Anticolonial Fantasy
In which Noah ruins a fun movie for himself, and, unsatisfied, proceeds to ruin it for all of you, too.
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[LNP] 1909/09/16: ¿Qué Pasa?
One, two pitchers become deities. That's what I said; now, also, a hitting streak for the ages; two teams become more talented; four leagues have champions.
[LNP] 1909/07/25: ¿Qué Pasa?
Three teams load up for the postseason, and one delivers the most unkindest cut of all.
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[LNP] A Brief History of the Mascot Bowl
(All LNP-related articles visible here.) From seventh-inning stretch songs to synchronized cheers, each of the seventy-eight1 teams that takes up bat, ball...
From Scorebooks to Gradebooks
Maybe it’s my natural allergy to anything that resembles a listicle in format or spirit, but color me truly mystified(d) as to how it took me, of all...
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[LNP] Introducing the Liga Nacional Puertorriqueña
(All LNP-related articles visible here.) FEBRUARY 6, 2017ROCHESTER, NY A handsome man sits at a new dining room table covered in exam papers. The night...
No Such Thing as Unskilled Labor, and Other Things People Think They Believe
All online truisms are for clout, but this one gets particularly far under my skin.
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[WHFW] What Have Friends Wrought III: May 19, 2026
I've got an actual article I'd like to finish, but I've got to give you all some proof of life in the meantime.
Heroes of Emergent Labor
Some people get to do the cool jobs. This article is about the rest of them.
Unasked, Unheard, Unquoted
It shouldn't be this difficult to be included in the future of our own work.
non (iam) serviam
Even though I referenced my dissatisfaction with my current line of work in my first dispatch as a Newsletter Bastard, and though I make little secret of...
Scribo Quod Scribo
Management1 (which, around here, is a ruthless little martinet also known as “my conscience”) said I wasn’t allowed to post any more depressing stuff until I...
Why Doom?
If you want me not to fear the future, you first have to convince me there is one.
Thirteen Ways of Brooding on a Job Hunt
The economy is giving way, my career is vanishing, excellent situation, I am looking for work.
Cancionero traicionero II: "To a Maid, So She Covers Her Plentiful Grace"
BEGIN WARNING If you couldn’t tell by the title, this one’s going to get lewd. An academic kind of lewd, with footnotes and literary discussion, but lewd...
[WHFW] What Have Friends Wrought II: April 6, 2026
Photo by Jaredd Craig on Unsplash. Despite being physically on break this week, it will not surprise you to learn that this has been a tough time for the...
History Will Not Absolve Us
Panel from the “Dos Alas” mural in East Harlem. When I began my teaching career fifteen years ago, if I had told you that I was the kind of firebreathing...
Mentats in Search of a Butlerian Jihad
We say remembering is an unconscionable burden—which is why we place it only on certain people.
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[WHFW] What Have Friends Wrought I: March 22, 2026
Photo by Jaredd Craig on Unsplash. After putting out that monstrosity of a WBC postmortem, and before I move on to another bugbear of mine, I need a bit of a...
Cleats Stamping on a Human Face—Forever
In light of recent events, you may understandably think the United States has "ruined" its sporting culture. Sadly, that would require the United States to have had one in the first place.
