Marcus Falk (She/They)
@attusfalk.bsky.social
PhD in Economic History and post-doc in History, Lund University. Early modern wealth, consumption, and household economy.
Also hobby ttrpg-creator, that part is probably equally important for my social media presence.
Also hobby ttrpg-creator, that part is probably equally important for my social media presence.
Pinned
Back due to popular demand (mainly from @brainchain.ca) is another readthrough of an 80s microwave cookbook
This time it's "Cook food in microwave oven", written by Jill Spencer and published by Allerbok in 1987.
This time it's "Cook food in microwave oven", written by Jill Spencer and published by Allerbok in 1987.
New pinned post. I'm an historian of consumption and hobby ttrpg creator.
If you want to read my academic work:
portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/m...
If you prefer to find my ttrpg content:
attusfalk.itch.io
If you just want to read about horrible 80s microwave cooking:
bsky.app/profile/attu...
If you want to read my academic work:
portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/m...
If you prefer to find my ttrpg content:
attusfalk.itch.io
If you just want to read about horrible 80s microwave cooking:
bsky.app/profile/attu...
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The greatest joy in my life as an academic is being asked this type of question
the greatest joy in my life is asking overly qualified academics really dumb questions about the field of study they have devoted their lives to (i.e. did medieval people smoke weed?)
it's here! a really fun conversation with our friends at @wowiftrue.bsky.social podcast about "crusadercore" and which group of medieval people would be the best Twitch streamers.
have a listen and please share widely! #medievalsky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
have a listen and please share widely! #medievalsky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The greatest joy in my life as an academic is being asked this type of question
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Absolute Units returns tomorrow!
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
merl.reading.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Absolute Units returns tomorrow!
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
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very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
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It's not disagreement about what's happening, it's disagreement over whether what's happening is bad.
February 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
It's not disagreement about what's happening, it's disagreement over whether what's happening is bad.
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One might ask for some input from our Irish friends about developers walking away from half-built developments, because fuck you, that's why...
BBC News - Mystery of abandoned village that could be from post-apocalyptic horror movie
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Swansea man's surprise after finding abandoned Welsh village
The reason it was abandoned remains a mystery with the local council and developer tight-lipped.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 9:48 AM
One might ask for some input from our Irish friends about developers walking away from half-built developments, because fuck you, that's why...
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Antipope or gtfo.
WELP! Looks like the SSPX has decided to go full schismatic again. The attempted rapprochement under Benedict appears to be over as they will appoint bishops of their own again.
Stand by for excommunication I guess.
Stand by for excommunication I guess.
February 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Antipope or gtfo.
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Analys av högerns hållning i arbetstidsdebatten:
12 timmars arbetsdag: bra att vi avskaffade, det gick bra.
10 timmars arbetsdag: bra att vi avskaffade, det gick bra.
8 timmars arbetsdag: naturlag som man inte kan bryta mot, kommer bli katastrof! (Att andra länder lyckats är nog fake news.)
12 timmars arbetsdag: bra att vi avskaffade, det gick bra.
10 timmars arbetsdag: bra att vi avskaffade, det gick bra.
8 timmars arbetsdag: naturlag som man inte kan bryta mot, kommer bli katastrof! (Att andra länder lyckats är nog fake news.)
February 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Analys av högerns hållning i arbetstidsdebatten:
12 timmars arbetsdag: bra att vi avskaffade, det gick bra.
10 timmars arbetsdag: bra att vi avskaffade, det gick bra.
8 timmars arbetsdag: naturlag som man inte kan bryta mot, kommer bli katastrof! (Att andra länder lyckats är nog fake news.)
12 timmars arbetsdag: bra att vi avskaffade, det gick bra.
10 timmars arbetsdag: bra att vi avskaffade, det gick bra.
8 timmars arbetsdag: naturlag som man inte kan bryta mot, kommer bli katastrof! (Att andra länder lyckats är nog fake news.)
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THIS MACHINE KILLS GOBLINS
January 22, 2026 at 12:29 AM
THIS MACHINE KILLS GOBLINS
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An account you control, @PagliacciDaClown, has been suspended for the following post: "Who up doing clown shit, lmao? I'm thinking about ending my own life."
Our moderation policies aim to encourage healthy discourse. For an example of a user we think exemplifies this spirit, see @PagliacciDaClown
Our moderation policies aim to encourage healthy discourse. For an example of a user we think exemplifies this spirit, see @PagliacciDaClown
February 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
An account you control, @PagliacciDaClown, has been suspended for the following post: "Who up doing clown shit, lmao? I'm thinking about ending my own life."
Our moderation policies aim to encourage healthy discourse. For an example of a user we think exemplifies this spirit, see @PagliacciDaClown
Our moderation policies aim to encourage healthy discourse. For an example of a user we think exemplifies this spirit, see @PagliacciDaClown
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Förlåt @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social men vad är detta för sjuk rubrik?
Spaniens regering ger 600k papperslösa rätt att SÖKA asyl och ni väljer att beskriva det med den högerextrema minoritetspartiets kritik.
Menar ni att DET är nyheten?
Hur vox beskriver beslutet?
Är det er nyhetsvärdering?
