Pleased this story mentions the lyrics of "Fireworks" by the Hip (Fun fact: I used to clean Paul Henderson's golf clubs when I worked at a country club in high school)

From a small display in our library....

New collection edited by Nile Green Serendipitous Translations: A Sourcebook on Sri Lanka in the Islamic Indian Ocean e.g. Ibn Battuta’s Arabic Travelogue on Sarandib - Christopher Bahl Muslim Lanka in Malay: A Prophet’s Exile, a Writer’s Recollections, and a Soldier-Saint’s Journey - Teren Sevea

Just checked this out from our Fine Arts Library and it is absolutely beautiful.....a bargain at $35! shop.noma.org/products/cal...

This is one of my favorite photos in an absolutely splendid collection

Did I mention that the PDF catalog of the Holsinger Studio Portrait Project's exhibition, Visions of Progress, is freely downloadable online? Over 10,000 people saw the show at UVA, then it went to the Black History Museum of Virginia. Now it's touring churches & schools. at.virginia.edu/vop-catalog

Ruth Schwartz Cowan, MORE WORK FOR MOTHRA (1983)

I am once again looking at the Declaration of Independence as printed on a handkerchief www.amrevmuseum.org/news/now-on-...

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Lies and betrayals Fruit covered nails Electricity and lust www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...

Seeing this sign always makes me happy

PUBLICATION DAY! Today my book has officially been re-released by @pennpress.bsky.social. With new preface that examines the 2020 protest that led to the removal of the Rizzo statue, recent Philly politics, and the rise of Trump, I hope you'll check it out and help spread the word! 🗃️

"My favourite higher education joke of all time – apart from the existence of the University of Southern California – is without a doubt “how many universities does it take to change a lightbulb?” “Change!?!” Tremendous burn from @alexusherhesa.bsky.social (re: USC lol)

New slogan: "Get railed by SEPTA*" *applies to all modes

Worst part of this morning's trip to the DMV? SEPTA (DMV was great actually)

Carjackings and murders are down huge along with a few other crimes (but not all!) across the US. It’s a massive, underreported story. we should be aggressively trying to figure out why.

Such a fave, song and video

I'd like an ice dancing routine set to "Sabotage"

Fun presentation by John Bidwell at Material Texts this evening on how the Declaration of Independence became part of American/Atlantic visual culture across the 19th century

Seems like a good hire at the PMA

"Bike Encased in Snow, With Dog Piss" (2026)

🚨Late-breaking TT JOB 🚨 Assistant Professor, English, University of Guelph Review of applications begins 3/31 (!) universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

Extremely rude that I am not on that Bluesky map I'm an *Elder*

Philadelphia Rapid Transit, 1927. Assertions to the effect that “people preferred to drive” are guesses in the guise of explanations. A minority of motorists degraded streetcar service for the majority.

🚨Late-breaking TT JOB 🚨 Assistant Professor, English, University of Guelph Review of applications begins 3/31 (!) universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

Laughable yet alarming photo From Francis Spufford's CAHOKIA JAZZ Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center

I confess: Last week The Boy and I used a chair and a cone to save the spot he dug us out of when we went to hockey practice www.inquirer.com/life/philade...

The onion remains undefeated in delivering the most accurate news. theonion.com/ai-chatbot-t...

Laughable yet alarming photo From Francis Spufford's CAHOKIA JAZZ Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS HE SAID CANADA.

The crypto ads they don't stop

sucks all these asshole actors really feel the need to shill all these bullshit products

what was that, the 5th garbage AI commercial? the 6th one?? spending all that money on a Super Bowl ad has to be a last gasp death rattle, literally no one wants this shit and they can’t even give it away

I cried during the butts ad

Wild to remember that the halftime musical act at Super Bowl I was Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

This is giving ammunition to the Canadians who maintain the Grey Cup is generally more fun than the Super Bowl

Remember last year? Now that was a Super Bowl!

Elder Teen is annoyed that she's not getting the real Super Bowl ads on the Canadian broadcast

I'm nostalgic for those David Harbour Tide ads

Soup-er Bowl* * I am making soup

Montana couldn't put on a jacket and tie?

A post of a Marx coin bank just reminded me of my favorite Casty moment

This was time well spent So much joy #GoBirds

I never noticed this either.

Congratulations to @sniderhockey.bsky.social 16UA National -- a 7-0 win yesterday over Central Pa. and a 2-1 win today over the Quakers clinched first place. The squad finished 19-3-1 and one OT loss and heads to the DVHL playoffs in Aston next weekend.

I've been hanging out around 9th and Snyder for more than a year now but only last night tried the taco truck for the first time.... Good food! Nice people! Give them your custom www.taqueriahernandezfoodtruck.com

I laughed out loud

It's a milestone when one of your kids is in the process of getting their first apartment

Penn English takes teaching seriously And I love that this is always visible on their website

Reading through the student nominations for the teaching award for graduate students I organize and as always I am feeling a lot of feels A student wrote 936 words in praise of her English instructor (our English PhDs all get to teach a course of their own, organized around a single work)