I am struck less by the hypocrisy of universities sanctioning their faculty than by their consistency. They are utterly consistent in their craven response to pollical pressure.

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

The Haskins Society is now on BlueSky! Look out for posts over the next few days which advertise our involvement in the @imc-leeds.bsky.social Head over and give us a follow @haskinssociety.bsky.social

If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully. You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers. Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.

This passage from @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social's book on Hitler's rise to power has long haunted me for the way it describes how so many ordinary Germans had their minds & souls gradually rewired by the changing political climate of the 1930s. Watching something similar happen here is terrifying.

In a few years (max) when people start asking why we thought AI was a good idea I am creating a record that we did NOT think it was a good idea and the main reason people were ever convinced was billions of dollars of propaganda

@oah.org Please help us! The Journal of the Early Republic has launched a "history tracker" to document how the Trump Admin is changing/hiding history. We need your help- if you've seen a change that has not (yet) made the news, please write in. More info: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

Rümeysa's legal team is coordinating a fundraiser for her and her family to help them deal with this crisis, including medical costs since ICE has kept Rümeysa from accessing all her medications. Please donate if you're able:

If you are at an event where someone on stage gives a Hitler salute and that person is not dragged off by security and kicked out, you are at a Nazi rally.

My condolences to his entire family. He will be truly missed. It is rare to find a scholar of his intellect and achievement who was also such a kind and lovely person.

In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪 🧵 1/26 drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...

In 1935, in compliance with the Nuremburg Laws, the German military dismissed all Jews serving in its ranks. Just sayin.

Whether it’s Obama, wearing a tan suit or Elon Musk doing Hitler salutes, both sides have engaged in incendiary behavior

What is the average professor afraid of? - mainly: „train delays“ - the projector in the class room not working again - being invited to things - explaining what they do again at parties that they were regrettably invited to after all - the continued destruction of their whole field - Eduroam

I don't have further details, but proposed job cuts at Uni Northants are threatening several programmes, including their MA History. Please consider signing, please consider sharing. chng.it/5vBRtgx2xx

Happy New Year from Dorothy Parker (and me).

"By making over these women in our own image, we lose so much of what was distinctive and beautiful about their literature." What Were the Lives of Medieval Women Like? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/b...

snowball fight, italy, ca. 1400

I guess the secret is out now: so pleased to be included in this collection for Sharon Farmer! Many thanks to Tanya Stabler Miller, Nancy McLoughlin and @abbydowling.bsky.social for all their work on the volume!

This was always the goal: remove human teachers from classrooms in schools and universities, except for the very rich who will be able to afford human instruction. This is why I have only contempt for teachers in higher ed who use AI in their courses--this is what you are actively escalating.

This is a long piece and worth your time. I’m particularly pleased by it tracing things back to Milton Friedman. I have long believed that more or less everything that is awful, stupid and cruel in the modern world can ultimately be traced back to Milton Friedman.

I will never stop being aghast that the United States built a higher education system that was literally the envy of the entire world—our bitterest political enemies nonetheless sent their children to us to be educated, it was so good—& then just decided to systematically, ruthlessly dismantle it

Please put maps in your books, especially if you mention scores of places and argue that regional connections are important. If you need help making a map, contact the Surprised Eel Historian – @greenleejw.bsky.social This message is brought to you by the book I’m reading, which has no maps.

Marc Bloch ❤️❤️ merci @xaviermauduit.bsky.social !

10 Free Medieval Articles from The English Historical Review https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/free-medieval-articles-english-historical-review/ - congratulations on 600 issues @enghistrev.bsky.social #historysky

Okay, the France24 feed is live now. They are doing interviews and showing people arrive: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSRE... #NotreDame #MedievalSky

Sometimes, because parchment undulates, even in digital facsimile we can see medieval illuminations as they would have looked with an indirect light source. Light and shadow made the page come alive every time it was used, for example, in a liturgical context. BSB Clm 22311, late 9th century

The open-access digital research and educational resource, 'Mapping Saints', has now been officially launched! Check it out here: saints.dh.gu.se

#GiftLink for #MedievalSky. #NotreDame www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Great talk today by @rachelschine.bsky.social on her new book that you should check out and that will somehow get into my next medieval syllabus!

Samesies

Are you teaching a course this semester and have students who need some extra credit? Why not encourage them to cast their votes in the Middle Ages for Educators Sweet 16 Competition, which is now open! #medievalsky middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu/sweet-16-oar...

Every now & again, it's useful to say why I do all these eel history tweets. Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades. But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2 🗃️🧪

Women couldn't be outlawed in 13th-century England because they were never put in law. Instead, women accused of crimes were ordered to be waived if they failed to appear at trial. The consequence of waivery was the same as outlawry's: execution (often immediately and without trial). 🧵1/4

"Shock of hope" is actually a great way of understanding medieval ecclesiastical architecture. Welcome back, Notre Dame! www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

An 8th grade trip to Salem, MA where I saw the life size wax tableau of Giles Corey’s death by pressing.

Just a reminder that Amazon workers are striking tomorrow through Monday, and that none of the “deals” are good enough to justify crossing the picket line.

Tired of the modern world? Come dig into the Middle Ages this June-July at Lindores Abbey in Scotland. Learn about medieval monasticism, and gain practical experience in field archaeology, bioarchaeology, and heritage. U of St Andrews credit. Link below. #MedievalSky #Archaeology

Please read and share this nice write up of just some of the great work by @jeanneologist.bsky.social #skystorians

Was delighted to be asked to write this short obituary of Jinty Nelson, one of my great academic heroes, who did much for my career (as that of countless others), for the latest @historytoday.com.

We're 75% of the way there thanks to only 24 donors. That's actually the opposite of what we like! If you can chip in $5, that's much more our style and we'd appreciate it. (We love all of the people who donated more, obviously.)

Historians help me find a half-remembered quote I read 30 years ago. Historian said the utility of history is it orients us in the present. Used the metaphor of waking in an unfamiliar place. You're confused at first and review your history to figure out how you got there. Anyone know the quote?

Apparently, there are some history lessons we just have to keep learning. From the @nytimes.com Flashback quiz, 11/23/2024. #vaccines #histmed