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Christian Callisen @ctcallisen.bsky.social · 10h

A (long) thread of (anglophone) #StarterPacks and #feeds of interest to #EarlyModern #skystorians.

The first two posts list a sample of hashtags for which Bluesky feeds currently exist. The following forty-two(!) posts list starter packs for scholars of various aspects of early modern history.

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 10h

The vast majority of British magic practitioners until the 20th century were cunning folk, hedge magicians who used folk magic and low magic via devices, often amulets, elixirs, and craft taken from grimoires, to help or harm with angels, demons, or fairies. #FolkloreSunday

A model of a 19th century magician showing her using cartomancy via Tarot to divine the future for someone. She is a simple older woman with a black hat and gray cloak, a heart statue on her desk, and behind her a cabinet of elixirs, two mortars and pestles, and some pots and containers for liquids. Hanging is herbs and dolls. In her hand is a blackened crystal ball.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 11h

I was charmed.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 21h

What a lovely spirit she was.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 1d

With you.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 1d

Fun!

Kelly Jarvis @kellyjarviswriter.bsky.social · 1d

Mystic Witch Paddle 🧙🏻‍♀️🌊✨

#mystic #connecticut #seasonofthewitch

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 1d

Together with the CDC firings this places our country at great risk.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 2d

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty) @raggamog.bsky.social · 2d

October folklore includes traditions surrounding the thinning of the veil between the worlds during Halloween and the Celtic festival of Samhain, the importance of the Hunter's Moon, and the symbolism of harvest. Hares are associated with the moon and liminality.
Art my own.
#FolkyFriday #Folkore

An original mixed media artwork of a hare and full moon. Created using acrylic paints on mulberry paper with copper leaf.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely!

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 1d

Each such loss is enormous.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 1d

Hahahaha! I was marooned watching it away from home. The disbelief!

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 1d

The @mariners.com continue to give us something to cheer about!

Congratulations on the epic win! M's advance to ALCS after outdueling Detroit.

"They will remember this night, and this game, and that swing, in the Pacific Northwest... forever!"

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 1d

Still glowing from this win.

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

You gotta love these guys!

MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 1d

Edgar 1995 🤝 Jorge 2025

The @Mariners are ALCS bound once again!

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 1d

Fate!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 2d

Goody.

Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 2d

How I love #medievalsky

V.H.T. @v-h-t.bsky.social · 2d

#medievalsky

Susan Abernethy @susanabernethy2.bsky.social · 2d

Article: How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?

www.thecollector.com/how-did-a-pi...

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 2d

Just arrived. The posthumously published book of my late colleague, Dr Colmán Etchingham. Thanks to everyone who saw it through to publication. We plan to hold an event in Maynooth to mark its publication (details to follow). Available to order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...
#MedievalSky

A copy of Colmán Etchingham, Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-raiding, Politics and Kingship (Boydell and Brewer, 2025).

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 2d

I don't trust that author. Gosh.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 2d

Ahhh

Das gemeine Wip @das-gemeine-wip.bsky.social · 2d

#medievalsky

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