Who are your favorite non-Americanist historians to read? Bonus points if it's not Europe, either.

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Who are your favorite non-Americanist historians to read? Bonus points if it's not Europe, either.

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@draftingthepast.bsky.social has great advice on pitching your scholarship to podcasters.

AI does not have a soul. That's, like, kind of the whole thing.

"My dream for this book is that all graduate advisors buy a copy for all of their graduate students. Maybe even their undergraduate students...I think this book has so much to offer." - @katecarp.bsky.social, on Drafting the Past (full episode coming soon) That is now also my dream.

Did you know the end papers it The Peabody Sisters (Megan Marshall) are cross written documents? 😍

Getting a lot of pitches for Roman history books lately. Is this a publication trend?

Is this week over yet? I would like this week to be over now.

I don't know what's up at trade presses lately, but I have read multiple books lately with surprisingly sloppy copy editing/line editing.

Pleased to report that there have been no additional calamities, and the two giant piles of dirt are going back in the hole. "Do you want some of this for your planters?" he asks. "Shouldn't it all...go back in?" I ask. He shrugs.

For those following along, backyard excavation day 2 is underway. The digger has grown suspiciously quiet, but no one has knocked on my door with more bad news, so... The guy said he was supposed to get my OK on the extra work, so he texted me "The Additional work will cost $2'500 do you agree" 😂😭🙃

I talked to Daniel Neep about Syria: A Modern History (@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social) and learned a lot. We talked abt how he immerses himself in sources, why it's wild to ask if Arab-language sources matter, & how to finish a book when the ending keeps changing. draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis... 🗃️

Meeting @katecarp.bsky.social in real life was definitely a highlight of #OAH26! And this seems like the perfect chance to shoutout Kate’s excellent and informative #FeedingTheElephant piece, “How To Be A Great Podcast Guest.” networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Correction: It is now a very impressive 15-foot-deep hole, in which they found an incredibly disintegrated pipe ("I've only ever seen one other concrete sewer line," the man says cheerfully) and will now have to wait until tomorrow to dig another gigantic hole in search of other pipe.

The men who have now dug an 8-foot hole in my backyard seem alarmingly unfamiliar with everything I discussed with the guy who determined that they needed to dig said hole. Home ownership is so fun.

OMG a dream podcast guest reached out to me out of the blue to very humbly ask to be on the podcast and she has dramatically improved my morning.

Woke up with a migraine, scrambled to get ready, 8-8:30 arrival window for sewer line repair guys has come and gone, Monday already off to a roaring start.

last hour of amtrak powered by @mkn.bsky.social @katecarp.bsky.social @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Why can't the robot makers understand that this is the only robot I am interested in?

Once again, leaving an academic conference with complicated feelings, all of which I can't quite figure out how to express.

Look what I stole at #oah26 @nighthawkog.bsky.social 👀

You should go to this OAH panel. The 2nd book is harder than the 1st. My 2nd book took 16 years. It's not you, it's structural, I convened a panel to explain why. www.annaolaw.com/blog/why-the...

Good morning #oah26! Come see our panel, Writing Your Second Book NOW, today at 3:30 in Salon B, and find out what I, a person who has written neither a first nor a second book, have to say on the subject!

Were going to get this dang dissertation done by fall. Whatever it takes.* *Now accepting suggestions for adding more hours to my days.

Just a periodic reminder: I’ve been writing, speaking, and thinking about the U.S. 250th for the past nine years, both tracking national developments and helping provide resources for state/local ones. Always happy to talk 250 anytime (like when the WH announces/advances some grand plan, perhaps).

The internet has now disappointed me with recommendations for two different things to eat at the Reading Terminal Market that were not as good as advertised, so I will no longer be trusting Philly's reddit denizens.

Should I invite an agent on @draftingthepast.bsky.social?

Just in case you don’t believe me. This is a thing I’m always upset about when it comes to public scholarship, which is a topic I care so deeply about. www.patreon.com/posts/900009...

Planning on attending a full day of panels on writing history at #oah26 tomorrow (including the one I'm on!), which is extremely on brand for me. Maybe we need a whole conference just on writing history??

Too often when academic historians want to write for the public, they think it's a matter of adding color: description, vignettes. Description is great, as is a telling anecdote. But good writing gives the reader expectations, then—one way or another—fulfills them. We're going someplace. 12/16

Yikes.

Headed to #oah26 today, trying not to think about pipes all weekend.

"Brushing off these practices as unscientific implies that 'true' science is, and always has been, unimpeachable. It denies us a chance to examine what flaws may fuel our own ways of thinking." A new mailbag from @wbarlowrobles.bsky.social

Kids, be sure to get your sewer line inspected before you buy your house.

I love how I can tell when a lot of historians are traveling because downloads of @draftingthepast.bsky.social tick up.

I do not enjoy having to call the sewer repair company, but I love that they have a tracking map so I can see how far away the technician is. Why don't all repair companies have this?

Are you going to @oah.org? Do you have a potential book project for our UNC Press series Boundless South? Please contact @francoisehamlin.bsky.social, my co-editor who will be in Philly, and tell. her about it. Her email: [email protected] uncpress.org/series/bound...

I just really want you all to know how many snarky responses a day I shove down and don't post here.

In the newest @draftingthepast.bsky.social episode, @johngmarks.com led me to this writing advice from Bill Hader: youtube.com/shorts/NHHZS... John was talking about his comments on feedback, but what I really needed to hear was "be wrong fast."

Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to [email protected] 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters

I love talking about process, so this was an incredibly fun interview to do. Thanks to @katecarp.bsky.social for having me on!!

A great convo between @mkn.bsky.social and @katecarp.bsky.social about Megan Kate Nelson's new book, THE WESTERNERS. Megan shares behind-the-scene stories that are rarely told. Fascinating - and there's a *terrific* surprise at the end! 💙📚🗃

Besides being...horrifying?, this is the absolute bullseye of the AI grift. Take something that's free and has always been free -- faith -- and put a price tag on it. If you use any of these tools, you are a sucker, and are being suckered, and the people who make this slop are laughing at you.

Two #OAH2026 things: 1. I'm going! Will I see you there? 2. Why are there no locations on the program? Am I missing something?

Do you have an expertise that could inform public discourse? Don't be shy! Here's how to speak up effectively. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @lollardfish.bsky.social

You're all talking about different discourses today and it's making my head hurt.

Good day to remind everybody to be a little nicer/less knee-jerk with your posting, because while you might be right about your thoughts about one person's actions or whatever... the blanket things you say about that particular person might make another person you know feel bad!

Lots of imprints don’t have a very strong brand identity but when I saw MCD I’d always know I was getting something good and kind of weird. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...