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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 5h

A wood stove at Egeskov Slot on the island of Fyn, Denmark:
Bevar din hender
Fra den du eÿ kiender

Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 7h

This is f**king terrifying. I guess I need to keep my mouth shut until I get out of here.

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 16h

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Professor who teaches about antifascism moves to Europe after death threats — The Washington Post

A Rutgers University professor who wrote a book about antifa received the threats after he commented on President Donald Trump designating the movement a “domestic terrorist organization.”

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 18h

This might be a Texas issue (predictably) now...but it won't be long before it spreads. It's already begun here in Ohio. #academicsky

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Texas Systems Review Course Descriptions, Syllabi

Syllabi and course information are becoming increasingly public and Texas institutions are scrambling to scrub them of controversial topics like gender identity.

www.insidehighered.com

Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 18h

“Do Something B*tch”: Damning Video Shows CBP Agent Shooting Protester newrepublic.com/post/201444/... via @newrepublic.com

“Do Something B*tch”: Damning Video Shows CBP Agent Shooting Protester

The Department of Homeland Security initially said the agent had shot the woman five times in self-defense.

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Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · 1d

No one who calls themselves an academic should ever fold to a "loyalty oath," no matter what vague risks to funding they might face. It goes against everything higher education and academic freedom stands for.

Please, #AcademicSky, and any other educator, worker, student, alum, etc., sign on.

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University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

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SculpturalMobilities @saraayres.bsky.social · 1d

Indexers: can I ask your advice? I am writing an index that needs to include the notes. Endnotes however start again after the introduction. How do I indicate in the index which section the note falls into? Is there an established convention for this? TIA for any help/advice! 🙏

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 1d

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Fact Check: Mike Johnson's Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes the false narrative that Democrats shut down the government to fund health care for undocumented people.

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Aug 27

Focusing on Lviv, Lublin, and Sokal, I examine how these stories intersected with local cults, visual culture, and religious politics, and how they functioned not as “superstitions” but as meaningful tools of social negotiation and cultural resilience.

Enjoy the reading!

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Reproducing Miracles

"Reproducing Miracles" published on 25 Aug 2025 by Brill | Fink.

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 3d

Globalizing the Baltic in the Early Modern Period:

Conference CfP
'The Baltic Sea and Global Currents: 400 Years After the Battle of Oliwa. Maritime Expansion, Domination, and Water Spaces in a Globalizing World'

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#earlymodern #History

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 5d

In all the hours I’ve spent around Parson Quist’s church at Vejlby, this is the first time I’ve heard the bell. One of the coolest experiences I had on my most recent trip. [Not *the* coolest, tho. That wasn’t even in Denmark ☺️

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 6d

Lion from King Frederik II’s (now lost) fountain at Skanderborg Castle, Denmark (ca 1573). Friggin adorable. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 6d

Back from v productive trip to Denmark and UK. This unremarkable hillock was one of my goals: the tinghøj where Sønder Djurs herredsting condemned Søren Jensen Quist, parson of Vejlby, to death in July 1626. Near the village of Albøge, East Jutland, Denmark. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 8d

It's mildly disturbing when the US can (and justifiably so) be mentioned in the same breath as Pakistan and Serbia anent academic freedom.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Unprecedented in history’: global academic freedom group warns of dismantling in US

Report from Scholars at Risk counts some 40 attacks against academic freedom in the US in the first half of 2025

www.theguardian.com

Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 8d

How my grumpy little girl cat tells me she missed me while I was in Europe for the past couple of weeks: sitting behind a toy and complaining at me. #academiccats #catsofbluesky

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 24d

Wiping away a tear, gettin’ all sentimental for the time when this (Provianthuset) was Rigsarkivet. Or *this* - Rigsdagsgården 9 - was Rigsarkivet. That was a long time ago.
Done with mss for the day. Time to check out some churches. #skystorians #danishhistory

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 24d

I’ve been waiting to see this for years. The written exam taken by candidate Søren Jensen Quist, soon-to-be Parson of Vejlby, for Jens Giødesen, bishop-superintendent of Aarhus Stift, sometime in 1597 or ‘98. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · Sep 5

'Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.'

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · Sep 3

sending dm

Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · Sep 2

Danish friends: I’ll be yakking away in Odense on 24 September. Thanks to @witchykallestrup.bsky.social for making this possible!
#skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

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culina vetus (Volker Bach) @culinavetus.bsky.social · Aug 29

Today's post comes with a content warning: How class and culinary practice shade accounts of imaginary #cannibal feasts in a 1600 #witchcraft trial.

www.culina-vetus.de/2025/08/29/m...

#culinaryhistory #foodhistory #earlymodern #anthropophagy #crime

A broadsheet printed in Augsburg detailing the Pappenheim trial and execution that took place in Munich in 1600. The image shows a full-page print telling the story from the perspective of the authorities. Four woodcut illustrations show (clockwise from top left) a man dressed in late sixteenth century garb meeting the devil on a rural road, the half-naked delinquents of the trial subjected to public torture in front of viewers in a city environment, the same people on a cart being conveyed to the place of execution in the company of soldiers and clerics, and their burning at the stake. The text describes their supposed crimes including theft and robbery, but mainly doing damage to others by magical means.
Source: https://stadtgeschichte-muenchen.de/bilder/d_bilder.php?id=412

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Neil Younger @neilayounger.bsky.social · Aug 30

30 August 1582: As if things weren't bad enough for James VI (kidnapped, held prisoner, cut off from his favourites), he now has to deal with the intervention of his insufferable cousin Elizabeth, who writes to him today. She reminds him at length of the 'small regard' he has had... 1/
#earlymodern

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · Aug 27

After working with the ill-fated parson of Vejlby for so long, it’s very odd to see his name written in his own hand. Here he signs off - as Søffren Jenssøn - for Vejlby and Homø parishes in Jutland for contributions to the livestock tax in 1625. #earlymodern #skystorians

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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · Aug 25

Nothing like a hefty liturgical volume to make your Monday!

Oversaw the digitization of this chunky boy, a folio-format gradual, printed in 1617 and with an #earlymodern binding bearing the date ‘1629’.

#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜

Opened gradual displaying chants for the choir printed in red and black. The book is opened for digitization and surrounded by technical equipment. Two hands show the actual size of the book.

Bird’s eye perspective of the gradual displaying chants for the choir printed in red and black. The book is opened for digitization and surrounded by technical equipment.

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