Anna Fore Waymack
@waymack.bsky.social
Feminist, nerd, sailor, gardener, embroiderer, beekeeper. Should be writing. She/her.
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hey hey! it's new episode day! this week @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social talk about their recent book "Oathbreakers" (conveniently NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK!!!).
we talk about a civil war in which, quoting @wsj.com, "the brothers just didn't get along"
#medievalsky
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we talk about a civil war in which, quoting @wsj.com, "the brothers just didn't get along"
#medievalsky
pca.st/rg0l36e8
Carolingian Oathbreakers with David M. Perry
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December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
hey hey! it's new episode day! this week @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social talk about their recent book "Oathbreakers" (conveniently NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK!!!).
we talk about a civil war in which, quoting @wsj.com, "the brothers just didn't get along"
#medievalsky
pca.st/rg0l36e8
we talk about a civil war in which, quoting @wsj.com, "the brothers just didn't get along"
#medievalsky
pca.st/rg0l36e8
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Just out! My essay for @thesowhat.bsky.social on plague, doctors, and the parallels between two pandemics: “Shouting at the Air: Plague Medievalisms for the Covid Era in Netflix’s The Decameron”.
2/ first up in the #Decameron cluster is “Shouting at the Air: Plague Medievalisms for the #Covid Era in Netflix’s The Decameron” by @winstonblack.bsky.social, a fascinating discussion of #plague medievalisms, medieval & modern medicine, & even some thoughts on sexy doctors. #medievalsky
Shouting at the Air: Plague Medievalisms for the Covid Era in Netflix’s The Decameron — Arthuriana
Countless novels, comics, shows, movies, and video games present fictional retellings of the Black Death. From cinematic masterpieces like Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957) and haunt i...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Just out! My essay for @thesowhat.bsky.social on plague, doctors, and the parallels between two pandemics: “Shouting at the Air: Plague Medievalisms for the Covid Era in Netflix’s The Decameron”.
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MY FRIEND IS MAKING ART AND YOU WILL LIKE THE ART AND SHOULD SEE THE ART
Most stuff is up on Etsy at etsy.com/shop/StudioG.... I’d still appreciate referrals. Instagram is @goldberrystudio; I’d still very much appreciate follows.
But it sure is looking like I can do this full-time without anything but the local markets and galleries.
But it sure is looking like I can do this full-time without anything but the local markets and galleries.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
MY FRIEND IS MAKING ART AND YOU WILL LIKE THE ART AND SHOULD SEE THE ART
There are facts that are just known, in families. So-and-so takes the photos. So-and-so belongs nowhere near the stove.
A fact in my family, held with love and zero malice, has been: Anna can’t do art. 1/?
A fact in my family, held with love and zero malice, has been: Anna can’t do art. 1/?
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
There are facts that are just known, in families. So-and-so takes the photos. So-and-so belongs nowhere near the stove.
A fact in my family, held with love and zero malice, has been: Anna can’t do art. 1/?
A fact in my family, held with love and zero malice, has been: Anna can’t do art. 1/?
The people apparently crave bookmarks.
I, personally, do not ever USE bookmarks.
What do y’all want in one??
I, personally, do not ever USE bookmarks.
What do y’all want in one??
December 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The people apparently crave bookmarks.
I, personally, do not ever USE bookmarks.
What do y’all want in one??
I, personally, do not ever USE bookmarks.
What do y’all want in one??
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I'm starting to see jobs out there for 'humanties experts' to train AI systems. I know we all need work, but don't do it.
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I'm starting to see jobs out there for 'humanties experts' to train AI systems. I know we all need work, but don't do it.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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Hey all: I've been nominated for a SLEW of Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago awards!!
Thanks so much to everyone that nominated me - these are a huge deal & I'm always honored.
Vote here (you don't have to be in Chicago): ChicagoReader.com/best
Thanks so much to everyone that nominated me - these are a huge deal & I'm always honored.
Vote here (you don't have to be in Chicago): ChicagoReader.com/best
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hey all: I've been nominated for a SLEW of Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago awards!!
Thanks so much to everyone that nominated me - these are a huge deal & I'm always honored.
Vote here (you don't have to be in Chicago): ChicagoReader.com/best
Thanks so much to everyone that nominated me - these are a huge deal & I'm always honored.
Vote here (you don't have to be in Chicago): ChicagoReader.com/best
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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It’s really fun to be a historian. We are fun at parties. We will absolutely not ruin your traditions by explaining the history of them.
Them: You know the Olympic torch relay just began.
Me: Yeah, the flame is ancient but the relay itself was invented by Hitler to connect Ancient Greece to Germany for the Berlin Olympics
Them: Always a ray of sunshine
Me:
www.forbes.com/sites/drsara...
Me: Yeah, the flame is ancient but the relay itself was invented by Hitler to connect Ancient Greece to Germany for the Berlin Olympics
Them: Always a ray of sunshine
Me:
www.forbes.com/sites/drsara...
A Short History Of Torches And Intimidation
The carrying of torches to suggest power and project intimidation has a long and sordid history.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s really fun to be a historian. We are fun at parties. We will absolutely not ruin your traditions by explaining the history of them.
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My sister, having accompanied me to a holiday market: "People do not want a mini-lecture on the different qualities of leather. Shush. Shhh. They will ask if they want to know."
