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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Penn Releases Text of Compact Rejection Letter https://bit.ly/4oIHNG7

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky

University of Pennsylvania Locust Walk on campus.

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 2d

This great 2012 picture of the late, great Mosey appeared in my timeline.?

Large, mature grey and white make tabby cat, curled up in a wicker basket. The basket has a large yellow towel, making it clear that the purpose of the basket is for the cat to sleep in.

Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 6d

Acela 2167 Boston to NY
Quiet car
Window seat

Not too shabby

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 8d

Firing artillery over a highway?

“Now, the California Highway Patrol is reporting that a CHP cruiser parked on an onramp of Interstate 5 was hit by falling shrapnel after an artillery round exploded midair, far earlier than intended, forcing an early end to the artillery demonstration.”

Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 8d

Same!

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 9d

This is a book I’ve wanted to read for years—it did not disappoint.

www.lizamundy.com/code-girls/

Code Girls | Liza Mundy

www.lizamundy.com

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 9d

What of the student who has been a victim finding out in mid-semester that her professor took some of that money?

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 11d

A friend recommended Jennifer Haigh to me early this year and I have now read everything she has written except for the newest book.

Beautiful writing and deep empathy for her characters

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 13d

Just a great song

Guy Clark, "L.A. Freeway," Austin City Limits

YouTube video by AustinCityLimitsTV

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 14d

OpenAI’s Waterloo will be trying to understand the Hoboken Squat Cobbler

Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 15d

Jayne Anne Phillips “Machine Dreams” moved me beyond words when I read it in graduate school 40 years ago. This wonderful book — Night Watch — is doing the same thing.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...

Goodreads

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

www.goodreads.com

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · 22d

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 28d

The 2025 National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting begins this Sunday, October 5 — featuring new member inductions, lectures on how AI is reshaping engineering solutions and society, and much more.

Register to attend: https://ow.ly/kGaw50X4wVA

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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 28d

We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still alluding to the basic things that make us human.

Send us work that explores October’s theme of space/place!

November’s upcoming theme is community!

buff.ly/iYNWRVB

#writingcommunity

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · Sep 28

The year’s top programming languages — and wondering what that means in the age of AI

spectrum.ieee.org/top-programm...

AI Is Redefining the Concept of a Programming Language's Popularity

Python reigns supreme again, but is AI changing the game for programming languages? Find out how coding is transforming.

spectrum.ieee.org

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Dougal D'Arcy @mrdarcydog.bsky.social · Sep 27

War-ravaged Portland, 5 minutes ago

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · Sep 26

This is the type of leadership we need — not Trump and RFK Jr. fearmongering about the dangers of Tylenol for pregnant women.

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · Sep 23

Look past this goofy thumbnail image and listen to a glorious song

When Fall Comes to New England

YouTube video by Bethgile

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · Sep 22

I knew it!

www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

Britain’s greatest Victorian poet was once a chain-smoking teenage vandal

If you picture Alfred, Lord Tennyson as an austere sexagenarian, try again

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · Sep 20

That is impressive!

Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · Sep 20

While my son and daughter-in-law are on their honeymoon, we are watching their dog. He’s a pure bread Danish Scotcheroo, Call Name Beetle, Champion Name Prince Albert of the Tobacco Cans.

#DogsOfBlueSky

Tall athletic dog standing outside in a yard. Black and white coat reminiscent of a Great Dane but He’s a pure bread Danish Scotcheroo, Call Name Beetle, Champion Name Prince Albert of the Tobacco Cans

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · Sep 19

Mosey, in repose

Not only was he wicked handsome, he was polydactyl!

#Caturday

Face on photo of a mature, grey tabby, looking to his left, polydactyl paws crossed in front of of him.

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Science Magazine @science.org · Sep 20

Amid Trump research cuts, visa restrictions, and international conflicts, some winners sit out this year’s Ig Nobels. https://scim.ag/4mqbzOe

The Ig Nobels are science’s most lighthearted event. This year is ‘not typical’

Amid Trump research cuts, visa restrictions, and international conflicts, some winners sit out the celebration of whimsical science

www.science.org

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IEEE Xplore Digital Library @ieeexplore.bsky.social · Sep 19

🌍 Nigeria has the bandwidth—but half the country still lacks reliable broadband. In this month's issue of IEEE Spectrum, explore why, despite eight undersea cables and expanding fiber networks, millions remain offline. @spectrum.ieee.org https://loom.ly/XMgGNDk

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Bill Trippe @billtrippe.bsky.social · Sep 19

Mosey, in repose

Not only was he wicked handsome, he was polydactyl!

#Caturday

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