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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist'

@judeseal.bsky.social

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PhD. from Royal Holloway, University of London. Repost ≠ Endorsement / All views my own. Primary Research: History/Archaeology of Medicine, Disability, Disease, Trauma. Palæopathology. Religion. 'Theorist' & 'Massive Autodidact'

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · Aug 25

I have a chapter in this, which is available now!

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Towards an Accessible Academy

Higher Education is a rich and diverse environment which allows so many different types of people and disciplines to flourish. Medieval Studies is a particular confluence of this, with the meeting of ...

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 9h

'We used AI instead.'
'We used generative AI.'
'We can't pay you.'
'Can't afford unfunded hobbyists.'

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 13h

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

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 13h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 10h

We took a timelapse film of Huxley's Friday (9am-5pm).

He sure does spend a lot of time snoozing on the sofa! 🥱😴

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British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social · 10h

FREIGHT AND A CITY (1966)

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 10h

📣 UK HIGHER EDUCATION CRISIS KLAXON 📣
More #University jobs cut as crisis deepened. Here we still are UK #academia, here we still are.

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Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens - BBC News

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 12h

"London reported the lowest number of homicides of under-25s for more than two decades. Overall, murders are at a five-year low, and the rate is much lower than in other international cities such as New York, Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Madrid" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘London has turned into something crazy’: is the city in the grip of a crime wave?

Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 12h

When I saw this legally distinct half white half brown loaf, my brain auto played the words 'Though we are many...' #AnglicanProblems

The photo shows a Sainsbury's Both in One Bread, medium sliced loaf which retails in the UK for £0.75, on a kitchen counter top.

Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 18h

BBC News - Hopes a medieval coin hoard found near Oswestry will go on show - BBC News
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Hopes a medieval coin hoard found near Oswestry will go on show

Chris Langston says he hopes the 43 coins found near Oswestry will go on display in Shropshire.

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 18h

I literally wore a Sesame Street t-shirt yesterday (Cookie Monster) and wore a Fraggle Rock one today. They should do this. I'd wear that shirt.

Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 18h

BBC News - Hopes a medieval coin hoard found near Oswestry will go on show - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hopes a medieval coin hoard found near Oswestry will go on show

Chris Langston says he hopes the 43 coins found near Oswestry will go on display in Shropshire.

www.bbc.co.uk

Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

I'll drop you an e-mail about it and some of the notes I've made on the manuscript side so far, which may be of use.

Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. If I manage to find it, I'll post it on my Archaeomedicus blog. I remembered it because I needed to check monastic medical texts for an article I'm writing - and I remembered writing a list of the common examples.

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

@hagenilda.bsky.social Did I mention this to you at the time (c. The Minor Brainpocalypse of 2022? )?

Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

This is a really important project that would make a major difference to research in Medieval medicine.

Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d

How about this? www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/cor...

Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine (CEMLM)

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry - I assumed you would read all the way down to 'further reading', where just a few of many examples are listed. I can particularly recommend this as a starting point - amzn.eu/d/bF42jm0

Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England's Churches: Amazon.co.uk: Champion, Matthew: 9780091960414: Books

Buy Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England's Churches First Edition by Champion, Matthew (ISBN: 9780091960414) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders...

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

@winstonblack.bsky.social Have you by any chance produced something like this alongside 'Medicine and Healing in the Pre-modern West: A History in Documents'?

Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

I should add that is a really important project and will make a big difference for research on Medieval medicine.

Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

Initially, I thought that's what it might be - but I clearly remember there being a couple of Old English texts. I wish I could recall more details. Unfortunately, I lost about three weeks of my memory when I had a stroke in 2022.

Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

#Medievalsky At some point I remember having a handlist of early English / general European medical manuscripts and editions - but I cannot remember for the life of me if I found it somewhere or compiled it myself. (It was c.2022 - so my memory is a bit vague due to PhD stress) Any ideas? #medicine

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 1d

Firstly there have been entire academic studies carried out on graffiti inside Canterbury Cathedral - www.balh.org.uk/blog-medieva... - which can tell us a lot about what the site has meant to people over time. Secondly, I am always wary of anyone who implies they speak for an entire social class.

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 2d

Canterbury Cathedral was quite literally already full of graffiti - some of it dating back nearly a thousand years. So, from my view, this is actually continuing something that has already been happening and asking questions in an interesting way.
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