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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 9h

Day whatever of not being able to load my skyline. I have been in touch with @support.bsky.team about this and they are looking into it but it's weird not knowing what the gossip is right now. Also I miss chatting about teaching.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every time I try to load the bluesky app on my phone it won't load my timeline. I can see notifications, I can search things, I can catch trending topics, but it just hangs on loading my timeline. @bsky.app

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 30/09/2026

I’ve heard three talks in the last couple of months by very prominent skeptics of AI who have all argued that the solution to the problem of AI in education is smaller classes and more teacher/faculty attention. I don’t know how that happens without a massive, massive investment in public education

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We all have to get our kicks where we can and today's kick is that I titled my lecture on women volunteering for service in WW2 and the post-war fear of ~homosexuality~ "I wasn't recruited; I volunteered" is very funny to me personally and probably no one else.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm always a bit stressed in these photos and can't get my face to work. Anyway, be queer and lovable - become ungovernable.

I'm wearing a very sparkly butterfly skirt and a t-shirt that reads " be queer and lovable - become ungovernable" with a skunk.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every time one of these stories comes up people (mostly, but not entirely, women) share their stories of abuse & cover ups & the long-term costs and then that info is out in the world to be used as training data for Elon Musk's CSAM-generating bot. Because we are in hell.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Look at god dog Bogart everyone! Bogart is a Very Good Dog.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Y'all, I do not like reading about being being burned at the stake for being queer. It's 8 am, it's too early for this.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One thing that infuriated me when I was on strike was how the media and social media would present striking workers as being the problem and the poor innocent employer as just wanting to do what was right for everyone. Only workers have agency, the university was innocent. 🙃🙃🙃

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Y'all, I remember a "I wasn't recruited, I ENLISTED" pin that had a young woman wearing a little girl guide type scarf thingy. I can only find the ones that have the venus symbols on them. Am I imagining this? Did it say something else? (I always think "I wasn't recruited, I volunteered".)

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I need to get up and walk the dogs and I need to get up and prep for class tomorrow but what if I never get out of bed again. Students are smart, they can learn about dead nuns without me.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I put mashed potatoes in the waffle maker

Some mashed potatoes recently placed in a small round waffle maker

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am trying to Make the correct choice. Please advise.

I'm wearing a fur lined shawl covered in sequins

I'm looking very tired in this shawl but it's shiny

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm grumpy and left my laptop at home (It's fine, there are computers in the classroom I just like my laptop) but I'm liking this outfit .

I'm wearing a soft pink button top belted at my waist with a black starburst belt.

Selfie with a statement necklace of flowers and tiny pink earrings.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The blouses I have from Maya Kern are great quality! I love them.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As I finish typing up today's lecture, which I started my latest draft of at 5:30 this morning, I reflect once again on the person who keeps telling me that "university teaching is easy, it's just three hours a week of work."

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm very sad. I'm very very sad tonight.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I hate how much easier it would be to live in Nanaimo if I could both drive and afford a car.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Y'all, I do not want to go to my stupid second job today. I would rather deal with email.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One thing people with adult diagnosed ad(h)d talk about us mourning the person they could have been if they had had the supports they needed to be successful in youth but go off I guess.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

in Toronto I had students talk about how much they were winning or losing on gambling apps. The numbers varied between my monthly rent and my yearly salary. Either they were telling the truth or thought lying about gambling made them look cool. Either way, I'm so worried about this for young men.

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Raven Amos (Spoopy Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Posting this feathered Tyrannosaur design of mine on Neatoshop for NO REASON WHATSOEVER #sciart #paleoart #science #dinosaur #BSNM Available on Neatoshop: www.neatoshop.com/product/Scie...

a feathered tyrannosaurid dinosaur looking over her shoulder at the words "Science made dinosaurs awesome" in grays, dusky pinks, and oranges.

© Raven Amos - http://cubelight.graphcs or http://cgfx.us
All rights reserved. Use in generative “artificial intelligence” model datasets, "AI art training programs" or other similar technologies is prohibited and will be pursued as copyright infringement.

