Mikki Brock
@mikkibrock.bsky.social
historian of religion, the supernatural, & gender in early modern Scotland | professor at W&L | views mine | she/her.
However we respond to this sort of news, it’s essential to keep in mind that there are *fantastic* scholars working at these institutions. What is happening to universities in Texas and elsewhere is heartbreaking.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
However we respond to this sort of news, it’s essential to keep in mind that there are *fantastic* scholars working at these institutions. What is happening to universities in Texas and elsewhere is heartbreaking.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
I choose being in the woods with a bear over reading/listening to this.
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I choose being in the woods with a bear over reading/listening to this.
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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This year, the John Ben Snow Prize is awarded to Melissa Reynolds for her book Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print. Congrats @melkatrey.bsky.social !! 👏 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This year, the John Ben Snow Prize is awarded to Melissa Reynolds for her book Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print. Congrats @melkatrey.bsky.social !! 👏 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
I’ve seen enough: this is the best and most hopeful night of 2025, by far. The bar—which is admittedly on the floor—has been mercifully cleared.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I’ve seen enough: this is the best and most hopeful night of 2025, by far. The bar—which is admittedly on the floor—has been mercifully cleared.
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whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
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even if you knew that a spanberger win was a given, it is really wild to see this kind of electoral dunk in virginia. the last thing like it was bob mcdonnell's win in 2009 over creigh deeds
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
even if you knew that a spanberger win was a given, it is really wild to see this kind of electoral dunk in virginia. the last thing like it was bob mcdonnell's win in 2009 over creigh deeds
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The president who hosted Nick Fuentes for dinner
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The president who hosted Nick Fuentes for dinner
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Happy Halloween 🎃 Our new interdisciplinary series, Manchester Studies in the Supernatural, launches today. If you work on ghosts 👻, witches 🧙♀️, demons 😈, or other spooky beings, please do reach out.
@devilprof.bsky.social @mikkibrock.bsky.social @vetur.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
@devilprof.bsky.social @mikkibrock.bsky.social @vetur.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃 Our new interdisciplinary series, Manchester Studies in the Supernatural, launches today. If you work on ghosts 👻, witches 🧙♀️, demons 😈, or other spooky beings, please do reach out.
@devilprof.bsky.social @mikkibrock.bsky.social @vetur.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
@devilprof.bsky.social @mikkibrock.bsky.social @vetur.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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I am so excited to be working on our new, interdisciplinary Studies in the Supernatural series. If you're working on the supernatural, the occult, the eerie, the other, please do get in touch!
Announcing a brand new series launching this #Halloween 👻
Manchester Studies in the Supernatural explores how the #supernatural shapes human experience across time and place.
Bridging disciplines and challenging boundaries, it welcomes bold new research on the #occult and the #unseen
Manchester Studies in the Supernatural explores how the #supernatural shapes human experience across time and place.
Bridging disciplines and challenging boundaries, it welcomes bold new research on the #occult and the #unseen
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I am so excited to be working on our new, interdisciplinary Studies in the Supernatural series. If you're working on the supernatural, the occult, the eerie, the other, please do get in touch!
Exciting Halloween news for scholars of things that go bump in the night:
Our new interdisciplinary series is here from @manchesterup.bsky.social! The series seeks proposals that examine the supernatural (broadly conceived) in innovative ways. Please get in touch if you have ideas or questions!
Our new interdisciplinary series is here from @manchesterup.bsky.social! The series seeks proposals that examine the supernatural (broadly conceived) in innovative ways. Please get in touch if you have ideas or questions!
Announcing a brand new series launching this #Halloween 👻
Manchester Studies in the Supernatural explores how the #supernatural shapes human experience across time and place.
Bridging disciplines and challenging boundaries, it welcomes bold new research on the #occult and the #unseen
Manchester Studies in the Supernatural explores how the #supernatural shapes human experience across time and place.
Bridging disciplines and challenging boundaries, it welcomes bold new research on the #occult and the #unseen
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Exciting Halloween news for scholars of things that go bump in the night:
Our new interdisciplinary series is here from @manchesterup.bsky.social! The series seeks proposals that examine the supernatural (broadly conceived) in innovative ways. Please get in touch if you have ideas or questions!
Our new interdisciplinary series is here from @manchesterup.bsky.social! The series seeks proposals that examine the supernatural (broadly conceived) in innovative ways. Please get in touch if you have ideas or questions!
Them: “Professor Brock, are you doing anything scary for Halloween?”
Me: “I’m sure I’ll read the news.”
Happy Halloween 2025, everyone! 👻🎃😬🫣
Me: “I’m sure I’ll read the news.”
Happy Halloween 2025, everyone! 👻🎃😬🫣
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Them: “Professor Brock, are you doing anything scary for Halloween?”
Me: “I’m sure I’ll read the news.”
Happy Halloween 2025, everyone! 👻🎃😬🫣
Me: “I’m sure I’ll read the news.”
Happy Halloween 2025, everyone! 👻🎃😬🫣
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so the news is that i have done the unthinkable and... started a podcast.
"American Medieval" - because if we've never been fully modern, maybe it's because we've always been a little bit medieval.
the trailer has now dropped! please have a listen -->
patreon.com/americanmedieval
"American Medieval" - because if we've never been fully modern, maybe it's because we've always been a little bit medieval.
the trailer has now dropped! please have a listen -->
patreon.com/americanmedieval
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
so the news is that i have done the unthinkable and... started a podcast.
"American Medieval" - because if we've never been fully modern, maybe it's because we've always been a little bit medieval.
the trailer has now dropped! please have a listen -->
patreon.com/americanmedieval
"American Medieval" - because if we've never been fully modern, maybe it's because we've always been a little bit medieval.
the trailer has now dropped! please have a listen -->
patreon.com/americanmedieval
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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What to expect in Hell: an early sixteenth-century painting that's so striking that it's setting off all the content filters on here! Here are some details; essay in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social.
#Monstertober #Spookyseason 🗃
#Monstertober #Spookyseason 🗃
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What to expect in Hell: an early sixteenth-century painting that's so striking that it's setting off all the content filters on here! Here are some details; essay in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social.
#Monstertober #Spookyseason 🗃
#Monstertober #Spookyseason 🗃
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
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i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
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The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy