Elitscholastikos
@elitscholastikos.bsky.social
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Took her out to dinner
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Took her out to dinner
Happy winter holiday
December 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Happy winter holiday
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imagining Elon being followed by a robot that squirts him with water every time he fails to understand science fiction
(extract from Iain M. Banks’s 1988 novel THE PLAYER OF GAMES)
(extract from Iain M. Banks’s 1988 novel THE PLAYER OF GAMES)
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
imagining Elon being followed by a robot that squirts him with water every time he fails to understand science fiction
(extract from Iain M. Banks’s 1988 novel THE PLAYER OF GAMES)
(extract from Iain M. Banks’s 1988 novel THE PLAYER OF GAMES)
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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I came across this absolutely stunning example of a painted glass window today in the communal stairwell of a red sandstone tenement in the Langside area of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #stainedglass #paintesglass #langside #tenement #glasgowtenements
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #stainedglass #paintesglass #langside #tenement #glasgowtenements
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I came across this absolutely stunning example of a painted glass window today in the communal stairwell of a red sandstone tenement in the Langside area of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #stainedglass #paintesglass #langside #tenement #glasgowtenements
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #stainedglass #paintesglass #langside #tenement #glasgowtenements
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Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
Humanities Librarian - (African American Studies and English Literature)
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
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"Bury him face down." This barn burner of an obit might feel hyperbolic to people who entered the world in the wake of 9/11; it's not. Cheney was one of the architects of today's American Christian conservatism. He was directly responsible for millions of deaths. Salt the earth where he's buried.
Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a…
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Bury him face down." This barn burner of an obit might feel hyperbolic to people who entered the world in the wake of 9/11; it's not. Cheney was one of the architects of today's American Christian conservatism. He was directly responsible for millions of deaths. Salt the earth where he's buried.
I just signed Coletiva Lesbo's petition with All Out demanding justice for Carol Campelo - a 21-year-old lesbian woman brutally murdered in Brazil. Add your voice to the call for justice! a.allout.org/s/vVnRy/
Brazil: Justice for Carol
Carol Campelo, a 21-year-old lesbian, was brutally murdered in Brazil. Sign the petition to fight for justice. #JusticeForCarol
a.allout.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I just signed Coletiva Lesbo's petition with All Out demanding justice for Carol Campelo - a 21-year-old lesbian woman brutally murdered in Brazil. Add your voice to the call for justice! a.allout.org/s/vVnRy/
Can’t believe I never noticed the sign, guess my attention to details is shit
Love this sign on Gardner Street in the West End of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #streetart #zombies #gardnerstreet #partick #glasgowtoday #humour #scotland #glasgowhunour #scottishhumour
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#glasgow #streetart #zombies #gardnerstreet #partick #glasgowtoday #humour #scotland #glasgowhunour #scottishhumour
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Can’t believe I never noticed the sign, guess my attention to details is shit
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North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classes
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classes
A Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 1st November 2025
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classes
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Proud to be the 246th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Art & System: Games for Expanded Play! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
Art & System: Games for Expanded Play
A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch
www.backerkit.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Proud to be the 246th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Art & System: Games for Expanded Play! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
Police questioned Géza Buzás-Hábel, organiser of Pécs Pride, as a criminal suspect – just for holding Hungary’s only rural Pride. The EU must act now to defend equality and freedom. Sign & share! a.allout.org/s/P29lG/
Stop Hungary’s Pride Ban – Defend LGBT+ Rights Now
Police in Hungary questioned Géza Buzás-Hábel, organiser of Pécs Pride, as a criminal suspect – simply for holding a Pride march. The EU must act to defend equality, freedom, and human dignity. Add yo...
a.allout.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Police questioned Géza Buzás-Hábel, organiser of Pécs Pride, as a criminal suspect – just for holding Hungary’s only rural Pride. The EU must act now to defend equality and freedom. Sign & share! a.allout.org/s/P29lG/
Opt-out on a per video basis? That sounds like they’re making it deliberately inconvenient
Youtube has announced that all low-res videos (i.e. older ones) are to be automatically AI upscaled to HD.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Opt-out on a per video basis? That sounds like they’re making it deliberately inconvenient
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Border Riding is a game about boundaries, exploring how arbitrary borders can create long-lasting divisions between communities.
