We’ve become way too inured to the constant violence because of all of the people in power who revel in it. What a joyless, artless, sexless, rudderless country we became so fast.

All I’m saying is, I have some *questions*.

The attack on education in the US is not new, but the slow fuse that arguably started with Reagan is now setting off detonations across K-12 and higher education that are going to be incredibly difficult to walk back if we don’t treat this like the urgent crisis it is.

(insert Historian's rant about why the American people desperately need better religious literacy)

Incredible exchange on a number of levels.

I'm very excited to announce the launch of our new book series Radical Histories. We can't wait to hear about any relevant projects. Get it in touch! Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04... #RadicalHistory #History

Remember, Democrats have repeatedly advanced measures to ban partisan gerrymandering and Republicans have voted against them time after time. This is the game Republicans wanted to play. OK, then.

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

This is glaringly obvious to everyone except for the faces of corporate media, who desperately want to walk a red carpet

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

yeeahh there's a reason why he's targeting places like Detroit and Georgia www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

I was at a dog-friendly bar in NW Portland tonight and a table behind me started singing Happy Birthday and then I realized it wasn’t for a person but a really old dog who was wearing a crown and he was old and fucking adorable and I love this city

📢 This week, i'm joined by @mikkibrock.bsky.social to talk about Elizabeth I's "magician", alchemist and all-round strange person, Dr John Dee - who talked to angels, demons and might well have invented the British Empire! 🗃 🎧 ⬇️ #history podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Between the Trump as Jesus/Doctor memes and Pete Hegseth quoting the “bible”/Pulp Fiction, I don’t think I’ve laughed this hard since Four Seasons Total Landscaping. A golden age of gallows humor, truly.

one of my oldest friends sends totally random monday memes. i thought the skyline would appreciate yesterday’s:

What if we just cleared Congress of all the abusers and sex pests this week what is stopping us who cares what party they are in

This is why we need public scholarship. As soon as the @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy newscaster asked about Trump saying the image was him as a doctor, @candidamoss.bsky.social cites the 2000 years of historical iconography that indicated to everyone that the AI image was meant to cast Trump as Jesus.

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe. Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...

As a medievalist whose work has spanned the 7th through the 16th centuries, it is genuinely wild to see the general public and the United States government in particular discovering just how involved the Pope can get in international politics.

How do you even perform this during Model UN?

This is a great illustration of @larryglickman.bsky.social's point about how "backlash" framing lets the right play the victim.

In general, (re)orienting education wholly or chiefly to specific perceived market needs is always going to produce disaster once the near term passes. It also eviscerates institutions that might otherwise help people weather change, intellectually and in other ways

Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.

even the most tenacious autocrats have a difficult time denying a landslide result against them

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

Call for papers for the Western Conference on British Studies this October in Denton, TX. Deadline extended to May 1! 🗃️ www.wcbs.org/cfp

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

New — I wrote about the terror and loss of the last few days, mostly so we don’t forget. www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-iran...

"Other countries are our property, and we dictate their behavior. You know, like women in marriage."

"Does it seduce you just a bit / into loving more / this odd hard world?" From "The Otters and the Seaweed" by Teddy Macker, in Orion magazine, 2015. orionmagazine.org/article/the-...

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.

I am here for messaging that the THREAT alone - regardless of if it's carried out or walked back - should end his presidency. The die is already cast. You cannot wield the power that man has and say that kind of shit.

Every single word of this. Emily Tucker’s bold and courageous (and just, well, truthful) letter to Georgetown students is must reading. I’ll be sharing it widely.

The best way to explain AI in humanities classrooms is as kudzu. Much as kudzu was introduced in the 19th century and later touted for its ability to stop erosion in the 1930s, AI is invasive, takes constant culling, and instead of stopping erosion is in actuality consuming our individuality.

This is incredible.

It’s pretty interesting to compare Easter messages from political leaders and then consider which ones the media treats as being out of the mainstream or dangerous

This open threat of war crimes is pure sociopathic bloodlust and sadism but it's also another sign that he's failing and that he's in a fury about it.

A deliberate, symbolic strike on civilian infrastructure with no case for military utility. As clear cut as LOAC violations come.

TRUMP CANNOT PULL OUT OF NATO!

so, i wrote up a piece about how Hegseth (calling for religious violence) and Pope Leo (rebuking him) were pulling from the same tradition within Christianity. Unsurprisingly, Leo's is a more subtle, interesting history lesson though... Read and share --> www.ms.now/opinion/pete...

I don't see this said enough: the widespread use of generative AI is not only making our jobs as educators harder logistically, but also emotionally. It is genuinely sad to be suspicious of students when you have spent so much time building a pedagogy based on trust and not being a cop. It sucks.

some people are asking us if this is a joke. do you think we would joke about something like this? btw, as part of the exhibition, we're also bringing in another important loan, this time from a Norwegian museum. it tells the lesser-known story of the 1066 Viking invasion, led by Harald Baardrada

"After No Kings, Indivisible, one of the lead organizers of the "No Kings" protest, is pivoting to building support for...May Day Strong. The May Day Strong coalition is calling for "No Work, No School, No Shopping" on May 1st." reporting by @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/no-kings-org...

The US President casually announcing his intention to commit war crimes on social media. That's where you're at, America.

Lots of things you could say about threats of potential war crimes from POTUS, but this does not sound like a man in control of the situation.

It's not the Epstein class, and it's not charismatic leaders: it's men www.thecut.com/article/cesa...

Well this is horrible. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

Just a reminder that submissions for the 2026 NACBS are due on April 6. Come join us in Pasadena!

Absolutely delighted to be reminded of the classic leprechaun video 20 years later AND get an oral history 😭