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Dr. Scott Caddy

@profbeards.bsky.social

Scholar, educator, digital enthusiast, used bookstore lover.

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Wish Gibson didn’t bite so hard on those dekes, but we somehow got a point out of a game we were out of until that weird bounce.

30.01.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ah well at least we restructured the entire contemporary university, the product of many centuries of slowly accumulating human ingenuity, to boost this

20.01.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 485    πŸ” 189    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Please, I do not want a robotic taxi or a machine to write my emails. I just want affordable healthcare and maybe some fresh produce.

12.01.2026 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 405    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Increasingly convinced that ChatGPT should be shut down and its CEO should be charged as an accessory to many, many crimes.

06.01.2026 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 174    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy birthday to one of the most prolific literary masterminds - Jane AustenπŸ–ŠοΈπŸŽ‰

Which Austen novel should we all read at least once? And which one should we read at least once...every year?

Check out all our Austen novels here (and grab one for your holiday reading!) - buff.ly/E0L5UUB

16.12.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Come in!" exclaimed the Ghost. "Come in, and know me better, man."Β 

#AChristmasCarolΒ 
#CharlesDickens

12.12.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This quote from George Saunders just immediately became part of how I view writing and the world: β€œI started to understand writing as a kind of sacrament, by which we remind ourselves that the person we happen to be, at this moment, through habit, is not the limit of who we might become.”

12.12.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

The body language is palpable too. Too many guys just looking like it’s the norm to make these mistakes, while others just getting deflated when they put in good work in the offensive zone, only to watch a bad breakout turn into an instant goal against.

28.11.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Disinterested**

28.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same as always, as far as what went wrong. Defense looking soft and is interested. Can’t stop tips in front ever (does anyone even care to okay D in front of the net, or no?)

28.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The defense is a joke once you get past the 1st pair now. Not playing as a unit (almost never) and whatever intangibles Hamonic brings to the table don’t translate into passable defense by any metric. Depth veterans looking like passengers at times…

27.11.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I honestly get nervous when he *can* see the shot because he seems so low-energy about making a save. Sure, deflections and a bad team in front of him most nights, but night and day effort between him and Cam.

21.11.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn, I must construct additional pylons…

10.11.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
II. Time Passes (from To the Lighthouse)

II. Time Passes (from To the Lighthouse)

Never recovering from this page

09.11.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7

Definitely started on our heels, and didn’t look good until the end of the 2nd. Gassed in the 3rd from chasing for nearly two periods.

23.10.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The next Central DF meeting is at The Charterhouse in London at 6pm on Tuesday 28th October, when Dr Jeremy Parrott will talk on 'David Coppperfield Unbound in 10 objects' - based upon his recently published book.

22.10.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you watched this yet? What did you think? Let us know in the comments here, and please Like and Subscribe on YouTube, if you can. Thank you.

22.10.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The magnificent Summer 2025 edition of The Dickensian is devoted to commemorating the 100th anniversary of London’s Charles Dickens Museum, and it should be with subscribers shortly πŸŽ‰

31.08.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Always JB β€” Trans and unhoused people deserve our respect, care, and protection. Anything else is fascism and cruelty. (Thanks Crow 2.0 ❀️😎)

28.08.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
1803 engraving of a balloon aflame with people falling out and onlookers pointing.

1803 engraving of a balloon aflame with people falling out and onlookers pointing.

Going into the fall semester like….

25.08.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dickens: the main character’s name is β€œMartin”

Editor: oh thank god, finally a normal name

Dickens:

Editor: wait. What is his last name?

Dickens:

Editor: Charles, what is his last name???

31.07.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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How did Jane Austen die? Even after two centuries, nobody knows. Fevers, fatigue, and a changing complexion? Why modern doctors are still trying to make sense of the symptoms the celebrated novelist experienced before her death at age 41.

How did Jane Austen die? ASU's @devoney.bsky.social, an Austen biographer, believes that breast cancer may be a β€œplausible diagnosis,” since it β€œwas not uncommon” in Austen’s era and may have run in her family.

Read more in National Geographic magazine: ow.ly/Gjcg50WsOyX #ASUHumanities

24.07.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maintain dissent.

18.07.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Narrator: Sadly, the DH project ran out of grant funding before meaningfully returning to infrastructure. #DH2025

15.07.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Not wrong at all!

10.07.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It should also raise the alarm for all of AI: If people like Musk are willing to weigh its AI to become mecha-hitler, they're probably also willing to weigh it to support their business interests.

09.07.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1246    πŸ” 286    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6
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Gad's Hill Place | Charles Dickens House | Gravesend Road, Higham, Rochester, UK Gad's Hill Place - the home of Charles Dickens - is open to the public one weekend each month between April and October. Booking is essential.

New Gad’s Hill tour date for the diary…our next tours will be on Saturday 19th July. If you would like to see Dickens’s study and eat biscuits in his conservatory you can find the booking link here:
www.gadshillplace.co.uk

06.07.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stories from the Library: The Tales Through Time | The Huntington The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is a tourist attraction and collections-based educational and research institution.

"Stories from the Library: The Tales Through Time" exhibicioun at The Huntington
www.huntington.org/exhibitions/...

03.07.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

25.06.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 28538    πŸ” 4244    πŸ’¬ 636    πŸ“Œ 415

Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral β€œtools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators

21.06.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8131    πŸ” 2522    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 100

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