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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 3mo ago

I recently discovered an online game hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Each day there's a set of 10 objects with anywhere from 1 to 10 photos and you're asked to identify the place from which they come & their approximate age on a timeline, with up to 5,000 points each for location & date. If you guess the opposite side of the world you might get 2 points out of 5k (as I did today) but despite my ignorance I usually total 60k-70k. You might enjoy it! https://anthropeum.com/

Anthropeum

A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

My Venus flytraps are blooming and this is the first flower to open. #carnivorousplants #bloomscrolling

mstdn.social

Mastodon 🐘

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@theleftistlawyer The response to "computers can't make mistakes" which comes to my mind is, "Have you ever used autocorrect?"

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@ireneista @dantheclamman @nev Also, a perfect example of what makes Mastodon great.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

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@frankstrudel@mastodon.me.uk That is in fact an excellent post.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

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@Natouille@mastodon.tetaneutral.net @tomstafford@mastodon.online @Gina@fosstodon.org You misspelled "last decade."

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social I've been happy and impressed that when the #UCBerkeley Academic Personnel Office has had meetings for AP analysts, introductions have routinely included pronouns along with name and department.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

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@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz Thanks to this toot my wife and daughter (and I) now know what oyster larvae look like; e.g. https://www.seanoe.org/data/00308/41888/thumbnail.gif

seanoe.org

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@ericm @ai6yr @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite Light and Motion is gone, I think, unless someone has revived it in the last year or so: https://www.reddit.com/r/cycling/s/1U530NXFiE

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk Yes! See: https://www.si.edu/stories/how-carnivorous-plants-avoid-eating-their-pollinating-insect-friends The first point in the "how do they distinguish?" section is true with these: the flower stalk is about 18cm long and the traps are only about 1.5cm high.

si.edu

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@emilymbender Your posts are such a good and thoughtful thread on the meaning of power in this context - thank you!

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@FrChazzz@mastodon.social Indirectly related, thetorah.com has a very interesting piece today on the women at the tomb: https://www.thetorah.com/article/easter-with-the-women-at-jesus-empty-tomb-the-four-gospels I'd never noticed the (possible?) allusions to the Song of Songs.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@dantheclamman "Requires some creativity"? You mean the albatross doesn't bring bivalve babies the way the stork brings human children?

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@annaleen@wandering.shop Wonderful book! Well deserved!

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@CWilbur @dantheclamman Not a shell game, then?

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@superpixels@mastodon.social @evacide@hachyderm.io I was about to respond with this!

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@sinituulia@eldritch.cafe "Mother, what have you done with my lap?!?!"

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

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@_elena@mastodon.social @emilymbender@dair-community.social @alex@dair-community.social It's so good! And I recommended it most recently to someone just two days ago.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@EveHasWords@toot.cat "This four-week series, led by lay and ordained leaders from our diocesan trans community, will draw on formation resources being developed by the Episcopal Church to support the full inclusion of transgender people in the church and beyond." https://mailchi.mp/diocal/050826 2/2

mailchi.mp

Communications Assoicate, Ellie Simpson at the March for Truth and Freedom in Minneapolis

Last week, Ellie and her spouse joined religious leaders across the country through MARCH to bear witness and join in non-violent action in Minneapolis. You can read more in today

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@EveHasWords@toot.cat Case in point for the error of "the guy": The #Episcopal Diocese of California is sponsoring this in June: "Gather for worship, Bible study, reflection, and conversation this Pride Month, focused on stories of gender non-conforming people in the Bible. 1/2

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@FinalGirl@blackqueer.life @blogdiva@mastodon.social @Rainmaker1973@zpravobot.news Ditto!

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@Stoori@polyglot.city Forwarded to a classicist friend. 🙂

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@chronodm@glammr.us @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @overholt@glammr.us Ditto the "as we know it."

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@ELS@sfba.social @eniatitova@sfba.social Calochortus has so many wonderful species!

