Hey medievalists of #Britain - have you heard about this new info on King Harold? #medievalhistory #middleages #hastings #history #bayeux #skystorians 🗃️ edition.cnn.com/2026/03/23/s...

#WarMachine on @netflix.com is a very bad movie. 😬

With a long career in academia it's hard to find the most important work to discuss. Elizabeth Leonard joins @ahouckinfrance.bsky.social and me to chat about Joseph Holt and the fascination of biography writing @uncpress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5k18... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Exciting news about #MarcBloch #résistance #Panthéon #ww2 www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

For your holiday weekend reading & reflection, here’s my 259th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & solidarity, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Talk about a nice way to spend the last day of Christmas break: sleep late, watch a documentary on the Palais de la Cité, do a LEGO set together, then read side by side, her Agatha Christie; me, Elizabeth Leonard’s bio of Joseph Holt.

@rockwoof.bsky.social You new here or something, Biff? Happy New Year! :)

Yum! Breakfast in town after going to the #citymarket in #Poitiers.

Holy moly, is this game addictive. #worldofwarships #ps5

Check out the slogan of this fantastic #Italian restaurant in #Paris (Boémia, Paris 14eme): #sliceslicebaby

Any thoughts on the season #finale of #Derry?

As many (if not all?) of my friends/followers know, we have three canine fur babies, 8, 9, and 10 years old. The two youngest, boys - and hounds - have health problems. Jackson, the beagle, has had lymphoma for 18mo. Ollie, the basset, had a spinal embolism that left him all but paraplegic. But…

First, a reminder that we’re accepting nominations for work of all kinds from throughout 2025 for a special year-end thread. Check out the call & share all the things (including your own), please! blackwhiteandread.com/announcements/

Like Rudolph or Mariah, the #ScholarSunday powers grow ever stronger as December deepens. See for yourself with my 253rd thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast eps, new & forthcoming books from last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

The realism and reactivity of the games I’m playing on the #PS5 is incredible. I have a couple of graphic-novel style games, but, eh. Otherwise, a totally different world from the #Switch. It’s unexpectedly impressive. I went in blind and am dumbfounded.

Family is a crucial part of us, but how does it help us understand history? @ahouckinfrance.bsky.social and I discuss with Amy Murrell Taylor her book _The Divided Family in Civil War America_ @uncpress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6EI6... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

For Part 2 of my conversation with @americanstudier.bsky.social we are joined by my co-host @ahouckinfrance.bsky.social _Of Thee I Sing_ Enjoy as we explore issues of nationalism and patriotism @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/131S... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

What do y’all (a term I will write but never use orally) think of #TheGreat (the #series on #CatherinetheGreat with #ElleFanning)? I’m a couple of episodes in and I *love* it. #hatm

Rough day, #health wise. *However*, we managed to make our annual pilgrimage to a local #spirits festival. Then, this evening, we went to a #hockey game - the #Poitiers #Dragons, a semi-pro team in the #FFHG. Good game. “We” won. Was happy to have priority seats for both. #invisiblehandicap

Excellent entry, as always by the ever-mindful @civilwarmemory.bsky.social. Speaking of all-Black GAR posts, Barbara Gannon’s The Won Cause is a fabulous read. @uncpress.bsky.social

With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Bought a #PS5 ( #Playstation) and I’m reeeeeeally hoping I’m not too dumb to use it.

Just found out that the workshop Pierre-François Peirano and I proposed for the @afea.bsky.social Congress in Caen in May has been accepted! It’s open to scholars who wish to delve into the potentially grave failures of the Reconstruction experiment over the past 160 years. #amstudies #skystorians

Neat reel on mending archival documents. This is allegedly the #Nicolay copy of the #GettysburgAddress. #LOC #archives #CivilWar #ACW www.facebook.com/share/v/1C9G...

I really enjoyed the chance to return to @nielseichhorn.bsky.social & @ahouckinfrance.bsky.social's War of the Rebellion podcast for a second conversation about Of Thee I Sing. Check it out & let me know any responses or thoughts! 🗃️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Here it is, a very special--& especially supersized—250th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Please add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Wish I could reply to her post. I was in middle school when the #AnitaHill horror show was all over the place and in college for @monicalewinsky.bsky.social’s international and scandalous being dragged through the mud. We definitely remember. Both #ClarenceThomas and #BillClinton are just gross.

