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Dr. D. Cullen
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Higher Ed professional.
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We are not going back! (Fuck. I guess we are)
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New @newyorkexiles.us jersey out an after-work run. @womenseliterugby.us
WER New York Exiles jersey from the rear. Number 4; player name PICK (player is Cari Pick, position lock) WER New York Exiles jersey from the rear. Number 4; player name PICK (player is Cari Pick, position lock) Me standing on the shore of Lake Superior in a white cap, sunglasses, and WER New York Exiles jersey from the front. WER logo on the upper chest wearer's right; Exiles logo on the opposite side. "Destination Sport" in all caps across the chest. The team colors consist of Night Navy, Liberty and Shadow Teal. The New York Exiles team logo closeup. The team name and crest is a nod to the Statue of Liberty who is known as the "Mother of Exiles". The three hooded figures on the crest represents Ellis Island as a "journey to a new life" but also "the boldness to step out in a sport that is often seen exiled in mainstream sport culture." The figures within the crest also give a nod to the "superhero typography associated with New York." The crest also uses the torch as the city's symbolism for liberty and illumination. The team colors consist of Night Navy, Liberty and Shadow Teal, and Torch Orange.
May 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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#EarthDay
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Awesome game, @werexiles.bsky.social!!
On the field with WER. New York Exiles vs Boston Banshees a Boston, Saturday April 19, 2025. Final minutes of the game, score showing what would become the final Banshees 20 to Exiles 24.
April 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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It's thrilling to see pro women's rugby underway!
New York Exiles vs. Boston Banshees, March 22, 2025 Women's Elite Rugby action from the United States, live on DAZN. New York Exiles taking the field
March 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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@insidehighered.com Blue (or, fine, orange) butterfly needed!!
screenshot showing the IHE, Inside Higher Ed, "share this article" options which include an "f" logo for that dreadful zuckerberg's primary site, an "x" logo for the site that was Twitter until that dreadful Musk destroyed it, an "in" logo for LinkedIn, an image of an envelop for emailing, and an image of a printer. What is **not** on the image is a butterfly logo for posting to Bluesky.
March 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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For the first time since 2022, dogs are racing across the UP. #up200
February 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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I enjoy getting a woodpecker visit
December 23, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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Some exciting work here on your shore @lakesuperior.bsky.social
Sign reads: This Great Lakes coastal resiliency and habitat restoration project is being implemented by the City of Marquette in cooperation with the Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP). When completed the project will provide safe public access to this section of Lake Superior coastline for the first time in almost a century. In addition, the project will provide over 20 acres of restored dunes, coastal wetlands and other types of native habitats. The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) recommended species of native plants, shrubs and trees for the site. The site will also provide new hiking trails and viewing platforms. The SWP Provided partial funding in the amount of $2.5 million grant secured through the National Coastal Resiliency Program funded through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The City of Marquette is providing project match and engineering oversight. The SWP Great Lakes Climate Corps (GLCC) will assist with native plantings, habitat restoration and some trail development.
December 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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Snow day so I get to see who visits the feeders
December 5, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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One of my favorite items at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki was this piece.
Rangi Kipa (born 1966) Te Ati Awa Nui Tonu, Ngati Tama ki te Tau, Ihu, Ngati Maniapoto Hei Tiki 2015 sperm whale tooth, paua shell, waxed nylon thread Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki Rangi Kipa (born 1966) Te Ati Awa Nui Tonu, Ngati Tama ki te Tau, Ihu, Ngati Maniapoto Hei Tiki 2015 sperm whale tooth, paua shell, waxed nylon thread Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki In some Māori cultural narratives, Tiki was the first man created, while in others it was he who created the first man. Hei tiki are customary forms of Māori body adornment that often refer to one's kin, passed or living. Their cord allows the taonga, or treasure, to remain literally and metaphorically close to the wearer's heart. Born in Otautahi Christchurch and raised in Taranaki along the Waiongana River, Rangi Kipa is a carver, sculptor and ta moko (tattoo) artist who explores the whakapapa (genealogy) of customary Māori adornment and taonga. Made out of whale tooth, Hei Tiki, 2015 directly references the traditional materials of Māori adornment. Rangi Kipa (born 1966) Te Ati Awa Nui Tonu, Ngati Tama ki te Tau, Ihu, Ngati Maniapoto Hei Tiki 2015 sperm whale tooth, paua shell, waxed nylon thread Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
November 26, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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A few more. There were others, but this is more than enough.
#queenstownmarathon #flatoutbeautiful #queenstown #nz
Somewhere on the Queenstown Marathon course. 16 November 2024. I'm in a yellow Illinois Marathon t-shirt and pink Saxx shorts and a white Great Lakes Endurance cap. Mountains of the NZ South Island behind me. I woman racer right on my heels. (IDK who she is. She most likely finished before me. I was fit, but fatigued from travel so my finish time was slow. But look where we were!) Somewhere on the Queenstown Marathon course. 16 November 2024. Somewhere on the Queenstown Marathon course. 16 November 2024. Most of the course was more trail-like or even actual trail. There were a few stretches of paved road like this picture with tress in their springtime leaves along the road, snow-dusted mountains in the background. Somewhere on the Queenstown Marathon course. 16 November 2024. The course takes runners around Hayes Lake, which looked amazing with the blue sky and fluffy gray and white clouds reflected on the surface.
