m. r. sauter

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politics/technology/capitalism. prof somewhere. enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press writing stickers+noise i curse a lot he/they

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m. r. sauter@oddletters· 24d

i also found a letter with the address of the house bill casey was staying in in 1976 and i went and looked it up and found this bonkers article in the Post because apparently it was surprise-demolished in 1985 and the neighbors were _big mad about it_

"It was one of the nicest houses I've wrecked in years," said Gilbert Fisher, whose accomplishments include the demolition of some of the city's oldest buildings.

About the only advice Wilson could offer in such situations was this: "If you don't want your house demolished, you don't sell it to someone who's going to demolish it."

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Jul 12

no but also these listed hubs are interesting

Quick facts
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Elevation: 348′
Code: STN
Hub for: Ryanair, FedEx Express, Titan Airways, Transmeridian Air Cargo

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Jul 8

sure, i'll play this game. Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP?

chapter one: constructing your favorite crisis
word count: 11.1k excluding notes

when it was first assembled in 1976, the Task Force did not encounter a self-evident problem, despite the SBA's urgent framing. Rather, the economic and cultural field of the mid 1970s was awash in broad and messy multivalent tensions and catastrophes, some of which had been building for decades while others were more recently minted. business and financial interests--

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Jul 7

late breaking archival discovery: do you want to learn about the real estate lobby in the 1970s???? me:

its the grumpy I GUESS guy! that guy is me!

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Jun 30

i have spent actually all day trying to finish this book chapter (40 pages! 109 footnotes! almost done!!) but i do in fact have a comment on today's current events

its robin williams in the birdcage and he's saying FUCK THE US SUPREME COURT I DONT GIVE A DAMN WHAT HE THINKS

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Jun 26

twinsiiiies

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Jun 23

im looking at the schedule for an investment advisors education seminar from 1978 (like you do) and i know what this means but also this is very funny

its a schedule item that just says "3:00 - 3:15 Coffee and Coke Break"

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Jun 13

hey @shaneparish.bsky.social i snapped this pic after your set at Rhizome last night. thanks again for the great show, have safe travels and take care!

m. r. sauter@oddletters· May 10

why did NONE OF YOU tell me that the Internet Archive has a full on WINAMP EMULATOR with a VISUALIZER and EVERYTHING

m. r. sauter@oddletters· May 7

i guess i dont have to grade now thanks guys

some hackers are holding all of Instructure hostage at the end of term

m. r. sauter@oddletters· May 4

i know this is besides the point but why do her eyes look like the eyes on an Egyptian sarcophagus

m. r. sauter@oddletters· May 4

me looking at student emails

its that one dr manhattan panel: i am tired of earth. these people. i am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.

m. r. sauter@oddletters· May 3

advertise your account with a Simpsons image

its the Old Springfield Library with a sign that says WE HAVE BOOKS ABOUT TV

m. r. sauter@oddletters· May 3

i accidentally watched two episodes from the television show CLEOPATRA 2525 and i feel like im having a stroke this was packaged in the same programming block as HERCULES and XENA and i have _no memory of it at all_

uh well there's a lot going on but gina torres is there and two other women in the most insane "that armor isnt armor" space chick gunslinger bikini outfits and this show makes me feel like ive stepped on a weak spot in spacetime

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Apr 19

proof of "i go outside sometimes" life (pic by @erie.bsky.social)

its me! outside! wearing my DO NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT AI I WILL KILL MYSELF shirt which was a big hit at Eastern Market

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Apr 2

fun fact, i made these weird art pieces using pictures from NASA (one from the JW telescope, one of the surface of mars, and one of a miscellaneous satellite). all of NASA's images are copyright-free and YOU could also make weird art with them!!

its a digitally altered image of the surface of mars and the text says "pathologize everything we are all sick"

its a picture of deep space and the text says "i wonder if everyone else is as fucked up as we are"

its a digitally altered picture of a satellite superimposed on top of a galactic space dust cloud and the text says "turn around the party is behind you"

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Mar 29

If you see this, post a concert photo you took.

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Mar 26

ah ok im on the wrong continent to look at my bookshelf but here is a ✨recent selection✨ i took a picture of for a pal the other day

YOKO TAWADA

THE BRIDEGROOM WAS A DOG

SHOJI MORIMOTO

rental person who does nothing a memoir

HELEN DEWITT

THE ENGLISH UNDERSTAND WOOL

Emi Yagi

DIARY OF A VOID

CAREN BEILIN / REVENGE OF THE SCAPEGOAT

TOKYO UENO STATION

YU MIRI

THE EMPLOYEES

OLGA RAVN

Banana Yoshimoto

THE HOLE /// HIROKO OYAMADA

kitchen

HYE-YOUNG PYUN

THE HOLE

CHI

The Membranes

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Mar 4

bowtie terrorist

its tallulah the calico cat who was so bad today the vet gave her formalwear about it

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Feb 28

heading into the weekend like

its gregor from THE METAMORPHOSIS and he's a bug and he's saying YES FUCK YES HAHAHAHAHAHA FINALLY

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Feb 24

missed opportunity for Return To Oz

return to oz! mombi's hall of heads! this movie is for children!

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Feb 12

hey girl hey (all my vintages are at home)

it's a pilot vanishing point in grey and chrome

m. r. sauter@oddletters· Feb 12

anyway here's my watch, its a raketa big zero, i have three of them with different case designs and this is the only one that doesnt currently need service