Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.

As Elizabeth says downthread, this is just false! Women read books by men and women, it’s men who “prefer reading men.” Is it a biological reality that we just have to accept if it doesn’t go both ways?

Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · 5d ago

Okay, I am looking at this gendered reading piece by Ross Barkan and I have many thoughts and questions. Part of the thesis is this:

He barely even looked

Rush@yorush.bsky.social · 5d ago

Jokic is just ridiculous, man. I’ll never get tired of watching him hoop.

imagine a life without log-ins, passwords, multi factor authentications, platforms, and SAP CONCUR

The Bulls when they play badly The Bulls when they play well The White Sox (all the time)

Elle@elleisanisland.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Oh you like sports? Name three teams that make you want to die

Fun fact: the Catholic church’s opposition to the death penalty is how we got the jury trial. It started in 1215!

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 7d ago

One day after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals came out against the Pentagon’s plan to livestream an execution, Pope Leo has published a tweet reiterating the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty.

Medieval Executions 🧵 Hi there. One of my areas of expertise is medieval crime and punishment. If you’re interested, here are some comments on medieval executions. Note that, just as today, practices and perceptions varied widely across medieval Europe... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation

Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast live

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A recent 🧵by @elisewang.bsky.social explains the difficulty of finding executioners in medieval Europe. It’s an excellent 🧵. I find a similar thing in my research: even those tasked with executing people didn't want to stick around to watch them die. They left if they could. bsky.app/profile/elis...

Elise Wang@elisewang.bsky.social · last wk.

A return to firing squad everywhere might finally end the death penalty. Why? Because people have to be directly involved in executions (not pressing a button) it’s terrifically difficult to get them to do it. Medieval executions had the same problem!

A return to firing squad everywhere might finally end the death penalty. Why? Because people have to be directly involved in executions (not pressing a button) it’s terrifically difficult to get them to do it. Medieval executions had the same problem!

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · last wk.

Pete Hegseth says Americans will be able to watch a Trump-approved firing-squad execution. If he follows through, the U.S. could join a disturbing club of countries known for public executions—including Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea.

Punching my ticket to Kalamazoo

“Beyond two parking tickets for not moving his vehicle during snowstorms, Abdullah has no criminal record in Minnesota and was working legally as a mechanic while his asylum application was pending. He arrived in the United States in early 2023.”

MPR News@mprnews.org · 3w ago

Adam Abdullah first spoke with MPR News on Sept. 8, during one of the 10-minute calls he was allowed each day from the prison at the U.S. naval base.

As a medievalist, what is…”Olde English”? And if you mean Old English, who’s gonna translate Shakespeare’s thoroughly modern English? Hwaet! Can I volunteer??

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 4w ago

Robert Eggers is set to direct a new film adaptation of ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’. The film will feature the actors speaking in Olde English. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)

The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4w ago

This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...

I read this in college and I was like ohhhhhhh that’s what history does and long story short now I’m a historian

the beggars out of here getter@milesklee.bsky.social · 2mo ago

barely started but can already tell i’ll be SO annoying about this for the next month

My kids and their friends know Dolly Parton because she’s the person who sends books out to everyone in the post and that’s just really nice isn’t it.

The vagueness is the point, because it terrorizes all immigrants. I’m a citizen, but bc of my background all of this has made me change my behavior. I avoid land border crossings, I’ve canceled flights going through ICE-infested airports, and I carry my passport with me when I leave the house.

Felipe De La Hoz@felipedlh.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For @newrepublic.com I wrote about ICE's recent campaign of airport arrests, and the intentional vagueness about who is or isn't potentially subject to detention as part of the administration's broader narrative campaign of fear, intended to drive immigrants from public life

For @newrepublic.com I wrote about ICE's recent campaign of airport arrests, and the intentional vagueness about who is or isn't potentially subject to detention as part of the administration's broader narrative campaign of fear, intended to drive immigrants from public life

ICE’s Airport Crackdowns Are Designed to Spread Fear

The agency is snatching and grabbing travelers without any regard for their immigration status—and with no effort to be transparent about what they’re up to.

newrepublic.com

The deadline for ASLH Projects & Proposals applications is now extended to Oct.1, 2026. It's unusual (and great) for a scholarly society to offer these small grants! Please spread the word and/or consider applying: aslh.net/award/projec... @elizabethdkatz.bsky.social

Elizabeth D. Katz@elizabethdkatz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I'm excited to be chairing the American Society for Legal History Projects and Proposals Committee this cycle. We look forward to receiving funding applications for conferences, museum exhibits, pedagogical experiments, and more! We are accepting submissions until Sept. 1. aslh.net/award/projec...

another clip! here @elisewang.bsky.social reminds us how history can turn in a moment, how weird and possible everything really is... Enjoy #medievalsky! youtube.com/shorts/mHFrH...

