Laura Davulis
@davulis.bsky.social
History editor, JHU Press. Got a book idea? Get in touch: davulis@jhu.edu. No DMs, please. (I do not speak for my employer here, etc etc.)
When new/young staff ask me about traveling for work and what they should know/do/expect, I ALWAYS share this story.
Ever since the American Political Science Association annual convention main hotel in 2014 was evacuated at 2AM because of a fire, now when I buy new pajamas, I think about whether it would be appropriate to greet the public in the outfit. An arsonist was setting small fires in the hotel stairwells
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When new/young staff ask me about traveling for work and what they should know/do/expect, I ALWAYS share this story.
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hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
Happy Sunday! This is Red, an adoptable dog at BARCS, and today we went on a snugglewalk. (That’s a walkies where you go 100ft and then stop to snuggle.)
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Happy Sunday! This is Red, an adoptable dog at BARCS, and today we went on a snugglewalk. (That’s a walkies where you go 100ft and then stop to snuggle.)
Music is basically alchemical magic to me—I have absolutely no understanding of how it works, I just know I like it—and so I found this video of Jon Batiste hearing “Hot To Go” for the first time utterly fascinating:
Jon Batiste Hears Chappell Roan For The First Time
YouTube video by Pianote
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Music is basically alchemical magic to me—I have absolutely no understanding of how it works, I just know I like it—and so I found this video of Jon Batiste hearing “Hot To Go” for the first time utterly fascinating:
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Note from my notebook (2018). Still relevant.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Note from my notebook (2018). Still relevant.
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14) I have zero excuses for not learning more. I have even fewer excuses for not being better than I am.
Neither do you. We can both accomplish it - we're more than good enough & capable enough to.
Neither do you. We can both accomplish it - we're more than good enough & capable enough to.
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
14) I have zero excuses for not learning more. I have even fewer excuses for not being better than I am.
Neither do you. We can both accomplish it - we're more than good enough & capable enough to.
Neither do you. We can both accomplish it - we're more than good enough & capable enough to.
Things are grim. It’s going to be a long, hard winter. I thought it prudent to lay in some supplies.
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Things are grim. It’s going to be a long, hard winter. I thought it prudent to lay in some supplies.
If you are a SNAP recipient and you need help feeding your pet, the MD SPCA on Falls Road is giving away pet food to SNAP recipients on Sunday 11/16:
SNAP Benefit Pet Food Giveaway at the Maryland SPCA
Event in Baltimore, MD by Maryland SPCA on Sunday, November 16 2025
facebook.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If you are a SNAP recipient and you need help feeding your pet, the MD SPCA on Falls Road is giving away pet food to SNAP recipients on Sunday 11/16:
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
Good morning! Our pals at @projectmuse.bsky.social are hiring a Digital Publishing Production Specialist: hiring.jhu.edu/careers/job/...
Digital Publishing Production Specialist I (Project MUSE) | Johns Hopkins University
Process a set amount of book, journal, and other content, some of which is moderately complex, with minimal reference to additional resources (including training materials and procedural documentation...
hiring.jhu.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Good morning! Our pals at @projectmuse.bsky.social are hiring a Digital Publishing Production Specialist: hiring.jhu.edu/careers/job/...
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Can a historian help me, is not feeding or paying your troops typically a good idea
That’s the second reported and sourced story on US soldiers not being fed today
Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown trib.al/5WGvUOq
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Can a historian help me, is not feeding or paying your troops typically a good idea
Today’s PM roundup of book deals includes a forthcoming book about tyromancy. (Google it. You’re welcome.) What a time to be alive.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Today’s PM roundup of book deals includes a forthcoming book about tyromancy. (Google it. You’re welcome.) What a time to be alive.
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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Only losers hate on trans kids 🏳️⚧️
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Only losers hate on trans kids 🏳️⚧️
If you are wondering what a career in history book publishing is like, it’s this, all day, every day
What kind of post? The ones where I point out the release of The Downward Spiral is closer to the Kennedy assassination than today? Or that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is closer to the Carter presidency than today? Or that Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is closer to the moon landing than today?
This type of post should be illegal
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
If you are wondering what a career in history book publishing is like, it’s this, all day, every day
A reminder for authors of biographies and similar literary works.
Apropos of nothing in particular, a quick reminder that (in the US at least) you cannot libel the dead
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A reminder for authors of biographies and similar literary works.
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If you or someone you know is furloughed and needs help caring for their pet (food/medical care/emergency boarding), check to see if your local animal shelter has an intake prevention program. If you’re in Baltimore, BARCS has the Keeping Pets with Families program. www.barcs.org/help-keep-my...
I Need More Help to Keep My Pet — Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS)
www.barcs.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If you or someone you know is furloughed and needs help caring for their pet (food/medical care/emergency boarding), check to see if your local animal shelter has an intake prevention program. If you’re in Baltimore, BARCS has the Keeping Pets with Families program. www.barcs.org/help-keep-my...
Of all the songs. Of all the years. IYKYK.
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Of all the songs. Of all the years. IYKYK.
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I am not here to scold you about not reading the terms and conditions at academia.edu. Lord knows that I click through these things all the time. But yes, you did give them the rights to make an AI podcast of your uploaded work, I am sorry to say.
June 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I am not here to scold you about not reading the terms and conditions at academia.edu. Lord knows that I click through these things all the time. But yes, you did give them the rights to make an AI podcast of your uploaded work, I am sorry to say.
It’s real! I finally saw it with my own eyes!
November 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It’s real! I finally saw it with my own eyes!
We gave away 40lbs of candy and only saw two Mr. Trash Wheels. What is this world coming to!
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We gave away 40lbs of candy and only saw two Mr. Trash Wheels. What is this world coming to!
Sure is, Herm. Sure is.
It was a humorously perilous business
October 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Sure is, Herm. Sure is.
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Walking home today, a visibly distraught guy stopped me, told me about his horrific breakup, said he just needed to feel like someone cared, then apologized for bringing me down. I said: my mother died two months ago, I constantly feel like shit, you can’t possibly make me feel worse, don’t worry.
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Walking home today, a visibly distraught guy stopped me, told me about his horrific breakup, said he just needed to feel like someone cared, then apologized for bringing me down. I said: my mother died two months ago, I constantly feel like shit, you can’t possibly make me feel worse, don’t worry.