Dr. Blair Stein
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Dr. Blair Stein
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Historian of technologies, environments, and modernities. Book: “North Stars in Modern Skies” under contract with MQUP. Canadian living in western MI. Cool dog aunt to Slugger.
Plus, they would have stolen the whole Louvre.

I was more of a PBS game show gal. I think every single episode is on YouTube.
October 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
but also, like, the “knowledge” generated by AI isn’t “free,” though? You might not pay with money right away, but it’s definitely not free

And I love how this author is like “higher ed is a market that trades on gatekeeping knowledge.” No, it’s a market that trades on football and administrators.
October 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I also made Shrek hats for my sister, BIL, and niece. I hope they wear them in the family Christmas card.

The world is pretty grim right now. Wear the Shrek hat, eat the waffles, etc.
October 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We did two activities—decorating gingerbread men (“not my gumdrop buttons!”) and Pass the Parcel. We didn’t know Pass the Parcel was a British Commonwealth game and all my sister’s friends only knew it from a Bluey episode.
October 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Here’s some of the food I made, or at least the signs for the food. Also, I decorated half the cake. The nice people at Costco did the lettering and flowers.
October 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
There were also intangibles—I made the playlist, put together the e-vites, etc.

I made some signs, which I mailed to my sister in advance.
October 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
on second thought, that’s kind of what it is.

We used to have a McCormicks (or whatever) thing of cinnamon sugar that would only come out for KD. These days I’ll sprinkle a little on a spoonful or two, just for the perversion, but that’s it.
October 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Oh my god Chuck’s facial expression, like “ok FINE if we MUST we can snuggle.”
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My brain truly did a spit-take, like “BOTH dogS!?” dogs PLURAL?

The foster pup looks and seems like a delight.
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
this is the not the point but when I saw “both dogs” in this post I thought “APARNA is there some important news I missed?!??!?” and scrolled back on your TL until I met Sugar. Most important news indeed.
October 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
…brought to you by the fact that I’ve been using the original cast recording as my housecleaning soundtrack for about 20 years.
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
THIS is the high quality content I signed up for on Bluesky dot or

(meant with absolutely zero sarcasm from this reformed former musical theater kid)
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Come to think of it, it’s not made clear if Collins has tenure 😆
October 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM