Will Smith #walkoff! #Dodgers win!

Oregon faculty ask that we sign and share widely. actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...

“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception." www.mellon.org/voices/human...

This is true *unless* you have a Roy Moore situation--i.e. if Mamdani has said or done something that's absolutely toxic across the political spectrum. But I haven't seen Mamdani say or do any such thing. (I don't think his nuance on the term "intifada" qualifies; nor do his proposed policies.)

I hear this from colleagues all the time. I've long taught speedreading skills for busy students. But many don't even do that.

Up from Harmut Leppin at BMCR, a review of an edited volume reflecting on scholarship, and scholars, under the Nazis: bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.07...

Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans

Here's a cool idea. Hire a robot to train for sports for you. And then describe that training for you. Then you go play the sport. You'll lose, immediately, like a fucking clown, because you didn't actually train. This is that, with learning.

Five things to remember about war:

What are the odds of a Nobel peace prize now?

Big congrats to the "no new wars" crowd. You got what you spent years willfully ignoring. Good for you.

There is no “one and done” in any conflict. The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.

This is one way to promote Islam!

This makes me sad. I think I understand the decision (& thank you Prof. Noreña for some explanation). Ofc I wasn’t in the room. But the myriad scholars not fluent in English will have a barrier to writing in what is (at least now) the most-read review venue in ancient Mediterranean studies. 1/

Late Roman historian here. Please stop perpetuating the narrative of a fall of Rome triggering Dark Ages. That’s not what happened at all.

"After the Barbarian sacks of Rome around 400-500 AD" If historians wrote about natural sciences, as the sciences write about us, we'd be ripped a new one. But here we are *sigh*

USC program aims to teach police leadership skills, with help from state funding The program was started with $10 million from the state and is meant to launch a master’s degree in public safety leadership scdailygazette.com/2025/05/09/u...

Sending this out to Academic Bluesky: Does anyone know where I might find an English translation of #Mayan historical narratives? I'm especially interested in the Stairway Hieroglyphs at #Copan. I'm usually good at tracking these down but I'm stumped. Thank you!

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

May the Fourth be with you! ICAI, here's my current ranking of Star Wars theatrically-released films (so no Ewok movies, Christmas special, TV shows): 1. ESB 2. RotJ 3. TLJ 4. ANH 5. RO 6. TFA 7. RotS 8. RoS 9. Solo 10. AftC 11. PM

Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 5 INN, 69 pitches, 2 BB, 6 SO, Ø H. #Dodgers 1, Braves Ø.

No, the opposite. Boredom prevails more than ever. We (me v much included) don’t know how to be unoccupied anymore. We feel any unoccupied moment w our devices, which in turn raises tension & anxiety. We don’t let ourselves be bored.

Friends, I'm quoted in the WaPo today www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashio...

Everyone I urge you to read this issue of Pasts Imperfect. The scope of grants affected by NEH cuts is remarkable. The testimonies about NEH’s importance are moving. Thank you @sarahebond.bsky.social and the whole team at Pasts Imperfect

I had a joke about Achilles but he’ll never recover after it.

'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

“Chronology & empiricism”. In other words, historical facts. Without which we rely on fantasy.

if you are an author, Zuckerberg's META probably used your works to train AI, from this LibGen database of pirated books and articles (originally compiled by Russian hackers) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

so jealous www.baltimoresun.com/2025/03/26/k...

Due April 1: The Dept of History at the University of Washington is hiring a 9 month distinguished lecturer in ancient or medieval history. 4 classes over 3 quarters, salary $100–115k, plus benefits. Review begins April 1st, feel free to email me with any questions apply.interfolio.com/161510

Hate to say this, but as a historian, I have to say that "history" never judges with a unanimous verdict.

BREAKING: Person dies of measles in West Texas, Lubbock’s health department says, the first death from an outbreak that has infected at least 124 people in the state. nbcnews.to/4hRa9Ld

imagine WANTING to receive two million emails

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

Heads up #ancientsky and please RS: ReMeDHe is accepting nominations for the Heidi Marx Prize for the best article published in the last 3 years on medicine, health, and healing in the ancient Mediterranean Deadline is firm at March 1 Details here: www.remedhe.com/the-heidi-ma...

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

Important new research by my @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social colleagues: test-optional admission *hurts* the chances of less advantaged applicants, who don't submit scores that would dramatically increase their chance of admission. www.nber.org/papers/w3338...

I guess the Golden Rule is a sin now.

I don't care about your politics. You owe your students your best defense of them, against federal and state governments, hostile administrations, outside forces, and internal harassment. Because if you are faculty or staff, for the years they attend your institution, you have obligations to them.

Someone never read Jesus' answer when a smartass asked him, "Who is my neighbor?" See Luke 10.

Add “the journalist” between the archaeologist & the dog. W the archaeologist, shares “reconstructs past events”. W “the dog,” shares “loves sniffing around in people’s garbage.”

CRINT Essay Prize in Early Jewish and Christian Studies €1,000. (Post-)graduate students and those who received their PhD no earlier than Jan. 1, 2020 are eligible. Essay not exceeding 10,000 words (including footnotes) to Dr. Albertina Oegema ([email protected]) by July 1, 2025.

Add "the Journalist" between "the Archaeologist" and "the dog". They're excited by bones too. Shared by the archaeologist and the journalist: "reports past events". Shared by "the dog" and "the journalist": "sniffs powerful human scents."

Very thankful for the hard work of the firefighters under terrible conditions, and for the firefighters coming in now from out of state.

Classicist friends: if, in a course on ancient law, you were to assign two or three Roman legal orations in translation to a class of upper-division History majors, which orations would you assign? I'm especially going to emphasize laws concerning women, violent acts, foreigners, and slaves. 1/

The road to Emmaus. Mosaic from the church of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in #Ravenna. 6th century. 📷🇮🇹 flic.kr/p/ndkxSD #photography #travel #mosaics #EarlyChristian #art

Read to the end. Especially about the end of the Iliad. Bret could have added that the last extended speeches in the Iliad aren’t warriors’ bravado but women’s mourning—with Helen last of all.

Responsible scholarship in pre-modern history and related disciplines must account for non-English-language scholarship.👇🎸