Weird how history can turn in a moment. Change the world. Could've been otherwise. #podcast #history

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American Medieval Podcast@americanmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Friends, Romans, skeeters, its new episode Wednesday. CONSPIRACY THEORIES!!! @elisewang.bsky.social joins the pod to talk about medieval origins and modern myths. #medievalsky 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

instead, read theory www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

I tried to read it, but one of the first tenets is promising everyone a magic being that will grant all their wishes.

Historians may have played a decisive role last week in a judge's ruling that overturning a school board's decision to change the names of public school honoring Confederate generals ignored its impact on Black students. Historians matter. #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

What the Historians Proved in Shenandoah County, Virginia

Expert testimony from two historians helped overturn a school board's 2024 decision, and showed exactly why the profession still matters.

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have a little taste of the episode! the brilliant @elisewang.bsky.social explains how conspiracy theories spread for the most banal reasons... youtube.com/shorts/gsTjd...

Conspiracy theories spread for the most everyday reasons, even in the Middle Ages. #podcast #history

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American Medieval Podcast@americanmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Friends, Romans, skeeters, its new episode Wednesday. CONSPIRACY THEORIES!!! @elisewang.bsky.social joins the pod to talk about medieval origins and modern myths. #medievalsky 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

This was so much fun to do! Matt has great questions and we have a good chat about stumbling into the medieval period (me) and accidentally traumatizing ourselves (also me)!

American Medieval Podcast@americanmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Friends, Romans, skeeters, its new episode Wednesday. CONSPIRACY THEORIES!!! @elisewang.bsky.social joins the pod to talk about medieval origins and modern myths. #medievalsky 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

next week on @americanmedieval.bsky.social i talk with @elisewang.bsky.social about the medieval origins of conspiracy theories

Ernie Piper@whoisernie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Zeynep Tufekci is still completely insane over the lab leak idea. "There is a conspiracy to cover this up" is not evidence for "covid was a bioweapon that escaped from a lab". It could also be evidence for my theory, "please stop talking about this stupid idea"

Forget that we should all be forced to take 6th grade common core math so that the parents don’t have to suffer alone

Claire E. Aubin@ceaubin.com · 3mo ago

A real - actual - I swear to god - argument happening over on Twitter right now is whether or not faculty should be regularly forced to retake the GRE

We’re back! The Law and History Review is excited to announce the publication of our first article this year in our digital imprint, The Docket. Anna O. Law (@unlawfulentries.bsky.social) told us about her new book. End the week on a strong note—check it out! lawandhistoryreview.org/article/anna...

Right. That’s how we know it’s a race argument, not an argument about culture. Because what makes you unacceptable is constant, inherited, and unalterable whether you’re born here or elsewhere.

In medieval England it was…everyone! In fact you could get in big trouble if you saw a crime and DIDN’T arrest them!

History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 3mo ago

Who held the power during an arrest in early modern England? @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social explores how bystanders could uphold or undermine the power of the state.

She’s five and she spent 118 days alone. What does your five year old like? Mine likes pandas and eating red peppers like apples and making elaborate “ships” out of pillows to sail to sea. She’s scared of loud noises and dogs and being alone.

Joshua Eaton@joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: A 5-year-old girl spent months in federal immigration custody here in Connecticut while her family waited for her release. Her case isn’t unique, experts and court records show. My latest w/ @jrabethomas.bsky.social at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky

She’s five and she spent 118 days alone. What does your five year old like? Mine likes pandas and eating red peppers like apples and making elaborate “ships” out of pillows to sail to sea. She’s scared of loud noises and dogs and being alone.

Joshua Eaton@joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: A 5-year-old girl spent months in federal immigration custody here in Connecticut while her family waited for her release. Her case isn’t unique, experts and court records show. My latest w/ @jrabethomas.bsky.social at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky