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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 1d

For Indigenous People's Day, spend some time getting to know the paintings of Kent Monkman (aka Miss Chief Eagle Testickle) one of Canada's greatest living artists.

www.kentmonkman.com/paintings-ga...

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Dr. Christina Hotalen @drchristinah.bsky.social · 1d

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 1d

On Indigenous Peoples' Day I'm re-sharing the episode of @thisguysucked.com on which I spoke with host @ceaubin.bsky.social about why, even in his own day, people thought Christopher Columbus sucked.

💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #renaissance #maps #geography #cartography #empire 1/2

Christopher Columbus with Surekha Davies

Podcast Episode · This Guy Sucked · 08/28/2025 · Subscribers Only · 1h

podcasts.apple.com

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks. I'd love to hear updates on this project as it progresses, especially I'm also looking specifically at what medical texts are specific to monasteries, pre-1200 at least.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 3d

Nope not me. But that sounds useful. Monica Green has made some more specific hand lists of Salernitan manuscripts and women’s medicine manuscripts.

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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 4d

#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

cmrs.osu.edu

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 5d

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History
Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at Dublin City University

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 6d

#histmed #MedievalSky Minji Lee's book, The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body, has just been released #OpenAccess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

Cover image of Minji Lee, The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body. On the complex imagery reproduced on the cover, read the book!

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 7d

Getting great support as a professor in 2025.

One part of admin tells us they take AI writing very seriously and will treat it as plagiarism if not allowed in the course.

Student submits an all-AI essay and I begin the plagiarism investigation, only to be told AI writing can't be proven.

Sigh.

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 7d

Flat illustration of a Wood Pigeon, Magpie, and Robin in a parade-line stride holding autumn leaves up high with their beaks! (UK birds as I am there right now on vacation!)

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · 7d

New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Keepin' it Old School this time

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 7d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social · 12d

She is holding a book! 📖
Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Rare' medieval hair accessory uncovered at Eilean Donan Castle

The gravoir was used for neatly parting hair and creating elaborate hairstyles.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, the Anthropic settlement is go.
If you've written a book, check the website and database-- easy to use. One of my books is listed, and I filed a claim.
Make sure you know what kind of "owner" you are of a book (I'm a "beneficial owner" meaning the press holds copyright but I get royalties).

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 13d

Rest in peace, Jane Goodall.
You taught us that kindness is a form of strength and that respect for life in all its forms is the truest measure of humanity. You will be dearly missed.

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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 13d

Will-o’-the-wisps, the fleeting flames occasionally seen above swamps and graveyards, may be tiny lightning bursts jumping between microscopic bubbles of methane. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

a girl with red hair is holding a blue object in her hand

ALT: a girl with red hair is holding a blue object in her hand

media.tenor.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 13d

15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...

formlitchart.bsky.social @formlitchart.bsky.social · Sep 2

Neben unserer Edition mit Übersetzung der frühmittelalterlichen Formeln und unserem e-Lexikon haben wir auch ein ständig wachsendes Urkundenkorpus in unserer Werkstatt. 15.376 Herrscher- und Privaturkunden sind es inzwischen! Frei zugänglich und voll durchsuchbar:
werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de

Willkommen in der Formulae - Litterae - Chartae Werkstatt!

Medieval Latin Formulae and their German translations in the Capitains Format

werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 14d

Sudden late summer shower, glowing cathedral, and full sky rainbow. It’s okay.

Nave of St Ninians Cathedral in the sun and rain, seen through a shady stone arch.

West front towers of St Ninians Cathedral in Antigonish, seen from behind through a shady stone arch.

Autumn rainbow over a roof and treetops at St Francis Xavier U.

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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 15d

📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Autumn 2025 schedule for the Institute of Historical Research's Earlier Middle Ages seminar. Full information available at https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/earlier-middle-ages

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 15d

Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...

jobs.kent.ac.uk

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 15d

Oooh, an important talk by Anna Gili, with new evidence for elements of Constantine the African's attempts to salvage parts of al-Majusi's Kitab al-Malaki. November 11.
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin... #MedievalMedicine #Pharmaceutics #MedievalSky #histmed

The Science of Compound Medicaments - CSMBR

This lecture explores al-Majūsī’s "Kitāb al-Malakī" and its Latin translation, showing how Book X on compound medicaments was reshaped into a new synthesis of pharmacology and philosophy.

csmbr.fondazionecomel.org

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Dr Izzy Wisher @izzywisher.bsky.social · 15d

Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵

Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺

doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Close-up image of a sand coloured stone, with a diagonal crack. The sand rock has a textured surface, and small spots of blue can be seen towards the centre of the stone. The background is grey.

Microscopic photo of the blue spots, that are irregular in shape and size and positioned diagonally across the image. The rest of the photo shows the rough sand coloured texture of the stone.

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