2018 12 01 tweets
Replying to @captain_primate
I love the “✅ Finished.” That’s totally what you were after, yeah?
Replying to @arbuckle_alyssa
I hope the book lives up to our conversation! :)
I hope we get a real-world chance to talk about it! https://twitter.com/arbuckle_alyssa/status/1070078011620319232
Replying to @wynkenhimself
I am fascinated by this. I’ve been studying German, French, and Spanish with Duolingo and the world views of each is SO distinct. German includes a lot of sentences about non-Christian religions that are in neither of the others +
Replying to @wynkenhimself
French is periodically catty in the ways it describes people. And Spanish not only has sentences about needing a revolution but today gave me one on being in the witness protection program.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Wow, that’s great. I haven’t seen that kind of gender politics in any of my three!
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @earlymodernjohn
Ooh, so would I! I’m fascinated by this.
Replying to @kmapesy and @captain_primate
Plus macaroni and cheese!
Replying to @noctambulate
It’s a perfectly cromulent word.
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty
We spent a couple of weeks in May in the town in which it’s set, and visited the bars in which \(a\) the movie was filmed, and \(b\) the actual murder took place. Come see me and I will take you!
Good morning, friends! I have a favor to ask. Generous Thinking has a couple of reviews on Amazon, which is great. But if you received an ARC, it would be even better to have your thoughts, too. Reviews there make an enormous difference. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1421429462/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_E4MdCbJ41FT1H
\(Especially when they’re reviews that understand what the book is up to, just saying\.\)
Replying to @moncia
Yay, looking forward to seeing you!
I’m on my way to #cni18f this morning, by the by, with 20% off cards to share! #generousthinking
This is one danger in transforming public services into private non-profits: a precarity imposed by the substitution of sustainability for mission. #HigherEd #generousthinking https://twitter.com/biblioracle/status/1072128438243340288
Replying to @mesinatra
Yay, thanks!!!
Replying to @That_Kreigh
I’m not sure, but I’ll look into it — thanks!
I’m working on a big piece of writing that’s had me a bit paralyzed, both because there seem to be too many unknowns as yet and because the stakes of this particular piece of writing — a report! — are enormously high. Over the last couple of days, ... https://kfitz.info/10-december-2018-1722/
A thread detailing some of the excellent stuff you can find at Humanities Commons. https://hcommons.org https://twitter.com/humcommons/status/1072529063879868416
I’m honored to be invited to give the Munro Lecture at Simon Fraser University this February. So looking forward to it! #generousthinking https://twitter.com/SFUPublicSquare/status/1072568023125495808
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty and @jackjewers
Is it macesplaining? Tell me it’s macesplaining.
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty and @jackjewers
Completely, completely understood. I pretty much stopped after this explainer, which totally covered it for me: https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1072246815037276160
This is a great stack of books! Looking forward to joining them in 2019. https://twitter.com/gmbritton/status/1072624723236937730
Replying to @captain_primate and @Matrix_MSU
Ooooooh.
I grew up in a conservative southern town that, led by the Church, welcomed Vietnamese migrants in the mid-to-late 1970s. I am horrified, infuriated, and ashamed that someone could suggest they weren’t really part of our community. https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1072940912131665920
Coolest part of writing a book is having an amazing editor. https://twitter.com/gmbritton/status/1073709237543583744
RT @gmbritton: Advances are in--a Christmas miracle by @JHUPress--of Generous Thinking by @kfitz https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/generous-thinking https://t.co/SpC7L…
This is the best present I’ll get this year. ❤️ https://twitter.com/gmbritton/status/1074694136161280002
Replying to @ervinmalakaj
Thanks! I’ll look forward to hearing how these ideas develop.
Replying to @kjavadizadeh
Thanks, Kamran! I hope it does some good out there.
Replying to @melissaterras
Yay! I hope you enjoy it!
Replying to @triciamatthew
Thank you! It’s amazing to see it — even if only in a picture so far.
RT @kimberkoz: #MichiganState's activists make the @chronicle 2018 Influence List. "The grass-roots response to Michigan State’s sexual-abu…
RT @humcommons: Are you interested in starting a conversation in one of the @humcommons groups? Ask members a low-stake question that encou…
Replying to @brandontlocke and @LEADR_MSU
The place is not going to be the same without you! ☹️ But all my best wishes for the move and for new adventures in Seattle!
That report? That had me terrified? I’ve been working steadily on it, and while I have a lot to go, I’ve turned the corner into being SUPER EXCITED about where it seems to be leading.
Replying to @jonippolito
Thanks so much! I hope the book can do some good for us all.
Here’s hoping the book can do some good for us all. https://twitter.com/jonippolito/status/1075169044297338880
Replying to @Ted_Underwood and @aktange
I would also say Humanist: https://dhhumanist.org/
Little did I know that I was being Finnish when I jokingly referred to that perfectly pink-iced sprinkles donut this way the other day. cc @brandontlocke https://twitter.com/stianwestlake/status/1075674209450381312
Honored to be part of such an amazing list! https://twitter.com/gmbritton/status/1075775741688610818
Come work with us in DH@MSU! #msudh https://twitter.com/EthanWatrall/status/1075801889793605632
Indeed. My best to all of you, and hopes for better ahead. https://twitter.com/jasonrhody/status/1076110575711764480
“Until there is a top-down cultural change at MSU, survivors and the public would be rightly skeptical of the effectiveness of any set of written policies.” https://twitter.com/MattMencarini/status/1076133364141342720
Replying to @chutry
It’s worth reading the story. The chart looks like it’s meant to be some kind of average 25yo, but it’s actually just one actual dude.
Replying to @dcrockett17 and @tressiemcphd
Absolutely. This is why the process of getting a mortgage now requires you to account for the origins of every single deposit you’ve made in the period for which you turn over records.
Replying to @tressiemcphd and @dcrockett17
Indeed.
Replying to @brettbobley
Sending all best wishes for a speedy restoration, and enormous gratitude for everything you and your colleagues do.
Replying to @JenHoward
I’ve kept text files listing the books I’ve read each year since 1990. Last year I switched from alpha order to completion order, with dates. This year I added DNFs!
RT @CMejeur: Want to know more about how to use @humcommons groups? Check out this blog with tips for how to use your group, promote commun…
Replying to @JenServenti
Oh, no. I’m so sorry.
Replying to @jcmeloni
And undeservedly. They all deserve better.
Replying to @plragde
I flew through Montréal in the spring and was shocked by how much of a ghost town the airport was, both inbound and outbound. Creepy.
Replying to @brettbobley and @dgrigar
I am so sorry that we won’t have you with us, Brett. You and your colleagues — and Kate — deserve so much better.
Come work with us at DH@MSU! https://t.co/nt2cUht58L
RT @humcommons: What are your 2019 academic resolutions? If they include strengthening your digital presence, @humcommons is here to help!…
Replying to @goldietaylor
Oh my god. I am so sorry to hear this!