Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social

But I thought you valued expertise, no? And despaired at uninformed people making judgements about things they don’t understand? Perhaps I misunderstood.

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spider rider @microgorilla.com [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 19:39 UTC

social media values expertise like a slug values salt: in wee tiny amounts, preferably self-selected

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 20:05 UTC

Perhaps you did. Look mate, I have no interest in sniping with you, a Surprised Eel Historian. I now regret assuming a typical reader would see my original remark not, in the main, as really about the Middle Ages, but more as what you might call an exasperated rhetorical fling at recent events.

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