It’s a cherished Korean pastime to destroy Elon Musk’s testicles with a spinning kick.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For reasons, I am starting a thread of Canadian historians with Wikipedia pages. (The reasons are because I just think that's neat.) Sarah Carter, historian of Indigenous history focusing on women, celebrated scholar in women's history, wrote Importance of Being Monogamous:

en.wikipedia.org

Sarah Carter (historian) - Wikipedia

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the worst post that has ever been made.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And a lot of this just boils down to elite projection, as @humantransit.bsky.social smartly points out. Most people just need good transit. Rich white people don't want to mix with people they see as beneath them, hence all the resources being plowed into what is, at the end of the day, a worse bus.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Gosh, if only we knew anything about medical history in that period. But as you all know that can only be as solved through time travel.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My students are still discussing this work. We talked about it on Monday. 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm really sad today. Should I wear my pink cow earrings or my pink guillotine earrings?

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Emma Frost x Miss Piggy comic has hit the internet and it's so, so, so much more magnificent than I ever could have hoped for

Emma Frost: "Emma Frost, darling. I'm a telepath. May I read your mind to ascertain if you're telling the truth?"

Miss Piggy: "But of course, darling I am an open book, a tell-all memoir."

Emma Frost telepathically witnessing the entirety of Miss Piggy's life.

Wolverine: "Frost? She legit?"
Emma Frost: "She's..She's... She's everything. And I would die for her."

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have so much work to do tonight and I'm so tired I want to cry. It's not even October.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My students did not believe me about the sex cult except the ones who already knew.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why does Nanaimo hate buses running on time?

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I really wish I could have convinced the doctor to let me talk about my concerns about depression at my last appointment but he was running late so I didn't even get to ask clarifying questions about the blood work we were there to discuss. This is fine.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So on the one hand if I go to sleep I will die, and on the other hand my working day is 15 hours long tomorrow and maybe I should sleep.

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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the rhinos, for today is their special day! To celebrate World Rhino Day, here is an illustration of a rhinoceros from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc. 📷 Reserve 590 BUF #WorldRhinoDay #RhinoDay #RareBooks

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I will never get over the simple joy of taking an article written by a friend and assigning it to students to read.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Speaking of my local independent book store, I assigned my students a book that's free in the library but I recommended they all check out my local independent bookstore for physical copies & now they have a run on books so I win at Bookstore, a thing it's both normal to want & possible to achieve.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm so glad I don't email students when I'm irritated with them because it turns out after I eat food I am no longer irritated with them and I would have felt really bad about the email I was composing in my head before I ate.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is also my friend Elise! <3 And she is a wonderful person who deserves at least three nice things to happen to her. She's really close to hitting her current goals to help keep her kitties fed.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Business groups, however, were favourable." it's \not that hard to avoid strikes. For example, flight attendants wouldn't have gone on strike if they were paid for all the hours they work in the first place. But ok, talk about how unions have "responsibilities" to end strikes but not businesses.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This smile says "my next day off is in October.

It's me! I'm wearing a dress covered in many coloured stars and a necklace with a space ship because I'm the centre of the universe.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm giving myself 9 minutes to lie in bed panicking about teaching this morning. Anyone want to join me? I have too many lecture slides and we're talking about sources and the next assignment and I have a bunch of student meetings. It's fine! I'm fine! It's fine!

static.klipy.com

Han Solo as Stormtrooper: We're Fine

Alt: Han Solo in Star Wars: we're fine. We're all fine here now. Thank you.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've learned that people get much more excited about my lectures when I include the word "dead" in the title. "I'm lecturing on nuns tomorrow." Meh. "I'm lecturing on dead nuns tomorrow." Well, tell me more. (It's 17th century new France. All the non-nuns are also dead.)

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bluesky, where would I find a screen saver with flying toasters I could safely install on my laptop?

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There's a baseball team here called The Vajayjays and I love that for us.

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Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D. @jlphistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm practicing saying my German students' names and the slop bucket has Made a lot of terrible pronunciation videos. Even I know that's not right!

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