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@Bronwyn@sfba.social I thought there was a tiny tiny chance he's a fan of the Bible translation (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The-Jerusalem-Bible-used-by-Gerald-R.-Ford-when-being-sworn-in-as-Vice-President-and-President-NARA-45644369.jpg) but I suppose he would have mentioned it if he were - you know, like swearing to tell the truth with your hand on the Bible? Okay, too long a stretch, sorry.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@pomegranate_stew #ForbiddenKitties

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@masukomi @Impossible_PhD I also don't know what WPA means in this context, but UC Berkeley has a posting in Gender and Women's Studies for their lecturer pool: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05033 They might not actually be hiring; campus strongly encourages programs to keep a pool open just in case, but some hiring is happening in some units. (Rhetoric doesn't seem to have anything currently, though.)

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@cdavies@mastodon.scot I hadn't planned to but I really should!

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@elfin I wonder what percentage of people do that? 1%? Less?

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

From Darkness to Light: A Year Through a Byzantine Gospel Lectionary
https://criticaltexts.com/from-darkness-to-light-a-year-through-a-byzantine-gospel-lectionary-2/

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

A Brief History of Cataloging Greek New Testament Manuscripts - Critical Texts
https://criticaltexts.com/brief_history_of_cataloging_gnt_mss/

criticaltexts.com

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@dantheclamman Great essay, thank you!

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@TarkabarkaHolgy Might one of the online editions of this work be useful to provide canonical English versions of the names? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Antiquities

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

AI chatbot kids’ toys are still an obviously terrible idea
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/13/ai-chatbot-kids-toys-are-still-an-obviously-terrible-idea/

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@xerge@mastodon.nl @petergleick@fediscience.org MAHA* *Unless it means the rich people have to get a yacht that's 6 inches shorter.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@mia@cathode.church It was several months after I first saw the term that I looked it up and discovered it wasn't related to Judith.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

2026 Spring Sale - Yale University Press
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2026-spring-sale/
50% off through May and it's really tempting to get the 2024 Yale Anchor Bible Genesis 1-11, which at $42.50 isn't cheap, but it's a lot better than the $85 list price: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300149739/genesis-1-11/.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@ClintonAnderson@universeodon.com The Rev. Charles Browning, @FrChazzz@mastodon.social, is an Episcopal priest in Honolulu.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 3mo ago

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@petergleick@fediscience.org In case you didn't see this: https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/@EdwinG/116805412751010499

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@Rycaut I've felt so many! The biggest were https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_San_Fernando_earthquake and Loma Prieta; since then any but the tiniest jolts terrify me.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@scalzi Very well deserved!

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Super Fakehuman grammar everything advice
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73023&utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=super-fakehuman-grammar-everything-advice (On the Grammarly "Expert Review" fiasco.)

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Introducing the New UBS 6 GNT - Critical Texts
https://criticaltexts.com/ubs6overview/

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Why Praying Still Matters Even If God Already Knows
https://zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/why-praying-still-matters-even-if-god-already-knows/

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@catsalad@infosec.exchange Furfluencers.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@sinituulia We sometimes use a lint roller of this type for cat hair: https://www.chewy.com/petlovers-extra-sticky-lint-roller/dp/2190950 although maybe you can improvise with a loop of masking tape around your fingers, sticky-side-out?

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

After a historically hot March, an active April weather pattern will bring thunderstorms, cooler temperatures, and likely even some Sierra snow - Weather West
https://weatherwest.com/archives/43818 #cawx

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

St. Augustine is key to the difference between Pete Hegseth and Pope Leo | National Catholic Reporter
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/st-augustine-key-difference-between-pete-hegseth-and-pope-leo
On the interpretation of the imprecatory Psalms.

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@ingalls@mstdn.ca Welcome back to the US!

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John McChesney-Young @jmccyoung@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@wutchilli @shlee Ditto, and also very unsurprised.

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