Greg Jones
@grjones83.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, music lover, historian.
The phrase that's been stuck in my head for nearly two weeks now is "liminal space."
As I spend my days reading, writing, and teaching history... then I spend my off time looking at the AI-fueled future...
I think "liminal space" is an apt term.
As I spend my days reading, writing, and teaching history... then I spend my off time looking at the AI-fueled future...
I think "liminal space" is an apt term.
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The phrase that's been stuck in my head for nearly two weeks now is "liminal space."
As I spend my days reading, writing, and teaching history... then I spend my off time looking at the AI-fueled future...
I think "liminal space" is an apt term.
As I spend my days reading, writing, and teaching history... then I spend my off time looking at the AI-fueled future...
I think "liminal space" is an apt term.
Anyone else struggling to figure out what to... DO with Bluesky? I mean... I'm not sure why, but it's not really catching on for me. Anyone else feeling that way?
August 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Anyone else struggling to figure out what to... DO with Bluesky? I mean... I'm not sure why, but it's not really catching on for me. Anyone else feeling that way?
I remember being in grad school thinking, "I never want to be a career adjunct. I'll do anything else but I won't be a career adjunct."
I'm going into my 10th year as a career adjunct in a few weeks.
Teaching... however I can get it.
I'm going into my 10th year as a career adjunct in a few weeks.
Teaching... however I can get it.
a man in a suit and tie is talking about poetry , beauty , romance , love
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking about poetry , beauty , romance , love
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July 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I remember being in grad school thinking, "I never want to be a career adjunct. I'll do anything else but I won't be a career adjunct."
I'm going into my 10th year as a career adjunct in a few weeks.
Teaching... however I can get it.
I'm going into my 10th year as a career adjunct in a few weeks.
Teaching... however I can get it.
The *Earnhardt* documentary on Prime was outstanding. I finished it last night and have been reeling ever since. It was so well put together. Thank you to @dalejr.bsky.social , Kelley, and everyone involved. Their vulnerability made it authentic and meaningful.
July 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The *Earnhardt* documentary on Prime was outstanding. I finished it last night and have been reeling ever since. It was so well put together. Thank you to @dalejr.bsky.social , Kelley, and everyone involved. Their vulnerability made it authentic and meaningful.
Being a lifelong writer in the age of emerging AI is certainly a... uh... challenge. I'm not sure whether to reject it like a Luddite, embrace it for its advantage(s), or just freeze in place.
What is this going to do to the publishing world? I cannot fathom.
What is this going to do to the publishing world? I cannot fathom.
July 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Being a lifelong writer in the age of emerging AI is certainly a... uh... challenge. I'm not sure whether to reject it like a Luddite, embrace it for its advantage(s), or just freeze in place.
What is this going to do to the publishing world? I cannot fathom.
What is this going to do to the publishing world? I cannot fathom.
I just got home from scoring AP-US History exams in Kansas City. Let me tell you --- there are a lot of folks who talk about the emerging generation negatively, but I had the honor of reading some wonderful writing from high school students. Maybe we'll be ok. #teaching #history #AP #APUSH
June 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A consistent misinterpretation I've had of the American Revolution is that it was fundamentally rooted in New England. The more I learn about the middle and southern colonies, the more I realize what a true continental effort it was. #history #AmericanRevolution #learning #education #reading
May 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A consistent misinterpretation I've had of the American Revolution is that it was fundamentally rooted in New England. The more I learn about the middle and southern colonies, the more I realize what a true continental effort it was. #history #AmericanRevolution #learning #education #reading
End of spring semester and beginning of "summer" work. Strangely, June is my busiest month of the year. The adjunct life is not for the faint of heart (not that the full timers have it much easier these days...)
May 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
End of spring semester and beginning of "summer" work. Strangely, June is my busiest month of the year. The adjunct life is not for the faint of heart (not that the full timers have it much easier these days...)
I'm a historian, not a prophet. But I think we've now reached the "...doomed to repeat it" portion of the program.
May 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm a historian, not a prophet. But I think we've now reached the "...doomed to repeat it" portion of the program.
I write a lot. I write emails. I write feedback. I write short articles. But sometimes that doesn't feel like real writing... you know? The soulful, moving writing... that kind of creative "pull it out of your guts" writing is hard to accomplish in the midst of day to day life. #writing
April 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I write a lot. I write emails. I write feedback. I write short articles. But sometimes that doesn't feel like real writing... you know? The soulful, moving writing... that kind of creative "pull it out of your guts" writing is hard to accomplish in the midst of day to day life. #writing
When I carve out a little bit of time in the margins, I am increasingly finding myself playing around with AI. I explore things within my expertise as well as some personal reflection work. Others doing the same? Happy to dialog about it...
April 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When I carve out a little bit of time in the margins, I am increasingly finding myself playing around with AI. I explore things within my expertise as well as some personal reflection work. Others doing the same? Happy to dialog about it...
Here's another review of a book I thoroughly enjoyed. If you like history and technology (especially computers) this book is a must read.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Gregory Jones's review of The Innovators
5/5: This book was OUTSTANDING! I knew Isaacson was a solid historian, but this surpassed my expectations. The detail and careful crafting of the narrative was evident throughout, from Ada Lovelace al...
www.goodreads.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Here's another review of a book I thoroughly enjoyed. If you like history and technology (especially computers) this book is a must read.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I was not expecting to love this book as much as I did. It's quite powerful. The writing is outstanding.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Gregory Jones's review of Dutch Girl
5/5: This was an OUTSTANDING book. I don't even remember why I put it on my list, but I did so somewhat casually. It ended up being remarkable. Learning the story of Audrey Hepburn's life as a the dau...
www.goodreads.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I was not expecting to love this book as much as I did. It's quite powerful. The writing is outstanding.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
This is honestly more interesting to me than 90% of podcasts out there. It's two voice AI talking to one another. The redditor who set it up has one being argumentative while the other, Maya (Sesame) is using stock programming. #AI #voiceAI #artificialintelligence
www.reddit.com/r/SesameAI/c...
www.reddit.com/r/SesameAI/c...
Maya encounters an arguementative AI agent
www.reddit.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is honestly more interesting to me than 90% of podcasts out there. It's two voice AI talking to one another. The redditor who set it up has one being argumentative while the other, Maya (Sesame) is using stock programming. #AI #voiceAI #artificialintelligence
www.reddit.com/r/SesameAI/c...
www.reddit.com/r/SesameAI/c...
How do you measure "success" for an academic in the current state of higher education? Is it a tenure track job? A scholarly publication? Does it have to be a university press to "count?" I'm curious how others view this in our current cultural milieu.
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
How do you measure "success" for an academic in the current state of higher education? Is it a tenure track job? A scholarly publication? Does it have to be a university press to "count?" I'm curious how others view this in our current cultural milieu.
What I'm reading: Foner *The Second Founding*
I've always been weak on Reconstruction history (just ask my comps committee... 13 years ago). I can always use more of this. The concept of "remaking the Constitution" basically IS the argument of the book. And the writing top class.
I've always been weak on Reconstruction history (just ask my comps committee... 13 years ago). I can always use more of this. The concept of "remaking the Constitution" basically IS the argument of the book. And the writing top class.
March 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What I'm reading: Foner *The Second Founding*
I've always been weak on Reconstruction history (just ask my comps committee... 13 years ago). I can always use more of this. The concept of "remaking the Constitution" basically IS the argument of the book. And the writing top class.
I've always been weak on Reconstruction history (just ask my comps committee... 13 years ago). I can always use more of this. The concept of "remaking the Constitution" basically IS the argument of the book. And the writing top class.
Any tips or tricks to make this Bluesky thing work well? I haven't really found any "must read" communities yet. I feel like I've been pretty open about my interests, but the algorithm is alluding me currently.
#tipsandtricks #howtobluesky
#tipsandtricks #howtobluesky
March 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Any tips or tricks to make this Bluesky thing work well? I haven't really found any "must read" communities yet. I feel like I've been pretty open about my interests, but the algorithm is alluding me currently.
#tipsandtricks #howtobluesky
#tipsandtricks #howtobluesky
This week I added something like 6 books to my "want to read" on Goodreads. I finished zero books and made nominal progress on one book.
I will learn nothing from this and will do the same thing next week. #books #newbooks #history #sportshistory #militaryhistory #culturalhistory
I will learn nothing from this and will do the same thing next week. #books #newbooks #history #sportshistory #militaryhistory #culturalhistory
February 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This week I added something like 6 books to my "want to read" on Goodreads. I finished zero books and made nominal progress on one book.
I will learn nothing from this and will do the same thing next week. #books #newbooks #history #sportshistory #militaryhistory #culturalhistory
I will learn nothing from this and will do the same thing next week. #books #newbooks #history #sportshistory #militaryhistory #culturalhistory
I don't really know what to say about the political situation right now, but I just rest in the fact that I'm sure there's a Tom T. Hall song about it.
I'm not sure which one, but I'm sure there's one.
I'm not sure which one, but I'm sure there's one.
February 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I don't really know what to say about the political situation right now, but I just rest in the fact that I'm sure there's a Tom T. Hall song about it.
I'm not sure which one, but I'm sure there's one.
I'm not sure which one, but I'm sure there's one.
Social media in 2025 feels like high school lunch tables all over again. In-crowd, jocks, nerds, stereotypes that prided themselves on exclusion.
Worth mentioning: I sat at a table with music/theater/writing folks. We kind of leaned into our weirdness. That's the circle I'm looking for on Bsky.
Worth mentioning: I sat at a table with music/theater/writing folks. We kind of leaned into our weirdness. That's the circle I'm looking for on Bsky.
February 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Social media in 2025 feels like high school lunch tables all over again. In-crowd, jocks, nerds, stereotypes that prided themselves on exclusion.
Worth mentioning: I sat at a table with music/theater/writing folks. We kind of leaned into our weirdness. That's the circle I'm looking for on Bsky.
Worth mentioning: I sat at a table with music/theater/writing folks. We kind of leaned into our weirdness. That's the circle I'm looking for on Bsky.
Social media is really weird. The first one I had was MySpace, which was loaded with teenage angst and self discovery. By the time I got FB, I was in grad school with a fiance and grown up plans. But how do I start a social media presence now in middle age? Professional? Personal? Hobbies?
February 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Social media is really weird. The first one I had was MySpace, which was loaded with teenage angst and self discovery. By the time I got FB, I was in grad school with a fiance and grown up plans. But how do I start a social media presence now in middle age? Professional? Personal? Hobbies?
As of right now (early February 2025), there are primarily three reasons why I do not believe that we are on the cusp of a civil war in the United States (as a scholar of the American Civil War):
February 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As of right now (early February 2025), there are primarily three reasons why I do not believe that we are on the cusp of a civil war in the United States (as a scholar of the American Civil War):
@jmarshpgh.bsky.social if you have occasion, the chapter "The River" in Randy Roberts' book *Rising Tide* (about Namath and Alabama) is fantastic. He captures the mill years in western PA incredibly well. Ambridge even gets some mention as one of BF's opponents the year Namath was recruited.
January 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@jmarshpgh.bsky.social if you have occasion, the chapter "The River" in Randy Roberts' book *Rising Tide* (about Namath and Alabama) is fantastic. He captures the mill years in western PA incredibly well. Ambridge even gets some mention as one of BF's opponents the year Namath was recruited.
Today I worked on a short biography of Horatio Spafford (writing, music, history) then I edited a syllabus for an upcoming US history class (teaching, writing, history). I really appreciate getting to spend my workday in my wheelhouse. #work #calling #history #historyteaching
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Today I worked on a short biography of Horatio Spafford (writing, music, history) then I edited a syllabus for an upcoming US history class (teaching, writing, history). I really appreciate getting to spend my workday in my wheelhouse. #work #calling #history #historyteaching
Hello! I'm not sure how I plan to curate this space. Will it be for work? For fun? A place to share music? History? Teaching? Sports? I don't quite know yet. I may direct it more formal/professional... or I may go crazy. If you're one of the early followers, thank you and welcome.
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hello! I'm not sure how I plan to curate this space. Will it be for work? For fun? A place to share music? History? Teaching? Sports? I don't quite know yet. I may direct it more formal/professional... or I may go crazy. If you're one of the early followers, thank you and welcome.