Jordan S. Sly
@jordanssly
Historian of Seventeenth Century Europe and the Global Atlantic. My specialisations are the intellectual, religious, and cultural histories of Stuart Britain and the Interregnum with a primary focus on the 1650s. "Dulce bellum inexpertis" -Erasmus
ok, enough USMNT business for now -- on to the match at hand. Let's go, lads! 🦁🦁🦁
Well, this is too much fun. My result was The Humanist I feel a little guilty though, because I do not read Greek. I wish I could.
we're heading to the DC United vs CF Montréal match tomorrow. Should be entirely too much fun.
What a privilege to be able to hear the legend herself, Lyndal Roper, give a talk this evening at the German Historical Institute, DC
Just thinking how little cultural impact it made overall, but how cool I thought Jonathan Silverman was in the 90s
The tyrant god of winter hath made his will known. He calls forth six more weeks of winter, but I say, nay, this shall not stand. Desist, tyrant, we shalt obey your pagan oaths and rituals no more!
“Let other Poets raise a fracas ’Bout vines, an‘ wines, an’ drunken Bacchus, An’ crabbed names an’ stories wrack us, An’ grate our lug, I sing the juice Scotch bear can make us, In glass or jug…“ Robbie Burns, Scotch Drink Lovely, snowy Burns night 🏴
Wow. What a holiday season. It was terrific, but a lot. Exhausted and not quite ready for it to end, but recorded 2 lectures today for my winter term course and preparing my book proposal and reopening article Word docs. Feeling (foolishly?) optimistic about 2026🤞
"M a y b e I don't really wanna know / How your garden grows / 'Cause I just wanna fly"