dr. christopher
@eatthatbee.bsky.social
Medievalist • Assistant Professor of medieval literature in Louisiana • University of California, Riverside, PhD
feelings, manuscripts, medievalism, queer studies, & haunting • he/him
opinions expressed are my own
feelings, manuscripts, medievalism, queer studies, & haunting • he/him
opinions expressed are my own
Pinned
To those who may not know me:
I’m an assistant professor of English in Louisiana; I teach medieval literature. I work at the intersection of Middle English manuscripts, aesthetics, affect, and queerness. Talk to me about the Middle English Cleanness.
I’m an assistant professor of English in Louisiana; I teach medieval literature. I work at the intersection of Middle English manuscripts, aesthetics, affect, and queerness. Talk to me about the Middle English Cleanness.
Honestly, the most useful part of my college Latin was how it refined my knowledge of English grammar.
Still think about my Latin professor who 5 weeks into the semester realized that the class didn’t know English grammar well enough for him to be able to explain Latin, so the class suddenly became a simultaneous English grammar & Latin class
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Honestly, the most useful part of my college Latin was how it refined my knowledge of English grammar.
why are people making things if they are actively disinterested in actually making things
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
why are people making things if they are actively disinterested in actually making things
there are cathedrals everywhere
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
there are cathedrals everywhere
telling my students that AI will damn their souls
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
telling my students that AI will damn their souls
took a trip to tulane’s rare book room with some graduate student and saw my old friend The Plowman’s Tale
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
took a trip to tulane’s rare book room with some graduate student and saw my old friend The Plowman’s Tale
such is the life of a razorback fan
I refuse to believe and let them do this to me again
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
such is the life of a razorback fan
If anyone has the Charizard promo from the new UPC—I’m interested in trading / buying.
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
If anyone has the Charizard promo from the new UPC—I’m interested in trading / buying.
oh
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
oh
well if we take the signs literally
I really want to know what’s going on in the class that meets here before mine
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
well if we take the signs literally
oh this is unhinged
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
oh this is unhinged
Reposted by dr. christopher
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The fact that THIS GUY continues to say anything about this at all is astounding.
Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The fact that THIS GUY continues to say anything about this at all is astounding.
Reposted by dr. christopher
The scale of the damage at the British Library is difficult to fathom from the outside. Working in the wreckage of the hack has made me even less sanguine about the digital age into which we have leapt feet first.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The scale of the damage at the British Library is difficult to fathom from the outside. Working in the wreckage of the hack has made me even less sanguine about the digital age into which we have leapt feet first.
Really delightful and welcoming group of ghouls we've managed to assemble.
Kristi Noem on FIFA tourists: "Then they would go home. And go home in a timely manner."
November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Really delightful and welcoming group of ghouls we've managed to assemble.
these movies JUST came out what are we doing
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
these movies JUST came out what are we doing
i forgot how much I liked Shakespeare’s Richard II
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
i forgot how much I liked Shakespeare’s Richard II
when the face eating leopard begins to eat MY face
This is a Texas Republican who was part of the January 6th mob
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
when the face eating leopard begins to eat MY face
no one talks about how difficult it was to ride a horse considerably smaller than oneself
A representation of the legendary Prester John, labelled 'Rydynge of Prester Johan'
BL Royal MS 17 C XXXVIII; Travels of Sir John Mandeville in Middle English; 15th century; Southern England; f.54v
BL Royal MS 17 C XXXVIII; Travels of Sir John Mandeville in Middle English; 15th century; Southern England; f.54v
November 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
no one talks about how difficult it was to ride a horse considerably smaller than oneself
This all is really pushing the utmost limits of the truism that “denial is not an admission of guilt.”
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This all is really pushing the utmost limits of the truism that “denial is not an admission of guilt.”
THOSE APPLES ARE SO PRETTY
Exciting day in our house: a new apple! The Red Kissable. Slightly mellow tart, pleasant crisp, stunning ombré. Still can't compete with my all-time love, the Golden Delicious (I am sorry for what I am).
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
THOSE APPLES ARE SO PRETTY
the ‘eye’ reflections in that first image are absolutely HAUNTING
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
the ‘eye’ reflections in that first image are absolutely HAUNTING
certainly the least important part of this all but that's an image of the cover of an edition of the odyssey?
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
certainly the least important part of this all but that's an image of the cover of an edition of the odyssey?
oh thank god it’s been partially restored
guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
Digitised manuscripts and archives - British Library
View more than 2,000 of our digitised manuscripts and archival documents, including the Sherborne Missal and Octateuch, Four Gospels and Synodicon.
www.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
oh thank god it’s been partially restored
my dumb ass: “advertifement”
Maybe we should bring back wearing "a Choice Sort of Black Inck in Hard Balls, with that Conveniency, that you may wear them about you, without any Damage to the Inck, or your Linnen." just mix with any water or wine (except red)!
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
my dumb ass: “advertifement”