Since when do copyeditors move things wholesale to footnotes? Check for typos and missing commas, motherfucker.

Not sure how I missed this thread past month

Nobody likes data centers, and Democratic politicians need to realize this. www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia...

It’s incomprehensible to me that universities imagine their decimation of humanities follows “market forces” when they are so manifestly behind the curve of even the most corporate decisions. Universities are stuck in spent logic of “we must embrace AI” when frontier labs are hiring philosophers 1/

Want money to study medieval and early modern cultures in the city with England's oldest cathedral? Then you have a week in which to apply for one of the MA scholarships @memsunikent.bsky.social: research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear... Complete the simple application process by next Monday, 13th July.

Fox in Socks level

This makes me think of the charming extra prepositions in Newfoundland English, as in the expression "Stay where you're to till I gets where you're at."

I've eaten Tesco's katsu chicken wraps as part of a meal deal for at least ten of the last fourteen days. Not sure what my body is gonna do tomorrow.

Uh,the second-greatest, Mark

📚 📜 #TIH #OTD 12 Jul 2014: Death of Zoia Markovna Horn [née Polisar] (b.1918), who, in 1972, became the 1st librarian in USA to be jailed for refusing to share information as a matter of conscience. A member of ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee, Horn—who worked at Bucknell University—was… [1/n]

Me, tomorrow. (More hair, thankfully.)

Even if you couldn't, they end up failing anyway because the essays are utter crap. Limited marking experience so far but I have encountered several papers that are clearly AI that provide no close reading of the text whatsoever. I don't know how they expect to pass a literature essay without that.

Oh, they absolutely can

This is yet another reason why the Bodleian's policies make much more sense...

Just got complimented on my French by a madame from Lyon

Reading "The Land of Cokaygne" in the Kildare Poems manuscript (Harley 913; c. 1330) is a special treat at the end of this research trip.

Well, working with rolls fucking rules

Had an absolutely wonderful time at @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026. Our session, "Lollard Knights and Rebels," was very well attended and apparently a hit. Already plotting for the 2027 iteration! Are you working on something to do with (or adjacent to) the Chaucer Circle? Please get in touch!

A fun story involving medieval France and Morocco is that the English King John supposedly tried to ally with the Almohad caliph against Spain and France, including handing over English territories in France (Gascony/Aquitaine) and agreeing to convert to Islam

What a dickhead

Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...

It is a well-known fact that the only substance upon which one can be hopped is goofballs

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Fuck, do I love Uyghur food!

On this day in 1981, Richard Cobb got an honorary degree from the University of Essex. That may not seem significant to you, but it makes this afternoon the 45th anniversary of one of the finest graduation addresses ever delivered 🧵

Want

God this is fucking shameful. No alleged cost savings could possibly be worth incurring this type of irreparable damage to your brand

"Sir Richard [Abberbury] le père, choosing his moment with the discretion je had displayed throughout his life, died early in 1399." – Simon Walker

This should be the cover of a mid- to late-60s sci-fi paperback

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Great example of why theory-ish stuff is shit.

When I write a sentence I always ask myself "if this sentence had been a visiting senior faculty member giving a talk when I was a grad student, would my friends and I have joked about their shortcomings after the fact?" That's my editorial advice for the day.

Boy howdy, do I love Yorkshire accents

For me the real intergenerational trauma I experience might be that I fear I won't be able to pass down my skills to the next generation because of how international university systems have decided to simply jettison entire disciplines of knowledge for being unprofitable.

This really shouldn't need to be said, but alas, it does. Thanks to @ciol-linguists.bsky.social, the ATC and the ITI for writing this letter. Fingers crossed that someone will act on it! www.theguardian.com/education/20...

My interview: “I came to this country as an infant and became a U.S. citizen,” Roswell Encina said. “So sitting there, on the Fourth of July, I couldn’t help but think about the promise of America and the work still required to protect it.” www.advocate.com/news/people/...

@joshcoulthard.bsky.social Very good to meet you hier soir! (Apologies for no DM—apparently I would need to prove I'm old and grumpy somehow...)

Which other sector would attempt to claim 'world-leading' status by operating with this degree of chaos and gaslighting ?

Eglerio! Utúlie'n aurë! Today we have four #Tolkien at @imc-leeds.bsky.social sessions with a great paper line up! #IMC2026

I assumed this yikes was about the MAIS cursive, which apparently makes an o with a little loop-di-loop(?).

Thinking back to this: Muppet Journey to the West is a TV series. Gonzo is in a narrator role (again). Tang is played by Kermit. Sun Wukong gets a custom muppet. Zhu Bajie & the White Dragon Horse get the standard pig & horse muppets. Other muppets & humans are guest stars as the story requires

You know you're at @imc-leeds.bsky.social when, immediately after checking in, you and Anne Duggan are wandering around, lost, in your dorm building and then briefly get stuck in the janitors' supply area.

Susanna Clarke on illness www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Are you headed to the @imc-leeds.bsky.social next week? Do you like Lollards and/or rebels? How about historical documents and the people, events, and networks they help us explore? Join us on Monday, July 6 at 4.30 for "Lollards and Rebels."

#Tolkien interesting observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Not now, remnants of primordial magma ocean. ... No, on second thought, now is an okay time.

Wow. This is great

I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes"