Sir Thinksalot
@sirthinksalot.bsky.social
Historian, veteran, cat valet, bibliovore, & part-time political proctologist. NAFO 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇺🇦 (they/them)
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Jesus: Let the children come unto me and hinder them not, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Pastor: But not the children of single parents and sex workers... nor the children of colour... and definitely not those queer kids yuck.
Jesus: Did I fucking stutter.
Pastor: But not the children of single parents and sex workers... nor the children of colour... and definitely not those queer kids yuck.
Jesus: Did I fucking stutter.
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#SaveTheDate An anonymous world chronicle originally composed in 713 CE, likely by a Syriac monk from Apamea, has remained almost unknown until now. In his Gotha Manuscript Talk, Adrian Pirtea speaks about the rediscovery of the only surviving copy! Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 6:15 CET
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#SaveTheDate An anonymous world chronicle originally composed in 713 CE, likely by a Syriac monk from Apamea, has remained almost unknown until now. In his Gotha Manuscript Talk, Adrian Pirtea speaks about the rediscovery of the only surviving copy! Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 6:15 CET
Save the date! 15 Nov 2026: Voyager 1 should reach its first full light-day of travel away from Earth, we can wish it many more!
I'd call it a significant milestone but perhaps we need new words for new frontiers 🫶
#savethedate #NASA #space
I'd call it a significant milestone but perhaps we need new words for new frontiers 🫶
#savethedate #NASA #space
i.redd.it
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Save the date! 15 Nov 2026: Voyager 1 should reach its first full light-day of travel away from Earth, we can wish it many more!
I'd call it a significant milestone but perhaps we need new words for new frontiers 🫶
#savethedate #NASA #space
I'd call it a significant milestone but perhaps we need new words for new frontiers 🫶
#savethedate #NASA #space
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This Thursday. In person or hybrid. To sign up for online attendance click forms.office.com/e/L834SBHzKX. #medievalsky #medievalwarfare #museums #materialculture
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This Thursday. In person or hybrid. To sign up for online attendance click forms.office.com/e/L834SBHzKX. #medievalsky #medievalwarfare #museums #materialculture
Followup to the emergency phone number discussion recently @kenwhite.bsky.social & @iamagoose.bsky.social, here's the official ITU reply to my query about standardizing on a single emergency number (there are ~15 globally).
TL DR they promote enabling 112 and 911, but it's entirely voluntary.
TL DR they promote enabling 112 and 911, but it's entirely voluntary.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Followup to the emergency phone number discussion recently @kenwhite.bsky.social & @iamagoose.bsky.social, here's the official ITU reply to my query about standardizing on a single emergency number (there are ~15 globally).
TL DR they promote enabling 112 and 911, but it's entirely voluntary.
TL DR they promote enabling 112 and 911, but it's entirely voluntary.
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THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
An oddly relaxing 3 minutes, discovered by the always delightful @tomscott.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLpQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLpQ...
The Longest Tyre Roll in the World
YouTube video by Tuk South
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
An oddly relaxing 3 minutes, discovered by the always delightful @tomscott.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLpQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLpQ...
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🤫 Gentle reminder 💙💛
🔋 Ecoflow for @Ambako007 :
✅ 115 (+5 ☕) = 120 /751$ 🎯
🅿️ [email protected]
☕ ko-fi.com/mariemuller
🚙 Car for Zura @mode23976 :
✅ 1182 (+255 ☕) = 1437 /5000$ 🎯
🅿️ [email protected]
☕ buymeacoffee.com/mariemuller
🎁 Raffle for Zura ⤵️
🔋 Ecoflow for @Ambako007 :
✅ 115 (+5 ☕) = 120 /751$ 🎯
🅿️ [email protected]
☕ ko-fi.com/mariemuller
🚙 Car for Zura @mode23976 :
✅ 1182 (+255 ☕) = 1437 /5000$ 🎯
🅿️ [email protected]
☕ buymeacoffee.com/mariemuller
🎁 Raffle for Zura ⤵️
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🤫 Gentle reminder 💙💛
🔋 Ecoflow for @Ambako007 :
✅ 115 (+5 ☕) = 120 /751$ 🎯
🅿️ [email protected]
☕ ko-fi.com/mariemuller
🚙 Car for Zura @mode23976 :
✅ 1182 (+255 ☕) = 1437 /5000$ 🎯
🅿️ [email protected]
☕ buymeacoffee.com/mariemuller
🎁 Raffle for Zura ⤵️
🔋 Ecoflow for @Ambako007 :
✅ 115 (+5 ☕) = 120 /751$ 🎯
🅿️ [email protected]
☕ ko-fi.com/mariemuller
🚙 Car for Zura @mode23976 :
✅ 1182 (+255 ☕) = 1437 /5000$ 🎯
🅿️ [email protected]
☕ buymeacoffee.com/mariemuller
🎁 Raffle for Zura ⤵️
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Today is 92nd anniversary of Holodomor. Soviet Russia inflicted a man made famine on Ukraine that killed millions. Today we are trying to wipe the country off the map.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today is 92nd anniversary of Holodomor. Soviet Russia inflicted a man made famine on Ukraine that killed millions. Today we are trying to wipe the country off the map.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Tom Scott is an absolute treasure and he's just reminded me of my favourite British legal nicety: Anything that happened before the Third Crusade isn't real.*
*Unless it was written down, or plausibly forged, or the King finds it convenient.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tim...
*Unless it was written down, or plausibly forged, or the King finds it convenient.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tim...
Time Immemorial turns 750: The Medieval law that froze history at 1189
You’ve probably heard of the phrase “time immemorial” as a general term for events that happened a very long time ago, but in fact, it has a specific meaning, and this year is its 750th anniversary.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tom Scott is an absolute treasure and he's just reminded me of my favourite British legal nicety: Anything that happened before the Third Crusade isn't real.*
*Unless it was written down, or plausibly forged, or the King finds it convenient.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tim...
*Unless it was written down, or plausibly forged, or the King finds it convenient.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tim...
I love it when bigots forget that the technology exists to change their sign into something silly. "Your ad could be displayed here too!"
(Photo from @janssen.bsky.social Photoshop by AB7695 on Reddit. Context is anti-left pro-fisheries march in blackface as a colonial Dutch Christmas figure.)
(Photo from @janssen.bsky.social Photoshop by AB7695 on Reddit. Context is anti-left pro-fisheries march in blackface as a colonial Dutch Christmas figure.)
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I love it when bigots forget that the technology exists to change their sign into something silly. "Your ad could be displayed here too!"
(Photo from @janssen.bsky.social Photoshop by AB7695 on Reddit. Context is anti-left pro-fisheries march in blackface as a colonial Dutch Christmas figure.)
(Photo from @janssen.bsky.social Photoshop by AB7695 on Reddit. Context is anti-left pro-fisheries march in blackface as a colonial Dutch Christmas figure.)
"Russia’s Nebo-U radar saw everything within 400km, except the strike that killed it."
🎼Nebo gonna give you up🎶
🎼Nebo gonna let you down 🎶
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/15/r...
🎼Nebo gonna give you up🎶
🎼Nebo gonna let you down 🎶
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/15/r...
Russia loses eyes over Crimea, fuel, military echelon, troop concentration—all in Ukraine's four-target operation - Euromaidan Press
Russia's Nebo-U radar saw everything within 400km, except the strike that killed it.
euromaidanpress.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"Russia’s Nebo-U radar saw everything within 400km, except the strike that killed it."
🎼Nebo gonna give you up🎶
🎼Nebo gonna let you down 🎶
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/15/r...
🎼Nebo gonna give you up🎶
🎼Nebo gonna let you down 🎶
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/15/r...
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✨Introducing the world premiere recording of seven choral works from the Arundel Choirbook, one of the most significant collections of English polyphony from the early 16th century.
The full album will be available 28th November but you can listen to a single now on Spotify ✨
The full album will be available 28th November but you can listen to a single now on Spotify ✨
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
✨Introducing the world premiere recording of seven choral works from the Arundel Choirbook, one of the most significant collections of English polyphony from the early 16th century.
The full album will be available 28th November but you can listen to a single now on Spotify ✨
The full album will be available 28th November but you can listen to a single now on Spotify ✨
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Always a good thing to have one's alphabet list to hand.
BnF MS Hébreu 113; Psalms (Hebrew); 13th century; England; f.137v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Hébreu 113; Psalms (Hebrew); 13th century; England; f.137v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Always a good thing to have one's alphabet list to hand.
BnF MS Hébreu 113; Psalms (Hebrew); 13th century; England; f.137v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Hébreu 113; Psalms (Hebrew); 13th century; England; f.137v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
The perfect length for a quick bout of chores, and oddly amusing
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#art #Australia #crime #France #history #humor #80s
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#art #Australia #crime #France #history #humor #80s
So you’ve robbed the Louvre… now what? - ABC listen
On the 19th of October at 9:30am, two thieves parked a truck at the Louvre. They carved a hole in the window, climbed into the gallery, smashed two display cases, and made off with 88 million euros wo...
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The perfect length for a quick bout of chores, and oddly amusing
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#art #Australia #crime #France #history #humor #80s
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#art #Australia #crime #France #history #humor #80s
Another worthy fundraiser for an artillery unit of Georgians 🇬🇪 at the zero line in Ukraine 🇺🇦 who need a reliable ride.
$20 to send your message written on an artillery round, which makes a very definite statement!
$10 gets a raffle ticket for the unit patch prize. #NAFO
$20 to send your message written on an artillery round, which makes a very definite statement!
$10 gets a raffle ticket for the unit patch prize. #NAFO
We did +20 yesterday for Zura @mode23976's car fundraiser, thank you very much ! Sorry he can't thank you in person for now as usual, but artillery team is fighting on position at the moment 🙏
🔔 : Last update 1097$ ✨
✅ : 862 (+235 ☕) / 5000$ 🎯
🅿️ : bsky.app/profile/chut...
🔔 : Last update 1097$ ✨
✅ : 862 (+235 ☕) / 5000$ 🎯
🅿️ : bsky.app/profile/chut...
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Another worthy fundraiser for an artillery unit of Georgians 🇬🇪 at the zero line in Ukraine 🇺🇦 who need a reliable ride.
$20 to send your message written on an artillery round, which makes a very definite statement!
$10 gets a raffle ticket for the unit patch prize. #NAFO
$20 to send your message written on an artillery round, which makes a very definite statement!
$10 gets a raffle ticket for the unit patch prize. #NAFO
In a stunning reversal this week, the Monobank jar actually works!
Quad bikes for the 80th:
send.monobank.ua/jar/3Y7fyGYuTK
Quad bikes for the 80th:
send.monobank.ua/jar/3Y7fyGYuTK
🪽𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗜𝗻, 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝘂𝘁🪽
🐾🪙🐾🪙🐾🪙🐾
Tooniacs came through strong once again!💥
Together with @dzygaspaw.com we raised $𝟲,𝟲𝟬𝟬 for the 1st Battalion of the 80th Air Assault Brigade—the fearless “winged infantry”🪽
It is still Orthodox #ToonieTuesday!
💙💛🇺🇦 $𝟵,𝟰𝟬𝟬 is still needed—let’s finish it!
See post below⤵️
🐾🪙🐾🪙🐾🪙🐾
Tooniacs came through strong once again!💥
Together with @dzygaspaw.com we raised $𝟲,𝟲𝟬𝟬 for the 1st Battalion of the 80th Air Assault Brigade—the fearless “winged infantry”🪽
It is still Orthodox #ToonieTuesday!
💙💛🇺🇦 $𝟵,𝟰𝟬𝟬 is still needed—let’s finish it!
See post below⤵️
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In a stunning reversal this week, the Monobank jar actually works!
Quad bikes for the 80th:
send.monobank.ua/jar/3Y7fyGYuTK
Quad bikes for the 80th:
send.monobank.ua/jar/3Y7fyGYuTK
There's a new medieval history podcast, now with more eels!
Sadly there is not an Eel Emoji for us yet.
Sadly there is not an Eel Emoji for us yet.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! for our release date (TODAY!) we have a second episode!
Here @profgabriele.com talks to @greenleejw.bsky.social about, you guessed it, eels! Plus medieval maps and why they're cool.
have a listen!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Here @profgabriele.com talks to @greenleejw.bsky.social about, you guessed it, eels! Plus medieval maps and why they're cool.
have a listen!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Medieval Eels with John Wyatt Greenlee
Podcast Episode · American Medieval · 11/12/2025 · 55m
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
There's a new medieval history podcast, now with more eels!
