Ellen Muehlberger

it's immediately transparent and I find it 100 times more cringy than its cousin, the straight contrarian-queen-bee-pick-me girl

like, if I have to be on this team, I'm going to need teammates who do better, a *lot* better

it's pretty much that and how the Michfest people acted

very very few things make me embarrassed to be a lesbian, but the contrarian-queen-bee-pick-me lesbian act is right at the top of the list

makes me think...did Violator get a 33 1/3rd? what an album

Also, if you are a #NAPS member, I have linked to a live stream. It was supposed to posted on the website, but for some reason it is not there... hm. It is 5PM EST so please send a DM if you'd like a link

I don't know how university leaders expect to sustain their institutions *even as class-reproduction machines* if they sell out to a dictator and crush their own core workers. Like, you have to put oil in the engine. You have to put gasoline in the car.

ooooh, @tomflood.bsky.social you've broken containment into library things

(and, AADL's Summer Game is truly as good as it seems)

I see plans in his eyes, and they might not be good ones lol

Never apologize for a spreadsheet 🤓

Hell, *Evagrius* knew about the Sunday scaries

nooooooo

or, getting all of the year's crud done in one go

bone-deep joy!

Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions Abstract. Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions is a book about how magic disappears from early Christian texts that feature

my book_smoke & mirrors_ is out on oxford scholarship online. i have many feelings, mostly good! this was a difficult write for many reasons.

so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.

say sorry to my screen, lol

I literally just took a sip of tea before reading this

ooofda

The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.

We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.

Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!

Dept of History, University of Liverpool - Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships

Interested candidates should identify a potential mentor in the dept & submit an Expression of Interest by 3 Nov. Come & work with me &/or my colleagues! Details here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a... #skystorians 🗃️

academics do this kind of posturing when they want to shrink the pool so they don't have to actually excel against everyone, just their small group

MVP!

I know you know

h/t to @drewjakeprof.bsky.social who changed my whole work life when he put me on to mynoise!

No joke @cooperlund.online mynoise.net will get you there---look for Spaceship among the noises, then tinker with settings or follow user notes for that specific engine

It brought me up short, for sure, which was its purpose

It has stayed with me for almost a decade at this point

I really love Harry in all versions---he's earnest and I think that's what I love about Trek overall

LD is just hyperconcentrated earnestness plus competence and a little fan service and I'll probably rewatch it annually

A rematch earlier this summer had me bawling at the end too---no irony, it's the best Trek

yeah, no, that one is burned in my brain

if you knew the topic, I *guarantee* you would have