November 24, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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I haven't purchased marathon pics in over a decade, but... I was in New Zealand. If felt worth it to have some good pictures.
#queenstownmarathon #flatoutbeautiful #queenstown #nz
Me and someone I don't know on the Queenstown Marathon course, somewhere on the South Island of NZ. 16 November 2024. On the Queenstown Marathon course, somewhere on the South Island of NZ. 16 November 2024. I kept moving that hat around. Usually it was bill-forward when I was in the sun, but turned around so I could see more all around, up and down, when I was in shade. On one windy bridge it was off and in my hand. On the Queenstown Marathon course, somewhere on the South Island of NZ. 16 November 2024. I like wearing a good tech T from an earlier race. This day I wore an Illinois Marathon shirt from a few years ago. I won't wear a QT Marathon tech race shirt because the stupid race didn't include race shirts. I'm grumpy at the finish line.
November 24, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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I was just in New Zealand and I saw Orion, the Pot, turned the other direction.
teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/7...
cell phone picture of the night sky in New Zealand, November 2024. Trees are dark in the foreground. Orion is visible, but looks upside-down to a North Hemisphere native. On a dark sky tour I was told what we see as a giant's belt is locally seen as the bottom of a pot.
November 21, 2024 at 10:20 AM
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November 17, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Really happy to not have to do manually
Screenshot letting me know that vile bari weiss was blocked. "User blocked by 'right wing propaganda and their followers'"
November 17, 2024 at 12:03 AM
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I took several videos, which is not great practice during a race, but I was in a spectacular setting. I thought I had many good clips, but found later they were mostly really badly shot. Oh, well.
November 16, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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More pics since it seems 4 is the cap (a lot like somewhere else that remains unsaid because of all the Nazis).
I wore an old Illinois Marathon shirt at this year's Queenstown Marathon (which didn't include race shirts!). Me, somewhere on the Queenstown Marathon course Hayes Lake with sky and clouds reflected in sunlight on the Queenstown Marathon course Hayes Lake, with mountains in the distance
November 16, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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I'm still hiding in New Zealand from the ruin my country is voluntarily jumping into. Marathon yesterday in Queenstown. 5th continent!
Queenstown Marathon finisher's medal. It's not a good one, unfortunately. Cool marathon logo, but needs to say clearly what the event is. It does not. Runners who were in front of me in the Queenstown Marathon course. Snow-dusted mountains in the distance. Lake Hayes along the Queenstown Marathon course Springtime in New Zealand! Runners on the Queenstown Marathon course, yellow flowers in bloom. November 16, 2024 (I suppose that should be 16 November)
November 16, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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The gallery was nice, too!
I also appreciate this university-neighborhood appropriate sign.
Billboard-size sign on Rations Cafe's wall in the Auckland neighborhood with multiple major universities. Large black text in ALL CAPS on deep red background: "REASON NOT FAITH". Below smaller white text and no caps "rationalists.nz". Across the bottom in black text all caps in first a yellow background, then green, then blue, then purple: "FREE THOUGHT" "HUMAN RIGHTS" "SCIENCE" "EDUCATION". My country is going off the deep end, but at there's evidence that reason still matters to someone somewhere on Earth.
November 8, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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I love old trees. (Badly needed distraction from... you know, the nightmare.)
In Albert Park, Auckland, NZ next to the Auckland Art Gallery
Old tree in Albert Park, Auckland, NZ Old tree in Albert Park, Auckland, NZ Old tree in Albert Park, Auckland, NZ with some goon... (Me) Old tree in Albert Park, Auckland, NZ
November 7, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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I'm sick with grief and seething with anger, but I'm also in New Zealand and saw a very beautiful bird.
Bird on a footpath in Devenport, New Zealand
November 6, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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You need one of Michigan's new resident-designed "I voted" stickers.
November 5, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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This has me thinking... What is the top of Zevon's work? Too many to list, but a few gems I'd start with:
Keep my in Your Heart
Hasten Down the Wind
The French Inhaler
Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded
Mohammed's Radio
Excitable Boy
Accidentally Like a Martyr
A Certain Girl
Desperados Under The Eaves
Warren Zevon's album cover: Warren Zevon (1976)
October 31, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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I like the irony of the ad placement I got.
Column about trust in the media, supported by an ad for FOX News (which, as we know, is a right-wing propaganda network that does anything *but* news coverage).
October 30, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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First time I've ever voted early. Maybe next time I'll even be comfortable enough with change to vote on a day other than Tuesday.
"Early voting here" sign at the public library. Me with my "I voted" sticker. One of Michigan's new resident-designed "I voted" stickers. This one has a drawing of a well-fed gray with black stripes cat wearing a red, white, and blue stripes-and-stars top hat and holding up a white sign with the message: "I VOTED" and a checkbox with a green check.
October 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM