Robert Paulett
@robertpaulett.bsky.social
Historian of early America and bits of Britain. Apostate southerner. Yells about maps, St. Louis, and higher ed.
Your brand is now “guy in a business suit losing a fight with a garden sprinkler.”
September 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Your brand is now “guy in a business suit losing a fight with a garden sprinkler.”
They are my rock and my lodestar
September 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
They are my rock and my lodestar
That I love dearly, to be clear.
September 17, 2026 at 2:52 AM
That I love dearly, to be clear.
Times like this I extra appreciate Braudel’s faith there was some deep, serene earthen force guiding all this utter human insanity.
September 16, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Times like this I extra appreciate Braudel’s faith there was some deep, serene earthen force guiding all this utter human insanity.
Or they think getting sued by a national advocacy org is good publicity, a la losing by 20 in the first round of the NCAAs
September 14, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Or they think getting sued by a national advocacy org is good publicity, a la losing by 20 in the first round of the NCAAs
Couldn’t happen to a nicer set of admins.
September 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Couldn’t happen to a nicer set of admins.
Seems like FIRE is announcing its presence by getting this story placed in the Chronicle.
September 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Seems like FIRE is announcing its presence by getting this story placed in the Chronicle.
Oh, this is put so perfectly and I am going to steal this line so often.
September 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Oh, this is put so perfectly and I am going to steal this line so often.
Reposted by Robert Paulett
3. That college is about reading for “the workforce.” No, it’s about development for the adult force. Of which work is a part. 4/
September 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
3. That college is about reading for “the workforce.” No, it’s about development for the adult force. Of which work is a part. 4/
*sighs irately*
The British history shelves at my university five years ago on the day the “old” books were packed and shipped off to Springfield so that Illinois could auction them by the pound to “rare book dealers.”
September 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
*sighs irately*
Sigh, I should go double-check again…
September 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Sigh, I should go double-check again…
Remarkable the degree to which this election is becoming a referendum on “having friends” and “seeming like you like people.”
September 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Remarkable the degree to which this election is becoming a referendum on “having friends” and “seeming like you like people.”
Hooray, we’ve managed to make spam bots even worse!
September 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Hooray, we’ve managed to make spam bots even worse!