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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Esther Liberman Cuenca @estherlcuenca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're hiring a TT position in U.S. History (open field) at Texas A&M University-Victoria! We're looking for those willing to teach applied history. Review of apps begins 10/24. Not on the search committee but can answer any questions as dept chair. tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMUV_...

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Assistant Professor - History

Job TitleAssistant Professor - History Agency Texas A&M University - Victoria Department College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Proposed Minimum SalaryCommensurate Job LocationVictoria, Tex...

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Men, stop telling women you denounce sexual assault and start telling your male friends.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

This right here, and it’s not just about rape. It’s literally anything he does wrong.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Beer predates cities. Beer predates agriculture. Beer predates domesticated sheep. Beer predates the end of the Ice Age. Given more finds like this, it is possible beer could be found to predate dogs.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

1, I became a historian because it gave me an excuse to study everything: history of religion, " math, " architecture, " language, etc. 2, I had my local library to order engineering and architecture books (not my specialty). 3, stop thinking of students as jobs 1st and people last. Educate people

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"Am I missing something here?

In what universe would an engineering student ever study history?!

Do many history students study engineering?!

I *enjoyed* history at school, and I was *good* at it. But no way would I ever have studied it at university."

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

[Reads lyrics, growls in historian]: "Did Petrarch write this?!"

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A friend who loves the musical "Something Rotten" asked me to look at the lyrics to "Welcome to the Renaissance" for a historian's commentary and... 😬 ...I really just want to plead the 5th here.

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Abby @arobertswrites.com · 25/09/2026

A case for having an outline before you start writing.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

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Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Dear Current Events, I love reading about the French Revolution and the fall of the Bastille (a highly visible fortified arsenal in Paris), but I'd rather read about other things at this time. Please refrain from giving me reasons to change this policy. Sincerely, etc.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I imagine 17th c. French historians on this app are looking at their feeds, wondering why people are misquoting that saying attributed to Louis XIV, and then getting really, really sad.

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

**[The treaty] includes lines like, "He is a brother to me and he is at peace with me; and I am a brother to him and I am forever at peace with him”.. l."The country of Egypt and the country of [the Hittite Empire] will be forever in a state of peace and of fraternity as it is with us."**

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Impersonating Deities: The Paradox of Toleration and Opportunism within the Jedi Order."

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Second Brain Pippin 🤝 Hannibal Lecter

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The encounter against Great Caesar's Ghost got some tweaks made to it. Ex. Rogue's backstab has been nerfed.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Historians are taught to think "It didn't have to happen the way it did" as a tool to consider causality, contingency, and the factors that influence events and memory. As a student, I used it mostly without passion. More and more, however, it feels so very tragic, eps when applied to the present.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"What's with the sniper tower?" "It stands for triumph." "That bunker?" "Eternal peace." "All the bullet-proof glass?" "Fellowship." "That gun you're pointing at me?" "Friendly curiosity." "Do you understand English?" "Room with a view."

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Anyone else get the urge to play a Sid Meier game whenever they read military strategy?

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One of the biggest "Aha!" moments I ever got from college students while I was teaching was when I told them, like any essay, all maps have a thesis, an argument they are trying to make and convince you about. A map is never neutral.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I just finished DMing a 5e game for a public library program. It was my first time, but the program has been in swing for 2 years. Quite enjoyable.

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 19/09/2026

Insisting that LLMs are Not People is not an academic argument about the nature of sapience or free will. It's a rejection of accountability laundering. If non-determinism made machines responsible for their own actions then revolvers used in Russian Roulette should be indicted for murder.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My historically accurate version of the Odyssey did not dominate the box office as I hoped.

Wishbone the dog dressed for battle as Odysseus.

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Rabbi Rachel Barenblat @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Timeline cleanse.

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WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Once again, the median pay for an adjunct professor in the United States of America is $3,500 per course. Not per month, per course.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They are the Nazi problem

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026

True story.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Address to be recorded by Leni Riefenstahl.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’”

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I subbed for a hs civics teacher who left a recording of himself lecturing on the Constitution, in which he said Magna Carta "was actually a Spanish document." I . . . *twitch*gently*twitch* . . . told the students otherwise.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 13/09/2026

Saoirse is in an afterschool program, and today she excitedly told me all about the SMART test for evaluating the credibility of information (source, motivation, author, review, two-sources). I can think of a lot of adults who would benefit from this class designed for 4th and 5th graders.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I wish I was still teaching my "History of the British Isles" college class.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Went outside with the dog late last night. After recording and trimming videos of a lot of waiting, I got this still. I love Midwest storms.

The sky at night. Forked lightning blazes across horizontally.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Someone put each of them in a different colored uniform and give them thematic super powers stat!

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Why is broccoli disgusting? Really, why? It tastes *great* when properly cooked. I say this because as kids we heard people "joke" that it was bad. It made us think we *should* hate it. I *never* made "bad broccoli" jokes to my kid. She loves broccoli. THAT's why you don't share propaganda.

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Kronk Asks 'More Broccoli?'

Alt: Kronk, a large cartoon man, from The Emperor’s New Groove, asking "More broccoli?"

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Make a band edible: Jimmy Buffet (His last name is missing the second "t")

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As someone who got a phd writing about the evolution of Christian apocalyptic rhetoric and its transformation from an inward-looking search for personal salvation to an outward-glaring call to violence, this is...exactly that, on both sides of the podium: Messianic, anti-introspection, and vicious.

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

To write about the Middle Ages for a popular audience, you need three things: 1: noun 2: verb 3: BS

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Bailey Poletti @baileypoletti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hey, honey! Do we have €83,151? 'No'? You sure?

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