PastelBoombox
@pastelboombox.bsky.social
Knoxville by way of Nashville
History graduate student “for fun”
I have no idea what I am doing
History graduate student “for fun”
I have no idea what I am doing
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
Who sucked out the FEELING?
Who sucked out the FEELING?
Who sucked out the FEELING?
I don't mind the sun sometimes
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and sugary
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how to look
Through other people's eyes
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and sugary
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how to look
Through other people's eyes
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Who sucked out the FEELING?
Who sucked out the FEELING?
Who sucked out the FEELING?
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November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
Something good comes along, then it’s gone: Farewell, Todd Snider.
When I moved to East Nashville in 2012, legend had it that if you wanted to find Todd Snider, all you had to do was go to Drifter’s BBQ in Five Points, and he’d be there at the bar. Nashville always h...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
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Just heard Mike Keith's SAAAAAAAAAAAAACK call despite the soundproof glass separating the two of us.
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Just heard Mike Keith's SAAAAAAAAAAAAACK call despite the soundproof glass separating the two of us.
So lucky to have seen Todd Snider live multiple times, heartbroken that he is gone. At one of his shows at the Bijou in Knoxville, you could see he was soaking in the admiration and love from the audience and it was something special to see
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So lucky to have seen Todd Snider live multiple times, heartbroken that he is gone. At one of his shows at the Bijou in Knoxville, you could see he was soaking in the admiration and love from the audience and it was something special to see
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When SNAP benefits get partially or fully restored, please do not cancel any monetary or food donations you are making to local food banks. People are still going to need a lot of support.
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
When SNAP benefits get partially or fully restored, please do not cancel any monetary or food donations you are making to local food banks. People are still going to need a lot of support.
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Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
I’m finally seeing all these Chat GPT commercials everyone has been talking about. Let’s just suck all the emotion and effort out of everything. Do I get similar gifts from my husband all the time? Yes. Does he still take the time to try his best to be creative? Yes. And that part is the dang gift
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’m finally seeing all these Chat GPT commercials everyone has been talking about. Let’s just suck all the emotion and effort out of everything. Do I get similar gifts from my husband all the time? Yes. Does he still take the time to try his best to be creative? Yes. And that part is the dang gift
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In 1874, Mary Ewing Outerbridge brought home America’s first tennis set — and customs agents seized it.
She got it back, built a court on Staten Island, and changed women’s sports forever.
History turns on curiosity, persistence, and a little nerve.
Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/3brswyss🗃️
She got it back, built a court on Staten Island, and changed women’s sports forever.
History turns on curiosity, persistence, and a little nerve.
Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/3brswyss🗃️
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 1874, Mary Ewing Outerbridge brought home America’s first tennis set — and customs agents seized it.
She got it back, built a court on Staten Island, and changed women’s sports forever.
History turns on curiosity, persistence, and a little nerve.
Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/3brswyss🗃️
She got it back, built a court on Staten Island, and changed women’s sports forever.
History turns on curiosity, persistence, and a little nerve.
Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/3brswyss🗃️
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Released 33 years ago—Oct. 5-6, 1992. Share your favorite track in the comments!
October 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Released 33 years ago—Oct. 5-6, 1992. Share your favorite track in the comments!
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On this day in 1992, R.E.M. released their eighth studio album “Automatic for the People” featuring singles “Drive" “Man on the Moon" “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" “Everybody Hurts” Nightswimming" and “Find the River"
October 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
On this day in 1992, R.E.M. released their eighth studio album “Automatic for the People” featuring singles “Drive" “Man on the Moon" “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" “Everybody Hurts” Nightswimming" and “Find the River"
Maybe I missed my calling
My husband and I were talking about the game time last night, and we set the over/under on finish time at 8:10
September 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Maybe I missed my calling
Godot 2: Electric Whereareyoo
Waiting 4 Godot 2: Still Waiting
Waiting for Godot: The Hunt for Godot is the recently announced newest installment of the Godotverse. The long awaited sidequel follows Godot's adventures during the events of the original play.
September 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Godot 2: Electric Whereareyoo
Synchrony! On the timeline
September 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Synchrony! On the timeline
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Tigers interviewed a 91-year-old woman who was at her first game today.They asked her what it was like and she said “overwhelming, the park is so beautiful, and all players all look SO GOOD” which is exactly what I think when I watch baseball.
September 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Tigers interviewed a 91-year-old woman who was at her first game today.They asked her what it was like and she said “overwhelming, the park is so beautiful, and all players all look SO GOOD” which is exactly what I think when I watch baseball.
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Live footage of historians these days
a man is playing a game of frog dog at a carnival
Alt: a man playing Whac-A-Mole
media.tenor.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Live footage of historians these days
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“This song is nothing if it’s not a complete slagging off or a lampooning… a putting in place of where media has gotten us in 1994, what media has reached, where it’s at at this point.” - @michaelstipe.bsky.social
“WTFK?” was released this week in 1994.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkM...
“WTFK?” was released this week in 1994.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkM...
R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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September 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“This song is nothing if it’s not a complete slagging off or a lampooning… a putting in place of where media has gotten us in 1994, what media has reached, where it’s at at this point.” - @michaelstipe.bsky.social
“WTFK?” was released this week in 1994.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkM...
“WTFK?” was released this week in 1994.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkM...
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I think it’s good to read books and write things about those books. I even think we could design special classes where students get to read books, and write about them. Maybe there could be some departments and programs dedicated to it.
August 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I think it’s good to read books and write things about those books. I even think we could design special classes where students get to read books, and write about them. Maybe there could be some departments and programs dedicated to it.
Slightly diminish a band:
Old Crow Placebo Show
Old Crow Placebo Show
Slightly diminish a band:
Neutral Milk Motel
Neutral Milk Motel
Dead Can Kind of Sway From Side to Side
August 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
Old Crow Placebo Show
Old Crow Placebo Show
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There really are few things better than a lovingly maintained local history museum full of items donated by the community and staffed entirely by volunteers. Sincerely a joy, every time
August 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
There really are few things better than a lovingly maintained local history museum full of items donated by the community and staffed entirely by volunteers. Sincerely a joy, every time
That Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cinnadust commercial is horrifying, and makes me never ever want to buy it
August 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
That Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cinnadust commercial is horrifying, and makes me never ever want to buy it
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AI will never locate a new archive. It will never uncover a new source. It will never find a small, privately held collection of papers that can upend what we think we know about the past. It can never work with undigitized sources. It can never do real oral history or ethnography.
AI can only replace historians in the sense that it can spit out mediocre, plagiarized narrative that vaguely resembles history. It will never replace *good* historians. Unfortunately, many university presidents and CEOs don’t seem to care about the quality of work being done, only the quantity- 1/2
Just a reminder this list is drawn from a piece written by four researchers for MICROSOFT (data scientists, CS people, economists) who have never stepped foot in an archive/never taken an oral history/studied material culture, by their CVs.
Unlike them, I do my research, and don't talk out my ass.
Unlike them, I do my research, and don't talk out my ass.
August 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
AI will never locate a new archive. It will never uncover a new source. It will never find a small, privately held collection of papers that can upend what we think we know about the past. It can never work with undigitized sources. It can never do real oral history or ethnography.
Supplee Nut Carmola is my new band name
The past is a foreign country, truly.
“Supplee Nut Carmola
Has a reputation all its own
Try it today.”
Evening Journal (Wilmington, DE), Friday, March 20, 1925, p.24
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
“Supplee Nut Carmola
Has a reputation all its own
Try it today.”
Evening Journal (Wilmington, DE), Friday, March 20, 1925, p.24
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
July 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Supplee Nut Carmola is my new band name