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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · 1h

Houston Street in Manhattan

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · 5d

Rubber duck debugging might be the norm, but my students have upgraded to "3D printed axolotl Debugging" in our #Rstats course cause ya gotta embrace whatever joy you can these days (thanks to @jennakissel.bsky.social for realization that w/ 3d printer we could go all in here)

Photo shows nine small axolotl figurines that were 3d printed in pastel colors.

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · 7d

I'm currently watching Stranger Things with my 14 year old and been amused by their use of mouth breather in the show

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · 7d

this one hits hard. What a remarkable life and legacy

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7d

BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

bit.ly

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · 14d

one thing i noticed is how so many of them are thinking of how they can make things better for others. They truly care and that makes our jobs so worthwhile

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · 14d

1000% this. I teach anthropology and all my classes (for majors and the GenEd courses) are full of students who make me generally excited about teaching and getting to work with them

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14d

I'm not sure what's going on, but this year's freshman class is giving me ... what was that word ... hope?

They're energized and excited, they're doing the reading and doing it well, they're asking great questions and offering smart answers too.

Is this just me or are others seeing it?

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Sep 5

Amazing show!

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hahaha... I guess once my daughter had a day where they had to dress as kids did during a decade *I* lived through I reached a certain point ;)

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm showing my age here, but it was always a good day when the teacher brought the TV in so we could watch The Voyage of the Mimi!

Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you were hoping to see a teenage Ben Affleck* talking to Dr Peter Reynolds @butserancientfarm.co.uk before the weekend, then don't worry: we've got you covered. 👍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeJj...

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Given everything happening right now, this video is so wonderful. I'm not always sure we deserve dogs but we are definitely lucky to have them in our world

Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · Sep 3

*DOG: “You're finally back! I missed you so much!!”

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Sep 2

Workday convo in anthro dept:

Colleague: how's teaching quantitative methods?

Me: well I wasn't allowed to call it "But I was told there's no math in this major" but otherwise going ok. Next week we will discuss if 43 is odd or just different!

Colleague: so you got the dad jokes covered, eh?

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hahaha....love it!

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Aug 18

Starting my 9th year at Appalachian State!

Homer Simpson at Flander's door. He has just rung the door bell and Flanders has opened the door. Homer says to Flanders "Can't talk now Flanders. I've got a class to teach."

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Aug 15

Jenna: ya know, there is always that one short story you read in school that messes with your mind. I remember this one we read...

Me: was it All Summer in a Day?

Jenna: yup

Me: yeah that sticks with you

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Aug 6

I don't know but seems like part of a new National Treasure movie with Nicholas Cage trying to steal something......

Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · Aug 6

It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated (constitution.congress.gov) website. We’ve learned that this is due to a coding error. We have been working to correct this and expect it to be resolved soon.

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Aug 6

Ugh I can only imagine the level you get these days.

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Aug 6

I need to look into the "early humans got that drip" theory of human evolution....

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 6

that's right

The Wall Street Journal tweets: "Evidence suggests early humans used primitive sunscreen and wore tailored clothing—possibly contributing to their survival as Neanderthals went extinct." There is then a link to a story.

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Aug 6

"The discovery of Early Pleistocene artefacts at Calio suggests that Sulawesi was populated by hominins at around the same time as Flores, if not earlier."

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My semester starts Aug 18th so I assume new finds will drop all month to make it harder to finalize syllabus 🤣

Hominins on Sulawesi during the Early Pleistocene - Nature

Early Pleistocene artefacts at Calio suggest that Sulawesi was populated by hominins at around the same time as Flores, if not earlier.

www.nature.com

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Jul 7

Scene from the Simpsons. Jasper is going by the Simpsons house holding a shovel. He tells Lisa "it's an old-fashioned hole digging. By gar, it's been awhile"

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Jun 27

I keep thinking of this:

Calvin and Hobbes strip. Calvin tells Hobbes he doesn't believe math is a science, but is a religion. Calvin explains the equations are like miracles. You take two numbers, add them together, and you make one new number. No one can say how it happens. You either believe it or you don't. Calvin points to his book and says it's full of things you have to accept on faith. It's a religion. Hobbes says since it's in the public school, no less, Calvin should call a lawyer. Calvin says as a math atheist, he should be excused from this.
Description from Calvin and Hobbes search engine

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 26

In her furious dissent, Jackson writes of the Supreme Court's decision: "The project of stymying one of the country’s great civil rights laws continues." She likens today's ruling to notorious decisions after the Civil War cutting back civil rights statutes. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

JUSTICE JACKSON, with whom JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and
JUSTICE KAGAN join, dissenting.
The Civil Rights Act of 1871 was an exercise in grand ambition. It had to be. In the wake of the Civil War, the American South was consumed by a wave of terrorist violence
designed to disenfranchise and intimidate the country’s
newly freed citizens and their allies. The threat was existential—not just for the newly liberated, but for democracy
itself—and required bold intervention. It was precisely because the goals of the 1871 Act were so ambitious that those
most committed to the structures it targeted, including
many in South Carolina, opposed the measure so vehemently.
A century and a half later, the project of stymying one of
the country’s great civil rights laws continues. In this latest
chapter, South Carolina urges our Court to adopt a narrow
and ahistorical reading of the 1871 Act’s first section, which
is codified today at 42 U. S. C. §1983. That venerable provision permits any citizen to obtain redress in federal court
for “the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities
secured by the Constitution and laws” of the United States.
South Carolina asks us to hollow out that provision so that

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Jun 20

oh and Kindred by Wragg Sykes.

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Jun 20

i don't know about a) but totes co-sign the whole requirement for .docx thing. I'm trying to convert files to docx and have been doing such a roundabout way and then remembering how bad i am at using Word....

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Marc Kissel @marckissel.bsky.social · Jun 20

Maybe Darwin's Hunch by Christa Kuljian?

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WIRED @wired.com · Jun 18

Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.

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