Me: *surprised Pikachu*
Me: *surprised Pikachu*
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My sister, having accompanied me to a holiday market: "People do not want a mini-lecture on the different qualities of leather. Shush. Shhh. They will ask if they want to know."
Me: *surprised Pikachu*
Me: *surprised Pikachu*
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
Happy family, friends, and feasting to you all! May you be as happy as MewMew, who is benefiting from every dropped morsel.
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Happy family, friends, and feasting to you all! May you be as happy as MewMew, who is benefiting from every dropped morsel.
Makers of medieval rotae would approve
First saw this on Xtwtter 3 years ago.
Best wishes to all foodies, cooks, & their loved ones this week.
Best wishes to all foodies, cooks, & their loved ones this week.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Makers of medieval rotae would approve
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Eldest daughter Thanksgiving crew, what are we up to on this Thanksgiving Eve Eve? I am dicing and toasting cornbread for stuffing while attempting to draft a book review and answering my mother’s questions about whether Jonathan Bailey is, in fact, British
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Eldest daughter Thanksgiving crew, what are we up to on this Thanksgiving Eve Eve? I am dicing and toasting cornbread for stuffing while attempting to draft a book review and answering my mother’s questions about whether Jonathan Bailey is, in fact, British
Did I do far better at lasting my shoes yesterday? Yes! Pulled pleats in the right directions, or at least closer to. Didn‘t bash my fingers with the cobblers’ hammer.
Might have spectacularly lost control of the hammer and walloped an earlier cut. Cue blood everywhere and a very appalled teacher.
Might have spectacularly lost control of the hammer and walloped an earlier cut. Cue blood everywhere and a very appalled teacher.
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Did I do far better at lasting my shoes yesterday? Yes! Pulled pleats in the right directions, or at least closer to. Didn‘t bash my fingers with the cobblers’ hammer.
Might have spectacularly lost control of the hammer and walloped an earlier cut. Cue blood everywhere and a very appalled teacher.
Might have spectacularly lost control of the hammer and walloped an earlier cut. Cue blood everywhere and a very appalled teacher.
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PSA: take your turkey out of the freezer, kittens.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
PSA: take your turkey out of the freezer, kittens.
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I'm interested in something.
How do people (particularly my felow lit scholars and teachers) factor in the wildly different experiences of reading people have depending on where they sit on the scale from hyperphantasia to aphantasia?
How do people (particularly my felow lit scholars and teachers) factor in the wildly different experiences of reading people have depending on where they sit on the scale from hyperphantasia to aphantasia?
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I'm interested in something.
How do people (particularly my felow lit scholars and teachers) factor in the wildly different experiences of reading people have depending on where they sit on the scale from hyperphantasia to aphantasia?
How do people (particularly my felow lit scholars and teachers) factor in the wildly different experiences of reading people have depending on where they sit on the scale from hyperphantasia to aphantasia?
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NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Anyhow. I guess I’m still turning this over in my mind.
There was a kid in my high school chemistry class who was very full of himself. Hated having anything whatsoever touch his head for fear of losing brain cells. Always a bit off around me.
He drew me naked, blowing someone. Showed me.
There was a kid in my high school chemistry class who was very full of himself. Hated having anything whatsoever touch his head for fear of losing brain cells. Always a bit off around me.
He drew me naked, blowing someone. Showed me.
A middle school boy created deepfake AI CSAM of his fellow classmate, a 13 year old girl. The girl pleaded with the school but they did nothing and instead put her on a bus with the perpetrator. She ended up hitting him and was expelled but nothing happened to the boy.
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
Girl, 13, expelled for hitting classmate who made a deepfake porn image of her, lawyers say
A 13-year-old student was expelled from a Louisiana middle school after hitting a male classmate who she said created and shared a deepfake pornographic image of her, according to her family’s lawyers...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Anyhow. I guess I’m still turning this over in my mind.
There was a kid in my high school chemistry class who was very full of himself. Hated having anything whatsoever touch his head for fear of losing brain cells. Always a bit off around me.
He drew me naked, blowing someone. Showed me.
There was a kid in my high school chemistry class who was very full of himself. Hated having anything whatsoever touch his head for fear of losing brain cells. Always a bit off around me.
He drew me naked, blowing someone. Showed me.
Unlike in #MeToo, it seems like women and other victims mostly aren’t putting their personal stories (and credibility) on the line this time. It feels like we tried that, it only worked for a moment, and this surge is instead a voicing of continued anger and frustration.
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Unlike in #MeToo, it seems like women and other victims mostly aren’t putting their personal stories (and credibility) on the line this time. It feels like we tried that, it only worked for a moment, and this surge is instead a voicing of continued anger and frustration.
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Need an analog to the “police passive” for this kind of description of sexually abusive men “being Me Tooed”—as if they were merely caught in a storm, their own actions and behavior irrelevant to their outcomes. Call it the predator passive.
When you write the whole piece around the idea of “MeToo” as an adequate description of what caused specific men to lose specific positions, and when you do this incredibly weird cutesy business to avoid *mentioning what happened*, you do a disservice to readers.
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Need an analog to the “police passive” for this kind of description of sexually abusive men “being Me Tooed”—as if they were merely caught in a storm, their own actions and behavior irrelevant to their outcomes. Call it the predator passive.
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This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.