I worked at a best buy when I was young, and yearly this guy would line up days in advance to walk around, browse, then leave without buying anything. It genuinely planted the seed that turned me against capitalism. I had to leave Thanksgiving dinner early so this fucker could window shop.

insane title and cover design thank you

FWIW I tried my best to say “the US” etc when this student was in class because that’s also correct and I don’t want to be a prick. Nor imply that he wasn’t a good student; a healthy contempt for the USA actually leads you excellent analytical/argumentative places in a Caribbean history class!

Ditto the ‘Anglo-Saxons‘ over ‘the Early Medieval English’. It isn’t an endonym; that‘s interesting but doesn’t matter; Mette Fredriksen isn’t “Denmark’s Minister of State”, she’s Prime Minister.

If we just rename it ”The Early Middle Ages” what will happen is nobody outside of the discipline thinking about it at all, and I think that’s far less interesting than having the conversation about why it’s a misnomer. That might actually spark some interest at least.

Not too keen on the broader trend in history of renaming things for precision even when it reduces clarity. It’s true that ‘the dark ages’ is a name people get the wrong impression from (paucity of sources not civilisational decline etc etc), but thats’s the name for that time period.

It’s the Conservative Party for people who wore a suit, tie and briefcase to school. Only difference is vibes.

“I had complete faith in this sceney access journalist until she called Joe Biden old”

ooooooh, so yimby and nimby like proshipppers and antishipper?