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@eatthatbee.bsky.social

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Medievalist • Assistant Professor of medieval literature @ Southeastern Louisiana University • University of California, Riverside, PhD feelings, manuscripts, medievalism, queer studies, & haunting • he/him opinions expressed are my own

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dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · Nov 8

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.

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 14h

i hate how stupid this all is

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 18h

I'm not a dentist, but I think the size of that extracted tooth might've been the issue there.

Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social · 19h

Today was fun: medical manuscripts this morning at Edinburgh CRC (ms 314, ms 170; ms 168). Followed by an urban foraging lecture (quite medicine based) and 16th C recipes at the historical reconstruction lab. So interesting!

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 20h

don’t threaten me with a good timr

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 2d

AND IT IS OPEN ACCESS?

gorgeous

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 2d

HOW EXCITING

J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 2d

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 2d

Reminds me of this excellent sign that I saw at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia.

Piano, which once belonged to Little Richard, with a sign on it saying "Do not attempt to play Little Richard's piano. He will know."

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dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 3d

Dolly please; I can't handle this.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 3d

wow got some good news i wasn’t anticipating 🥳

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 4d

BEHOLD! A bespoke (and abridged) Arma Christi roll featuring matching text from the O Vernicle poem associated with the images!

Produced by my graduate students for this weeks seminar: “When is a text not a codex?”

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 5d

While much of the British Library's digital collections remains down, consider using Southeastern Louisiana's fully hosted and digitized copy of the Book of Margery Kempe [MS Add. 61823] (a project completed by my predecessor Joel Fredell) if you have any Kempe-ian needs.

english.selu.edu/kempe/

The Book of Margery Kempe

english.selu.edu

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 5d

their concert sounds boring as hell lmao

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 5d

It’s irrelevant that Bad Bunny is American… by birth … and Catholic… by birth…

Because it’s not *really* about citizenship or faith for them, & it never has been. Those are just *wink* lil’ code words for what they really mean…

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 5d

You beat me to it! Medieval and early modern practices of book reuse and recycling is fascinating.

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 5d

happy sunday to those who celebrate

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 6d

This is called a communications degree. Or an English degree. My uni library has a podcast studio and several programs have classes that allow students to create a podcast for an assignment. This is like making a degree in Excel or Word

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 7d

Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers

The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.

www.artnews.com

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dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 6d

I’m going to have my grad students get crafty and create an Arma Christi roll with some poster board, colored pencils, and a dream

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 8d

truly an inspired spelling of ‘sausages’

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 8d

turns out i’ve been a clown my whole life

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 8d

unironically a poem in middle english

Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 9d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 9d

I can confidently say that when I visit the doctor, other peoples' citizenship status is literally the last thing on my mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 9d

if only there were ways of conducting peer review and participating in collaborative editing before this

Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 9d

Congrats, you invented office hours and writing workshops, only without the capacity for critical perspective and you have to drain a small town's water supply to do it.

Agent Mode in Word goes beyond existing writing, rewrite, and summarization AI features in Word. "Agent Mode in Word turns document creation into vibe writing, an interactive, conversational experience," Chauhan says. It lets Copilot draft content, suggest refinements, and clarify what elements are needed during the process of document creation.

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 9d

I love maintenance guys as much as the next tenant and appreciate their work.

However, the work of certain trades cannot be substituted with a generalized handy man.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9d

I found this pretty persuasive. Maybe there's some evidence of real harm from the current regulatory status quo but doesn't really seem to be.

www.joshbarro.com/p/this-is-th...

This Is the Kind of Overregulation that Makes New York Unaffordable

The city council's plan to require plumbers to install all gas appliances in the city is an obstacle to Zohran Mamdani's pledge to freeze rents

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dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 10d

not the sort of bombing the military is known for

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

“To our enemies: FAFO”

(holds for applause that doesn’t come)

Cringey awkward moment as Hegseth summons all 🇺🇸 generals to hear him do a one-man show about how strong we are

dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 11d

so close and yet

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 11d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social · 12d

(i honestly have no clue who ezra klein is and at this point i’m too afraid to ask 🫩)