One of my favorite Americans! blackwhiteandread.com/october-23-2...

Hey #ACW #CivilWar #skystorians, have you seen this news about Ely Parker? #NativeAmericans #justice #ushistory @nielseichhorn.bsky.social @nicksacco.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/u...

For my third random post of the day, and Toby from #TheOffice could probably recount this dull tale with more vigor: we’re fixing to have a house-spider battle royale. The one on the right is testing the one on the left’s patience. ENCROACHMENT! THREAT LEVEL: MIDNIGHT! Oof. Peace. Alt text!

Just watched #Frankenstein on #Netflix and have questions for both #literature and #history tweeps. Lit peeps: thoughts on artistic license? History of #science: technological feasibility of power system in the 1850s? History of #medicine: #lymphatic system? *I HAVE QUESTIONS* #hatm

I’m *really* struggling with getting back into #thesis mode. Even reading and listening to podcasts is complicated. My intellect feels diminished, tbf. For my mental health, weekends are reserved for fun outings. Today, the #SalondelaGastronomie in #Poitiers. We ate, drank, and were merry. :)

Finished #BlyManor this evening and #HillHouse last week. #MikeFlanagan is awesome. Gotta keep the #HATM at the top of the trends.

#CivVI all-nighter. Apparently, vacation is the only time that I can actually live according to my own body’s rhythm: bed somewhere between 3-6am and up around noon. Unfortunately, it only works for my half of our marriage. Fortunately (for both of us), we go back to school on Monday. #switch

Hey @aaronastor.bsky.social and @markcheathem.bsky.social, is it time to revive the anti-King Andy (Jackson) #Whig Party? #nokings #trump #ushistory #gop #DemocraticParty #maga

Excellent #hisygym session. Read about #Restoration #Britain. Oh, and @americanstudier.bsky.social, “the passive voice is used way too much by the author.” ;)

I love #France with all my heart, but I do believe that the #restingbitchface (terrible expression, no pun intended) was invented here. It’s just incredible the number of people (of all genders) who have it. Also, I’m pretty sure I have it sometimes now, too. 😬

At the hospital for a #wisdomtooth.

Pour ceux qui le connaissent, Olivier Burtin, historien à l’UPJV, publie ce jour une tribune dans @lemonde.fr Je vous l’offre @afea.bsky.social #trump #usa #dictature www.lemonde.fr/article-offe...

I love the #EU: got some grape #Fanta from #Bulgaria yesterday. One of the few tastes of America that I miss is #concord grape, both real and artificial. #EuropeanUnion

So, wifey’s name is the first actual word in the script of the new #EdGein series, #Monster on #Netflix?

Also, having my #wisdomteeth removed over the next couple of weeks and, by gum, my mouth can’t wait for the relief!

Had a great - albeit short - #histgym session today. A couple of little life details make all the difference: 1. My teaching schedule works perfectly with my #dialysis. Cheers to my principal. 2. My dialysis starts 45mn later, giving me more time to exist. #Amreading about #CharlesII & #Restoration

Here it is, my 243rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Just watched #Amsterdam. Super important movie. Especially now. #HATM

Back at the #hospital (10hrs after my #dialysis last night) for my teeth [major, major, 11/10 pain since April]. The dental wing is in the same wing as the #deaf wing. Pretty neat to see an entire team - including patients - using FSL. #lsf

Finally got to use my #handicap sticker today at the Foire Médiévale at Château-Larcher. #fete #festival #inclusion #handicap #handicapinvisible

#JasonBateman is an American gym #blackrabbit #netflix

Goddammit. Am I going to have to #read the #Dune #books?

I was honored to join @nielseichhorn.bsky.social & @ahouckinfrance.bsky.social on their wonderful War of the Rebellion podcast to talk about my book Of Thee I Sing! First of two parts (watch for the 2nd in November) because we had so much fun! 🗃️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...