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Loquacious Scribble, PhD

@loquaciousscribble.bsky.social

Museum professional, Historian of Science, Teacher, and some other stuff.

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Um, no. The MOST expensive phone Apple sells direct from their retail website is a little over a grand. The rest of us buy smaller, slower, and cheaper phones from resellers for much less and do fine.

iPhones are expensive compared to others, but don't exagerate.

17.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Go Gators!

17.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now do Steven Tyler, Iggy Popp, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, .. hell just google β€œBaby Groupies”. Everyone knows. Nobody cares.

13.02.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So between this and the death of birthright citizenship nobody will be citizens?

12.02.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly, American homes were not built with priest holes.

11.02.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If he had inflated his dick with hyaluronic acid he might have had more padding.

11.02.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Newspaper clipping: One of a troupe of performing Indians at a dime museum owns up to the name of Ryan. He must be the Ryan Indian bred we hear so much about.
The Grand Rapids Press
The Evening Leader

Grand Rapids, Michigan Β· Wednesday, February 11, 1885

Newspaper clipping: One of a troupe of performing Indians at a dime museum owns up to the name of Ryan. He must be the Ryan Indian bred we hear so much about. The Grand Rapids Press The Evening Leader Grand Rapids, Michigan Β· Wednesday, February 11, 1885

19th Century Museum Jokes are the best. In second place are obscure baking jokes. This joke wins.
The Grand Rapids Press
The Evening Leader

Grand Rapids, Michigan Β· Wednesday, February 11, 1885

11.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They didn't try to impeach Trump, they succeeded in impeaching Trump. One would hope the AG would understand how all that works.

11.02.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

THANKS!

11.02.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait. Cheating on the ex, or cheating at the sport? I'm confused.

11.02.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

DRAT <so close>

11.02.2026 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think there was an episode of ST:TNG in which Dr. Kelso tells Wesley β€œyou will never come up against a greater adversary than your own potential, my young friend”

11.02.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Believe it or not it has been part of my job for decades. I am a museum doer. It's rare I get to dust this stuff off and show it in public. Now, the word Tarmac...it starts with a Scotish engineer named John MaCadam who in 1820...

11.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The end of an icon. They are to romance novels what Kleenex is to facial tissues, Xerox is to photocopiers, Q-Tips are to cotton swabs, Dumpster is to large garbage containers, Band-Aids are to adhesive bandages, and Bubble Wrap is to plastic cushioned packing material.

11.02.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

We will after decades of making us poorer and more desperate.

11.02.2026 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a casket of dirt from her native Fatherland.

11.02.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell, 2/3rds of my LinkedIn timeline are people (paid ads and regular posts) who want to tell/sell me the one secret to raising my application/CV/Portfolio/Headshot above the thousands of other vying for the few jobs in my field.

It's an industry.

11.02.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Think of any profession where thousands compete for one, rare thing/role/job. Acting, art of any kind, prof sports, TT jobs in academia, being published author or poet, just a job in some fields. And there are people taking advantage of that desperation to scam the people who dream of that role.

11.02.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And he followed a Guiding Light to the General Hospital?

10.02.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Vintage advertisment for Kenner's Close and Play portabe phonograph player.

Vintage advertisment for Kenner's Close and Play portabe phonograph player.

Age verification? My first stereo was a Close-n-Play.

10.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Latinos in Tampa Bay celebrate Bad Bunny making history at Super Bowl LX Bad Bunny brought pride and celebration to Latinos across the U.S. with his historic Super Bowl halftime performance.

Every story about aggrieved Kid Rock halftime-show watchers should be matched with a piece on the local parties where people were overwhelmingly excited about Bad Bunny www.tampabay28.com/news/region-...

09.02.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 428    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7

I am more of an macadam man, but in general the history of pavement and roads is fascinating.

09.02.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, didn't mean to get my cynicism on your timeline. I'll clean it up.

09.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't it pretty to think so. But in my experience (30+ years twixt academia and museums) work on public history projects rarely gets counted toward tenure and often gets marked against you ("if it doesn't have footnotes it doesn't count!").

09.02.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Google "Baby Groupies"

04.02.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And by "job" you mean endless adjunct contracts supplemented by the best "alt-ac" jobs the gig economy can offer.

04.02.2026 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Venn diagram of male inductees in the R-n-R Hall of Fame and pedophilia is pretty much a circle, too. You don't think that Drugs, Sex, and Rock and Roll included adult women do you? Iggy Pop wrote a song about sleeping with a 13yo.(which he did) Now his music is used to sell family cruises.

04.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Landmark' elephant bone finding in Spain may be from time of Hannibal's war against Rome An elephant bone discovered in Spain may date to the time of Hannibal's battles against the Romans.

The discovery of an ancient elephant bone in Spain is the first "direct archaeological testimony" of war elephants being used from Hannibal's time, a new study reports. 🏺πŸ§ͺ🐘

03.02.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 308    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 11

I want to watch The Muppet Show.

02.02.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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