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dgsbreen.bsky.social
Medieval and early modern literature and history, friends, family, "culture." Occasionally grumpy, but mostly nice.
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If I could just play devil's advocate for a second, what if we tried worshipping false idols?

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🔊It has finally landed, a chat with @lostplayhouse.bsky.social about Leicester's Men - it was recorded nearly a year ago, and has been trapped in editing hell, but finally it's out there! It's a detailed dive into the company, the plays and the theatre scene. #theatre audioboom.com/posts/874112...

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Bluesky! Do you know of any examples of American history departments that have grown their enrollments recently?

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

it is, at bottom, a sociopathic project—predicated on the eradication of human experience at multiple interlocking levels simultaneously

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Continuously marveling at the side by side cultural “truths” that writing is a valueless endeavor that no one should ever expect to live on WHILE ALSO being so powerful that artificial writing tools are worth hundreds of billions and require restructuring our entire legal framework to allow 😒

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

J'ai écrit ceci dans La Presse (en ligne), section Dialogue. (écrit avant le ralliement américain du CPAC et le salut nazi de Steve Bannon). www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...

submitted 125 days ago • 1 comment

A good sandwich will solve a lot of problems in your life, if only for an hour or so.

submitted 141 days ago • 3 comments

Recirculating bc it came up via @thecarie.bsky.social & figured others might have students interested in this given recent events

submitted 142 days ago • 1 comment

shorturl.at/kbtAj "Showing the kind of courage for which politicians and bureaucrats are legendary, some US officials have begun a whisper campaign hinting that maybe, just POSSIBLY, the temper tantrums of a suppuratingly idiotic billionaire and his jackass clown show MIGHT be illegal maybe."

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

Please sign and share widely! After the devastating news about the planned cuts at Cardiff, the students have got the ball rolling to save their Ancient History programme. It is a very fine department: student numbers are strong, the staff team is fantastic. There is no rationale. chng.it/G5SMYxNbMQ

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This is a gross abuse of power which should alarm anyone who is not a CEO or billionaire.

submitted 149 days ago • 4 comments

God bless

submitted 151 days ago • 512 comments

South Korea’s president was formally indicted on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection last month when he briefly imposed martial law, prosecutors said.

submitted 153 days ago • 129 comments

I haven’t seen anyone post this fine tribute to David Lynch’s unforgettable first feature. “Every year, I get drunk in a darkened house, for a week. I get drunk, and I watch Eraserhead.” youtu.be/ufzq3ROuW5M?...

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We found some other #EarlyModern centres that have joined these blue skies recently: @cemskcl.bsky.social @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social and @cesrtours.bsky.social, for instance. Any we missed still? go.bsky.app/LLzFj3b

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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... This is an excellent story by @karenattiah.bsky.social . The gist is that Attiah's conversation with "Liv" was like chatting with a maddening cartoon. This is a useful takeaway, from the piece: "The bottom line: No one wants this. No one needs this."

submitted 171 days ago • 1 comment

Bluesky is where I go if I want to join my fellow liberals in thanking Dr. Fauci for all he’s done for us. Twitter is where I go if I want someone to tell me that making soup is gay.

submitted 180 days ago • 1 comment

Chris Newfield!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

submitted 183 days ago • 1 comment

There is no ethical use of AI, especially not for marginalized students in historically marginalized communities whose neighborhoods will undoubtedly be negatively impacted.

submitted 183 days ago • 1 comment

When looking for home improvement contractors, my rule of thumb is that the website needs to be essentially functional but not especially impressive. A SquareSpace template with cell phone photos and a link to Facebook? Now we’re talking

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How to celebrate the birthday of someone who probably would have disliked the idea of celebrating her birthday . . .

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Manchin and Sinema are exactly the kind of people who should never be politicians. They are utterly incapable of thinking that anything could possibly be more important than they are. Good riddance.

submitted 198 days ago • 0 comments

My grocery/gas thing just crossed the discount threshold for the month so I saved a cool $1.15 on a $35 fill-up. Take THAT, OPEC.

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