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Association of Celtic Students @celticstudents.bsky.social · 1d

The CFP for our 2026 conference is officially OPEN!

We are holding our 13th annual conference from 11–13 June, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will be hybrid. Presenters are welcome to present and attend online, or in-person at Trinity College Dublin.

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 4d

Blue Jays beat the Yanks? Time for the Oh Canada trap beat remix hype video, I think

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 5d

This is an absolute nailed on zero-liker but I refuse to cow to the fact that none of my followers watch baseball

Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 5d

Trey Yesavage more like Loads of Ks Yesavage am I right

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 19d

People say this all the time, right? You’ve heard people say this

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 19d

“Doctor, Doctor! I’m in need of someone to explain to me the complex interrelated identities projected onto the figure of King Arthur between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries!”

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 20d

The latter to me is no great loss — everyone involved in that group chat should be nowhere near cricket. It’s a source of constant frustration!

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 21d

bsky.app/profile/josh...

Josh Gardner @joshgardner.bsky.social · 21d

Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 21d

Justine Pelletier, je me souviens TABARNAK

A screenshot of Justine Pelletier’s beyond audacious dummy for Canada’s first try against NZ tonight. Over her I have laid the word “me”, over the Black Fern player I have written “my thesis”, and in the space Pelletier is about to run into, I have written “watching Canada win RWC 25”

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 23d

I took one yesterday on a whim! He is now adorned with a smiley face and sits on my desk :)

A conker from a horse chestnut, against a white desk. A simple smiley face is drawn on the lighter part.

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 24d

Come say hello!!

St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · 24d

Thinking about applying for a postgraduate course at Cambridge? Our postgraduate open day is 10am–2pm on 19 Sept, with an admissions talkin the McGrath Centre at 11am–12pm. If you can't visit us, our prospectus offers insights into life at Catz at caths.cam.ac.uk/post...
📸: @cam.ac.uk, Binky Nixon

Group of four standing in fallen leaves on the path in front of the main gates of St Catharine's College

Three students studying in the Sherlock Library at St Catharine's College

Three students walking away from the camera in Main Court at St Catharine's College

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 27d

!!! Huge congratulations! 💜

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 29d

I love him *so* much. If I ever give in to the medievalist tattoo impulse he’s top of the list

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St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · Sep 10

#WorldSuicidePreventionDay: Catz is proud to be a pioneer in student wellbeing in Cambridge & recognises that it can be difficult to know who to reach out to during a mental health crisis, prompting our Wellbeing team to put together helpful advice at caths.cam.ac.uk/welf.... @iaspinfo.bsky.social

World Suicide Prevention Day graphic with text reading 'Every conversation, no matter how small, contributes to a more supportive & understanding society' and '10 September'

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Sep 8

Immediate repost for Rory 🫡

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Sep 8

You might assume “Anglo-Saxons” is a simple phrase with a simple meaning, but it’s meant various things during the past centuries. This is a brilliant open-access summary of those evolutions by Prof Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Anglo-Saxons: Myth and History | Early Medieval England and its Neighbours | Cambridge Core

The Anglo-Saxons: Myth and History - Volume 51

www.cambridge.org

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · Sep 7

so in NYC “bagel” means an NY-style bagel

in Montreal “bagel” means a Montreal-style bagel

outside NYC and Montreal, “Montreal-style bagel” means a more or less decent impression of an NY-style bagel and “NY-style bagel” means an English muffin with a hole in it

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Sep 1

Three Meganobz + A Grot Oiler sounds like the worst possible stag do to encounter on a train

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Aug 27

That makes sense, I just hoped 😭

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Aug 27

I don’t suppose there’s a Welsh language one?

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Aug 26

Side note: I’m really fun at parties

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is true at parties, it’s true at pubs, it’s true of talking to close friends, it’s true of talking to family. Obviously I don’t read verbatim but it is a good reminder that a) these tales were designed to be heard by audiences and b) they’re very good at playing to the strengths of that format.

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Aug 26

An anecdotal but entirely true thing: as someone who studies medieval romance, I spend a lot of time retelling medieval romances. I have never yet failed to get the reaction I/the plot am/is seeking.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Aug 21

From traders to magicians and allies, the Saami appear across medieval Nordic sagas.

Solveig Marie Wang explores how these stories reveal an Indigenous presence at the centre of the Middle Ages — and why remembering it matters today.

Reclaiming the Medieval Saami Past

Explore Saami history and its representation in medieval sources, challenging the myth of a purely White Middle Ages.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Big night tonight boys I'm rolling up with my

A screenshot of a dictionary, in Welsh. The headword is 'cethern', and the English translation is 'crew of rascals'

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