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Jim Getz

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Historian of ancient Near Eastern ritual, religion, and magic. Associate Prof of Intellectual Heritage at Temple U. Pedagogy wonk. he/they/Dr Philly AF. Speaking for no one but myself.

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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 6d

AI seems to be everywhere these days. Is it overwhelming you? Here's a guide to reducing the overload:

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 1d

There are so many people whose mental health would be helped immensely by living in Philadelphia

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 1d

I've hit a new book-buying milestone today.

Way beyond buying a book only to realize you already owned it.

Today I bought a book I KNOW I own because I couldn't find it and realized that it was the quickest way to guarantee I had it to hand.

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 2d

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🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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A Cheeseburger Pillow @cheeseburgowski.bsky.social · 3d

Every shitty ChatGPT essay is alike, but every shitty human-written essay is shitty in its own way.

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 3d

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot confirm nor deny the veracity of this story. It was told to me years ago by the son of one of JFK's confidants, but that doesn't count for much.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

"A good Democrat doesn't piss on his hands." And then JFK just walked out of the restroom.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

Reminds me of a story: before Nixon/JFK debate both men used the restroom at the same time. After finishing at the urinal, Nixon noticed that JFK was not going to the sink. Nixon made a snide remark about how a good Republican always washed his hands after he peed. To which JFK reportedly responded—

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking News (over a picture of Indiana Jones): Archaeologist blunders his way through yet another discovery without any actual archaeology. Dozens dead. "He really is quite bad at this" says every other archaeologist.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 4d

a young man wearing sunglasses and a hat says " i am straight up not having a good time "

Alt: a young man wearing sunglasses and a hat says " i am straight up not having a good time "

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 4d

Guys. Just rest all the starters. This gamer is over, and we’re already banged up.

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Jesus Zoidberg @jesuszoidberg.bsky.social · 4d

I'm going to get up tomorrow and still follow sports, that's what makes me a Philly fan, and an idiot.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 4d

Well… shit.

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a lot right now.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 4d

Defense is always exhausted on a short week. But still, this isn’t good.

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 4d

Sports are a wonderful excuse to cuss loudly in public.

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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 4d

all my sports are Bad

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 4d

¿Porque no los dos?

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 5d

JFC that track slaps. Need to figure out what to do with it.

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 5d

Just discovered I have an unfinished track from probably four years ago sitting as a draft on my Band Camp.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 5d

Every day a new obvious metaphor

Futurism @futurism.com · 5d

Look out!

Elon Musk's Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky

Multiple Starlink satellites from Elon Musk's SpaceX are falling to Earth every single day, an astronomer warns — and counting.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 5d

The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa.

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 5d

Oh hell yeah.

J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 6d

I'm giving several talks about the books in the next couple of months, if you want to hear more (before you buy?). The first, linked below, is online via. UPenn @sims-mss.bsky.social on October 17th at 12 midday EDT.

Trans Studies as Book Historical Method

J. D. Sargan considers generative modes of reading through the premodern archive to seek out trans lives beyond the ephemeral glimpses that have gone unnoticed in the historical record.