Dave Ferguson
@daveferguson.bsky.social
Not as bad as you might think. Tangential. Instructional design, job aids, Ensampler.com. May be related to Alistair MacLeod. Francophonesque. Pic: Dad.
Chì mi Ceap Breatuinn, mo luaidh,
Fada bhuam, thar an t-sàil.
Chì mi Ceap Breatuinn, mo luaidh,
Fada bhuam, thar an t-sàil.
Evernote wants $310 Canadian for "Advanced?" You guys still haven't gotten your text-format icons right!
12,000 "workspaces," huh?
As my dad said when offered overpriced sports tickets, I wouldn't pay $310 to see the Detroit Lions play the twelve apostles.
12,000 "workspaces," huh?
As my dad said when offered overpriced sports tickets, I wouldn't pay $310 to see the Detroit Lions play the twelve apostles.
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Evernote wants $310 Canadian for "Advanced?" You guys still haven't gotten your text-format icons right!
12,000 "workspaces," huh?
As my dad said when offered overpriced sports tickets, I wouldn't pay $310 to see the Detroit Lions play the twelve apostles.
12,000 "workspaces," huh?
As my dad said when offered overpriced sports tickets, I wouldn't pay $310 to see the Detroit Lions play the twelve apostles.
Reposted by Dave Ferguson
Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela - The Lesson for Canada
Make no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law.
charlieangus.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
*** Tangent Alert ***
After reading a few comments (and posting my own), I recalled a candidate referral I learned about in the late 70s, when I worked in Amtrak's corporate training department.
We were next door to the personnel department, and I got to know some of the people there.
After reading a few comments (and posting my own), I recalled a candidate referral I learned about in the late 70s, when I worked in Amtrak's corporate training department.
We were next door to the personnel department, and I got to know some of the people there.
This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.
January 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
*** Tangent Alert ***
After reading a few comments (and posting my own), I recalled a candidate referral I learned about in the late 70s, when I worked in Amtrak's corporate training department.
We were next door to the personnel department, and I got to know some of the people there.
After reading a few comments (and posting my own), I recalled a candidate referral I learned about in the late 70s, when I worked in Amtrak's corporate training department.
We were next door to the personnel department, and I got to know some of the people there.
Reposted by Dave Ferguson
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
In case you haven't gathered all your supplies for New Year's Eve, here's a fine version of a traditional melody to that song by Robert Burns.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSW...
Auld Lang Syne
YouTube video by Eddi Reader - Topic
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December 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
In case you haven't gathered all your supplies for New Year's Eve, here's a fine version of a traditional melody to that song by Robert Burns.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSW...
Every other Christmas or so, Robert Frost ambles in for a visit, and I remember three-cent trees and dollar friends.
Christmas Trees | The Poetry Foundation
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57834/...
Christmas Trees | The Poetry Foundation
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57834/...
Christmas Trees
The city had withdrawn into itself And left at last the country to the country; When between whirls of snow not come to lie And whirls of foliage not yet laid, there drove A stranger to our yard, who ...
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December 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Every other Christmas or so, Robert Frost ambles in for a visit, and I remember three-cent trees and dollar friends.
Christmas Trees | The Poetry Foundation
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57834/...
Christmas Trees | The Poetry Foundation
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57834/...
Six-word answer:
"Musk's smart, and I'm smarter." - Trump
"Musk's smart, and I'm smarter." - Trump
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Six-word answer:
"Musk's smart, and I'm smarter." - Trump
"Musk's smart, and I'm smarter." - Trump
Reposted by Dave Ferguson
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
I don't like traveling on holidays, but this is the kind of song that makes the effort bearable.
"There is no one to meet me
Yet I'm all but surrounded
By the tears and embracing
By the joy unbounded..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxgs...
"There is no one to meet me
Yet I'm all but surrounded
By the tears and embracing
By the joy unbounded..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxgs...
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don't like traveling on holidays, but this is the kind of song that makes the effort bearable.
"There is no one to meet me
Yet I'm all but surrounded
By the tears and embracing
By the joy unbounded..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxgs...
"There is no one to meet me
Yet I'm all but surrounded
By the tears and embracing
By the joy unbounded..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxgs...
