PJ Neal
@pjneal.bsky.social
By day: CEOs and corporate boards.
By night: Doctoral student at Northeastern University.
Even later at night: Historian and writer. Chef and baker. Muddling photographer. Woodworker who somehow still has all his fingers. Manservant to a cavapoo.
By night: Doctoral student at Northeastern University.
Even later at night: Historian and writer. Chef and baker. Muddling photographer. Woodworker who somehow still has all his fingers. Manservant to a cavapoo.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
Americans will use anything before they use metric.
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Americans will use anything before they use metric.
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girl your ancestors used to herd sheep and cattle in the snowy mountains, you can get off the sofa and go pee in the frost
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
girl your ancestors used to herd sheep and cattle in the snowy mountains, you can get off the sofa and go pee in the frost
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Growing up my friend lived on the same street as Wozniak and on Halloween he gave out full bars and we stanned for him then and we stan for him now.
Silicon Valley picked the wrong Steve to lionize.
Silicon Valley picked the wrong Steve to lionize.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Growing up my friend lived on the same street as Wozniak and on Halloween he gave out full bars and we stanned for him then and we stan for him now.
Silicon Valley picked the wrong Steve to lionize.
Silicon Valley picked the wrong Steve to lionize.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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whomst among us has never
My husband is currently losing an argument with a corgi.
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
whomst among us has never
“'If I swallowed every drop of water from the tower above your house,' Olivia had written, 'I would still thirst for you.' Unfortunately, the lack of a water tower on our Georgetown home’s roof ruled me out as the note’s intended recipient."
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“'If I swallowed every drop of water from the tower above your house,' Olivia had written, 'I would still thirst for you.' Unfortunately, the lack of a water tower on our Georgetown home’s roof ruled me out as the note’s intended recipient."
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
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Colleague just got an email that starts: "Here's a polished and respectful letter you can send to your professor"
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
![Dear [Professor’s Name],
I want to sincerely apologize for my actions regarding my midterm submission.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreiecvhzfgr4tlwyy2mvpbvjncqkysytwsxvidaoressh7peonoso3y@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Colleague just got an email that starts: "Here's a polished and respectful letter you can send to your professor"
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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hilarious graphic right now on msnbc as they call it in california
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
hilarious graphic right now on msnbc as they call it in california
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Relieved that voters resoundingly rejected this fascist bullshit.
Angry that we still have at least another year of it, probably another three, and that we're by no means in the clear.
Livid that it all could have been avoided if we had simply not reelected the asshole who tried a coup.
Angry that we still have at least another year of it, probably another three, and that we're by no means in the clear.
Livid that it all could have been avoided if we had simply not reelected the asshole who tried a coup.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Relieved that voters resoundingly rejected this fascist bullshit.
Angry that we still have at least another year of it, probably another three, and that we're by no means in the clear.
Livid that it all could have been avoided if we had simply not reelected the asshole who tried a coup.
Angry that we still have at least another year of it, probably another three, and that we're by no means in the clear.
Livid that it all could have been avoided if we had simply not reelected the asshole who tried a coup.
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in my experience, truly nice people are mostly concerned about being accidentally unkind and completely unconcerned about purposely delivering a haymaker when necessary
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
in my experience, truly nice people are mostly concerned about being accidentally unkind and completely unconcerned about purposely delivering a haymaker when necessary
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"[I]f disciplines move proactively, they can dramatize their central role, and show that our campuses are not just lovely places to scribble in blue books but sites where students discover things that aren’t yet contained in any model."
♥️
Approach AI with curiosity and a little wonder, not dread.
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Approach AI with curiosity and a little wonder, not dread.
Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
Opinion | AI Is the Future. Higher Ed Should Shape It.
If we want to stay at the forefront of knowledge production, we must fit technology to our needs.
www.chronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
"[I]f disciplines move proactively, they can dramatize their central role, and show that our campuses are not just lovely places to scribble in blue books but sites where students discover things that aren’t yet contained in any model."
♥️
Approach AI with curiosity and a little wonder, not dread.
♥️
Approach AI with curiosity and a little wonder, not dread.
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
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Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.
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Denmark has a cheat code in diplomacy
🇪🇬😃 The lucky Egyptian Foreign Minister receives a LEGO model of the Giza Pyramids from his Danish colleague, who arrived in Cairo for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum.
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Denmark has a cheat code in diplomacy
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just shared this in a group and realised it’s the anniversary of this absolute s tier tweet by @jon-snow-420.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
just shared this in a group and realised it’s the anniversary of this absolute s tier tweet by @jon-snow-420.bsky.social
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On the one hand: Interesting just how long post-imperial Britain could cling on to its relative economic position. On the other hand: Yikes.
www.ft.com/content/d70c...
www.ft.com/content/d70c...
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
On the one hand: Interesting just how long post-imperial Britain could cling on to its relative economic position. On the other hand: Yikes.
www.ft.com/content/d70c...
www.ft.com/content/d70c...
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“When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween.”
Happy #Halloween all 🎃
🎨 'Jack Jill and Jol' by Margaryta Yermolayeva
Happy #Halloween all 🎃
🎨 'Jack Jill and Jol' by Margaryta Yermolayeva
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween.”
Happy #Halloween all 🎃
🎨 'Jack Jill and Jol' by Margaryta Yermolayeva
Happy #Halloween all 🎃
🎨 'Jack Jill and Jol' by Margaryta Yermolayeva
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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If I get a table at the @historians.org annual conference exhibit hall for Drafting the Past, will you come tell me your favorite piece of writing advice for a bonus episode?
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If I get a table at the @historians.org annual conference exhibit hall for Drafting the Past, will you come tell me your favorite piece of writing advice for a bonus episode?