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Betsy Moss

@byzbets.bsky.social
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By day: university administrator and project manager for curriculum and communications By night: parent, spouse, musician, gardener, artist, reader, writer, and art historian

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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
At the public library, I wish there was an option to “print receipt” on a post-it note instead of the long white paper with a lot of extra data. It would list all of the books I borrowed with the due date at the top in larger bold letters.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
💯 With knowledge comes humility.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I hope Ken Burns is making a documentary about the final weeks of the people and creative energy and goodness in the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
EPSTEIN!
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slugworthlives @slugworthlives.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
KEEP TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN!!!!!!
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WeFUCT! @roadfarmer.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This, lack of pre school education funding, hate for higher education is exactly what republicans and their donors want. A poor, uneducated, and compliant workforce for the fields and factories! Fuck them🖕
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Today I learned about the artist *Violet Oakley* for the first time. She painted murals in the Supreme Court, Senate, and Governor’s reception room at the PA state Capitol building. Her work is amazing—how did I not know about her before?! #womenartists #muralpainter #gothicrevival
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 01/07/2025
William Mills writes for Nature Careers about how he created a podcast as a way for students to engage with the course’s content while they’re taking a run, travelling or driving to and from campus. #Academicsky 🧪
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Extend your reach by turning your lessons into podcasts
By taking a few technical steps, I’ve made my teaching more accessible to my students — and to biologists around the world.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Reels in the “how I budget” meme rarely includes donations to arts organizations, food banks, or community support programs. #howibudget #fixedexpenses #artssupport #communitysupport #foodbanks
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I’m concerned about how we preserve ancient monuments and respond to modern development. St. Catherine’s monastery was built by emperor Justinian in 565 and houses a strong monastic community as well as icons and manuscripts. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Five things to know about the St Catherine monastery in Egypt's Sinai
Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery has been the centre of recent tensions after an Egyptian court ruled last week that it sat on state-owned land.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I don’t think there’s any way to automate or replace the slow, deep, thinking that is essential to the writing process. This is where creative ideas develop, where critical questions are born. I don’t think any technology can take away from that. Let’s give more learners a taste of this joy!
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Don’t use a LLM to research and write a report on health and chronic illness in children.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The news is so exhausting. For a few minutes after reading a news article about the fate of St. Catherines at Mount Sinai I thought all was lost to tourism. www.thenationalherald.com/historic-st-.... Thankfully, a more recent article corrects those reports. www.ekathimerini.com/politics/for...
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No change in Mt. Sinai monastery’s status, Egypt says | eKathimerini.com
Egypt's Office of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have categorically denied that there will be a change in the status of Saint Catherine Monastery following a court ruling Wednesday.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
An incredible thread with biscuits decorated with designs from glass fragments, pottery shards, manuscript bindings, etc. 🥰
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Just a gentle reminder that self acceptance and self compassion are options for how you think about yourself, your choices, and who you are in your relationships.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Indeed. Folks aren’t getting the facts, context, or even clearly defined terms. But are folks even reading this paper any more?
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I’d like to learn how to react to unexpected things with more surprise and laughter, instead of anger and frustration.
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
#booksky
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
An exquisite gift from Zelensky to Pope Leo XIV today: he brought to Rome an icon painted on an ammunition box from the Kharkiv region. www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polyt...
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We said goodbye to Rosa on Monday. She was the adventurous black bunny we adopted with her sister Bella in Feb 2023. She brought so much love to our home, especially to our children and friends. Her sudden passing is heartbreaking—we’re holding close our memories of her gentle, curious spirit.
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Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Sometimes I’m glad of cross posts from the other place. #Trump #Qatarplane
Picture of a half plane, half Trojan wooden horse. Relevance of Greek mythology.
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 10/05/2025
O-H-I-O
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Firepit marshmallows #summer #backyard #busykids
Firepit with small fire
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Dept. of Historical Studies, UTM @utm-hs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Led by the Technoscience Research Unit (TRU) and partners across Canada and Aotearoa (New Zealand), the project uses Indigenous knowledge systems and environmental justice in creating sustainable, community-based approaches to chemical risk. www.technoscienceresearchunit.org
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TECHNOSCIENCE RESEARCH UNIT
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Dept. of Historical Studies, UTM @utm-hs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
News! Prof. Kristen Bos is playing a leading role in a groundbreaking, Indigenous-led project awarded $22 million by the New Frontiers in Research Fund. Read more: www.utm.utoronto.ca/historical-s... #historicalstudies #IndigenousKnowledge #EnvironmentalJustice #IndigenousResearch
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Listening to NPR is my love language. #npr #publicradio #morningedition #allthingsconsidered #thisamericanlife
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Dept. of Historical Studies, UTM @utm-hs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
What happens when students and professors take time to read a single book—together? "History Book Club #2: From Global Currents of Empire and Exchange to Campus Community" www.utm.utoronto.ca/historical-s... #HistoryBookClub #BooksBuildCommunity @calebwellum.bsky.social @historianmairi.bsky.social
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Reign of Tariff. Seems like an easy and obvious choice for times like these?
