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Ellen Muehlberger

@emuehlbe.bsky.social

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Michigander with ideas about ancient history, writing, cats, bikes I'm probably gonna ask you what you're writing Things Unseen, coming in November: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/things-unseen/paper

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · Apr 1

I say this enough that I should just make a permanent pinned post, but people: if you're feeling down, just go get yourself a hit of other people's good news---it's the richest espresso, the driest prosecco, the warmest sunshine, the gooey-ist brownie

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 13h

I think frogs and toads are friends 🥁

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 16h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 13h

I, for one, welcome our new frog overlords 🐸

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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 17h

Forthcoming: "Women in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Studies from Western Europe and North Africa", eds. Éric Fournier and Maijastina Kahlos, www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

Brepols - Women in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 17h

and I will be in the front row, taking notes, hell yeah

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 17h

oh, the evil laugh I just laughed

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 20h

Hell is other people('s AI decisions)

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 20h

I spend weeks putting together a methods syllabus for new history majors and he just...skeets it out

jokes aside, great thread below

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 22h

Seems hyperbolic, is documentary

🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 22h

Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

bsky.app/profile/jame...

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 1d

today's earworm:
🎶if you're proud of what you're doing, show your face🎶

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

True story: we were moving here and our crunchy landlord at the time wanted to make sure that we knew that "all the cool people there live in east lansing anyway"

which is a very weird, southern Hoosier way to say Ypsi

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

thank you!!

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

teeef makes me want to see cat pics, honestly

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

My review of Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities is up at BMCR:

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review share.google/agnGwlBZmvkJ...

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

this delicious thing is somehow sweet and savory, has fleeting hints of mango and salted watermelon but kindof also cucumber, and comes in its own little paper bag? I'm going to eat them as quick as they touch my hand

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

now is the tiny window of time that ground cherries are ripe, and they don't even make it into the house

physalis as a genus is magic food and I can't ever get enough of them

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

Full/associate/assistant

We Call Them Water Dudes @jurisdudence.bsky.social · 2d

Corporate/ personal injury /criminal defense

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

Caveat: I haven't tried it yet!

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Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 2d

In addition to being a good undergrad text, I would add that it is a fantastic text for pastors to update their seminary education. So much has changed in the development of the early church in the last few years. Pastors will want to catch up.

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

My review of Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities is up at BMCR:

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review share.google/agnGwlBZmvkJ...

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

I'll share it with you once I'm done!

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

My review of Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities is up at BMCR:

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review share.google/agnGwlBZmvkJ...

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 3d

somewhere in NYC, Elizabeth Castelli notices that one of her hands is itching, then, unbidden, both hands start twitching-- they grab and uncap an Ohto Minimo and start psychographing a new appendix to Martyrdom and Memory

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 3d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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