Professor and Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) at U of Alberta • Early modern New France and France (literature, history, theatre) • Translator/translation studies • Zags hoops • books • academic life.
*Just published: The Jesuit Relations: A Biography*
Micah True
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Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD
Rideshare driver this morning took one look at me and changed his music from rap to Coldplay. That's fair, I guess.
ArtButMakeItSports
3 different dealers in 2 different countries. The time it was $800, the "error" came to light just as they were pitching the last-minute add-ons to us, after we had actually paid for the car (the protective film, etc).🤔 If this is a tactic, how do they think people won't spot the pattern?
You try to branch out and wear something colourful instead of the usual black/white/grey/blue and your teenager says you look like “a pink fluffy unicorn, dancing on a rainbow.”
“Despite the braying of the tech elite, we still have agency. We still have a choice. Players with many billions at stake have a vested interest in removing your agency...” 💯
3 of the 4 times my wife and I have bought a new car, the sales manager has found an error in our favour at the very last minute ranging from $100-$800. What's going on here? A tactic to give us the warm fuzzies so we'll recommend them to others? Dealers can't possibly make mistakes so often, right?
Here's a podcast interview I did when the book came out, in case anyone wants to know more: champlainsociety.utppublishing.com/digital-cont...
I’m pleased to say that my book, The Jesuit Relations: A Biography, won the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social Best English-Language Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize. 🎉
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I’m pleased to say that my book, The Jesuit Relations: A Biography, won the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social Best English-Language Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize. 🎉
@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
Micah True
"Only about 12 percent of trustees at American colleges & universities have professional experience in higher education. If it seems odd to imagine 88% of the directors at, say, investment banks having no particular expertise in investment banking, that is the situation in the field of higher ed."
