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Dr. Amy Scott

@dramys.bsky.social

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Canadian. From Alberta but live in Toronto. High-anxiety mom to three glorious humans. Non-trad wife. I write about Shakespeare’s history plays and teach writing. Interests: fossils, crocheting, and baseball. Other random interests: War of 1812 She/her

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ArtBible @artbible.info · 12h

Today's pick: Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba (ca. 1535) - Hans Holbein the Younger.

At first glance this miniature depicts the visit of the [..] #art #Holbein

www.artbible.info/art/large/148.html

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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 1h

Really enjoyed this @asherelbein.bsky.social story on maybe the most enigmatic and controversial rocks in the geologic record: the bizarre, premature-by-a-billion-years-or-so fossils[?] of large complex life[?] in Gabon. @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/comp...

These Enigmatic ‘Fossils’ Could Rewrite the History of Life on Earth

Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once

www.scientificamerican.com

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 8h

Oh dear. I’m here for moral support!

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 22h

Make it go away 😭

Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 1d

He owns everyone!

Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no! Sending good wishes to your adorable gremlin.

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Daniel Johnson @danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social · 1d

I received a reply from @dramys.bsky.social about contributing to a panel, so this is what we have so far. If you know of anyone else who wants to think broadly about performance and the Reformation(s), please let me know.
This is our working abstract - full text in the Alt description too

This panel seeks to examine various expressions of performance which stemmed from the Reformation. By concentrating on public performance, this panel brings into conversation the original texts, their various expressions, and their receptions. The creator, performer, and audience all come into dialogue with another in order to facilitate an exploration of the ways the Reformation and post-Reformation Protestantism took root in the public imagination.

Dr. Amy Scott’s paper explores the ways Shakespeare’s plays remember the Reformation to new audiences, rehearsing and reinforcing narratives of power, theology, and truth. Dr. Daniel Johnson’s paper sits at the far reaches of the early modern period, examining the ways post-Reformation evangelicalism was communicated to enslaved peoples as missionaries used the hymns written by Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, and others.

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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 1d

What a scene in Toronto.

Singing it loud and singing it proud.

Absolutely electric at the Dome for the start of the ALCS. Enjoy it sports fans.

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 2d

This is very cool

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 4d

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Dangers of using AI to Grade

Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains

substack.com

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 3d

I’m happy for you but now we are enemies 😂

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know how you survived that!

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 3d

I’m getting tired just sitting on my ass watching this game.

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 3d

Mariners and Tigers generously keep playing as I stay up late to write. I thank them.

Photo of an iPad with the game on beside and open laptop over which I’m toiling late at night.

Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 3d

Now he’s building a lego set. I had to undo some of what he did to do it correctly. Then he continued and was doing well. The following conversation occurred.

Me: you’re doing a great job! I am so proud of you!

Him: I’m not that proud of you

LOL

Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 3d

I also feel that. I injured myself playing solitaire lol

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 4d

I have literally not matured one iota from the last time we were together.

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 4d

😂 I feel that. I’m pretty much grandma old. It’s going to be a rough birthday when we qualify for senior discounts.

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 4d

Yup lol

Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a ruthless age

Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 4d

You iz plenty smrt

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 4d

YES!!! And wearing solar panels

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 4d

That should say 6 year old. I don’t have a precocious 1 year old

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Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · 4d

For any @bluejays.com fans who want some content.

Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · 4d

NEW BONUS PODCAST

The guest is @donnovanbennett.bsky.social:

The topic: Why the Blue Jays are the biggest story in Canada right now.

link.chtbl.com/SportsMediaP...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about tele...

link.chtbl.com

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Dr. Amy Scott @dramys.bsky.social · 4d

my year old decided to be an astronaut for Halloween and I kind of jokingly said I wasn’t going to allow him to be an astronaut in real life because I’d be too worried about him.

He said “maybe you’ll be dead by then”

I will be because you just murdered me lol

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