Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦
@sschwinghamer.bsky.social
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Inadequate cat servant. Husband. Dad. Historian of #CdnImm. Public & oral history. Museums. Bikes. PhD candidate (Hist) @ Carleton. Kjipuktuk / Hfx. (He/him)
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jradavenport.com
Fellow faculty: how much time do you spend prepping lectures for a new course? The last 3 I’ve taught have been around 6-8hrs of prep for each hour of lecture. 🧪🔭
sschwinghamer.bsky.social
I'm at a museum; I do activities and lectures for university groups.

Generally, a day of prep will get me an hour to ninety minutes of presentation.

Interactive programs take maybe three or four days if I already have a pretty solid grasp of the material.
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novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
What do you get when you combine traditional Mi’kmaw quill work with furniture-making techniques of the 1800s? A triumph in design that became all the rage in Victorian Nova Scotia.
The chair has a dark, reddish-brown stained wood frame with turned legs and a carved, scalloped crest rail supported by small spindles. The key feature is the decorative splint-woven back panel and woven seat.

The tall, rectangular back panel is filled with woven materials decorated with porcupine quills, dyed fibers, or fabric appliques in a vibrant, complex geometric design. The pattern features a large central eight-pointed star or rosette in light brown, red, blue, and black, surrounded by bold wedges and checkerboard patterns in white, red, black, and gold/tan.
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jackjenkins.me
NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...
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flglchicago.bsky.social
Here’s video of the incident
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sabrinarina.bsky.social
Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.
sschwinghamer.bsky.social
There are so many confusing things here. Why is there a bot involved? Why did the birds have dead bats in the first place? How were the bats brought to life, and what were the undead leading? Why would ANYONE light a bat on fire? Why is it surprising that birds chased the "starter" of the fires?
A sportser bat thing article
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My commute when I'm needed on-site, and it's pretty excellent. The kissing canopy on BLT is therapeutic.

(Until the peninsula.)
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robsonfletcher.com
Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.
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maxfawcett.bsky.social
David Eby will win this fight seven days a week and twice on Sundays.

He's not the one opening the door to separatist referendums and forever blaming Canada for everything that goes wrong in his province.
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mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
sschwinghamer.bsky.social
... today is Tuesday, March 2046th, 2020. People are wondering if there might be something causing employees to be sick.

#sigh
landofsticks.bsky.social
People are also taking a lot of sick time. Are people getting sicker?
sschwinghamer.bsky.social
Ugh.
suzannerent.bsky.social
Matt Whitman was in #Halifax council chambers and just left.
sschwinghamer.bsky.social
Dozer frequently exceeds the Fitz-Sitz constant...
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Two 17 year old girls were brutally murdered in New Jersey when a truck ran them over going 70mph.

17 year old Vincent Battiloro is charged with first degree murder.

The suspected motive? One of the girls declined his advances.

He couldn’t handle hearing the word “no” 🧵
sschwinghamer.bsky.social
#cat in basket update:

The cat is in the... basket-platter-bowl thing.
A mackerel tabby curls in a round Hallowe'en candy platter.
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bhaggart.bsky.social
Case in point: QC Premier Legault‘s ongoing, utterly delusional calls for “certainty” in the Canada-US trade relationship.
Certainty is impossible. An agreement can’t deliver it. The problem’s not just Trump, but that the US elected an authoritarian party that no longer respects the rule of law.
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asharangappa.bsky.social
We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
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propublica.org
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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