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@lauropea.bsky.social

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historian and philologist putting the t back in incunabula since 2025 wahlwienerin / teilzeitberlinerin (in ausbildung)

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · Oct 22

Me: I'm feeling really Sapphic

You: Tell me more 😏

Me: ............... and if
......... [thy]me......
..........................
hands.......... [swan, or possibly an extinct species of gourd]
.........................s

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 42m

thank you, i know this

Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 1h

byzantinists: does this little cross motif say anything to you?

manuscript with a cross motif at the bottom below the text

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 1h

i mean it *is* a transphobic scene anyway, but if on top of that you're sympathising with reg in it you're telling on yourself

Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 1h

it's funny how transphobes love trotting out the 'loretta' scene from life of brian while missing the point that reg is a nasty hypocrite, coward and an idiot who gets shown up at every turn. if you think he's doing sound reasoning here you have not watched the whole film

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 2h

still slowly and teaching myself hittite and revising my long-neglected sanskrit, i of course develop a deep-seated need to learn classical chinese

Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 4h

when you think about it easter tables are basically jesus' period tracker app

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 4h

TCB (takin carea byzantium)

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 4h

still in its original byzantine binding

old book with wooden boards for a cover and cloth spine

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 7h

people tell AI to do things like they're playing a character in a game. 'summarise this'. 'open the door to the spooky cave'. they should have to roll. sorry, failed your 1d12 now you've fallen into an eldritch pit of pdfs enraged to be disturbed from their slumber, hope you've got healing potions

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 7h

This is a menaion for January, containing the propers for that month, seemingly 14th-century.

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · Oct 31

MONK: I found this text in the library

ABBOT (reading it): ...did an AI write this?

MONK: Auctor Incertus? Yes, there's no attribution and I don't recognise it

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Matthew Scarborough 𓀀 @mattitiahu.bsky.social · 8h

Moi, un philosophe: Nous sommes tous l'étrange manuscrit grec qui est un désastre total.

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 8h

got a little drawing and a seal

greek manuscript page with drawing and seal

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 8h

boss: sorry but if you could have a look at this weird greek manuscript that's a total mess

me: oh zero need to apologise

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 8h

€75 import duty on a dress ordered from the UK that cost €80, thanks Brexit, total fucking winning idea there

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 19h

Turns out that when Americans said "If it weren't for us you'd be speaking German now..." their objection was to learning a second language, not fascism.

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 21h

(stares in austrian)

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 21h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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