Lavishly illustrated and printed on Ordnance Map material meaning it’ll survive through anything.
Get yours @ peregrinecoast.press/products/bor...
Lavishly illustrated and printed on Ordnance Map material meaning it’ll survive through anything.
Get yours @ peregrinecoast.press/products/bor...
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Border Riding is a game about boundaries, exploring how arbitrary borders can create long-lasting divisions between communities.
Lavishly illustrated and printed on Ordnance Map material meaning it’ll survive through anything.
Get yours @ peregrinecoast.press/products/bor...
Lavishly illustrated and printed on Ordnance Map material meaning it’ll survive through anything.
Get yours @ peregrinecoast.press/products/bor...
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Canvas, the course management platform used by my university (and many others), has been down all day due to the AWS outage. It has prompted some good discussions about how much critical infrastructure is now outsourced to a few companies.
Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say
Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say
Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’
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Business live – latest updates
Experts have warned of the perils of relying on a small number of companies for operating the global internet after a glitch at Amazon’s cloud computing service brought down apps and websites around the world.
The affected platforms included Snapchat, Roblox, Signal and Duolingo as well as a host of Amazon-owned operations including its main retail site and the Ring doorbell company. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Canvas, the course management platform used by my university (and many others), has been down all day due to the AWS outage. It has prompted some good discussions about how much critical infrastructure is now outsourced to a few companies.
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As a 3rd generation academic, my family has been teaching continuously since the 1950s and only the last 20 years involved Learning Management Systems. They’re by no means necessary to the project of learning, and if they demand surrendering autonomy to corporations then they should be discontinued.
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As a 3rd generation academic, my family has been teaching continuously since the 1950s and only the last 20 years involved Learning Management Systems. They’re by no means necessary to the project of learning, and if they demand surrendering autonomy to corporations then they should be discontinued.
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#OTD in 1774, Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson died in the city’s asylum for pauper lunatics at 24. Despite the tragedy, his works are full of life, laughter and satire. My new edition of his works is out next year, but for now enjoy some treats from Project Fergusson
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#OTD in 1774, Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson died in the city’s asylum for pauper lunatics at 24. Despite the tragedy, his works are full of life, laughter and satire. My new edition of his works is out next year, but for now enjoy some treats from Project Fergusson
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.uk
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Rob Wieland passed away last week at the age of 48; as a passionate and well-informed advocate of our hobby, he'll be greatly missed. As a tribute, @wyrdscience.bsky.social has put Rob's insightful article from February about the 40th anniversary of Pendragon as the lead on their new website.
The Once & Future Thing
40 years on from its original release, Greg Stafford’s Pendragon returns with its 6th edition, the first since Stafford’s passing. Regarded as amongst the greatest RPGs published, Rob Wieland speaks t...
wyrd.science
October 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Rob Wieland passed away last week at the age of 48; as a passionate and well-informed advocate of our hobby, he'll be greatly missed. As a tribute, @wyrdscience.bsky.social has put Rob's insightful article from February about the 40th anniversary of Pendragon as the lead on their new website.
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I'm unbelievably proud today Sylvan Kines advanced to candidacy in our doctoral program with flying colors.
Sylvan is the author of "Matters in the Bloom: Material Ecocriticism in @dimension20.bsky.social Actual Play A Court of Fey & Flowers" @jcmsjournal.bsky.social In Focus 64.2 (Winter 2024)
Sylvan is the author of "Matters in the Bloom: Material Ecocriticism in @dimension20.bsky.social Actual Play A Court of Fey & Flowers" @jcmsjournal.bsky.social In Focus 64.2 (Winter 2024)
quod.lib.umich.edu
October 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I'm unbelievably proud today Sylvan Kines advanced to candidacy in our doctoral program with flying colors.
Sylvan is the author of "Matters in the Bloom: Material Ecocriticism in @dimension20.bsky.social Actual Play A Court of Fey & Flowers" @jcmsjournal.bsky.social In Focus 64.2 (Winter 2024)
Sylvan is the author of "Matters in the Bloom: Material Ecocriticism in @dimension20.bsky.social Actual Play A Court of Fey & Flowers" @jcmsjournal.bsky.social In Focus 64.2 (Winter 2024)
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October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM