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She/Her HIST/PHIL faculty at a Texas CC. Lover of old garden roses, Austen, Tolkien, sci-fi, romance, history, and philosophy. Ed.D in Educational Technology. I read a lot. πŸ’™πŸ“šπŸŽπŸ›οΈπŸ—ƒοΈ

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June Lockhart, 'Lassie' and 'Lost in Space' Actress Who Was One of the Last Surviving Stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 100 June Lockhart has died at the age of 100. One of the last stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, she appeared in 'Meet Me in St. Louis' and 'A Christmas Carol,' and she also starred on the TV series 'Lass...

June Lockhart, "Lassie" and "Lost in Space" actress who was one of the last surviving stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, has died at 100

25.10.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1689    πŸ” 462    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 70

So glad to hear your commentary on this timeless show. So many of us still love it and it's a pleasure to hear media literate people encounter the Buffy universe.

24.10.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#academicsky #philsky #edusky

24.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Coming up: The life & thought of "England's first feminist" with @allauren.bsky.social from McMaster University, author of "Mary Astell on Bad Custom and Epistemic Injustice" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

#PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy

24.10.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Remember, if someone has the unmitigated gall to claim that spending the entire weekend reading Agatha Christie, drinking multiple cups of tea, and consuming a copious amount of pastries β€œdoesn’t sound exciting", then your well-being is simply not important to them.

24.10.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 527    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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"Where am I, and what is the time?" he said aloud to the ceiling. "In the House of Elrond, and it is ten o'clock in the morning." said a voice. "It is the morning of October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know." #Tolkien #BookSky

Image: "Rivendell - The Riders" by @donatoarts.bsky.social

24.10.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

β€œI am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, β€˜What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, β€˜I'd rather die.’” 🫑

23.10.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11259    πŸ” 3328    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 322
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If you want to know what AI in the university will look like, you can go back and watch 1985's "Real Genius."

23.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope independent film rises in the wake of this destruction of main stream cinema.

23.10.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Project Gutenberg is one of those places that exemplifies what the internet was initially all about: studying, preserving, and celebrating the arts, especially the written word, and Greg Newby was a huge part of that.

Thank you, Greg, and rest well.

23.10.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 594    πŸ” 218    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you!

23.10.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it only on Amazon? Not finding the ebooks on Kobo.

23.10.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.

The AWS outage bricked people's $2,700 smartbeds, leaving them in a reclining position or with the heat up. People were unable to use them, basically. A GitHub repo exists that lets people operate their beds without reliance on the normal infrastructure

www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...

22.10.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 639    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 367
a light blond golden retriever puppy wearing an olive green beanie sits on a picnic table in a park. the trees in the background are green and orange with fall foliage. his floppy green beanie is pulled down on his noggin, pressing a line of his fluffy forehead fur forward, and gluing his ears to the sides of his face. he looks ever so slightly downcast that no one understands him. photo credit wat.ki on instagram

a light blond golden retriever puppy wearing an olive green beanie sits on a picnic table in a park. the trees in the background are green and orange with fall foliage. his floppy green beanie is pulled down on his noggin, pressing a line of his fluffy forehead fur forward, and gluing his ears to the sides of his face. he looks ever so slightly downcast that no one understands him. photo credit wat.ki on instagram

This is Poet. He would have really crushed it as a barista in theΒ early to mid-2010s. Born in the wrong decade smh. 12/10

22.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7047    πŸ” 597    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 32

I got some excellent deals this morning! πŸ“½οΈ #CriterionCollection

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Assistant Professor of English, Medieval Studies (Texas State) | MEMOs Texas State University, Dept. of English

Assistant Professor of English, Medieval Studies (Texas State):

#medievalsky

memorients.com/news/assista...

22.10.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor of Spanish & Portuguese (Al-Andalus) | MEMOs Tulane University, New Orleans (USA)

Assistant Professor of Spanish & Portuguese (Al-Andalus), Tulane University:

#medievalsky

memorients.com/news/assista...

22.10.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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✨Mein Sehnen ✨
New piece I've done within Cynthia Sheppard's smARTschool class, featuring LΓΊthien TinΓΊviel from Tolkien's Silmarillion.

#art #juliametzgerart

22.10.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3058    πŸ” 643    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 8

I watched it through Amazon last year and was surprised at how much i enjoyed it. Great adaptation of your books!

22.10.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I forgot to sign up for this! 😭 #MurderbytheBook #Murderbot

22.10.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Much stronger. Yes. Might even say, "the strongest channeler in a 1,000 years."

21.10.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I miss her. Both of them.

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Assistant Professor of Political Science The Department of Political Science at North Carolina State University invites applications fora tenure-track position in political behavior to be filled at the rank of Assistant Professor beginningAu...

Better late than never! NCSU Dept of Political Science is hiring in political behavior at the assistant level. We are particularly interested in scholars who specialize in group or identity politics but are also open to other areas. I am on the committee and happy to answer any questions!

20.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't even get in to Canvas to extend deadlines, but the grading deadline is apocalyptic. #EduSky 🍎

20.10.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course grades are due tomorrow morning for half term classes and Canvas is down due to AWS.

I was ready to start my grading marathon at 7:30am… it’s almost noon.

I have 40+ final projects to grade 😩

#academicsky #aws

20.10.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

20.10.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7809    πŸ” 2367    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 87

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

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πŸ—ƒοΈ

20.10.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor in Digital and Early American History, Department of History, College of A&S Assistant Professor in Digital and Early American History, Department of History, College of A&S

It's been a while, but I have exciting news! Our department is hiring a Digital Historian with a specialization in Early America. Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity within your networks. #DigitalHistory #DH #HigherEdJobs

jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...

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