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Professor Misha

@mishagriffith.bsky.social
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Historian of Technology, Cold War student, Covert communications consultant (non-violent insurrections only need apply), Professor Yes, Documentary filmmaker, Electrician with notions (Lighting designer), Leguminati, Maisie Mae's mom.

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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 9h
Just checking to see if my phone is properly synced up to my new Bluetooth keyboard. Hot Damn! Now I can make snide remarks twice as fast. No more arthritic thumbs tripping over each other.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I reached a weird milestone today: the remaining mortgage on my home is less than my remaining student loans. Mathematically, the mortgage keeps going down because of the large payments. But because my student loan repayments are thankfully relatively small, the amount keeps going up.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
How to adjunct: Thursday evening you are told that one of your classes is being given to a full timer. Friday morning you are given a class at a different campus, but taught on Zoom. Friday afternoon you find out the textbook is not in stock. The class starts Monday. Yes, the answer is always yes.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/08/2026
Nah, I can’t be convinced this was death by suicide. Black people do not lynch themselves from trees, and the fact that these cases have been dismissed so quickly without thorough investigation is telling.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Summer 2026 semester is finally over. The grades were posted as soon as I finished grading the last research paper at 4:30 this morning. I didn't want to take a chance that the posting might be late. Now, what will be the first fun thing to do? Sleep.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It's a sultry and rainy August day in Northern Virginia, maybe where you are, too. Perfect for brewing a pot of tea and staying indoors to listen to a podcast. Might I recommend Paul Cooper's Fall of Civilizations? A new edition has dropped recently: www.youtube.com/watch?v=01CZ...
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21. Majapahit - Empire of the Islands
YouTube video by Fall of Civilizations
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We had a car repair shop that was totally inept close to our house, and they went out of business. It is now becoming an Einstein's Bagels. Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Afternoon naps are delightful, but afternoon naps followed by a cafecito are preferable. Let's see if I can stay up to grade a batch of essays.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
We live south of Dulles Airport, so we are used to hearing approaching jets. However, we seem to be on the flightpath of tonight's flyover, so it was pretty cool to see Stealth fighters, C-5s, and the Blue Angels.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
What might happen in the future in Iran/American relations? Keep in mind how Iran treated Jimmy Carter. They waited until Reagan was inaugurated to release the hostages. It was aimed at creating the maximum amount of humiliation for Carter. No doubt they would do the same to trump.
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Best Side Cycling @bestsidecycling.com · 21/06/2026
To all of my new followers: hello! I am a Seattle based YouTube channel whose sole mission is to get more people on bikes :) Reporting on our improving bike infrastructure is a key part of what I love to do but you'll see a lot of two wheeled things in general
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Dear Tartan Army, we are reading with joy about your merriment in Boston. Drink the city dry, play the pipes all night, but please do not put traffic cones on the monument to the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry. They were Bonnie lads fighting for their freedom.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We just got assistance from a government agency in filling out some forms that have been puzzling us and keeping us from handling our finances correctly. Anthony, thank you for showing us that there are still decent--and funny--civil servants who know what they are doing.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The night nursing staff kept me up most of the night chatting. Sitting in a hospital bed all day is lonely and exhausting. Human contact is so necessary. The morning tech just brought me a cup of real coffee from the cafe downstairs. I have been in pain for a month, and these folks are healing me.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Will our version of "But Mussolini got the trains running on time" end up being "well, Trump got all the fountains in DC running" ?
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
So the new director of intelligence is tasked with firing people. No doubt the ones on the chopping block will be the ones who held that invading Iran was a bad idea. But it's OK because the guy in the White House only listens to his gut and Bibi.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
So I am stuck in the hospital for back issues. Let me give some advice to help navigate the American healthcare labyrinth: Take pictures of insurance cards--front and back- and keep them in a secure file on your phone. Take pictures of the labels of your meds, and keep those in a secure file.
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wolfgirlz.bsky.social @wolfgirlz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A small Central Oregon town shoots down data center development share.google/BfCmt4beJRds...
