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"I'm too old for this imperial shit" - Black Skin, White Masks

How come figure skating is the only event where the athletes get a kiss and cry person? They should all have kiss and cry people. In fact, the world would be better if we all had designated kiss and cry people in our corner. #vss365 #olympics

This is Lexa. She really hopes you’ll be her valentine. Wouldn’t want to waste this look on just anybody. 14/10 (IG: bambiandlexa)

Have some Emperor Julian Valentines today for some hot & heavy Hellenism.

It’s that day of the year I post this again.

the best winter sport. 😍

💙 Protect what you love! At Oceana UK, we’re working to safeguard marine life, expose harmful practices, and push for policies that allow our seas to heal. Because the things we love are worth defending. 🌊 Join us: https://bit.ly/44A2lsM #ValentinesDay

yesterday i thought, “oh, i can muscle through a sinus infection. mine always look a lot worse than i feel.” obviously i still have a lot of unlearning to do. i’m glad i woke this AM and thought, “no, no muscling through. today is for sleep and warm beverages.” look at me evolving. 🙂

the endurance is my favorite shipwreck! what a gorgeous Lego set. 😍

the incredulous laugh, though.

BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight. The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Excellent choice!

omg, sound on, y’all.

UNC has a wonderful fellowship program for grad students, the royster society. it includes students from all units. and it was actually a real community. they’re doing a 30th anniversary + reunion this summer. look at UNC doing a good thing! dare i feel kind of proud of them?

i’m in love. 😍

A lot happening with VMI again. For those interested to learn more about the Lost Cause at VMI, when I taught there, my cadets and I made a digital history project documenting this history in unflinching detail 🗃️ locatinglegacies.org/s/VMI/page/h...

🚨 Fellowship applications close tomorrow 🚨 ➡️Seminars, events and industry/cultural trips ➡️A global cohort of fellow journalists ➡️Guided project support Deadline: Friday 13 Feb, 23:59 (UK time) Everything you need to know here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowships

The Space for Reading is back! 📚 Our co-produced pop-up library at the Weston Library now explores neurodiversity, with books chosen through public nominations and by local schools. Free and open to everyone. ✨

may we never be forgiven.

i’ve replayed horizon FW so often that i keep forgetting i can’t just jump off mountaintops in ZD.

“He was the heartthrob who made you want to go to the library.”

Everybody stop what you're doing and look at this cat I'm sitting

Gaza is cold. Bombs fall like rain. The holy month of Ramadan brings no relief. Please give what you can to help my friend Sama'a. chuffed.org/project/157569

I think the greatest gift college professors in the humanities can give to students right now is a seminar room where, for 80 minutes twice a week, nothing that happens to them is a sales pitch for an AI product.

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AHA member Jana K. Lipman (Tulane Univ.) has published an article in New Lines magazine arguing that the “use of unlawful imprisonment during the ‘war on terror’ set the stage for the US government’s detentions and deportations today.” 🗃️

these women are incredible. they’ve been unflinching and relentless in their demands for justice. and in a media ecosystem better suited to tabloid-y takes, they refuse to cede the narrative or to be cowed by the *whole* DOJ. incredible.

Hello— I need to connect to academics/ advocates in Uganda that you trust. Who can help?

The AHA has signed on to a letter by PEN America calling on Texas A&M University to rescind new policies that have censored course content and resulted in major revisions of course syllabi, cancellation of certain classes, and the closure of the university’s Women’s & Gender Studies Program. 🗃️

okay, where are my ancient med and/or contemporary pagan folks someone should cover this for @religiondispatches.org (reminder: we pay!) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

My department has recently migrated from Twitter to Bluesky. If you are interested in religious studies, please give our account a follow! #mcmaster #religiousstudies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social

once again, i feel compelled to remind academics that when you use theories, methods, and epistemologies of the marginalized but treat your marginalized colleagues and students like shit: you are the problem. and yeah, we see you.

this looks like a really cool CFP.

my siblings’ chat trying to figure out how to keep my 1 year-old nephew from becoming a uconn fan like his dad (who is otherwise a lovely person). truly it takes a village.

Long eighteenth century Europe in the world: is there a text you'd recommend for undergraduates? Planning on reviving a favourite survey class in the fall. #skystorians

<jazz hands> The Academics!

Hard to overstate the extent to which Leon Botstein’s personal scorn for feminist anti-rape politics permeated Bard College’s culture while I was there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

Dear Blueskies, question: could you recommend a recent-ish, peer reviewed study on implicit/unconscious bias in faculty hiring? I know the classics, but I am wondering what new(ish) research is out there that could be used in a workshop setting. Thank you very much! #AcademicSky #EduSky 🗃️

Hey, Bluesky history nerds! Who are your favorite pre-modern historians on here?

Rethinking Conquest: Studies on the Late Antique Near East from Byzantium to Islam / @akpinarm.bsky.social Federico Montinaro, eds. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #openaccess @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social

"But if the member presidents choose the guise of institutional neutrality as a way to gain political cover, they may now be leading higher ed toward greater authoritarianism." Well the AAU is gonna love this (miniest of threads) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

no, but seriously, every time i email my UVA friends, i’m like, “fingers crossed this goes where it should!”

Three-year Mellon postdoc in American History at the University of Cambridge. Any subfield. Fast turn-around—application closes March 1. Please spread widely.🗃️ networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Hey friends! There's still time to register for this year's Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference happening this coming weekend - Feb 13-15. It's entirely online this year. (but you do need to register to receive the zoom link) studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...

today in demonology: selections from @sararonis.bsky.social’s wonderful book on demonological discourses in pre-rabbinic and rabbinic sources. highly recommended this book. it’s sharp, incisive, and beautifully written.

one of the most annoying things about me is that i really hate throwing out pens. so, now, after like 8 years at VT, literally ALL the pens in my pencil holder are out of ink. did i mention that i’m a professional?

I want to say a bit more about our initiative to hire scholars to 3yr Research Associate positions. None of us know what the twinning of humanities research support and employment will look like in another 5(?) years. But we do know that we need it. As a matter of social and cultural health. 1/

PSA: @soraaad.bsky.social does not endorse experimenting with ancient curses at home, even to secure one's home. A super, awe (fear) inspiring bowl indeed. #SuperBowl