Larry Cebula
@larrycebula.bsky.social
"The Lightning Rod of Weirdness." Public historian, bicyclist, noted bon vivant. Taking a break from politics so if I unfollow you that's why.
There is a popular set of progressive critiques of Democrats that go: "Why didn't Democrats do this thing they do not have the votes for back when they also did not have the votes for it?"
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There is a popular set of progressive critiques of Democrats that go: "Why didn't Democrats do this thing they do not have the votes for back when they also did not have the votes for it?"
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If you need to be on the program for funding purposes and are planning to attend WHA in Portland next year, please let me know! I need to add a chair to our panel on religion, race, and labor.
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you need to be on the program for funding purposes and are planning to attend WHA in Portland next year, please let me know! I need to add a chair to our panel on religion, race, and labor.
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Ok, let’s do this
A Warren Harding thread!!
Wherein I reveal
A. The coolest thing about him
B. The nickname he gave to his most favorite appendage (yes, that one)
Buckle up kids, Warren Harding was a real piece of work
(that’s what she said)
A Warren Harding thread!!
Wherein I reveal
A. The coolest thing about him
B. The nickname he gave to his most favorite appendage (yes, that one)
Buckle up kids, Warren Harding was a real piece of work
(that’s what she said)
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ok, let’s do this
A Warren Harding thread!!
Wherein I reveal
A. The coolest thing about him
B. The nickname he gave to his most favorite appendage (yes, that one)
Buckle up kids, Warren Harding was a real piece of work
(that’s what she said)
A Warren Harding thread!!
Wherein I reveal
A. The coolest thing about him
B. The nickname he gave to his most favorite appendage (yes, that one)
Buckle up kids, Warren Harding was a real piece of work
(that’s what she said)
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
LOOK AT THIS TOYOTA PRIUS CAMPER HOLY SHIT PEOPLE.
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
LOOK AT THIS TOYOTA PRIUS CAMPER HOLY SHIT PEOPLE.
I saw two female students in the cafeteria, I think they just came from a final exam. One of them proclaimed "No more math classes EVER!" They high fived and hugged, they were so happy.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I saw two female students in the cafeteria, I think they just came from a final exam. One of them proclaimed "No more math classes EVER!" They high fived and hugged, they were so happy.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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This is a really phenomenal database, and the article is a very clear intro to its uses.
#History #DigitalHistory
#History #DigitalHistory
A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is a really phenomenal database, and the article is a very clear intro to its uses.
#History #DigitalHistory
#History #DigitalHistory
Also bad from doctors and car mechanics.
It is never a good sign when your IT guy says "That's weird. I've never seen that before." #academicsky
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Also bad from doctors and car mechanics.
It is never a good sign when your IT guy says "That's weird. I've never seen that before." #academicsky
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It is never a good sign when your IT guy says "That's weird. I've never seen that before." #academicsky
College administrators replacing tenure track faculty with contingent adjuncts, lecturers, and TAs. Because the latter are more easily thrown under a bus.
This is gonna seem like a nitpick, but I think it's significant: It's not a professor, it's a graduate TA.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
Thinking back on my time as a TA thirty years ago, universities use TAs as cannon fodder, asking them to hold certain rigorous lines but reliably failing to support them.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
College administrators replacing tenure track faculty with contingent adjuncts, lecturers, and TAs. Because the latter are more easily thrown under a bus.
I got home after a long driving day, mixed a Manhattan, and told my smart speaker "Play The Smiths!" I sat there for a couple of hours listening to one of the great bands of the 20th century. #thesmiths
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I got home after a long driving day, mixed a Manhattan, and told my smart speaker "Play The Smiths!" I sat there for a couple of hours listening to one of the great bands of the 20th century. #thesmiths
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How could Jefferson see himself as antislavery while owning and exploiting hundreds of human beings? The distinguished historian @agordonreed.bsky.social on the riddle of the American sphinx. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Jefferson Divided | Annette Gordon-Reed
Though his writings grappled with the contradiction between bondage and liberty, Thomas Jefferson’s life was indebted to those he enslaved.
www.nybooks.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How could Jefferson see himself as antislavery while owning and exploiting hundreds of human beings? The distinguished historian @agordonreed.bsky.social on the riddle of the American sphinx. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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While this usually isn't the intent, "no one will ever be held accountable for this" doomerism is an excuse not to try.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
While this usually isn't the intent, "no one will ever be held accountable for this" doomerism is an excuse not to try.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
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Social media is dying, from now on we meet at the moonlit bog at midnight instead
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Social media is dying, from now on we meet at the moonlit bog at midnight instead
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perhaps, like the couple from the “down low-too slow” section of the high five page on Wikipedia, she met the love of her life on this fart walk
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
perhaps, like the couple from the “down low-too slow” section of the high five page on Wikipedia, she met the love of her life on this fart walk
Over 30 selfie thread.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Over 30 selfie thread.
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So where are the reporters going undercover with ICE and exposing their misdeeds?
November 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
So where are the reporters going undercover with ICE and exposing their misdeeds?
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It's #DigitalFriday ! This is my routine appeal to #skystorians and all other academics prepping for teaching to share any software, hardware, online resources (primary, secondary, teaching tools, blogs) tips and tricks that they've found useful this week! #AcademicSky 🗃️(pls boost to relevant feeds)
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It's #DigitalFriday ! This is my routine appeal to #skystorians and all other academics prepping for teaching to share any software, hardware, online resources (primary, secondary, teaching tools, blogs) tips and tricks that they've found useful this week! #AcademicSky 🗃️(pls boost to relevant feeds)
Goddamn look at this goddamn building in goddamn freakin' Ellensburg, Washington. I mean, holy shit, right?
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Goddamn look at this goddamn building in goddamn freakin' Ellensburg, Washington. I mean, holy shit, right?
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would like to see the deep pocketed funders for “The American Revolution” pony up for some research grants
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
would like to see the deep pocketed funders for “The American Revolution” pony up for some research grants
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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Mildred Pierce's maxim was that you should never leave one room without knowing what you are going to do in the next one. I disappoint that bitch each and every day though, because what the FUCK did I come to the kitchen for, I cannot recall for the life of me.
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Mildred Pierce's maxim was that you should never leave one room without knowing what you are going to do in the next one. I disappoint that bitch each and every day though, because what the FUCK did I come to the kitchen for, I cannot recall for the life of me.
It's our first Caturday without Playful, our relentless lap cat and companion of 20 years. I'm a little sad.
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It's our first Caturday without Playful, our relentless lap cat and companion of 20 years. I'm a little sad.
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New Masters in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026 in Stavanger.
Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it!
Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum #environment
Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it!
Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum #environment
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
New Masters in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026 in Stavanger.
Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it!
Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum #environment
Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it!
Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum #environment
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Join us on Instagram tomorrow!!
Our next NICHE Converation will be TOMORROW at 10:30am EDT on Instagram Live.
@issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss new research in arctic pasts and visual culture.
Follow NiCHE on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
#envhist
@issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss new research in arctic pasts and visual culture.
Follow NiCHE on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
#envhist
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Join us on Instagram tomorrow!!