msappel.bsky.social
Data geek, higher ed policy wonk, institutional researcher, disability activist, swimmer, hoarder of yarn, and spouse of John Appel the SFF author.
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You are a writer and a photographer, thus an artist squared. And your work iz excellent. Hard as it may be, try to evict the weasels from your brain.
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John gets mesmerized by the app that tells him how much we are producing, using, storing, selling back...
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Might you be willing to do a Love Data Week talk in Feb 2026? Either for UMD or BTAA?
irpa.umd.edu/lovedata.html
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That was good too.
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I so want Jim to have to eat a chicken wing.
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Sending so much virtual support in whatever way you find comforting.
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That was what John's was supposed to look like last year!
Great job to you on picking up the book cake mantle!
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I was hearing your voice as I typed that.
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Thank you, that is lovely of you to say. (Look at me learning to accept a compliment.)
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Awwww thanks, John. And also, Hi Nick!!!
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Not this time, actually. I totally slipped up on @wiswell.bsky.social this year. His monster book, yes. But not this one, I am ashamed to say.
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Maybe the art historians too?
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We drove by this years site about 4 days ago. I was fascinated by how close the course was to the highway and how far away some of the parking was.
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No, it was part of a panel on dads and so it was in reference to providing for needs versus comfort.