Matt Gabriele
@profgabriele.com
Professor, author THE BRIGHT AGES (2021), BETWEEN PROPHECY & APOCALYPSE (2024), & OATHBREAKERS (2024). Host podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social
nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him.
profgabriele.com
nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him.
profgabriele.com
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today is the day! OATHBREAKERS by me & @lollardfish.bsky.social is available as a paperback. Fits in stockings AND under the tree AND works well wrapped for any birthday or gift-giving occasion!
hit up friends at @bookshop.org or any bookstore anywhere
--> bookshop.org/p/books/oath...
hit up friends at @bookshop.org or any bookstore anywhere
--> bookshop.org/p/books/oath...
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A very happy holidays to our 1 hater who has recently (apparently) gone around to give the pod 1 star on all the platforms
December 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A very happy holidays to our 1 hater who has recently (apparently) gone around to give the pod 1 star on all the platforms
Like economics
A type of practice that I find interesting historically is the rigorously untrue. Astrology, for instance, was often a very tightly defined practice with a seriously requirement of learning: it just wasn’t actually real.
December 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Like economics
Not trying to be controversial but I hate that thing everyone likes for no reason and I’m going to put that on this cantankerous social media site
December 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not trying to be controversial but I hate that thing everyone likes for no reason and I’m going to put that on this cantankerous social media site
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faves in 2025:
"Mighty Red" by Louise Erdrich
"This is Happiness" by Niall Williams
"Glorious Exploits" by Ferdia Lennon
"Rose/House" by Arkady Martine
"Round House" by Louise Erdrich
"God of the Woods" by Liz Moore
and...
"Oathbreakers" by me & @lollardfish.bsky.social
"Mighty Red" by Louise Erdrich
"This is Happiness" by Niall Williams
"Glorious Exploits" by Ferdia Lennon
"Rose/House" by Arkady Martine
"Round House" by Louise Erdrich
"God of the Woods" by Liz Moore
and...
"Oathbreakers" by me & @lollardfish.bsky.social
Please tell me your faves of the year so I can load up my library holds for 2026
Just finished my 150th book of the year so here are my faves!
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel
Woodworking, @emilystjams.bsky.social
A/S/L, @jeannethornton.bsky.social
Real Americans, Rachel Khong
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Kiran Desai
and, if I’m being honest, all of Dungeon Crawler Carl
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel
Woodworking, @emilystjams.bsky.social
A/S/L, @jeannethornton.bsky.social
Real Americans, Rachel Khong
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Kiran Desai
and, if I’m being honest, all of Dungeon Crawler Carl
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
faves in 2025:
"Mighty Red" by Louise Erdrich
"This is Happiness" by Niall Williams
"Glorious Exploits" by Ferdia Lennon
"Rose/House" by Arkady Martine
"Round House" by Louise Erdrich
"God of the Woods" by Liz Moore
and...
"Oathbreakers" by me & @lollardfish.bsky.social
"Mighty Red" by Louise Erdrich
"This is Happiness" by Niall Williams
"Glorious Exploits" by Ferdia Lennon
"Rose/House" by Arkady Martine
"Round House" by Louise Erdrich
"God of the Woods" by Liz Moore
and...
"Oathbreakers" by me & @lollardfish.bsky.social
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Welcome aboard MOBY-DICK WEEK at @flaminghydra.com, debuting with @benehrenreich.bsky.social reading aloud.
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
Whale hunt
Moby-Dick Week begins, with Ben Ehrenreich reading aloud
flaminghydra.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Welcome aboard MOBY-DICK WEEK at @flaminghydra.com, debuting with @benehrenreich.bsky.social reading aloud.
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
flaminghydra.com/issue-470/
It’s also responsible to grapple with the article Sonja wrote in which she in no way suggests what is being ascribed to her
Academics literally cannot make Gen AI go away. As in it is not possible to make it happen on a political, legal, and technical level. We do not and will not command the massive violence necessary to make chatGPT or Claude disappear. Responsible pedagogy grapples with the fact!
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It’s also responsible to grapple with the article Sonja wrote in which she in no way suggests what is being ascribed to her
What the fuck is he talking about with this Aquinas shit?
I had missed this latest delirium by Adrian Vermeule on birthright citizenship
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
December 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What the fuck is he talking about with this Aquinas shit?
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I don’t deserve this on Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I don’t deserve this on Christmas
This is in reference to the unjust firing of Melissa McCool, but it’s true of every right-wing harassment campaign
Universities and elite media need to be aware of this
Universities and elite media need to be aware of this
It did not "go viral". It was intentionally filmed and disseminated using a network of coordinated bots, amplified by an algorithm designed to spread this kind of content quickly. This was a harassment campaign, intended to silence everyone. Call it what it is.
