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John Bence
@jdbence.bsky.social
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Not-so-new to Philly, be nice. Managing archives/records/libraries by day. Watching too much #saintsfc #atlutd #s04. Who’s going to do something about Anchor Steam?
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · 18h
Turned on the Philly news to see the weather forecast and:
News report with banner saying “Scrapple Scultiping Contest” in front of people hunched over tables working on hunks of scrapple
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · 1d
Did they just kill one of the best Library schools for AI?
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d
Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.
www.dailytarheel.com
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · 1d
I can’t watch/listen to myself, but you can! Blabbing about where X-rays and Penn history meet: youtu.be/7fouboHLl_8
The First X-Ray Ever: The Goodspeed Discovery | Penn Medicine
YouTube video by Penn Medicine
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · 10d
You send me a one-sentence email response with a sassy open ellipses? You don’t want this heat.
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · 14d
🎶 I had a ball in that joint last night 🎶
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · 21d
General strike when?
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · 22d
Friday’s cancelled, pack it up. We go again tomorrow.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 25d
"We shouldn’t have to scour a Philly lobbying report to find out that the company that invented and sells Tasers spent $75,000 lobbying the city...We shouldn’t have to browse LinkedIn to find out that salesmen for Microsoft hosted city officials to push the company’s vision for AI in gov't"
Webinar
Visit the post for more.
phillytechjustice.org
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Sep 6
Lost in the world-building of Old Spice scents for men
Four sticks of deodorant for sale called Krakengard, Bearglove, Wolfthorn, and Nightpanther featuring corresponding beasts
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Sep 5
They keep coming
Scully, handcuffed to a radiator in the background, saying to glassy-eyed possessed man who is looking to camera “we spent a weekend at Pine Barrens”
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 24
In the airport playing spot-the-archivist 👀 #saa2025
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 22
When you're mean to me this is who you're being mean to
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · Aug 22
Researchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected new species, in an underwater gorge
Pastel Pink Lobsters and Goofy-Looking Squid Among Deep-Sea Oddities Discovered in Ocean Abyss
Researchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected new species, in an underwater gorge
www.scientificamerican.com
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 22
Mulder and Scully go to the rough part of Philly
A fire escape identified on Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA with closed captioning stating: I was just on routine patrol.
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 22
X-Files rewatch giving me new regional references to clock
Mulder says to Scully: Ever hear of something called the Jersey Devil
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 18
Late to the party, but The Pitt got me fucked up
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 16
Kachka! A little spendy but I’ve enjoyed it the two times I’ve gone in the last decade. Get some horseradish vodka if you’re into that kind of thing.
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 15
Cardi B saying they don't know the difference between 'vintage' and 'archive' - I felt that.
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 9
Captain Jack 😤 GET INNNN #saintsfc
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 9
Up the saints
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 8
And you can check out the finding aid to her papers here: findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPEN...
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Papers - Philadelphia Area Archives
findingaids.library.upenn.edu
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Aug 8
For no reason at all, read about Sadie T. M. Alexander here: archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/pen...
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander | University Archives and Records Center
Born in Philadelphia in 1898, the youngest of three children, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (B.S., 1918; A.M., 1919; Ph.D., 1921; LL.B., 1927) is a member of two distinguished families. Her maternal ...
archives.upenn.edu
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Jul 12
I miss @footyscran.bsky.social
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Jul 10
Month late but same vibe
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Jun 11
just out here sangfroidmaxxing
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Jul 10
Like like like like
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John Bence @jdbence.bsky.social · Jul 1
It’s moments like this I wished Athletics didn’t maintain their own shadow archive and did more regular transfers
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