Scholar & Teacher of American Literature, Culture, & Digital Games Book: Melville's Wisdom http://tinyurl.com/mrx658vn New Project: Digital Games and American Culturehttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3meldtp3g2k2cThe cultural paradigm of "vibe work" that emerged in the wake of a.i. discourse is fascinating. "Vibe coding," "vibe reporting," and others need to be studied. https://calnewport.com/the-dangers-of-vibe-reporting-about-ai/11 Feb 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3meldtp3g2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3mcg2jtyngk22„In total, after doling out little to no money since July 2020, the New York Federal Reserve has transferred more than $420 billion to Wall Street in the past seven months — a record amount from the program“ https://jacobin.com/2026/01/federal-reserve-wall-street-bail-out?utm_source=bluesky14 Jan 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcg2jtyngk22https://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3loieitory22s“Australian religionists wishing to understand historic American literature for American religion must read Damien Schlarb’s excellent work“ - Neville Buch for the Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 37(1)06 May 2025 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3loieitory22shttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3ll4aigjbqc2k"Although it should be regarded simply as an input for conducting research, organizational actors in German science policy, [...] have cultivated the notion that grant funding is equivalent to research success." https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0300828&wt_zmc=nl.int.zonaudev.112331552451_495841288839.nl_ref24 Mar 2025 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll4aigjbqc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3lkdkrqn44c2n“American studies began with the aim of subjecting the historical record of the society and culture of the US to a measured, critical assessment-as measured, that is, by the nation's own profession of values and purposes-this is no time to abandon that aim.” Leo Marx, 200514 Mar 2025 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdkrqn44c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3lkd6krhvh22mSo much for planned obsolescence. Japan gave us Toyotism, I hope the U.S. and Europe follow suit with this trend as well. I’ll start doing my reading and note taking on my ten-year-old Kindle, just to be safe. https://www.404media.co/super-nintendo-hardware-is-running-faster-as-it-ages/14 Mar 2025 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkd6krhvh22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3lkcqc2fng22m“The group posted a claim that confused billions with millions, triple-counted the savings from a single contract and claimed credit for canceling contracts that had ended under President George W. Bush.“ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/us/politics/doge-errors-funding-grants-claims.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare14 Mar 2025 04:06 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkcqc2fng22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3lkb6yl4s4k2sFinding quiet spaces in the noisy media ecologies we live in is hard. Making and finding those spaces in #videogames has peculiar design challenges and effects. I explain why in this new piece https://books.google.de/books?id=2jVEEQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT9&ots=RaF_HwxGK_&dq=Silence%2C%20Sounds%2C%20Music%20Acoustic%20Dimensions%20of%20Immersion&lr&pg=PT160#v=onepage&q&f=false13 Mar 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb6yl4s4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3lkb6pkvepc2sMy book Melville’s Wisdom is out with @oxunipress.bsky.social. It covers 🔹Herman Melville’s responses to the Old Testament wisdom books 🔹religious skepticism in 19th-century America 🔹higher criticism of the Bible in America in literature 🔹literary responses to modernity #hermanmelville #amlit #c1913 Mar 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb6pkvepc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dbschlarb.bsky.social/post/3lkatnjv5f22iHello world. Finally made the jump to greener pastures and bluer skies.13 Mar 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:hswyet7fltxhdt4zp7armkv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkatnjv5f22i