Arendse
@arend.se
Author · Marie Curie Postdoc @ Arnamagnaean Institute · Winner of the 2021 Staunch Prize · PhD medieval law · V & A Museum Membership Advisory Group · Contact me through my website www.arend.se
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hoary marmot
Transient orcas
American pika
Eastern moose
Atlantic puffins
Hoary marmot
Transient orcas
American pika
Eastern moose
Atlantic puffins
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hoary marmot
Transient orcas
American pika
Eastern moose
Atlantic puffins
Hoary marmot
Transient orcas
American pika
Eastern moose
Atlantic puffins
I couldn't stand pumpkin pie when I was little. Now I'm out here baking it for myself — please enjoy my little swirl action in the middle!
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I couldn't stand pumpkin pie when I was little. Now I'm out here baking it for myself — please enjoy my little swirl action in the middle!
This is me but listing every single instance of marginalia in Nordic legal manuscripts between 1200-1700. (I also find this fun.)
"oh, you research literature? you must get to read all the time, how fun!"
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is me but listing every single instance of marginalia in Nordic legal manuscripts between 1200-1700. (I also find this fun.)
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Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Today I'm decorating for the holidays. Maybe this man is too? #MondayMarginalia
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Today I'm decorating for the holidays. Maybe this man is too? #MondayMarginalia
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Child's kimono with design of cranes and rising sun (Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taishō period (1912-1928), late 19th-early 20th century)
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Child's kimono with design of cranes and rising sun (Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taishō period (1912-1928), late 19th-early 20th century)
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
I've submitted my LAcon V survey! I chuckled a little at "this survey will take between 10 and 45 minutes." Luckily, it took me much less than 45min, but I did save some of my answers from last year so that made it a little easier. #WorldCon
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I've submitted my LAcon V survey! I chuckled a little at "this survey will take between 10 and 45 minutes." Luckily, it took me much less than 45min, but I did save some of my answers from last year so that made it a little easier. #WorldCon
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For the feast of Saint Edmund Martyr, here is one of my favourite depictions of the wolf that guarded Edmund's head - a marginal drawing appearing by the lesson before the one in which the wolf is mentioned. Or so I interpret this figure.
[MS Pierpont Morgan 736, f.187]
[MS Pierpont Morgan 736, f.187]
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
For the feast of Saint Edmund Martyr, here is one of my favourite depictions of the wolf that guarded Edmund's head - a marginal drawing appearing by the lesson before the one in which the wolf is mentioned. Or so I interpret this figure.
[MS Pierpont Morgan 736, f.187]
[MS Pierpont Morgan 736, f.187]
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The serpent head of the Oseberg Viking ship, carved in 820, and shown for the first time to the public in the Oslo Historical Museum
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The serpent head of the Oseberg Viking ship, carved in 820, and shown for the first time to the public in the Oslo Historical Museum
Please enjoy this 16th-century sunflower caterpillar monster for Marginalia Monday #MedievalMarginalia
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Please enjoy this 16th-century sunflower caterpillar monster for Marginalia Monday #MedievalMarginalia
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We are phasing out the terms “extant” and “extinct” from our exhibits and will now refer to species as either “Darwinners" or “Darlosers.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We are phasing out the terms “extant” and “extinct” from our exhibits and will now refer to species as either “Darwinners" or “Darlosers.”
And...it's off to agents! 🤞🎉📖
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
And...it's off to agents! 🤞🎉📖
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Fellow medievalists! What do you call this swirly ink ribbon (Danish "sløjfe") that often concludes sections in manuscripts? An ink bow? Pen bow? Pen ribbon? #MedievalManuscript
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Fellow medievalists! What do you call this swirly ink ribbon (Danish "sløjfe") that often concludes sections in manuscripts? An ink bow? Pen bow? Pen ribbon? #MedievalManuscript
Fellow medievalists! What do you call this swirly ink ribbon (Danish "sløjfe") that often concludes sections in manuscripts? An ink bow? Pen bow? Pen ribbon? #MedievalManuscript
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Fellow medievalists! What do you call this swirly ink ribbon (Danish "sløjfe") that often concludes sections in manuscripts? An ink bow? Pen bow? Pen ribbon? #MedievalManuscript
I've been waking up early for the past week to edit Novel #1. This has had the added bonus of getting to sit at my table with my candles and tea and watching the sunrise (and not focusing on how I have to solicit agents next. Yikes!)
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I've been waking up early for the past week to edit Novel #1. This has had the added bonus of getting to sit at my table with my candles and tea and watching the sunrise (and not focusing on how I have to solicit agents next. Yikes!)
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The contestants for this year's Oddest Book Title are, as usual, superb. I had a tough time picking my favorite, which is a good predicament to be in: www.thebookseller.com/dynamic-form...
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The contestants for this year's Oddest Book Title are, as usual, superb. I had a tough time picking my favorite, which is a good predicament to be in: www.thebookseller.com/dynamic-form...
The contestants for this year's Oddest Book Title are, as usual, superb. I had a tough time picking my favorite, which is a good predicament to be in: www.thebookseller.com/dynamic-form...
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The contestants for this year's Oddest Book Title are, as usual, superb. I had a tough time picking my favorite, which is a good predicament to be in: www.thebookseller.com/dynamic-form...
What a good looking alpine chough! #Dolomites
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
What a good looking alpine chough! #Dolomites
Ahhh too real *cries in author* waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...
waterfordwhispersnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Ahhh too real *cries in author* waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
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i like that if your robbery is sufficiently cool it becomes a heist
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
i like that if your robbery is sufficiently cool it becomes a heist
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A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
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Rare copies of Pushkin's publications are going missing across Europe -- to what extent is Russia involved? Are they simply happy looking the other way, or are these state sponsored/encouraged heists? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Rare copies of Pushkin's publications are going missing across Europe -- to what extent is Russia involved? Are they simply happy looking the other way, or are these state sponsored/encouraged heists? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Art crime! Art crime! Someone's doing an art crime!
"It was difficult to understand why someone would want to organise an exhibition of such low-value works.” SCATHING statement by the Italian art police: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Italy art police seize 21 suspected fake works from Salvador Dalí show
Squad confiscates works from Parma exhibition after consulting Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation in Catalonia
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Art crime! Art crime! Someone's doing an art crime!