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Sam Spinner

@samspinner.bsky.social

Yiddish, German, literature, art, monuments, museums. My book about 4 of the above: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33157 Associate Professor @ Johns Hopkins.

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It’s the only way to find out my office phone number.

04.11.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every family has its own insider language. For example, in my house β€œbookmark” means my business cards.

03.11.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Big issues with the natural matza processing.

31.10.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Machine learning book.

31.10.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Machine learning what?

31.10.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m looking to download a new Weltanschauung.

28.10.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you’re in the area and like cool books… featuring Dr. Mack Zalin of @jhulibraries.bsky.social and yours truly.

events.jhu.edu/form/hopkins...

27.10.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m thinking about building a collection of early modern ebooks.

27.10.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I now get more peer review requests every week than emails from LensCrafters.

24.10.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Group of Seven (artists) - Wikipedia

Very strange that the Group Seven early 20th century Canadian landscape painters are going viral.

23.10.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure why these cards went out of print.

13.10.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
https://il.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kedmatdena/source/catalog/auction/65766/lot/137665/share?lang=en

https://il.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/kedmatdena/source/catalog/auction/65766/lot/137665/share?lang=en

β€œHave mercy. Don’t be a nudnik.”

Ordering these immediately.

12.10.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My heritage word is β€œsukkah hop.”

06.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As it say in Proverbs: The pen of the just is as choice silver, the post-it of the wicked is little worth.

06.10.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure I’ll email you that info, lemme just jot down a reminder here on my Oblivionβ„’ Post-it notes.

06.10.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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These post-it notes are perfect for when you need a reminder that you’ve already forgotten the thing you wanted to remember.

05.10.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Building next year’s sukkah today.

03.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I set a personal best by building my sukkah yesterday. My new goal is to do Pesach cleaning before Yom Kippur.

29.09.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A large yellow warning road sign that reads "Joy Diversion"

A large yellow warning road sign that reads "Joy Diversion"

Roadworks will tear us apart, again

18.09.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 345    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 7

I just finished my kids’ Mike & Ikes.

16.09.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I burn most of my calories on Peloton fuming about genre taxonomy.

12.09.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And now imagine its Oder.

31.08.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAnd now imagine the scent of the Szczecin Lagoon.”

29.08.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My laser pointer didn’t work in class yesterday so instead I simply asked my students to visualize the course of the Oder River.

29.08.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We probably now need to consider the possibility that Shivchei habesht was actually written in old Norse.

28.08.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

very pleased to see Grimm's law in the neighborhood.

28.08.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...vi der heyliker Hervâr iz shpatsirn gegangen 🎢....

28.08.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Bluesky abridged: Have you heard about the Cracker Barrel at the University of Chicago?

25.08.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My fig tree runneth over.

25.08.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I started my semester with a root canal. How are you gonna beat that, ChatGPT?

22.08.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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