Should have run w/ the lede: "The Summer School is free of charge for all PhD student participants."
01.12.2025 13:58 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0@medievalsara.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary medievalist; Stony Brook University History Dept. I work on religious history, Jewish-Christian relations, and the role of vision & material culture in shaping identity and generating prejudice. Fervent supporter of public higher ed.
Should have run w/ the lede: "The Summer School is free of charge for all PhD student participants."
01.12.2025 13:58 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons π
πΌβ¨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. Itβs the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Letβs flip TN-07!
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23.11.2025 22:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If this doesn't convince people that the current administration doesn't oppose (indeed, apparently is willing to be seen as implicitly supporting) antisemitism and racism, nothing will.
20.11.2025 18:57 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Give the metastatic cancer patient the power to shop .... for the single patented drug available for her disease that costs $100,000 with money she doesn't have.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that thereβs this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
16.11.2025 20:48 β π 11539 π 2213 π¬ 171 π 10611695 Iβm talking to you! Weβve received over 50K resumes, from every single zip code in NYCβ¦ except for one.
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon Iβve given and itβs while Iβm being arrested. Itβs torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. Iβm ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
15.11.2025 05:57 β π 11588 π 4981 π¬ 259 π 306βHousing shortage β Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
Also to have a moral compass.
(And to know how to spell.)
Medievalists! This is an excellent article, about a world that significantly overlaps with our community.
12.11.2025 14:57 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
10.11.2025 13:16 β π 37 π 40 π¬ 1 π 2Seems a bad idea to rely on Google AI, given that it flubs the most basic question imaginable.
08.11.2025 00:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Elon Muskβs new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldnβt notice the difference but the country would.
08.11.2025 00:15 β π 3486 π 1195 π¬ 73 π 53Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
07.11.2025 12:51 β π 1579 π 534 π¬ 16 π 14Hundreds of thousands of people killed. By greed, bigotry, authoritarianism.
07.11.2025 15:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Beautiful BLM managed land in New Mexico in a desert and rock environment
Hey rest of the United States!Headβs up! New Mexico oilman Steve Pearce is going to be nominated to lead the BLM. Millions of acres of pristine BLM land is vulnerable to mining & oil exploitation. Unleashed Steve will destroy our public lands. Call your reps and senators and block his appointment.
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05.11.2025 15:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I honestly thought that was a spoof headline when I first saw it.
Iβm also struck by the fact that he automatically assumes that Mamdani only ran for mayor as a stepping stone to national office. As if his dedication to NYC werenβt clear and palpable!
Absolutely thrilled!!!
05.11.2025 02:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0NYC, are you among the 1.7 million who cast their ballot? If not, remember that polls don't close until 9 p.m. tonight.
You can find our explainers on the ballot measures, where to find your poll site, and much more here:
www.thecity.nyc/general-elec...
For millions of Americans, today will bring the chance to be heard.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
π¨π¨π¨ Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! π¨π¨π¨
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FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in πΊπΈ
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but arenβt paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
30.10.2025 15:41 β π 1979 π 1115 π¬ 41 π 23Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
29.10.2025 20:38 β π 19967 π 7672 π¬ 343 π 284Help as many people as you can, as much as you can, for as long as you can, and be the example for that inspires the next person to do the same.
30.10.2025 02:15 β π 13 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.