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Chris Loar @chrisloar.bsky.social · 9h

Scholars of eighteenth-century topics: consider submitting your work to *Digital Defoe*. We publish essays on Defoe, but also on his "contemporaries," which we're inclined to interpret broadly. More info here:
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...

cfp | call for papers

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 5h

It is SO nice. Now she actually hears the phone ring when we call, too -- it had been years.

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 5h

The new ones can bluetooth to your smart phone! Speaker phones no more!!

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 5h

Oh God. My mom finally got decent hearing aids, and the mercy it has been for ALL OF US, I can't even tell you.

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 11h

Okay but also very weird, since the entire premise of the Dune universe is AI tried to kill all the humans and it's been extremely banned for eons. And that doesn't seem to come up?

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 11h

Speakers: ON!

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Keegan Lannon @keeganlannon.bsky.social · 11h

It’s up! @biblioracle.bsky.social asked me to contribute a guest column to Inside Higher Education on alternative grading and studying it’s efficacy.

How Will We Know Alternative Grading Reduces Harm?

A guest post from University of Illinois at Chicago lecturer Keegan Lannon on wrestling with alternative grading.

www.insidehighered.com

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 13h

“Women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700.
Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historical record, women contributed to all the most important areas of the economy, such as agriculture, commerce, and care.”

A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 23h

Broadcasting LIVE right now with @amazingspidertalk.com and @patrickklepek.bsky.social to discuss the season 2 finale of PEACEMAKER. Join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TjN...

Did the 'Peacemaker' Season 2 Finale Stick the Landing?

YouTube video by Decoding TV

www.youtube.com

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

😂

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

As opposed to lab-grown potatoes? They're cut too thin and they don't taste good, is my issue.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Lay’s is America’s top-selling brand of potato chips. Its maker doesn’t think it has been clear enough to consumers the chips are made with farm-grown potatoes.

PepsiCo’s Plan to Boost Lay’s Sales: ‘Real Potatoes’

The soda and snacks giant is giving products a MAHA-era makeover with natural ingredients.

on.wsj.com

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Wow that is quite a ratio

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck!!

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Campus shop. The hardest part (and I mean it took me weeks) was figuring out who to talk to to get everything set up!

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 1d

I'm back to using them. Seems to be working fine -- I allow my students to use handwritten notes taken in their readers on the final, so they can see a benefit.

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 2d

Question for c-18 theater people (paging @emmcgirr.bsky.social) -- what did women performing in breeches wear for their tops? Did they use stays or jumps? Did they hang loose, so to speak? I feel like I should know this but I have no idea.

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 2d

Ha! My mother is a master weaver and this absolutely tracks.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 2d

I just left Indiana after 17 years there. So. Many. Guns.

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

Exciting! Congrats @musicheritageplace.bsky.social #earlymodern 🗃️ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

www.theguardian.com

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 4d

I was on her dis committee -- she's doing incredible work!

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 4d

I don't think Lama Elsharif is on BlueSky, but this is her specialty. www.linkedin.com/in/lamasharif/

www.linkedin.com

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 4d

What are you wanting specifically? What era, what angle? Adrian Tinniswood is still a go-to, but his citations can be frustrating. Nabil Matar if you're looking for accounts of captivity. There's good stuff on the memorients site, too. memorients.com

Medieval and Early Modern Orients | MEMOs

A hub for exploring medieval and early modern encounters between England and the Islamic Worlds.

memorients.com

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 4d

Hooray!

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 4d

If other people want to make the pasta for me, I will be happy to eat it. That was the whole thing!

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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 4d

And bread, and lentils, and other stuff you can put sauce on / combine with your soup.

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