Janice Liedl
@jliedl.bsky.social
Historian at Laurentian University (Canada). Researching early modern crime and urban women's lives, but I can never stay away from questions of popular culture & history. Technophile, fan, fibre artist.
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Janice Liedl
@jliedl.bsky.social
· Jun 11
So, how many of you have the patience to stab something 47,000 times just for fun? #DnD #cross-stitch
Kaiser says, "Relax!"
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kaiser says, "Relax!"
I was volume "H" of the World Book Encyclopedia for Halloween when I was eleven. My own design and doing! (H is for horses, in case you wondered.)
None of these are weird, all of them are pretty common for people at least 45 years old and up in North America, and my encyclopedia comes from 1911.
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I was volume "H" of the World Book Encyclopedia for Halloween when I was eleven. My own design and doing! (H is for horses, in case you wondered.)
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As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
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Trump administration thinks they're silencing dissent with their actions, but they're really forging heroes for us.
“Let us not forget that the great seal of the US says E Pluribus Unum. That means Out of many, one
Every life matters no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify. You have the right to live a life that is free”
DC Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn
Every life matters no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify. You have the right to live a life that is free”
DC Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Trump administration thinks they're silencing dissent with their actions, but they're really forging heroes for us.
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hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
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This may be one of the funniest moments shaping intellectual history, OMG.
(Please feel welcome to share other great ones below)
(Please feel welcome to share other great ones below)
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This may be one of the funniest moments shaping intellectual history, OMG.
(Please feel welcome to share other great ones below)
(Please feel welcome to share other great ones below)
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Today, OCUFA is meeting with Ontario MPPs to discuss the serious threats facing our education sector. Ontario provides its universities with the lowest amount of total provincial funding per-domestic full-time equivalent (FTE) student in Canada, and it’s not close.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today, OCUFA is meeting with Ontario MPPs to discuss the serious threats facing our education sector. Ontario provides its universities with the lowest amount of total provincial funding per-domestic full-time equivalent (FTE) student in Canada, and it’s not close.
I'm mourning how Teen Vogue's fired its excellent current events reporters, all in the furtherance of white supremacist controls, while I remain grateful that People magazine continues its hard-hitting coverage.
*record scratch*
Man, nobody from the before times would believe this!
*record scratch*
Man, nobody from the before times would believe this!
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm mourning how Teen Vogue's fired its excellent current events reporters, all in the furtherance of white supremacist controls, while I remain grateful that People magazine continues its hard-hitting coverage.
*record scratch*
Man, nobody from the before times would believe this!
*record scratch*
Man, nobody from the before times would believe this!
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URGENT CRUISE SPEAKER NEEDED! 🚨
Past Preservers has an immediate opening for an expert lecturer on a 25-day Oceania Amazon & Caribbean Voyage (departs Nov 12th).
www.oceaniacruises.com/cruises/INS2...
Includes Plus One & Double Airfare!
Contact us NOW with 8 proposed lecture titles!
Past Preservers has an immediate opening for an expert lecturer on a 25-day Oceania Amazon & Caribbean Voyage (departs Nov 12th).
www.oceaniacruises.com/cruises/INS2...
Includes Plus One & Double Airfare!
Contact us NOW with 8 proposed lecture titles!
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
URGENT CRUISE SPEAKER NEEDED! 🚨
Past Preservers has an immediate opening for an expert lecturer on a 25-day Oceania Amazon & Caribbean Voyage (departs Nov 12th).
www.oceaniacruises.com/cruises/INS2...
Includes Plus One & Double Airfare!
Contact us NOW with 8 proposed lecture titles!
Past Preservers has an immediate opening for an expert lecturer on a 25-day Oceania Amazon & Caribbean Voyage (departs Nov 12th).
www.oceaniacruises.com/cruises/INS2...
Includes Plus One & Double Airfare!
Contact us NOW with 8 proposed lecture titles!
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But Constitutional Law is an academic subject. The problem is that lawyers in general are bad historians, and the current bunch are bad lawyers. (speaking as someone who taught history for 25 years and also has a JD)
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
But Constitutional Law is an academic subject. The problem is that lawyers in general are bad historians, and the current bunch are bad lawyers. (speaking as someone who taught history for 25 years and also has a JD)
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
Also open to and important for any Canadian researcher concerned with the Tri-Councils' mandates.
If you are a Canadian scientist 🧪 alarmed by the unfair targeting of academics working on research related to EDI in the US ➡️
Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
docs.google.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Also open to and important for any Canadian researcher concerned with the Tri-Councils' mandates.
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This looks fantastic - I love the concept and the art style.
'Roll the dice in this black and white first-person dungeon crawler inspired by tabletop Dungeons and Dragons. The Secret of Weepstone comes to PC in 2026, and you can play the demo right now on Steam.'
youtu.be/U7cuH6IOXZM?...
