Tomorrow my 100th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes & conversations, new & forthcoming books will drop. I was trying to think of how to celebrate a centennial of sharing y’all’s amazing work, & then it hit me:
I started these threads because I saw so much great work & I was worried it was getting lost in the flood. Hopefully the threads have helped highlight the goodness week to week, but it’s still sometimes too easy for all those vital words to come and go. So:
Here’s a Google Doc sharing all 99 of my #ScholarSunday threads to date. I’ll pin it; dip in when & where you’re able, share if you can, & revisit all this amazing work from well more than two years of public scholarly goodness:

docs.google.com/document/d/1cm…
I’ll keep adding the new threads to that doc, & I hope it can become a significant repository of all (or at least a whole lot) of the amazing public scholarly work y’all have done for these two years & continue to do so importantly & inspiringly.
Tomorrow we finally get to #ScholarSunday thread 100, & despite all the things, here on Twitter & everywhere, I’m so glad to have the chance to keep sharing all y’all’s work & voices & conversations. It’s become one of my very favorite things!
PS. This is why I can't quit Twitter, not unless I feel there's no choice. This place, the community & conversation, have been quite literally a saving grace for these last couple years. The worst of us has always been here, but so has been the best. Fighting for that still.

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