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A small Central Oregon town shoots down data center development
At a packed meeting on Wednesday evening, La Pine residents spoke for hours against the proposed data center before city councilors voted to shut the project down.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I would try to stop my dog from barking and running from the front window to the back yard and back when the mailman arrives, except it is such good exercise. She also looks very proud that yet again, she has saved us from being brutally murdered.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Lazy breakfast: toast frozen waffles until crispy, drizzle on some of the good stuff, add a big dollup of cottage cheese.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
American healthcare sucks.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Tell me it's a sport medicine waiting room without saying it is a sports medicine waiting room.
A bookcase with no books
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I am in big trouble with Miss Maisie because I cooked fancy Greek Chicken tonight instead of plain chicken. Greek Chicken had many cloves of garlic involved, so she cannot share. She is giving me the look of "how could you ruin chimken like that?"
A brown and white dog lying on a pillow.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
How long before he shuts down the investigation into this shooting? I think we will soon find out. In the meantime.... Thoughts and prayers
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Grading papers can be so droll: "Buddhism spread widely during this time, while Daoism and Confusion remained important in the belief systems." I blame AI, or at least spell-check.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
My son just got cast as Don Jon in "Much Ado about Nothing," at his community theater. He has a very deep voice, which is perfect for the villain. Big step up from playing Larry the Lobster in "SpongeBob, the Musical."
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Ya don't have to be hard on crime when you have these guys guarding you...and your entire country is the size of an average American shopping mall
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a man in a helmet is standing in the rain with arte e storia on the bottom
ALT: a man in a helmet is standing in the rain with arte e storia on the bottom
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orban's defeat should remind us what exactly authoritarians need from us: our votes and our permission. We can beat them only by withholding both.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Wouldn't it be great if JD Vance were excommunicated by the Pope?
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I have just put slices of avocado on my pizza. Amaze Amaze Amaze
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
TACO Tuesday, anyone?
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
After all of this, was it worth it, Pam? Kristi?
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
No one makes those thick, malty, frozen waffles anymore. It's not like you can stack two regular waffles and call them Belgian waffles.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If the GOP ever drops trump, it means they found someone who is guaranteed to win 79,000,000 votes in a presidential election.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The number of people who need to go up against the wall when the revolution comes is growing daily
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
So, if we are indeed recreating Germany in the 1930s, where is our Kit Kat Club?
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
My husband is currently sharing a hospital room. His roommate is unhappy because my husband sometimes gets confused at night and yells rather than pushing the call button for the nurse. The roommate, however, watches Fox News all day. I think that's fair.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I hate that my husband is in the hospital, but at least the cafeteria serves a kickin' broccoli cheddar soup.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
4:30 am, and the dog had to go for a walk. Brisk 20 degrees F with 15 mph winds. She looked up at the roof and barked. Oh look, this hotel has one of those big plastic Great Horned Owls to scare away pigeons. Then the owl turned towards me and its eyes gleamed gold. My dog finds owls.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
There must be a correlation between the outside temperature and the amount of time you must wait on one end of the leash for your dog to finish her business in the hotel parking lot.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A wren was flitting around inside the house this morning. I have no idea how it got in because the house is closed up tight. But our dog has had a wonderful time chasing it.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Maisie had to wear her coat to the dog park today, and I think she was embarrassed. Too bad, young lady, you don't have a double coat like the border collie.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Went shopping to prepare for the storm, but am too tired to cook any of the food I brought home
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Longtime Northern California congressman Doug LaMalfa just died. What does this do to the Republican majority?
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Kidnapping a president under the guise of illicit drugs was wrong when George HW Bush did it, and it is still wrong when Trump does it.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Dear Hive mind: I need suggestions on how to find reasonable contractors for a bathroom remodel. I have never done this before, and am too used to doing the work myself, but this is beyond my skill level.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Ah, my first full day of rest at the end of fall semester. Where am I spending it? In the Emergency Room waiting to see if my husband has a concussion after falling in the bathroom.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Fall semester 2025 is officially done. No need to use the thermometer, the grissle is falling off the bones. Spring will be vastly different. Four online classes, one of which I have never taught before. Oh, and everything must be ADA compliant. Good.
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
23 hours to get my grading done, and... My Internet is out. AHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I am the biggest push over when it comes to deadlines for students. However, it is inevitable that one day I will say no. That happened today to a student who has had spotty attendance to a Zoom class and has not done any work since October. Do not contact me 25 hours after the deadline for all work
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