Courtney (Dr. Version)
@cakrolik.bsky.social
• medieval historian • history of medicine • unapologetic cat gal • quick with a gif • “she probably deserves a raise” - student eval • Tar Heel • feels WAY too much • thoughts are mine and mine alone •
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There's a lot of chatter abt how we're moving forward with assignments in the "Age of AI." Especially for those of us in writing disciplines.
I also want to hear what YOU'RE doing. Let's create a master resource thread-list here!
There's a lot of chatter abt how we're moving forward with assignments in the "Age of AI." Especially for those of us in writing disciplines.
I also want to hear what YOU'RE doing. Let's create a master resource thread-list here!
I snorted. Chicago Style needs a new name.
Ironic really. We should probably call it C̶h̶i̶c̶a̶g̶o̶ now.
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I snorted. Chicago Style needs a new name.
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Love when students try to wield “you have a 1 star on rate my prof” like it’s a big deal?
Sir, it’s a 1.8 and I wear that like a badge of honor when my complaints are “you have to read (a lot),” “if you cheat, she catches and reports you” & “history should be easy”
I’d love to have just 1 star!
Sir, it’s a 1.8 and I wear that like a badge of honor when my complaints are “you have to read (a lot),” “if you cheat, she catches and reports you” & “history should be easy”
I’d love to have just 1 star!
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Love when students try to wield “you have a 1 star on rate my prof” like it’s a big deal?
Sir, it’s a 1.8 and I wear that like a badge of honor when my complaints are “you have to read (a lot),” “if you cheat, she catches and reports you” & “history should be easy”
I’d love to have just 1 star!
Sir, it’s a 1.8 and I wear that like a badge of honor when my complaints are “you have to read (a lot),” “if you cheat, she catches and reports you” & “history should be easy”
I’d love to have just 1 star!
Wait. We don't include publication location any more in #ChicagoStyleCitations?! Since when?!
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Wait. We don't include publication location any more in #ChicagoStyleCitations?! Since when?!
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I just signed. #MedievalSky 🗃️ #Humanities
I know that these things generally make little difference, but I would advise medievalists to sign the petition to save Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary. #medievalsky c.org/gGvyrHcwYt
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary!
c.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I just signed. #MedievalSky 🗃️ #Humanities
Love when students try to wield “you have a 1 star on rate my prof” like it’s a big deal?
Sir, it’s a 1.8 and I wear that like a badge of honor when my complaints are “you have to read (a lot),” “if you cheat, she catches and reports you” & “history should be easy”
I’d love to have just 1 star!
Sir, it’s a 1.8 and I wear that like a badge of honor when my complaints are “you have to read (a lot),” “if you cheat, she catches and reports you” & “history should be easy”
I’d love to have just 1 star!
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Love when students try to wield “you have a 1 star on rate my prof” like it’s a big deal?
Sir, it’s a 1.8 and I wear that like a badge of honor when my complaints are “you have to read (a lot),” “if you cheat, she catches and reports you” & “history should be easy”
I’d love to have just 1 star!
Sir, it’s a 1.8 and I wear that like a badge of honor when my complaints are “you have to read (a lot),” “if you cheat, she catches and reports you” & “history should be easy”
I’d love to have just 1 star!
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
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Yes, I’m a medievalist. But that doesn’t stop me from being curious about the rest of history.
Current non-medieval historical book is “Behind the Mask of Chivalry” and dang is this hard hitting and profound.
Follow along if you like, I’ll share thoughts and observations as I read.
Current non-medieval historical book is “Behind the Mask of Chivalry” and dang is this hard hitting and profound.
Follow along if you like, I’ll share thoughts and observations as I read.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Yes, I’m a medievalist. But that doesn’t stop me from being curious about the rest of history.
Current non-medieval historical book is “Behind the Mask of Chivalry” and dang is this hard hitting and profound.
Follow along if you like, I’ll share thoughts and observations as I read.
Current non-medieval historical book is “Behind the Mask of Chivalry” and dang is this hard hitting and profound.
Follow along if you like, I’ll share thoughts and observations as I read.
A very simple habit I cannot seem to break my students of is referring to authors by their first name. I don't know why this bugs, but it bugs.
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 AM
A very simple habit I cannot seem to break my students of is referring to authors by their first name. I don't know why this bugs, but it bugs.
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Hey, #medievalsky - I just launched Compilatio ( oldbooks.humspace.ucla.edu/index.html ), a quick-and-dirty site that assembles completely digitized #medieval #manuscripts (mostly from UK repositories) in one convenient location. Check it out, and do let me know what you think.
Compilatio - Medieval Manuscripts
oldbooks.humspace.ucla.edu
January 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Hey, #medievalsky - I just launched Compilatio ( oldbooks.humspace.ucla.edu/index.html ), a quick-and-dirty site that assembles completely digitized #medieval #manuscripts (mostly from UK repositories) in one convenient location. Check it out, and do let me know what you think.
Okay, so you know where I currently am feeling the most imposter syndrome?
With the students who are trusting me to write their letters of recommendation.
With the students who are trusting me to write their letters of recommendation.
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Okay, so you know where I currently am feeling the most imposter syndrome?
With the students who are trusting me to write their letters of recommendation.
With the students who are trusting me to write their letters of recommendation.
Something ELSE I hate about AI: When students ask for more feedback, one of my first thoughts now is not my usual: "wow, this student really wants to do better! cool!"
No, now it's: "UGH. they want more details so they know how to better train their AI client."
And I hate that for them. AND me.
No, now it's: "UGH. they want more details so they know how to better train their AI client."
And I hate that for them. AND me.
