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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
Installing r kennel in Jupyter lab desktop has turned intoa horrible shiny for a subset of my online students. Yay...

by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
student work well organized, summarized, and headings all have emojis and a curious step-change in the quality of their markdown formatting.

...sigh. what's the f'n point sometimes...

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mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy
Here's a periodic reminder that it's just barely feasible to find a job in the infrastructure intended to make archaeological research possible, but not a job where you get paid to do the research for which that infrastructure is set up.

It's like if there were jobs for janitors and cloakroom […]
Original post on archaeo.social
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
I never imagined "I'm rubber and you're glue / whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" would turn out to be a viable strategy in US political discourse
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stefan.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy
There is a renewed conversation around this, but for those not aware, this has been a very common abuse tactic during the last big Twitter/X-to-fediverse migration.

You can actually post a followers-only post, tag a non-follower, and only that person and your followers will see it.

Perfect for […]
Original post on stefanbohacek.online
stefanbohacek.online
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democracynow.org
ICC Convicts Former Sudanese Militia Leader of War Crimes in Darfur
ICC Convicts Former Sudanese Militia Leader of War Crimes in Darfur
The International Criminal Court has convicted a former Sudanese militia leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in mass executions, rapes and torture in the Darfur region.
www.democracynow.org
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
Sometimes I think kids sports exist only to teach that no matter what you do sometimes you'll be screwed over regardless
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
@simon i wonder if, somewhere, someone is now tasked with building in some guardrails for when someone does a pelican-on-a-bike request

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annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Unexplained Fire destroys home of the South Carolina judge who ruled against #trump admin and who had been receiving death threats

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/06/isouth-carolina-judge-home-fire
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/05/blue-states-democrats-trump

Interesting

by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
re lb, i worked for an american edu outfit once, and had students with that worldview. that shit blew my mind.

by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
darn. wanted to watch the panda game. thought it was televised. one of my students is a player. ah well.
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
Yay it's not a new muffler it's just an exhaust pipe for $500
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
canada sends nearly $60 million to the royal family annually (https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/how-much-does-the-monarchy-cost-canadian-taxpayers/). the british pay 86 million pounds annually. don’t know what aus, nz pay, etc. point is: that’s a shittonne of money. the royals are worth […]
Original post on scholar.social
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
Fresh water jellyfish. In gatineau park. yikes.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/freshwater-jellyfish-lac-la-peche?itm_source=index
Have stinging freshwater jellyfish invaded Lac La Pêche in Gatineau Park?
Lac La Pêche has been teeming with the ghostly creatures, a phenomenon experts believe is rooted in rising lake-water temperatures.
ottawacitizen.com
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
Apples from our orchard. But the drought conditions mean not near as much juice as should be
Two boxes of apples
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack.
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...
Screenshot of LinkedIn post from Yellowknife Mayor describing the costs and consequences of trucks having gotten so much bigger. In the link, he explains the backlash he received for his post.
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
An ice cream truck keeps circling the neighborhood. All is quiet but for an ominous dopplering 8-bit rendition of "music box dancer".

If I see a clown I'm outta here
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
In the park. #ottawa should have more fountains.
Close up of a fountain in full flow, sheets of water cascading, droplets reflecting the sun
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
Keep hoping for the Carney govt to introduce jailbreaking legislation in Canada to disenshittify things.

Ah ha ha ha...

by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
The cat has really gone all in on this 'attack the CPAP machine hose' game
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brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy
Happy Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, to all decent people.
Plaque "THE BATTLE OF CABLE STREET The people of East London rallied to Cable Street on the 4th October 1936 and forced back the march of the fascist Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts through the streets of the East End. "THEY SHALL NOT PASS""
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
Fuck Apple

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/apple-removes-iceblock-app-trump
Apple removes Ice tracking apps after pressure from Trump administration
Company removed IceBlock and similar immigration agent alert apps from its App Store, citing ‘safety risks’
www.theguardian.com
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justinling.ca
Canada's left-wing party is in an existential crisis. Can it repair itself? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: Pierre Poilievre is eating the NDP’s lunch. Here’s how a new leader can save the party from itself
Why the party needs progressive pragmatism rather than purity tests and social media clout.
www.thestar.com
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
Was pulling together a lecture last night. Normally I try to pull interesting visuals from unsplash but I was searching for screenshots of things like fidonet etc ideally from 80s. Image search via the usual suspects is pretty sloppified now, wow. Guess I shouldn't be surprised.

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We have just opened the call for a full-time Collections Development Manager for the Heritage Science Data Service in the UK. This post would be eligible for a UK work visa. Please have a look and/or pass on to anyone you think might be interested! […]
Original post on archaeo.social
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
let the simpsons die

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/03/the-simpsons-has-been-in-decline-as-long-as-ive-been-alive-why-its-time-for-the-show-to-end-for-good
‘The Simpsons has been in decline as long as I’ve been alive’: why it’s time for the show to end for good
Despite a dreadful fall in quality, the second movie has just been announced. From poor voice acting to bad characterisation, one fan explains why their beloved show has to go
www.theguardian.com
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by Shawn Graham

electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
@aarbrk that’s some galaxy level logic

Reposted by: Shawn Graham

c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
From @adapalmer on 🦋 - I co-sign her review:

“Exceptional @pluralistic piece on the solar rollout, why it's unstoppable, & why many old downsides of solar aren't factors anymore. The entire material mining needed 4 a global solar transition = only 17% of the fossil fuel mining we do every year! […]
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