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Thomas Lecaque

@tlecaque.bsky.social
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Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 4h
(The Faculty Senate President is our DM, the party is the Dean, three department chairs, and me. Sometimes being an adult is awesome.)
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 4h
Playing D&D on campus with friends, am I 20 or 41? Either way, hell yes.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 5h
I don't know if you're joking or not because I absolutely believe they'd partner with someone like that.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 5h
This is the funniest shit on earth except for all the war crimes.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 11h
I would resign and move out of the Midwest.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 11h
Imagine fucking up college football teams when you're the Senator from Missouri. Fucking tool.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Given this appalling response from university administration, I have no choice but to declare a new policy directive…implementing an immediate moratorium on all student event & special event permits, including, but not limited to Greek life.” - Mayor of Ithaca, actually doin’ shit
mytwintiers.com
Ithaca Mayor responds to reopened sexual assault case
ITHACA, N.Y. (WETM) – Robert G. Cantelmo, Mayor of Ithaca, has issued a statement on suspending Greek life at Cornell University until certain official procedures are put into place. Below is the s…
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 29/09/2026
so DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD and THE UPRISING - colorless, brutal films - bombed in US theaters meanwhile, Phoebe Bridgers & Troye Sivan banged out fun medieval videos & my students are excited about the brand-new local Ren Fest as @tlecaque.bsky.social suggested, this the end of grim dark medievalism?
pca.st
September Medieval News with David M. Perry & Thomas Lecaque
Medieval in the neeeeeeews… This week we talk Bayeux Tapestry, the anti-LLM vibes in our classrooms, and how to ethically use technology in studying the past. Plus no one knows about “Game of…
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This could bring Bardella down. Not even so much the antisemitism of his youth but the fact that he denies them and sues. No coming back from that except for being right… and I doubt he is.
reuters.com
French far-right leader Bardella says he has filed lawsuit over antisemitic remarks claim
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella said on Monday ‌he had filed a defamation lawsuit against investigative website Mediapart over a report alleging he made antisemitic remarks in private messages...
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fair enough.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And every single administrator at Cornell involved in assigning fucking essays to rapists should die of old age in jail alongside those men.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Greek system should be put to the torch and the earth salted so nothing can grow in its place.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I... hate them so much, the Trump admin, their staff, their syncophants. God damn them.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OK but also I love a new heresy.
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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I took a personal day today and finally had time to read @medievaljay.bsky.social's excellent latest article, "Rebellion, Adultery, and Romance in Frankish Jerusalem: Melisende and Hugh of Jaffa Reconsidered," 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 (Jul. 2026). DOI: 10.1080/14765276.2026.2688757. I'm convinced!
A set of five screenshots from the movie "The Princess Bride," showing the Grandfather (Peter Falk) explaining the book he's about to read to his Grandson (Fred Savage). Grandson: "Has it got any sports in it?" Grandfather: "Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenger, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles..." Grandson: "Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try and stay awake."
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It’s putting a mind virus into a kid’s head, which is what education is. And it’s being done by a teacher you trust.”
theamericanvandal.com
All Our Kids Will Go To Alpha School
On the plans to hyperscale Alpha School’s “AI” tutoring software to “a billion kids.”
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Chris Cantwell @cdc29.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our students are interested in doing a symposium on music & resistance in America's pasts & presents. My familiarity is with the folks who wrote on labor songs, but most of them have moved on. Who would you recommend my students consider as participants? Who is working in this space? 🗃️
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People this fundamentally broken and weird should be in therapy, not running the industry killing us all.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Everything I have learned about the rationalists is against my will.
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ertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unboxing day! Over a decade in the making, NECESSARY INVENTIONS: ROGER BACON, THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE (PENN Press) is a material object. Thank you to everyone who helped along the way. For sale on October 20. @pennpress.bsky.social
Photo of a box filled with multiple copies of the book. The cover is ochre, and has different images of Bacon, from manuscripts and printed books.
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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 27/09/2026
This is a stupid ass take but for the record, yes, I am a historian who also has a surveying degree and studied (basic) engineering
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bon appetit to me.
Plated.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not. Mad. At. This.
Smashed potatoes in a bowl, creamy mushrooms, caramelized onions, steak resting.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is scrumptious.
Creamy mushrooms
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh I spill 😅
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh no! Fingers crossed you're ok Alison. (When the regime falls and the US is semi safe, dinner is at 6:30, give me enough notice I can go shopping)
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely, still time for me to go get another steak and let it get to room temp.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have added a beer and a video game into the mix.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sauteeing onions too.
A messy kitchen with potatoes boiling and a steak salted and sitting out and garlic chopped and onions sauteeing.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's a really good call, I will d9 that.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trying to out cook depression?
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
...sauteed mushrooms, smashed potatoes and a steak with melted blue cheese?
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kids are gone for dinner. It's a Saturday, so I'm not going to eat just a sandwich.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The GOP money cannon can't hit as hard as the diesel price nuke already has.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Send this to every university President in the country.
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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Folks, we're terribly sorry to announce that there was a LinkedIn spill that broke containment and leeched into Bluesky. While the spill is being handled, we ask that you refrain from discussions about synergy, hustle, paradigm shifts, and praise for grind culture. Thank you for your cooperation.
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ceej @ceej.online · 25/09/2026
Be serious. Bert and Ernie are not “in love.” Maybe they used to be, once
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
Yes, I am personally responsible for the Alf Hog curse that now lingers intractably and eternally over this website. You’re welcome. little-flying-robots.ghost.io/how-i-accide...
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
How I Accidentally Ruined Bluesky With Pictures of Sexy Alf
I haven't had this much fun on the Internet in years
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Go have a good Friday y'all.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Watching Labyrinth with my weasels and for an evening all is well.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
Turkey 0-1 France, Italy 0-2 Belgium, Georgia 0-1 Northern Ireland: Nations League – as it happened
theguardian.com
Turkey 0-1 France, Italy 0-2 Belgium, Georgia 0-1 Northern Ireland: Nations League – as it happened
Football clockwatch: Zinedine Zidane started his France era with a win in Turkey but Roberto Mancini’s Italy side struggled against Belgium
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
😅😅😅
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can't tell, hope they're joking.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Techbros hit the bong and name their companies after the bad parts of Lord of the Ring and get untold millions of dollars and drinking iced coffee is a dealbreaker? As I said. Silly.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's fine if you agree. Whatevs. But it's silly.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is silly.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If genAI kills us it'll be accidental dumb shit like this and that's fucking obnoxious.
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