Daniel Woolf ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social
Daniel Woolf ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
@woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social

History professor & Principal Emeritus, Queen's University. Interests include historiography/theory, and early modern Britain. Also woolfd1958 on 'Threads'. Dog servant to Layla and occasional practitioner of several hobbies; part time radio show host. .. more

Daniel Robert Woolf is a British-Canadian historian and former university administrator. He served as the 20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a position to which he was appointed in January 2009 and took up on 1 September 2009. He was previously a professor of history and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. He was reappointed to a second 5-year term in 2013. In late 2017, Woolf announced his intention not to serve a third term and to retire from university administration at the end of his second term in 2019. He was succeeded by Patrick Deane, and became Principal Emeritus. .. more

History 42%
Political science 18%

you'd be very welcome!

By the way LMB will be my "person of the week" in my lecture on reign of H7 on Monday.

same to you Susan. Keep up the good fight.

Otter-correct in action.
Took an evening walk. For all of the people who thought I had misidentified the otters as beavers, THIS is a beaver.

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Took an evening walk. For all of the people who thought I had misidentified the otters as beavers, THIS is a beaver.

The comic pair of Flounders and Swans presents their newest hit duet (now with a Latin beat), "Have some Maduro, m'dear".

Didn't they mean to spell "hail" with an "e" after the "h"?
Yes, hello? I donโ€™t think 2026 is working properly. Iโ€™d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.

Best of all the Bond films in my humble opinion.

I will shortly press send on a short book manuscript devoted to the question "Can we learn from the Past?" The answer is yes, but today's events in Venezuela demonstrate that we, or at least our leaders, don't often do--or simply misinterpret and select events from the past to justify folly.

what could possibly go wrong?
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I was wondering if you repost this dog. Her name is MELIA, only 3.5 years old and at the shelter 843 days. Shes looking for a quiet adult only home. Cat friendly. No dogs.

Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

Well deserved Cate. Congratulations!
So much love to all of my fellow radical left scumโ€ฆ

After a brisk walk this morning and some racing around in the backyard snow, Layla curls up for a pre dinner on the couch in her โ€˜officeโ€™ (aka our tv room) in a position we call โ€˜Houndballโ€™. #dogsofbluesky

My favourite Kneff film role (1951): opposite Oskar Werner in the underrated Anatole Litvak directed WW2 drama Decision before Dawn, also with Richard Basehart and Gary Merrill.

Born OTD 100 years ago, German actress and singer Hildegard Kneff who grew up during the 3rd Reich, and was captured by Soviets in the Battle for Berlin and imprisoned for a while. Her lead role career largely over in 1960s she turned to jazz with some success.
This message hits hard.

What on earth do barnyard animals have to do with Christmas? Oh. Wait.

Horns and angry face suggest the ox as the Devil realizing the jig is up.

Congratulations to Marรญa Inรฉs; the Element is free to download at Free to download till Jan. 7 at doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Gender, Theory, and History
Cambridge Core - Global History - Gender, Theory, and History
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Just in time for the holidays, I'm pleased to announce the last new title for 2025 in @universitypress.cambridge.org series Elements in Historical Theory and Practice: Marรญa Inรฉs La Greca's "Gender, Theory, and History: on the Knowledge and Politics of Bodies". 1/2
Gender, Theory, and History
Cambridge Core - Global History - Gender, Theory, and History
doi.org

Born OTD 100 years ago, steady supporting player in movies and tv Harry Guardino (d 1995). In film best remembered as Clint Eastwood's boss in the 1st and 3rd Dirty Harry films; on tv as DA Hamilton Burger in 70s rebooted Perry Mason. Star turn as a deranged officer in S1 of the Outer Limits ('63).

It ain't Christmas till Hans Gruber flies.

Layla the Mighty Huntress decides to teach her stuffed bunny whoโ€™s boss, clearly enjoying doing it on camera.

and Dean Martin; Canadian chanteuse Carol Welsman; new releases from Darius de Haas and 90 yr old Herb Alpert; and the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet. We close out with some non-jazz from Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. New shows return Jan. 19. Thanks for listening and happy holidays.
a group of peanuts characters are dancing on a stage while snoopy plays the piano .
ALT: a group of peanuts characters are dancing on a stage while snoopy plays the piano .
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On today's @cfrcradio.bsky.social Dark Glasses, our last new show for 2025, and Yule love it--the annual Xmas special. We open with a triptych of Oscar Peterson (who left us 18 years ago tomorrow. Then an assortment of holiday themed jazz from oldies (Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton 1/2

Marking the winter solstice with the last menorah lighting of Hanukkah 2025.

the starter packs allowed one quickly to replicate closely one's prior Twitter communities.