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Kathleen E. Kennedy

@themedievaldrk.bsky.social

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manuscripts, early print, coconuts, nautiluses, media archaeology

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2h

I think the week is just going to be like this and the only measure of success is getting through it lol

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2h

I promise I'll post and repost when we start advertising it!

Reposted by Tim Bale, Kathleen Kennedy

Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 2h

We don’t do court reports, especially when it comes to violent crime, but there’s always an exception.

The Independent: Former London Zoo meerkat expert fined for glassing monkey-handler in row over llama-keeper.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 3h

😂 💯

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 3h

ty!! it's just a short course and so will be blazing fast summary but at least I can get people started so it won't be so mysterious

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 3h

Proposition: teachers were the very first nerds

*early hominid vibrating w/excitement as it demonstrates to other early hominids how to get termites out of a mound with a small stick*

Whine'yap: pfft. That Growl'click'sigh. Always teaching people. What a nerd.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 3h

*screaming* I'M GONNA BE LEADING A SHORT ONLINE COURSE ON 15THC ENGLISH ILLUMINATION IN THE FALL THIS IS SO EXCITING

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman, Kathleen Kennedy

Jordan Alexander Stein @jordanstein.bsky.social · 19h

The special issue I co-edited on "Melville's Queer Afterlives" is here and it's queer. This issue has EVERYTHING: gay pirates, dirty pictures, racist internet fanfic, Gilbert Gottfried, original poetry, and just so many French people.

Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...

Project MUSE - Leviathan-Volume 27, Number 3, October 2025

muse.jhu.edu

Reposted by Sara M. Butler, Kathleen Kennedy, Susan D. Amussen

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 1d

new newsletter from me & @lollardfish.bsky.social on a volcano, ice cores, and the Black Death (and the humility of what research can tell us) #medievalsky

always free to read -->
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...

A Volcano Caused the Black Death?

Plague on a Boat

buttondown.com

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

More data points tracking English's loss of prepositions- the CTA posters that urge "chat the CTA." (If you see something say something".)

Reposted by Roopika Risam

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

and ever the Archive lurks, like some great dusty anglerfish, waiting to lure unsuspecting researchers...

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

Yup

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

It’s just so good

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy

Colleen Theisen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 1d

Inside Wesleyan’s Rare Book Collection, From 17th Century Shakespeare to Feminist Artist Books (Connecticut) 📜
wesleyanargus.com/2025/12/05/i...

Inside Wesleyan’s Rare Book Collection, From 17th Century Shakespeare to Feminist Artist Books – The Wesleyan Argus

wesleyanargus.com

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy

The John Snow Project @johnsnowproject.bsky.social · 1d

SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...

SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System

A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...

johnsnowproject.org

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy

Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 1d

Being a strictly tropical fruit the banana is not the natural enemy of British shipping, but like all predators, when given an opportunity its natural instincts will kick in...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Banana containers cause shipping disruption in Solent

The containers came off a cargo ship near Bembridge on Saturday evening.

www.bbc.co.uk

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

"'But where else would one expect to find a right whale with Irish connections if not off Boston?' said Padraig Whooley with the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group."

Attaway (attawhale?)

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Endangered whale's 3,000-mile journey from Ireland to Boston shocks scientists - CBS Boston 🧪🌎🦑

Endangered whale's 3,000-mile journey from Ireland to Boston shocks scientists

A North Atlantic right whale spotted off Ireland last year has made an "extraordinary" 3,000-mile journey to Boston, scientists say.

www.cbsnews.com

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Endangered whale's 3,000-mile journey from Ireland to Boston shocks scientists - CBS Boston 🧪🌎🦑

Endangered whale's 3,000-mile journey from Ireland to Boston shocks scientists

A North Atlantic right whale spotted off Ireland last year has made an "extraordinary" 3,000-mile journey to Boston, scientists say.

www.cbsnews.com

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy

Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 1d

listening to David Lynch's Hildegard of Bingen album (!) with Jocelyn Montgomery in preparation for tonight's medieval chant concert faroutmagazine.co.uk/lux-vivens-d...

David Lynch's esoteric ode to a 12th-century nun

David Lynch was an avid musician, and he once produced an album based on Hildegard von Bingen's 12th-century compositions with Jocelyn Montgomery.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2d

strength to your arm all the same, mate, I live in the city city so no shoveling for me! (I'll sweep the fire escape bc I'm neighborly like that tho ; )

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2d

yeah it clearly hit everyone by surprise (fwiw that one is just easing up here now on the other side of the lake, I know it'll have picked up more water going over but it's not as bad as the Thanksgiving weekend one so hopefully not too terrible for you!)

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2d

hah I've tried to work that magic too by ordering a sub 20F (-7C) coat that isn't what I wanted by any metric and can't get here in less than a week but exists and isn't sold out 😂 we'll see if that does the trick!

Reposted by American Library Association, Rebecca Tushnet, Mark Rice , and 4 more American Library Association, Rebecca Tushnet, Mark Rice, Kathleen Kennedy, Daxton R. Stewart, Charles T. Mathewes, Dana Howard

Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d

“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2d

oh my gosh that is a wild cold snap for LA, esp this early!! I had no idea you guys were suffering like that (and yeah, the numbers are different but it really is comparable)--I hope you have been able to excavate your coat now!

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2d

lort 3+ weeks under 0C (32F) was normal when I was a kid, but in Jan/Feb. I admit I was NOT prepared for the whole of December to be like this--I had planned, in fact, to use this month to prepare and fill in cold-weather clothes I need!

alas alas. (I'll be ok. I have the skills. my checkbook...)

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy

Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 2d

#StainedGlassSunday #AdventAngels
One of earliest windows among medieval wonders in St Neot, Cornwall is the Creation, c.1480, w 95% original glass. Tracery lights feature degrees of angelic powers.
Bribery, plus 'liming' of the medieval windows, preserved them from 1650s Parliamentarian extremists.

Central portion of top of Creation Window in St Neot Cornwall, with tracery outlining 6 small lights demonstrating various orders of angels with yellow and orange highlights. Above each light is a tiny light with a star, emphasising the holiness of the figures. Two lights have decorative leaf motifs. The lights show signs of their repair but are nevertheless in fine condition.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2d

ah gotcha--well, glad it was fun!

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy, Stephen A. Meserve

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 2d

‘Elitism is detrimental to everyone. If art history is a subject only for the wealthy, most people won’t care if it dies’ – and it’s far too important for that to happen, writes Helen Barrett

Art history is too important to be the preserve of the privileged

The subject is endangered at A level just as it couldn’t be more essential or universal. Helen Barrett makes the case for its survival in British schools

apollo-magazine.com

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2d

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

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