Talia Schaffer · @taliaschaffer1
411 followers · 227 posts · Server zirk.us

CUNY writes back to the New Yorker! The English major isn’t dying - the state is trying to kill it. And English today is a beautiful necessary practice that should thrive, and my colleagues are doing the most inspirational work. gc.cuny.edu/news/end-english-m

#newyorker #endofenglish #englishmajor #cuny #GraduateCenter

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Rob Tischer · @robonecon
162 followers · 1581 posts · Server mstdn.social

is all about the (so is the , but I digress). Sure are important, but relating one time period to a long term is misleading AND annoying. Yet, our overlords in , as usual, have no clue, so we get apnews.com/article/snow-winter

#journalism #englishmajor #mean #trends #stockmarket #variance #Weather

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Mel Campbell · @incrediblemelk
315 followers · 919 posts · Server aus.social

Reading the feature on the alleged decline of the and this bit made me laugh:

“Imagine if you had a voice assistant that could write code for you, and you said, ‘Hey, Alexa, build me a Web site to sell shoes,’ ” Sanjay Sarma, a professor of mechanical engineering at M.I.T., told me on the phone. (Immediately, he pulled the receiver away to rebuff a device in the room: “Shut up, Alexa! No! No!”)

#newyorker #englishmajor

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David Hull 胡大衛 · @HuShuo
566 followers · 2693 posts · Server mastodon.social

is a cool hashtag popping off on Twitter. Maybe it could see some love here?

Here's where is seems to have started:

"I know I don’t have enough followers to create a hugely trending situation,but it wld be really great if everyone who was an English major(in whatever walk of life now—which it wld be great to note)—just “came out”on
It’s one of the greatest well-kept secrets."

twitter.com/jorie_graham/statu

#iwasanenglishmajor #liberalarts #humanities #englishmajor

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Jane Rosenberg LaForge · @JaneRLaForge
154 followers · 329 posts · Server mstdn.social
Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 · @peterdrake
458 followers · 7833 posts · Server qoto.org

I walked into the math student lounge and five of them were preparing to play Bananagrams ("the word game for people who think Boggle takes too long"). They foolishly invited me to join.

In the first game, nobody else even called Peel.

I also won the second game. Not the same kind of shutout, but this time I was playing with one hand.

#bananagrams #boardgames #ComeAtMe #englishmajor #bringit

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Renata 💻 🎒🦄 🦩🐬🥵 · @renataf
190 followers · 1615 posts · Server mindly.social

🧵 But it’s more than that. I worked in the “adult” world before. I hated it. That’s why I went back to school. I never felt I belonged there either. It’s also the work I’m doing. It’s like my mind was built to do it. I have not felt this good in probably my whole life. Now I just have to stay focused enough to finish my homework and get out of here and hopefully find a local tech writing job. Seriously, this is the most fun I’ve had at school. :)

#TechWriting #writer #englishmajor #classof2023

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Renata 💻 🎒🦄 🦩🐬🥵 · @renataf
176 followers · 1488 posts · Server mindly.social

Went to an English department event tonight that featured a former student who became a librarian. I honestly only went for the free pizza. Now I’m thinking an online MLIS is the most tempting thing I’ve heard of since “there will be free pizza.”

#englishmajor #librarianship #classof2023 #gradschool

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I’m very excited because I think I found a source that may have inspired ’s Sonnet 146! I need to do a bit of research, and I’ll write about it on my website soon!

::flailing in ::

#shakespeare #englishmajor

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Renata 💻 🎒🦄 🦩🐬🥵 · @renataf
163 followers · 1299 posts · Server mindly.social

I just noticed that if you want to shorten the term ‘brainstorming,’ the easiest way is ‘BS.’ This feels like something I must have known before “the fall.” It’s still cracking me up.

#englishmajor #jokesonme

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Renata 💻 🎒🦄 🦩🐬🥵 · @renataf
153 followers · 1185 posts · Server mindly.social

Will be in the office today. It’ll be nice to get my mind warmed back up to the campus before Monday. Especially since this is it, my last term. Then I have to renew my identity, I suppose. I started school shortly after my divorce and this has become who I am. I rebuilt myself through education. I’m a little nervous about life out there in the real world. I was there for 30 years. I don’t recall it fondly.

#graduating #finalterm #classof2023 #englishmajor

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Renata 💻 🎒🦄 🦩🐬🥵 · @renataf
145 followers · 1022 posts · Server mindly.social

@jadarling Do you mean "nerdle?" That's a maths game. But, I would love a bigger word game than wordle. Is that a thing? :D

#englishmajor #wordphile

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Renata 💻 🎒🦄 🦩🐬🥵 · @renataf
145 followers · 1019 posts · Server mindly.social

@msjennmo @academicchatter @phdstudents @academicsunite @phdlife Your English prof can tell if you use two spaces and will mark you down for it. :)

#englishmajor

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c0nsid3rate 🌱 · @c0nsid3rate
378 followers · 949 posts · Server infosec.exchange

People wonder why having a background as an English major helps with IT and cybersecurity. I'm here to tell you that IT is nothing if it isn't defining terms and communicating clearly.

#it #infosec #englishmajor

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Lola · @Thatwritinglife
12 followers · 36 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Uh—We don’t talk enough about joining a hippie, (aka ) colony and literally shoveling shit to save money so that he could marry his beloved Sophia Peabody.

#nathanielhawthorne #transcendentalist #litnerd #englishmajor #americanromantics #americanliterature #literature #til

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Renata · @renataf
17 followers · 34 posts · Server mindly.social

Saturday is always chore day. That’s my excuse today for why the apartment looks worse than during finals week.

#collegemom #classof2023 #englishmajor

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MarkedByVander · @MarkedByVander
0 followers · 1 posts · Server jazztodon.com


Music enthusiast and to 2 little whirlwinds, husband to a lovely wife.

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Everything from to . My heroes are FZ and . I am learning

, , , . I hope to have fun here.

Second account.

#introduction #dad #geeky #englishmajor #amm #zappa #milesdavis #bass #freeimprovisation #jazz #metal #jamband

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Missy · @missy_lynn
154 followers · 270 posts · Server mastodon.world

Daughter got her first today. I love it even more seeing the that inspired it! 🧡🧡

#tattoo #poem #englishmajor

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BassIsFun · @BassIsFun
7 followers · 1 posts · Server heads.social


Music enthiast and to 2 little whirlwinds. .
Everything from to . My heroes are FZ and . I am learning

, , , . I hope to have fun here.

#introduction #dad #englishmajor #amm #zappa #milesdavis #bass #freeimprovisation #jazz #metal #jamband

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E.L. Reimer · @LizzyReimer
274 followers · 206 posts · Server writing.exchange

My sister gave me some Shakespearean Insult Bandages but they should be named BARD-AIDs 🩹

#EnglishLit #englishmajor #shakespeare

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