I used to judge when undergrads would show up to class in pajamas. Now I’m just jealous.

“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

Looks like somebody did a little retail therapy at HomeGoods…

I admit, one of my favorite genres of news are stories about MAGA’s manifest unfuckability. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Meanwhile in Colorado 👏

Remember good news?

That student email asking about office hours because they "want to talk about switching over to a history major" really gives you a reason to get up in the morning. #iykyk

Scholarship on early American Jewish History? Give me your titles. Asking for a student. I'm out of my depth here.

Ruthie just maimed a baby squirrel and was struggling so I had to finish the job. I am now traumatized.

I would literally rather stick needles under my fingernails than have to deal with students using AI on midterms.

Republicans will Weekend at Bernie's their cash cow into the next millennium.

Just finished reading The Memory of '76 by @michaelhattem.bsky.social. Can't recommend it enough. I just loved it. The perfect book for right now. Go buy it, especially if you're not an academic historian but want an accessible read to help you understand this bizarre commemorative moment.

It's Week 10 of the semester. What does your attendance look like? My survey course of 91 students is generally holding steady with between 65-75 percent attendance. It's weird to me that I think I'm doing pretty well while 25-35 percent of the class is just consistently not showing up.

There are ten times as many home health aides in the US as there are miners

In spite of the headline, there is the pesky legal matter that neither billionaires or anybody else can “give” money to “pay troops” or anything else. However, a great compromise would be for billionaires to pay more money into the general treasury through “taxes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Made some scones for my mental health. Added some mesquite bean flour for kicks.

New end-of-days plan: I’ve decided to become one of those people who always has fresh flowers in the house.

Perhaps we’re just misunderstanding what a “ballroom” is. Perhaps he just needs all that space to store the balls of congressional republicans.

You’d think that all the alpha male red pill raw meat maga bros would take issue with their guy’s current obsession with a pretty pretty princess ballroom.

Not to mention, I can't see this Ballroom quagmire ending any other way other than it ultimately killing him when the roof collapses as he clings to a golden replica of himself.

I literally spent months negotiating with the electric company and the city of Denver to get the permitting to have a single electrical wire rerouted out of a tree while President Marie Antoinette plows into THE WHITE HOUSE with a backhoe without any plan other than AI-generated opulence porn.

The thing I’ll never get over is that we did this to ourselves.

Taught the Declaration this week. I asked students to think about how the nation should commemorate the upcoming 250th anniversary. Their responses were remarkably thoughtful. Nearly all suggested some form of sober, critical reflection. To my relief, not one said a UFC fight on the White House lawn

Go team!

I was today years old when I learned that Jeff Bezos owned the internet.

Because figuratively wasn’t clear enough?

Canvas is down. Who even am I now?

I can’t think of a better reason to trigger the 25th Amendment than the president posting a video of himself in a crown, flying a King Trump plane, and dumping shit on Americans.

Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!

Being an adult is just changing batteries until you die.

Quick question: Could someone explain why there is always so much shit to do?

You guys! My colleagues are so talented! Look how @drmendozan.bsky.social captured Ruthie on her squirrel murder perch 🐶🔪🐿️

Me: “So, Thomas Paine was very clear: ‘No Kings.’” Also me: “Is this going to get me fired?”

Has a very pleasant dream about body surfing with giant, friendly beluga whales. Please interpret 🐋

You guys it worked!

Hey, nerds: What is this name? I really want it to be John Brown, with some kind of flourish at the end to indicate he was clerk of court. Is that a thing? How do you interpret the end of this name?

Made by @aaup-penn.bsky.social member!

Apropos of nothing: I love that fashion has super-sized. I think I can finally pull off a Stop Making Sense suit.

First time ever in Baltimore. Damn I wish I could take advantage of a run at sea-level 🏃‍♀️

Thank you to all the tireless, long-suffering air traffic controllers who got us to Baltimore without any unaliving.

Trying to make it through a busy international airport on a Sunday morning during a government shutdown with a broken foot while monitors doomscroll the shittiest news from the stupidest administration makes you really start to think, “you know, maybe humanity has run its course.”

Portland protesters blasting Yakety Sax at Kristie Noem as she walked around the roof of the ICE building is resistance sublime.

I'm teaching the Boston Massacre tomorrow and it just feels surreal.

All of Ruthie’s pictures from daycare look like she’s an English orphan asking for more porridge.

Just in case you are thinking about it, please know that the reMarkable is totally worth every penny.

Historian friends: I have an honors students writing a thesis about needlework samplers by Indigenous girls at mission school in the 1830s. I don't know much about the scholarship on boarding and mission schools in this early period (other than Snyder and Demos). Any thoughts?