My friend
the climatologist
tells me
what worries him
is the climate.
My friend
the epidemiologist
tells me
what worries them
are infections.
My friend
the historian
tells me
what worries her
are the people
who aren’t worried.
If you're tenured or even TT, this isn't as much of an issue, but if you're contingent faculty, admin "suggesting" you look the other way in the case of a blatant violation of academic integrity can be read as more than a suggestion.
I love everything about this! The conviction that a major figure was not struck by a bolt of lightning but worked to understand the system he would ultimately critique and help dismantle. The scholarly sleuthing rare books — all of it. 😎🤓
www.science.org/content/arti...
Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution
A historian has discovered that a 16th century printing of The Almagest—a highly influential ancient astronomy text—contains extensive annotations from Galileo Galilei, the astronomer who later overthrew that text’s conception of a geocentric cosmos.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4aMAwRm
There's a story going viral about how a U.S. commander told troops the Iran war is part of a religious battle to "cause Armageddon.”
It’s explosive. It’s terrifying.
It’s also based on a single unverified source.
I have questions. 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you...
Sometimes, when things are rough and the world feels heavy, it helps to imagine a future where we have crushed these sons of bitches and are left to the actual business of constructing a world that we deserve and is fundamentally kind and good.
Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.
#BrutalButAccurate
Was talking to one of the guys doing some work on my house and he's paying $500 a month for his son's student loan interest so that when he graduates from college, he doesn't have to deal with the compounded interest and I just ... want better for students and their families than this.
"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
Screenshot from Tumblr User hatingongodot: “In 1404, King Taejong fell from his horse during a hunting expedition. Embarrassed, looking to his left and right, he commanded, “Do not let the historian find out about this.” To his disappointment, the historian accompanying the hunting party included these words in the annals, in addition to a description of the king’s fall.“ LMFAOOOOOO rip to that guy User Shitacademicswrite: i thought maybe this was fake, but there’s even a citation! Taejong Sillok Book 7. 5th year of King Taejong’s Reign (1404), February 8.
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
Stop Meeting Students Where They Are
What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... | @theatlantic.com
The climatologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
"Bro!"
Beowulf: A New Translation, 2020
Maria Dahvana Headley 🇺🇸
Kroger tried to charge me more than $10 for a cabbage today.
Screenshot showing Bluesky data export - including media
Screenshot showing Bluesky archive loaded, and processed.
Screenshot of my Bluesky timeline - posts and images.
This is so cool.
mary-ext.codeberg.page/skeetgen lets you download full archive of your Bluesky posts including all the media.
I've been on Bluesky since 2023, and it took about 20 minutes to download my full timeline, and then another few seconds to make it into a viewable, searchable archive.
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
spreading the news about the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize 2026 Competition! Early Science and Medicine and the Early Sciences Forum of the History of Science Society's prize competition for the best essay...
"All things considered, Teaching with AI is not without value; it is a case study in how even well-meaning educators operating in good faith can become inadvertent agents of a pedagogical de-skilling and institutional dehumanization."
Mr. Dressup (and Mr. Rogers, of course) were such a big part of my childhood. ❤️
Another exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke.
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
Here's a VERY Rare Book!
Dare I say.... a UNICORN?
How could I (almost) miss that it's #NationalUnicornDay?
#volvelle #interactive #popup
#NewberryLibrary
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
None of these anti-AI assessment strategies y’all are promoting are at all reasonable for adjuncts or folks who teach asynchronous online classes or who have large large classes. Imagine adjuncting an asynchronous online class of 50 students and doing oral exams.
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
"Quiet quitting" by professors when it comes to AI and student writing is a serious risk.
The temptation to give up (in effect) instead of devoting *substantial* resources (of time, energy, and emotional investment) to what can seem like an unwinnable fight is real.
But it *is* the good fight.
I hope the discussion mentions the extra time and energy women put into preparing feedback as we brace for being challenged.
I started teaching as an adjunct in the wilds of community college night classes, which meant I was very much alone without backup or mentors. Lots of crazy grade challenges
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
Photos of bottom of skillets, before and after. Before I cleaned it, and after I bought a new one.
Wondering how I did it?
I boiled water and added two tablespoons of vinegar, baking soda, and lemon juice.
I soaked it for 20 minutes, and after that, it looked the same, so I bought a brand new one.
Lighte the laumpe
Not the ratte!
boring soup? chili crisp. writer's block? chili crisp. the neverending drumbeat of a dystopian hellscape? you guessed it
