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As one year comes to a close and a new one is on the horizon, I’m reflecting on the opportunity we have in front of us for 2026 to be a year of positive and dramatic change for the country - if we stay focused.
I’m looking forward to doing my part, and I know you are too.
I’m looking forward to doing my part, and I know you are too.
Understanding 2025 and Being Ready for the New Year
We have an opportunity to make 2026 a year of positive and dramatic change for the country - if we stay focused.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As one year comes to a close and a new one is on the horizon, I’m reflecting on the opportunity we have in front of us for 2026 to be a year of positive and dramatic change for the country - if we stay focused.
I’m looking forward to doing my part, and I know you are too.
I’m looking forward to doing my part, and I know you are too.
I read this in a New Yorker essay today: “He has a tattoo of his right hand on his left hand so that ‘my right hand knows what my left hand is doing.’”
Challenge: get Nano Banana Pro to generate an image of this. I could not.
Challenge: get Nano Banana Pro to generate an image of this. I could not.
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I read this in a New Yorker essay today: “He has a tattoo of his right hand on his left hand so that ‘my right hand knows what my left hand is doing.’”
Challenge: get Nano Banana Pro to generate an image of this. I could not.
Challenge: get Nano Banana Pro to generate an image of this. I could not.
Having Gemini 3 play LinkedIn "Pinpoint". I don't think its doing a search for the answer. But it's got every game in 1 or 2 guesses.
In Pinpoint, you get 1-5 words, and you have to guess what is common. You make a guess after every word is revealed.
In Pinpoint, you get 1-5 words, and you have to guess what is common. You make a guess after every word is revealed.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Having Gemini 3 play LinkedIn "Pinpoint". I don't think its doing a search for the answer. But it's got every game in 1 or 2 guesses.
In Pinpoint, you get 1-5 words, and you have to guess what is common. You make a guess after every word is revealed.
In Pinpoint, you get 1-5 words, and you have to guess what is common. You make a guess after every word is revealed.
Rezar el rosario, en español o en inglés. Praying the rosary, in Spanish or English.
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gemini.google.com/share/221ece...
Gemini - Rosary Web Page Creation Request
Created with Gemini
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November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Rezar el rosario, en español o en inglés. Praying the rosary, in Spanish or English.
gemini.google.com/share/221ece...
gemini.google.com/share/221ece...
@anisekstrong.bsky.social Hey, I have a number of people interested in knowing more about the provenance and other images of your “Our Baby” mystery. Any chance you could provide that? Or your student? These are folks with some experience in tombstones and related things.
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
@anisekstrong.bsky.social Hey, I have a number of people interested in knowing more about the provenance and other images of your “Our Baby” mystery. Any chance you could provide that? Or your student? These are folks with some experience in tombstones and related things.
This really was a delightful listen.
Just released a special episode of ALILI, which for the first time is a solo show.
My publishers offered me a chapter of the audiobook of 'Why Q Needs U' to share, and so this episode is Chapter A (from Egypt to Greece) in its entirety. The narrator is me.
pod.link/1703401848/e...
My publishers offered me a chapter of the audiobook of 'Why Q Needs U' to share, and so this episode is Chapter A (from Egypt to Greece) in its entirety. The narrator is me.
pod.link/1703401848/e...
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This really was a delightful listen.
My gift to the world: A phonemic spelling system for English based the "acrophonic principle," using emoji. Inspired by the first chapter of @dannybate.bsky.social's new book, Why Q Needs U.
Suggestions for better emoji requested!
Suggestions for better emoji requested!
Acromoji is a spelling system for English based on the "acrophonic principle," in which the first sound of a word stands for the sound itself. It was the basis for the first alphabet; why not use it t...
Acromoji is a spelling system for English based on the "acrophonic principle," in which the first sound of a word stands for the sound itself. It was the basis for the first alphabet; why...
gist.github.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My gift to the world: A phonemic spelling system for English based the "acrophonic principle," using emoji. Inspired by the first chapter of @dannybate.bsky.social's new book, Why Q Needs U.
Suggestions for better emoji requested!
Suggestions for better emoji requested!
Wonderful autocorrect or perhaps an eggcorn: “spending us into Bolivian.”
October 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Wonderful autocorrect or perhaps an eggcorn: “spending us into Bolivian.”
No Kings! Kalamazoo. Of course I sang along.
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
No Kings! Kalamazoo. Of course I sang along.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Not on Internet Archive.
Not on Internet Archive.
A page's ripped out.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Archives banned making copies.
Archives banned making copies.
October 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Not on Internet Archive.
Not on Internet Archive.
Can I just say, that in a time of so much bad news, the announcement that Merriam-Webster is printing a new edition of their dictionary in paper is a balm? Thank you @merriam-webster.com! Pre-ordered today.
September 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Can I just say, that in a time of so much bad news, the announcement that Merriam-Webster is printing a new edition of their dictionary in paper is a balm? Thank you @merriam-webster.com! Pre-ordered today.
Reposted by Will Fitzgerald
10 days left to apply for our job in African-American History! We are planning to offer generous startup support to help our new faculty succeed on the path to tenure. Also, Kalamazoo is a fun town: this weekend is a multicultural music festival, a mac&cheese bakeoff, Emanuel Ax, & Come from Away.
My Dept of History at W. Michigan University in Kalamazoo is hiring an Asst/Associate Prof in African American History. Please come join us! 2-2 load/generous research & travel funding, diverse & culturally lively community/ free college in MI for kids. ?s welcome. www.wmujobs.org/postings/4277
Assistant/Associate Professor - African American History - Tenure Track
Western Michigan University invites applications and nominations for the position of full-time tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor in the field of African American history to start August 20...
www.wmujobs.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
10 days left to apply for our job in African-American History! We are planning to offer generous startup support to help our new faculty succeed on the path to tenure. Also, Kalamazoo is a fun town: this weekend is a multicultural music festival, a mac&cheese bakeoff, Emanuel Ax, & Come from Away.
My talk on text preparation for the 2025 edition of The Sacred Harp: "Pay Attention to These Words"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkb...
"Revising the Sacred Harp" symposium
YouTube video by Sacred Harp Museum
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My talk on text preparation for the 2025 edition of The Sacred Harp: "Pay Attention to These Words"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkb...
Reposted by Will Fitzgerald
If the US has been under a curse for 25 years—and obvs we have—the moment when our long-suffering princess finally accepts a suitor would be our best chance to break the spell.
August 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If the US has been under a curse for 25 years—and obvs we have—the moment when our long-suffering princess finally accepts a suitor would be our best chance to break the spell.
Reposted by Will Fitzgerald
W. Michigan U. was just named the 5th best local place & best college to work at in all of Michigan by Forbes! Come join us to share your expertise & research in African American & modern U.S. history with our undergrad & graduate students. www.wmujobs.org/postings/4277 www.mlive.com/news/2025/08...
Assistant/Associate Professor - African American History - Tenure Track
Western Michigan University invites applications and nominations for the position of full-time tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor in the field of African American history to start August 20...
www.wmujobs.org
August 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
W. Michigan U. was just named the 5th best local place & best college to work at in all of Michigan by Forbes! Come join us to share your expertise & research in African American & modern U.S. history with our undergrad & graduate students. www.wmujobs.org/postings/4277 www.mlive.com/news/2025/08...
Good memory of celebrating @ncecire.bsky.social’s PhD defense today.
August 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Good memory of celebrating @ncecire.bsky.social’s PhD defense today.
Reposted by Will Fitzgerald
Pre-announcement of a funding opportunity for "artificial intelligence humanities sandpits," supported by AHRC, EPSRC, and SSHRC. Expressions of interest by 31 Oct; up to four grants will be funded.
Pre-announcement: artificial intelligence humanities sandpits: Canada, UK and US
AHRC and SSHRC plan to invite expressions of interest to attend a humanities-led, interdisciplinary research sandpit looking to put humanities insights and methodologies at the heart of artificial int...
www.ukri.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Pre-announcement of a funding opportunity for "artificial intelligence humanities sandpits," supported by AHRC, EPSRC, and SSHRC. Expressions of interest by 31 Oct; up to four grants will be funded.
William Cowper and the theology of despair
vitalsparks.beehiiv.com/p/william-co...
vitalsparks.beehiiv.com/p/william-co...
William Cowper and the theology of despair
Content warning: discussion of suicide
vitalsparks.beehiiv.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
William Cowper and the theology of despair
vitalsparks.beehiiv.com/p/william-co...
vitalsparks.beehiiv.com/p/william-co...
Our feet have many more miles to walk - some in protest, some in penance, none of them easy. —Meghan Florian
August 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Our feet have many more miles to walk - some in protest, some in penance, none of them easy. —Meghan Florian
The mostly correct Pronunciation Guide to Michigan names.
www.michigan.gov
August 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The mostly correct Pronunciation Guide to Michigan names.
Reposted by Will Fitzgerald
Howdy, y'all. We recently published new (AI-assisted) translations of Clement of Alexandria's Stromata, Protrepticus, and Paedagogus. These are translations from the Greek found in Patrologia Graeca vols 8 and 9.
ePubs of these three works are now available for download: github.com/AppianWayPre...
ePubs of these three works are now available for download: github.com/AppianWayPre...
GitHub - AppianWayPress/ClementAlexandria: Diglot and epub translations of works of Clement of Alexandria. Everything available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licens...
Diglot and epub translations of works of Clement of Alexandria. Everything available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. - AppianWayPress/ClementAlexandria
github.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Howdy, y'all. We recently published new (AI-assisted) translations of Clement of Alexandria's Stromata, Protrepticus, and Paedagogus. These are translations from the Greek found in Patrologia Graeca vols 8 and 9.
ePubs of these three works are now available for download: github.com/AppianWayPre...
ePubs of these three works are now available for download: github.com/AppianWayPre...
Taking the side of the victim since 33 a.d.
August 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Taking the side of the victim since 33 a.d.