Meg Mulrooney

New History Job Posted Today: Assistant/Associate Professor in Public History - Tenure Track/Tenured | Department of History | WSU

Thanks so much for including my book in your thread about Marrow of Tradition, Ben. I have an essay on the historiography of 1898 coming out soon. The men who overthrew the Wilm govt used similar tactics as we are seeing now, eg faking an urban riot to justify military force. Horrifying.

MUCH faster to read

you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils

Agree. A colleague says she has an inner self (called Crazy Susan) that only gets let out at home, where she can say what she *really* thinks. I love that idea—but you shouldn’t even be yourself at home. Not unless you live alone. 😏

Good morning! Say it loud!

Yes. Unless it’s a post about funny animals. Highly diverting.

Ah, I still remember my first trip to IKEA in 1987. Potomac Mills. A revelation.

I still have the little dining table I bought.

Race, Place, and Memory Learn more about this book at UPF.com

Id be honored if you took a look. Tbh, I thought things had improved in the 2000s 🤷🏻‍♀️ upf.com/book.asp?id=...

Every damn day

three men in spiderman costumes are standing next to each other in a circle and pointing at each other . ALT: three men in spiderman costumes are standing next to each other in a circle and pointing at each other .

We’re all in it together.

That reminds me a bit of Brooks, People of the Book.

That famous meme of a guy looking at a pretty woman and whistling while his actual girt looks at him in disbelief but the pretty woman is labeled the historic crises I’m living through and the girlfriend is labeled the historic crises I’m supposed to be researching. The guy is of course labeled ME.

I get to post this meme again! It’s my header for some reason.

One of the constant strands in the history of the university, dating back to its medieval origins, is the attempt of authorities - especially religious authorities but not exclusively - to control what can and cannot be taught.

A fall scene of yellow and orange pumpkins and gourds on bales of hay. An old window is propped up in the background and bears the words happy fall y’all!

A sunny day photo of an antique wagon carrying bales of hay, pumpkins and gourds. The pumpkin patch stretches out behind it and in the background rise the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Beautiful day to get outside and head to the local pumpkin patch. We have a CSA summer subscription and try to patronize local farmers in other seasons too. #bloomscrolling #fall

Thanks for saying it. IHE esp has deteriorated into a series of ads for “software solutions” we neither need or want.

Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.

Such awful violence. In #RacePlaceandMemory ch 5 I documented the growth of far rt groups in SENC. Former military led attacks against civilians in Wilmington in 1971 and their presence only grew after Wilm 10 trial farce. Today fits a pattern. www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...

I lived in Wilmington and wrote a book about the centuries of violence there and in the lower Cape Fear, but I always feel shocked when it happens again. So sad to hear it.

A table with hearty German food. A tray of Rouladen which are small rolls of beef in gravy, also a bowl of mashed potatoes, a bowl of red cabbage.

A rainy fall day here in the Shenandoah Valley so we made hearty German fare: rouladen with gravy, red cabbage and mashed potatoes. All homemade. A delicious distraction.

I am so full.

Who could possibly care that much? Well, here’s your answer…

“About 1,000 posts in that first 24-hour period called on people to stop eating at Cracker Barrel, and 49% of those posts got flagged as likely coming from bots.”

I think about Ruark’s book on faculty burnout & similar essays. A big cause of burnout (or maybe demoralization) in #highered is values betrayal by leaders. There are healing steps to take, but it’s tough. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Cuts to and closures of university presses are 100% part of the separation (or as @mattseybold.bsky.social has called it "unbundling") of research and teaching in the humanities and the devaluation of both quite frankly--in this case at the expense of the career training admin claims to care about.

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So many great folks already on board to participate: @tressiemcphd.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social @drmchatelain.bsky.social @amandaseales.bsky.social @marthasjones.bsky.social and more.

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Agree and this framing is expanding. I just saw a notice of a civic dialogue for highered titled “AI and Human Flourishing”. I hope it’s meant ironically, but somehow doubt it.

I must be on a bunch of block lists too.

Every time I post I get new followers that haven’t posted anything and look like 🤖

Surely there’s a ‘Designator survivor’

Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.

Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.

It's like his work never happened.

Better luck next time 🤷🏻‍♀️