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I’m doing a kid’s nonfiction book on art heists and just got the first sketches back from the (brilliant!) illustrator. This is going to be so awesome.
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I’m doing a kid’s nonfiction book on art heists and just got the first sketches back from the (brilliant!) illustrator. This is going to be so awesome.
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christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
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new york democrats shouldn't be let anywhere near power. the ideal democratic leader is a guy who won by 2 percent and actually thinks of the GOP, rather than other Democrats, as the enemy.
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
new york democrats shouldn't be let anywhere near power. the ideal democratic leader is a guy who won by 2 percent and actually thinks of the GOP, rather than other Democrats, as the enemy.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Chilly and December. Aberlour A’Bunadh Alba, cask strength with a splash of water eases us into evening‘s dark.
(A’Bunadh purists are divided on the Alba. Instead of the usual sherry casks it is aged in bourbon casks, so NOT as sweet. I find it entirely delicious; different, yes, but lovely.)
(A’Bunadh purists are divided on the Alba. Instead of the usual sherry casks it is aged in bourbon casks, so NOT as sweet. I find it entirely delicious; different, yes, but lovely.)
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Chilly and December. Aberlour A’Bunadh Alba, cask strength with a splash of water eases us into evening‘s dark.
(A’Bunadh purists are divided on the Alba. Instead of the usual sherry casks it is aged in bourbon casks, so NOT as sweet. I find it entirely delicious; different, yes, but lovely.)
(A’Bunadh purists are divided on the Alba. Instead of the usual sherry casks it is aged in bourbon casks, so NOT as sweet. I find it entirely delicious; different, yes, but lovely.)
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Harry Akin was an Austin, TX legend & mayor of Austin '67-'69.
He practiced integration in his restaurants ('Night Hawk' because they were open late) as early as 1958 in Texas.
In 1963, he got 16 other Austin restaurants to pledge to serve everyone "regardless of race, color or creed."
He practiced integration in his restaurants ('Night Hawk' because they were open late) as early as 1958 in Texas.
In 1963, he got 16 other Austin restaurants to pledge to serve everyone "regardless of race, color or creed."
A Night Hawk restaurant in Austin, 1958. One cook is African American, the other white. Owner Harry Akin was quite progressive, hiring and promoting African American employees and women long before that was common and convinced other restaurants to desegregate. Courtesy the Austin History Center.
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Harry Akin was an Austin, TX legend & mayor of Austin '67-'69.
He practiced integration in his restaurants ('Night Hawk' because they were open late) as early as 1958 in Texas.
In 1963, he got 16 other Austin restaurants to pledge to serve everyone "regardless of race, color or creed."
He practiced integration in his restaurants ('Night Hawk' because they were open late) as early as 1958 in Texas.
In 1963, he got 16 other Austin restaurants to pledge to serve everyone "regardless of race, color or creed."
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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First, I cannot *wait* to see this blockbuster of an exhibition at the Morgan Library. But, also, second, please admire Roger Wieck talking about these books. This is the how joy in the history of art sings its song!
youtu.be/BWtflCcGWjM?...
youtu.be/BWtflCcGWjM?...
Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life
YouTube video by The Morgan Library & Museum
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
First, I cannot *wait* to see this blockbuster of an exhibition at the Morgan Library. But, also, second, please admire Roger Wieck talking about these books. This is the how joy in the history of art sings its song!
youtu.be/BWtflCcGWjM?...
youtu.be/BWtflCcGWjM?...
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How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
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Random poll: if a medicine says "take with a meal" do you take that to mean right after a meal, right before a meal, or literally in the middle of the meal. Or do you not care?
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Random poll: if a medicine says "take with a meal" do you take that to mean right after a meal, right before a meal, or literally in the middle of the meal. Or do you not care?
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I’m fifth-gen NYC: I’m ok with knowing nothing about Chicago and being called out on my ignorance! I think I’m actually contractually obliged by my hometown to be like this.
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I’m fifth-gen NYC: I’m ok with knowing nothing about Chicago and being called out on my ignorance! I think I’m actually contractually obliged by my hometown to be like this.
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Every year I get submissions for the @contingent-mag.bsky.social book and journal article lists that don’t really fit. But now, you can send your amazing 2025 public scholarship here!
🚨 ATTENTION PUBLIC SCHOLARS 🚨
As an end of year special #ScholarSunday thread, @americanstudier.bsky.social and I would like to share your favorite pieces from the year, especially if they're yours!
Did an essay or podcast episode blow you away with pride or brilliance? Please email us!
As an end of year special #ScholarSunday thread, @americanstudier.bsky.social and I would like to share your favorite pieces from the year, especially if they're yours!
Did an essay or podcast episode blow you away with pride or brilliance? Please email us!
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If you have a talk coming up, a book on its way, a podcast trailer to drop, or an accomplishment to celebrate, we want to help you share it!
blackwhiteandread.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Every year I get submissions for the @contingent-mag.bsky.social book and journal article lists that don’t really fit. But now, you can send your amazing 2025 public scholarship here!
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My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Indeed we are!
UMass-Amherst is hiring “a specialist in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world” !
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Indeed we are!
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Hell yes my student brought her dad to lecture today and he loved it.
Medieval Art for All Parents!
Medieval Art for All Parents!
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hell yes my student brought her dad to lecture today and he loved it.
Medieval Art for All Parents!
Medieval Art for All Parents!
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The Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University seeks applicants at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) whose scholarship focuses on histories of medieval (ca. 500s-1400s) European art and architecture in the world.
apply.interfolio.com/174923
apply.interfolio.com/174923
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University seeks applicants at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) whose scholarship focuses on histories of medieval (ca. 500s-1400s) European art and architecture in the world.
apply.interfolio.com/174923
apply.interfolio.com/174923
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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There are so few people actually asking, “is this any good for what we do?” Instead people give lip service to “responsible use” while plowing ahead with punching “AI” into everything. This isn’t just about selling a product; it’s about co-opting humanities researchers to train “AI” models.
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There are so few people actually asking, “is this any good for what we do?” Instead people give lip service to “responsible use” while plowing ahead with punching “AI” into everything. This isn’t just about selling a product; it’s about co-opting humanities researchers to train “AI” models.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Aaah, excellent analysis from an expert: we love to see it!
What, exactly, does this string of words mean? Why does everyone who stands to profit from selling "AI" love to repeat it? And what's the value of slogans that masquerade as history?
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer
The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself. It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...
sonjadrimmer.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Aaah, excellent analysis from an expert: we love to see it!
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If you’re in the Boston area this Wednesday I’d love for you to come on out! This talk is free and open to the public. as.tufts.edu/art-architec...
September 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you’re in the Boston area this Wednesday I’d love for you to come on out! This talk is free and open to the public. as.tufts.edu/art-architec...
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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
what ezra doesn't seem willing to accept is that charlie kirk was part of a political movement that does not think that "we are going to have to live here with each other" and is fact very interested in the elimination and/or subjugation of many, many people
"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"
September 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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I have a new book out today! It's a Sapphic steampunk western adventure about the dashing Karen Memery riding to the rescue as Annie Oakley's stunt double in a beleaguered early movie!
September 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I have a new book out today! It's a Sapphic steampunk western adventure about the dashing Karen Memery riding to the rescue as Annie Oakley's stunt double in a beleaguered early movie!
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IT'S BOOOK DAYYYYYYY (and the crowd goes wild)
A long-awaited return to Rapid City and the world of Karen Memory!
www.patreon.com/posts/137115...
A long-awaited return to Rapid City and the world of Karen Memory!
www.patreon.com/posts/137115...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
IT'S BOOOK DAYYYYYYY (and the crowd goes wild)
A long-awaited return to Rapid City and the world of Karen Memory!
www.patreon.com/posts/137115...
A long-awaited return to Rapid City and the world of Karen Memory!
www.patreon.com/posts/137115...