@rjtrask1
Archivist at UNCo. Husband of a librarian. Keeper of Bishop and ghostly Maisie and Kivrin. Interested in archival silence and archives/power. Nerd. I love comics, LOTR, Discworld, old ghost stories, and dogs. Currently learning Middle Egyptian. He/Him.
Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
Colleges need to stop trying to teach students how to use AI. Even in the theoretical use cases, genAI requires the expertise to know the process and outcome WITHOUT IT to be able to use it for shortcuts and then THOROUGHLY vet the product. EXPERTISE. Students don't have that, they're students.
One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
Beaumont Kin knows his stuff…
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
A painfully cute brown dog winking. The little Chihuahua/Dachshund mix is laying on his blanket with his stuffed friend.
Bishop winking the world's problems away.
Black shelves filled with collected editions of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman! Also, includes random toys on the shelves, because I am a super nerd.
Black shelves filled with collected editions of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman! Also, includes random toys on the shelves, because I am a super nerd.
I know everything is terrible, but I got new shelves for my Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman books! And it makes me so happy!
Little brown dog licking his nose and giving me a serious side-eye.
Bishop giving me the side-eye. He did not approve of me leaving the house today.
Merry Puritan Christmas!
"An Ordinance for the better observation of the monethly Fast; and more especially the next Wednesday, commonly called The Feast of the Nativity of Christ, Thorowout the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales"
www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/ac...
The headlines these days are like:
DHS Announces Swastika as New Logo
Trump Caught in Cabinet meeting with Pants Down
CDC Announces Free Measles Injections for Children
War with Random Country Imminent for No Reason
President Pardons Pedophiles and Insurrectionists
During our university library strategic meeting, no one agreed with my goal to "Help destroy gen-AI in all of its forms on campus, the community, and the world."
Dr continues: Maybe we'd even allow you back into proper, nonfat society. Glad I could help out today.
OYRHA: But my cough.
Dr.: Probably your fat throat.
OYRHA: Yeah, okay, thanks.
Cue sad Charlie Brown music as OYRHA slowly walks out (while coughing.)
I love going to the doctor.
5/5
Dr.: Hey, have you tried eating better and exercising. I’ve got some colorful pamphlets here that’ll tell you important things like “just eating candy is bad for you.” You probably didn’t know that as someone who is fat. These pamphlets should revolutionize your fat life.
4/5
OYRHA: Yes, you’d be surprised at the efforts that go into me trying to not be fat. Sometimes I even succeed for a little bit, but I always seem to creep back up. I seem to have a combination of genetics and mentality that makes it really hard to maintain weight loss.
3/5
OYRHA: Yes, I am well aware of my fatness. As I was saying…
Dr. Because we weighed you again. And you are FAT. And being fat is the worst.
OYRHA: Again, I know that I am fat.
Dr. Here’s an idea. Have you ever tried not being fat?
2/5
One act-play entitled “Tubby Archivist Goes to the Doctor.”
Dramatis Personae:
Overweight, yet ruggedly handsome, archivist
Doctor
Scene: Doctor’s Office
Dr: How can I help?
OYRHA: I’ve got this lingering cough that …
Dr:. Before you go on, I need to make sure you know you’re fat.
1/5
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
Four college students in costume. Two of the costumes seem inspired from Lil' Abner. One of the costumes combines elements from the costumes of both Shazam and Superman. The last costume is unclear - but consists of a long skirt/dress, a cape, and a garland of flowers.
Looking through the old Colorado State College yearbooks for the first evidence of superheroes, I found a photograph from a 1941 dance. It looks like one of the students is wearing a costume combing elements from the costumes of both Superman and Shazam.
well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
A well dressed professor is about to punch a skeleton right in the face. The skeleton and the professor are standing next to a table with a couple of glasses, a candle, a book, and a giant bottle.
Looks like drinking with skeletons went poorly. Not sure what was said to start the fight, but it looks intense.
From the 1908 Colorado State Normal School Cache la Poudre yearbook.
In the spirit of Dr. Parcak's post, it is the RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS who are making you use a colon instead of a comma in front of the page numbers when citing a journal using the Chicago Manual of Style. My students do want SOMEONE to blame for the CMOS.
The RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS are why your midterms are not fully graded
My dog Bishop could be Bagel's long list cousin!
The archivist was a super minor character, but still representing us!
just finished the Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. It was brutal, horrific, and amazing.
There was even an archivist character. Always happy to see my people represented in horror fiction. (We are the keepers of secrets and mysteries.)
People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
'Raise the Shire!' said Merry. 'Now! Wake all our people! They hate all this, you can see: all of them except perhaps one or two rascals, and a few fools that want to be important, but don't at all understand what is really going on. But Shire-folk have been so comfortable so long they don't know what to do. They just want a match, though, and they'll go up in fire. The Chief's Men must know that. They'll try to stamp on us and put us out quick. We've only got a very short time. - The Scouring of the Shire, LOTR
