Chris Slaby

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...

Freedom of Intelligence | The Point Magazine In the name of progress, public education is now pressed into the service of agendas that align with corporate profit, workforce readiness, ideological reproduction and demand for quantifiable results...

I wrote about Plato, Huxley, Dewey, and why we should
teach books in schools, for the left— thepointmag.com/examined-lif...

if we're really concerned about literacy, we should pay teachers to read for pleasure and encourage the habit in their students

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

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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

One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés

Come see me speak on the “Mining Pasts of the Nintendo Game Boy” at Harvard on Monday, February 23rd! Grateful to my hosts @eastasiascitech.bsky.social and @harvardusjapan.bsky.social.

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

This is exactly how every such quote from anyone even remotely involved with AI needs to be couched!

"Countries that do not buy the product sold by the company that pays my exorbitant salary could be left behind"

Published in @theguardian.com which also has a partnership with said company

Cover of "Inventing the Renaissance: Myths of a Golden Age" by Ada Palmer, which is bright orange with white text, and has a greyscale image of the statue of Perseus holding Medusa's head aloft, his sword passing through the letters of the word "the"

So lemme tell you about @adapalmer.bsky.social's Inventing the Renaissance, which came out last year and absolutely blew me away.

I'd replace half the 1st-year curriculum with this book.

Reading it made me a better historian, and also the kind of person who underlines books.

Plus, it's hilarious.

A photo of yet another article in the business section of the NY Times indicating that the AI “market” does not exist.

FYI, this is what it looks like every other day in the *Business* section of the New York Times!