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Cullen Chandler

@chandlerprof.bsky.social
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Medievalist, historian, trying to talk about things like normal people talk about normal things.

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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Do I know anyone organizing for Leeds 2027? I might have an idea for a paper but not where to send it.
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Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Burned alive in a Tesla victim .. 175 (Reminder: the $1800 Ford Pinto went out of production for 27 fire victims in 3.2 million cars. As "Most fire hazardous car in automotive history" half a century ago) Tesla now has 175, in 10 million produced .. h/t @teslaqasia.bsky.social
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged. The very rich get richer, while working families struggle. Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, the billionaire class has never ever had it so good.
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Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated | Bernie Sanders
Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
the rights initial reaction to jan 6 is completely alien in retrospect bsky.app/profile/ndre...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
FT: “.. more than 53 per cent of registered voters said their finances had deteriorated since Trump returned to the White House ..” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/fd40...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/08/2026
The guy who did such an incredible job with the Reflecting Pool, Ballroom, Kennedy Center, National Mall, and Great American Fair is going to redesign our warships. What could go wrong?
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I was thinking the other day how those not in DC (I'm not) aren't hit as clearly with how Trump has turned the White House grounds into something between construction site and waste dump. Genuinely upsetting. Far from the worst thing he's done but among the most tangible and graphic.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A new study shows that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and over $1 trillion every year. The new research out of Yale shows that reductions in administrative overhead, lower pharmaceutical prices, less fraudulent billing, and fewer emergency care trips would lead to huge savings. /1
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Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year | Common Dreams
"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Years behind schedule, we just binge-watched S1 of The Flight Attendant. It was better than I thought it would be.
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Took a page out of my genius daughter’s book and just ate Cheetos with chopsticks to avoid getting orange fingers!
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just saw The Odyssey. Liked it. Especially the music.
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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 30/07/2026
Drought conditions worsening again in Maine
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Drought conditions worsening again in Maine
A lack of rain in July has curbed months of fairly steady improvement, and the U.S. Drought Monitor has placed much of Maine's coastline back under moderate drought conditions.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Kudos to Liverpool for actually running a 2-phase proof-of-concept pilot of Copilot rather than rushing to universal roll out. That universities that pride themselves on their research status have adopted a roll out first, test maybe later approach is telling. (And that Copilot is opted for, ditto).
timeshighereducation.com
Caution urged over blanket roll-out of AI to staff and students
Several universities have committed to giving everyone access to latest technology, but expert says a more nuanced approach is needed
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Is it too nerdy or otherwise foolish or unwise to get Charlemagne’s monogram as a tattoo?
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts 👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
It’s crazy to me this isn’t a daily refrain from Democrats.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Outgoing Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis are reportedly undecided about Todd Blanche's nomination for AG. A single GOP "No" vote in committee this Thursday could tank Blanche's nomination entirely. Call and tell them to reject Blanche: (202) 224-3121
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Essence of RBG 🦋 @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Donie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is exactly what I run into with conspiracy theorists — a stray, unverified claim gets treated as if it debunks the real story, and it almost always falls apart under scrutiny. Wild to hear that pattern showing up at 60 Minutes as Cecilia Vega describes it.
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Miles, knitting screaming agony werewolf @queermedieval.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Putting the success of Wilson's Odyssey translation on Nolan's film is breathtakingly misogynistic, every classicist and classics enjoyer I know has been extolling her translation's virtues for YEARS
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The only thing inevitable about AI is its failure I would love to put on a cap & gown and give this one-sentence speech to hundreds of CEOs
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This shit with Taylor Farms is exactly what I’m talking about when I say you may say you “don’t do politics,“ but politics are more than happy to do you. The microbes political bribes got out the door and into your intestines don’t particularly care that you find it all beneath you.
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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Only 5 days left!
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
“scheduled”
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 11/07/2026
Korea added ANOTHER 7 years to President Yoon's sentence this week. He's already in for life but there's constantly new trials to set precedent for every single thing he did wrong to be worthy of punishment. Elsewhere, political standards are so lax no one can even check if a dude's dead or not.
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Heading home from @imc-leeds.bsky.social after a good week of seeing research presentations, giving my own, and most of all reconnecting with my fellow historians and medievalists. Others (namely @drdragases.bsky.social) have posted about the IMC more eloquently, …
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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
No better metaphor for our times than a wave of preventable explosive diarrhea.
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A periodic reminder…
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Jon Dell Isola @medievaljon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Another month, another round up of new publications for #medievalsky
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What's New in Medieval Studies V (June 2026)
Welcome back to my monthly installment of new releases in medieval studies. Medieval is being used very expansively here, so expect some books dealing with Late Rome or the Renaissance if they look pa...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Holy buckets!
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Detained by ICE on her way to Mass yesterday, Sr. Letty is reunited finally with Sr. Norma Pimental, Pope Francis used called Sr. Norma his “favorite nun.” Quite a moment that shows the human face of rounding up people randomly.
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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
As @jdiscenza.bsky.social and others have pointed out, that's 11 stars. Not 13, for the original colonies. You know where you can find 11 states? Seceding from the US to form the Confederacy. Nazi symbolism AND Confederate! A twofer!
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Hoo boy… NED - MAR is like the old Bulls - Pistons in the 1990s NBA
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
‘Universities that aren’t fully committed to arts and humanities as a flourishing part of their science offering aren’t committing to the future.’ @christophersmith.bsky.social anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/w...
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Why an industrial strategy needs arts and humanities (and why UKRI are funding us to deliver it)
I joined UKRI six years ago because I was deeply attracted to the ambition of unifying curiosity led research and strategic or mission led interventions with the power of science to drive a just ec…
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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
51 recalls, 11 million vehicles, billions in costs. Another #AI success story!
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Higher education is not a political weapon. It is a public good, essential to democracy and central to our shared future. Freedom from political interference is integral to a robust higher education system that works for all. @afthighered.bsky.social stateline.org/2026/06/25/p...
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Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers • Stateline
Jennifer Brooks, a history professor at Auburn University, had barely unpacked from a trip out of town earlier this month when the messages started blowing up her phone. Texts from colleagues and rumo...
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Some amazing quotes in this article about how Ford replaced hundreds of engineers with AI, which broke a bunch of shit causing billions in damage and forcing them to rehire those people. www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai...
“Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it’s only as good as the information you use to train it,” said Charles Poon, Ford’s vice president of vehicle hardware engineering.“Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product.”
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” ~James Madison, 1822. Madison, 4th President of the United States from 1809-1817, died on this day 190 years ago: 6/28/1836. Image: Public domain.
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.

