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Pretty soon life is just going to be computers talking to each other. #AI

Pretty soon life is just going to be computers talking to each other. #AI

Calling this phenomenon “loon fallout” certainly makes it sound worse than it is (although I am still concerned for the birds)....

Calling this phenomenon “loon fallout” certainly makes it sound worse than it is (although I am still concerned for the birds). https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2023/04/22/loon-fallout-weather-causing-birds-fall-sky-wisconsin/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=ksfy

I felt stressed out just reading this article about #HigherEd #admissions professionals and the stress they experience. Bonus is that it...

I felt stressed out just reading this article about #HigherEd #admissions professionals and the stress they experience. Bonus is that it includes quotes from someone who used to work with me... https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-profession-on-the-edge?cid=gen_sign_in

Ice cream is actually good for you. A great excuse to eat more ice cream this summer. https://apple.news/AIxVAK1R1QF-I05kBmPyQoA

Ice cream is actually good for you. A great excuse to eat more ice cream this summer. https://apple.news/AIxVAK1R1QF-I05kBmPyQoA

Me: You’d think the editors of this special journal issue would have chosen a different due date for articles than Easter Sunday. Are...

Me: You’d think the editors of this special journal issue would have chosen a different due date for articles than Easter Sunday. Are people in my profession completely oblivious to holidays?

Significant Other: The last deadline you had for a contribution to an edited volume was New Year’s Day. This isn’t surprising to me.

#histodons #academicchatter

Is watching TV truly a “planned Easter activity” or just something many people will do on Easter?

Is watching TV truly a “planned Easter activity” or just something many people will do on Easter?

Quite a correction.

Quite a correction.

Swenson Center for Swedish Immigration Research is hiring a collections manager. As a bonus, if you take this job I’ll likely bother you...

Swenson Center for Swedish Immigration Research is hiring a collections manager. As a bonus, if you take this job I’ll likely bother you with some frequency. #archives https://www.higheredjobs.com/admin/details.cfm?JobCode=178342234

Wow! I live in Moline but even I didn’t know how long John Deere lived until now. #histodons

Wow! I live in Moline but even I didn’t know how long John Deere lived until now. #histodons

Someone I like wrote this good piece in the New York post on #AI research....

Someone I like wrote this good piece in the New York post on #AI research. https://nypost.com/2023/03/31/why-we-need-to-pause-ai-research-consider-the-real-dangers/

At that depressing stage of editing where I’m deleting citations to try to make the word count. There’s almost nothing worse for a...

At that depressing stage of editing where I’m deleting citations to try to make the word count. There’s almost nothing worse for a historian. #histodons

Fake diversity is the new diversity....

Fake diversity is the new diversity. https://www.thecut.com/2023/03/levis-ai-models-diversity.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=thecut&fbclid=IwAR37XrJgwedqMT5v__A6Wm5HRjjso3dUye77xUNKpifmcTnisvy8njfX1qg&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-metaverse-is-quickly-turning-into-the-meh-taverse-1a8dc3d0 It feels like they came up with the title for...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-metaverse-is-quickly-turning-into-the-meh-taverse-1a8dc3d0 It feels like they came up with the title for this article, then wrote it.

Love the fact that my now-retired PhD advisor emailed me last week....after months of no contact other than the traditional trading of...

Love the fact that my now-retired PhD advisor emailed me last week....after months of no contact other than the traditional trading of Christmas cards...to remind me to celebrate "international #bear day." Then he emailed me again yesterday to share this bizarre bear content of a lady brushing snow off a black bear. https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2023/03/22/woman-casually-brushes-snow-off-massive-black-bear-on-her-doorstep/

Love the fact that my now-retired PhD advisor emailed me one day last week to remind me that it was "international #bear day."...

Love the fact that my now-retired PhD advisor emailed me one day last week to remind me that it was "international #bear day." Then emailed me again with a link to this bizarre bear content. https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2023/03/22/woman-casually-brushes-snow-off-massive-black-bear-on-her-doorstep/

Advice you can follow! “I decided to avoid processed foods altogether – unless, of course, they’re cheap, taste good, or are, like,...

Advice you can follow!

“I decided to avoid processed foods altogether – unless, of course, they’re cheap, taste good, or are, like, right there.”

https://reductress.com/post/why-im-cutting-out-processed-foods-unless-theyre-cheap-convenient-or-taste-good/?mibextid=kdkkhi

If you're in #envhist and interested in reading a roundtable about Megan Black's excellent The Global Interior (featuring comments...

If you're in #envhist and interested in reading a roundtable about Megan Black's excellent The Global Interior (featuring comments by yours truly), click here! #mininghistory https://networks.h-net.org/black-global-interior-mineral-frontiers-and-american-power-h-environment-roundtable-vol-13-no-3-2023

Why does everything take longer?Things should take shorter.

Why does everything take longer?

Things should take shorter.

I signed up for a webinar today about dealing with difficult faculty and staff in #HigherEd #histodons departments. Since there aren’t any...

I signed up for a webinar today about dealing with difficult faculty and staff in #HigherEd #histodons departments.

Since there aren’t any difficult faculty and staff in my department and we’re unlikely to hire in the foreseeable future do I…

Not attend
Attend to figure out if I’m the difficult one
Attend to learn how to be more difficult

I'm writing for a public readership. It's quite nice to use contractions whenever I want. #amwriting

I'm writing for a public readership. It's quite nice to use contractions whenever I want. #amwriting