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B.S.W. Barootes

@barootes.bsky.social

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Medievalist. Asst. Prof. of English at MUN, Grenfell. Articles on final -e, the Pearl-poet, and monkish burps. Wm Beauchamp fanboy. Cursed by Artemis. (he/him/his) bswbarootes.com

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · Jun 3

I'm absolutely heartbroken.

Farewell, Stinky.

Goodbye, my sweet girl.

I love you, Biscotte.

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 52m

I actually wish a few more celebrities would offer this clarification

B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 53m

Will perhaps post the ppt on my website, if I remember...

B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 1h

I'm giving a talk to grade 12 students at an open house at the uni tomorrow that is all about MSS, which includes this stuff:)

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 1h

Also, btw, @themedievaldrk.bsky.social , Marjorie's stuff on Digby 86 is aces

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 1h

I knew you'd know!

The best!

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 2h

I think it's a bit higher, and they may have a breakdown re: virtual attendees etc.

The person to contact is @mlkharrington.bsky.social , the maven of Kzoo

B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 2h

I don't think it was ever 4k in my experience (been going since 2009, with a gap due to dissertation, er, work from 2012-15). But over 3000 for sure during my time pre-Covid

B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 3h

When I went in 2023 it was over 2000 for sure.

Didn't attend this last year, since, well....

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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 12h

Translators of medieval romances reshaped stories to portray Irish women as more independent and proactive than their English counterparts, writes Benedetta d’Antuono, PhD researcher at the Department of Early Irish. 💘

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

Medieval illustration depicting two figures in elaborate clothing, possibly embracing. One holds a hawk perched on the wrist, while the scene is framed with decorative floral patterns and a striped border. The colors are vivid, including reds and greens.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 10h

University leaders: [terminate programs, close campuses, cave in to political pressure from demagogues]

Faculty, students, staff: you’re killing the university

Management consultants: looks like you got a real comms challenge here

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 7h

Alas, no. Of all the places that could really use them....

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 7d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 8h

I just want to know WHERE these prices are to

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Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.social · Jul 7

My daughter asked where "eureka" comes from...then she saw the excitement in my face

"Oh no! The short version, the short version!"

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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 23h

I read your thesis.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 21h

That's when you switch to DinoSours.

B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 22h

"AI can teach languages"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is a live-action version of the Cartiledge Head storyline from Achewood

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Michel Lacombe @michellacombe.bsky.social · 1d

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will