JLB

I didn't think I needed an "always repost the Nazi bar story" but it feels like it bears repeating far too often.

Open-Access Teaching Module on the Black Death Now Available Free, new materials for teaching the Black Death

My thanks to TEAMS (Teaching Association for Medieval Studies) for posting a notice on their newsletter of the new #OpenAccess teaching module on the Black Death: teams-medieval.org/untitled-4/. #histmed #MedievalSky #PandemicPedagogy 🧪🗃️

A French lemonade from 1651

X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

The penguins on the Heard and McDonald Islands announce they are putting 30% tariffs on US goods.

EPOCH logo in bold white letters over an oil painting of two women and a child in Renaissance clothing. The text reads: 'We are looking for articles for upcoming issues of the magazine on the theme of POWER & RESISTANCE.'

We're looking for submissions for our upcoming issue on POWER & RESISTANCE! ⚡️

Submission guide: www.epoch-magazine.com/submit

#history #academicsky #skystorians #callforsubmissions #envhist #🗃 #🏺#🏛️🎓#🗃🧠 #HistIR

In Texas. Yes. Just yesterday someone was telling me what they were going to spend their check from Elon on when it comes. 🙄 (although their version was $5K for everyone)

James Baldwin

Brilliant Dr. Seuss!!

This 👇 was accurate in 1941.
It is, of course, accurate today!
🎯

An otter spinning underwater in a circle, with text that reads "Because you are alive, everything is possible."

"Because you are alive, everything is possible."
-Thich Nhat Hanh

if you’re 25 years old with control of the entire treasury system and you don’t delete every student debt file, you are the biggest loser the world has ever seen

no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person

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Several people have asked, who are the best prose stylists among historians? Those who have been the most useful to me (in no particular order) have been Christopher Hill, C.L.R. James, E.P. Thompson, Natalie Zemon Davis, Eduardo Galeano, and (let me throw in an anthropologist) Clifford Geertz.

RUMI . . .