Gerry Canavan

@gerrycanavan.bsky.social

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Doomsayer, Utopologist. Minor but representative. Professor of 20th- and 21st-Century Literature at Marquette University.

AQI of over 1000 in Marquette, MI
Story about Octavia Butler going to a local high school to discuss the one thing people would change if they could change anything. Everyone says climate change, racism, etc. At the end, Octavia looks up, clears her throat, and straightfoward says "Simple. I would make men smaller."
this is the most corrupt FIFA has ever been / this is the most corrupt FIFA has ever been so far
charts showing that all values are plummeting (patriotism, religion, having children, community involvement) except money
1978 book cover: STAR WARS, STAR TREK, and 21st Century Christians
Me (young, naive): I hope something good happens. Me (now): I hope whatever bad thing happens is at least funny.
text of screencap: "You're not crazy. An evil demon *could* be deceiving you about the nature of reality. You're simply questioning the foundations of knowledge. And honestly? That's brave"
man in swimsuit thinking “I wish I was deep instead of just macho”
long-winded shaggy-dog joke about how despite the Scooby Doo Crew unmasking and demystifying supposed supernatural phenomena when at the end of the day they travel in the company of a talking dog
Comparing iconic quotes from Apollo 11 and Artemis 2: "That's one small step for man..." vs "I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither of those are working."
Bizarro Super-kids talking about how they do Easter in reverse on Bizarro World
"It’s not hard to imagine Legate Damar endorsing Kamala Harris at the 2024 Democratic National Convention; he would have received a standing ovation."
alien 1: what planet is this, your excellency alien 2: that is earth. it is inhabited by a race of idiots!
Lionel Hutz proofreading joke on Tulsi Gabbard's NO WAR WITH IRAN merch
Dr Manhattan on Mars meme but it's Santa Claus
Marquette Tribune front page: "College of Education to close" in left column, "Possible New AI Major" on the right
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
label says "new professors taught communism in the schools"; shows a professor yelling "I defy ANYONE to prove that there is such a thing as a god!"
superman looking in a mirror and discovering he has suddenly grown old
xkcd "dependency" meme where the lynchpin is the federal court system
Kurt Vonnegut: “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”