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Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · 6h

This is a great article! I'm always very happy to see more research about trumpets happening.

Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 2d

Happy to see James Seth's book receive a shout out here -

Musicians on ships in Early Modern Europe
by Ania Upstill
@folger.edu blog
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Musicians on ships in Early Modern Europe | Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

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Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · 1d

It was stunning! 🥰

Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · 9d

It kind of sounds like a metal band.

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 9d

We’re OFF! With smouldering #LowCountries dudes. Come for the cheekbones, stay for the cool art history.

I can still DM you a link.

Screenshot of a zoom meeting with a Holbein painting

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 13d

People never believe this fresco is real, but it is!

Shelly Kraicer @shellyk.bsky.social · 13d

Top funny thing from @adapalmer.bsky.social ‘s INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE: “Filippino Lippi’s Saint Thomas Aquinas Interrupts the Annunciation to Introduce the Virgin Mary to Cardinal Carafa who paid for the painting, while patient Archangel Gabriel just has to wait.”

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Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · 22d

Fall baking season is upon us! This cake was a bit messy to make, but I'm very happy with the end result. I converted this cupcake recipe to cake: cakemehometonight.com/caramel-appl....

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 24d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 24d

Just upping this again as undergraduate dissertation topics are being picked.

Richard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social · Jan 15

This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.

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Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · 27d

Animal better get a drum solo

Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · 29d

All that's standing in the way of me having this chapter fully revised are a few footnote edits. "Excited" is an understatement.

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Elizabeth Scott @edshome.bsky.social · Sep 25

All I know is, you will not find the typo until AFTER you hit "submit."

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Global DH Symposium @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social · Sep 19

Reminder: The Call for Proposals (CFP) for #MSUGlobalDH (April 13-17, 2026) is now open and due October 15 in your timezone! Get those proposals in #DH folks! #digitalhumanities

Global DH Symposium @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Call for Proposals (CFP) for #MSUGlobalDH is now open and due the 15th of October, 2025! See more at msuglobaldh.org/call-for-pro... 1/2

Call for Proposals – Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2026

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · Sep 23

Online course alert!

"The Knights Templar: 1120-1314"

Starting in November I will be running a six session online course on the history of the Knights Templar in co-operation with @medievalists.bsky.social

For more information see below:
medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/temp...

The Knights Templar 1120-1314

Explore the astonishing phenomenon of the Knights Templar. Trace the order’s development from the First Crusade’s aftermath, through its rise to enormous power, and then its dissolution, for a thoroug...

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Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · Sep 22

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Dr. Giulia Evolvi @giuliaevolvi.bsky.social · Sep 22

I discovered that Martin Luther became a monk because during a storm he got scared and promised to consacrate to religious life if he was saved… so basically all the reformation is because of a lot of rain…

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Rachel Brodsky @rachelbrods.bsky.social · Sep 19

For @RollingStone, I unraveled some of the best behind-the-scenes stories from the Lilith Fair doc, including how Missy Elliott managed to hitch a ride to the fest after her tour bus broke down.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The Time Missy Elliott Hitched a Ride to Lilith Fair - and More Untold Stories About the Festival

Here's what we learned from the new documentary 'Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery — The Untold Story,' which premieres on Hulu Sept. 21.

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · Sep 19

bring back Lilith Fair

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshksi.bsky.social · Sep 15

“One of the great glories of civilization is the contribution of the humanities to the nourishment of the human spirit. To limit that by cutting off the humanities or the arts seems to me to reduce our citizens to a pale simulacrum of what it is to be human.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Beyond the Lab: Trump’s Funding Cuts Hit Humanities Research at Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson

A database with pigment analysis of more than 300 Asian paintings. The authoritative dictionary of the Latin language, curated since the 1890s and spanning 1,200 years of inscriptions. A library of tr...

www.thecrimson.com

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Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · Sep 14

I always forget that Rainn Wilson was in it too.

Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · Aug 31

That too, yes.

Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · Aug 31

Hahaha well if it's ever published in some form I'll let you know.

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Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · Aug 31

My brain is fried and initially computed that to you asking about the chapter length. 🤣 The Best answer I got was about a minute, but it's dependent on how skilled the gunners were, so it could be less.

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Heather Smith @digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social · Aug 31

This dissertation chapter has been another wild ride, from turtle soup to how long it takes to load a 17th century cannon. But, most importantly, it's very nearly finished. 🥳

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · Aug 27

my state of mind is i just read “assistant professor” as “assassin professor”

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Wolfgang Bremer @wolfgang.bremer.co · Aug 19

Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩

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