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"...for as the uprising of that spirit drove the tyrant from our shores in 1776, so it has ever since arisen, and still will rise to deliver our country from the perils of the hour..."
(from the end of this 1903 booklet I recently narrated for Librivox
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(from the end of this 1903 booklet I recently narrated for Librivox
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rpg fundraising event-- starts next week!
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Robin Hood: DEATH TO TYRANTS! - a Daggerheart charity game.
The pathetic, crusade-dodging Prince John is abusing the power of the state to line his pockets and unleash a reign of terror on all who oppose him.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:29 AM
rpg fundraising event-- starts next week!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
"...for as the uprising of that spirit drove the tyrant from our shores in 1776, so it has ever since arisen, and still will rise to deliver our country from the perils of the hour..."
(from the end of this 1903 booklet I recently narrated for Librivox
librivox.org/the-tale-of-... )
(from the end of this 1903 booklet I recently narrated for Librivox
librivox.org/the-tale-of-... )
The Tale of the Spinning Wheel | LibriVox
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January 27, 2026 at 2:32 PM
"...for as the uprising of that spirit drove the tyrant from our shores in 1776, so it has ever since arisen, and still will rise to deliver our country from the perils of the hour..."
(from the end of this 1903 booklet I recently narrated for Librivox
librivox.org/the-tale-of-... )
(from the end of this 1903 booklet I recently narrated for Librivox
librivox.org/the-tale-of-... )
what sugary fuel will best keep me focused for the next several hours of finishing up all my tenure application documents on this everso exciting Friday night?
January 3, 2026 at 2:50 AM
what sugary fuel will best keep me focused for the next several hours of finishing up all my tenure application documents on this everso exciting Friday night?
as i watch a similarly peachy sunrise-in-progress, remembering this (more equinoxish, granted) one from a quarter of a lifetime ago.
happy solstice to all
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happy solstice to all
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a study in sunrises
if you stare at the sun too long, you can't see anything else even when you look away. this morning I took up a rather conspicuous place on ...
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December 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
as i watch a similarly peachy sunrise-in-progress, remembering this (more equinoxish, granted) one from a quarter of a lifetime ago.
happy solstice to all
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happy solstice to all
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and now, welcome to your irregularly scheduled end-of-semester burnout breakdown
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
and now, welcome to your irregularly scheduled end-of-semester burnout breakdown
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It’s here! The shortlist for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social
(We’ll also need your vote by midnight ET on Dec. 18 for which book you think should get a second shot at the 2026 Rooster!)
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(We’ll also need your vote by midnight ET on Dec. 18 for which book you think should get a second shot at the 2026 Rooster!)
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The 2026 Shortlist — The Tournament of Books
The books, judges, and Zombie Poll for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It’s here! The shortlist for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social
(We’ll also need your vote by midnight ET on Dec. 18 for which book you think should get a second shot at the 2026 Rooster!)
www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-2026-sho...
(We’ll also need your vote by midnight ET on Dec. 18 for which book you think should get a second shot at the 2026 Rooster!)
www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-2026-sho...
which lexicographers do we need to pester about putting "nostepinne" in the dictionary? hmm @merriam-webster.com ?
#handspinning #fiberart
#handspinning #fiberart
December 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
which lexicographers do we need to pester about putting "nostepinne" in the dictionary? hmm @merriam-webster.com ?
#handspinning #fiberart
#handspinning #fiberart
time moves us ever closer to the next #tournamentofbooks
and now we can be impatient for the shortlist
and now we can be impatient for the shortlist
The long list has landed.
Get ready for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social, with the 70 most Rooster-worthy novels of the year! www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-...
Get ready for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social, with the 70 most Rooster-worthy novels of the year! www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-...
The 2026 Long List — The Tournament of Books
Literary bloodsport approaches! As we narrow down our shortlist of Tournament competitors, here are the 70 works of fiction in consideration from this year.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
time moves us ever closer to the next #tournamentofbooks
and now we can be impatient for the shortlist
and now we can be impatient for the shortlist
two fun new(?) words I've heard people say this week:
-ovallian (oval shaped)
-kitchenary (to do with cooking)
-ovallian (oval shaped)
-kitchenary (to do with cooking)
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
two fun new(?) words I've heard people say this week:
-ovallian (oval shaped)
-kitchenary (to do with cooking)
-ovallian (oval shaped)
-kitchenary (to do with cooking)
also been making lace lately. tatting is a tiny and addicting craft that often results in lovely snowflake ornaments!
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
also been making lace lately. tatting is a tiny and addicting craft that often results in lovely snowflake ornaments!
excited to play a new #daggerheart character this evening: Brygga Darkstone, underborne dwarf ranger #ttrpg #startplayinggames app.demiplane.com/nexus/dagger...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
excited to play a new #daggerheart character this evening: Brygga Darkstone, underborne dwarf ranger #ttrpg #startplayinggames app.demiplane.com/nexus/dagger...
it may be extra cynical of me, but I can't help feeling that no epstein anything will make much of a difference to anyone who supported this awful misogynistic orange monster for any of the last ten years. why would that lot care, now, after everything else?
