Paul Fairie

The hyphen will haunt me. There’s so much else wrong with the typesetting, but the hyphen is a sign of a diseased mind.

WOMEN AND ASTRONOMY Honors Achieved in This Department of Science Astronomers Assisted by Their Wives Women Computers at Harvard and Other Institutions --The Standard-Times, 19 Jun 1903

Harvard, 1903

the dream

Front page of The Journal of AI Generated Papers

I think this journal is a great idea -- it makes it really convenient to completely avoid all these papers at the same time.

Water Restrictions in effect starting March 9

Alright #Calgary, we've got another round of water restrictions queued up to begin March 9. We failed to meet targets the last 2 times but we have advanced warming and a more generous cap this time around so plan on getting any water intensive tasks out of the way before Monday 💧

PUBLIC TO HELP DOG BITE VICTIMS --The Jersey Journal, 18 Mar 1915

I feel like the dog doesn't need any help.

Fun times. Might need to revive the course soon in some form or another...

Poilievre Advisor: Okay, just be cool out there and remember to clarify when referencing Robin Hood that you don’t mean the one that everybody knows

1991

You can tell when an emerging social media platform is becoming established as the number of screenshots from other, older platforms decreases.

Similarly, you can tell when an established social media platform is dying as the number of screenshots from other, newer platforms increases.

The very first one of these! bsky.app/profile/paul...

I love when people reminisce about the 60s as a more innocent time.

Paul Fairie, welcome to the #WarOnAutoists. Erm, #WarOnCars.

(hilariously dating back to 1899, be sure to click through Blue Sky's ridiculous threading)

It's really great that we live in a world where we give free money to people with insider information about war.

Just absolutely swell.

As the saying goes, if there was a war on cars, the cars won.

War, huh,
What is it good for?
A FIFA Peace Prize

I'd really love to experience a month that will be lost to the history books. A whole month. What paradise that would be.

I think you're on to something ✍🏻

1935

Turns out all you had to do this whole time was play 1D chess

Live your life so people text you "want to hear a gossip" and then you text back "um yes of course".

Such power.

Great minds, etc. bsky.app/profile/paul...

Katy Perry has so much to answer for.

I can't believe Trudeau did this.

I'd suspect an acclamation.

Simply put, if America is going to survive, Mamdani needs to become the mayor of every American city simultaneously.

Weber identified three types of power, emerging from traditional, legal-rational, and charismatic authority.

Please behold the purest example of the third kind below:

NAZIS DEMAND APOLOGY FROM CANADIAN Declaring that a remark by a Toronto alderman was an insult to Germany, the German Consul here has made an official protest. Ald. William Croft had remarked that the Civic Zoo was so dirty that it was only fit for Hitler. Mr. Croft refused to withdraw the remark, and says he will tell the Consul (Herr Kropp) to "go to Hades" "Hitler" he adds "cannot goose step in Canada" Herr Kroop states that his protest was ordered by the Consul-General in Ottawa on instructions from Berlin. The Mayor (Ald Day) told the Consul that ald Croft was not speaking for the council but independent. Mr JJ Glass a member of the Ontario legislature says "No swell headed attempt by Hitler can stifle Canadian public opinion. If Hitler did fewer disgraceful things himself he would not be insulted." --The Newcastle Sun, 30 Jun 1938

1938
NAZIS DEMAND APOLOGY FROM CANADIAN

we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago