Joseph Gagné, Ph. D.

Q. Why does Marie Antoinette look a bit grim-faced?

A. Because it's Bastille Day. Holiday in France today to commemorate the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 in the French Revolution.

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In a moviescape poisoned by rampant cynicism, the new Superman is a breath of fresh air. The hopeful legacy of the Reeves' version is back!

And yet, I'd trade it all to be back in my highschool computer lab, marvelling at how I could reach beyond my tiny isolated hometown and chat freely with people also interested in aquarium fish, monsters, movies... We used to flee reality online. Now we use reality to flee the Internet.

Jesus I feel you so hard.
I'm also tired of being told to be grateful. For what? No one handed me anything. I worked my ass off for what little I got back. Still do. We deserve every scrap the last generation left us.

I can't get enough of his little dance.

Fullbright maybe?

Programme Québec–États-Unis de bourses universitaires Programme de subvention destiné aux universités et aux collèges américains afin de promouvoir et de développer les études sur le Québec aux États-Unis.

This too: www.quebec.ca/education/un...

Only thing I found: www.fondation.banq.qc.ca/programme-de...

He did produce it... But poor Richard Donner being left behind by journalists...

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Making new business cards.

Thank god for my last minute proofreading: apparently you CAN misspell Ph. D.

(for the curious: I wrote Phd. D.)

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My Lilo & Stitch review

Original L&S animated movie > L&S Remake > All the other Disney remakes.

Now, can Disney finally get back to original programming?

Quand je dis que l'i.a. nous abrutis, c'est pas des farces.

À quoi ressemblent mes étudiants quand je les oblige d'aller à la bibliothèque et de lâcher l'internet deux secondes en consultant "des antiquités"...

THE DOOR.

Reminds me of this:

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I have the much more ambitious goal of stalking senior academics to drink free wine post-conference.

Sounds like the conference will rhyme with fun ;)

YouTube video by Peter Menard F for Fake - Orson Welles, Chartres Cathedral

I never tire of the dignified poetry of Welle's observations on mankind.

"Go on singing. Maybe a man's name doesn't matter all that much."

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@stephpettigrew.bsky.social you're such a bad influence.

YouTube video by Pangea DX The Office Theme from the Movie Brazil by Terry Gilliam

Help.
I have the theme from Brazil stuck in my head.
What does it mean.

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Jackie Smith de nouveau candidate à la mairie de Québec: «crinquée comme jamais» pour la mobilité et l’environnement La cheffe de Transition Québec, Jackie Smith, se lance de nouveau à la mairie de Québec avec en ligne de mire la mobilité et le logement.

Jackie Smith de nouveau candidate à la mairie de Québec: «crinquée comme jamais» pour la mobilité et l’environnement (@vdesbiensjdq.bsky.social)

so basically all copyrights and patents in the US are void because whatever comes out of that AI will be infringing on anything and everything that has ever been sent

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I thought the goal of all my years spent mastering paleography was to teach students how to read old writing, not to help me read theirs... #gradingtime

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I am severely disappointed.

I was having lunch with a paleontologist friend.
She goes on and on about mosasaurs and plesiosaurs.

I leaned in, eyes narrowed, and asked: "BUT have you found a magical liopleurodon?"

"No." she replied most seriously.

Feels like I wasted a kidney.

Call the Pope!

Ok, so a Ken doll-sized wig. :p

Because of Trump’s firings and gutting of federal agencies, the Congressionally-appointed U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission now lacks representation from NEA, NEH, IMLS, National Archives, and the LOC. Along with all the new cabinet agencies on the Commission. It’s about controlling 250.

The thing about the 17th century being current, is that you never want the 17th century to be current. * cough * tariffs *cough*

I don't know what disturbs me more: this t-shirt, or the fact that I get all the references from years of visiting Chicago 🤣