I am uncontested on the ballot today so I’ve given a lot of thought to what book I will use to swear my oath on and I’ve decided it’s going to be, has to be, L’Homme révolté.

When I had students ask me why they should take US history in college when they took it in high school—“I got a 5 on the AP!”—I would tell them it was because now I could teach them things that they wouldn’t have been allowed to learn in high school because someone’s parents would’ve been mad.

LIVE Star Control (1990) C64/Amiga/Genesis and More! Originally created by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade. twitch.tv/briandunaway youtube.com/thebrianduna... #retro #retrogaming #gunstarheroes #commodore #scifi #c64u

Thread: Ireland has a rich heritage of Gaelic (Celtic) artwork. These are objects created by the Celtic-speaking peoples of the island. They range from magnificent gold jewellery to stunningly illuminated manuscripts. [1]

For #legalhistory PhD students & historically minded law students: the ASLH's 13th annual Student Research Colloquium will be held in beautiful Banff on Nov.11-12, 2026, right before the main ASLH conference. Applications are due June 1, 2026. Please apply! Details here: aslh.net/award/studen...

Unsurprisingly

Wow today was…not great. Luckily I have old person book club tonight so I can go and be judged for hating a bad book.

🏺As promised, I've finally written up a little blog post looking at the archaeology of all of those 'little guys' we all seem to love so much online. 📜 animalarchaeology.com/2026/06/08/a...

Holm of Papa Westray North: An Early Neolithic stalled chambered cairn at the northern tip of Holm of Papa Westray, the small islet lying east of Papa Westray, Orkney. Ancient DNA results published in 2026 by Prof.

In theory, "advanced placement" course in high schools are meant to give students a head start on college-level work, but in practice these courses serve as *replacements* for that college-level work, and very poor ones at that.

Three weeks left to apply to our postdoc position on alpine plant resilience! Us: Three years of funding, an awesome collaborative team, a gorgeous study system, blueberry pie, unionized postdocs. You: A PhD and experience in ancient DNA, paleoecology, and/or plant genetics and genomics.

A former Luxembourg civil servant has just sent me postage with a new stamp that commemorates the first printed book of Mi’kmaq hieroglyphic writing (printed by a Luxembourger catholic missionary 160 years ago). No doubt the first stamp ever to include this script!

Summer was officially kicked off this past weekend.

We don’t usually see each others headers. Here’s mine. Quote post with yours (if you feel like it) As a reminder: I am a very silly person.

In the saddest and "weirdest" episode yet of Classic Film Jerks, Evan and Jeff watch 1993's Three Colors: Blue. Death, Alfa Romeo's and Recorders are all part of this episode as we try to remember how to podcast and try to decide what to do with that old mattress directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

Damn right it does. Now more than ever. (Rockin’ my favorite t-shirt today.)

PhD with skills in medieval MSS & Latin needed! Post-doctoral Research Fellow for 30 months (with the possibility of extension) to support the AHRC-Funded project 'Strange Geographies: Spatial Imaginaries of Medieval Britain, c.1200-1500’ jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

in my observation, people who don't really understand how LLMs work think it is "reasonable" or "pragmatic" to adopt a centrist position against all pedagogical reasons against it in education. it's an intellectually lazy and ethically bankrupt position to take as a teaching academic.

hey quick question, am I having a stroke

Gearing up to teach Evidence in Handpress-Era Books, 1450–1830, @ransomcenter.bsky.social for @rarebookschool.bsky.social next week. It’s gonna be hardcore, as all good bibliography is.

morey's pier, wildwood, new jersey, 1978

I am begging people to realize that police do not use this technology is not a "jumping off point" or an "investigative lead"--the computer spits out a name and police arrest that person without follow up. How many people have to spend months in jail "by accident" before we consider the danger?

The Cinema Paradiso music is such a tear jerker still after all these years or is it just me

Wanna know something cool? This scroll of the Book of Esther was scribed by a 14 year-old named Luna Ambron in 1767 in Rome-- and it's one of the very few pieces of the sacred scribal arts that we *know* to have been scribed by a girl/woman before the 21st c. (Scribes don't sign their work sooo.)

Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot

Well this morning has already thrown me for a loop.

From Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday:

Were you John Schuck from "Holmes and Yo-Yo" for Hallween? If so, you may be entitled to compensation. #halloweencostume #holmesandyoyo #plaidstallions

This show is not as good as I remember. youtu.be/Zn2FrskBW94?...

this is not only possible but likely, honestly. the adult literacy crisis continues to do a lot of harm to America.

“Far right groups prey on it”: Olivia Laing on the weaponisation of loneliness

This is my 559th different photo I've posted in the last year and a half, hard to believe! 📷 Pentax K-50 🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C #Photography #Landscape #Scape #Art #Nature #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #EastCoastKin #ECK #VanishingPoint #PhotoOfTheDay #BlueSkyArtShow #StreetPhotography #Pentax #P559

I’m going to break the rules and offer an opera instead of a film (because I can’t think of any). Philip Glass’s Akhnaten. I went there expecting to be writhing in my chair over everything in it, but ended up entirely transfixed and mouth agape. Saw it twice at the Met. youtu.be/2H5mRIJFUNQ?...

Last chance to get “Out Of Joint: Power, Crisis, & the Rhetoric of Time” for a 1/2 price steal! Filled with fun! Juicy! Densely packed with idea-stuff and crazy stories! You will be all “ohhh, that makes so much sense!” Took 8 years to write, but at 1/2 price, costs only 4 minutes to order! (What?)

Capricorn: If you can’t spot the problem amongst your fellow villagers who are sacrificing a goat to appease the local chupacabra, then you ARE the problem.

Yeah sure, me too, I will write a whole book on the history of a country of which I don’t know the language sufficiently, say Greek, and I will base my research on AI translation. By the way, my expertise is actually in Turkish history.

Our 13yo asked me the other day "Mom. Why are so many men just complete LOSERS? Like, are they all just losers losing at life? I'll never be like THEM. I'm kind to others." Anyways men you can go home, our teen kid has figured out life and he has your number.

Good idea: working out Bad idea: working out so hard at 10 o’clock at night that every muscle hurts and you’ll be lucky to get out of bed in the morning.

All My Toys reaches a milestone 300th episode, full of drama, suspense, and ricotta cheese… diaryofadorkette.blogspot.com/2026/06/all-...

Hey. It's been a while, you should probably watch Too Many Cooks again.

postdoc alert 🚨! NIH-funded postdoc in my lab to work on Ancestral Recombination Graphs in space. Please spread the word widely in your networks, and please reach out if you're interested! (2-3yr position, start date flexible, pay/benefits good!). details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Sometimes I go weeks or even months without reading fiction and wonder how I ever have them time. Then suddenly I will plunge face-first into series or author backlists.

Sunset on the bay

Pausing to commemorate Antifa's successful landing on Normandy, 82 years ago today.

wow it’s nice to see that Ötzi the 5,300 year old mummified individual celebrates Pride

Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG: how did Han Feizi and the other "Legalists" of Warring States China understand human nature? Did they think it could be molded by a strict regime of punishment and reward, or just kept in check? #philsky #legalism #chinesephilosophy

Ninotchka (1939), that is all.

The Chronicle's dominant position in the higher ed media ecosystem is one of the biggest problems that we face. Endless right-wing grift, just like the New York Times.