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Joshua Kagavi

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History writer and artist clinging to life in the distant badlands. Jazz Age football, stop motion animation, petroglyphs, pixel games, grumpy terriers. Jack Trice expert. Huffing mold in archives kagavi.com

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some really cool retro animation technique on display here, esp love the background art. Great story @kambole.bsky.social

03.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

uhhhhhhhhh
#bluecy

02.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bottom right picture immediately made me think of Brasilia #architecture

02.03.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking at the variations of # 24, while the A is on top w/ initial overlap, thickness of the U makes it look like University of Auburn. IMO it looks backwards so I reversed it and also made the type weight thinner. Not perfect but feels better

More here: www.thewareaglereader.com/2017/07/that...

01.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

boosting good stuff today, been following the saga of Porkchop for a long time and really happy to see her released back into the wild after a year of recovery from a flipper amputation

28.02.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes to African history through the lens of space, exploration, sports etc

More good art here as well

27.02.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A new LACMA exhibit uses art and science to unlock hidden histories Artist Tavares Strachan's first L.A. show blends his research into climatology, ocean science, aeronautics, chemistry, genealogy and undertold scientific breakthroughs by Black people to create a mult...

excited to see this art exhibit at the LACMA soon

27.02.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but fun to see how many ISU folks promote Jack Trice's legacy while dismantling DEI. Jack literally wrote that he was playing for his family, self, and race. Honestly I have no idea if the whole Jack Trice Stadium name movement would happen today which is insane to say

26.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this picture. WSU has more of Matsura's stuff:

content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/coll...

26.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

part of me is waiting for the state of Iowa to consider Jack Trice's story DEI and strip his name from the ISU football stadium

26.02.2026 03:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The head coaching endowment docs schools don't want public Universities love to keep big donors' info under lock-and-key. Too bad.

A while ago I asked @mattbrown.bsky.social if he had info on whether schools could unilaterally remove implicated donor names from athletic buildings like Wexner at OSU

David at @foiaball.com chimed in, looked into it and wrote this great explainer for his new site

26.02.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

thanks so much for sharing his work, absolutely no idea how I've never heard of him before it's right up my alley

26.02.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This post is how I realized I have a sincere resentment for what this industry has done to the ✨ emoji

25.02.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 

The phrase β€˜Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen β€˜His name’

Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase β€˜Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen β€˜His name’

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

25.02.2026 05:48 πŸ‘ 14997 πŸ” 2988 πŸ’¬ 194 πŸ“Œ 236

oommmgggggg, love brutalist stuff, there's more pics in the thread

25.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A R T I V A L I N H A R T 🎨 obraz pro tebe on Instagram: "Asi 820 let starΓ‘ LΓ­pa v Kamenici nad Lipou ÚchvatnΓ‘ bytost OriginΓ‘l video od Iva LinhArt πŸ“· #LΓ­pa #strom #wonderfulplaces #kudyznudy #czech... iva.linhart on June 1, 2024: "Asi 820 let starΓ‘ LΓ­pa v Kamenici nad Lipou ÚchvatnΓ‘ bytost OriginΓ‘l video od Iva LinhArt πŸ“· #LΓ­pa #strom #wonderfulplaces #kudyznudy #czechrepublic #kudyznudy #nakoleipe...

Spam acct blocked my correction, so reposting. This 820 yr old tree lives in the Kamenice nad Lipou Castle garden. Think lightning damage damaged the majority of canopy, so it started growing sideways

Castle info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamenic...

Actual IG reel: www.instagram.com/iva.linhart/...

23.02.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I played the world's first Tetris built into the cover of a magazine.

Paper and glue. Flexible circuits. USB-C recharging!

22.02.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

Haven't been able to see many ISU games this year, but I would've been shocked if they beat BYU. Always felt this year's team had a better chance of making it past the S16 vs winning the B12 (and no, the conference tourny doesn't count) #bluecy

22.02.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Guys being Dudes

21.02.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 7723 πŸ” 1851 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 243

Big Citrus appearance. He will be at the Combine next week #bluecy

20.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mesmerizing. Reminded me of this story

20.02.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great time waster. Can also make your own levels

20.02.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My archivist heart dies every time my research ends w/ the relevation that the local newspaper morgue was purposefully destroyed for a stupid reason, so this is a nice change. I hope they can get full rights

19.02.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like a good time to mention the Bokkja i bakken (The Dog on the Hill) statue at the Holmenkollen Ski jump in Oslo - created by Elene Engelsen to celebrate the fact that the escape of a dog onto the jump happened so often it almost became tradition (photo (c) me from a trip last July)

18.02.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Never heard of this game, it's quite something.

Contra + football + pinball + gold watches + pianos + vampires? Yes.

Longplay video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgjj...

19.02.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also equally infuriating to me. Senior writer used AI to generate (fake!) quotes from a simple blog post, instead of well, you know, reading the post which was only 1500 words.

Writing is thinking. Using AI for headlines, outlines, grammar, etc also has fun scientific side effect: cognitive decline

16.02.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't stop thinking about this quote from yesterday:

"By removing writing from reporters’ workloads"

16.02.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I like drawing trees.

13.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 641 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0

The popcorn machine fire caused a bit of a delay

14.02.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 19

This was really good! Gonna have to pick up his book soon

13.02.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0