I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager’s office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “No farting.” I said, “It’s out.”That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.

I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.

That’s great advice for life.

It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.
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Dr Naomi Scott @drnaomiscott.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A lot of media coverage of the ‘AI’ reading of the Herculaneum scrolls really fails to understand what’s happened here. There’s no language processing happening, the AI/ML is not trained on a corpus of texts or language. It can detect ink to see shapes. HUMAN EXPERTS are then transcribing the text.
A screenshot from here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02-07-inside-herculaneum-scroll-seen-first-time-almost-2000-years

It explains that the machine learning involves only the detection of ink
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“Watergate pales in comparison to what we’re doing” is quite the thing to imply
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Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Y’all. I *just now* learned that, in Pennsylvania Dutch, the month of February is called Hanning. This apparently derives from Hanne, meaning “horn.” This means that the Pennsylvania Dutch are continuing Charlemagne’s initiative, recorded by Einhard, of calling the month Hornung.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 23/06/2026
No industry should receive a blanket exemption from accountability under the law. I'm urging Congress to reject Big Oil's immunity proposal and stand with states, taxpayers, and the rule of law — not special protections for powerful corporations.
Governor JB Pritzker joined nine fellow governors from across the country urging Congress to reject federal legislation that would grant sweeping legal protections to fossil fuel companies and limit the authority of states and local governments to enforce their own laws.Governor JB Pritzker joined nine fellow governors from across the country urging Congress to reject federal legislation that would grant sweeping legal protections to fossil fuel companies and limit the authority of states and local governments to enforce their own laws.Governor JB Pritzker joined nine fellow governors from across the country urging Congress to reject federal legislation that would grant sweeping legal protections to fossil fuel companies and limit the authority of states and local governments to enforce their own laws.
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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t... #USD #PB Out of sight will not result in out of mind no matter how hard Trump Regime tries hiding the Reflecting Pool behind fences. July 4 is right around the corner and DC is an utter disaster.All Trump’s fault. DC looks like an abandoned construction sight.
mediaite.com
Trump Admin Installs Chain-Link Fencing, Surveillance Cameras at Reflecting Pool
The Trump administration installed surveillance cameras and chain-link fencing around the Reflecting Pool on Tuesday.
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