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Letter fragment presents a “horrible, difficult problem” for #Shakespeare biographers.

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Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

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“This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism and fear.” Massive props @karenattiah.bsky.social ! Self-determined education by and for the people is essential to make new and better worlds.

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Foxes. 💕

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I went to the Tate Modern yesterday. In the Rothko room with all the Serious Art Connoisseurs there was a ~5 year old kid who walked up to each painting, pointed at it and shouted 'RECTANGLE' at each one in turn, then left the room.

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I'm looking to buy or borrow a copy of George F Tyson's book "Bondmen and Freedmen in the Danish West Indies" (Virgin Islands Humanities Council, 1996). I've been unsuccessful sourcing it. If you can help, please let me know. Tak! #DanishWestIndies #slavery #bondmen #freedmen #CFVI #CFVirginIslands

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I'm gripped by the ever-increasing bling in Trump’s Oval Office. What does it mean? Yes, Trump has bad taste. But also something else. Here’s an art historical view. 🧵 1/

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“We can now build economic histories of West Africa on a much firmer footing; and for this we have A. G. Hopkins to thank.” Wonderful to see Capitalism in the Colonies reviewed in ‪@thetls.bsky.social!

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If you read just one thing today, make it this. And then make a decision. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs theonion.com/underfu...

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Bayonet bulbs. Whose dumb idea was that?

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Best use to date of the Bluesky Thread 🧵 function. #Titanic

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Still the best historical re-enactment ever ;)

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Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment? It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.

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AI companies demand huge amounts of data to train their programs. Peer inside LibGen, a pirated library of millions of books and research papers used by Meta and others:

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Thankful for all the art makers past and present.

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Superb thread stuffed with practical advice for academics and others on archiving your work.

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With all of the targeting of higher ed, it's critical that we have a good understanding of who governs our institutions - I wrote this piece for Brookings to summarize what we know. I also show some new data on the politics and representativeness of public boards. www.brookings.edu/articles/und...

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If this regime is dragging us back to the 1800s they should have to bring back the good stuff too. I want investment in high-speed railways. I want federal buildings redone in Art Nouveau. I want streets clogged with flâneurs walking tortoises on leashes. I want the de-extinction of Oscar Wilde

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The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute has done extraordinary work, especially these last three years, in translating major works of Ukrainian literature. It is very worthy of support. kyivindependent.com/publishing-h...

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Applications now invited for the Society's 2 new funding programmes supported by the Scouloudi Foundation: > RHS Public History Grants bit.ly/4bF4zJK > RHS Panel Grants bit.ly/4ky23ZP Both programmes will assist historians working collaboratively, in and outside higher education #Skystorians

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Watching the aurora in Denali National Park, Alaska

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DR report: "Descendants, the UN and several organizations are renewing pressure on Denmark to take better care of former slave colonies": www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

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"The Success plantation site, he believes, is a sacred space that is still alive with an oppressive trauma that continues to torment the spirits of the enslaved. “This is not a site you should take lightly; it is not a normal place”... 🏺🗃️

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Join us on April 19, Saturday, at 2:00 PM EST to discuss Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (University of Chicago Press, 2024) by historian @sethrockman.bsky.social, register here and share widely! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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I was happy to contribute to this piece by Karen L. Bomholt on the history of royal involvement in the Danish West Indies (US Virgin Islands). The article focuses on the role of Danish kings as shareholders and plantation owners and includes interesting archival materials: www.dr.dk/nyheder/kult...

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After WWII, we created new international crimes, aggression and genocide. We need to similarly articulate the crime of tyranny, not as nebulous rhetoric or a philosophical concept but as a defined criminal offense with concrete, specific elements, hostis humani generis, an enemy of all mankind.

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A vile, condescending, provocative statement about a historic ally from Trump. "I don't know if that's true." Look up the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, the 1916 Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the 1919 Ihlen declaration, the 1933 PCIJ decision, the 1941 Greenland agreement. I could go on.

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The Met Police have some explaining to do. To put it mildly.

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I want to make sure people know that in the U.S. a Presidential executive order is not a law. It is an internal memo from the head of the Executive to others in that branch. The President has no constitutional authority to legislate or adjudicate the law. 1/

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New evidence shows that ancient Greek and Roman statues were multi-sensory experiences, not only painted with bright colors but also scented with perfumes, oils and waxes. #classicalstudies #museum #art 🏺

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This ⬇️. RTÉ Lyric = superb.

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Today is a great day to take a concrete action to lessen one person's suffering.

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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

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