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is in reference to the unjust firing of Melissa McCool, but it’s true of every right-wing harassment campaign
Universities and elite media need to be aware of this
Universities and elite media need to be aware of this
Oh hell yes
December 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Oh hell yes
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Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
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Since the Enlightenment we what, now?!
December 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Since the Enlightenment we what, now?!
I don’t deserve this on Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I don’t deserve this on Christmas
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Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
December 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
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My dad’s Christmas gift from me: thanks,
@chriskempshall.bsky.social
@lollardfish.bsky.social
@profgabriele.com
@mikeduncan.bsky.social !
@chriskempshall.bsky.social
@lollardfish.bsky.social
@profgabriele.com
@mikeduncan.bsky.social !
December 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My dad’s Christmas gift from me: thanks,
@chriskempshall.bsky.social
@lollardfish.bsky.social
@profgabriele.com
@mikeduncan.bsky.social !
@chriskempshall.bsky.social
@lollardfish.bsky.social
@profgabriele.com
@mikeduncan.bsky.social !
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@lollardfish.bsky.social @profgabriele.com The best Christmas since 800 CE
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@lollardfish.bsky.social @profgabriele.com The best Christmas since 800 CE
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No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
I hope @abigailspanberger.com looks at the VT BoV and some of the actions of current board members!
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger will nominate about 20 members of college governing boards as soon as she is inaugurated. She also could remove current members by claiming they committed malfeasance or
Spanberger could fire college board members, experts say
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger will nominate about 20 members of college governing boards as soon as she is inaugurated. She also could remove current members by claiming they committed malfeasance or
richmond.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I hope @abigailspanberger.com looks at the VT BoV and some of the actions of current board members!
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I was gifted a digital copy of "The Bright Ages" by @mekka.mekka-tech.com and I have not stopped talking about it. My wife got me physical copies for Christmas (in the hopes of shutting me up 🥰)!
Love the work of @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social
Love the work of @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I was gifted a digital copy of "The Bright Ages" by @mekka.mekka-tech.com and I have not stopped talking about it. My wife got me physical copies for Christmas (in the hopes of shutting me up 🥰)!
Love the work of @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social
Love the work of @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social
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i hope it has a happy ending
December 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
i hope it has a happy ending
Love that there’s now an online civil war between historians about what “real” history is because some racist professor and his groyper pals on X posted a dumb thing and then everyone here decided to fight one another while the professional burns
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Love that there’s now an online civil war between historians about what “real” history is because some racist professor and his groyper pals on X posted a dumb thing and then everyone here decided to fight one another while the professional burns
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It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
This might be the least necessary for Chreaster Catholics article ever
If it’s been a while since you’ve occupied a pew, stay alert, as some of what’s happening in the pews may be unexpected.
religionnews.com/2025/12/22/w...
religionnews.com/2025/12/22/w...
Are you a Christmas-only Catholic? What you need to know before going back to church.
(RNS) — 'The important thing,' said a Dominican friar, 'is to let your heart be engaged and let God love you sacramentally.'
religionnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This might be the least necessary for Chreaster Catholics article ever
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👀 👀 👀
(Chatting with Matt was great and I’m excited to talk dirtbag medievalism on @americanmedieval.bsky.social but this is a daunting list to be a part of!)
(Chatting with Matt was great and I’m excited to talk dirtbag medievalism on @americanmedieval.bsky.social but this is a daunting list to be a part of!)
big thanks to guest (so far!)
@goingmedieval.bsky.social
@greenleejw.bsky.social
@sarahebond.bsky.social
Roland Betancourt
Brett Whalen
@lollardfish.bsky.social
@anotheraspirin.bsky.social
and (next week!) @meganlcook.bsky.social
so many cool things in store for 2026
@goingmedieval.bsky.social
@greenleejw.bsky.social
@sarahebond.bsky.social
Roland Betancourt
Brett Whalen
@lollardfish.bsky.social
@anotheraspirin.bsky.social
and (next week!) @meganlcook.bsky.social
so many cool things in store for 2026
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
👀 👀 👀
(Chatting with Matt was great and I’m excited to talk dirtbag medievalism on @americanmedieval.bsky.social but this is a daunting list to be a part of!)
(Chatting with Matt was great and I’m excited to talk dirtbag medievalism on @americanmedieval.bsky.social but this is a daunting list to be a part of!)