Ian Petrie

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Historian, Canadian, Philadelphian. Higher ed, urban🚲, books, cats, hockey. At Penn's CETLI; teach South Asia & Hist Sci/Med/Tech.
Disappointing people since 1972.

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There will be jangle

Sunday Sunday Sunday!

🎵 That's my phlebotomist 🎵

A good and sensitive phlebotomist is worth their weight in gold.

Two sources of anxiety at work have been resolved favorably!

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Wake me when he brings on George Meany again...

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celebrating the “wellness” email my institution just sent about “mindful eating” by having a huge bowl of ice cream for lunch ~mindfully~

Excited to see that a substantial swathe of Bluesky has discovered this member of our faculty today

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deciding that i'm going to become lissome-coded. gonna become lithe-pilled. be a nimble mother fucker.

JOB: Lecturer, Integrated Studies Program, U. Penn 1 year but renewable for up to 3 years "esp interested in candidates whose work is interdisciplinary & who have prior experience with interdisciplinary teaching across the humanities, social sciences & natural sciences" apply.interfolio.com/149090

Belated shout out to the cook out I passed on Cobbs Creek on the weekend that was playing "Funky Cold Medina"

Organizers of the youth hockey tournament in Delco this Friday-Sunday....post the schedule, I beg you

coffee travails dominating my feed

holy shit it's almost time!

TOMORROW! An epic crossover event years in the making... Two legendary Philly nanoinfluencers meet irl FOR THE FIRST TIME! There will be breakfast sandwiches.

“We were going to go to the Shore for a couple of days, but this is way better,” Hoffman said.

Phillies set a franchise record with seven players named to the NL All-Star teamwww.inquirer.com Relievers Matt Strahm and Jeff Hoffman were selected along with starting pitchers Ranger Suárez and Zack Wheeler. They'll join National League starters Bryce Harper, Alec Bohm, and Trea Turner.

This show is great if you're into Gary Oldman in his socks Which I am

Alright friends....now watching SLOW HORSES

I'm gonna go old school and just poach everything

🎵 Some will win, some will lose Some were born Naguib Mahfouz 🎵

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yeah you should probably read this, holy cat the Sanskrit, the Buddhist community, dang

this absolutely blew my mind it's the coolest thing i've read in a minute www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hidd...

A Buried Ancient Egyptian Port Reveals the Hidden Connections Between Distant Civilizationswww.smithsonianmag.com At the site of Berenike, in the desert sands along the Red Sea, archaeologists are uncovering wondrous new finds that challenge old ideas about the makings of the modern world

Nine years ago

TOMORROW! An epic crossover event years in the making... Two legendary Philly nanoinfluencers meet irl FOR THE FIRST TIME! There will be breakfast sandwiches.

I've been on double secret probation all year

Loved you Donald

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

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I would die for Philadelphia

Damn, wish I'd screenshot that Schwarber GROIN graphic

Teen Movie Reviews I Trust: ICP: What did you see? The Boy: A Quiet Place: Day One ICP: Was it any good? The Boy: Not really

Just saw someone refer to S2 of THE WIRE

"Being in Baltimore, I can't help but think about Frank Sobotka. He's a tragic figure, in my view."

BLESS YOU MY LISSOME SON

well shit

Just got a call from Elder Teen and heard about some of her adventures. Also got something in my eye.

Just got an update from Elder Teen's program in Colorado. Kids just got back from their first 10-day hike in the back country. Elder Teen is at right of the sign here. Beneath the purple dot, she is absolutely beaming.