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Citizen of Somewhere Else

@citizense.bsky.social
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this one's personal: governance wonk; rural regional public u prof; sf/fantasy/comics/anime nerd; golf otaku; ex-pitcher/point guard/union goon (still HELU/CAHE); newly empty nester; mostly harmless Hawthornist; #PublicGoodU

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The geese of Glen Oak
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
22yo brought this home from college (it was free) and…what?!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Am I having a stroke or am I at Salvatore’s?
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Birthday girl too
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hint
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Putting together a reading list! @abbieboggs.bsky.social @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and more….
Lindsay Weinberg, Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age; Abigail Boggs, Degrees of Empire: Noncitizen Students and the Making of U.S. Higher Education; Gibson Burrell, et al., Shaping for Mediocrity: The Cancellation of Critical Thinking at Our Universities; Lisa Di Bartolomeo and Kevin Gannon, eds., The Campus Crisis Toolkit: Strategies and Solidarity for the Rest of Us
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Parks of the 716–all within walking distance of home
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Eating that L
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Starry night (bad photo)
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Proof of fire (And broke 25K barrier in steps)
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
…so crucial. And where the political/methodological battles over understanding the world and changing it become so consequential. Here’s a sample of what I’m reading lately on all this….
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trying to get through my to-do list quickly so I can check this out
Cover of The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Proof of little bro
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Took him to the 18th hole at Seven Oaks (with him giving me 3 strokes a side), but he hit the par-5 18th in two and beat me on the front and overall. Can’t feel bad about a 40 on the back, especially as bad as my irons and run shots were today. Key thing is, the rain was not as bad as expected. And
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nala says oyasumi #caturdaynight
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Anyway my brother and I made this for a very-long-ago anniversary of our parents, who were really into country music at the time. So I’ve heard a lot of it in my life and a lot is imprinted on my brain, just like all the American Top 40 music I grew up on (especially John Denver).
Simon commandment number ten: Thou shalt not play country music
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey there moon
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ah my phone is too small to screen capture this fully
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Believe this is known in the biz as the @jenmercieca.bsky.social signal
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wow! I give it five burning backyard bear-themed fire pits. Much respect to my little local library for carrying it. And to everyone who made it!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looking forward to seeing what kind of life-changing joy is sparked by this @gailsimone.bsky.social x Marie Kondo mashup
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Going to read the book!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not all Would have finished it at the shop while my car was getting serviced if I hadn’t used this app as a safety valve for suppressed physical reactions! Now that I have finished it, I’m going to reveal the cover!! Everyone should read Murderbot!!!
Cover of Martha Wells’s Platform Decay, the latest Murderbot installment
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At least one a day will be my reading challenge until I finish this. Starting with “Water” in honor of the ending of Beloved and In the Wake @hystericalblkns.bsky.social
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good read
We shouldn’t fall for tech companies using AI as a cover for layoffs. There is no strong evidence that AI has increased productivity in tech enough to justify the cuts. But AI has introduced new dynamics that are fundamentally transforming the industry—chief among them is the shift from spending on workers to spending on tokens and their underlying infrastructure.

The firms now at the industry’s frontier, including the AI labs and the hyperscalers, are no longer the asset-light software companies of the past. Whereas the asset-light business models could expand at near-zero marginal costs, the industry as a whole has become extremely asset-heavy. And that is because every prompt answered or every token spent incurs a very material cost: GPU usage, electricity consumption, and the specialized data-center infrastructure connecting it all. Not only has the labor market worsened for tech workers, but they now have to compete with GPUs and data centers for a shrinking share of company spending.
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This turtle did a better job running across the Friendship Trail this afternoon. Made it to the end zone. The END ZONE!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This understates the case, if anything. What Big Tech is planning for may not even be capitalism if they get their way.
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bluesky’s location tracking top notch
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Turtle!!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Go Bills! And wooly bears! And this big-ass tree!!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Friendship-maxxing with Canada
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We are now at the FAFO stage of all-you-can-eat at Yukiguni II
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Imo time!!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
LFG!!!!!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy Constitution Day for all those with pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will! loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1852Fre...
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Goodbye, NYC! So long and thanks for all the fish! Midnight train to Albany (not Georgia) coming right up!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Opens Wednesday www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhib...
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NYC: it’s not Fort Lee but it’s not half-bad
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The deer were eating up a storm before the storm rolled in. I played one They Might Be Giants song for one set on the way to pick up the celebratory Hawaiian pizza and another (the dinner bell dinner bell ring ring ring one) for the other across the street from my mom’s house on the way back.
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just needed a snack
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Golf hard. Animals cute.
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you like this thread (or just want comment informedly), read these books
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Getting to know my new home course
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When my literary and rooting interests converge TY @natewolff.bsky.social
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Find yourself a job where your friends bring this to the big meet-up
Lake Ontario Shoreline Rocks (chocolate)
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The deer are out tonight
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Who owns the sidewalks? We own the sidewalks!
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Let sleeping ducks lie
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trying for maximum recursivity
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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Of course I played a little Dolly on the drive home youtu.be/RfinvuRolR0?...
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