oh this goes around! everyone should have a walk-on song. what's yours? mine would, I think, be "Machinehead" by Bush

If it can be torn down, it can be rebuilt even stronger.

@profgabriele.com, as fellow public scholarly podcasters & supporters of each other's work, just wanted to see if you might be able to share Diamond in the Rough, the new (second) season of my podcast Baseball, Bigotry, & the Battle for America. Thanks! americanstudier.podbean.com

get in loser, we're doing the Wars of Religion again

ok, after the April Fool's bit (some of you didn't listen past 5 minutes and got got), me and @goingmedieval.bsky.social and @lollardfish.bsky.social get into it. here Eleanor is AMAZING and breaks down how Marx is both helpful and not in thinking about the Middle Ages #medievalsky

reposting from yesterday. the history of Christianity and violence is deeply entangled and has been since the beginning. the way we all can deal with the Hegseth's bloodlust is to realize there's an alternative that's equally valid.

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A VERY SPECIAL APRIL 1 EPISODE!!! me & @lollardfish.bsky.social & @goingmedieval.bsky.social talk about the zombie myth of the medieval as the "dark ages" and make a SHOCKING admission... #medievalsky listen now --> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

worth nothing that "conservative" ideas are all cafeteria-style. pick and choose. ignore what you don't want -they cite bible verses without caring about context -the use memes that, in context, prove the opposite -their reading of law is literalism, again without context

Zahn McClarnon is a fucking amazing actor

reposting from yesterday. the history of Christianity and violence is deeply entangled and has been since the beginning. the way we all can deal with the Hegseth's bloodlust is to realize there's an alternative that's equally valid.

You’re actually not that good at political analysis so you could you know stop

hi #Medievalsky Does anybody happen to have a pdf/scan they could send me, of: Peter Sawyer, "The Bloodfeud in Fact and Fiction" Acta Jutlandica 63.2 (1987), 27-38 ? Many thanks in advance! 📖😀

OH WAIT the author is that dumbass political scientist who said that AI was better than people at social science then did a bunch of misogyny going after @emilymbender.bsky.social

Go fuck yourself

everything that's wrong with Star Wars can be summed up with a dude being literally cut in half but somehow surviving and then becoming a fan favorite i will not be taking questions at this time

We should cultivate a culture on the broad left where constantly bashing the democrats is seen as unproductive and pathetic and essentially a self-ejection from the coalition.

tech bros and university leaders and politicians: "Close the History Department, replace all our teachers, and mass produce artistic slop."

https://dof.virginia.gov/forest-management-health/forest-health/financial-assistance-program/callery-pear-exchange-program/ Hey Virginia, want to replace up to three Bradford Pear trees with a native? This is a great time. #virginia #trees #plantnatives

so as we in the Humanities well know, this is a nonsense zombie dichotomy the author (not Rob) is making. the "top-paying" jobs she mentions are all in medicine (except pilot (???) and CEO (lol)) if you're going to medical school, you should major in Humanities! www.ama-assn.org/medical-stud...

ICYMI this is the kicker. Both Hegseth and Leo are battling over legit strands of Christian history. Leo is better at it…

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ICYMI this is the kicker. Both Hegseth and Leo are battling over legit strands of Christian history. Leo is better at it…

so, i wrote up a piece about how Hegseth (calling for religious violence) and Pope Leo (rebuking him) were pulling from the same tradition within Christianity. Unsurprisingly, Leo's is a more subtle, interesting history lesson though... Read and share --> www.ms.now/opinion/pete...

THIS. "But to ask whose words represent the “real” relationship between Christianity and violence would be posing the wrong question...the Christian tradition has been entwined both with violence and heroic attempts to reject it since the very beginning."

It is uncomfortable to admit that Hegseth's bloodlust is a valid part of Christian tradition, which makes it all the more important to confront it.

so, i wrote up a piece about how Hegseth (calling for religious violence) and Pope Leo (rebuking him) were pulling from the same tradition within Christianity. Unsurprisingly, Leo's is a more subtle, interesting history lesson though... Read and share --> www.ms.now/opinion/pete...

Well, they tried their best. So it goes.

here's a clip. @lollardfish.bsky.social and me basically have given up. It's the "Dark Ages." Fine. Happy April #medievalsky youtube.com/shorts/k2ufz...

jesus christ. get some help.

The other point that complements this thread is that conservatism, such as it has existed and does exist as an ideology since the Founding, has never really cast off the rhetoric of monarchy/ aristocracy So it reverts towards that default, strongly at times

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History without historians is doomed to fail. With an interdisciplinary team of scholars we show how the purported link between late Roman conflicts and drought has been misunderstood. We also outline a path forward in the use of sources in paleoclimatic research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Blueskis, it’s publication day for THE WESTERNERS! I don’t have a photo or a fun video because I am a Very Bad Author and forgot to pack a copy for this trip to Montana. So if you have a copy of the book, please post a photo of it (with kiddos or pets, preferably) below! More to follow …. 📚🤓🤠

more of this. make them make you.

let me review this you cowards

make every month medievalism month

yooooooooooooo. some news! April is going to be MEDIEVALISM MONTH on the podcast. we have episodes featuring @lollardfish.bsky.social @goingmedieval.bsky.social @nrhopwood.bsky.social @herberthistory.bsky.social @greenleejw.bsky.social @blairapgar.bsky.social and Matthew X Vernon #medievalsky -->

Ok I’m starting the William the Bastard (Conqueror) mini series. Let’s go #medievalsky

Wrote this with @lollardfish.bsky.social about arrogant econo bros buttondown.com/ModernMediev...

friends, I'm doing it again. I'm doing another course for the @92ndstreety.bsky.social. Come hang out with me and learn about the Middle Ages! #medievalsky roundtable.org/live-courses...

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okay so this what I'm talking about when I question Platner's dedication to his current progressive talking points.

Realizing that if I share bar recommendations (in different cities) that’s about as “I respect you” as my awkward ass can do

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Second this: Religious rhetoric from military leaders isn’t uncommon. What is uncommon: SecDef creating his own Pentagon worship service and delivering religious rhetoric on camera from a lectern that’s also functioning as a literal pulpit, all while aligning w/self-declared Christian nationalists.

so it's both true that Hegseth's rhetoric is an escalation (and an unsurprising one, given his brand of far-right Crusades nostalgia), but also that nothing he's doing was not also done by Rumsfeld during the 2nd Iraq War - using some of same bible verses www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

you know, a bunch of us said that his nostalgia for/ fetishization of the Crusades was REALLY PROBLEMATIC and here we are! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

there are sometimes moments that connect us directly to the past. in this episode, Sarah Baires talks about how finding simple finger impressions in a pit reminds us of how human our subjects are... Watch Full episode at AmericanMedieval.com (and direct link below)