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Kathleen E. Kennedy

@themedievaldrk.bsky.social

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manuscripts, early print, coconuts, nautiluses, media archaeology

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 5h

that's...sigh

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 5h

omg I can hear this and my brain hurts now

David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 5h

"911, what's your emergency?"
In an absolute diamond-cutter accent, just horrible stuff on every vowel: "They're throwin' hoagies at Patullo's home over in Moorestown!"

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Eagles OC's house gets egged after loss to Bears

The New Jersey home of Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo was vandalized with eggs early Saturday morning, following the team's loss to the Bears, police said.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 5h

"911, what's your emergency?"
In an absolute diamond-cutter accent, just horrible stuff on every vowel: "They're throwin' hoagies at Patullo's home over in Moorestown!"

www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Eagles OC's house gets egged after loss to Bears

The New Jersey home of Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo was vandalized with eggs early Saturday morning, following the team's loss to the Bears, police said.

www.espn.com

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 5h

low key trauma response

Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Brendan Nyhan, Scott L. Greer , and 26 more Brian A. Nosek, Brendan Nyhan, Scott L. Greer, Michael A. Clemens, Rosemary A. Joyce, American Library Association, Gerry Canavan, Daniel S. Goldberg, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Rebecca Tushnet, David R. Miller, Caroline T. Schroeder, Scott A. Imberman, Brian Keegan, William Myers, Zen Faulkes, Mark Rice, Christina Ho, Marcus Credé, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Kathleen Kennedy, Daxton R. Stewart, Stephen A. Meserve, Stephen I. Vladeck, Dan Immergluck, Colin Woodard, Clark Gray, David Lay Williams, Jesse R. Lasky

Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 6h

TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.

Flow chart from TX Tech memo showing that most class materials must be reviewed by chair, dean, and provost, and that all curricular material must be disclosed

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 6h

A really interesting thread, w/different points to highlight for academics of different generations

matthew ellis @matthiasellis.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this phenomena due in large part to my specific grad school experience (IYKYK), the ~2010s-2022 syllabus wars. But rather than cast it as a woke/anti-woke fight over canons, I see it as a product of generational turnover and failed institutional reproduction:

Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 8h

i miss believing, as i did as a grad student and for a few years following, that whitman was over-assigned, over-studied

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 6h

sorry this is making me laugh like a drain. apparently I needed a joke! ty!

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 6h

yeah plus in England, emoting in public is culturally insensitive so it'll easily clear a room

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Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 7h

GUYS

GUYS

MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS

four white plastic muppet-style busts of dante, moliere, aristotle, and shakespeare, 3d printed in the style of the muppet christmas carol

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mothra stewart | free link @gorl.gay · 7h

earlier,,

frankie, my tabby cat, stretched out on bed in a sun patch. this POV is from in front of her, where her arms are stretched forward.

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy, Pascale Aebischer

matthew ellis @matthiasellis.bsky.social · 8h

Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 8h

i miss believing, as i did as a grad student and for a few years following, that whitman was over-assigned, over-studied

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 9h

yay! Irina!!

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 9h

yuss!! nice!!

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 12h

😮

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 12h

Coming back from vacation to some good news!

The first baby whale of the 2025-2026 North American right whale calving season was spotted Nov 28 near South Carolina.

Mom is Champagne (ID #3904) and its her 2nd documented calf. What joyful news for a species with 384 whales remaining.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13h

uuuugh

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13h

THANKYOU you're doing the fashion god's work here. carry on.

Reposted by Mary L. Dudziak, Susan Strasser, Raúl Pacheco-Vega , and 2 more Mary L. Dudziak, Susan Strasser, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Kathleen Kennedy, Karin Wulf

Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 15h

🔔 We’re honored to open a new round in the @susih.bsky.social -IU Community Scholars Program, which unlocks onsite + remote library access for 3 years for contingent scholars + historians working beyond the academy. Please apply + share! CFP due 2/1. Onward! 🗃️ s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...

CFP: USIH-IU Community Scholars Program | Society for US Intellectual History

In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 16h

Maybe your day could use something pretty?

"The High Priestess Writes a Love Letter to The Magician" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social last year, and it's a poem I'm incredibly proud of.

If you haven't read it, you're in luck:

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

The High Priestess Writes a Love Letter to The Magician - Uncanny Magazine

Your magick is this: kindness and shadow, fireflies of hope burning like embers— everything you touch signs a raven song, a fairytale, a reminde...

www.uncannymagazine.com

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 16h

hope it goes well and you find your colleagues a good bunch!

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 16h

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is closing in. To people in the Middle Ages this meant it was important to preserve as much food for the coming months as possible.In December's Labour of the Month we see some of the stages of preparing the newly killed pig.Ms76-folio12-recto #Medievalsky

A painting from a medieval manuscript. On the left, a well to do couple watch from a window. Below them a man prepares to bleed the deceased pig. In the middle, a man and a woman hold down the pig readying it for the killing blow from the man on the right who is standing. The right picture show the pig being cooked in a fire outdoors. Beyond a stone wall a woman tends other pigs.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 16h

I was a VAP there 20yrs ago, faced a grade contest, and the rx was 180-degrees different (to my surprise even then). Even cis I am chillingly sure how it would go today as this case underscores. I care so much about teaching but in these circumstances it's clear who gets to teach and who doesn't : (

Reposted by Mark Petticrew, Kathleen Kennedy

Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 19h

Look at this! For the first time since it was found, partially excavated and dispersed in the 1950s, someone has digitally reconstructed the 6th century mosaic from Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenacia, Libya. 😮🤯

#MosaicMonday

An ancient mosaic of astonishing complexity and beauty. The design is 10 rows of 5 squares in a grid formation. Each is separated by a coloured twisted rope border. Each square shows a different design - either animals, plants, buildings or people. Wowser.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

or teenage mutant ninja turtles

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

this this this

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

good heavens, if anything could get an export block, surely this could?? I hope Arts Council can find funds (and donors) to keep it in the country, and hopefully in town.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

yeah we don't get much choice in it, that's for sure

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

"No clapping of wings, no motions around/ Just the singing wind in an ominous silence/ I'll take you down there/ Back into the bog"

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 1d

Social media is dying, from now on we meet at the moonlit bog at midnight instead

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

my god they took Boaty McBoatface as a challenge...

Reposted by Charles West, Kathleen Kennedy

Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 1d

I'm writing a textbook for the study of medieval manuscripts in the 21st century & am developing a framework that will be referenced throughout the book: ten touchpoints for medieval book history in Europe with six drivers of change. Here's how it will play out... (image: Codex Amiatinus) 🧵

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