John Cotts
Medieval historian, humanist. Working on the crusades, violence, and the twelfth century. Pursuing new interests in environmental and climate history.
- Huge points to CBS for playing Bob Weir’s “Saint of Circumstance” as commercial break transition music.
- Well, okay. Second edition still 3 months out, but available for pre-order. www.bloomsbury.com/us/europes-l...
- Agreed.
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- And there were proofs . . .
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- Life rules: It is never ok to yell “FREEBIRD!” at the band. It is always okay to yell “IT’S ENRICO PALZZO!” when the home plate umpire takes off his mask.
- WXRT Chicago with the Brian Wilson medley for the absolute gut punch . . .
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- An amazing thread.
- I had an inkling about AI being used badly, so I did a quick check and good Lord. It really does make stuff up.
- Yeah, I went there . . .
- My inner Gen-Xer is somewhat annoyed that the Bears signed a guy named “Major Burns” and half the folks in the ESPN comments don’t get the joke. motociclismo.pt/en/bears-sig...
- WXRT just played George Harrison's "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" in honor of Pope Francis, who was apparently a Beatles fan. Nice.
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- One difficulty with being old-fashioned, and manually entering your footnotes and bibliography, is that MS Word does not auto-correct “Cambrudge.”
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- "The Department of History at Whitman College is seeking candidates for a one-year position in the History of Islamic Worlds, at the rank of visiting assistant professor, beginning August 2025." jobs.chronicle.com/job/37772750...
- Five authors I’ve read 5+ books by: R.W. Southern Caroline Walker Bynum Richard Russo Georges Duby Lloyd Alexander
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