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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 7h

I do indeed and precisely! Even today things could get tense at a donut table! 😂

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 8h

are you here through AHA??

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 8h

What a story by @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social about Rachel Harlow Billebault, the trans nightclub queen of Philly who after decades out of the spotlight, is again ready for her close-up.

Harlow's still here

Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.

www.inquirer.com

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 8h

re: LRT we'll see if it holds up in court, and how it gets applied, but better to have something to argue with than back to first principals.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 11h

ouf brutal truth yeah

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

was the broadside made for a club, perhaps (who therefore ponied up for the illumination)? Scribal hands were easy enough to come by in that period, but illumination less so.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

srsly, Sweetwater puts one of these up every night at the Kzoo wine reception and fights would break out

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

I'm awestruck, frankly

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

behold the breathtaking grace of Moby Donut

Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 15h

At a party with a Moby Donut 🍩 🐋 and this is true literary goals of it weren’t to celebrate a new stout.

Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 15h

At a party with a Moby Donut 🍩 🐋 and this is true literary goals of it weren’t to celebrate a new stout.

Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 15h

BILLIARDS!

What is this, 18th c. shark week?
Take a cue from this adorable (and Stede Bonnet-coded) player on how the fancy new game of French Billiards is to be played! Handwritten and painted broadside.
#NewberryLibrary (VAULT Wing MS oversize ZW 7451 .001o)

December 6 (6/24)
#AdventCalendar

Manuscript how-to for billiards table. French Billiards!

Bewigged dandy in teal and gold with a pool cue.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

I'm so glad I follow you heh : )

Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 16h

Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9

Harlow's still here

Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.

share.inquirer.com

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17h

wow, big big congrats (genuine!)

Brian McRoberts @brimcrob.bsky.social · 17h

If you happen to be in and around Leith this weekend then I would advise popping into Coburgh House. Artists, craft are showing and selling their wares for this weekend only..
#Leith
#Edinburgh

Various small weaver machines with colourful yarn on the ceiling

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17h

hahah my dad totally used to do this w/century-old tractors, and having witnessed steam-accidents as a kid was the only thing that stopped him from branching out into that too.
much cheap so bored very dad.

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 17h

He uses it to ROLL OUT HIS GRAVEL DRIVE. It’s not a show piece. The man saw a 100+ year old piece of machinery and said “I’m gonna restore that and learn how to operate a steam engine to save a couple hundred on someone else graveling my drive.”

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 17h

He uses it to ROLL OUT HIS GRAVEL DRIVE. It’s not a show piece. The man saw a 100+ year old piece of machinery and said “I’m gonna restore that and learn how to operate a steam engine to save a couple hundred on someone else graveling my drive.”

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17h

new home yay! busy time of year but getting in and settled is the important thing!

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17h

OH MY GOD THEY SOUND LIKE ARCTIC BULLFROGS

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17h

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.

Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.

A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17h

I see Christmas came early for you this year ; )

Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 18h

A party @ox.ac.uk on Thursday to celebrate the work of Ros Faith with a magnificent book edited by @hannah-boston.bsky.social & @richardpurkiss.bsky.social. Speakers emphasized her commitment to 'treating the peasantry as people with minds of their own'.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17h

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.

Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.

A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17h

Everyone, yes including you, needs to read this excellent piece. It has the numbers, sources, and asks good questions. This is the journalism we need.

New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 18h

"As just about any working-class American family will tell you, the real 'distortion of reality' is the idea that a family of four can do anything but suffer on $32,150 a year." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics

How much does it cost to stop being poor in America? • New Hampshire Bulletin

Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, “How a broken benchmark quietly broke America.” His provocative economic…

newhampshirebulletin.com

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17h

Saturday morning thoughts: one bit of shrinkflation I did not expect, but on reflection, should have done (hello publishing), was 1" air filters becoming 1cm air filters.

New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 18h

"As just about any working-class American family will tell you, the real 'distortion of reality' is the idea that a family of four can do anything but suffer on $32,150 a year." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics

How much does it cost to stop being poor in America? • New Hampshire Bulletin

Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, “How a broken benchmark quietly broke America.” His provocative economic…

newhampshirebulletin.com

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 20h

microsoft promised to "empower every user" and google to "revolutionise knowledge and technological innovation" but in reality what they have given us is an invasive surveillance dystopian nightmare hard to escape

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

Microsoft Teams Starts Telling Your Boss Where You Are—Now Just 8 Weeks Away

Microsoft confirms start date for new Teams update — no more hiding places.

www.forbes.com

Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 21h

There's not long left to apply for this role with us!

Head to the link below for more information.
jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/336539/

'We're Hiring!

Archives and Local Studies Senior Officer'

over an image of leatherbound Records of Buckinghamshire on a shelf.

Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 1d

These vibrant Roman ribbed 'rippenschalen' glass drinking bowls were made in various places in the empire. The most common color was the amber, shown on the left (made in the Balkans), followed by cobalt blue and purple (both here made in the E. Mediterranean). 🏺 1/

50-100 CE. 📸 me (ALT for more)

Translucent amber blown glass bowl with pinched ribs, decorated with marvered (smoothed) white horizontal trails. This style of glass drinking bowl is known by the German term 'zarte Rippenschalen' (meaning delicate ribbed bowls), and they appear at the beginning of the 1st century CE and cease to be produced shortly after the middle of the century.

These bowls were analyzed as a group for the first time - and given their name of 'zarte Rippenschalen' - by Dr. Thea Elisabeth Haevernick in 1958 when she listed 219 examples, followed in 1967 by a new study of another 318 pieces; so together more than 500 examples were included. This amber/honey brown color was the most common, followed by cobalt blue, and then purple.

Roman, ca. 50-100 CE, made in Yugoslavia, Balkans, and found on the island of Corfu.

Diameter: 9.50 cm (3.74 in.)
Height (max): 6.0 cm (2.36 in.)

British Museum, London (1866,0504.42)

Roman cast blue rippenschale drinking bowl with ribbed decoration around the body. Traces of white glass trails are visible across the ribs and once decorated the areas in between the ribs, as indicated by faint areas of iridescence. Bands of white glass decorate the area just below the slightly flared lip. The bottom of the vessel has a spiraling trail of white glass.

Getty Villa Museum (2003.226)

Roman cast translucent purple rippenschale drinking bowl with spiraling white glass trail decoration combed around the ribs. The bowl has a slightly flaring rim.

Getty Villa Museum (2004.20)

Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social · 1d

It was bad at FDA 5 months ago, it has now become a total disaster. 90% of senior staff gone.

Tal B. Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 1d

The sandwich newsletter is back!!! Prepare to learn more than you ever thought you would about pastrami! Origin myths! Disputes! An outstanding historical mystery! Yiddish ballads! Unlikely lyricism! The Armenian Church takes a stand! buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Notable Sandwiches #132: Pastrami

Hello, and welcome back to the Sword and the Sandwich! I’ve been struggling with a particularly pernicious case of writer’s block, for months now. Not being...

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