Historian Around Town
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Everything I know about pop culture is 350 years out of date. She/her
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Setting a compass to earth: The Ancient of Days, 1794, by William Blake. Today was his day.
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Setting a compass to earth: The Ancient of Days, 1794, by William Blake. Today was his day.
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
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🔭 Comet Lemmon and the Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan linzx23 at mails.tsinghua.edu dot cn) (Tsinghua U.)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan linzx23 at mails.tsinghua.edu dot cn) (Tsinghua U.)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Comet Lemmon and the Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan linzx23 at mails.tsinghua.edu dot cn) (Tsinghua U.)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan linzx23 at mails.tsinghua.edu dot cn) (Tsinghua U.)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
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As a college professor, AI has made my life—and the lives of all educators—unimaginably worse.
Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As a college professor, AI has made my life—and the lives of all educators—unimaginably worse.
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I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
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This Pope guy has some bangers
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This Pope guy has some bangers
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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🌙 The Moon will reach apogee (farthest from Earth) at 3h UT (now) on 20 November. At this time the Moon's distance from Earth will be 406,691 km or 252,706 miles and span an angular size of 29.4 arc-minutes. 🔭
#stargazing
#stargazing
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🌙 The Moon will reach apogee (farthest from Earth) at 3h UT (now) on 20 November. At this time the Moon's distance from Earth will be 406,691 km or 252,706 miles and span an angular size of 29.4 arc-minutes. 🔭
#stargazing
#stargazing
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The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
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Finally got to the "I want to burn it all down" portion of the gen AI-era semester, where I realize they're all using some sort of LLM to "help" organize their thoughts and it's just spitting out raw sewage onto the screen.
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Finally got to the "I want to burn it all down" portion of the gen AI-era semester, where I realize they're all using some sort of LLM to "help" organize their thoughts and it's just spitting out raw sewage onto the screen.
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You guys wish you were on the level of sincerity I’m on. I’m listening to You Get What You Give by New Radicals and feeling emotions. As a matter of fact I DO have the music in me. I DO have the dreamers’ disease.
September 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You guys wish you were on the level of sincerity I’m on. I’m listening to You Get What You Give by New Radicals and feeling emotions. As a matter of fact I DO have the music in me. I DO have the dreamers’ disease.
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Reposting this, because it's the best alt text I have ever written.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reposting this, because it's the best alt text I have ever written.
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The newe Florence album ys amazinge
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The newe Florence album ys amazinge
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
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I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
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@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
Why Trump would be perfect for an honorary U-M doctoral degree
Awarding Trump an honorary doctoral degree would be an opportunity to recognize the long way the University has walked in less than two years. U-M juniors may still remember times when the campus code...
www.michigandaily.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
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I have found an EXCELLENT meme for the church history lecture on Wednesday (which includes the Great Schism)
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I have found an EXCELLENT meme for the church history lecture on Wednesday (which includes the Great Schism)
Yesterday morning,I used Banner to email my 4 classes. I sent 2 in-person classes the lecture materials from the Canvas module page. I emailed the readings to a third. I sent the direct link to Achieve to my online class and gave them an extension on last night's assignments...
According to more than a dozen college and uni students, “the Canvas outage threw off their schedules, preventing them from not just submitting and viewing assignments but also from participating in-class activities, contacting professors, and accessing the textbooks and other materials…”
The AWS Outage Was a Nightmare for College Students
The outage impacted online learning platform Canvas, which is used by half of college students across the US, leaving many unable to access course materials or contact professors.
www.wired.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yesterday morning,I used Banner to email my 4 classes. I sent 2 in-person classes the lecture materials from the Canvas module page. I emailed the readings to a third. I sent the direct link to Achieve to my online class and gave them an extension on last night's assignments...
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Huntsville AL No Kings and I know for a fact this shot did not capture everyone. 🫶🏻
#nokings #kindnessiscool
#nokings #kindnessiscool
October 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Huntsville AL No Kings and I know for a fact this shot did not capture everyone. 🫶🏻
#nokings #kindnessiscool
#nokings #kindnessiscool
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I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...