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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Heard you on the Medieval Podcast. Loved it. Excellent work!

Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Those are about the ratios in my classes. Most students relying heavily on AI get poor grades, though, in comparison to the non users. I tell this to students up front.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

They did the same thing to Napoleon. Nothing to see here. Move along.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

There is a Custer statue in Monroe Michigan that would be perfect. The bird droppings would have to be removed first.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

If they want to move the needle, I think "Shroomin' Tuesday" might work.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

No regrets about canceling the subscription to the Atlantic.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

On the positive side, he didn't mention the size of his LBJ.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Yes, you are right. I try to emphasize this as well, but it's a different issue.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I stress this with my students. As with Facebook, they are the product, not the customer.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

He's a nominee for the FIFA Oscar for Best Supporting Actor!

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Ditto. 35 years as a software engineer. News of my professional death has always been premature.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Now you've put this in my head. It will be difficult to remove the linkage.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Can it be configured to have both viewpoints at the same time, perhaps one on each side of your headphones? Perhaps in dialog mode to help with difficult decisions.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

When you've hit bottom, there's only one direction you can go.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

My goal is to use this expression today. Just because.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I've traveled in East Asia and I appreciate the masking and respect for others in public spaces. I wish we had that kind of collective courtesy.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Awesome to see some of these still around. It's a Sherman I think. Correct me if I'm wrong. We have a few of these in parks here in West Michigan.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I was being facetious. Bush was terrible. Unfortunately, there are too many people like Bill K. pining for some sort of normal past that didn't really exist. I like Ike in some ways, but he was also not above putting the thumb on the scale, often illegally.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Do federal dollars pay for their meals?

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Fair point. Bush is the role model.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Looking forward to this one. Great topic and great cover.

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

In Intriguing Furniture news: yesterday I visited Lichfield Cathedral and found a new 13 metre long table made from a 5000-year-old oak log discovered perfectly preserved in a peat bog in 2016. The cut planks took 9 months to dry out, losing 2 tonnes of weight in the process. Definitely haunted...

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The veneer has worn through, but it was always thin to begin with.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

She's amazing! She DJs at night, too.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I hope it has enough cup holders. Otherwise, I'm not going.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Libreoffice never does this to me for some reason.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

That's it in a nutshell. AI is often a solution in search of a problem.

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Norm Barnacle @normanbarnacle.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

He's never been a serious historian.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."