Laura Davulis

If I hear 'keep your head down' from one more leader, especially a senior military I will scream in a primal maternal way.
Leadership and ethics matter most when they cost. No temptation, no honor.

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Running our first quarterly workshop in the History Explorers Club today. As members in our first cohort are working on independent research projects, Nadine Zimmerli has joined us and is taking us through the world of History publishing.

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Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic

My author, Todd Arrington, was forced to resign as director of the Eisenhower Library and Museum because he wouldn’t give Eisenhower’s personal sword to Trump to use as a gift to King Charles.
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This is my periodic reminder: regardless of your profession, you should know what your ethical red lines are. You should write them down, keep that paper in a safe place, re-read it often. And as far as possible, you should arrange your finances so that you can walk away if you have to.

What should your book smell like?

My next one should smell like spilled stale IPA.

Anthropic settlement explainer:
--look up to see if your work was included (easy)
--file a claim if it was (easy)

--Amount will likely be 1.5K (3K per book, split w/publisher)
--Money comes between now and 2027 (in separate tranches)

I have published three edited volumes and two monographs with university presses. They are definitely awesome supporters of scholarship.
You get so much better support & service than with those big commercial presses that charge a fortune for their books (you know who I mean!).

Miss Willas Bookstore Best Bookstore in Charles Town, WV by NY Best Selling Author Jennifer L Armentrout

Let me just save you some time: our production department has already told me that no, we cannot print your scholarly monograph with garlic-infused ink. Sorry to disappoint. www.misswillasbookshop.com/collections/...

“Thank you for your hard work in these utterly boring, predictable times.”

I also would accept being recognized for my “continued dedication” in a period of certainty.

It would be okay if the university had fewer occasions to thank me for my “continued dedication” in this “period of uncertainty.” It is, of course, nice to be recognized for one’s efforts. But it needn’t be so frequent.

(solemnly) You've had mail.

The Public Scholar A Practical Handbook

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.

"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

I saw a spreadsheet recently. Ithaka maybe? It’s out there somewhere. Perhaps this is not helpful.

Mass Deportation Has Begun, But So Has Mass Resistance How rural communities resist ICE and support their neighbors.

"From large cities like Los Angeles to small, rural towns like O’Neill, Neb., communities have come together...to resist the cruelty and chaos of mass deportation," writes William D. Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social), author of "Raiding the Heartland." @TIME. time.com/7319484/immi...

This is my rule unless it’s a story about cute animals, in which case I want the video (ideally many videos.) Just give me the text! I can read faster than you can talk!!!

"Being respectful of our history" means not lying about it.

There are not, actually, "a lot of questions" about this grisly massacre

You should put your "confidence and trust" in the nonpartisan scholars who have studied this extensively instead of a right-wing Fox & Friends propagandist

Yeah could go either way

This is either a John Waters money grab or John Waters erasure

Someone is staging an opera (?) on the Stony Run Trail next weekend, for some reason. Last night I drove by an enormous face in an empty lot that I swear wasn’t there last time I drove by. Et cetera and so on.

Saw a billboard advertising something called the Baltimore Oddities Expo at the convention center next weekend and like, we don’t need an expo for this, just walk around

Brown and white dog, tongue sticky outtie

Pictus is very affectionate and sweet, a real tail-waggy girl. As with many of the doggies at BARCS, she would love to climb into your lap and never, ever leave. You can meet Pictus or one of her friends at BARCS M-F 2pm-6pm or S/S 11am-4pm.

Brown and white dog with an underbite

Welcome to Saturday! This is Pictus. Pictus is an adoptable dog at BARCS (www.barcs.org) and today we went on a walkies.

Book proposals or baseballs?

Straight guys might not want advice from gay guys but: having a social life is a project that you can either work at, or not. If you’re lonely, join clubs, civic groups, and a church if you’re religious.

LGBT folks do exactly that in spaces that we’ve made for ourselves. And it works.

Ok while i have you all here current fave niche book on the war of your choice

i’ll start

Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway by Parshall and Tully

carrier geeks unite

CHOTINER: And when was that?
MY CAT: I mean at least 14 hours ago
CHOTINER: Well hold on. You're telling me you haven't been fed at all today but if I look in your bowl here I see a-
MY CAT: An untouched serving, I know, but if you'd let me finish-
CHOTINER: Yeah, of course.

Upcoming BMA artist Amy Sherald has work on display in Baltimore There’s a billboard-sized mural of Amy Sherald's work on the west side of the SNF Parkway Theatre at 5 W. North Ave.

How did I not know this?

(The cold email in and of itself is fine! Totally okay. People do that all the time.)