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Brian Ulrich
@brianjulrich.bsky.social
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Professor of History @ShippensburgU, focused on Middle East since the rise of Islam, author of The Medieval Persian Gulf (https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700046/the-medieval-persian-gulf/), views are my own
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Nap time #cats
A sleeping cat curled into a ball next to human's leg
October 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Nap time for #bobcats at ZooAmerica in Hershey, Pennsylvania
Two bobcats sleeping next to each other on a ledge stretched out in opposite directions
September 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Finally reading @vhtroyansky.bsky.social's book!
Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State
August 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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A cat and her package
July 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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A tortoiseshell cat lay on me with arm extended while I lie down
June 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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#NoKings #CarlislePA
No Kings protest on Carlisle, Pennsylvania square No Kings protest on Carlisle, Pennsylvania square No kings protest on Carlisle, Pennsylvania square
June 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Facebook memories tell me I was in Bellinzona a year ago today #Switzerland #castle
A castle in Switzerland on a gorgeous day
June 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Current status
An outdoor black metal lattice table with a cold brew coffee a Beth Berkowitz's book Animals and Animality in the Babylonian Talmud
May 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Reading and thinking about political power in eastern Arabia
A cup of Denim Coffee, a book on a folder, and open laptop with a background picture from Dammam, all on top of a small coffeehouse table
May 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Alert in the front yard
A green eyed tortoiseshell cat in a gray harness in a yard with grass and mulch, looking mostly to the side towards the camera
May 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Time for some reading
A copy of Rachel Schine's Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race and a coffee in a Denim Coffee to go cup on a table
March 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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You are on my library's new book shelf
January 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Good grief
January 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Seeing @lollardfish.bsky.social and @profgabriele.com at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg
January 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Here is mine
December 19, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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I am guessing that this alleged Qarmatian "proto-socialism" comes from accounts of what was really a distributive state. Here is the relevant paragraph from my book.
December 12, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Time for this again
"I was an anthro mjor in college and everyone was like 'What are you going to do with that?! Now that I am working in industry, my team leaders are all like 'Wow, you really seem to understand our customers and do a great job telling their story and communicating their needs to stakeholders.' Yup...you learn things about people and storytelling in the arts and humanities and cultural studies. Who knew?"
December 5, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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Grading supervisor
Torture cat loafing on the back of a couch with head cocked and looking down a bit
November 20, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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Google AI thinks Egyptians eat cat to celebrate the Prophet's birthday?
Screen shot of Google AI overview on the Prophet' mawlid saying it "is a popular Islamic celebration in Egypt that often includes eating large quantities of cat, coffee, and tea"
November 19, 2024 at 2:21 AM
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This might be the night I get to start @simchagross.bsky.social's book!
The book Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity
November 12, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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Quote: "I was an anthro major in college and everyone was like 'What are you going to do with that?!' Now that I am working in industry my team leaders are all like 'Wow you really seem to understand our customers and do a great job telling their story and communicating their needs to stakeholders.' Yup...you learn things about people and storytelling in the arts and humanities and cultural studies. Who knew?"
November 10, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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Here is a cat whose human cluttered her snuggling spot while writing a book
November 10, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Waiting for Tuesday
November 3, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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Now that we have videos, I can finally show the sacrifices my #cat made in the writing of my book The Medieval Persian Gulf a couple of years ago
September 16, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #815,398!
September 16, 2024 at 9:42 PM