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Deeper Understanding (2018 Remaster)

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3h

Kate Bush, 1989 -- quite a stunning bit of foresight

As the people here grow colder
I turn to my computer
And spend my evenings with it
Like a friend
I was loading a new program
I had ordered from a magazine
Are you lonely, are you lost?
This voice console is a must
I press Execute

YouTube video by Kate Bush - Topic

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Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (Official Audio)

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3h

That's really quite breathtaking. Images threaded together so deftly into a rich web. And that last sentence -- wow. Bravo

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 8h

YouTube video by Genesis

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 10h

Signed up but the timing's gonna be a bit dicey -- hope to make it but if not, enjoy!

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 16h

A response to AI that doesn't get a lot of airtime is disinterest. I read and think about it because as a citizen I feel that I need to be informed, but using it for teaching or any personal reason just flat out doesn't interest me. Suspect I'm far from alone in this.

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! And same to you in several weeks!

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 1d

Thankful for fall sunshine and fall trees, always the beautifully stoic and patient trees

top half: blue sky with a few tree branches

bottom half: setting sun shining through the trees, and a range of fall trees (evergreens and poplars with "yellow leaves, or none, or few" as Shakespeare would say

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely, times being what they are

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 1d

Yorick is actually Hamlet's father.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps not coincidentally, "signs, disregarded" explains a lot of 2025

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 1d

Claudius is Done Living in His Brother's Shadow

-- Hamlet as a NYTimes headline

This Thanksgiving, here’s how to up your cooking and hosting game, according to our experts

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 2d

"Our true north has always been that videos + software + tools = Approximate Aristotle. Sounds completely absurd, you say? Ok, you got me. Our true north has always been $$$$$$$$$$"

Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 2d

sal khan on his true north knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/at-k...

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 2d

He's Powerful. He's Unconventional. He's Taking Scotland by Storm.

-- Macbeth as a NYTimes headline

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 2d

Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace / Shall ne’er look back, ne’er ebb to humble love, / Till that a capable and wide revenge / Swallow them up.

Othello, 3.3.518-521
#ShakespeareSunday

a copy of Moby Dick with a small wood-carved whale on top of it

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

Dear Capitalism:

I just want to spend time with loved ones and be thankful that I have them and many other blessings.

I could care less if the turkey is a bit dry, or the stuffing isn't perfect. Nobody needs to "up their game" in any way.

Please, stop tiring us out so relentlessly, thanks

Readers asked what to bring as a guest, how best to cook a turkey and what to do with all the leftovers

www.theglobeandmail.com

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for the warning but don't need it, it's 2025, living it every day, my word every single blessed day

a sign that says "STEEP" with a picture of a bike on an incline

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

October is also brooding-dark sky fall colours, those days where the temperature is dropping by the hour and rain will slip away into snow

top half: grey-black cold fall sky

middle line: a city skyline in the distance

bottom half: yellow fall trees

top half: grey-black cold fall sky

bottom half: two sides of a river valley, yellow fall trees on either side

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

To you as well!

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

The perfect tomato for Thanksgiving -- vaguely pumpkin-like in colour and shape

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

Beyond capitalism collapsing in confusion, feel like this is all a constant, slow-rolling insult to those of us who don't plan things like 17 weeks in advance. Regularly seeing Hallowe'en stuff already on clearance while I have yet to give it more than a passing thought --

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

"Reclaiming" is both fascinating and telling. Reclaim from who or what? How have teachers come to lose their claim and ownership of PD? And what does reclaiming look like?

Vital questions, along with the two you posted here. Once you have good answers, the benefits are considerable.

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

The Mariners have a certain Canadian fan base because of their proximity to Vancouver, but the country as a whole is really rallying around the Jays right now. Should be intense if not as edgy as playing the Yankees, a divisional rival whose fans were booing O Canada.

canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca

@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

This Al Purdy poem should resonate:

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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 3d

Very thankful to start Thanksgiving weekend by seeing Daniel Lanois perform tonight. Didn't take pics or video; just got immersed in the musicianship and craft of a great Canadian artist I've loved for decades. Superb.

Under a Stormy Sky (Gold Top Edition)

YouTube video by Daniel Lanois - Topic

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