The first 3 books in my series on #AnneBoleyn are just 99c or 99p for #kindle until May 24th! Begin with La Petite Boulain 👇 In the glittering courts of Europe, the story of Anne Boleyn begins... #Histfic #KU #Books #Kindle #Tudor US link a.co/d/0RifSLD UK link www.amazon.co.uk/Petite-Boula...

And if you can’t get to Toronto, over at @peoplingthepast.bsky.social we have a great podcast episode with Beth all about the Vindolanda shoes! peoplingthepast.com/2021/06/01/s...

Basically all of my favorite historical periods mentioned in this thread

Printed on a bundle of snack-size bags of chocolate-covered espresso beans my family got me for my birthday: DO NOT SEPARATE. THIS IS A SET. Me: Guess I'll just eat them all at once 🤷🏼‍♂️

I’m Dr. Kerry Pray, and I’m conducting an experiment to determine if posting about a book on social media can change its Amazon ranking This week’s book is Before we were Blue by EJ Schwartz and the initial ranking is 1,452,908

Finally starting to hit that gentle.ramp upward I've been working toward. Went from about 200 words a night in the last month to 3-500. Momentum is picking up speed 😎 #AmWriting

Via @csmfht.bsky.social

Today, I am the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. #Birthday

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I just typed "greay" when I intended "grey." Petition for accepted spelling for the benefit of both sides of the Atlantic?

Say hello to the Dinguses of Unusual Size. The one on the left is a stray who occasionally comes in to chill #Caturday

"Americans already distrust institutions, including academia." Wait until he sees the number of Americans that don't trust software that has to have a warning that it's prone to make mistakes & feel we probably shouldn't be trusting it to replace academia...

Just when higher education demands defense against a fascist onslaught--and when AI provides new need and opportunity for the humanities--The NYer and its author (Bowdoin '02, Columbia '05) surrender ivy to careerism without making the case for education for its own sake.

He's starving. Honest. Fur and bones. #Caturday

Exercise (I forever want to put the c after the x)

Today on the #PeoplingBlog, we bring our Earth Month series to a close. Here, Dr. Jessica Venner discusses how evidence for urban agricultural practices in the gardens of Pompeii can provide us with insights into environmental resilience in the ancient world: peoplingthepast.com/2026/04/24/b...

Writing in an entirely new location* tonight *Using Ellipsus instead of Scrivener

Delighted to share our Parthenon at Illinois project website is now live — in English AND in Greek! go.illinois.edu/parthenon Excited to share our progress and (as a little preview) here’s some mini replicas of the statue outside the library that Mary made to test the equipment ☺️

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 to celebrate, check out the @peoplingthepast.bsky.social Earth Month series! 🧵

Ahahahahaha what do you mean the TECHNICAL ADVISOR to Bluesky just blocked over 300k users by following an ANTI-AI, AI HATERS blocklist. Embarassing.

The early internet was weird and magical. Capitalism enshittified it.

if you see this, quote with a pic of you in glasses

Every day is #Caturday

"We don't stink right now. We're the best team in baseball because of you... you're the reason."

Counterpoint: I use em dashes with abandon and will not let "AI" steal them from me. I was overusing them first and will continue to do so long after "AI" is a crater in our financial system, or our merciless overlords, or both

Made the mistake of asking te Threadiverse for help gathering ideas for my wife's birthday later this year. She turns 42. You see where this is going. Anyway I mentioned in my thread that, although I hadn't read the books before, I know the gist, and needed help converting that into party ideas

Third post in the Earth Month series is now live! Featuring Andy @acfox.bsky.social 😁

I've bought and tinkered with many bits and bobs of writing software. Scrivener is the only one that's really stuck. For planning/outlining/tracking, an Excel sheet just hits right 😗👌🏼

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Totally didn't break the screen to get outside today. Nope, definitely not us #Caturday

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The second post in our Earth Month series is now live! And this round is a graduate student feature with Emily Lime 👇

This is how all books should begin.

He's a ten, but he's got this really annoying habit of needing to be a hero. (And, according to Laela, he's *very* stabbable.) Check it out today and get yourself a classic fantasy adventure with some eldritch horror twists!

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Drop something TELEPHONIC 📲 🖤 ☎️

As you wish.

Book signing this weekend in Monrovia! Details: www.underdogbookstore.org/events/book-...

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

Oh wow, go look at all the new photos on the NASA site!! images.nasa.gov?media_id=387...

We pause your BookSky to celebrate (WOO!)

In a span of almost exactly two years my kids have had the joy of seeing a total solar eclipse happen right in their backyard and now watching Artemis II as it makes its way around the moon. I'm overjoyed for them

This is a *terrific* piece which drives home two key points: People with special needs often have special skills, so hiring them isn't some noble sacrifice you're making but a savvy investment. Accommodations for people with special needs almost always wind up benefiting everyone else too.

This week in The Write Stuff we are chatting with Multi-Genre Author, Poet and Artist, Uvi Poznansky! @uvipoznansky.bsky.social #booksky #bookcommunity #writers #books #interview #poetry #art #authorlife #writingcommunity 📚💙📚📚💙📚💙📚 open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...

Don't let him fool you...he gets fed, I promise

This week on the #PeoplingBlog we kick off our Earth Month series! Here, Dr. Kaja Tally-Schumacher takes us through her work on Roman gardens and the ways in which archaeologists can recover the experiences of laborers & other non-elite people in the Roman world: peoplingthepast.com/2026/04/03/b...

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10 years ago! (Well, 10 years since the new cover - the first 6 months were a learning curve 😅)