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Hey friends, I’m giving a talk later this month and you can watch online!

If there's anything I feel really proud of re: this semester's teaching, it's that my students will be able to write a damn good research essay by the end of it

Few people realize how important it is to write cryptic words on whiteboards with dried-out markers. It makes students pay attention and increases the kind of mystique necessary for true learning to occur.

When I think back to being an undergrad, many of my most memorable classes were taught by ppl who were not efficient, well prepared teachers but were ppl who lived in a way I aspired to live. No one aspires to be AI.

AI simply cannot stand in front of a classroom, gesticulating wildly and writing semi-illegibly on chalkboards, both of which are key to building rapport and convincing your students you are worth learning from

Tomorrow, we’re doing something a little bit different - several people at Multitude got together to talk through what we’re feeling, what our experiences as scholars and human beings in the world have taught us, and how we’re attempting to face this overwhelming moment head-on.

Here’s a working link! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Someone has mistakenly attached my phone number to their kid’s school records and their history teacher just asked if parents are able to send food for their special cereal party - obviously now I’m trying to organize having the show pay for the party and buy them classroom materials.

Another TGS roster call: who are your favorite historians (any period) of anywhere other than Europe, America, or the English-speaking world more broadly?

Never ever be ashamed of earnest posting Love and care will help us win

Hey, Bluesky history nerds! Who are your favorite pre-modern historians on here?

Just googled "occasional sharp stabbing pain on left side while inhaling" only to discover I have had an evil DnD wizard-sounding non-ailment since childhood I don't want Texidor or his Twinge anywhere near me, okay

Just got yelled at by a security guard. The prophecy is complete

A really fundamental aspect of my nature is that I have a pathological need to embarrass myself in public or in front of a person I deeply admire at least once daily

I have some terrible news for my haters

The car commercial that plays every five mins throughout Olympic coverage defines 'accountability' incorrectly and I can't stay silent about it anymore

this might sound extreme for a bronze medal winner, but keep in mind that in the nordic states, infidelity is like the equivalent of forgetting to take out the trash

Attention all future TGS guests: @austinmccoy.bsky.social has raised the bar for required bribes! If you don’t make me a mix CD your request will not be considered.

Finally watching today’s slopestyle and if this commentator says “woman” or “for/from a woman” one more time I’m gonna freak out

I feel incredibly excited about the TGS episodes we have coming out over the next few months - guests have been so fun and engaging, and I’ve been learning an enormous amount. It really is a joy to do history out loud.

we've got some important things happening over at TGS headquarters today

Halftime performance showed how most Latinos love America, even if some parts of America do not love them back. It showed the reality that Latinos and Spanish are part of America's culture, its history, present & future. As references to salsa show, this is not a new phenomenon but a good reminder.

I am vindicated

That was very much not Liam Ramos in Bad Bunny’s performance - his image has been plastered all over this site for weeks. Very strange thing to imagine.

NOT THE MIKE TYSON FATPHOBIC MAHA AD

no one can watch these commercials and conclude america is having a good time rn

Look I’m not saying a lot of people on this website are old, but I was definitely familiar with Charlie Puth before today

Guys, guys—I found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!

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Welcome to This Guy Sucked, the show where we prove it’s never too late to have haters and you can’t libel the dead. I’m Claire Aubin and I’m a historian, writer, and (most importantly) certified hater. On this show we talk about people from throughout history with legacies that need a little upd—

I've asked so many people to please quit substack, and if I see a substack link, I rarely, if ever, click on it. and I know amazing people that I love and respect and learn from are on there and it makes me so sad. in case it helps you to finally quit that place: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

The Crespo-Gonzalez family is home. Our community refused to stay silent in the face of such an immoral, unethical detention. Now, we must continue speaking up for the countless other families and children imprisoned by Trump. Stay loud.

Ah, the weekende -- tyme to R.O.C.K. ! R = inefficentlye approachinge housholde taskes O = readinge the saddest poetrye imaginable C = tellinge the catte he ys a lovelye litel guy K = lookinge solemnlye at the trees yn a parke while sippinge red zinger tea out of a thermos

I’m gonna let you in on a truly perfect bite: labneh and dried fig (or fig preserves) with sea salt on a cracker

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hey, PR people! Stop sending AI-generated pitch emails to podcasters! It's really obvious and it does your clients a disservice!

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

Jack McLaren (Canadian, 1895-1988) "Snow Pattern," 1970 Oil on board The Huron County Museum, Glderich, Ontario, Canada #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Stuart Dunkel (American Artist, born 1952) "Hero", 2020. Oil on Panel, 4 × 5 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Look at this photo of my best friend and me at a queer line dancing class 🥹

It was basically just 75 minutes of me doing this and saying “does that make sense???” in case anybody was curious.

Another beautiful day to not give a single shit about crypto currency

Brb gotta go teach some teenagers about medieval conceptions of the Antichrist

NEW TGS EPISODE: The excellent hosts of @amprestigepod.bsky.social and @wnsdpod.bsky.social (including eternal fan fave @goingmedieval.bsky.social) join me in reminding listeners never to trust an old guy who tells you he’s got a mission from God, because you WILL get killed by the Turks.

I’m extra mad because I’m a woman in roughly the same age cohort as many of the victims and people keep forgetting how bad it was to be a teen girl back then, how hypersexual teen culture was, how it actually felt to be on the receiving end of the lechery they’re saying was ‘normal’

Imagine---imagine!---getting through an education or a career without anyone, ever, describing your fuckability