Well, after quadruple checking, my retention dossier is officially submitted. I don’t really foresee winning a major award before midnight, but I’ll revise once more if I get a sudden Pulitzer/MacArthur/Guggenheim/etc.
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Musician, composer, college prof, runner, coffee aficionado. Prone to extreme geeking out over music, TTRPGs, sci-fi, and tech stuff. I speak English and French. benfuhrman.com
Goodbye to Google and Apple Maps. Never used the latter, but they’ve made their choice.
Get my running shoes on… and immediately thunder/lighthing/rain hits HARD.
Well, unless something extremely cool happens that I need to update in my scholarship narrative before September 4, my retention dossier is complete and fully uploaded. #academia #ThankCthulhuItsDoneBeforeClassesStart
Last week before classes, so I’m trying new recipes while I have time. Made brioche, which smells absolutely amazing.
This is my last week before class starts, so in between admin tasks, I’ve been prepping baked polenta and brioche to bake tomorrow. Yay, working from home (for a few more days).
Thank you for writing this, @polphilpod.bsky.social - thank you. “Living through a global resurgence of fascism, the greatest difficulty has proved to be not arguing against it, but convincing non-fascists that fascism’s adherents really mean it.“
Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 4w agomodern fascists aren't posturing, or saying stuff for some other purpose—they mean it my latest with @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...
New MSU study finds clear connection between low snowpack and human-caused climate change.
Scientists link the West’s extreme snow drought to climate change
New MSU study finds clear connection between low snowpack and human-caused climate change.
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Finally broke down and got the official Montana formal footwear. Damnit, they’re really comfortable…
It’s August 1st, 2026. Here in Montana, halfway to the arctic circle, it will be over 100°F with 9% humidity. I’m surrounded on all sides of the valley by wildfire smoke, and there are both extreme heat and red flag warnings since Tuesday.
Who pays for what is not a fight between the city mouse and the country mouse. The problem is the fat cat that flies in on a corporate jet, lands at a private landing pad, bringing in their personal chef for a gourmet meal from ingredients that not grown in Montana. open.substack.com/pub/monicatr...
Seeley Lake Secession
Stop Fighting Over Scraps: The Real Villain in Montana’s Tax Crisis
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Just got the notification that "Melting Voices" (harmonica/computer) is on the CMS International program next June in Reykjavik, Iceland. soundcloud.com/bfuhrman/mel...
Melting Voices
I’ve been thinking a lot about the echo chamber of social media and group think recently. It seems as if society is becoming more and more polarized as we stop talking to each other, and instead for i
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Final day in Rome: just walking around town (the house was designed by and belonged to M.C. Escher).
There’s a marble cutter at Via Margutta 53 in Rome. Picked up a sign for my office there, not sure if it’s more for me or my students…
Day trip to Florence: the Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio, and some dude without clothes…
On the train from Florence to Rome. Can't believe they let people just stand around without pants on, even in 100° weather...
Rome Day 5: St. John Lateran, the Maxxi Gallery, and the Spanish Steps.
Rome Day 4: Forum and Palantine Hill, WEGIL museum, Fontana dell’Acqua Paola, and the Pyramid.
Rome Day 3: Galleria Borghese and the Colosseum. Bonus - random three Caravaggios in a church, and a seagull photobomb…
Waiting for a connecting train in Paris, and the level of road/sidewalk work going on in the city really reminds me of home. It’s everywhere…
Sure seems like the Supreme Court wants to make America a monarchy before July 4th…
Hiked the Shafthouse trail today. 9 miles, 8500 feet elevation, 4 hours in the dot.
Just finished the first draft of my retention dossier, a week ahead of schedule. I really don’t want to look at anything #academia related for the next couple of days…
Back from a gig. First time ever playing harmonica in a Celtic gig, and the first time I’ve played harmonica publicly in probably 10 years.