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#OverlyHonestHistorians "This was the most interesting topic I could find in an archive within driving distance."
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#OverlyHonestHistorians I'm ignoring physical culture and art because I don't understand anthropologists and art historians bug me.
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#DearStudents: "merely a footnote of history" is not a phrase you want to use with historians. Especially if you didn't footnote anything.
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Perfect distillation of anti-academic mythologies RT @zunguzungu: What an astoundingly dishonest column this is: http://t.co/YO4DmzrM
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The only good dissertation is a done dissertation. #ThingsGradSchoolTaughtMe
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In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice... #ThingsGradSchoolTaughtMe
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Reading and learning are different things. Especially theory. #ThingsGradSchoolTaughtMe
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#Writing "...also there government and cities were to." #TwoTooTo #TheirThereTheyre #SpellcheckIsNotYourFriend
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Grumpy Historian shares 3 links a week, mostly from bit.ly, storify.com, www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com, 600transformer.blogspot.co.uk, scientopia.org, www.newyorker.com,
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Dr. James Tracy and the Paranoid Style in Floridian Academia #PHDDoesntMeanSmart
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Friday Night Schadenfreude: Lance Armstrong In the Scientific Literature. #ConflictOfInterest #GIGO
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Bad Advice for Obama by #BadHistorian Jon Meacham by @ErikLoomis and followup by @lemieuxLGM http://t.co/O4o99rW6
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38% of Grumpy Historian's tweets are replies. This means 18 replies a week, mostly to @heyprofbow (117) and @rmathematicus (80).
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RT @ProfSnarky: I have something to say about a current event! Chance of being published in academic journal b/f world forgets entirely: ...
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RT @shailjapatel: "you cannot undo 1000s of years of planned cognitive damage by being nice for 30 years." -- Spivak http://t.co/YalvlZFn
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Who Cares? RT @rmathematicus: @grumpyhistorian However, not all done dissertations are good dissertations.
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#SMH MT @adelinekoh: OH UGs: "the prof is horribly horribly boring, but at least you'll get an A. better than being interesting & giving Bs"