Sadly there is not an Eel Emoji for us yet.
Sadly there is not an Eel Emoji for us yet.
Quickly popping back to encourage everyone to follow my favourite old salt @mercoglianos.bsky.social
Nice to see brownwater and Canada this week ⚓️🇨🇦
Nice to see brownwater and Canada this week ⚓️🇨🇦
Today, in World Maritime History class, we discussed the loss of Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago.
Why Did She Split In Half?
youtu.be/BS5yTNVHOV0?...
Why Did She Split In Half?
youtu.be/BS5yTNVHOV0?...
Why Did She Split In Half?
YouTube video by Casual Navigation
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Quickly popping back to encourage everyone to follow my favourite old salt @mercoglianos.bsky.social
Nice to see brownwater and Canada this week ⚓️🇨🇦
Nice to see brownwater and Canada this week ⚓️🇨🇦
Heading offline before the "we forget, or even actively sabotage, veterans for the entire rest of the year but look at us posting poppies now" crowd piss me off even more than paying $340 today because some twerp at Veterans thinks "mandatory 100% coverage of combat injuries" doesn't include OEF.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Heading offline before the "we forget, or even actively sabotage, veterans for the entire rest of the year but look at us posting poppies now" crowd piss me off even more than paying $340 today because some twerp at Veterans thinks "mandatory 100% coverage of combat injuries" doesn't include OEF.
1. Take a position in certain stocks
2. Push a narrative that affects those stocks
3. Profit.
2. Push a narrative that affects those stocks
3. Profit.
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
1. Take a position in certain stocks
2. Push a narrative that affects those stocks
3. Profit.
2. Push a narrative that affects those stocks
3. Profit.
Who could have guessed that the government group shooting priests in the face with pepperball rounds were actual, intentional fascists.
The 🇺🇲 government has chosen violence already, hopefully soon the 🇺🇲 people can face that reality - and actively reject it.
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
The 🇺🇲 government has chosen violence already, hopefully soon the 🇺🇲 people can face that reality - and actively reject it.
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Who could have guessed that the government group shooting priests in the face with pepperball rounds were actual, intentional fascists.
The 🇺🇲 government has chosen violence already, hopefully soon the 🇺🇲 people can face that reality - and actively reject it.
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
The 🇺🇲 government has chosen violence already, hopefully soon the 🇺🇲 people can face that reality - and actively reject it.
newrepublic.com/article/2026...
Odense is a fantastic town with some excellent faculty (and a lot of worthwhile concerts) -
just a quick train ride from Kolding, home of the crusader Kogge ship (and more medieval maritime archaeology projects)
just a quick train ride from Kolding, home of the crusader Kogge ship (and more medieval maritime archaeology projects)
3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
tinyurl.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Odense is a fantastic town with some excellent faculty (and a lot of worthwhile concerts) -
just a quick train ride from Kolding, home of the crusader Kogge ship (and more medieval maritime archaeology projects)
just a quick train ride from Kolding, home of the crusader Kogge ship (and more medieval maritime archaeology projects)
I'm very fortunate to have gone snorkelling with octopus regularly as part of veterans' aquatherapy in Curacao - octopus are intelligent creatures who do not belong in labs.
It's 2025 and we can do better! Please consider adding your name to this petition:
action.eko.org/a/shut-down-...
It's 2025 and we can do better! Please consider adding your name to this petition:
action.eko.org/a/shut-down-...
Shut down this baby octopus lab
A new factory farming nightmare is unfolding—seafood giant Grupo Profand just got the green light to experiment on baby octopuses in Spain. Their goal? Cracking the code on captive breeding to pave th
action.eko.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I'm very fortunate to have gone snorkelling with octopus regularly as part of veterans' aquatherapy in Curacao - octopus are intelligent creatures who do not belong in labs.
It's 2025 and we can do better! Please consider adding your name to this petition:
action.eko.org/a/shut-down-...
It's 2025 and we can do better! Please consider adding your name to this petition:
action.eko.org/a/shut-down-...