Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D.
@jlphistory.bsky.social
Disability-based historian who is excited to be teaching some amazing students about dead people. Ask me about my dogs!
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Teenagers, Deaf People, & Archives! - A Book Haul for Teaching History (I know ALL the historians)
YouTube video by Joanna Loves History Books!
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Why do historians buy so many books? Is there an "end" to Canadian history? What does it mean to "do history" and why are edited collections an important part of that? What my first book haul video and find out!
#History #c19th #HistoryBookChat #disHist #HistChild 🗃️📚💙
#History #c19th #HistoryBookChat #disHist #HistChild 🗃️📚💙
I'm really enjoying my audio book and the dogs would sure love another walk and that means it's fine if I walk at 11 at night through the woods.
February 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I'm really enjoying my audio book and the dogs would sure love another walk and that means it's fine if I walk at 11 at night through the woods.
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THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
Y'all, I can't express how exhausted I am. I got my blood draw today. Surely that cannot account for being too tired to do anything but sleep all afternoon. There has to really be something wrong.
February 19, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Y'all, I can't express how exhausted I am. I got my blood draw today. Surely that cannot account for being too tired to do anything but sleep all afternoon. There has to really be something wrong.
"Flight attendants now receive half their hourly wage rate for 60 minutes of ground time on narrow-body aircraft and 70 minutes on wide-body planes. That is to rise to 60 per cent of the hourly wage rate in April, 65 per cent in 2027 and 70 per cent in 2028."
Finally. Now do every other airline.
Finally. Now do every other airline.
Arbitrator settles flight attendant wages at Air Canada
An arbitrator reviewing wages for flight attendants at Air Canada has finalized rates at the airline, bringing an end to the labour dispute that saw travel disrupted for thousands of people last summe...
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February 18, 2026 at 8:08 PM
"Flight attendants now receive half their hourly wage rate for 60 minutes of ground time on narrow-body aircraft and 70 minutes on wide-body planes. That is to rise to 60 per cent of the hourly wage rate in April, 65 per cent in 2027 and 70 per cent in 2028."
Finally. Now do every other airline.
Finally. Now do every other airline.
Good morning! Spring Break is half over already. :(
February 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Good morning! Spring Break is half over already. :(
So now I'm reading a book about dinosaurs instead of recording my lecture and I'm feeling a bit reviewer #2 about it. Has the author considered writing the book just slightly differently but in a way that has more Canadians in it?
Footnote and Index are sleeping in ways that make it impossible for me to get out of bed without disturbing one of them and how do I choose?
February 18, 2026 at 7:48 AM
So now I'm reading a book about dinosaurs instead of recording my lecture and I'm feeling a bit reviewer #2 about it. Has the author considered writing the book just slightly differently but in a way that has more Canadians in it?
Footnote and Index are sleeping in ways that make it impossible for me to get out of bed without disturbing one of them and how do I choose?
February 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Footnote and Index are sleeping in ways that make it impossible for me to get out of bed without disturbing one of them and how do I choose?
Reposted by Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D.
Got this done on my livestream yesterday. It's a Night Heron. I thought I might make a wallpaper version.
• Speedpaint
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• Speedpaint
• Artist Links
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February 17, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Got this done on my livestream yesterday. It's a Night Heron. I thought I might make a wallpaper version.
• Speedpaint
• Artist Links
• Website
• Speedpaint
• Artist Links
• Website
Reposted by Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D.
Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler!
Happy Mardi Gras from the…
Happy Mardi Gras from the…
March 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler!
Happy Mardi Gras from the…
Happy Mardi Gras from the…
I want to stand up and walk the dogs but it's snowing and I don't want to go out in the snow. :( But the dogs. The dogs deserve to be happy! But the snow. :(
February 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I want to stand up and walk the dogs but it's snowing and I don't want to go out in the snow. :( But the dogs. The dogs deserve to be happy! But the snow. :(
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archival photographic research is so important and beautiful
what if i told you, through the power of forensic analysis, we are closer than ever to knowing the exact Far Side cartoon that is making Sting smile in this iconic photo. 🧵 👇
February 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
archival photographic research is so important and beautiful
it's snowing. Why is it snowing? I live on Vancouver Island I should be exempt from snow.
February 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
it's snowing. Why is it snowing? I live on Vancouver Island I should be exempt from snow.
