Historian Around Town
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Everything I know about pop culture is 350 years out of date. She/her
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Reposting this, because it's the best alt text I have ever written.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reposting this, because it's the best alt text I have ever written.
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The newe Florence album ys amazinge
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The newe Florence album ys amazinge
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
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November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
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I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
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@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
Why Trump would be perfect for an honorary U-M doctoral degree
Awarding Trump an honorary doctoral degree would be an opportunity to recognize the long way the University has walked in less than two years. U-M juniors may still remember times when the campus code...
www.michigandaily.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
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I have found an EXCELLENT meme for the church history lecture on Wednesday (which includes the Great Schism)
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I have found an EXCELLENT meme for the church history lecture on Wednesday (which includes the Great Schism)
Yesterday morning,I used Banner to email my 4 classes. I sent 2 in-person classes the lecture materials from the Canvas module page. I emailed the readings to a third. I sent the direct link to Achieve to my online class and gave them an extension on last night's assignments...
According to more than a dozen college and uni students, “the Canvas outage threw off their schedules, preventing them from not just submitting and viewing assignments but also from participating in-class activities, contacting professors, and accessing the textbooks and other materials…”
The AWS Outage Was a Nightmare for College Students
The outage impacted online learning platform Canvas, which is used by half of college students across the US, leaving many unable to access course materials or contact professors.
www.wired.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yesterday morning,I used Banner to email my 4 classes. I sent 2 in-person classes the lecture materials from the Canvas module page. I emailed the readings to a third. I sent the direct link to Achieve to my online class and gave them an extension on last night's assignments...
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Huntsville AL No Kings and I know for a fact this shot did not capture everyone. 🫶🏻
#nokings #kindnessiscool
#nokings #kindnessiscool
October 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Huntsville AL No Kings and I know for a fact this shot did not capture everyone. 🫶🏻
#nokings #kindnessiscool
#nokings #kindnessiscool
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I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Top funny thing from @adapalmer.bsky.social ‘s INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE: “Filippino Lippi’s Saint Thomas Aquinas Interrupts the Annunciation to Introduce the Virgin Mary to Cardinal Carafa who paid for the painting, while patient Archangel Gabriel just has to wait.”
www.wga.hu/support/view...
www.wga.hu/support/view...
October 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Top funny thing from @adapalmer.bsky.social ‘s INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE: “Filippino Lippi’s Saint Thomas Aquinas Interrupts the Annunciation to Introduce the Virgin Mary to Cardinal Carafa who paid for the painting, while patient Archangel Gabriel just has to wait.”
www.wga.hu/support/view...
www.wga.hu/support/view...
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#CFP : Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination
cmrs.osu.edu/events/cfp-s...
cmrs.osu.edu/events/cfp-s...
CFP: Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination
Call for PapersStar Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance ImaginationPopular Culture and the Deep Past 2026
cmrs.osu.edu
October 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
#CFP : Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination
cmrs.osu.edu/events/cfp-s...
cmrs.osu.edu/events/cfp-s...
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Please stop posting AI generated videos to show how bad they are.
October 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Please stop posting AI generated videos to show how bad they are.
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"I’ve concluded that instead of teaching students to read and write, I should be teaching them how to prompt AI better. If only I’d had a better education in AI prompt writing, I’d be able to get AI to create more AI-proof teaching materials for me."
I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers
I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...
buff.ly
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"I’ve concluded that instead of teaching students to read and write, I should be teaching them how to prompt AI better. If only I’d had a better education in AI prompt writing, I’d be able to get AI to create more AI-proof teaching materials for me."
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New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.
September 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.
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When historians talk about the coming “archive apocalypse,” this is what they mean.
LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later.
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
When historians talk about the coming “archive apocalypse,” this is what they mean.
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If you've been using a 📌 emoji to bookmark posts, @rafael.my and @samuel.bsky.team cooked up a special tool you can use to migrate them to your Saved Posts.
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Migrate your Bluesky 📌 replies to saved posts.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you've been using a 📌 emoji to bookmark posts, @rafael.my and @samuel.bsky.team cooked up a special tool you can use to migrate them to your Saved Posts.
Try it here: pin2saved.vercel.app
Try it here: pin2saved.vercel.app
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Here’s a picture of the Moon right now just in case weather or location do not permit you to see it.
September 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Here’s a picture of the Moon right now just in case weather or location do not permit you to see it.
Here's a picture of my sweet Ginger facing her fears. She died in May at 22 years old. I miss her so much.
September 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Here's a picture of my sweet Ginger facing her fears. She died in May at 22 years old. I miss her so much.