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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

To avoid morning meetings I blocked out my calendar with "Saving Kittens from Burning Buildings" every day from 8 to 10:15 a.m. My provost responded with a 7 a.m. meeting request. "This is violence!* I told him. #AcademicSky

Outlook calendar "Saving Kittens from Burning Buildings"

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I stopped on at my favorite brewery and they gave me a sticker! #Spokane #Whistlepunk

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yay my university president invited us all to a wellness seminar! "This workshop will help us better understand those reactions and explore practical tools for moving through change with greater intention, agency, and adaptability." #AcademicSky #Skystorians

Meme. Robin says "My workload is unmanageable," Batman slaps him saying "Here's a wellbeing seminar."

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Jamelle Bouie made the point (and he's disabled linking to his skeets or something?) that a lot of these red state Republicans have never had to run a competitive race and it is showing.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am a historian and there is a tidal wave of AI slop packaged as regional history pages. The text is stripped and blended from some legit site, with some clickbait dog whistle forced in, the image is AI "old-timey" photo of something that never existed. Example:

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lobstah Roll at Dune Brothers in Track 15 food court. I'm a New Englander and this is the best I've ever had. #WorkofRevolution

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Dang downtown Providence is so beautiful. When I was growing up in Connecticut in the 1970s it was a mobbed up shit hole of a town (or so thought everyone in Connecticut!). What a turnaround. #WorkofRevolution

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What happens when you book your conference travel at the last minute and every hotel room in downtown Providence is full? You stay on a boat! #WorkofRevolution indeed.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Last month Renée and I went to a book talk by Tessa Hulls on her graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts. In truth, I enjoyed the talk more than the book, but it won the Pulitzer last year so that's how I know. Probably you have read it.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Smoky skies in eastern Washington.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Today I accomplished a life bucket list item of bicycling the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park in the narrow window of time when the road is open to bicycles but not yet to cars. It was 70 and sunny and OMG the alpine scenery!

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

There's a certain schadenfreude watching Mike Lee melt down over Hegseth removing Mormonism from the Pentagon list of Christian religions. THIS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN. As soon as the Christian nationalists got a whiff of power they were going to turn on the Jews the Mormons, next the Catholics.

Mike Lee ranting on Twitter. The Mormonism is too a Christian faith.

Firefly meme: curse you for your son but inevitable betrayal.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I'm at a campaign kickoff and the candidate is a progressive AND a huge native plant geek and half the crowd is from the local plant geek community and folks keep introducing themselves mentioning their favorite native plants and this is so delightful. Here's his campaign shirt.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Paxton didn't just win, he crushed it. It says dark things about the Republicans that such a crook and a predator is so popular among them.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

2/ Before I went to sleep last night, I made a Canvas announcement just in case I missed class. When I got to class 5 minutes late, Baylie already had the computer on and was working the white board for the class assignment. She gets an A! I love my students.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

After flight delays and 32 hours awake traveling from #Helsinki to #Spokane yesterday, I slept for 5 hours and was only 5 minutes late to teach my morning class. I am the Iron Man of teaching. #AcademicSky

Me in a suit and a University of Helsinki baseball cap.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

#Tallinn, Estonia is maybe the most magical place I've ever visited. Can't wait to come back.

Street scape featuring medieval buildings

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I like this analog way of displaying historic photos on a kind of motorized mobile at the #Helsinki City #Museum. #publichistory

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

My first use of the AI engine now built into Outlook. I've made a terrible error. #AcademicSky

Copilot AI telling me I have 18,000 unanswered emails.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I am not getting this at all. I just came back from 5 days in the San Juan Islands with my 1st gen students on a #publichistory project, they are HUNGRY for real research and intellectual exploration.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I am taking a group of students from #EasternWashingtonUniversity students on a 5-day field trip to the San Juan Islands. Day 1 is the glorious drive across Washington State, the best state. The students are laughing and joking and this is going to be great. #AcademicSky #PublicHistory

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I enjoy a form that includes an "other" field. #AcademicSky

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The History Club students decorated their office door and I have to say their meme game is pretty strong. #HistorySky #AcademicSky

Will Ferrell as elf saying I like social studies. Social studies is my favorite

George Washington crossing the Delaware saying to his crew. Whoever is humming the Jaws theme is going to get slapped

A cartoon making fun of historians being unwilling to recognize same-sex relationships

How does the British museum have so many incredible artifacts compared to other museums? the secret ingredient is crime.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I'm going to go take a walk or something.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I'm going to go take a walk or something.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

My chances of victory seem quite low. #Polytopia

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

It is important to fill up your Outlook Calendar to block people who might try and make a morning appointment with you. #AcademicSky

A recurring Outlook Calendar appointment titled "Saving Kittens from Burning Buildings."

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Every year, #Spokane has a running race called Bloomsday. Not everyone is a fan of this year's slogan.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

So a couple of weeks ago I came to campus wearing a vintage winter coat and carrying a resin monkey lamp for my office. As one does. The student secretary asked to take my picture and next thing I know this is up on the History Club door. #AcademicSky #HistorySky #RoleModel

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I mean it can be taken too far. I absolutely doted on our late cat Playful (seen here resting on my face). But when the vet asked me if I was "Playful's dad?" I answered: "Well no. Playful is a cat."

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Happy sunset from Arches National Park.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Happy sunset from Arches National Park.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Southern Utah is another planet. Highly recommend.

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Larry Cebula @larrycebula.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Have you read this? The author convincingly paints Vietnam as basically one big My Lai massacre. To me, the most interesting chapter was the last, where he shows that by 1975 most Americans understood that the US had committed many war crimes, only for the popular perception to be rewritten later

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