Dr. Jim Getz — Tofurkey Gourmand
@jimgetz.bsky.social
Historian of ancient Near Eastern ritual, religion, and magic. Associate Prof of Intellectual Heritage at Temple U. Pedagogy wonk.
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Philly AF. Speaking for no one but myself.
he/they/Dr
Philly AF. Speaking for no one but myself.
Hell yeah.
"Beak, Feather, Bone but for Google Maps" is coming February 2026
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Build Urban Fantasy in Real Places with Google Maps
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November 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Hell yeah.
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3/4 c Port
3 c Cranberries
2/3 c Sugar
Bit of orange peel
Cinnamon stick
Put all in a sauce pan, bring to boil on medium high
Reduce to low and simmer until cranberries start popping
Allow to cool
Nom
3 c Cranberries
2/3 c Sugar
Bit of orange peel
Cinnamon stick
Put all in a sauce pan, bring to boil on medium high
Reduce to low and simmer until cranberries start popping
Allow to cool
Nom
every year i say it: homemade cranberry sauce is the biggest reward to effort ratio item on a thanksgiving table and too many people ignore it
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
3/4 c Port
3 c Cranberries
2/3 c Sugar
Bit of orange peel
Cinnamon stick
Put all in a sauce pan, bring to boil on medium high
Reduce to low and simmer until cranberries start popping
Allow to cool
Nom
3 c Cranberries
2/3 c Sugar
Bit of orange peel
Cinnamon stick
Put all in a sauce pan, bring to boil on medium high
Reduce to low and simmer until cranberries start popping
Allow to cool
Nom
I am grading....
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I am grading....
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The old craft brewing industry is dying, and the new craft brewing industry struggles to be born; now is the time of Monsters.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The old craft brewing industry is dying, and the new craft brewing industry struggles to be born; now is the time of Monsters.
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lol this rocks
taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
lol this rocks
taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
taking my children to see the nativity mural painted on the olde drugstore facade downtown and accidentally giving them PTSD from a hieronymous bosch version of rudolph getting eaten by elves
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Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
I am a patient boy
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time is like water down a drain
Everybody's moving, everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time is like water down a drain
Everybody's moving, everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I am a patient boy
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time is like water down a drain
Everybody's moving, everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time is like water down a drain
Everybody's moving, everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
Thanksgiving Break is upon us. I have 30 essays, 90 projects, and 60 reflections to grade, but not today.
a man stands at a podium with the words " not today devil " behind him
Alt: a man stands at a podium with the words " not today devil " behind him
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November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thanksgiving Break is upon us. I have 30 essays, 90 projects, and 60 reflections to grade, but not today.
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Eagles fans to the Eagles every single week.
a woman is sitting in the back seat of a car and making a funny face .
ALT: a woman is sitting in the back seat of a car and making a funny face .
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November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Eagles fans to the Eagles every single week.
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Fuck. Fuck. Fuckitty fuck fuck.
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Fuck. Fuck. Fuckitty fuck fuck.
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Same, Terumaru, same.
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Same, Terumaru, same.
Here we go again folks. Go birds.
a woman wearing a green hat and scarf is singing into a microphone
Alt: Philadelphia mayor Parker misspelling “Eagles”
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November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Here we go again folks. Go birds.
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Folks have been using this guide for making home games, self-publishing, and starting programs at libraries and schools.
Check it out, and I hope it helps you create something amazing!
Find physical copies on @ipr.bsky.social:
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Check it out, and I hope it helps you create something amazing!
Find physical copies on @ipr.bsky.social:
https://loom.ly/wlk1Eis
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Folks have been using this guide for making home games, self-publishing, and starting programs at libraries and schools.
Check it out, and I hope it helps you create something amazing!
Find physical copies on @ipr.bsky.social:
https://loom.ly/wlk1Eis
Check it out, and I hope it helps you create something amazing!
Find physical copies on @ipr.bsky.social:
https://loom.ly/wlk1Eis
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This is the main thing I keep saying. I don’t presume to know whether AI is bad at EVERYTHING but the main thing it can’t do is what the powers that be in education want it to do and the reason I keep saying it is you don’t need any studies
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is the main thing I keep saying. I don’t presume to know whether AI is bad at EVERYTHING but the main thing it can’t do is what the powers that be in education want it to do and the reason I keep saying it is you don’t need any studies
Wearing a 28 pin to see if we can get some Project Gnarus energy going at PAXU.
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Wearing a 28 pin to see if we can get some Project Gnarus energy going at PAXU.
SBL/AAR and PAXUnplugged are both this weekend. The nerd content on Bluesky is going to be intense.
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
SBL/AAR and PAXUnplugged are both this weekend. The nerd content on Bluesky is going to be intense.
This is actually turning out to be a good Thursday Night Football game.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is actually turning out to be a good Thursday Night Football game.
Spent the night building ruined terrain for Mordheim while listening to history podcasts. I think this might be peak nerd form here.
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Spent the night building ruined terrain for Mordheim while listening to history podcasts. I think this might be peak nerd form here.
Like clockwork...
It's about that time of year again....
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Like clockwork...
This one was not on my radar. Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This one was not on my radar. Wow.
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Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age metropolis in the heart of the Eurasian steppe: an early form of city as complex as those of contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations, showing how steppe polities were just as sophisticated.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age metropolis in the heart of the Eurasian steppe: an early form of city as complex as those of contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations, showing how steppe polities were just as sophisticated.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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GO BIRDS I HOPE THEY BUILD THE WHOLE OFFENSE OUT OF DEFENSE TOO
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
GO BIRDS I HOPE THEY BUILD THE WHOLE OFFENSE OUT OF DEFENSE TOO
Sunday night y’all. Let’s go Birds!
a woman in a green hat is speaking into a microphone while standing in front of a crowd of people .
Alt: Philadelphia mayor Parker misspelling “Eagles”
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November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Sunday night y’all. Let’s go Birds!
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Thoughts about the construction of the so-called epic cycle (which I think is a product of scholarly imagination)
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Long Ago, Far Away: The Iliad and the So-Called Epic Cycle After the Canon
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate …
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November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thoughts about the construction of the so-called epic cycle (which I think is a product of scholarly imagination)
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/16/l...
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