I’m quite confident in the statement that I’ll never have tenure. #AcademicTwitter #twitterstorians

The unessay continues to prove to be the best assignment choice I’ve ever made. #pedagogy #unessay #twitterstorians #AcademicTwitter

A couple of lines from Robert Self’s book, “All in the Family,” jogged my memory about a court case over Title IX implementation at a private conservative Christian college.

This game was one of the key events in kickstarting my fitness journey.

30 mile ride for my 30th birthday. #histgym #strava #cycling

I by chance finished this yesterday and remembered hearing someone say to watch Godzilla Minus One right after the Oppenheimer movie. I figured the book would do. Haha. #HATM

Student feedback that stuck out: “Keep it up, man. You are going to have a huge impact on so many people’s lives throughout your career if you keep teaching this way. If I had a few more teachers like you growing up I wouldn’t have hated school so much.” I got chills reading it.

I love back day. #HistGym

Finally went to see the Points of View statue in Pittsburgh at Grandview Scenic Byway Park. It depicts George Washington and the Seneca leader, Guyasuta, with their weapons down. They met near this spot in October 1770 though they met before in 1753.

Justice Sotomayor's dissent is one of the most terrified and terrifying pieces of judicial writing I've ever encountered—she lists the criminal acts that presidents can now take with immunity and says "the president is now a king above the law." supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

READ: Justice Sotomayor's warning in her dissent: "When [the president] uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a

Voting for a President in America be like "choose one"

Sporting the Smokey the Bear hat. Happy 80th.

Finally got to try my hand at blacksmithing and made a knife. I’ve watched Alec Steele and Will Stelter for years on YouTube and always wanted to try it out.

Any of my fellow historians have advice for a book proposal? Do people share their book proposals with one another? #twitterstorians #historian #AcademicTwitter

Happy First Day of School! Posting this meme again because I'm absurdly proud of it

In hindsight, it was pretty crazy to request $40k for an adjunct gig.

I like to use props in my lecture about the #unessay assignment. #twitterstorians #historian #AcademicChatter

My apologies to all the search committees for twentieth century US History professorships that have seen my CV that didn’t include my time working SHEETZ as a sales associate.

Me with my one page footnote full of amici briefs and court case references.