@ToniTileva

CulturalAnthro PhD, Lecturer, Bulgarian immigrant, FOOD/Feminism/Word Nerd/Humor/Classical Texts. Expert cruciverbalista. Views delightfully own. Lighten up.

 Washington, DC
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Joined March 2014
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I am genuinely thrilled (or positively chuffed, as some say) I will be one of the profs teaching The Examined Life this fall. american.edu/magazine/the-ex… #highered

The Examined Life

Classic texts, modern questions: How SPA’s Lincoln Scholars program reimagines the human condition

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theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0… There’s a lot going right at universities, if you’re only willing to see it. #academia @ACTC5

Something Big Is Happening on Campus

There’s a lot going right at universities, if you’re only willing to see it.

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Lingo I picked up from the kids (my students): the term "crash out." So illustrative! #language
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I remember my two #library system card numbers, and they are 14 digits each. Bracing myself against brain aging with small stuff like that :) @dcpl @ArlingtonVALib
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#homecooking #veganhomecooking Eat hard :)
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youtube.com/watch?v=SIF6weBp… #Metallica forever.

Metallica: The Call of Ktulu (Live at Sphere, October 1, 2026)

Filmed live on opening night of the Life Burns Faster residency at ...

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I love the smell of #fire, smoke, BBQ (yes, this despite not eating meat), roasting meats, etc so much that I *LOVE* waiting for the bus at the stop near Rocklands BBQ. It's like free censing :) at the altar of the fire goddesses.
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The U.S. imports 99% of the #coffee it consumes. Severe weather and climate change have affected harvests, and the price of coffee is still 44% higher than it was two years earlier.
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“No I mean I REALLY like apples.”
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“overdose”
- Nano Banana

ALT - Nano Banana

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Murderrrrr
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Why is frivolity feminine-coded? My book review coming up :)
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#crossword Rounds of the night table? bar tab. Party animal? pinata. Alt tab? LSD.
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npr.org/2026/08/02/nx-s1-589… I love Vegemite, but not on toast. Too salty that way.
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npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-597… #Weddings are expensive. How about a grocery store #cake? Valid!
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'Speed' derives from the Old English 'spēd,' which referred to good fortune/success. This sense of 'speed' lives on in 'Godspeed': "God spede you" = "God prosper you" We hope this brings you up to speed.
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Lyz Lenz@lyzlOct 19
I'm so glad these guys are cooking. But statistically, the cooking gap is growing, and globally, men are actually doing less cooking than they were even a few years ago. (Except in Italy.) npr.org/sections/health-shot…

Worldwide, women cook twice as much as men: One country bucks the trend

A new gallop survey finds the gender gap in home cooking has widened. Globally, women cook an average of 9 meals per week, compared to 4 meals for men. And some countries have bigger gaps than others.

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Luke Winkie@luke_winkieOct 18
I wrote a story about how basically every man I know in my station of life — millennial, in a long term relationship, in possession of a fake email job — does all the cooking in their relationship, which is something I have a lot of theories about.
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#crossword Useful tips for writers? erasers.
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In a 1911 interview, Thomas Edison famously described Marie Curie’s discovery of radium as "an accident." What an OG hater! :)
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“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet” — Plato. Clearly, he hasn't met me because I am very rarely able to wax poetic.
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