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
✨New location! Our concert is quickly approaching! I’d love for to join us. THE TORONTO COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA presents East Meets West. Lead by NICOLO ARRIGO. 📆Tues, May 13, 2025, 7:30 pm 📍Church of St. Peter & St. Simon, 525 Bloor St E, (closest TTC is Sherbourne) 🎟️Tickets are pay-what-you-can
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Is there a word for the conflict or tension or disappointment that someone feels when they are both extremely busy and stretched by the everyday demands of life while also feeling like they are under performing intellectually?
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We like everyone is using the same font style jn CapCut with the capital letters and a red highlight that jumps from word to word. I guess this is the only free font style available now?
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Indeed, the inefficiency of human creativity is fertile ground.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I’ve been thinking about organizing a virtual round table/panel of very short presentations by a variety of experts on the art and architectural history of the Sistine chapel. Timing would be in about 10 days or so? Is this something that people would want to tune into?
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I'm thinking about attempts to erase history. I wrote this blog a few years ago about the 12th century icon of the Theotokos of Vladimir. The icon was adorned over many centuries with layers of silver, gold, pearls, and beads. #icons #byzantineart #ornament byzbets.wordpress.com/2022/02/28/t...
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Theotokos of Vladimir as Layers of History
The icon of the Theotokos of Vladimir is one of the most widely known and beloved Byzantine icons, and in the past few days images of this icon have proliferated on social media as the war in Ukrai…
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
In the past 24 hours I’ve learned about the deaths of: A former postdoc who died during an emergency surgery A former prof from college who died from complications from Parkinson’s A friend’s cat who died at age 4 A friend’s dog who died at 16
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
HCR probably knows many of her readers are awake from 3–5 am when she sends her daily letter.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Good people of Bluesky: reheating leftovers is often better when done in a pan with a few teaspoons of water or broth or butter. Microwaves are useless.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Is there a shortcut function in Word that switches the order of two items joined by "and"? For example if I write: "I want ice cream and espresso for dessert," but then later decide I want to switch the order, I need to highlight and move one of the items and the "and" to their new position.
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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · 25/03/2025
Confused by Boolean search?😕 🔹AND – Returns content with both terms. Content with only one term is excluded. 🔹OR – Expands results to include content with either term or both. 🔹NOT – Returns content with one term while excluding the other. Narrows search. #AcademicSky #Medlib #PhDSky #EPMCTopTips
Image demonstrating how a boolean search works. If you search A AND B the search will return content that contain both A and B. Content with only A or only B will not be included. If you search A OR B the search will return content that contain either A or B or both A and B. This expands your search results.  If you search A NOT B then the search will return content that contains A in the absence of B, any content mentioning B will be excluded. This narrows your search results.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Dear academic friends: Today’s a great day to reach out to a researcher whose work you admire and let them know they did a great job. Critique is built into academia, but if we want people and our work to flourish, maybe we should also build.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Am I missing something? Why do we have so many services for food and meal prep and even for house cleaning? But so few for laundry?
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
And also because they lack empathy and artistic creative spirit.
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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 18/03/2025
Reminder that our AI obsessed tech oligarchs believe that they will inevitably invent god and only they can be trusted to ensure god won’t be evil and that lesser men will be manipulated by evil future god through time to create evil future god.
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I hope people are logging what stories and documents are disappearing from websites. Resurfacing and reconstructing these histories will be priority #1 for archivists and historians after this nonsense ends.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
"Vikings Behaving Reasonably" is the best book title I've seen in ages! 🤩 www.arc-humanities.org/978180270063...
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Vikings Behaving Reasonably - Arc Humanities Press
Rather than being the lawless barbarian society that history and popular culture have painted it, medieval Scandinavian culture was complex and nuanced. This...
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
As a mom of twins I totally understand why Pete is choosing not to run for office next year! Raising toddler twins takes everything you’ve got—and then some! #solidarity #familyfirst
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The primal scream to do something
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Betsy Moss @byzbets.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I love my student who takes me up on the "alternative format" option and submits every writing assignment as a screenplay. ❤️
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