Thomas Hallock
@tbhallock.bsky.social
Early America, urban environmentalism, Floridiana. Teacher & Writer. Dad. Love native plant gardening & ill-advised outdoor adventures.
Teaching pro-tip. Stop grading online. Ask students to turn in their essays in print form. I am reading student work at dawn (okay, class at 2), and even as I grade, I feel fully human with them.
March 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Teaching pro-tip. Stop grading online. Ask students to turn in their essays in print form. I am reading student work at dawn (okay, class at 2), and even as I grade, I feel fully human with them.
Humanities scholars, we've been training our whole lives for this moment. Call out bullshit. At every level.
March 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Humanities scholars, we've been training our whole lives for this moment. Call out bullshit. At every level.
30 years into scholarly publishing, and I'm pretty sure, there's not much more humbling than proofing a bibliography.
March 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
30 years into scholarly publishing, and I'm pretty sure, there's not much more humbling than proofing a bibliography.
Just ate a booger on a Zoom call. First time caught, I think.
March 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just ate a booger on a Zoom call. First time caught, I think.
Last night I dreamt that @robynhitchcock.bsky.social referenced my academic monograph in a song. It was glorious.
March 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Last night I dreamt that @robynhitchcock.bsky.social referenced my academic monograph in a song. It was glorious.
#RhiannonGiddens is a national treasure.
I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.
February 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#RhiannonGiddens is a national treasure.
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This is how it’s done.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is how it’s done.
Love that classroom moment when you've read good stuff, taken them to a cool place ... and they start to write.
February 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Love that classroom moment when you've read good stuff, taken them to a cool place ... and they start to write.
I finished my annual review for work 11 1/2 hours before it was due. May I please have a pat on the head?
February 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I finished my annual review for work 11 1/2 hours before it was due. May I please have a pat on the head?
You can ban the music, you can't stop the song.
February 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
You can ban the music, you can't stop the song.
Five years ago, I traveled the southern coast of the #gulfofmexico by bus. Wrote about my journey in @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social. Re-posting this article, in hopes my words reach the President.
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/10-anniversa...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/10-anniversa...
Will Florida Still Draw Tourists If It Permits Oil Drilling?
For five pesos, I could hold the crocodilio. The handler stood in the shadows of Veracruz's boardwalk. When I asked why he had an alligator, he told me
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February 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Five years ago, I traveled the southern coast of the #gulfofmexico by bus. Wrote about my journey in @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social. Re-posting this article, in hopes my words reach the President.
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/10-anniversa...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/10-anniversa...
#TypewriterTuesday. Letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, concerning #USAID cuts, on the 1950s Royal Quiet DeLuxe my mom used in college. How are you contacting the government otday?
February 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#TypewriterTuesday. Letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, concerning #USAID cuts, on the 1950s Royal Quiet DeLuxe my mom used in college. How are you contacting the government otday?
A call to typewriter enthusiasts: #TypewriterTuesday. I propose once a week, say lunch hour every Tuesday, we type (or hand write on stationery) a letter to an elected official. Personal, epistolary engagement with our politicians. We can share our letters on a common group or page. Who's in?
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A call to typewriter enthusiasts: #TypewriterTuesday. I propose once a week, say lunch hour every Tuesday, we type (or hand write on stationery) a letter to an elected official. Personal, epistolary engagement with our politicians. We can share our letters on a common group or page. Who's in?
Gathering up people and shipping them off to camps.
February 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Gathering up people and shipping them off to camps.
Reading grad school applications. Advice: do NOT open a statement of purpose, "I have loved literature since I was a child." Definite no-no. Pass the word on to your graduating students.
February 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Reading grad school applications. Advice: do NOT open a statement of purpose, "I have loved literature since I was a child." Definite no-no. Pass the word on to your graduating students.
Late to the party here, but damn--archivally grounded, connect-the-dots study.
February 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Late to the party here, but damn--archivally grounded, connect-the-dots study.
Professor friends! Small step to bring back joy in teaching. Ask for hard copies, rather than reading work online. Encourage students to type, or if their handwriting is neat, go that route. Far more connected to their words when we are working from a shared page.
January 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Professor friends! Small step to bring back joy in teaching. Ask for hard copies, rather than reading work online. Encourage students to type, or if their handwriting is neat, go that route. Far more connected to their words when we are working from a shared page.
Scholar Friends: When gathering archival materials, when and where do you stop? I am pulling together a cultural history of the Seminole War, and 30 pages into the bibliography, no end in sight. State papers to lachrymose poetry to glass bottomed boat name.
January 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Scholar Friends: When gathering archival materials, when and where do you stop? I am pulling together a cultural history of the Seminole War, and 30 pages into the bibliography, no end in sight. State papers to lachrymose poetry to glass bottomed boat name.
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Worth your attention today
www.openculture.com/2022/01/toni...
www.openculture.com/2022/01/toni...
Toni Morrison Lists the 10 Steps That Lead Countries to Fascism (1995)
Image by Angela Radulescu, via Wikimedia Commons
The term fascism gets thrown around a great deal these days, not always with high regard to consistency of meaning. Much like Orwellian, it now seems o...
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January 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Worth your attention today
www.openculture.com/2022/01/toni...
www.openculture.com/2022/01/toni...
Question about student reading. I have several who will not read or even buy books. One student, who had not completed the homework for one class, lamented the 15 page "wall of text" in another. I've cut back on page count. I feel old & out of touch, standing before a generational shift. Solutions?
January 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Question about student reading. I have several who will not read or even buy books. One student, who had not completed the homework for one class, lamented the 15 page "wall of text" in another. I've cut back on page count. I feel old & out of touch, standing before a generational shift. Solutions?
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As the Trump administration & many state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks on higher education as a public good, the AAUP urges colleges & universities to resist the coming onslaught of political interference & defend the core values of higher education.
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www.aaup.org/news/against...
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www.aaup.org/news/against...
Against Anticipatory Obedience
While administrators and faculty members may have to comply with legislation and court orders, even where these run counter to our values and to professional and constitutional principles, we are free...
www.aaup.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As the Trump administration & many state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks on higher education as a public good, the AAUP urges colleges & universities to resist the coming onslaught of political interference & defend the core values of higher education.
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www.aaup.org/news/against...
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www.aaup.org/news/against...