like basically i have been running the Terror Camp virtual fan convention/academic conference for going on 4 years now, & i really want to try to figure out how to bring fan enthusiasm to academic/humanities spaces on a wider sustainable scale... terror.camp
Terror Camp is an annual virtual gathering of hundreds of polar exploration enthusiasts. Inspired by AMC's The Terror and the history of the Franklin Expedition, this polar exploration conference feat...
in all seriousness i am trying to figure out how to make moves into the humanities/museum/library/archive/research spaces so if there are people on here doing stuff in those worlds i should be following, lmk!
logging back on here with a heavy heart because i have come to the conclusion i cannot network or socialize profitably on Ye Olde Site anymore... anyway who wants to #linkandbuild
We just released episode 216, "Allegra Rosenberg," featuring the one and only @tchotchke.bsky.socialwww.fansplaining.com/episodes/216...
We just released our newest episodeāa conversation with the delightful @tchotchke.bsky.socialpatreon.com/fansplaining
creating a podcast by, for & about fandom
āBut deep in the archive, armed with the proper lens, you can find iridescent trails of humor snaking through documents like snail slime.ā A special report from Tabs Senior Historical Gooning Correspondent Allegra Rosenberg @tchotchke.bsky.socialwww.todayintabs.com/p/was-kafka-...
The first hit Tweet of the Antarctic.
If you've read Elizabeth's latest piece, get excited, because @tchotchke.bsky.social will be our next guest! She'll talk about Terror Camp, working at Tumblr, her forthcoming book (!!), and much more.
My latest Atlas Obscura column is live! On Terror Camp, an academic conference + fan con that truly sits at the intersections between those worlds. Featuring a bunch of extremely smart, extremely enthusiastic participants (led by the inimitable @tchotchke.bsky.social) who were a joy to talk to. š„°
āItās academia that feels criminally fun!ā
My latest Atlas Obscura column is live! On Terror Camp, an academic conference + fan con that truly sits at the intersections between those worlds. Featuring a bunch of extremely smart, extremely enthusiastic participants (led by the inimitable @tchotchke.bsky.social) who were a joy to talk to. š„°
āItās academia that feels criminally fun!ā
A special report from Senior Obsolete Diseases Correspondent @tchotchke.bsky.socialwww.todayintabs.com/p/avast-ye-s...
"Those Innocents re-live their death / Their wounds open again."
āWe donāt need to mourn the age of the upright, brave hero ā but maybe we should look back in time for the cranks, weirdos and oddballsā-so happy to see @tchotchke.bsky.social vindicating Fred Cook, and in the pages of the NYTimes (Pearyās media sponsor) no less!
making sure I drop this over here tooāIām in the New York Times today (!!!) telling the world why Fred Cook, polar explorer and charismatic fraudster, should be reclaimed as an American hero (!!!!!!!!) www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/o...
Americans love a good scammer. Frederick Cook, polar explorer and would-be oil tycoon, is the perfect fit for our age āĀ 83 years after his death.