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Rebecca Shapiro
@rebeccashapiro.bsky.social
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Mieskeit; Historical Lexicography & the Emoluments Clause (CUP '25); lexicographer; linguist; Edgeworth; #18thc; #CUNY; #NJ; down the shore; serial commas
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Dr. Jamie LH Goodall @lhistorienne.bsky.social · 2d
If you enjoy my work, please help me continue to do it. Snag one (or all) of my books as I’m furloughed and help me pay some bills! 🏴‍☠️📚 DM me! #SkyStorians #PirateHistory
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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 2d
Reading request! If you could recommend one text that explored the history of an idea/concept in a riveting and surprising way what would it be? Please re-skeet if you can. I know this is a niche ask.
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 2d
They already kicked you out once then
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 2d
New Jersey Turnpike vibes
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JOE DANTE'S INFERNO @oldtobegin.bsky.social · 2d
i love new jersey
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 2d
Morning!!
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Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 4d
Today, a thread full of birds
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Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · Jul 7
The Bowdler Sharpe sisters (Emily, Ada, Eva, Bertha, Dora, Lena, Daisy, Sylvia, Hilda & Aimee) were English colourists of ornithological illustrations.
Between 1885 and 1910, at least 7 of them worked as colourists, painting lithographs drawn by Claude Wyatt, J.G. Keulemans and Henrik Grønvold.
Dora Louise Sharpe was the colourist for Whitaker's Birds of Tunisia (1905) This is a beautifully detailed ornithological illustration titled "The Birds of Tunisia," dating from 1905. It depicts two birds, identified as Ligurinus chloris aurantiventris, positioned on the branches of a pine tree. The bird in the foreground is vibrant, with bright yellow underparts and a greenish-yellow upper body, suggesting it is in its breeding plumage. Its companion, possibly a female or juvenile, exhibits more subdued coloring with gray and olive tones, hinting at sexual or age-related dimorphism. A Monograph on Swallows was coloured by four of the Misses Sharpe while they were teenagers Detailed illustration from 1894, depicting a Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) in flight. The bird is shown in a dynamic, soaring pose with its wings fully extended. The swallow has a dark, almost black body with a distinctive rufous or red patch on its lower back and rump, which stands out against its darker feathers. Its underparts are a lighter, creamy color, providing a stark contrast to the darker upper parts.
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
I didn't say evil
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
Normalize women being awful and arrogant please
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
Even the meat is good
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 4d
From this week😘
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
😻😻😻😻
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
I have to teach people who can't be bothered tomorrow so this is more fun
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
Only fair you ended up in mine then! PS I miss your food posts!
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
Look if a fish needed a bicycle ...
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
I can't disagree for sure.
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
But not squash. Never squash.
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
But I'm tart so you'd know I don't like carrots 😀
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
They sweet
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
I do love radishes.
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
Fair point then
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
It is not my religion I'm interested in.
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Lara 'Challah Black Girl' M @blewishand.bsky.social · 4d
Yes!
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 5d
I'm at a CUNY training for Immigration Court observers; about 15 out of 28 participants are Jewish. Don't underestimate us.
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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 4d
I just want her to be as awful as any man is.
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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 4d
Really excited to see these proofs for @lydiacooper.bsky.social’s and my special issue of Studies in the Novel on Disease and Disability in the Novel
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