Chris Slaby

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?

They look so cool!

beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Maybe you can't make it to #AAS2026 this week ... what about #AAS2027 in Boston? We just saw the first CFP for next year's Annual Conference!

u.osu.edu/mclc/2026/03...

A Cherokee Nation citizen is about to become the face of Trump’s current immigration policies…

The academic and publishing landscapes have changed a lot since we started this magazine. We've stuck to the same principles we started with:

History is for everyone.

Every way of doing history is worthwhile.

Historians should be paid for their work.

Teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork % of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say they do all or most of their schoolwork with the help of AI chatbots U.S. teens — 10 Household income <$30,000 — 20 $30K–$74,999 — 15 $75,000+ — 7 Note: Those who did not answer or gave other responses are not shown. Source: Survey conducted Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025. “How Teens Use and View AI” PEW RESEARCH CENTER

According to PEW, teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork. I read a comment on another platform that said this is amazing news because we are "finally going to close the achievement gap." That is not how I would interpret this data.

Just a reminder that @contingent-mag.bsky.social would absolutely love to run a mailbag on the dumbass arguments about "low enrollment majors" and other things contained in this nested thread if there's a NTT historian out there who wants to pitch it.

Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $

These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.

I’m embarking on a new collaborative research project that deals with a part of the USA I haven’t studied much. #Skystorians , what are your favorite books and articles about #envhist , science, and technology in the Mountain West/PNW?

(This project is mostly about Idaho.)

What would I like to see? A strategic effort by academics in American Studies and so-called "Western civ" to submit an overwhelming number of applications to NEH that focus on issues related to race, ethnicity, marginality, sexuality, and everything else deemed "DEI" that are IN these exact fields.

It’s almost like it is actually good to stand for good things (e.g., democracy, civil rights, etc.).

JD Vance criticized an American-born Olympian who chose to represent China.
If he wanted to celebrate America, he could honor a Chinese dissident whose daughter won gold. He won't, b/c we are deporting refugees now, and Vance is just here for the immigrant-bashing.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Now do immunity...

FACULTY: Has your employer provided concrete support to faculty to accommodate the meteoric rise in the unauthorized use of generative AI in the classroom or within the university more broadly? What might this tangibly look like?

To be fair, this is just how we talk. Of course there are expletives in our laws!

Friends, I'm happy to answer any questions about these positions. Most importantly:

Compensation:

$1,500 per year
Free AAHM membership
Free registration for the AAHM annual meeting

Hello Chicago and #CAA114 attendees! We're thrilled to be in the Windy City for another year of CAA! Please stop by our booth to check out our latest Art books!

Be sure to check out our CAA webpage and find out how to save 40% on all books on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/c...

#CAA2026

Announcement for Intellect's exhibition at the CAA114 Conference in Chicago, February 18–21, with contact info for proposals.

Five highlighted books and journals displayed on a pink and green striped background, featuring art, history, and cultural themes.

Six academic books and journals displayed on a pink and green striped background under the title 'Highlighted books and journals'.

🎨 Intellect is exhibiting at #CAA2026 in Chicago, 18–21 Feb!

📚 Get 30% off all books with code INTELLECT30
✍️ Have a book or journal idea?
✉️Email james@intellectbooks.com to set up a meeting

👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/caa26

#AcademicPublishing #VisualArts #IntellectBooks

Photo of an exhibit booth with tables and a counter draped in blue, displaying books. There is a banner hanging with book covers and the University of Chicago Press logo.

Photo of an exhibit booth with tables and a counter draped in blue, displaying books. There is a banner hanging with book covers and the University of Chicago Press logo and a low table with two chairs.

A photo of an exhibit booth taken at an angle to indicate the length of the booth. There are tables and a counter draped in blue, displaying books. A low table with two chairs has catalogs sitting on it. There is a banner hanging with book covers and the University of Chicago Press logo.

Photo of an exhibit booth with tables draped in blue, displaying books. There is a banner hanging with book covers and the University of Chicago Press logo.

At the College Art Association meeting in Chicago? Come by booths 302-307 to chat with us and discover our latest titles! #CAA2026

We are here selling books at CAA through Saturday! Come see us today before 6pm. All books are just $15! #CAA2026

Three tables with Duke University Press books set up at the College Art Association meeting in Chicago

All set up at #CAA2026 in Chicago. The exhibit opens tomorrow Thursday at 9:00am. Come buy some fabulous @dukepress.bsky.social books and say hi to me or Feminist Philosophy editor Ryan Kendall!!

Promotional graphic for the MIT Press at College Art Association annual conference. The MIT Press logo sits in the middle. Above and below the colophon are covers of books and journals including Water of the Sky, Silent Monoliths, CriticalProductive, The Cory Arcangel Hack, and more.

We're in Chicago at CAA this week, find us at booth 211-213! We're also featuring a specially curated page of art & architecture books at The MIT Press Bookstore. Receive 30% off these titles with code MITPCONF at checkout. Active now through March 31st: mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/CAA

Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave

I remember when I had to convince my students that Charlemagne's political program of translatio imperii--pretending that he was reviving the legacy of ancient Rome in order to shore up his own power--has been a leitmotif of American imperialism since the 18C. Now I just have to point at a tweet.

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

Smartphone screenshot showing two New York Times “Breaking News” push notifications. The first, at 5:38 AM, says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over links to Jeffrey Epstein, citing the BBC. The second, at 2:01 AM, says Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s ousted leader, was found guilty of leading an insurrection over his 2024 martial law decree. Each notification includes a “Share” option and a bell icon.

Watching other countries actually make their leaders and powerful men face consequences with jealousy.

The Economist in its purest form