Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Preorder: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar. Subscribe to the Modern Medieval Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/ModernMedievalhttps://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social/post/3ml7666bmbc2sNEW EXCERPT in the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social - So, it's time to actually sit down and write an essay for a local news outlet. How do you do it? https://pghrev.com/writing-an-op-ed-as-a-public-scholar/06 May 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:bzy5rjjduvvkxno5xe3evl3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7666bmbc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social/post/3ml6z4xn32c2ssounds like something a scorpio would say [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:bzy5rjjduvvkxno5xe3evl3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6z4xn32c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social/post/3mki5gnhfys2z"My dream for this book is that all graduate advisors buy a copy for all of their graduate students. Maybe even their undergraduate students...I think this book has so much to offer." - @katecarp.bsky.social, on Drafting the Past (full episode coming soon) That is now also my dream.27 Apr 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:bzy5rjjduvvkxno5xe3evl3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki5gnhfys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social/post/3ml6phqktc22n“To whom much is given … more!” The American academic meritocracy.06 May 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:bzy5rjjduvvkxno5xe3evl3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6phqktc22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social/post/3ml5kllzyc22jreply guys need to read https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-clever/06 May 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:bzy5rjjduvvkxno5xe3evl3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5kllzyc22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social/post/3ml5bqrz6pc2hI hope it has a happy ending [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:bzy5rjjduvvkxno5xe3evl3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5bqrz6pc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social/post/3ml5b5pm25s2hQ: What do you advise for people who want to generate more ideas? A: Well. Read? [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:bzy5rjjduvvkxno5xe3evl3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5b5pm25s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social/post/3ml4p67k67k2hHappy Tuesday.05 May 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:bzy5rjjduvvkxno5xe3evl3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4p67k67k2h