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Ryan Coogan
@theothercoogan
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Jan 6, 2019
    Here’s my impression of academic Twitter: Being naughty and only reading nine journal articles today, after all it is Christmas! ☃️ How does everybody balance writing 20,000 words a week with their busy gym schedule? 🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ I slept last night, should I flog myself as penance? 😩
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Oct 8, 2022
    I wrote about @dropout, a comedy streaming service from @samreich and the minds at @CollegeHumor. Dropout is awesome, and its success and devoted fanbase is also a challenge to the notion that paid streaming is exclusively the domain of huge corporate entities like Netflix:
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    The Independent
    @Independent
    Oct 8, 2022
    The best streaming service is run by comedy nerds, not corporate giants | Ryan Coogan independent.co.uk/independentpre…
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Jan 8, 2019
    Pretty crazy how quickly this PhD went from “my destiny, my calling, the only thing I’ll ever want to do with my life” to “I wish I never learned how to read.”
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Jan 6, 2019
    Academic Twitter: Mental health is important! Also Academic Twitter: *A constant slew of brags and half-truths carefully carefully to undermine the confidence of every single person reading them.*
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Apr 24, 2024
    My first proper day in London and a blood-soaked white horse roamed the streets while Big Ben refused to tell the correct time. All going well so far
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Dec 25, 2022
    and Tiny Tim… who COULD NOT DIE
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Jul 24, 2022
    Me for the @Independent in the wake of the #FordeReport, asking the question: wait a second, why does Labour even have a right wing in the first place?
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    Independent Voices
    @IndyVoices
    Jul 24, 2022
    The Forde report proves that Labour’s sickness is down to its right wing | @theothercoogan bit.ly/3v7HAmr #FordeReport #JeremyCorbyn #KeirStarmer
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Apr 9, 2021
    Replying to @BBCNews
    A fitting tribute to his legacy: being a massive burden on people who work for a living
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Sep 14, 2022
    The first time I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey I was convinced I’d already seen it somewhere before. It took me a while to realise I’d pretty much pieced the entire film together from Simpsons references.
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    Ash Sarkar
    @AyoCaesar
    Sep 14, 2022
    There are loads of things I learned about first from The Simpsons: Classical Gas, the Lindbergh baby, who Gorbachev was. Anyone else have this?
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Oct 3, 2018
    Sure, Twitter’s great, but can it tell me if the author of The Metamorphosis fucked good? Oh it can? He didn’t? As you were then.
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    Whores of Yore
    @WhoresofYore
    Oct 3, 2018
    The Roman poet Ovid wrote about his tempestuous relationship with his lover Corinna, in “Amores” (16 BC). The work examines every aspect of their relationship- including this one...
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Oct 13, 2024
    These guys think that if they say “we’re on the right side of history” enough it’ll magically start to be true. Thinking you’re right about your terrible ideology doesn’t make you special - every regressive agenda in history has thought the same way. That’s how ideology works
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    Dr Pam Spurr Psychologist & Artist 🟢⚪🟣
    @DrPamSpurr
    Oct 13, 2024
    "JK Rowling's feud with Butlins is a sad new low & tells us everything we need to know about her" I have news for you @theothercoogan - your headline & article tells us what we need to know about you... entitled MAN happy to give away WOMEN's rights, happy for confused kids to
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Dec 1, 2019
    Replying to @iresimpsonsfans
    Lads I swear to Christ if this is how I find out
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Oct 15, 2020
    Replying to @DMcIntyreWWE
    God bless us, everyone
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    Ryan Coogan
    @theothercoogan
    Jan 7, 2019
    Replying to @theothercoogan
    I wrote about being a working class academic for @timeshighered: timeshighereducation.com/features/being… I also wrote a chapter for this upcoming book about Twin Peaks: The Return, due to be released in February: palgrave.com/gb/book/978303… Mixtape forthcoming.