I wanted to write something different from the last three essays that focus on politics. I chose a random book chapter, which can be found in ‘Molecular Revolution in Brazil’ by Félix Guattari and Suely Rolnik. Its title is ‘Emotion, Energy, Body, Sex’. It’s short, what, ten pages or so that it should be a […]
Author: Timo Savela
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What’s a black job anyway?
The last two essays were kind of throwback, as I pointed out. Plus, while they weren’t all over the place, which is very unlike me, I know, at least I had fun. Anyway, you don’t need to read those to realize how it went for Joe Biden and for Donald Trump. It was fair to […]
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The second half of the rematch
I was working on this essay before Joe Biden withdrew from the next US Presidential elections and before Donald Trump nearly got assassinated, so it reflects the situation back then. But, before I continue to assess the second half of their, I guess by now, infamous first and last debate of the upcoming elections, I […]
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The first half of the rematch
I wasn’t planning on this, writing something about the first US Presidential election debate between the current US President, Joe Biden, and the previous US President, Donald Trump, but I thought why not. I mean it’s topical and something that I can do, off the cuff. Plus, as I believe I have mentioned before, I […]
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Milling and grinding
To pick up where I left off, something else has also changed about students. Okay, maybe it hasn’t changed, and it’s only me, and my experience, but as this is also my essay, it’s only fair that I get to say that. You can write your own essays and disagree accordingly. Anyway, having taught on […]
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One-trick ponies
Having worked for almost three academic years now in a teaching position, after spending a number of years doing a doctorate, after spending a number of yours doing bachelor’s and a master’s degrees, I can say that I have some insight on how the university system has changed over the years. Oh, and has it […]
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Just (be)cause
I had something else planned for this month, but I ended up with this instead. I’ll return to what I was working on, nothing gone to waste, but I thought, well, this makes sense, right here, right now. Right, so, I was doing working on some slides for a lecture and ended up watching Michel […]
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Putting things into perspective
I was gonna write another essay on parasitism, not because I had a whole lot to say about that after the previous essay, except that reading Michel Serres’ ‘Parasite’ also gave me some heavy Baruch Spinoza vibes. I guess that’s worth it’s own essay, but, well, we’ll see if I ever get around to write […]
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Talk is cheap
This essay was prompted by getting a flu and suffering through it, as you do, because there isn’t much you can do about it. Okay, it could have been another strain of COVID, or RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, as was they were making rounds recently. Anyway, it was … let’s say … not great. I […]
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Hindsight 20/23
I had plans for this month, to provide a proper essay, but that didn’t work out as I was kept occupied by three things. I’ll go through them, before I map out what I hope to accomplish, hopefully sooner than later. Firstly, and most obviously, I had to make sure that the students get their […]