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Jennifer Sherman Roberts

@jshermanroberts.bsky.social

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Novelist. PhD in early modern lit. History of science fan. THE VILLAGE HEALER'S BOOK OF CURES (Lake Union 10/23). Oregonian. Rep'd by Alicia Brooks/Martin Literary Management

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · Jan 8

Figuring out which t-shirt to wear on today's errands

#libraries

Black t-shirt that reads "What's more punk than the public library?" in white writing

Cream-colores t-shirt that reads "Libraries are for everyone" in colorful writing. It shows drawings of a diverse group of people

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 13h

I am never ever going to forgive a single one of these motherfuckers.

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Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · 16h

I don't have a printing press, but I do have access to a laser cutter and supplies for pendants and keychains. #DHmakes 🐸

A row of Miles's Frog of Portland images cut in a circle out of plywood on a laser cutter.

A keychain and pendant of the Frog of Portland image.

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 16h

"Proposals for virtual presentation are welcome."

Love to see it.

James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 18h

#CFP : Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination

cmrs.osu.edu/events/cfp-s...

CFP: Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination

Call for PapersStar Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance ImaginationPopular Culture and the Deep Past 2026

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 20h

I know y'all have seen this, but I just want to do my part to ensure this video reaches ALL the corners of the internet as God and The Daily Show intended

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

And let me highlight the DISCIPLINE at play here and across the country, too.

They are trying to goad protestors into lighting a Reichstag fire and those efforts are being met with suggestive hip thrusts from a giant inflatable frog.

This is movement not taking the bait.

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 4d

#EarlyModern meme! #BookHistory

The bottom of a page of printed text, showing three hands (or printers' fists) pointing at each other.

The spiderman meme: three spidermen pointing at each other.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this TikTok since yesterday. Sherman was stressing those ladies out.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 2d

#earlymodern

Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 2d

New on CollectionsCaptured is a wonderfully illustrated set of 17 proof copies of early 17th Century maps, later included in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'.

All 17 pages can be seen here on CollectionsCaptured: collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/coll...
[Ref. Freinds/JSM]

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Note to self: stop scheduling my mammogram during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

(Be assured, local health system, I'm VERY aware of breast cancer and really don't want a pink plastic bracelet to remind me)

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

The most important political thread of our time.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Thony, oh no!!!!! Sending all good thoughts your way for healing and comfort

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 3d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Dr.DreadPirate ☠️ 🎃 @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 3d

Can we puhlease call it the

"Crack The Ice" Ride??!!

#pdx

Emergency world naked bike ride planned in Portland screenshot

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

"This book was crafted to live within any library in America. It was written by a team specializing in what is most important in good books: that it appeals to conservative politicians and that one mom on the PTA."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/fin...

Finally, a Book That Cannot Be Banned

This is a good book. It has a cover and many pages. This book is endorsed by parents and is church-friendly. It is clean and full of Grace, as in i...

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Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 4d

A boardwalk nature trail!

This would make such a good writing prompt lol . . .

Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 4d

If you lost your keys and cell phone in Duck, North Carolina, have I got good news for you 😄

Toddler toy ring with plushie cell phone and plastic keys

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 4d

I’m pleased to say you can now pre-order my next book, ‘Fairies: A History’ (out in February 2026) from
@politybooks.bsky.social. Thank you to Jeremy Harte, Simon Young, Jo Hickey-Hall and Owen Davies for such generous endorsements! 🌿📚 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 5d

EAT THE MIDDLE AGES YUM!

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 5d

new newsletter from me & @lollardfish.bsky.social (now once weekly, dropping on Mondays)

another great event at @gettymuseum.bsky.social

#medievalsky

buttondown.com/ModernMediev...

Eat the Middle Ages

Our friends at the Getty (in LA) have something delicious in store

buttondown.com

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American Association for the History of Medicine @aahmhistmed.bsky.social · 5d

Starting today! Join us at 1 pm ET/12 pm CT for the first event of History of Medicine week! Registration links are in your email. Misplaced it? Didn't get it? Email us! histmed.org/history-of-m... #HistMedWeek #histmed

"History of Medicine Week events schedule, October 6-10. Five events listed: Monday - Communicating Beyond the Academy panel and AIDS talk; Tuesday - Federal Regulations podcast and Graduate Degree workshop; Wednesday - Teaching tips session; Thursday - Immigration and Health discussion; Friday - Trans & Intersex Health talk. Visit histmed.org/history-of-medicine-week for details."Retry

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 5d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 5d

GOD:
"Do not mistreat foreigners living in your country, but treat them just as you treat your own citizens. Love foreigners as you love yourselves, because you were foreigners one time in Egypt. I am the Lord your God."
--- Leviticus 19: 33-34

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