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English prof. 17th century stuff. Prairie son. Working on a cultural and material history of the birchbark canoe in the early modern Americas.
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Towards a history of the hammock: An Indigenous technology in the Atlantic world - postmedieval
When Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere beginning in the fifteenth century, they learned that Indigenous groups across the Caribbean and South America valued few technologies as much as the h...
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if you would like to read about early modern hammocks, it's publication day for the article the brilliant @marcynorton.bsky.social and I wrote about them! (open access)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
your periodic update to ARCHBISHOP/BISHOP WATCH. James Conley, Bishop of Lincoln reiterating the Catholic Church's opposition to the indiscriminate deportation raids being practiced by ICE and opposing the erection of a detention facility in Nebraska.
Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, expressed concern Aug. 22 about "safeguarding human dignity" of detainees after the state's governor announced plans for a migrant detention center dubbed "Cornhusker Clink."
Nebraska bishop concerned about 'Cornhusker Clink' for detainees
Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, expressed concern Aug. 22 about "safeguarding human dignity" of detainees after the state's governor announced plans for a migrant detention center dubbed "Co...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:54 AM
your periodic update to ARCHBISHOP/BISHOP WATCH. James Conley, Bishop of Lincoln reiterating the Catholic Church's opposition to the indiscriminate deportation raids being practiced by ICE and opposing the erection of a detention facility in Nebraska.
This tres leches cake recipe was a winner and has gone in my Permanent Recipes Binder. Very good labor:tastiness ratio and even though it's basically just a single-layer cake, it seems a bit fancy. Only mildly finicky thing is splitting the eggs + three separate hand-mixer uses
January 19, 2026 at 3:33 AM
This tres leches cake recipe was a winner and has gone in my Permanent Recipes Binder. Very good labor:tastiness ratio and even though it's basically just a single-layer cake, it seems a bit fancy. Only mildly finicky thing is splitting the eggs + three separate hand-mixer uses
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This is the first sentence of a book that I’ve just started reading.😳
January 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This is the first sentence of a book that I’ve just started reading.😳
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bluesky still not having pictures in dms is so funny. you will fall in love with me strictly from my letters
January 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
bluesky still not having pictures in dms is so funny. you will fall in love with me strictly from my letters
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trust me with the map @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social i can be trusted with the map gothamist.com/news/new-yor...
New York City is making a top secret map of everything under the street
With no centralized, comprehensive map to navigate the underground labyrinth, unexpected subterranean findings have cost the city millions of dollars and years of delays.
gothamist.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
trust me with the map @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social i can be trusted with the map gothamist.com/news/new-yor...
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Look for the helpers
Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest
A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.
www.artnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Look for the helpers
this yoga place I've been going to doesn't use "basic/intermediate/advanced" designations (un-Buddhist??) and instead prefers inscrutable euphemisms. This has led to me accidentally going to a beginner yoga class full of seniors and then almost dying in an advanced hot yoga situation
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
this yoga place I've been going to doesn't use "basic/intermediate/advanced" designations (un-Buddhist??) and instead prefers inscrutable euphemisms. This has led to me accidentally going to a beginner yoga class full of seniors and then almost dying in an advanced hot yoga situation
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dr pepper soup dumpling
January 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM
dr pepper soup dumpling
every possible explanation for this is hilarious. Hardened criminals with no interest in Pokemon deciding card collectors are a soft target? Hilarious. Someone loves Pikachu so much they turned to a life of crime? Hilarious.
January 19, 2026 at 12:06 AM
every possible explanation for this is hilarious. Hardened criminals with no interest in Pokemon deciding card collectors are a soft target? Hilarious. Someone loves Pikachu so much they turned to a life of crime? Hilarious.
I have two unavoidably outside-of-class-writing-heavy courses this semester--my first since the AI boom. One is for our university's composition gen ed (which you can add to a class to guarantee a lower enrollment cap) which requires 20 pages of outside of class writing. And one is a grad seminar.
January 18, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I have two unavoidably outside-of-class-writing-heavy courses this semester--my first since the AI boom. One is for our university's composition gen ed (which you can add to a class to guarantee a lower enrollment cap) which requires 20 pages of outside of class writing. And one is a grad seminar.
When my dog returns to the house she always runs directly to the corner where her bones are, to check they are still there. Boyfriend is the same with the Trader Joe's snack shelf when I've been working from home.
January 17, 2026 at 9:03 PM
When my dog returns to the house she always runs directly to the corner where her bones are, to check they are still there. Boyfriend is the same with the Trader Joe's snack shelf when I've been working from home.
gay group text now discussing which of the Peter Jackson movie hobbits is the hottest and if each actor is hotter when hobbit-sized vs. person-sized. I now understand why people ask their families to burn their correspondence when they die
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
gay group text now discussing which of the Peter Jackson movie hobbits is the hottest and if each actor is hotter when hobbit-sized vs. person-sized. I now understand why people ask their families to burn their correspondence when they die
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Kate and Janelle - Star Witness by Neko Case (in P.C.V.S. stairwell)
YouTube video by jaredraab
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January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
my boyfriend and his sister watched The Nanny over Christmas break and now my algorithm is constantly suggesting things in the category of "MORE LIKE: THE NANNY"
January 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
my boyfriend and his sister watched The Nanny over Christmas break and now my algorithm is constantly suggesting things in the category of "MORE LIKE: THE NANNY"
learned that Jim Shapiro, who taught me at Columbia, is retiring this spring. He did not spend a ton of time with PhD students--a deliberate choice--but when he did, he was a great teacher. And I have always really respected the way his writing blended together public-facing accessibility and rigor
January 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM
learned that Jim Shapiro, who taught me at Columbia, is retiring this spring. He did not spend a ton of time with PhD students--a deliberate choice--but when he did, he was a great teacher. And I have always really respected the way his writing blended together public-facing accessibility and rigor
From Cowley's "The Guardian"(1641): a man soliloquizes about needing more money: "Well, Captain, something must be done, unless a man could get true gems by drinking, or, like a mouse in a cheese, enlarge his house-room by eating." Love the image of the mouse, paradoxically enriched by consumption!
January 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
From Cowley's "The Guardian"(1641): a man soliloquizes about needing more money: "Well, Captain, something must be done, unless a man could get true gems by drinking, or, like a mouse in a cheese, enlarge his house-room by eating." Love the image of the mouse, paradoxically enriched by consumption!
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A 1940s Anishnawbek birchbark box with quillwork and sweetgrass stitching.
January 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
A 1940s Anishnawbek birchbark box with quillwork and sweetgrass stitching.
Binghamton has gotten two HUGE donations in the last five years and they were from rich people who wanted 1. More AI on campus and 2. a baseball stadium. My kingdom for a rich person who wants to endow a freshman Great Books sequence with small classes.
Largest academic gift in Binghamton history to power new AI research center
Ahead of the 2026 State of the State, Gov. Hochul announced $55 million in funding for a new AI research center at Binghamton.
www.pressconnects.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Binghamton has gotten two HUGE donations in the last five years and they were from rich people who wanted 1. More AI on campus and 2. a baseball stadium. My kingdom for a rich person who wants to endow a freshman Great Books sequence with small classes.
I recommend periodically texting this to your artist friends and saying "why isn't your art more like this?"
painting of ET getting pelted with pinecones i did a few years ago
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I recommend periodically texting this to your artist friends and saying "why isn't your art more like this?"
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we are the daughters of the taco bell menu items you couldn't discontinue
July 24, 2023 at 4:43 AM
we are the daughters of the taco bell menu items you couldn't discontinue
grutch
For both did at their second sister grutch,
January 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
grutch
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Fit mate for such a mincing mineon,
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Fit mate for such a mincing mineon,
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Hardly could he endure his hardiment,
January 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Hardly could he endure his hardiment,
mysterious local graffiti (607 is the telephone area code for Binghamton)
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
mysterious local graffiti (607 is the telephone area code for Binghamton)
first day of classes is forecast to have a high temperature of 16 degrees Fahrenheit / -9 degrees Celsius. A bit brisk!!!!
January 17, 2026 at 5:17 AM
first day of classes is forecast to have a high temperature of 16 degrees Fahrenheit / -9 degrees Celsius. A bit brisk!!!!