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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 16m

At a professional conference, scribbling "citation needed" in the margins of the descriptions for various talks.

You can take me out of academia, but it lives on in my soul.

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 1h

I was just going through a box of my old memorabilia, and I thought I’d share this concert ad from 1984 (just in case you thought my biopic was LYING about Howie Mandel opening for me!)

1984 L.A. newspaper clipping advertising a Weird Al concert at the Starlight Amphitheatre “with very special guest Howie Mandel”

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 3h

Remember the Year of the MOOC from a decade ago? The one where tech bros predicted the end of all but 3-4 universities because who needs campuses when everyone can just take MOOCs and learn everything? Hits a little different now after pandemic pedagogy, huh? The tech hype cycle is a helluva drug.

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 4h

I learned about fruit sandwiches from JRPGs and now I want one for breakfast.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 8h

Spare a thought for Napoleon, who is in the Bag of Doom as we head to the vets.

He has an operation today to remove what's left of a broken tooth.

He is not pleased with his current situation, or lack of breakfast.

(The Tortie showed solidarity by sprinting for the cat flap when she saw the bag)

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 7h

Attention UK readers: Waterstones is giving folks 25% off the preorder for the WEARING THE LION paperback!

Just use the code OCTOBER25 at checkout.

Wearing The Lion by John Wiswell | Waterstones

Buy Wearing The Lion by John Wiswell from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Take the clown statue and get out! WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS!!! @brainmage.bsky.social · 6h

Translating "hwaet" as "now THIS is a story all about HOW"

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 4h

I tried to ask how to remove Gemini from Chrome and kept getting answers from Gemini. Which, of course, didn't work.

It's like they're trying to convince me to ignore "important" software updates, huh.

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Take the clown statue and get out! WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS!!! @brainmage.bsky.social · 6h

"AI is now integrated into your search screen" blares my phone, part 2147 of "objects that I own becoming worse without my consent"

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 4h

When you enjoy the pen so much you wind up using the pen to sketch the pen.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13h

I would fight or die for Dapper Snake

🎃Woooo Spookybill🎃 @spoonbill.bsky.social · 14h

I liked how Brazilian Army forces fighting in Italy in WW2 had a shoulder patch of a snake smoking a pipe.

Second World War Brazilian Expeditionary Forces patch of a green snake on a yellow background smoking a pipe. The word 'Brasil' is at the top in white letters on a royal blue field. The entire insignia is bordered in red.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 12h

starter packs are old model. now we make finisher packs that liberate you from discourse

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 13h

every day I wake up and scroll past at least five new posts that some poor kid in the year 2225 is going to have to memorize for the midterm of his "History 301: The Rise of 21st Century Ultra-Fascism" course

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 14h

I really adore the phase after a mass Twitter exodus event where that small minority of asshole new users get their shit totally wrecked by the effectiveness of blocks and blocklists on here

it’s like watching a baby gazelle get eaten by a crocodile in a muddy river

Jennifer @jennknut.bsky.social · 14h

what the trolls haven't learned is we have a block button here

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 14h

Instructions unclear, booking a trip to Soaky Mountain with a phone full of academic books on Milton.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 15h

I gotta propose like, just absolutely the most cursed polyreme oar setups. Like, 1-3-1 or a seven that is 5-2-1 (or 1-2-5!). A hexereme that is 1-2-3 or 4-2 or 5-1.

Deceres with 4-3-2-1. Just, maximum cursed.

Stephen DeCasien, Ph.D. @sdecasien.bsky.social · 1d

A “5” could mean 2-2-1 or 3-2 or 5 (ew). Debate continues, but I lean toward the 2-2-1 configuration, with more men per oar at a maxed three levels. But what the hell is a “40”. Anyone writing on this topic…good luck. So much scholarship.

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 15h

Apparently YouTube is having issues tonight where it can play ads but not /anything else/, which is sort of the opposite of what I am looking for, kthx.

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 19h

Every student and faculty member now organizing against the ‘compact’ was paying attention when Ivies folded early for Trump and have correctly ascertained that without pressure their boards will be inclined to do the same

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 19h

Happy book week to Hiron Ennis for the excellent The Works of Vermin, out yesterday.

Queer inventive lyrical anticapitalist biopunk for fans of The Fifth Season, Absolution, or The Iron Dragon's Daughter.

torpublishinggroup.com/the-works-of...

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Bunrab @bunrab.bsky.social · 19h

Finally done with Oktoberfest gigs. Today our clarinetist couldn't make it, so I was on my C-melody sax as "solo instrument that can be heard over 4 accordions," rather than playing the bass line on my oneba. (That is a tuba joke, yes. Euphoniums get called onebas.)

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18h

Minnesota nice

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'No Kings' protests to be held in 69 Minnesota cities this weekend

An estimated 2,500 rallies will take place nationwide on Saturday.

bringmethenews.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 17h

yes, mr high end real estate and alienating lunch meat columnist, please explain to me what the common people need

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 16h

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!

I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!

Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 16h

I mean it really depends on how you count it.

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 16h

The trees are divided between green, red, and yellow. The sky is a mottled gray. The brewery near this bus stop is emitting a strong yeast-and-malt odor. Truly, the best part of autumn.

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