T. Scott Johnson
@ekphrastictactic.bsky.social
historian, cook, baker, swimmer Assistant Professor of History. CUNY-Grad Alum. All tweets reflect me not any institutional affiliation.
What a great piece. F*^ked me up in all the good, hard ways.
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
What a great piece. F*^ked me up in all the good, hard ways.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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"This time of year, all cabbalists, daemonologists, magicians, and the like share amongst their number one scrap of forbidden knowledge: that soaking a turkey overnight in a solution of salt and water ensures moist results."
How to Brine a Turkey, by H.P. Lovecraft
This time of year all cabbalists, daemonologists, magicians, and the like share amongst their number one scrap of forbidden knowledge: that soakin...
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"This time of year, all cabbalists, daemonologists, magicians, and the like share amongst their number one scrap of forbidden knowledge: that soaking a turkey overnight in a solution of salt and water ensures moist results."
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comrade JCO gets it completely
CHOP FROM THE TOP
(solemn vow never ever to screenshot badsite; solemn exception for this urgent story; rally against these anti-intellectuals detonating public goods for the working people of NJ!)
CHOP FROM THE TOP
(solemn vow never ever to screenshot badsite; solemn exception for this urgent story; rally against these anti-intellectuals detonating public goods for the working people of NJ!)
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
comrade JCO gets it completely
CHOP FROM THE TOP
(solemn vow never ever to screenshot badsite; solemn exception for this urgent story; rally against these anti-intellectuals detonating public goods for the working people of NJ!)
CHOP FROM THE TOP
(solemn vow never ever to screenshot badsite; solemn exception for this urgent story; rally against these anti-intellectuals detonating public goods for the working people of NJ!)
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Now instead of simply reading the abstract for an academic article I have to contend with multiple pop-ups from adobe asking me if I want an AI summary and I cannot stress enough how much I DO NOT WANT this.
@adobe.com has made a useful product less useful with an annoying and redundant feature
@adobe.com has made a useful product less useful with an annoying and redundant feature
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Now instead of simply reading the abstract for an academic article I have to contend with multiple pop-ups from adobe asking me if I want an AI summary and I cannot stress enough how much I DO NOT WANT this.
@adobe.com has made a useful product less useful with an annoying and redundant feature
@adobe.com has made a useful product less useful with an annoying and redundant feature
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En hommage à Michèle Audin, morte ce 14 novembre 2025.
diacritik.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Ne pas oublier Michèle Audin (1954-2025)
Michèle Audin, mathématicienne, historienne, autrice, membre de l'Oulipo, spécialiste de la Commune, femme engagée et passionnée, fille de Maurice Audin, n
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November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
En hommage à Michèle Audin, morte ce 14 novembre 2025.
diacritik.com/2025/11/14/n...
diacritik.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Today, Nov 13, marks 10 years since the Nov 2015 Paris attacks. FCHS maintains the Paris Syllabus page with numerous resources for educators. We welcome new contributions to the Paris Syllabus page to develop it further. Contact: [email protected]
frenchcolonial.org/paris-syllab...
frenchcolonial.org/paris-syllab...
Paris Syllabus – French Colonial Historical Society
frenchcolonial.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today, Nov 13, marks 10 years since the Nov 2015 Paris attacks. FCHS maintains the Paris Syllabus page with numerous resources for educators. We welcome new contributions to the Paris Syllabus page to develop it further. Contact: [email protected]
frenchcolonial.org/paris-syllab...
frenchcolonial.org/paris-syllab...
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beyond honored to have been subject to Titus Blome's intense intelligent scrutiny for this profile in Die Zeit
www.zeit.de/2025/48/phil...
www.zeit.de/2025/48/phil...
Philosophie in Krisenzeiten: Alles längst zu spät? Nichts ist zu spät!
Wälder brennen, Demokratien bröckeln, überall prasseln Krisen auf uns ein. Wie kann man hier noch denken? Im von Trump bekriegten Chicago findet Anna Kornbluh Antworten.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
beyond honored to have been subject to Titus Blome's intense intelligent scrutiny for this profile in Die Zeit
www.zeit.de/2025/48/phil...
www.zeit.de/2025/48/phil...