There's something so kind about a student who books a meeting with you to explain that they're dropping your course because they're struggling with the online aspect (me too!) but want to assure you that they enjoyed your lectures and want to take a class with you in the fall.
Good choices!
Good choices!
February 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
There's something so kind about a student who books a meeting with you to explain that they're dropping your course because they're struggling with the online aspect (me too!) but want to assure you that they enjoyed your lectures and want to take a class with you in the fall.
Good choices!
Good choices!
Does anyone else put little videos in their lectures that both allow you to mention how historically accurate Stardew Valley is and to give your poor throat a break? Asking because I certainly do not ever do that.
February 17, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Does anyone else put little videos in their lectures that both allow you to mention how historically accurate Stardew Valley is and to give your poor throat a break? Asking because I certainly do not ever do that.
Alright, I'm recording the lecture I meant to do last week but couldn't because I had too much fun teaching & lost my voice & also b/c I'm going to die from lack of sunlight any day now. Wish me luck! It has references to The Craft (1996) & uses three - THREE - works by @historianmairi.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Alright, I'm recording the lecture I meant to do last week but couldn't because I had too much fun teaching & lost my voice & also b/c I'm going to die from lack of sunlight any day now. Wish me luck! It has references to The Craft (1996) & uses three - THREE - works by @historianmairi.bsky.social
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When you go for a walk on a February-melt day, and the dog jumps onto a low retaining wall, and jauntily trots the entire block-long length of it, never once looking at you, until he reaches the corner and suddenly realizes that he is very very stuck...
February 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM
When you go for a walk on a February-melt day, and the dog jumps onto a low retaining wall, and jauntily trots the entire block-long length of it, never once looking at you, until he reaches the corner and suddenly realizes that he is very very stuck...
I'm procrastinating very hard today & that makes me want to get into fights with people on here because some people are just wrong.
Anyway I made a really tasty savourty oatmeal today and while I should be filling out some overdue paperwork I think I will read a book. We should all do that instead.
Anyway I made a really tasty savourty oatmeal today and while I should be filling out some overdue paperwork I think I will read a book. We should all do that instead.
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I'm procrastinating very hard today & that makes me want to get into fights with people on here because some people are just wrong.
Anyway I made a really tasty savourty oatmeal today and while I should be filling out some overdue paperwork I think I will read a book. We should all do that instead.
Anyway I made a really tasty savourty oatmeal today and while I should be filling out some overdue paperwork I think I will read a book. We should all do that instead.
Footnote is so excited she lost her ears again.
February 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Footnote is so excited she lost her ears again.
Because I'm not teaching tomorrow I spent the afternoon knitting a really complicated lace shawl and I'm sure the AI "art" bros don't think that's art.
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Because I'm not teaching tomorrow I spent the afternoon knitting a really complicated lace shawl and I'm sure the AI "art" bros don't think that's art.
$15 for a row counter?! For $15 I can find someone to count the rows for me!!!
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
$15 for a row counter?! For $15 I can find someone to count the rows for me!!!
Well, I'm not happy with this syllabus but as I tell my students - it doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be done.
Good night, folks. Have a good February 15th. We're more than halfway through this wretched month.
Good night, folks. Have a good February 15th. We're more than halfway through this wretched month.
February 15, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Well, I'm not happy with this syllabus but as I tell my students - it doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be done.
Good night, folks. Have a good February 15th. We're more than halfway through this wretched month.
Good night, folks. Have a good February 15th. We're more than halfway through this wretched month.
The "innovative learning AI chat bot" seems evil to me. Yes, yes, I'm looking for guidance on writing learning outcomes, but I think I should use my DOZENS OF YEARS OF EDUCATION to do that.
February 15, 2026 at 4:49 AM
The "innovative learning AI chat bot" seems evil to me. Yes, yes, I'm looking for guidance on writing learning outcomes, but I think I should use my DOZENS OF YEARS OF EDUCATION to do that.
Does anyone want to suggest a great title for a course in the LGBTQ history of Canada that will get DOZENS AND DOZENS of students to want to take it so I get asked to offer it and make it a repeated course? I am bad at names for things that aren't dogs.
February 15, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Does anyone want to suggest a great title for a course in the LGBTQ history of Canada that will get DOZENS AND DOZENS of students to want to take it so I get asked to offer it and make it a repeated course? I am bad at names for things that aren't dogs.