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Jim Getz

@jimgetz.bsky.social

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Historian of ancient Near Eastern ritual, religion, and magic. Associate Prof of Intellectual Heritage at Temple U. Pedagogy wonk. he/they/Dr Philly AF. Speaking for no one but myself.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 6m

Really, everyone in highered should have this thread bookmarked.

Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 28d

Starting a new thread to collect critical perspectives on AI, as they are articulated dozens of times every day and appear repeatedly on my timeline. I can't read everything right away, but if, like me, you want to stay up to date, then this might help a bit:

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 1d

It's not going to happen. I've got papers to grade and classes to teach. But, the idea of dropping everything to got a lecture on chiller plates definitely appeals to me right now. Even if my Czech is garbage, and I won't understand most of what they are saying.

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 1d

For some reason I am receiving emails from a Czech microbrewer association, and now I want to attend a conference at Budweiser Budvar next week, simply because it's only $25 USD....

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the Kafkaesque bureaucracies of higher education, having to rewrite my teaching philosophy every year is perhaps the most burdensome. I think about these things constantly, but the weight of writing it down in ever more novel ways each year has become crushing.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for the ref here. I usually run a Reacting to the Past game that has Margaret Sanger as a role and have a hard time impressing on students the tone she has to take given the timeframe.

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

Whelp. At least we're not alone in no longer being undefeated...

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

Big "Boy Named Sue" energy.

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

huge if true

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95Sports @95sports.bsky.social · 3d

"This is one of the worst officiated games I've ever seen." - Merrill

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

OK, the Eagles played like trash. But also, fuck those refs.

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Philly Sports Reports @phlysprtsreprts.bsky.social · 3d

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

Why is my punter limping off the field? Simms and Romo will never tell...

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

Sean Payton is a piece of shit and should have been banned for life after the whole bounty scandal. It's a disgrace.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

Could Simms and Romo actually call the game? I really would like to know what's happening on the field rather than their weird opinions.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 3d

Alright. Let's do this. #gobirds

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 5d

Come on man, we're Philadelphia sports fans. We are always on the brink of puking from anxiety.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 6d

I would take that as a dare…

Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 6d

If Luther were alive today, you know he'd be into crypto.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 7d

24.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 6d

I've been toying with crossing the Tiber for at least a decade, but I haven't because I didn't want people to associate me with these chuds.

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Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.bsky.social · 7d

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

*Sees the most Catholic person in the world doing the most Catholic thing there imaginable*: goddamn Pagans!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?

Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here

@CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Orktober to all who celebrate. #WAAAGH

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Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social · 7d

Hell yeah.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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