lmao jesus christ

this was a good one! (well, they're all good ones...) please have a listen and share widely. #medievalsky

for a deeper dive for teachers interested in expanding their repertoire here's an #openaccess article I wrote on the subject! "Centering Medieval Africa: Guidelines and Resources for Non-Specialist Educators" share.google/9b0DgG0XVM8n...

brb sending this to all my students

did you miss this week's episode? good news, it's still available to listen to ANY TIME YOU LIKE!!! here's a little taste of us talking about how de-centering Europe when we talk about the "Middle Ages" can change a student's perspective. #medievalsky www.youtube.com/shorts/FZ6o0...

very interesting that this article cites one priest who takes exception to the bishop's statements. yeah bro statements don't move the needle, that was literally his point: "stop making statements and act, even if it's dangerous."

Amazing numbers. 86% opposed overall. Only 14% overall in favor. More than ten percentage points below the crazification floor! (A handy rule of thumb is that 27% of Americans are just nuts and will agree to anything.) This is what happens when you let twitter-pilled weirdos set policy priorities.

on 1/31 we're protesting at home depot headquarters, please share widely if you have people in atl, cobb, and surrounding areas mobilize.us/s/UTcVll

There are many many good people out there. Be clear-eyed about what is happening, but don't let the cruelty and cynicism overwhelm you.

i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.

📰 Isotope analysis finds Neolithic people at Wadi Nafūn, Oman were regularly eating proteins from the top of the marine food chain, suggesting that prehistoric people in Arabia were hunting and eating sharks! 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @labrujulaverde.bsky.social www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/n...

We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one

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i am watching ken burns american revolution right now and this is literally what every letter from the era they read sounds like

Imagine doing a PhD in electricity, just so you knew how to blow up nuclear power plants and heavy water-producing facilities. “I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them... I am not a pacifist.” A profile in absolute courage.

I'm sorry I just have no desire to automate these tasks because they require high-quality thought and are uh...part of the gig: "generating parent emails … translating materials, creating worksheets, rubrics, quizzes, and lesson plans" www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

Hope is fucking hard and you’re being lazy bsky.app/profile/prof...

Fuck off with your posturing doomerism. Go live in the woods if you don’t think anything matters.

ALSO!!! Read John's essay on @liberalcurrents.com about teaching students 5 years after January 6th and in an age of political violence. It is comforting if you are currently teaching or studying history that rhymes too a bit TOO well. #historysky www.liberalcurrents.com/to-my-studen...

Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota

brilliant co-teacher and colleague who gets a shoutout in the episode. y'all listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

My colleague and co-teacher @johntrterry.bsky.social is a guest on @profgabriele.com's podcast #AmericanMedieval. I am VERY lucky to have taught 3 classes with John over the last year. He is truly fantastic and is sharing his expertise on teaching Medieval Africa. americanmedieval.com

"it was unclear how extensive the bleeding was" this credulous reporting brought to you by jack daniels

If only the US Navy was able to base itself there and had committed through some sort of treaty to safeguard a particular set of countries and geographies. Perhaps some sort of Treaty Organization concerning the North Atlantic.

it's true! please give it a listen!

it's wednesday, which means NEW EPISODE!!! this week we talk with @johntrterry.bsky.social about teaching high school, centering Africa when we we talk about the Middle Ages, and how cool Venice was (among other things). enjoy! #medievalsky on apple --> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)

Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.

reading about movies for class: the hollywood blacklist era "was a time when, as Trumbo put it, 'devils persuad[ed] us that freedom is best defended by surrendering it altogether.'” jacobin.com/2023/09/trum...

grok doing the hiring? "By all appearances, I was a deportation officer. Without a single signature on agency paperwork, ICE had officially hired me." tremendous reporting.

reading about movies for class: the hollywood blacklist era "was a time when, as Trumbo put it, 'devils persuad[ed] us that freedom is best defended by surrendering it altogether.'” jacobin.com/2023/09/trum...

i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.

things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny - health care subsidies - seeing pronouns in an email - being suspended from a social media platform - pride month - baking a cake for a same sex wedding - legal rulings against donald trump - EV benchmarks

finally got around to the stranger things finale last night and the least believable thing about that show is that all these kids graduated on time

“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” ― Deitrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

i’m sure ICE guys with their guns and masks fancy themselves big brave men, but when you see real, honest courage it knocks you on your ass. it’s a glimpse of something holy.

Goes hard ngl

can already feel the generation of Serious Pundit takes: "technically it's not the army"

beautiful

wait I love this

chicken and dumplings happening

Pitch perfect

who's doing the best writing/reporting on iran right now?

Remarkably good thread about a bad tendency on here

They want children to be traumatized and fear the power of the state. It's just one way in which MAGA is using children to consolidate authoritarianism.