Carly Silver
@carlyasilver.bsky.social
Editor, writer, museum-goer, researcher, public historian, globetrotter, bespectacled legend
I can't be the only one that noticed that the runner-up in the Forward Gal Stakes was named Imperatrice, the same name as Secretariat's maternal granddam...
February 2, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I can't be the only one that noticed that the runner-up in the Forward Gal Stakes was named Imperatrice, the same name as Secretariat's maternal granddam...
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“So you are a historian? What is your field of expertise?”
“The long January of 2026.”
“All of it, really?” #skystorians
“The long January of 2026.”
“All of it, really?” #skystorians
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
“So you are a historian? What is your field of expertise?”
“The long January of 2026.”
“All of it, really?” #skystorians
“The long January of 2026.”
“All of it, really?” #skystorians
Nothing like spending a freezing Saturday inside with tea, line-editing on the couch.
a woman in a dress with the word yes written on it
ALT: a woman in a dress with the word yes written on it
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January 31, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Nothing like spending a freezing Saturday inside with tea, line-editing on the couch.
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Learn about turning your dissertation into a monograph and/or working in academic publishing! Next Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 6 PM join Christian Winting and me as we talk about all things Humanities/Social Science Publishing at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. #publishingsky #skystorians
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Learn about turning your dissertation into a monograph and/or working in academic publishing! Next Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 6 PM join Christian Winting and me as we talk about all things Humanities/Social Science Publishing at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. #publishingsky #skystorians
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ancient potters like fuck yeah I'm the one who had the idea of beakers with a bell shape I'm gonna live forever
January 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
ancient potters like fuck yeah I'm the one who had the idea of beakers with a bell shape I'm gonna live forever
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Please don't ask me why my brain works like this, because I don't have an answer
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Please don't ask me why my brain works like this, because I don't have an answer
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"“He was a wonderful, wonderful, righteous, holy man." So true. <3
Dick Jacobs, New Haven lawyer who attended 500 Yale football games, remembered for his love of family www.nhregister.com/news/article...
Dick Jacobs, New Haven lawyer who attended 500 Yale football games, remembered for his love of family www.nhregister.com/news/article...
Dick Jacobs, New Haven lawyer who attended 500 Yale football games, remembered for his love of family
Dick Jacobs was honored at the recent Yale-Harvard game for his fandom, just a couple months before his death.
www.nhregister.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"“He was a wonderful, wonderful, righteous, holy man." So true. <3
Dick Jacobs, New Haven lawyer who attended 500 Yale football games, remembered for his love of family www.nhregister.com/news/article...
Dick Jacobs, New Haven lawyer who attended 500 Yale football games, remembered for his love of family www.nhregister.com/news/article...
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
Go see #divineegypt at @metmuseum.org before it closes next week!
January 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Go see #divineegypt at @metmuseum.org before it closes next week!
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"He's in acquisitions. They bring back books from all over the world. They're a different breed entirely."
---Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
---Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"He's in acquisitions. They bring back books from all over the world. They're a different breed entirely."
---Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
---Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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Birkbeck is hiring a Lecturer in Medieval Studies (c.1300-1500), full-time and open-ended.
They will be formally based in English but expected to be able to contribute about 0.5FTE to History, including teaching and supervision.
Closing date Feb 23rd: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
They will be formally based in English but expected to be able to contribute about 0.5FTE to History, including teaching and supervision.
Closing date Feb 23rd: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Birkbeck is hiring a Lecturer in Medieval Studies (c.1300-1500), full-time and open-ended.
They will be formally based in English but expected to be able to contribute about 0.5FTE to History, including teaching and supervision.
Closing date Feb 23rd: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
They will be formally based in English but expected to be able to contribute about 0.5FTE to History, including teaching and supervision.
Closing date Feb 23rd: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Spotted: @metalclassicist.bsky.social's book in the wild #aiascs26
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Spotted: @metalclassicist.bsky.social's book in the wild #aiascs26
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Maybe because it gets dark so early these days this 17thC tile from Safavid Persia is appealing to me a lot (Rijksmuseum)
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Maybe because it gets dark so early these days this 17thC tile from Safavid Persia is appealing to me a lot (Rijksmuseum)
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Some good news, if you need it:
The city council of Franklin NC has voted to return an important Cherokee mound to the EBCI. "Noquisiyi ("star place") is part of a series of earthen mounds.. the heart of the Cherokee civilization" wlos.com/news/local/t...
The city council of Franklin NC has voted to return an important Cherokee mound to the EBCI. "Noquisiyi ("star place") is part of a series of earthen mounds.. the heart of the Cherokee civilization" wlos.com/news/local/t...
A town in western North Carolina is returning land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
An important cultural site is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after a city council in North Carolina voted to return the land.
wlos.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Some good news, if you need it:
The city council of Franklin NC has voted to return an important Cherokee mound to the EBCI. "Noquisiyi ("star place") is part of a series of earthen mounds.. the heart of the Cherokee civilization" wlos.com/news/local/t...
The city council of Franklin NC has voted to return an important Cherokee mound to the EBCI. "Noquisiyi ("star place") is part of a series of earthen mounds.. the heart of the Cherokee civilization" wlos.com/news/local/t...
me going up the San Francisco streets #aiascs26
a man climbs up a grassy hill with a car expert logo behind him
ALT: a man climbs up a grassy hill with a car expert logo behind him
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January 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
me going up the San Francisco streets #aiascs26
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Important announcement for my fellow itinerant academics: thetrainline has a massive sale on and my eye-watering January train expenditure has been made slightly less eye-watering. Run don’t walk to book before the prices go back up to ‘I need another mortgage’ from merely ‘taking the piss’
January 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Important announcement for my fellow itinerant academics: thetrainline has a massive sale on and my eye-watering January train expenditure has been made slightly less eye-watering. Run don’t walk to book before the prices go back up to ‘I need another mortgage’ from merely ‘taking the piss’
Hey everyone! Kicking off 2026 by attending #aiascs2026 in San Francisco. Come chat with me about your publication plans, or just say hello!
#aiascs #ancientbluesky #skystorians
#aiascs #ancientbluesky #skystorians
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Hey everyone! Kicking off 2026 by attending #aiascs2026 in San Francisco. Come chat with me about your publication plans, or just say hello!
#aiascs #ancientbluesky #skystorians
#aiascs #ancientbluesky #skystorians
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Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Covered In Snow. Flourishing.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Covered In Snow. Flourishing.
Just found out Taye Diggs grew up in Rochester
elmo is driving a yellow car with a man in the back seat
ALT: elmo is driving a yellow car with a man in the back seat
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Just found out Taye Diggs grew up in Rochester
Glories of butterflies at the Strong Museum of Play! @visitrochester.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Glories of butterflies at the Strong Museum of Play! @visitrochester.bsky.social
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I could have posted a million different takes on *that* article, but this thread by Bret encapsulates them all.
THERE ARE NO JOBS.
THERE ARE NO JOBS.
At the risk of hugging the third rail, the truth of the academic job market, at least in history or classics, is neither DEI or anti-DEI.
It is that that 1) there are no jobs and 2) our hiring culture treats candidates like they 'spoil' after a few years.
No one knows who is mediocre or not.
It is that that 1) there are no jobs and 2) our hiring culture treats candidates like they 'spoil' after a few years.
No one knows who is mediocre or not.
December 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I could have posted a million different takes on *that* article, but this thread by Bret encapsulates them all.
THERE ARE NO JOBS.
THERE ARE NO JOBS.