Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 22hThe death penalty has effectively no measurable deterrent effect. (A minority of researchers think it may do the opposite: that executions actually cause a small rise in murders.) This is cruelty for the sake of titillation. 060
Reposted by Laura Davulisdr. e. katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026BARCS is doing an adoption event this Saturday (10/10) at the Fire Museum of Maryland ( @firemuseummd.bsky.social ), 12 to 4pm, w/ kittens and dogs according to the BARCS facebook page 2177
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Animals at BARCS.org who found their forever humans this week: Hoppenheimer (bunny), Pupperoni (dog), Rap-tile (lizard) and Yeehaw! (cat; emphasis in original) 000
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I guess I only vaguely knew that this was a thing? E.g., mastersofmystery.com/collections/...mastersofmystery.comMurder Mystery Party Games & Kits | Masters of MysteryHost a murder mystery party for 4-20 players. Instant-play and boxed kits, each with a full host guide, character booklets, clues and costume ideas. 120
Reposted by Laura DavulisUniversity of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026UC Press’s designers make books that are beautiful and conceptually sharp, and we're looking for a Senior Book Designer to join our Oakland-based team. Love typography, visual storytelling, and books? We’d love to see your portfolio and resume. www.ucpress.edu/about/careers 01813
Reposted by Laura DavulisUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We're looking for an intern - join our publicity team! 025
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It is not too early to start working on your book about Battle of Hastings, to be published for the 1000th anniversary. Trust me on this. You’ve had a millennium to prepare; do not leave this until the last second. (Gift link)wsj.comBrits Are Arguing Over Who Gets to See a 230-Foot Long Embroidered ClothThe arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry from France has sparked a class war in England. 032
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026*deep sigh of exhaustion* yes, we have a book on that press.jhu.edu/books/title/...press.jhu.eduOn Nixon's MadnessAn Emotional History 051
Reposted by Laura DavulisMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration 3433581066
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We at @hopkinspress.bsky.social already knew he was very extremely super smart, but good to see everyone else is catching up. Congrats, @arielron.bsky.social!macfound.orgAriel RonUncovering the role of Northern agriculture in economic growth and the expansion of federal power in nineteenth-century America. 073
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This really feels like a question that doesn’t need to be outsourced to Google’s AI. Look into your own heart and you’ll know the answer. 082
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wasn’t sure about this one going into it, but “Primetime,” the movie about To Catch A Predator starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, is very, very good. (It is not celebratory.) 020
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yes! Have even located vegetarian hotpot source locally 020
Reposted by Laura DavulisDael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 26/09/2026this movie is correct, subtext is for cowards 111
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Russia thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment,” he said. “They deliberately damage, erase, extinguish everything which is connected with Ukrainian culture.” (gift link)nytimes.comRussian Attacks Destroy Millions of Books, the Heart of Ukrainian Culture (Gift Article)A publisher whose warehouse was hit twice said Moscow “thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment.” 120
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Oh the last one was alive. I had forgotten that detail, sorry. 010
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Again? How does this keep happening?thebanner.com14-foot python found dead on Trash Wheel in Gwynns FallsA 14-foot python was found on the Trash Wheel in Gwynns Falls Tuesday. 140
Reposted by Laura DavulisGreg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A gentle reminder for those celebrating the US News College Rankings that they are mostly hooey-- www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @hopkinspress.bsky.social #EDUsky #AcademicSky 0116
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We all need something to look forward to. Personally, I am looking forward to a future where I don’t send or receive some variation on this text every single day. 010
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And the question was this: name the capital city at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile. For a bonus, name the country in which the Blue Nile originates. (We got both.) 010
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Welcome to “Books I Published That Helped Me To Win A Pub Trivia Match Years Or Decades Later,” an occasional Bluesky series. Tonight’s book is Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure by Tim Jeal:yalebooks.yale.eduExplorers of the NileFrom the best-selling author of Stanley, a riveting account of the explorers who risked everything in their search for the source of the Nile Nothing obsesse... 120
Reposted by Laura DavulisAudra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Traditionally one does not announce the location of one's quick-response lethal weapons center in the nation's capital, but Trump is nothing is not an innovator 184
Reposted by Laura DavulisHopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hopkins Press authors will be at the Baltimore Book Festival this weekend. Don’t miss: Sunday, 9/20, 11:00 am: Joanne Kenen, Joshua Sharfstein, and Lymari Morales present "Information Sick” (offsite at The Study at Johns Hopkins) www.eventbrite.com/e... 134
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“And Italian units need more water than other nations because, the rules say, they use it to make pasta.” Bless. Godspeed. This rules. 020
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026NEW (to us but not to the indigenous people of the region) KITTY ALERT 010
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A duck at BARCS.org named Fleetwood Quack found their forever home this week. I thought you would want to know. 072
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I can’t stop you from using AI to draft or polish a pitch letter for your book proposal. But I can tell you that if you do, you really should read it very closely before sending because sometimes it just makes stuff up about (a) you, (b) your book, (c) me, or (d) my employer, and sometimes all four 1142
Reposted by Laura DavulisBenjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How awesome would it be to live in a world where you express a historical opinion and Jamelle Bouie pops up like the State Farm guy to engage with you? 2193
Reposted by Laura DavulisAmy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 14/09/2026hello, edibuddies, an annual publication that I do copyediting for is looking for a new proofreader. Most of the freelance folks I know are copyeditors or developmental editors, so I'd be glad of any recommendations for folks who proofread academic work in the humanities/social sciences. thanks! 11137
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Also as a Laura I can confirm, we are awesome, forget your Neals, you don’t need ‘em 120
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Walked into my local neighborhood watering hole for a lil salty snack and a marg and happened upon…some of the best live music I’ve heard in years? I love this city, some insanely talented weirdo lurks around every corner 170
Reposted by Laura Davulisderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This idea applies to other things. If you wear a big sun hat, a polo shirt, and a pair of baggy cargo shorts to the zoo, you can tell people wholly fabricated, rather incorrect information about the animals and they will believe you. 1945667550
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Baltimore, you have approximately 90 minutes of absolutely perfect sit in the park and read a book weather left before sunset tonight 082
Reposted by Laura DavulisAudra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Disappointed to learn this isn't a reality show *about* university presses 0153
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026back then—this is true—the days weren’t any shorter and opportunities to do right weren’t any fewer (from today's Poem-a-Day, "A Brief History of Condensation Trails" by Daniela Danz) poets.org/poem-a-daypoets.orgPoem-a-DayPoem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previousl 031
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today in “museum artifacts that need just a skosh more explanation and context than what is currently on offer” 171
Reposted by Laura DavulisKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The 9.11 shaped hole in our lives. @jennifersenior.bsky.social's will always be the story that best captures the haunting. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comWhat Bobby McIlvaine Left BehindBobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the attacks. Two decades later, his loved ones are still grappling with the loss. 2197
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Yeah, it’s frustrating. Seems to be a post-submission glitch and that is what I am hearing from others—no intent to claim 100%. (And yet here we all are, doing more paperwork.) 210
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Your publisher can almost certainly fix this faster than you can, assuming they agree that it's a mistake, and additionally everyone there gets paid to deal with this crap--let them handle it 110
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Please rest assured that we are in full-on glasses off, pinching bridge of nose, eyes shut while asking clarifying questions mode on this 070
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Re: Anthropic (are you sick of thinking about this yet?) and speaking generally about the situation overall: it's a glitch, we are fixing it, longer statement to follow, you should still email me (or your editor if that person is not me) if you got one of those "JHUP is claiming 100%" emails. 2118
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I understand that this is not our biggest problem here but words do mean things 030