Laura Davulis

I think my state-school students deserve to learn how to think and analyze for themselves. Will my administrators agree or just tell students they should let a computer think for them?

No, weirder

Every day is like watching a hundred very weird political science dissertations being born.

Ah. Got it.

That sandwich sounds pretty good actually. Got a kinda “apple pie with cheddar” sort of thing going for it

Wait, what?

Fort McHenry shuts down after crews unearth historic explosive device Crews renovating Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine dug up an old explosive device, possibly from over a century ago, police said.

Today in Heavy-Handed Metaphors

MANY scholars who you know and respect and whose books you’ve enjoyed reading also find it hard. No, I am not going to name names here.

A reminder that writing books is hard, and if you find it difficult, it’s not because you’re bad at it, it’s because it’s hard.

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.

After 20 years in the Navy, Buzz Grambo thought he'd spend his retirement playing video games and watching baseball. Instead, he patrols the streets of Baltimore to protect his neighbors from ICE. He even upgraded his scooter to a Segway that reaches 26 mph to keep up with the agents. My latest:

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.

Picture of Luna, a cockapoo

Some people on here know that I run a dog walking/sitting business on the side of my academic stuff. Anyway, here are some of the dogs I look after, starting with Luna...

This is the importance of buying the books we write and teach from university presses. The same administrations that don’t care about the humanities would be just as happy to have academic publishing handled by these companies. We can save our own publishing ecosystem- but we have to do it.

Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.

On the one hand, it’s nice to see the profession acknowledged. On the other. Well.

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The only time I need to know if you are married is if your spouse is in the same field, and only so I don’t ask said spouse to peer review your book proposal. (Awkward for all involved but most awkward for me.)

I would super love it if every time I google a female historian (a daily if not hourly task), google didn’t offer “Is [female historian name] married?” as a “people also ask” option. 🤬

Please note: none of these are university presses. Thank you.

Welcome to Baltimore! We got you this icy cold rain, hope you like it

Are you an artist? Do you work with artists or cultural organizations? Do you want to learn about how to approach media outlets about such work? Well well well, my colleagues at Broad Street Review and I have a virtual training for you on December 10! www.eventbrite.com/e/help-us-he...

It’s the theater with heated reclining seats Neil

I have seen so many free movies guys

Learning for the sake of learning is good, but learning for the sake of future rewards in the form of free stuff is a pretty close second, I must admit

Special thanks this evening to my ninth grade English teacher Chris McAskill, who made us read Oedipus Rex, as a direct result of which I nailed (pun very much intended) the final question at trivia tonight, securing the win and thus free movie passes to the priciest theater in town for my team

Also every single person who says yes to a peer review query is giving both me and you, the author, the precious gift of their time and expertise and you may be willing to squander that but I am not.

Are there legitimate uses for AI in the writing process? Sure. Depends on what kind of writer you are, what you’re trying to do, what you need help with. But you can’t just make stuff up.

You can’t just make stuff up and you can’t have a machine make stuff up for you. I feel very strongly about this.