>
Spaniens regering ger 600k papperslösa rätt att SÖKA asyl och ni väljer att beskriva det med den högerextrema minoritetspartiets kritik.
Menar ni att DET är nyheten?
Hur vox beskriver beslutet?
Är det er nyhetsvärdering?
>
February 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Förlåt @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social men vad är detta för sjuk rubrik?
Spaniens regering ger 600k papperslösa rätt att SÖKA asyl och ni väljer att beskriva det med den högerextrema minoritetspartiets kritik.
Menar ni att DET är nyheten?
Hur vox beskriver beslutet?
Är det er nyhetsvärdering?
>
Spaniens regering ger 600k papperslösa rätt att SÖKA asyl och ni väljer att beskriva det med den högerextrema minoritetspartiets kritik.
Menar ni att DET är nyheten?
Hur vox beskriver beslutet?
Är det er nyhetsvärdering?
>
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Latinists! Silly question (brain not working this AM). If a scribe writes 'in formo folio', do they mean on the paper they are using or a separate sheet where something else is written?
February 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Latinists! Silly question (brain not working this AM). If a scribe writes 'in formo folio', do they mean on the paper they are using or a separate sheet where something else is written?
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Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
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Hier nog eens die houtsnede van Karel van Gelre zelf. Dit is overigens een facsimile uit 1936, als prent uitgebracht.
February 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Hier nog eens die houtsnede van Karel van Gelre zelf. Dit is overigens een facsimile uit 1936, als prent uitgebracht.
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Question for the Restorationists: Does anyone know anything about a particular ‘stocking incident’ that happened c. 1671 that was so indecent that it couldn’t be described in a letter or printed in an 19th century volume of correspondence 👀
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Question for the Restorationists: Does anyone know anything about a particular ‘stocking incident’ that happened c. 1671 that was so indecent that it couldn’t be described in a letter or printed in an 19th century volume of correspondence 👀
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I’m sorry but what did libertarians think that the anonymous money laundering racism coin that you could only functionally use for illicit activity was doing other than this, exactly
February 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I’m sorry but what did libertarians think that the anonymous money laundering racism coin that you could only functionally use for illicit activity was doing other than this, exactly
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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Top tip: to avoid having the British Union of Fascists logo on the side of your mock-up train, don't use horrible text-to-image AI slop instead of actual designers and artists.
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
February 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Top tip: to avoid having the British Union of Fascists logo on the side of your mock-up train, don't use horrible text-to-image AI slop instead of actual designers and artists.
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
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Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
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reading your timeline like
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 AM
reading your timeline like
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An Italian court has recognised refugee status for an EU citizen - a Hungarian national who faces persecution for being Roma and transgender
Analysis by Chiara Scissa:
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/mutu...
Analysis by Chiara Scissa:
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/mutu...
Mutual trust does not supersede human rights! Italian judges unprecedently recognize the refugee status to an EU citizen
Dr. Chiara Scissa * Photo credit : Bologna Tribunal, photo by Alex Sirac via Wikimedia Commons * Research fellow in EU law at the Uni...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 AM
An Italian court has recognised refugee status for an EU citizen - a Hungarian national who faces persecution for being Roma and transgender
Analysis by Chiara Scissa:
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/mutu...
Analysis by Chiara Scissa:
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/mutu...
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Man kan inte sätta in lagar retroaktivt huller om buller.
Hur förväntar man sig bete i Sverige när man i framtiden kan dömas för saker som man inte vet kan bli olagliga?
www.svd.se/a/M71LnJ/mig...
Hur förväntar man sig bete i Sverige när man i framtiden kan dömas för saker som man inte vet kan bli olagliga?
www.svd.se/a/M71LnJ/mig...
”Vill använda min familj för att komma åt mig”
Före valet ska migrationsministern få igenom tolv nya lagar – där det omstridda vandelskravet är en. Nu vill Johan Forssell köra över utredaren så att lagen gäller retroaktivt: ”Sverige är ingen kravl...
www.svd.se
February 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Man kan inte sätta in lagar retroaktivt huller om buller.
Hur förväntar man sig bete i Sverige när man i framtiden kan dömas för saker som man inte vet kan bli olagliga?
www.svd.se/a/M71LnJ/mig...
Hur förväntar man sig bete i Sverige när man i framtiden kan dömas för saker som man inte vet kan bli olagliga?
www.svd.se/a/M71LnJ/mig...
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All of the versions feature Rogers' ten children as spectators, watching the execution. This was a staple of shared visual culture in New England, familiar to every eight-year-old child.
They're all nightmare fuel in their own ways, but shoutout to this king of American folk horror:
They're all nightmare fuel in their own ways, but shoutout to this king of American folk horror:
February 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
All of the versions feature Rogers' ten children as spectators, watching the execution. This was a staple of shared visual culture in New England, familiar to every eight-year-old child.
They're all nightmare fuel in their own ways, but shoutout to this king of American folk horror:
They're all nightmare fuel in their own ways, but shoutout to this king of American folk horror:
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i think we bray and hoot a little more on average but yeah, on the whole they got us
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
February 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
i think we bray and hoot a little more on average but yeah, on the whole they got us