Dave
@thegoodghosts.bsky.social
Historian of mountaineering, cartography and colonialism on ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (Chomolungma) and in the Karakoram — Photographer and Archival Digitization Specialist — Mathemagician — Stubborn ass
The degree of settler entitlement that goes into the Australian (and international) climbing community’s response to the Djurid (Mount Arapiles) climbing bans boils my blood
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘What are they going to do, chase someone up?’ Victorian rock climbers scorn ban on Mount Arapiles Indigenous sites
State park contains rock art dating back at least 3,000 years and tens of thousands of artefacts
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The degree of settler entitlement that goes into the Australian (and international) climbing community’s response to the Djurid (Mount Arapiles) climbing bans boils my blood
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
There are a bunch of reasons to suspect this was a bad decision (as my lawyer spouse took the time to explain to me): www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Supreme Court of Canada sides with couple over disputed portion of their backyard
The Supreme Court of Canada says a Toronto couple owns a portion of their backyard that became the subject of a lengthy dispute after they discovered the municipality was the title holder.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
There are a bunch of reasons to suspect this was a bad decision (as my lawyer spouse took the time to explain to me): www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Finally getting around to reading “The Bright Ages,” when I encounter this line. And lo, I am slain!
Full-throated guffaw, enough to startle at least the person seated across from me. This is what I get for reading on the streetcar.
Full-throated guffaw, enough to startle at least the person seated across from me. This is what I get for reading on the streetcar.
August 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Finally getting around to reading “The Bright Ages,” when I encounter this line. And lo, I am slain!
Full-throated guffaw, enough to startle at least the person seated across from me. This is what I get for reading on the streetcar.
Full-throated guffaw, enough to startle at least the person seated across from me. This is what I get for reading on the streetcar.
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Thanks AI, this historical timeline is incredibly useful and will really help my students...😑
August 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Thanks AI, this historical timeline is incredibly useful and will really help my students...😑
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the Borg (at least before they became a constant presence with a horny queen) aren’t really evil, they’re amoral, they don’t give a shit about anything but growth, all they say is “that’s irrelevant, we’re going to add you to the thing”
They aren’t communists they’re Silicon Valley capitalists
They aren’t communists they’re Silicon Valley capitalists
April 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
the Borg (at least before they became a constant presence with a horny queen) aren’t really evil, they’re amoral, they don’t give a shit about anything but growth, all they say is “that’s irrelevant, we’re going to add you to the thing”
They aren’t communists they’re Silicon Valley capitalists
They aren’t communists they’re Silicon Valley capitalists
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It’s sort of telling how popular Minions and Stormtroopers are in American culture.
April 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It’s sort of telling how popular Minions and Stormtroopers are in American culture.
Saving this for the thread
Jokes on them, I’m going to use AI to come up with 8000 businesses for dipshits
Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.
March 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Saving this for the thread
New favourite Al Green just dropped
Dem Congressman Al Green being removed from the chamber by the sergeant at arms on Speaker Johnson's instruction. Wow.
March 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
New favourite Al Green just dropped
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SpaceX is a terrible spaceship company but an amazing fireworks company
January 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
SpaceX is a terrible spaceship company but an amazing fireworks company
Great thread
"The whole point of the post-menopausal female." It was an off-handed comment, I suppose. It was said in an off-handed way.
It was made by Peter Thiel VC guy and podcaster Eric Weinstein, and agreed to by Theil VP guy and flopsweat enthusiast JD Vance, and it reveals a lot.🧵
It was made by Peter Thiel VC guy and podcaster Eric Weinstein, and agreed to by Theil VP guy and flopsweat enthusiast JD Vance, and it reveals a lot.🧵
August 21, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Great thread
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Some of these creepy perverts got rich on tech or crypto or whatever, and they think their wealth makes them geniuses instead of just wealthy, and the ones who didn't get rich through tech or crypto or whatever seem to think the wealth of the others conveys genius upon themselves.
August 19, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Some of these creepy perverts got rich on tech or crypto or whatever, and they think their wealth makes them geniuses instead of just wealthy, and the ones who didn't get rich through tech or crypto or whatever seem to think the wealth of the others conveys genius upon themselves.
Goddamn, am I ever sick of reading hagiographies of George Leigh Mallory
June 16, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Goddamn, am I ever sick of reading hagiographies of George Leigh Mallory
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It's fascinating to see every tech company scramble to bloat their products with resource-intensive garbage no users want, solely because every other company is doing it too and no one wants to be left out.
Techies love to think of themselves as bleeding edge disruptors, but really they're lemmings.
Techies love to think of themselves as bleeding edge disruptors, but really they're lemmings.
May 22, 2024 at 4:58 PM
It's fascinating to see every tech company scramble to bloat their products with resource-intensive garbage no users want, solely because every other company is doing it too and no one wants to be left out.
Techies love to think of themselves as bleeding edge disruptors, but really they're lemmings.
Techies love to think of themselves as bleeding edge disruptors, but really they're lemmings.
6.45/hour working construction/general contracting at 14 😬
How much did you earn in your first job?
At 15yo I bussed tables at an Italian place for $3/hr plus unlimited breadsticks and marinara
At 18yo I baked bagels for $8/hr plus unlimited bagels and sandwich toppings
At 15yo I bussed tables at an Italian place for $3/hr plus unlimited breadsticks and marinara
At 18yo I baked bagels for $8/hr plus unlimited bagels and sandwich toppings
March 19, 2024 at 12:38 AM
6.45/hour working construction/general contracting at 14 😬
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one of tech’s biggest problems is that it used to invent stuff that made people’s lives better and easier and in recent years has pivoted to “fake money for scams” and “plagiarism machine that puts you out of a job”
This is what blows me away every time. There's no one who NEEDS predictive text machines. It's not curing cancer or feeding people or producing clean energy. It's just sucking up resources, convincing CEOs to fire humans who do better jobs than it can do, and allowing founders to siphon VC money
"will require a breakthrough energy source" my dude, it requires nothing because it doesn't need to exist. you WANT a breakthrough energy source to keep playing, and you can get in line behind the people who actually need it #comemierda
January 31, 2024 at 4:22 PM
one of tech’s biggest problems is that it used to invent stuff that made people’s lives better and easier and in recent years has pivoted to “fake money for scams” and “plagiarism machine that puts you out of a job”
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White, middle class people like this have not have lost anything; they experience as loss the *idea* of people they consider less-than getting what they think is uniquely theirs. They turn to authoritarians not to “restore” anything but to build power against the people they imagine “wronged” them.
January 16, 2024 at 3:58 PM
White, middle class people like this have not have lost anything; they experience as loss the *idea* of people they consider less-than getting what they think is uniquely theirs. They turn to authoritarians not to “restore” anything but to build power against the people they imagine “wronged” them.
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I have found it: the most ‘80s-Ass Book Cover of All Time
January 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I have found it: the most ‘80s-Ass Book Cover of All Time
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If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
January 5, 2024 at 11:17 AM
If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
“The report found that, in one instance, GAC prevented CSIS from engaging with a foreign agency because they wanted to do so themselves.”
Holy shit. I mean I knew that GAC is a gong show, but come on.
Holy shit. I mean I knew that GAC is a gong show, but come on.
I teamed up with @jessmarindavis.bsky.social and @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social to discuss yesterdays damning report on Global Affairs Canada’s “diplomatic reporting” program www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Canada’s Global Security Reporting Program needs an overhaul, not mere tinkering
A damning report finds that Global Affairs Canada’s information-gathering program operates with so much ambiguity that it threatens to put Canadian security at risk
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 21, 2023 at 10:14 PM
“The report found that, in one instance, GAC prevented CSIS from engaging with a foreign agency because they wanted to do so themselves.”
Holy shit. I mean I knew that GAC is a gong show, but come on.
Holy shit. I mean I knew that GAC is a gong show, but come on.
A couple of remaining minor edits notwithstanding, looks like my thesis is ready for submission!
November 29, 2023 at 1:52 AM
A couple of remaining minor edits notwithstanding, looks like my thesis is ready for submission!
Succesfully got my 22-month old kiddo to say "Chomolungma" today! Proud day for an anticolonial mountain historian!
October 16, 2023 at 12:45 AM
Succesfully got my 22-month old kiddo to say "Chomolungma" today! Proud day for an anticolonial mountain historian!
It ABSOLUTELY figures that I'd injure myself in the gym on a de-load week. FML
October 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM
It ABSOLUTELY figures that I'd injure myself in the gym on a de-load week. FML
Oof. Really struggling today with organizing my thoughts and getting them onto the page. Thesis work has ground to a near halt. Anyone got tips on how to get out of a writing rut?
October 3, 2023 at 9:50 PM
Oof. Really struggling today with organizing my thoughts and getting them onto the page. Thesis work has ground to a near halt. Anyone got tips on how to get out of a writing rut?
So, do historians/social scientists have some professional obligation to *do something* about fabrications like this? And if so, what? 🗃️
I've had a hell of a time dealing with an author's single fabricated quotation compiled from sources I know well -- a fabrication that currently features in a magazine piece, an academic monograph and an AHR article, and that seems, ironically, to have come about through sloppy secondhand quotation.
September 29, 2023 at 3:36 PM
So, do historians/social scientists have some professional obligation to *do something* about fabrications like this? And if so, what? 🗃️
Honestly, the main reason I want to get this goddang thesis done (aside from the fact that I promised myself a new espresso machine once I graduate) is that I just want to be able to read for pleasure again. At least for a little bit.
September 27, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Honestly, the main reason I want to get this goddang thesis done (aside from the fact that I promised myself a new espresso machine once I graduate) is that I just want to be able to read for pleasure again. At least for a little bit.