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grjones83.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, music lover, historian.
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I was not expecting to love this book as much as I did. It's quite powerful. The writing is outstanding. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

This is honestly more interesting to me than 90% of podcasts out there. It's two voice AI talking to one another. The redditor who set it up has one being argumentative while the other, Maya (Sesame) is using stock programming. #AI #voiceAI #artificialintelligence www.reddit.com/r/SesameAI/c...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

How do you measure "success" for an academic in the current state of higher education? Is it a tenure track job? A scholarly publication? Does it have to be a university press to "count?" I'm curious how others view this in our current cultural milieu.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

What I'm reading: Foner *The Second Founding* I've always been weak on Reconstruction history (just ask my comps committee... 13 years ago). I can always use more of this. The concept of "remaking the Constitution" basically IS the argument of the book. And the writing top class.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Any tips or tricks to make this Bluesky thing work well? I haven't really found any "must read" communities yet. I feel like I've been pretty open about my interests, but the algorithm is alluding me currently. #tipsandtricks #howtobluesky

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

This week I added something like 6 books to my "want to read" on Goodreads. I finished zero books and made nominal progress on one book. I will learn nothing from this and will do the same thing next week. #books #newbooks #history #sportshistory #militaryhistory #culturalhistory

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I don't really know what to say about the political situation right now, but I just rest in the fact that I'm sure there's a Tom T. Hall song about it. I'm not sure which one, but I'm sure there's one.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Social media in 2025 feels like high school lunch tables all over again. In-crowd, jocks, nerds, stereotypes that prided themselves on exclusion. Worth mentioning: I sat at a table with music/theater/writing folks. We kind of leaned into our weirdness. That's the circle I'm looking for on Bsky.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Social media is really weird. The first one I had was MySpace, which was loaded with teenage angst and self discovery. By the time I got FB, I was in grad school with a fiance and grown up plans. But how do I start a social media presence now in middle age? Professional? Personal? Hobbies?

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

As of right now (early February 2025), there are primarily three reasons why I do not believe that we are on the cusp of a civil war in the United States (as a scholar of the American Civil War):

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

@jmarshpgh.bsky.social if you have occasion, the chapter "The River" in Randy Roberts' book *Rising Tide* (about Namath and Alabama) is fantastic. He captures the mill years in western PA incredibly well. Ambridge even gets some mention as one of BF's opponents the year Namath was recruited.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Today I worked on a short biography of Horatio Spafford (writing, music, history) then I edited a syllabus for an upcoming US history class (teaching, writing, history). I really appreciate getting to spend my workday in my wheelhouse. #work #calling #history #historyteaching

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Hello! I'm not sure how I plan to curate this space. Will it be for work? For fun? A place to share music? History? Teaching? Sports? I don't quite know yet. I may direct it more formal/professional... or I may go crazy. If you're one of the early followers, thank you and welcome.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments