• Mon, 12:47: My internet on the day of my son's birth and #downsyndrome diagnosis. Makes me nearly too emotional to function. http://t.co/HaS7MbONLz
• Mon, 12:58: RT @FeministPics: Male students at Cambridge suspend an effigy of a woman in protest at a proposal to give women degrees, 20 May 1897 http:…
• Mon, 13:43: RT @AmandaMcVitty: Stirring piece from @lollardfish on what #medievalists can bring to contemporary #political discourse @insidehighered ht…
• Mon, 14:27: RT @neva9257: Writing about ethics & the #FacebookExperiment? @Research_Ethics is doing a FB special issue: CfP ends 31 August https://t.co…
• Mon, 14:36: Daily post: What my friends did after they found out my son had #downssyndrome -http://t.co/jHR3ZdULI0 #neveralone @lettercaseorg
• Mon, 14:39: RT @RoadWeveShared: Hear from @JusticeForEthan director Ed Rhodes today at 3pmET. #JusticeForEthan @Lollardfish @debraruh @TimShriver http…
• Mon, 15:18: The World Cup: " a population angry about the Cup but terrorized into compliance" | The Nation http://t.co/fQ6zOtvLZ4 via @thenation
• Mon, 15:37: 1776 followers. U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
• Mon, 15:53: RT @seananmcguire: My girlfriend's AWESOME BAND has made goal, but we can get them further! KICK UP THE WHISKEY JAMS: https://t.co/ITor8IBd…
• Mon, 15:54: RT @seananmcguire: Basically, Amy will one day have to fiddle for my soul at the crossroads, so we want her happy. https://t.co/ouPkzTowp6

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• Sat, 13:40: I'm really proud of this one - Never Alone - Our Down Syndrome Diagnosis Story - http://t.co/uuX726yXIj via @goodmenproject
• Sat, 13:51: RT @TheTooles: 3$ away from $3000 on our #kickstarter - Next backer gets an extra karmic bonus added to their pledge level. https://t.co/Lz…
• Sat, 14:16: RT @lettercaseorg: We've already distributed abt 5,000 free books to med providers in 2014. Please consider making a donation to help: http…
• Sat, 14:21: RT @TheTooles: Backer #74 achieves total consciousness! And will get a download of our mp3. #kickstarter https://t.co/33dV5H3hxR
• Sat, 14:27: Some Saturday update from the blog. http://t.co/GiMgtNKXv4
• Sat, 14:45: On my timeline there's a white woman arguing that good organic foods is more important than healthcare for women. #edenfoods #privilege
• Sat, 14:46: I was very patient about it yesterday. Today, I just want to say - go buy some dried beans and soak them. Healthcare matters.
• Sat, 14:58: Off to the Oak Park Farmer's Market for veggies, bluegrass, and donuts. Mmmmm, tasty tasty bluegrass.
• Sat, 15:18: RT @DownSynPreg: #neveralone diagnosis story by @Lollardfish was shared by @GoodMenProject. Please leave a comment saying thanks! http://t.…
• Sat, 18:09: Today I am reading about "falling off the cliff," or what happens to people with disability when they turn 22. #depressing

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• Thu, 12:09: RT @Exhaust_Fumes: .@Lollardfish along similar lines, you might appreciate this post by @doctorcleveland on Hobby Lobby via EarlyModern: ht…
• Thu, 12:11: The danger to Christians' religious freedom is always other Christians." @doctorcleveland - History & #HobbyLobby http://t.co/rvJjmYUKQD
• Thu, 12:39: Daily Post - In praise of that most annoying academic institution: The IRB. http://t.co/8uxuZ5vr7L #FacebookExperiment @neva9257 @rocza
• Thu, 12:53: This is wage theft, folks. - Northern splits adjunct faculty pay without telling them http://t.co/HMsmzk34dB via @wordpressdotcom
• Thu, 12:55: Try telling your landlord: Well, rent falls on either side of a fiscal year, but you'll get your money eventually. #badmin #wagetheft
• Thu, 13:04: RT @Medieval_Things: Medievalists as public intellectuals @Lollardfish http://t.co/gAUyYqvPrJ
• Thu, 13:12: RT @UVenus: @Lollardfish joins Scholars Strike Back @UVenus, offering his experience as A Medievalist on http://t.co/34D4XgKpCd http://t.co…
• Thu, 14:10: RT @AlbertsonB2: Sheryl Sandberg: "We never meant to upset you." Um, actually you did. That was the treatment condition. http://t.co/9loW3C…
• Thu, 14:10: RT @rocza: Good people can inadvertently do bad things; that's why oversight (& IRBs) are necessary in research http://t.co/nAdycK0PT7 by @…
• Thu, 14:19: You know the writing is going well when I fill sections of the essay with BLAH BLAH BLAH #writingishard