January 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Something ELSE I hate about AI: When students ask for more feedback, one of my first thoughts now is not my usual: "wow, this student really wants to do better! cool!"
No, now it's: "UGH. they want more details so they know how to better train their AI client."
And I hate that for them. AND me.
No, now it's: "UGH. they want more details so they know how to better train their AI client."
And I hate that for them. AND me.
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For reasons, decided to check in on my Small Business Administration Woman Owned Small Business certification --- and guess what? DOGE wants women to get their spouses to sign off on their certification, despite them not having anything to do with the business!
So that's retrograde.
So that's retrograde.
January 28, 2026 at 8:06 PM
For reasons, decided to check in on my Small Business Administration Woman Owned Small Business certification --- and guess what? DOGE wants women to get their spouses to sign off on their certification, despite them not having anything to do with the business!
So that's retrograde.
So that's retrograde.
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In a first for me, a student has used AI to complete my syllabus quiz and left me with this gem:
January 25, 2026 at 3:04 AM
In a first for me, a student has used AI to complete my syllabus quiz and left me with this gem:
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Encouraging this level of cheating “in the name of tech progress” and then those same entities explaining how to get out of the consequences of those actions are NOT things we need students (or anyone, really) to be absorbing as acceptable ethics or behavior.
January 28, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Encouraging this level of cheating “in the name of tech progress” and then those same entities explaining how to get out of the consequences of those actions are NOT things we need students (or anyone, really) to be absorbing as acceptable ethics or behavior.
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One thing I’ve learned from being SERIOUSLY on the academic job market this year is that we’re ALL mad about AI, we’re all so incredibly exhausted by AI, and we’re even more depressed by the abundant social media marketed towards students on how to “get out of trouble if you get caught by your prof”
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 AM
One thing I’ve learned from being SERIOUSLY on the academic job market this year is that we’re ALL mad about AI, we’re all so incredibly exhausted by AI, and we’re even more depressed by the abundant social media marketed towards students on how to “get out of trouble if you get caught by your prof”
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Infectious diseases do not magically disappear just because you stop tracking and reporting. This is dangerous.
When diseases spread in silence, outbreaks go undetected for much longer and containment is more difficult.
All of this means more avoidable deaths.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
When diseases spread in silence, outbreaks go undetected for much longer and containment is more difficult.
All of this means more avoidable deaths.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
CDC Stopped Updating Key Vaccine, Infectious Disease Databases in 2025
The inaction 'demonstrates a profound disregard for human life,' says IDSA leader
www.medpagetoday.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Infectious diseases do not magically disappear just because you stop tracking and reporting. This is dangerous.
When diseases spread in silence, outbreaks go undetected for much longer and containment is more difficult.
All of this means more avoidable deaths.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
When diseases spread in silence, outbreaks go undetected for much longer and containment is more difficult.
All of this means more avoidable deaths.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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Looking to spice up your #histmed classes? Consider two new books coming out just in time for Fall 2025! Full of pithy and provocative essays, Do Less Harm (ed. me & @drkyliesmith.bsky.social) and The Nursing Clio Reader (@nursingclio.bsky.social) offer new perspectives to meet the moment. 1/2
February 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Looking to spice up your #histmed classes? Consider two new books coming out just in time for Fall 2025! Full of pithy and provocative essays, Do Less Harm (ed. me & @drkyliesmith.bsky.social) and The Nursing Clio Reader (@nursingclio.bsky.social) offer new perspectives to meet the moment. 1/2
One thing I’ve learned from being SERIOUSLY on the academic job market this year is that we’re ALL mad about AI, we’re all so incredibly exhausted by AI, and we’re even more depressed by the abundant social media marketed towards students on how to “get out of trouble if you get caught by your prof”
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 AM
One thing I’ve learned from being SERIOUSLY on the academic job market this year is that we’re ALL mad about AI, we’re all so incredibly exhausted by AI, and we’re even more depressed by the abundant social media marketed towards students on how to “get out of trouble if you get caught by your prof”
A really great resource for finding places to be a helper when you feel so helpless from far away. You can donate to areas that call to you (I donated to a program that helps care for pets whose families have been detained):
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 PM
A really great resource for finding places to be a helper when you feel so helpless from far away. You can donate to areas that call to you (I donated to a program that helps care for pets whose families have been detained):
In a first for me, a student has used AI to complete my syllabus quiz and left me with this gem:
January 25, 2026 at 3:04 AM
In a first for me, a student has used AI to complete my syllabus quiz and left me with this gem:
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It’s currently operating totally outside of our constitutional rules. Habeas corpus , due process of law, equal protection, freedom of speech, 4th amendment protections against search and seizure, are all not being enforced in any common sense or meaningful way.
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It’s currently operating totally outside of our constitutional rules. Habeas corpus , due process of law, equal protection, freedom of speech, 4th amendment protections against search and seizure, are all not being enforced in any common sense or meaningful way.
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The researchers “promised that the children’s sensitive data would be closely guarded in the decade-long study… Promotional materials included a cartoon of a Black child saying it felt good knowing that “scientists are taking steps to keep my information safe.”
The scientists did not keep it safe.”
The scientists did not keep it safe.”
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The researchers “promised that the children’s sensitive data would be closely guarded in the decade-long study… Promotional materials included a cartoon of a Black child saying it felt good knowing that “scientists are taking steps to keep my information safe.”
The scientists did not keep it safe.”
The scientists did not keep it safe.”
A reminder that you can opt out of TSA taking your photo at the airport.
January 24, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A reminder that you can opt out of TSA taking your photo at the airport.
Just gonna leave this here.
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Just gonna leave this here.
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Time to post my own polio experience yet again: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018...
January 22, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Time to post my own polio experience yet again: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018...