Quite a headline.

“I just got my shot. They asked me to sit for a few. Then want to buy Gatorade and a Reese’s.”

Even though I worked in local journalism during the the long 2020, I never anticipated having to write a news roundup about Charlie Kirk and Jimmy Kimmel together. Here's how to understand those stories in the context of violence, censorship, and academic freedom networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.

Emily sends friendly and somewhat informal emails. Emily Elliott is collegial. Emily Joan Elliott, Ph.D. has no time for your nonsense and will let you know that in a pointedly very professional tone.

Check out the latest from my dear friend and colleague James Nealy!

The results of our AI Usage Survey are in! @emily-elliott.bsky.social sums it up for our #FeedingTheElephant readers. The overarching concerns expressed: the effects of AI on labor, copyright, critical thinking, and the little things that make us human. ➡️ networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

It’s been a full week, and not a single penguin has backed down or sold out. Could there be a lesson here for America’s law firms and universities?

Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

The MSU Department of History is hosting Jay Dolmage, who will present "From Academic Ableism to Access and Inclusion." You can register to join us through Zoom with live captioning!

If you fit the criteria below, please consider taking this survey! I would consider it a birthday gift!

@emily-elliott.bsky.social on going from history PhD to local news editor.

Feeding the Elephant celebrates its 5th anniversary as a key platform for scholarly communication in humanities & social science. This blog plans to expand its focus to include academic librarianship and global voices, furthering its mission in fostering cross disciplinary dialogue. bit.ly/3AZLaVg

If you know of archives that have information related to Ukraine and Russia but are located elsewhere, please DM me or encourage them to take this survey! I'm leading a project at MSU to create an interactive map that will enable scholars of the region to conduct historical research elsewhere. Link👇

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Really enjoyed this informative piece! Be kind to journal editors! They have a lot of work on their plates!

I really enjoyed this insightful piece from @dawnd.bsky.social about subventions. It was a word I often heard in grad school and finally feel it is demystified!

This post is a must read for anyone signing their first book contract! Check out the latest from #FeedingTheElephant.

Which stories in scholarly communications have @emily-elliott.bsky.social, @dawnd.bsky.social , and @catherinefte.bsky.social been following? Find out more about those and the history-related podcasts the team is listening to in our #FeedingTheElephant roundup! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Check out #FeedingTheElephant’s first post on Bluesky! Madison Mosely’s piece is both engaging and informative!

We're open for pitches, and remember: we don't just publish history by contingent scholars, we also publish pieces on higher ed written by contingent scholars. There are a lot of voices we'd love to help amplify right now. contingentmagazine.org/pitch-us/