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• Tue, 13:45: RT @jacremes: Thoughtful and empathetic piece by @haroldpollack on how Harris v Quinn hurts disabled people and their families http://t.co/…
• Tue, 13:53: Today's blog post on the notion of the "learning-centered" university. Pre-followup to today's @chroniclevitae piece. http://t.co/q13vKnGLwB
• Tue, 17:08: RT @chroniclevitae: How does a university build customer service into its culture? @Lollardfish decided to find out: http://t.co/96VzUS1Vp9
• Tue, 17:15: Remember that ad for the english prof who had to "provide customer service?" The university president called me - https://t.co/GKhy75CtAP
• Tue, 17:16: Also a followup post to today's @chroniclevitae essay here - http://t.co/c7l0EkIO3O
• Tue, 17:22: My basic premise is this. When universities embrace corporate slogans, it matters. It drives wedges b/t admin and faculty.
• Tue, 18:46: RT @neva9257: Totally confused at how people can look at a study that used an IRB & a study that didn’t and go “see? Totally okay.” http://…
• Tue, 19:42: Last night I wrote the first verse of a song rhyming Charlie Daniel with Cocker Spaniel. It is NOT a family-friendly song.
• Tue, 21:09: @neva9257 mind following me? You can always unfollow. I'd like to send you a DM
• Tue, 21:32: RT @Hanigsberg: What happened when Texas A&M put "customer service" 1st? @Lollardfish finds out: http://t.co/w7HmBQ5CyZ via @chroniclevitae

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Back from a terrific show at the Kalamazoo Irish Festival, my band, the Tooles, have a kickstarter. We want to record a live album this September 6th at the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago.

We could use help, both financially and in spreading the link.

Thank you!

• Thu, 13:34: RT @academicdave: Article on publicly engaged scholarship: http://t.co/tPOhs7wDBL by @Lollardfish (who shares my name...)
• Thu, 13:35: RT @academicdave: Catholic univ. seem to carve out a niche as publicly engaged. My univ. (Jesuit) does, and it is in our department tenure …
• Thu, 14:02: RT @Alison_Kinney: Must-read thoughts on how to use your reading power to help your writing friends, from @Lollardfish: http://t.co/QwEdqa…
• Thu, 14:08: Today's blog - #Girls & #Science. @MAKERSwomen vs @sciamblogs - http://t.co/lOkjztPNZB
• Thu, 14:09: Today's blog - #Girls & #Science. @MAKERSwomen vs @sciamblogs . Oh no, not this again. http://t.co/lOkjztPNZB @rocza @FlyingTrilobite
• Thu, 16:52: RT @IAHF: It's #irishfest season & we want to wish good times & great weather to @MilwIrishFest, @indyirishfest, @DublinIrishFest, @clevela…
• Thu, 16:54: @pankisseskafka It's the same as any boss dating any other employee. Academia is not special.
• Thu, 17:19: RT @aurabogado: Just to be clear, the Supreme Court has a very active ban against demonstrators on its own grounds. http://t.co/kwbeKmjaUy
• Thu, 18:16: RT @YAppelbaum: What's the key to victory as America faces Belgium? Offense. #History http://t.co/TdrBfwqMqO
• Thu, 18:46: RT @kaysteiger: !!! RT @jameshohmann: POTUS is having lunch at Matt's Bar, home of the original Jucy Lucy.

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• Tue, 12:07: My new piece up @chronicle - 'But Does It Count?' Public Engagement as part ofTenure and Promotion - http://t.co/TELjuuyLp5
• Tue, 12:38: Followup blog post to today's new piece @chronicle on public engagement - http://t.co/s2UWJUMGtD #engagedacademic
• Tue, 12:45: RT @JessieNYC: We have a problem with how we define and value the many ways in which faculty members engage with the public http://t.co/BjZ…
• Tue, 12:58: RT @jeffreyjcohen: Required reading on the future of humanities doctoral programs http://t.co/wA93OdyTHR
• Tue, 13:03: RT @DrErikaBullock: @Lollardfish @TakiyahNAmin but I also don't think ECRs should wait to do The Work until someone deems them acceptable
• Tue, 13:10: RT @monicamkowal: But Does It Count? http://t.co/z8HF23LKoE "We can make sure that all of our varied but important types of work get the cr…
• Tue, 13:16: RT @josh_boldt: 72 percent vote yes for adjunct faculty union at Hamline http://t.co/WN3TU9eFut
• Tue, 13:39: RT @WhitneyMartinko: I call this being a good citizen; profs must get unis & public to recognize public engagement as part of acad job http…
• Tue, 13:52: Study - Oped's my women still relatively rare. MT @Sulliview: http://t.co/Ts7LYr0hbp #women via @romenesko @micheleweldon @TheOpEdProject
• Tue, 15:06: RT @FSUFacultyAward: 'But Does It Count?' http://t.co/bb3zq2TYCk via @chronicle

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