@scalzi.com Hey, does this fall under Fair Use? ;-)
In a spirited address to the nation, President Trump announced his plans to increase the moon by 800% and called for the execution of the California Raisins.
December 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
@scalzi.com Hey, does this fall under Fair Use? ;-)
Happy birthday to someone who's brought great pleasure to untold people--both directly, through his teaching and his books, and indirectly as others benefit from the first group's following his signature wish, "Happy cooking."
Jacques Pépin, 90 years old today.
Jacques Pépin, 90 years old today.
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Happy birthday to someone who's brought great pleasure to untold people--both directly, through his teaching and his books, and indirectly as others benefit from the first group's following his signature wish, "Happy cooking."
Jacques Pépin, 90 years old today.
Jacques Pépin, 90 years old today.
It took more than 12 years after saying "in the public square... the days of fat, balding Irish bishops are over" for this FBIB to get nudged off of that square.
Now he has more leisure to continue praising "modern-day St. Paul" the same Charlie Kirk who called Pope Francis a Marxist.
Now he has more leisure to continue praising "modern-day St. Paul" the same Charlie Kirk who called Pope Francis a Marxist.
Our long Catholic Church nightmare will soon finally be over, @johncluverius.bsky.social
Pope Leo to accept Cardinal Dolan’s resignation, possibly name Illinois bishop to lead NY Archdiocese: sources
Pope Leo to accept Cardinal Dolan’s resignation, possibly name Illinois bishop to lead NY Archdiocese: sources
Exclusive | Pope Leo to accept Cardinal Dolan’s resignation, possibly name Illinois bishop to lead NY Archdiocese: sources
Bishop Ron Hicks from the Diocese of Joliet is in the running to replace Timothy Cardinal Dolan at the Archdiocese of New York, insiders tell The Post.
nypost.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It took more than 12 years after saying "in the public square... the days of fat, balding Irish bishops are over" for this FBIB to get nudged off of that square.
Now he has more leisure to continue praising "modern-day St. Paul" the same Charlie Kirk who called Pope Francis a Marxist.
Now he has more leisure to continue praising "modern-day St. Paul" the same Charlie Kirk who called Pope Francis a Marxist.
I’m impressed with Susie Wiles’s “candor,” though the term that floated into my mind was “mikewashing.”
She’s just an admin, right? None of this is her doing, much less her problem.
She has merely done whatever her grudge-ridden, needy, unfit, destructive wanted.
She’s just an admin, right? None of this is her doing, much less her problem.
She has merely done whatever her grudge-ridden, needy, unfit, destructive wanted.
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’m impressed with Susie Wiles’s “candor,” though the term that floated into my mind was “mikewashing.”
She’s just an admin, right? None of this is her doing, much less her problem.
She has merely done whatever her grudge-ridden, needy, unfit, destructive wanted.
She’s just an admin, right? None of this is her doing, much less her problem.
She has merely done whatever her grudge-ridden, needy, unfit, destructive wanted.
Not all that surprising, but detailed and interesting. I have a family member still using the PC version of Picasa — all photos stored locally.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Why your early 2000s photos are probably lost forever
If you used a digital camera in the early 2000s, there's a good chance whole chapters of your life have been erased.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Not all that surprising, but detailed and interesting. I have a family member still using the PC version of Picasa — all photos stored locally.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I'm not Irish. I can't speak #Irish, but I love being able to converse in French. For about a week I've been energized by the enthusiasm and advocacy of Hector Ó hEochagáin in this segment from the Ireland AM television program:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrV...
The Irish Language Is Making a Comeback! Hector Ó hEochagáin on Why It’s Thriving Again
YouTube video by Ireland AM
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm not Irish. I can't speak #Irish, but I love being able to converse in French. For about a week I've been energized by the enthusiasm and advocacy of Hector Ó hEochagáin in this segment from the Ireland AM television program:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrV...
@clairewillett.bsky.social Just in case this hasn't crossed your radar, I love this "Rorate" from my treasured A Scottish Christmas album.
youtu.be/K2tKEXOzN3s
youtu.be/K2tKEXOzN3s
Rorate
YouTube video by Bonnie Rideout - Topic
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December 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@clairewillett.bsky.social Just in case this hasn't crossed your radar, I love this "Rorate" from my treasured A Scottish Christmas album.
youtu.be/K2tKEXOzN3s
youtu.be/K2tKEXOzN3s
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Merriam quits the high-stakes world of lexicography to teach at a college in Springfield, MA…where Webster just became the head librarian.
She shows him that ‘love’ isn’t that hard to find…if you know where to look it up.
“A Merriam Little Christmas 2: Collegiate Edition.”
She shows him that ‘love’ isn’t that hard to find…if you know where to look it up.
“A Merriam Little Christmas 2: Collegiate Edition.”
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Merriam quits the high-stakes world of lexicography to teach at a college in Springfield, MA…where Webster just became the head librarian.
She shows him that ‘love’ isn’t that hard to find…if you know where to look it up.
“A Merriam Little Christmas 2: Collegiate Edition.”
She shows him that ‘love’ isn’t that hard to find…if you know where to look it up.
“A Merriam Little Christmas 2: Collegiate Edition.”
I saw mention in my feed of a boss who created a nickname for himself and tried to get his staff to use it.
Didn't work.
But it reminded me of the best names I ever heard for a Right Hand Guy / Bad Boss pair:
"Moose and Squirrel."
Didn't work.
But it reminded me of the best names I ever heard for a Right Hand Guy / Bad Boss pair:
"Moose and Squirrel."
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I saw mention in my feed of a boss who created a nickname for himself and tried to get his staff to use it.
Didn't work.
But it reminded me of the best names I ever heard for a Right Hand Guy / Bad Boss pair:
"Moose and Squirrel."
Didn't work.
But it reminded me of the best names I ever heard for a Right Hand Guy / Bad Boss pair:
"Moose and Squirrel."
This is a *fabulous* test of the Frost Giants of Autocomplete: if they're wrong in stupid ways for stuff you know, why would you use them for stuff you don't?
Also I check to see what it hallucinates about me and/or my work, because that's a useful way to gauge how little to trust it on subjects where my domain knowledge is less complete than it is about, well, me.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is a *fabulous* test of the Frost Giants of Autocomplete: if they're wrong in stupid ways for stuff you know, why would you use them for stuff you don't?
My knowledge of the Talmud comes from two courses taught by rabbis when I was an undergrad, but I love the flow and the affection of all these comments and citations that clearly deserve to exist.
What are the mitzves of Thanks Giving, a festive meal, to eat the turkey bird, to hear the story of thepilgrim, to watch the football game. And some say to argue with an uncle.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My knowledge of the Talmud comes from two courses taught by rabbis when I was an undergrad, but I love the flow and the affection of all these comments and citations that clearly deserve to exist.
A new unit for measuring time!
One-fifth of a Scaramucci. Call it a Summers Span.
The time between your Careful Step of Contrition and the impact of the Rake of Consequence right in your all-too-public profile.
One-fifth of a Scaramucci. Call it a Summers Span.
The time between your Careful Step of Contrition and the impact of the Rake of Consequence right in your all-too-public profile.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A new unit for measuring time!
One-fifth of a Scaramucci. Call it a Summers Span.
The time between your Careful Step of Contrition and the impact of the Rake of Consequence right in your all-too-public profile.
One-fifth of a Scaramucci. Call it a Summers Span.
The time between your Careful Step of Contrition and the impact of the Rake of Consequence right in your all-too-public profile.
Imagine if a Democratic member of the House named Schmay Schmiggins had treated a citizen wearing a "TRUMP 2028 2032 2036" t-shirt in this manner.
The entire Freedom Caucus would have rushed out with fixed bayonets.
The entire Freedom Caucus would have rushed out with fixed bayonets.
Shame on Rep. Clay Higgins & shame on anyone who thinks this is acceptable.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Imagine if a Democratic member of the House named Schmay Schmiggins had treated a citizen wearing a "TRUMP 2028 2032 2036" t-shirt in this manner.
The entire Freedom Caucus would have rushed out with fixed bayonets.
The entire Freedom Caucus would have rushed out with fixed bayonets.
Reposted by Dave Ferguson
Are there any books explaining dementia to someone who is 5?
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Are there any books explaining dementia to someone who is 5?