Prof MNP
@nushpowell.bsky.social
Professor of eighteenth-century lit and culture; person who studies pirates; dragon aficionado; proud parliamentarian dork. Opinions are my own and no one else's.
A pademelon is round.
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A pademelon is round.
Christmas is coming up if anyone wants to send me a stocking stuffer.
The WORLD by ADAM FITZ-ADAM 1755-57 EDWARD MOORE 6v GEORGIAN PERIODICAL SOCIETY
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #Georgian #periodical #society #bookauction #Walpole #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #Georgian #periodical #society #bookauction #Walpole #bookauction
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November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Christmas is coming up if anyone wants to send me a stocking stuffer.
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JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
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This was a GOOD DAY with @zugenia.bsky.social as we talked about our new books, wonder, wit, research, pedagogy, and friendship.
Enjoying @titachico.bsky.social and @zugenia.bsky.social in conversation here at @umdenglish.bsky.social about their new books, on wonder and wit.
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This was a GOOD DAY with @zugenia.bsky.social as we talked about our new books, wonder, wit, research, pedagogy, and friendship.
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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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And here is the page with the dragon in full glory:
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
And here is the page with the dragon in full glory:
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They keep putting the Raiders on TV at nighttime and the so-called government does nothing about it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
They keep putting the Raiders on TV at nighttime and the so-called government does nothing about it.
Whomst among us & etc.
"She is a godless woman of the world," would Mr Crawley say; "she lives with atheists and Frenchmen."
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Whomst among us & etc.
Happy "I Don't Care if it's Cold, I'm Wearing Shorts to School" Day to all who celebrate.
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy "I Don't Care if it's Cold, I'm Wearing Shorts to School" Day to all who celebrate.
@friede.bsky.social My daughter (11) is preparing to DM her first game on Thanksgiving. What have we wrought.
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
@friede.bsky.social My daughter (11) is preparing to DM her first game on Thanksgiving. What have we wrought.
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Here is a cute happy dragon to brighten your day
(floor-tile, early 13th century)
(floor-tile, early 13th century)
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Here is a cute happy dragon to brighten your day
(floor-tile, early 13th century)
(floor-tile, early 13th century)
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"I bet now you’d kill for a senior thesis based on my free, multilingual, publicly cited, text-based articles, motherfucker."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"I bet now you’d kill for a senior thesis based on my free, multilingual, publicly cited, text-based articles, motherfucker."
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My book A FUNNY THING: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE UNDISCIPLINED is now available for pre-order in a paperback priced for humans! Go get it!
A Funny Thing | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My book A FUNNY THING: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE UNDISCIPLINED is now available for pre-order in a paperback priced for humans! Go get it!
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This is out today in open access, and while it's very much a methodology piece, I think it's really important to building the foundation for how we move forward with understanding the role of gender in politics.
#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social -
Longitudinal Measures of Masculinity and Femininity: Stability, Change, and Trump - https://cup.org/43ycndo
- @dancassino.bsky.social
#FirstView
Longitudinal Measures of Masculinity and Femininity: Stability, Change, and Trump - https://cup.org/43ycndo
- @dancassino.bsky.social
#FirstView
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is out today in open access, and while it's very much a methodology piece, I think it's really important to building the foundation for how we move forward with understanding the role of gender in politics.
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Guys and Dolls is the show that is most likely to be wildly entertaining regardless of which company is staging it, up to and including 7th graders.
what is the best musical of all time and please explain yourself so i know whether or not to be angry at you
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Guys and Dolls is the show that is most likely to be wildly entertaining regardless of which company is staging it, up to and including 7th graders.
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In the midst of closure news, "Faculty and academic press advocates are pushing back against Bucknell University’s unilateral decision to close" @bucknellupress.bsky.social. @aupresses.bsky.social truly is a #TeamUP effort, and each press supports scholars and scholarship in important ways.
Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press
Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value propo...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
In the midst of closure news, "Faculty and academic press advocates are pushing back against Bucknell University’s unilateral decision to close" @bucknellupress.bsky.social. @aupresses.bsky.social truly is a #TeamUP effort, and each press supports scholars and scholarship in important ways.
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Oh hey I'm quoted in the History Channel talking about Stephen King! www.history.com/articles/ste...
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Oh hey I'm quoted in the History Channel talking about Stephen King! www.history.com/articles/ste...
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I’m actually of the mindset that I wish Hollywood et al would find some new muses.
You can only pick one. I’m sorry.
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I’m actually of the mindset that I wish Hollywood et al would find some new muses.
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Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I mean, Austen. But the more interesting question is whether we even get to Austen without Shelley. We might? But not without Mama Wollstonecraft, I don't think.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I mean, Austen. But the more interesting question is whether we even get to Austen without Shelley. We might? But not without Mama Wollstonecraft, I don't think.
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YouTube TV making me log in on a browser like I’m 100 years old to activate their little $20 “yup, we’re in a programming fight again” rebate is pretty galling. Just take it off the next bill you turds
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
YouTube TV making me log in on a browser like I’m 100 years old to activate their little $20 “yup, we’re in a programming fight again” rebate is pretty galling. Just take it off the next bill you turds
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I know that with the SNAP interruptions and the general fuckery in the economy that people might be worried about affording a holiday meal. This article is from 2021, but I think it carries over! food52.com/story/26717-...
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I know that with the SNAP interruptions and the general fuckery in the economy that people might be worried about affording a holiday meal. This article is from 2021, but I think it carries over! food52.com/story/26717-...
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oh thank god it’s been partially restored
guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
Digitised manuscripts and archives - British Library
View more than 2,000 of our digitised manuscripts and archival documents, including the Sherborne Missal and Octateuch, Four Gospels and Synodicon.
www.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
oh thank god it’s been partially restored
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Ulster (museum) dragons for @nushpowell.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Ulster (museum) dragons for @nushpowell.bsky.social
Remembering the lazy football Sundays I used to partake of, instead of frantically grading as my kid uses our big screen to watch Aphmau, the Screaming YouTuber.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Remembering the lazy football Sundays I used to partake of, instead of frantically grading as my kid uses our big screen to watch Aphmau, the Screaming YouTuber.