Eleanor Courtemanche
@ecourtem
Midwestern prof: Victorian lit & financial crisis. Zeitgeist-seismometer. 75% normcore Anti-doomer but ☹️☹️ wtf
This book is probably the most accessible introduction to Marxist economics for the general reader?
Weather forecasters have an almost impossible job Not “forecast the weather” but “communicate statistical probability in a way that accurately registers a degree of real urgency, knowing every reader misunderstands uncertainty and will be mad no matter what you say”
Created a little mental pattern by using this postcard as a bookmark for this novel
Crush rush of senior citizens at the Post Office to stock up on cheaper stamps 😳
The word of the year in 2025 was “gutter,” as in “gutter racism”—something that is DEEPLY morally revolting This year the word is “chud,” the corollary to 2016’s “failson.” Chuds are everywhere Bonus points for its origin as “cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers” 😁😁
Magic Mountain, Vermont, will give you a free classic rock live concert followed by a berserk fireworks show set off a couple hundred yards up the slope from what looks like a panel van
Tbh I am not terribly into feelings 😅 — I need to learn something when I read — but I do love it when intellectual language gets melted down and made more vibrant and vital for a new generation It’s important work: our job is to connect the past & present, but the present keeps changing
That part of the story just isn’t very poetic 😅 It’s the great “sexy murder poet” vs “boring bureaucrat” epistemic problem, as explained by @lastpositivist.bsky.social Combined with our pedagogical need to make history compelling to 19 yo’s