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Mike Anderson @vumander.bsky.social · 9h

Do you think our defense hates our offense?

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The Eagles can win it with a field goal sounds more like a threat than a statement

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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 11h

Do you think our defense hates our offense?

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Spent this past week in Mississippi. Of all the college mascots, Delta State University's Fighting Okra is the greatest mascot.

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I have never tried them (see also: jellied eels)

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 10h

It turns out Jonathan Haidt was right... Screens are the problem

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Ah, the roast chestnut vendors outside the stadium winkingly offering their "hot nuts" to all the ladies

Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 11h

One moment of joy and then more pain, goddamit

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 11h

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 11h

"Shipley...drilled in the hole."

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 12h

Appreciative British fans nickname short king Covey "Little Britain"

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 12h

This would improve my situation #GoBirds

Full English breakfast with eggs, baked beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, sausage, bacon, blood pudding

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 12h

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 13h

Then: Hershey Sports Arena Now: Hersheypark Arena

Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Also have identified Santa's off-season gig

Hockey ref with a full white beard and a belly like a (modestly-sized) bowl full of jelly

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'd never been to this arena before - historic!

Interior of Hersheypark Arena, with ice surface, three tiers of seating and a high barrel vault ceiling

Pennsylvania historical plaque commemorating Wilt Chamberlain's March 2, 1962 game for the Philadelphia Warriors vs. the New York Knicks, played at Hershey, in which he score 100 points in a 169-147 win

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

As I prepare to rouse The Boy so as to drive to Hershey for hockey, I am reminded of my colleague Jen's sensible approach: "If I see one of my kids getting good at a sport, I move them to a different sport, because I never want to be a travel sport parent."

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

RIP Chris Wickham. Unlike so many historians who emphasise particularities and contingencies, he was the master of constructing grand, coherent, beautifully rendered worlds out of his evidence. This, from his 2021 Past and Present essay, is a masterpiece of historical writing.

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Of course! Just send me the assignment!

My next fun read (have I mentioned I love having my office in the library?)

Title page of Bob Mehr's Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements (2016)

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In this, as in all other aspects of life, low expectations are the key to happiness!

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(Shared from various people on FB) RIP Chris Wickham

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It's very considerate of Wawa to make the Gobbler available in time for Canadian Thanksgiving (The Wawa in Little Canada is packed)

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is not far from where Daniel Day Lewis enjoys his quiet retirement from acting by running a pharmacy and ear clinic #GoBirds

Screenshot from google map

At right: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

At left: Day Lewis Pharmacy Tottenham and Ear Clinic

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NEW ENGLAND REVIEW OF BOATS ISSUE 1 will be here before you haul your boat out of the water for the winter (probably)

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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Holy hell. Anthropic's AI model submitted a false tip about a HOMICIDE to the Philadelphia Police Department's online public tip form. The release today from the PPD:

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DOUBLE INDEMNITY 2: FULLY INDEMNIFIED

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JOB: TT Assistant Professor, Food Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough Contributing to Food and Environmental Studies, which incorporates a humanities and social science focus within the broader Physical and Environmental Sciences department universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

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EMPLOI: Professeure adjointe ou professeur adjoint, Histoire, Université de Montréal Guerre froide universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

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Seen last evening on Passyunk

White pickup truck with PA plate BTYWHT 3 and a smiling head and shoulders picture of Betty White in the rear window

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So: this month 6 people from our 18-person shop have been reassigned elsewhere on campus While I'm glad this has not entailed redundancies, it ain't great ("Your job has been redefined & you now work for a different unit") And this isn't even the restructuring stemming from the external review...

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I didn't know where you are -- when I plot my return to the Twin Cities, I will hit you up for recs!

😋 He also just seemed like a lovely dude