Notices by Grand Moff Duke McJedi (shaunduke@wandering.shop)

I could listen to Willem Dafoe talk about his career all day long. Truly adore him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vltLWI9vzU

Alright, I guess I should probably just say this publicly. Some already know about this because I posted it semi-privately on FB or directly via DM.

I'm being retrenched. Or, in regular terms, I will no longer be a professor at my university come May 2024. Yay job hunt.

A thread...

I'm not alone. There are dozens of faculty at Bemidji State that received their notices, too. 27 new ones were announced this year. And there are more who took early retirement whose positions won't be filled. We'll be 40 or so faculty down come Fall 2024.

We're all fortunate we get a year...

If you've been following what has been going on with West Virginia University, then you'll have a pretty good idea why my university, Bemidji State, has entered a retrenchment phase. Like WVU, we have a massive budget deficit, and I'm being charitable to say that it's partly due to mismanagement.

@Brad_Rosenheim If you only knew just how bad it was here. The only reason it's not making the news like West Virginia U is due to the size of our university. But the screw up is just as bad here...

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Today is election day in the U.S.

If you haven't voted, today is the day.

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If you're at all interested in the complexities of translation, you might find this piece by @BartHulley in @ComicsJournal informative. Looks at the debate over faithfulness in comics translation, legality, and more.

Glad I found this one. Learned a ton.

https://www.tcj.com/losing-faith-in-comics-translation/

Here's a rather short response to Alan Moore's recent comments on superheroes and fascism (and related trends).

I think I mostly agree here. It's more complicated than Moore had painted it.

via @WIRED by @graemem.

https://www.wired.com/story/alan-moore-superheroes/