T. Scott Johnson

@ekphrastictactic.bsky.social

874 Followers 1740 Following

historian, cook, baker, swimmer Assistant Professor of History. CUNY-Grad Alum. All tweets reflect me not any institutional affiliation.

Photo of the handsomest great dane standing in a sunlit yard with a blue sky overhead.
Screenshot of the French National Archives website noting changes to procedure for June 22, due to the extreme heat. Full text (in French) follow: Information En raison des fortes chaleurs, le musée des Archives nationales est susceptible d’être totalement ou partiellement fermé jusqu’au lundi 22 juin. Nous vous prions de nous excuser pour ces possibles désagréments. Site de Pierrefitte-sur-Seine - Aujourd’hui, lundi 22 juin 2026 : • les commandes du jour seront limitées à 3 articles jusqu’à 12 h et ne seront plus possibles ensuite ; • la remise des documents sera suspendue entre 12 h 30 et 13 h 30. Le mardi 23 juin 2026, pour les versements relevant du département des archives privées, les commandes du jour ne seront pas assurées et les réservations ne seront pas possibles entre 9 h et 15 h. Site de Paris En raison de travaux et des fortes chaleurs régnant dans plusieurs dépôts du site de Paris, la communication des documents au public sera fortement perturbée jusqu’à la baisse des températures. Nous nous excusons pour la gêne occasionnée et vous remercions de votre compréhension. Retrouvez les fermetures annuelles de nos salles de lecture.
Back cover image with the word "Jeff" repeated a lot and an image of a black cat with a white headband.
1.0 out of 5 stars Seriously disappointing AND misleading Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2026 Wasted potential. Seriously disappointing AND misleading. Its only FINITE Jeffs, which shoots down the idea right away. Author could've gone *at least* for some recursive acronym (David Foster Wallace loved acronyms it seems) like J.E.F.F. = J.E.F.F's Entertainment Facility Fascinates. Apparently this references an "entertainment cartridge" in the story that is so entrancing die from watching it. That's actually kinda clever, and that's just from having Claude write an acronym for me since I don't know much about the story. Think about the possibilities with a little extra effort...that will now never be anything but a FINITE sequence of Jeffs.
A screenshot of a Zotero collection topic list with the following topics: Intellectual History; AI; Fascisms; Academic Freedom; Readings in method and historiography
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A scatter-plot map showing @ekphrastictactic's account in relation to other Bluesky users. @ekphrastictactic is situated between clusters of accounts on leftist theory, anglophone humanities, philosophy scholars, and cinema studies.
A plate with sliced steak, polenta, and salad. Also on the board are a glass of red wine, a bottle of wine and kitchen knives.
The cover to Thomas Hobbes' translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, showing visual representations of the Athenian side (right) and Spartan side (left).
Protest sign with a passage from Common Sense reading In America the Law is King
The cover for the new critical edition of Édouard Glissant’s Tale of Black Histories.
A woman asleep on a sofa with a demon perched on her torso and a horse (?) peering from behind a curtain
A man in a coffin with his spirit looking down on him.