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Rayya 🪡🖌🏳️‍🌈📚
@birdingarb.bsky.social
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Amateur historian and dabbler in many arts.
SCA: Rayya al-Ruqay'ya & Raedora de La Palma
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bookshelfie.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
birdingarb.bsky.social
My pants don't fit anymore...
But not having pants to wear is seriously affecting my ability to make new ones.
I can't be productive in jimjams! Those are sleepy chill wear!
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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beckyhammer.bsky.social
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
"prohibition in the united states" has this time lapse map that switches from folksy banjo music to ominous industrial sci-fi for the 15 seconds when alcohol was illegal nationwide
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social
ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏʟʟᴀʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜɴ ɪs ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇsᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴡᴏɴ
not won, but stolen...
April 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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taplingzines.bsky.social
Our Kickstarter pre-launch page is officially up!!

Want a gorgeous collaborative artbook celebrating queer joy throughout history? Click "notify me" ⬇️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

Early bird discounts are limited, and this is the best way to get them first! 🎉

#QueerArt #Zine #ZineSky
A banner of two masculine characters leaning up against a birch tree. The one on the left is an Indigenous man wearing a vest covered in beadwork, and the one on the right has paler skin and orange hair, wearing a blue shirt with tassels on the chest. Both have soft expressions as they hold hands. Gold decorations frame the corners of the image, and the text "We've Always Been Here" takes over the right side in flowy, mock-gold text. A small note in the corner also reads, "Work in Progress Image."
February 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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medievalmarginalia.com
I've been fascinated by the ways medieval women found autonomy. A few weeks ago I wrote about anchoresses. This week, a far more fun way to find freedom and occasionally power: widowhood.
medievalmarginalia.substack.com/p/on-medieva...
On Medieval Widowhood
marriage, property, and survival in the middle ages
medievalmarginalia.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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helengittos.bsky.social
New!
The first comparative, international, cross-disciplinary study of silver in late antique Europe. And includes full catalogues of major UK hacksilver hoards: Norrie’s Law (Fife), Gaulcross (Aberdeenshire), Tummel Bridge (Perthshire) and Patching (Sussex).
www.sidestone.com/books/silver...
February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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calthalas.bsky.social
This is important on so many fronts but I just wanted to highlight one: we do find new texts from late antiquity even if rarely!
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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searambo.bsky.social
Good morning, kids.
Be safe out there.
Sunrise over mountains. Bright orange today. The lack of snow is stunning 😳
February 1, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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jessaj-arts.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Clouds

Some more clouds for the artshow🩶💙🤍
February 1, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Typical winter's day in this entry for #February in the Labors of the Months section from the Très Riches Heures (15th.c). Some peasants get warm by the fire, another chops wood + another leaves for market. Above, an arguably redundant Phoebus... publicdomainreview.org/collection/l...
February 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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calthalas.bsky.social
My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you

Merovingian cursive:
A charter written by a drunken spider
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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swordcrossdzine.bsky.social
While we wait for our bannermen to amass, let's take a look at some historical knights! Today we're focusing on Usama ibn Munqidh.

Sword Cross'd is an invite only zine exploring the lives of knights in all forms! Our interest check and mod apps are running now until Feb. 16.

#zine #knights
Background is dark blue with a repeating medieval pattern in shades of pale blue. Historical Knights. Usama ibn Munqidh: Crusades. Usama was a poet, author, diplomat or courtier, and faris (knight) during the crusades. He served as an advisor to Saladin, whose military successes are some of the most remembered from this period. Usama's writings provide a rare perspective of Islamic life during the crusades, especially in documenting his interactions with the crusaders.
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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molly.wiki
the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now
A red knitted cap with a pointed crown with a braided tassel. It's titled "Melt the ICE Hat" and it's by YarnCultMN n the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal and punishable by law to wear, make, or distribute. As purveyors of traditional craft, we felt it appropriate to revisit this design. The sample shown was knit in Blue Sky Fibers Skyland for the DK version. All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to the LynLake community of businesses who will distribute the funds to those impacted by the actions of ICE.
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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404media.co
The famed convention's organizers have banned AI from the art show.
Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback
The famed convention's organizers have banned AI from the art show.
www.404media.co
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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levostregc.bsky.social
Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
January 18, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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goldenwren.bsky.social
I know I've done this before and I'm doing it again. I will never not be angry about bias in women's clothing sizes. Especially sewing patterns. A 🧵 (pun intended)
January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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mementomorty.bsky.social
museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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jillwhitelock.bsky.social
Seventeenth-century squirrel, looks like it’s eating a little nut. On an embroidered binding from a 1641 psalter, SSS.34.27 @theul.bsky.social.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks 📷 #photography
A squirrel on an old embroidered book binding.
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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levostregc.bsky.social
It ys ympossible to fathom just how manye completely obscure punnes have ALREADYE BEEN MADE upon the ynternette. (RIP my post about "tick talk")
January 18, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
very important thread, here. 1/x

One of the earliest written examples of the word "fuck" is this, Fuckebegger (1286/7), part of the last name of one of Edward I’s grooms:
olde english Fuckbeggar
January 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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sarusquilla.bsky.social
Medieval shoes studies, because I absolutely LOVE medieval shoes and it’s my niche 👠👠👠
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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artologica.net
The Anchoress life does have its attractions
So You've Decided To Become Dead To The World
on becoming an anchoress
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM