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Anise K. Strong

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Roman historian at W. Mich U. specializing in gender, sexuality, & their reception in tv, music videos, games, & film. she/hers/ista Mom of 3. Avid baker & traveler. Antifascist. Always learning from unusual niche subject experts. Opinions are my own.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · Aug 19

My Dept of History at W. Michigan University in Kalamazoo is hiring an Asst/Associate Prof in African American History. Please come join us! 2-2 load/generous research & travel funding, diverse & culturally lively community/ free college in MI for kids. ?s welcome. www.wmujobs.org/postings/4277

Assistant/Associate Professor - African American History - Tenure Track

Western Michigan University invites applications and nominations for the position of full-time tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor in the field of African American history to start August 20...

www.wmujobs.org

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 4h

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 4h

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 4h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 2h

Me (to The Internet, everybody listening, or just looking my way for more than 5 sec): „Look what we did!“
I received the prints of our #RepresentationMatters publication yesterday evening. It’s not only a collection of papers on the way we reproduce and communicate our knowledge towards audience.

A middle aged white Woman with an red updo and big glasses holding a large book, title says diversity in visual representations of the past. Representation matters.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 1h

I love the Roman story of the Octopus Thief, who nightly climbed up through sewer grates to a locked storeroom to loot amphorae full of marinated Spanish anchovies before escaping. The merchant was confused & paranoid until an enslaved man solved the mystery while refusing to fight the octopus.
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 2h

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Ethan Gruber @ewg118.bsky.social · 11h

For reference, we built OCRE for $300K and Hellenistic Royal Coinages for $250K. It's stunning to think they received almost the same as OCRE, which imo (I am biased) is a monumental project, one of the most successful DH projects of all time

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 8h

Full credit is due: I inherited this assignment from my mom, Helene Keyssar, who used a variation in her course on 1968 at UCSD.

Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 8h

When it works, it gives students a sense of agency, practice in doing primary source research, and a chance to teach everyone, often including me, about a tiny moment in history. Today I learned about PickpocketTok & the Carnation Revolution! It also helps take terror away from oral presentations.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 9h

Students are divided up into ~7+ decade groups, going back in sets of 25 years to 1850. Each student gives 3 1-minute presentations on a newspaper article researched from their year & the class date, e.g. 10/7/1950, & answer "So What?" 1st is pol/military, 2nd is social/econ, 3rd is cultural/sci.

A student's newspaper article from Sept 27th, 1950, on the appearance of Hazel Scott, the first African-American woman to have her own tv show,' appearance before HUAC and subsequent cancellation of her show and nervous breakdown.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks for the clarification - I know independent scholars can apply, but had assumed they might be at a disadvantage without the institutional support and grant-writing assistance such as my own institution provided. But yes - and I appreciate your tact as well as your clarity.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 9h

My students have been rocking their presentations on historical news articles. Today featured an 1875 report on a 16YO then sentenced to 18 months for stealing 10 cents, a 1950 "Nucleus" of women's orgs advocating for women military leaders, & a precursor to Portugal's 1875 Carnation Revolution.

An article about William Gray, a 16YO pickpocket stalked by an amateur detective, Mr. Edward Oppenheimer, for 27 days, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing a 10 cent stamp. The pickpocket hunter is, um, eccentric at best.

An article about a "Nucleus" of women's orgs designed to register and organize women for top-level national defense positions, from October 6th, 1950. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/10/07/archives/women-organize-a-crisis-nucleus-national-leaders-take-bold-stand.html

An article one week before the Carnation Revolution, in which "radical leftist troops" are criticized harshly for not supporting Portugal's then authoritarian government. Their lack of support would doom the regime but cause a peaceful revolution.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 10h

This was indeed a revealing list, not only in terms of the nature of the projects but also the demographics of the recipients. The majority also seem to be independent scholars, which strikes me as somewhat unusual for NEH grants?

NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 10h

By the by, it might also be interesting to analyze what [unreviewed and unannounced] recent awards (and some institutions) come up in a search: apps.neh.gov/PublicQuery/...

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 10h

Right - that's why I wanted crucially to qualify that I understand how a DH project needs a lot of money, especially one where high-quality images are extremely important.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

yo they hired Mamdani video guys. someone's doing some thinking somewhere

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 13h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 10h

Literal response, looking at my middle child (a tall 16YO).

Blue-eyed dog looking inquisitively sideways.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, I know a lot of it goes to the ICR, having learned that from my recently unsuccessful grant, but still, that's a lot of money for a non-digital ancient history project.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 11h

To folks needing a break from the Supreme Court news, I give you my puppy's reaction. I note this is the first dog I've ever owned who responds to me taking my phone out by immediately sitting and looking up at the camera.

Blue-eyed lab mix puppy sticking her tongue out in the rain. Yes, she deliberately posed for this picture.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 13h

I visited 8 different archives over the last year in some of the most expensive cities to visit, reading thousands of pages and scanning hundreds of images in over a hundred archival boxes, for a total of $6,106. 250K is 1,308 days worth of U.S. federal per diem in a major city.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 13h

How can you spend $250K doing "research in archives" for such a book - I say as someone who literally spent much of yesterday giving out grants for weeks of research for far less? Also, Marcus Aurelius has some feelings about referring to the Justinianic Plague as "The First Plague Pandemic."

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 14h

They gave the physics prize to the dude who said that ChatGPT is the world's butterfly and GPT3 was a caterpillar.

The dude who told us in 2018 that radiologists should cease to go to school because the profession was gonna be out in 5 years. But 5 years later he just moved on to the next lie.

These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI

Rumman Chowdhury, Timnit Gebru, Safiya Noble, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, and Joy Buolamwini open up about their artificial intelligence fears

www.rollingstone.com

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 14h

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 16h

It’s unfortunate that the general aging population doesn’t get as much interaction with curious, hardworking young people as college professors do. They really will give you hope about the future on a daily basis 🤔

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16h

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 17h

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 16h

Maybe dedicate less time to being cool on social media and PROTECT TARGETED GROUPS. Selling people out is not going to get you the presidency, you egomanical fuck.

Call Newsom's office to tell him to do his job: 916-445-2841
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/gavi...

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, hasn't signed other trans protections - LGBTQ Nation

The California governor left at least 10 pro-LGBTQ+ measures on the table.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17h

This is going around again and it is not true. Like every site on the internet, Bluesky uses machine learning to do a first-pass approximation of image classification to detect and label content. They have repeatedly confirmed outside services do not use Bluesky user data to train their models.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19h

when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

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