*Still time to register* "Our Daily Bread: The Making of Sacral Economies in Western Eurasia" International Workshop (30 April-2 May) @kingscollege.bsky.social 🔎 Explore the formation and transformation of post-Roman economies across Western Eurasia and the Mediterranean ⬇️⬇️

GET IN! I HATED IT! A HUGE RESULT! WE PLAYED TERRIBLY! WE'RE TOP OF THE TABLE! I WANT TO DRINK A GOBLET OF MORPHINE!

Valuable dataset on history jobs for the UK that is worth a read with the full post: manyheadedmonster.com/2026/04/23/h...

Re-posting for the afternoon crowd. Lots of fun and spots available if you in Cambridge

Excited for our (@rorynaismith.bsky.social and Paolo Tedesco) upcoming conference: "Our Daily Bread: The Making of Sacral Economies in Western Eurasia," with papers from @woodjamie.bsky.social, @historiantillo.bsky.social & others. If you're around Cambridge (UK) & want to come, drop us a line!

This is amazing. Key for me is clearly: have good policies and like my sports.

Into the semi-finals of the Champions League! Hard work for the players. And it's hard work to watch this team struggle for fluency and rhythm. But it's done now. Out of the way. The right result over two legs. Atletico Madrid await, but all eyes now on Sunday.

Episode 144 is up on Entomology and disease. Bruce Noden (OK State) talks to us about studying ticks, mosquitoes, and other insects along with the impact of climate change on disease patterns. Sorry about the recent delay in episode releases! Given it a listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Episode 144 is up on Entomology and disease. Bruce Noden (OK State) talks to us about studying ticks, mosquitoes, and other insects along with the impact of climate change on disease patterns. Sorry about the recent delay in episode releases! Given it a listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

I "love" that when I remove Copilot on Outlook, it just shows back up a day or two later. It won't die.

Agree on all of this and a nice mix of realism and optimism that I needed after the weekend's gut punch.

Reposting for the Monday morning crowd.

Nice review article by Paolo Tedesco about Kim Bowes's new book: jacobin.com/2026/04/bowe....

Reasons why me and @lauramorreale.bsky.social and @merleeisenberg.bsky.social started @middleages4educate.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/ng... #medievalsky #skystorians

I think we have our answer unless there is another miracle in Liverpool.

I think this aptly describes why I have become an admittedly over the top, slightly too invested Arsenal fan. At least I know i have a problem?

Gotta love a late winner!

A heartwarming story amidst the current wreckage: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...

It was nice knowing Arne Slot unless somehow Liverpool win the Champions League. Right?

Dagomar beautifully and clearly explains different categories of climate history, which I highly recommend. I'm an even bigger fan since he neatly points out (see quote below) the need for co-authorship and collaboration in big histories that I go on about publicly and privately all the time.

Glad someone responded to this article!

From the new OK social study standards on the post-Roman west. Feudalism, as a vague idea, is here to stay. For @lollardfish.bsky.social's database on this. Lots of other...stuff in the standards that I could flag as well.

The latest in state legislation to have all of academia officially mirror the rest of the gig economy. FWIW, adjunctification has already de facto created this for over half of faculty already.

I'm tempted to do a running series of posts on the mess of OK home insurance to look into the impact of climate change and why markets don't work to lower prices for consumers. All under the umbrella of affordability. Any interest? Or do I take this series to Facebook where I normally never post.

Off to my first ever men's tournament games in OKC today and taking the small humans with us. Will we be dressed in UConn and Princeton gear? Of course, we will even if neither team is playing.

Solid performance from Arsenal. Two really good open play goals as we continue our quest to make football worse and/or win games of football #espncunt Eze excellent, Rice superb, Saka, Gyok and Tross unlucky not to have more from this one, kept a tricky Leverkusen side at arms length. Job done

Tapping this analysis again for an article that admits "Only Gyökeres (16) and Gabriel Martinelli (11) have hit double figures...but Arteta's side are nonetheless still the leading scorers in the Premier League." www.espn.com/soccer/story.... We score the most goals, but just not how he wants. 1/

Got tickets for the Thursday OKC Men's tournament. Do I also buy tickets for the women's tournament in Norman? I think I may have to. Decisions, Decisions. Also look at this fun match up. Employer vs. Alma Mater in an orange and black fight.

Honestly, the way this team can put you through 88 minutes of torture, then leave you feeling like this after an extraordinary contribution from Max Dowman is essentially absurd. It looked like it was gonna be a nightmare, instead it became the stuff of dreams. My heartbeat is doing techno BPM

89 mins of cardiac issued followed by glory. #Arsenal #Dowman #LetsDoThis

This is one of the few things that actually gets me pissed. Adrian - my senior year football captain - nails this in a sentence. Also, if you want to critique Mamdani it is that he went to Bronx Science since Stuyvesant is way better. But I can make this joke cause only a NYer would get it. Gosh.

Great new book series! I'm also on the editorial board along with some great people, so send me an email/DM/whatever if you're curious or reach out to Jeroen. #lateantiquity

Because everyone wants the update!

Do we get to eat the lizard?

Two good finishes, Eze's in particular, and a win. Mansfield made it difficult, but not as difficult as we made it for ourselves. A few of these Arsenal players performed like this was beneath them at times, don't think Arteta will be impressed at all. But, into the quarter-finals.

Let's combine history with #arsenal. The debate over how Arsenal play (boring/ugly in the media) is really as @arseblog.com has noted in different language over structure/agency (the basis for historical analysis). The league is competitive & teams play a low block/defensively against those above 1/

That was horrible really. We played poorly, but defended stoutly 2nd half. But it's a HUGE night in the title race, a massive win for Arsenal and City have dropped points. Results wise, it could hardly be better. And Fabian Hurzeler is very unhappy, which adds the icing to this particular cake.

This chart is everything. How do we (academics) get NYTimes education writers (and others) to realize this is the case? That most students major in business or health related stuff.

Why I love this blog/podcast: nails my thoughts in a single sentence better than I could.

A good day to remember that: "the point of learning history is learn from the past/not repeat past mistakes" or whatever version of that phrase has always been nonsensical.

Pulled out the key charts, but very glad APSA collects such detailed data whereas this does not exist in aggregate for history. My two cents: if only 1/3 of Poli Sci candidates get a TT job each year, then history is likely far lower.

Just re-upping this new episode which was a lot of fun and I learned a ton about masks.

Short break but we are back with Episode 143 on "The The History of Masks." Lee and I spoke with Bruno Strasser and Thomas Schlich about mask history, cultural questions, and writing this together during Covid. Give it a listen: infectioushistorians.com/2025/12/19/t...

Brilliant response in the 2nd half and to Wednesday. Tell Eze we're playing Spurs every week, please, and by some distance that was Viktor Gyokeres' best game for Arsenal: 2 goals + solid all round play. Raya's save was absolutely brilliant & very timely, but 3 points won in exactly the right way

Medieval history is relevant! But seriously, I love how they found various historians who debated this, which actually reflects our field quite well. So kudos and well done by those quoted.

Hey look! It's the great Andrew Edwards talking about his life and his amazing new book. Plus, he's given me amazing help on improving my sourdough, since one of his previous lives was spent as a baker.

Given that the Atlantic article about the Mellon Foundation is making the rounds again, I'll just note that the structural change below would solve many (most?) funding issues.

Second half a bit of a non-event, but that is really nothing to complain about in the grand scheme of things. Hopefully the injury issues aren't too serious, but otherwise a drama free afternoon, passage through the next round, and we didn't need to go hell for leather given our schedule.

Here is my 3 step solutions for humanities funding. 1) Full-time jobs to meet teaching/research needs (not adjuncts, etc.). 2) Research semester off after every 3rd year of teaching and 3) $2-3k a year in research/conference money that could be saved if needed for bigger things. That's it.