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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Does anyone know where the love of god goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Does anyone know where the love of god goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
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PHRENOLOGY II: THIS TIME IT'S AN ACCOUNTABILITY SINK
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
PHRENOLOGY II: THIS TIME IT'S AN ACCOUNTABILITY SINK
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By chance, my review of Steinmetz's (and Pérez's) book has come out the same day as Jacob Collins' review. Both reviews highlight some level of dissatisfaction, though albeit on different grounds. Definitely worth reading both reviews together!
Collins on Steinmetz: t.co/wr1CUlitXN
Collins on Steinmetz: t.co/wr1CUlitXN
https://doi.org/10.1111/hith.12387
t.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
By chance, my review of Steinmetz's (and Pérez's) book has come out the same day as Jacob Collins' review. Both reviews highlight some level of dissatisfaction, though albeit on different grounds. Definitely worth reading both reviews together!
Collins on Steinmetz: t.co/wr1CUlitXN
Collins on Steinmetz: t.co/wr1CUlitXN
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@ekphrastictactic.bsky.social has a new review article, "Field Work," in Modern Intellectual History. Just finished this morning over some coffee. An insightful piece that examines one work I'm intimately familiar with one that I'd never read before.
Field Work | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
Field Work
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@ekphrastictactic.bsky.social has a new review article, "Field Work," in Modern Intellectual History. Just finished this morning over some coffee. An insightful piece that examines one work I'm intimately familiar with one that I'd never read before.
It me.
Happy #Halloween!
A wonderful 2nd century AD Roman mosaic found near Antioch, Turkey showing a skeleton, cup of wine in hand, reclining on the floor of a dining room in a house reminding guests to enjoy life: ‘ευφρόσυνος’
A wonderful 2nd century AD Roman mosaic found near Antioch, Turkey showing a skeleton, cup of wine in hand, reclining on the floor of a dining room in a house reminding guests to enjoy life: ‘ευφρόσυνος’
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It me.
My new hero.
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My new hero.
New HoP issue looks like a banger. read.dukeupress.edu/history-of-t...
Volume 15 Issue 2 | History of the Present | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New HoP issue looks like a banger. read.dukeupress.edu/history-of-t...
Pure cruelty.
Lia Smith, transgender student athlete at Middlebury College, died to suicide last week after being banned from participating in competition.
A somber piece by @alyssaur.bsky.social describes how she's being remembered by her friends and family.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
A somber piece by @alyssaur.bsky.social describes how she's being remembered by her friends and family.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned
Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...
www.assignedmedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Pure cruelty.
I feel this level of anti-AI rage in the very core of my being.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I feel this level of anti-AI rage in the very core of my being.
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I was lucky to publish something with the amazing @nursingclio.bsky.social team. However, it’s not about positive developments.
This may be a bit late - big scary server thing took us offline! - but glad to publish this essay. Briggs considers the development of autism diagnoses & how it shaped autistic peoples' lives very differently in the US and France. #histmed #dishist @nursingclio.bsky.social 🗃️https://wp.me/p6hgwQ-9hG
Transatlantic Diagnostics: A Tale of Divergences in the History of Autism
A comparative analysis of how France and the United States have scientifically investigated autism over the course of the later twentieth century has much to teach us about how practices of scienti…
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October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I was lucky to publish something with the amazing @nursingclio.bsky.social team. However, it’s not about positive developments.
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Guillermo del Toro remains the GOAT gizmodo.com/guillermo-de...
Guillermo del Toro on Generative AI: 'I'd Rather Die'
The Oscar-winning director likened AI tech bros championing
gizmodo.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Guillermo del Toro remains the GOAT gizmodo.com/guillermo-de...
Lambshank Redemption
Mission Impastabowl
Make a movie food:
Silence of the Lamb-chops
Silence of the Lamb-chops
October 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Lambshank Redemption
If you're in Bologna later this month, swing by for a fresh dose of conceptual history! eventi.unibo.it/historical-t...
Official Posters of the Conference
Images of Historical Times. Concepts, Metaphors, and Arts
eventi.unibo.it
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you're in Bologna later this month, swing by for a fresh dose of conceptual history! eventi.unibo.it/historical-t...
Why does the pop-up "Is Zotero [even] running" feel like such an attack?
October 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Why does the pop-up "Is Zotero [even] running" feel like such an attack?