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Adam Bishop

@adammbishop.bsky.social

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Professional crusadesologist. Independent scholar. Author of https://www.routledge.com/Robert-of-Nantes-Patriarch-of-Jerusalem-1240-1254/Bishop/p/book/9781032267043. He/him. I can name 200 popes, but only 6 digits of pi.

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 12h

I'm in Canada where apparently only 6% of the population has A- in total, and presumably a much smaller number of donors

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 12h

Apparently I actually have A negative??! All this time I thought I had the universal blood type! Oh well, this is still helpful...

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 1d

I gamed The Algorithm so it's showing me nothing but Yankees fans crying and moaning

a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 2d

Got that sweet sweet O neg

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 2d

We're editing a letter for the kids in my wife's class to bring home and it said "we ask that it is...", so naturally I said this is one of the rare instances where we need to use the subjunctive "be"

...they don't know what I'm talking about. But I know they've seen it before! It's not dead yet!

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 3d

holy shit Vladdy!

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 3d

holy shit Macho Man Trey Yesavage

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 3d

I'm a Leafs fan, but I did draft Ivan Demidov

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 3d

Once again it's the most exciting day of the year, fantasy hockey draft day!

Unfortunately not enough of last year's team wanted to play again so I had to join some random team

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 4d

I got several more Chuck III coins. I'm not sure why I find this so fascinating (a weird old tradition...but different??)

I have a George V penny somewhere too

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 5d

Finished the Beatles For Sale puzzle I got for my birthday. 1000 pieces, most of which seemed to be the white/yellowish background or the black coat pieces or their hair. The faces were a bit easier. Some pieces are only microscopically different so I put a bunch of them in the wrong spot at first

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone interested in joining a fantasy hockey league? We still need at least 1 more team

Join my Yahoo Sports Fantasy Hockey league, OG Fantasy Juggernauts

Click the link above and follow the steps to join my league. Good luck!

hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 6d

But it's a good opportunity to model normal adult behaviour for her by engaging in inane banter with the crossing guard. It's helpful to practise that sort of thing. I hate it too but neurotypical people might get offended if you don't do it! "Why?" she wonders. "I don't know bud, they're weird"

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 6d

My daughter can walk to school and back home by herself, but she usually still wants me to come with her. I think it's mostly because there's an extremely chatty crossing guard along the way. It's too early in the morning to be that chatty! It's too much for any time of day!

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 7d

We had that too but people actually brought their pets inside. I didn't see it but supposedly someone brought a horse to be blessed

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 7d

"Yarr...I don't know what I'm doing" whenever I don't know what I'm doing which is surprisingly often

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 7d

Eventually someone would have to step in and get things back on track, like this guy does. Did the humans teach the AI to talk like that, or did the AI teach the humans?

Now I'm wondering if some of the other human workers were actually AI

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 7d

This is exactly the way real humans talked to each other at the AI company I briefly worked for

Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 8d

"i just use it to generate ideas"

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 7d

But on a day that is hyped up as being a time for listening and reflection, it's actually all about appearance (gotta wear your orange shirt!), and today everyone will stop thinking about it for another 364 days. It's a good start and better than nothing, but what are we doing really?

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 7d

It reminded me of hearing the native land acknowledgement at a Maple Leafs game, immediately followed by a Military Appreciation ceremony, and no one thinks twice about it. This is really the definition of Canada to me. We love to think we've done something good and pat ourselves on the back for it

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 7d

Not to disparage Bryan Adams specifically...it's just funny that he's the most English settler person imaginable. His parents are literally from England!

I'm also sure no human decision making process was involved in this, since this station probably only has robot DJs now

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 8d

Canadian radio on September 30: Today is a day to amplify and listen to Indigenous voices *plays Summer of 69*

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 9d

Also an early appearance by Armin Shimmerman! He's the face in the box

He was already a Ferengi a few episodes before this though

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 10d

How about those Blue Jays!!

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 10d

I could never block Alejandro Kirk, a god among men

Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · 24d

Or what if I want to read about Alejandro Kirk? Can't block that either