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Philip Garrett
@philipgarrett.bsky.social
Premodern Japanese historian, Newcastle University. At least I got to this site in time to claim my own name....
Is the flip sign for revealing the answer, or did you mass-produce these for all your students?
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What's the software? A VLE? I thought it was irritating enough when our one started trying to be helpful by adding the end of HTML tags when you were trying to write, but I'd go nuts if something like that popped up when I was trying to write...
September 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Did they directly say it was because of The Situation?
January 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Well that’s bleak
January 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I’m seeing a lot of Canadians and Australians enjoying calling it CommonwealthTok and being able to spell words properly without receiving abuse… but also plenty missing the Americans’ energy.
January 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Now I have to comment "good grief" on the second post of yours running...
January 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Good grief...
I wonder if they're aware of conditions in their own country such as food deserts? Is that swept under the carpet in 'greatest nation' hyperbole, or are they all too aware of it through personal experiences?
January 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hello social media team! Thanks for putting this together
January 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Aw, the original was deleted, so here's the Korean history meme again:
December 4, 2024 at 6:08 PM
When we finally got it to work the viva itself was totally fine (and so quick that we were done before partner and baby had even left house to pick me up) but the tech definitely did not make the experience smoother.
Good luck with the whole thing!
November 30, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Defending your thesis? Hope it goes smoothly - my viva was done on an old-fashioned conference call phone: two of us in the room and the external trying to connect by mobile internet from Tokyo.
It took a week to get it to work.
November 30, 2024 at 9:11 AM