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
it may be extra cynical of me, but I can't help feeling that no epstein anything will make much of a difference to anyone who supported this awful misogynistic orange monster for any of the last ten years. why would that lot care, now, after everything else?
my favorite quote from this very thoughtful student piece on AI:
"Not only do we not need it, but there are so many potential risks, and harmful effects, for individuals and society."
"Not only do we not need it, but there are so many potential risks, and harmful effects, for individuals and society."
New Post: A High Schooler’s Perspective on Generative AI by Scout Snider refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
"To tell students not to use AI for the work that was AI-generated for us is, in my opinion, beyond ridiculous."
"To tell students not to use AI for the work that was AI-generated for us is, in my opinion, beyond ridiculous."
A High Schooler’s Perspective on Generative AI
Scout Snider, Morgantown High School Photo by Antoni Shkraba Studio on Pexels.com Being a student in today’s age means having to be surrounded by the constant usage of generative AI. I’…
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October 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
my favorite quote from this very thoughtful student piece on AI:
"Not only do we not need it, but there are so many potential risks, and harmful effects, for individuals and society."
"Not only do we not need it, but there are so many potential risks, and harmful effects, for individuals and society."
I only use Canvas for grades and no other course content or delivery whatsoever, but Canvas being down because AWS is down still feels like a good excuse to put off looking at all the student submissions that came in over the weekend
October 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I only use Canvas for grades and no other course content or delivery whatsoever, but Canvas being down because AWS is down still feels like a good excuse to put off looking at all the student submissions that came in over the weekend
yes! if only...
they could have been "bleats"
October 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
yes! if only...
starting tomorrow! just a few more open spots in this #daggerheart campaign. tell all your rpg friends who love Princess Mononoke
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startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Into the Witherwild - the Last Wolf Princess
War and destruction continue, but when the last pup of the Wolf Tribe needs safe passage home she will need a band of scrappy heroes to save it all.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
starting tomorrow! just a few more open spots in this #daggerheart campaign. tell all your rpg friends who love Princess Mononoke
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
one little pug is sweetly snuggled up at my side while we read a little before bed. the other is wandering the house testing all the squeak toys at 9pm because why not
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
one little pug is sweetly snuggled up at my side while we read a little before bed. the other is wandering the house testing all the squeak toys at 9pm because why not
this is gonna be pretty epic. who else wants to play? #daggerheart #ttrpg
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startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
The Seven of Legend -- the classic tale told in Daggerheart!
A village is threatened once more by bandits, but no longer...
Against all odds, seven heroes will stand together to defy evil in one final battle...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
this is gonna be pretty epic. who else wants to play? #daggerheart #ttrpg
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
scheduling emails to send during normal business hours is great but couldn't they gove us the option to specify "send at 8:12am" or 9:46am or whatnot, instead of just the even hours and halves? for realism, yknow?
September 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
scheduling emails to send during normal business hours is great but couldn't they gove us the option to specify "send at 8:12am" or 9:46am or whatnot, instead of just the even hours and halves? for realism, yknow?
learned about and played some rounds of collaborative poker this weekend. it is the best, most satisfying version of poker, seemingly custom made for my curious and terrible-at-bluffing self.
September 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
learned about and played some rounds of collaborative poker this weekend. it is the best, most satisfying version of poker, seemingly custom made for my curious and terrible-at-bluffing self.
Pushing Daisies.
sure it has its very weird moments but mm Lee Pace and pie! and solid VO narration that isn't just mostly pointless cringe blathering, too
sure it has its very weird moments but mm Lee Pace and pie! and solid VO narration that isn't just mostly pointless cringe blathering, too
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
What's yours?
September 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Pushing Daisies.
sure it has its very weird moments but mm Lee Pace and pie! and solid VO narration that isn't just mostly pointless cringe blathering, too
sure it has its very weird moments but mm Lee Pace and pie! and solid VO narration that isn't just mostly pointless cringe blathering, too
am I surviving the first week of classes? I suppose so. hopeful about my chance to stoke students' curiosities this semester, despite all the rollercoasters of admin drama at this dear renowned institution
August 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
am I surviving the first week of classes? I suppose so. hopeful about my chance to stoke students' curiosities this semester, despite all the rollercoasters of admin drama at this dear renowned institution
live Daggerheart info session in progress!
www.twitch.tv/thedirepugst...
www.twitch.tv/thedirepugst...
August 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
live Daggerheart info session in progress!
www.twitch.tv/thedirepugst...
www.twitch.tv/thedirepugst...
yes and yes and perhaps also to worldcat, for the library enthusiasts among us
normalize posting a link to the publisher's page for the book instead of Amazon 💅
August 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
yes and yes and perhaps also to worldcat, for the library enthusiasts among us