One reason I do not think Trump is going to create a 1,000 year reich is because he failed to cancel a middling funnyman and immediately pivoted to trying to outlaw not having a headache.

CFP: DLC+ Presents Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture Mini-Conference: "Smut" and "Lore" #FanStudies docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

SF BAY AREA! You are invited to a sneak peek screening of my documentary ANTARCTICA UNEARTHED before it goes to national TV broadcast next year. Wednesday, October 15 at 7pm near Palo Alto, CA. Free to attend but registration required: arielwaldman.com/screening (cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social)

Several of my followers think I’m joking. I promise you, I’m dead serious about Trump’s plans to host a cage match at the White House to mark the nation’s 250th birthday.

My life as an academic parent in one skeet.

This is what we need from elected officials -- a commitment to stand up for their constituents and, just as important, a willingness to tell right-wing trolls to get bent.

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

Have a good weekend

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

Full house tonight at South Street Seaport Museum for talks on queer polar and maritime history with @tchotchke.bsky.social @evamolinaflores.bsky.social and Seth Stein LeJacq! ❄️⚓️🌈

I was once on a panel about Henry Ford’s antisemitism, and still learned from this article that he thought the Jews killed Lincoln and that brass was a “Jew metal”

My review of Arctic Circles and Imperial Knowledge: The Franklin Family, Indigenous Intermediaries, and the Politics of Truth was published in JACNZS. Highly recommend this book for #Franklin history and #polarexploration history fans! acnzsn.org/wp-content/u...

"This absurdity, in fact, is at the very heart of fascist violence. It is the final twist of the knife, the head-shaking feeling of disbelief right before you are tossed in the prison van. It’s not just that we are being destroyed, it’s that we are being destroyed for incredibly stupid reasons."

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#University of #Nebraska to eliminate multiple programs as part of $27.5 million budget cut #AcademicSky www.dailynebraskan.com/news/breakin... and budgetprocess.unl.edu/proposed-bud...

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

A GoFundMe for the instructor who was fired at Texas A&M!

This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

I encourage people to watch this video. The selected footage shows the professor doing nothing even slightly out of line, whereas the student misinterprets the law and hopes to impose her religious beliefs on the material. Administrators caving to this is terrifying.

When you unlock your phone in the morning

British Museum director Nicholas Cullinan insists the Bayeux Tapestry can safely travel to the UK next year, despite warnings from textile experts and a petition with more than 71,000 signatures. buff.ly/FmNIFEY

The horrors persist, but do you have any favorite scholarship on historical fiction (or history in pop culture in general)? Recommendations very much appreciated! #historysky

Are you a 35+ aged fan who's active in intergenerational fan activities? Looking for essays, art, poetry, and more for Volume 3 of Act Your Age: Fandom at Age 35 and Beyond. Deadline: October 24, 2025 #zines #fandom docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects. They were financed by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law which he passionately opposed ahead of its passage.

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

ffs

For anyone having Terra Nova feelings today ...

Things getting a bit 'meta' in the heritage masculinity space as celebrity explorers the Turner Twins replicate a replica clothing project... www.port.ac.uk/news-events-... @peterhhansen.bsky.social @sarahmpicks.bsky.social @waymarks.bsky.social @jasewilson.bsky.social @7mmrope.bsky.social

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

“She found occasional work as a visiting professor… She earned grants to fund her research, including a fellowship at Harvard, but she was often living on unemployment benefits. When she won a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989 — the coveted “genius” award — for her scholarship, she was hired full time.”

Want to help provide a space for students and freelancers to access remote opportunities with free internet and electricity? Donate to Spark Space to help keep them up and running! Join me in donating the cost of a coffee each week so they can stay open: chuffed.org/project/spar...

***Public History job posting*** @ncph.bsky.social @aaslh.org

A metaphor for where we are as a country: obsessed with deporting immigrants, no matter what the resulting damage to American society.

Killing 'delve': We analysed 4,800+ student-authored reports across a decade to uncover how ChatGPT is shaping undergrad writing—style, sentiment, and quality. 📉📈 GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author. 📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Tom Clancy’s Argonauts of the Western Pacific

I found my last stash of Herzog Flyers if anyone is interested: brandonbird.myshopify.com/products/glo...

Frankie Boyle called this years ago of course

You have until this FRIDAY, AUGUST 29th to get your proposals in for Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North – Part V Theme: States of the Field – New Research in Arctic Pasts Editors: @issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/08/04/c... #envhist #envhum #arctic

Ugh, the Onion is being accurate again

Trump's Presidencies have so far involved numerous Saturday Night Massacres, dozens of Watergates, and a never ending parade of Tea Pot Dome scandals. I worry that we're about to enter the "dozens of Kent State's" portion of the story.

DC stands tall and resilient, driving ICE GOONS away with determination ✊

If you enjoyed the #MurderBot tv show then a lot of the books in the series, plus The Witch King (which is also great) is part of a humble bundle to raise funds for charity. #books

Campers, you have TEN DAYS left to submit your abstracts before the deadline on September 1st! ❄️ All you need at this stage is a short proposal for your presentation or workshop. We can't wait to hear your ideas! 🤩✨ Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1u3x...

This is just one person. And just one stupid, useless outrage out of thousands. But he’s also a free and living rebuke to people who say that the law has no power now and we have no recourse.

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read

Just a reminder that it is VERY offensive to our culture to refer to the 90s as anything other than “a few years ago” please educate yourselves