'Roll the dice in this black and white first-person dungeon crawler inspired by tabletop Dungeons and Dragons. The Secret of Weepstone comes to PC in 2026, and you can play the demo right now on Steam.'
youtu.be/U7cuH6IOXZM?...
The Secret of Weepstone - Official Demo Trailer | Indie Horror Showcase 2025
YouTube video by GameTrailers
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This looks fantastic - I love the concept and the art style.
'Roll the dice in this black and white first-person dungeon crawler inspired by tabletop Dungeons and Dragons. The Secret of Weepstone comes to PC in 2026, and you can play the demo right now on Steam.'
youtu.be/U7cuH6IOXZM?...
'Roll the dice in this black and white first-person dungeon crawler inspired by tabletop Dungeons and Dragons. The Secret of Weepstone comes to PC in 2026, and you can play the demo right now on Steam.'
youtu.be/U7cuH6IOXZM?...
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
I'm currently enjoying Garritt Van Dyk's "Commerce, Food and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England and France" which should win an award for the perfect title for chapter two: "Primary Sauces: The Rise of Cookbooks, Cuisines, and Corporations".
a woman with her hands in the air says genius
Alt: A woman with reddish brown hair and wearing a caftan stands and gestures emphatically with her hands moving towards the camera, saying "That is Genius"
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I'm currently enjoying Garritt Van Dyk's "Commerce, Food and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England and France" which should win an award for the perfect title for chapter two: "Primary Sauces: The Rise of Cookbooks, Cuisines, and Corporations".
Diligent searches of my notes and downloads paid off. It's time to re-read the story of a late 17th century serial murderer, Elizabeth Ridgway, who I like to call "the Poisonous Presbyterian".
October 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Diligent searches of my notes and downloads paid off. It's time to re-read the story of a late 17th century serial murderer, Elizabeth Ridgway, who I like to call "the Poisonous Presbyterian".
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FFS
*done*
Anyone have thread of all the ways to un-AI all the things? Preferably for Luddites.
*done*
Anyone have thread of all the ways to un-AI all the things? Preferably for Luddites.
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
FFS
*done*
Anyone have thread of all the ways to un-AI all the things? Preferably for Luddites.
*done*
Anyone have thread of all the ways to un-AI all the things? Preferably for Luddites.
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Very sad news about the loss of historian Tim Cook, who died far too young. His impact on our understanding of Canadian military history was just massive. An outstanding historian. He will be missed.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies | CBC News
Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Very sad news about the loss of historian Tim Cook, who died far too young. His impact on our understanding of Canadian military history was just massive. An outstanding historian. He will be missed.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I've been observing the increasing idiocy of folks at GFR for some time now, but this most recent claim about the politics & gender profiles of Star Trek & Star Wars fandoms? A new, clueless low.
a man with a beard says " amazing every word of what you just said was wrong .. "
Alt: Luke Skywalker leans forward, his lightsaber raised, and says, "Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong."
media.tenor.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I've been observing the increasing idiocy of folks at GFR for some time now, but this most recent claim about the politics & gender profiles of Star Trek & Star Wars fandoms? A new, clueless low.
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It's very much "go ahead and cite the Deep Magic to me, witch, I shipped it when it was written"
October 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It's very much "go ahead and cite the Deep Magic to me, witch, I shipped it when it was written"
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Delighted my podcast on Brilliana Harley has been released. She died on 29th October 1643 of a 'defluxion of the lungs ', probably pneumonia @susanwabuda.bsky.social @suwesterman.bsky.social @sdamussen.bsky.social @annlaurahughes.bsky.social @jamesdaybell.bsky.social @englishcivilwar.bsky.social
Brilliana Harley (1598 – 1643) successfully held off a royalist siege of her family home at Brampton Bryan in Herefordshire for three months during 1643. This podcast explores Brilliana’s life and writings:
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/bril...
@world-turned.bsky.social #History #Podcast
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/bril...
@world-turned.bsky.social #History #Podcast
Brilliana Harley - A woman of faith and substance - The World Turned Upside Down
Brilliana Harley was one of the heroines of the British and Irish civil wars. A deeply religious woman, in her husband’s absence, Brilliana successfully
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Delighted my podcast on Brilliana Harley has been released. She died on 29th October 1643 of a 'defluxion of the lungs ', probably pneumonia @susanwabuda.bsky.social @suwesterman.bsky.social @sdamussen.bsky.social @annlaurahughes.bsky.social @jamesdaybell.bsky.social @englishcivilwar.bsky.social
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Former cop is in jail for committing thought crime against the memory of Charlie Kirk theintercept.com/2025/10/23/c...
The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.
theintercept.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Former cop is in jail for committing thought crime against the memory of Charlie Kirk theintercept.com/2025/10/23/c...