historian with commitment issues
@gren-girl.bsky.social
graduate student. historian of horses, magic, and warfare with emphases on indigenous north america, iron age scandinavia, and medieval japan. run off spite, cat snuggles, and too many grand strategy games. yes, i agree i research too many things.
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flirting with people so I can get them to read my work
January 18, 2026 at 1:59 AM
flirting with people so I can get them to read my work
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Want to cowrite a book? I’ll do the consonants and you can do the vowels.
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Want to cowrite a book? I’ll do the consonants and you can do the vowels.
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Read the short-form history writing that moved, impressed, and taught @bunkhistory.bsky.social’s editors the most this year. www.bunkhistory.org/resources/be...
Best History Writing of 2025
The short-form history writing that moved, impressed, and taught our editors the most this year.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Read the short-form history writing that moved, impressed, and taught @bunkhistory.bsky.social’s editors the most this year. www.bunkhistory.org/resources/be...
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Worried about what'll happen to academic historiography if they ever get rid of the words "entangled," "negotiate," or "engage."
January 16, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Worried about what'll happen to academic historiography if they ever get rid of the words "entangled," "negotiate," or "engage."
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Does history come alive through mummy reconstruction?
January 13, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Does history come alive through mummy reconstruction?
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Earlier this year, I wrote the name of this book on a piece of paper and set it on fire, in a move that was very concerning to my spouse
Today I'm finishing the first draft of it, just months after finalizing the book that precedes it
So I guess all's well that gets well-burned in a fire
Today I'm finishing the first draft of it, just months after finalizing the book that precedes it
So I guess all's well that gets well-burned in a fire
December 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Earlier this year, I wrote the name of this book on a piece of paper and set it on fire, in a move that was very concerning to my spouse
Today I'm finishing the first draft of it, just months after finalizing the book that precedes it
So I guess all's well that gets well-burned in a fire
Today I'm finishing the first draft of it, just months after finalizing the book that precedes it
So I guess all's well that gets well-burned in a fire
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Anatolia’s First Phoenician Find: Human-Faced Glass Beads and Baby Jar Burials Unearthed ⛏️🇹🇷 arkeonews.net/anatolias-fi...
Anatolia’s First Phoenician Find: Human-Faced Glass Beads and Baby Jar Burials Unearthed - Arkeonews
Discover a historic first in Anatolia as archaeologists uncover Phoenician human-faced glass beads and rare baby jar burials at Oluz Höyük,
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December 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Anatolia’s First Phoenician Find: Human-Faced Glass Beads and Baby Jar Burials Unearthed ⛏️🇹🇷 arkeonews.net/anatolias-fi...
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Why *not* round out 2025 by listening to me chat about dirtbag medievalism and the theater kid to medievalist/medievalism pipeline?
hey hey! as promised, we're back with a new episode! here we talk with @meganlcook.bsky.social about book history (including how reading works now) and grungy, gritty "dirtbag" visions of the Middle Ages.
happy listening #medievalsky!
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happy listening #medievalsky!
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Dirtbag Medievalism with Megan L. Cook
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December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Why *not* round out 2025 by listening to me chat about dirtbag medievalism and the theater kid to medievalist/medievalism pipeline?
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There are a hundred literacy lessons that are central to building the skill, but the most important one in my life is, "who benefits from me thinking this way?"
December 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
There are a hundred literacy lessons that are central to building the skill, but the most important one in my life is, "who benefits from me thinking this way?"
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It was amazing to write with @ehayot.bsky.social & each of us put our stank into every part of this essay.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It was amazing to write with @ehayot.bsky.social & each of us put our stank into every part of this essay.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
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“The tribes now own the massacre site that for generations was in the hands of the Czywczynki family, which had previously operated a trading post and museum on the property. The tribes purchased the land in 2022 and now have had it placed permanently in their hands through the federal legislation.”
After 135 years, Wounded Knee Massacre site securely in Native hands - ICT
Monday ceremony doubled as anniversary ceremony and as a celebration of new preservation law for site of 1890 atrocity
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December 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“The tribes now own the massacre site that for generations was in the hands of the Czywczynki family, which had previously operated a trading post and museum on the property. The tribes purchased the land in 2022 and now have had it placed permanently in their hands through the federal legislation.”
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so many books i wanna read i'm going to explode
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
so many books i wanna read i'm going to explode
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The department of one person teaching everything
December 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The department of one person teaching everything
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You should make your new year's resolution to read more books. Especially nonfiction. Here's a good place to start
Out now - for those interested in Mongolian music, animals, and what worlds are possible after this one ends, A Song for the Horses is available in all the usual places as well as directly from the publisher here:
uapress.arizona.edu/book/a-song-...
uapress.arizona.edu/book/a-song-...
Song for the Horses | UAPress
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December 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You should make your new year's resolution to read more books. Especially nonfiction. Here's a good place to start
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My New Year's resolutions for 2026:
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
My New Year's resolutions for 2026:
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Some dude thought it would be cute to respond to one of my "this is a cool archaeology discovery" posts by mansplaining remote sensing to me and saying "Are you aware of this technology."
My dude. I wrote the textbook. (I eviscerated him naturally)
My dude. I wrote the textbook. (I eviscerated him naturally)
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Some dude thought it would be cute to respond to one of my "this is a cool archaeology discovery" posts by mansplaining remote sensing to me and saying "Are you aware of this technology."
My dude. I wrote the textbook. (I eviscerated him naturally)
My dude. I wrote the textbook. (I eviscerated him naturally)
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“Grandpa, I bet you would have loved this place.”
-Note left on our typewriter
-Note left on our typewriter
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“Grandpa, I bet you would have loved this place.”
-Note left on our typewriter
-Note left on our typewriter
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I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
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Rare medieval ‘cool S’
"Write! The written letter endures!" Scribal wit at the start of financial records for London bridge in 1424. Cleverly, the scribe created the letter 'S' by folding a speech scroll, so the form of the letter conveys the meaning of the conventional proverb, "speech is fleeting but writing endures."
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Rare medieval ‘cool S’
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Canvas has enabled me to do exactly nothing more than I did via email and a very basic, open source LLM I could post pdfs to back in 2010. Instead, Canvas has gotten between me and my students in multiple ways and created days worth of extra work for me each semester.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Canvas has enabled me to do exactly nothing more than I did via email and a very basic, open source LLM I could post pdfs to back in 2010. Instead, Canvas has gotten between me and my students in multiple ways and created days worth of extra work for me each semester.
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I write a newspaper column about Scottish history, historians and heritage.
I’m keen to feature more Early Career Researchers. Their work might not otherwise be publicised to a wide audience. Do you know anyone who might like to be in the column?
I’m keen to feature more Early Career Researchers. Their work might not otherwise be publicised to a wide audience. Do you know anyone who might like to be in the column?
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I write a newspaper column about Scottish history, historians and heritage.
I’m keen to feature more Early Career Researchers. Their work might not otherwise be publicised to a wide audience. Do you know anyone who might like to be in the column?
I’m keen to feature more Early Career Researchers. Their work might not otherwise be publicised to a wide audience. Do you know anyone who might like to be in the column?
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I’ve achieved my dream collection. #PhysicalMedia
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I’ve achieved my dream collection. #PhysicalMedia
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao