Ian Petrie
@icpetrie.bsky.social
Historian, Canadian, Philadelphian. Higher ed, urban🚲, books, cats, hockey. At Penn's CETLI; teach South Asia & Hist Sci/Med/Tech. Disappointing people since 1972.
Invoking the wisdom of our QB1: “I fixed my mind to not put stock into the minutiae,” Hurts said.
Steven R. Shaw, PhD@shawpsych.bsky.social · 2h agoAttended my first university committee meeting in 16 months. There was animated discussion of the minutiae Robert's Rules of Order process. FFS. Now considering retirement.
JOB: TT Assistant Professor, Philosophy, University of Toronto Mississauga Ethics and/or Social and Political Philosophy The capacity to teach Feminist Philosophy is an asset for this position universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
FELLOWSHIP: Holman Fellowship for African Health and Medicine Research, Penn For researchers from African institutions working on historical, anthropological & social aspects of health & healing 4-month residency; travel costs + $18K stipend wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
The energy I'm bringing into the office this morning
Wet Hot American Summer [2001] | Paul Rudd
YouTube video by David Webber
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It was a lot of fun seeing WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER at Bok Movie Club tonight, with esteemed partner who'd never seen it before I'd only watched it previously on my own, so revisiting it as part of an audience was a treat. (Even if I meaningfully increased the average age of the audience.)
MY SON IS THE POPE Very niche; negligible sales but badass
Ian Petrie@icpetrie.bsky.social · 3d agoSeeing a truck with a "My Son is a US Marine" bumper sticker made me wish for a more comprehensive collection: MY SON IS A PUPPETEER MY DAUGHTER IS AN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIST MY NON-BINARY KID IS A LUTHIER I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MY ADULT CHILDREN MAKE THEIR LIVINGS
"A History Department professor said the use of the Warren Center's money for stipends creates serious salaries inequities "at a University which is not supposed to pay salaries according to a 'star' system...We're all supposed to be stars here," the professor added."
Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5)@gauthamrao.bsky.social · yesterdayDon't ask me how or why I came across this WILD 1977 Harvard Crimson article about the Harvard history department's infighting over Americanists giving themselves extra summer funds www.thecrimson.com/article/1977...
Asked my students to come to today's class ready to talk about any art they saw this weekend in any context I'm going to share some images from PAFA, where I was on Saturday (including letting them know they can visit for free) but also sharing this, from Passyunk Ave
A student journalist wanted to report on campus without careful PR management and is reported to the police. A blue state campus system supports the administration. The freedom of faculty and students to teach, learn, and speak is under pressure. www.chronicle.com/article/a-st...
A Student Journalist Sent a Critical Email to an Administrator. She Reported Him to the Police.
The episode was the latest dispute in a tense relationship between Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and the campus newspaper — and it has free-speech advocates up in arms.
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"“He tells everybody he’s a Philly cop. That’s how he earns your trust,” If that's how you're picking your contractor...
Contractor charged with fraud in Delco, Montco, and Bucks is a former South Philly cop with a history of citizen complaints and lawsuits
Shawn Hagan retired as a city cop in 2024. Since then, his home-improvement company has racked up fraud charges in three counties. One family allegedly lost $100,000 and is still displaced.
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Panel on Ben Franklin in which Penn is represented by....oncologist-ethicist Zeke Emanuel (on account of his having "created" a class on BF which he famously sought to hire a historian to do the creating)
"A Republic, If You Can Keep It": Ben Franklin, the Constitution, and Civic Participation - Perry World House
Join historian Stacy Schiff and constitutional scholar Akhil Amar for an afternoon of storytelling and conversation about Benjamin Franklin, the Founders, the drafting of the Constitution, and Philade...
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu
“I fixed my mind to not put stock into the minutiae,” Hurts said. Gonna use this at work this week
Student newspaper op ed: "Penn can’t hold true to its values of being “open-minded and curious, inventive and practical, exhibiting brilliance across fields, imperfect but self-improving, and relentlessly focused on enhancing social good” while also partnering with and promoting AI on campus."
Claude is stupid. You’re not.
Columnist Charlotte Pulica argues that Penn’s new Claude subscription goes against the University’s values, offers nothing beneficial to students, and contradicts the meaning of education.
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I was just catching up on Dallas G's 2 TDs and could not resist revisiting this #GoBirds
Dallas Goedert NASTY Stiff Arm on Carrington Valentine 😳 Packers vs Eagles 2025 Highlights
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Rough beginning for @sniderhockey.bsky.social's 18UA squad this evening in Newark Scored first...down 2-1 after 1st...lost 8-1 We started with a short bench (down 3 skaters), lost one to an ejection and another to injury. Not even having two full lines surely contributed to the loss. Onward!
On my way into Fu-Wah I saw a guy wearing a GO BIRDS shirt I said "Go Birds!" He replied "Hi how are you"
Delighted to see LIONS by Philly's Lightning Rod Special get a shout out from Emily Nussbaum in her report from Edinburgh Fringe in the latest New Yorker Saw it at Philly Fringe last year and loved it
Feeling good about going to a fringe show rather than watching baseball
Catching up with this disturbing article... A notorious case (but not known to me) - author alludes to (but does not cite) work by @wombatscholar.bsky.social
The Children a Scientist Took Home
Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took back to the U.S.
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Seeing a truck with a "My Son is a US Marine" bumper sticker made me wish for a more comprehensive collection: MY SON IS A PUPPETEER MY DAUGHTER IS AN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIST MY NON-BINARY KID IS A LUTHIER I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MY ADULT CHILDREN MAKE THEIR LIVINGS
My book "TROOP MOVEMENTS" is out this month. My book-tour this Fall will take me to NYC, Baltimore, Chicago, L.A., and beyond... Stay tuned, or get in touch! I'm excited to return to NYU for an early book event — on September 24, a Thursday. RSVP today!: ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
Book Talk | Tejasvi Nagaraja | Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II – Institute for Public Knowledge
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Tej Nagaraja@tejnagaraja.bsky.social · 2w agoMy new book is out this month! “Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II” — by Tejasvi Nagaraja Buy it! Get in touch with me — if you have any ideas?: * book review * book-tour event * assigning it to teach * interview or podcast Thanks — Stay tuned!
Decorating magazine article title: "Thinking of a Plaster Plan"
