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In one sense, yes, I am writing a book about anthropocentrism in early modern England for Routledge and here for scholarly vibes but in a real & much more accurate sense I yearn for silliness.
In one sense, yes, I am writing a book about anthropocentrism in early modern England for Routledge and here for scholarly vibes but in a real & much more accurate sense I yearn for silliness.
The Danish population rn
“No, no,” said Toad. “I do not think anyone will ever send me a letter.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The Danish population rn
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January 1625 - Richard Napier briefly owns a swan.
3 Jan: 'Mr Grub sent me a Cygnet ... I gave him 2s'. 8 Jan: 'My Cygnet did flye away'. #otd #earlymodern
3 Jan: 'Mr Grub sent me a Cygnet ... I gave him 2s'. 8 Jan: 'My Cygnet did flye away'. #otd #earlymodern
January 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
January 1625 - Richard Napier briefly owns a swan.
3 Jan: 'Mr Grub sent me a Cygnet ... I gave him 2s'. 8 Jan: 'My Cygnet did flye away'. #otd #earlymodern
3 Jan: 'Mr Grub sent me a Cygnet ... I gave him 2s'. 8 Jan: 'My Cygnet did flye away'. #otd #earlymodern
Love an accident of early modern spelling, which on the final line has given way to a pun so drippily acidic that modern English could only dream of it
Gascoigne on the health benefits of hunting:
Gascoigne on the health benefits of hunting:
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Love an accident of early modern spelling, which on the final line has given way to a pun so drippily acidic that modern English could only dream of it
Gascoigne on the health benefits of hunting:
Gascoigne on the health benefits of hunting:
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The whole point of being an academic is that you need to be willing to spend three days creating a 700-word footnote that you will later delete. And you need to LIKE IT.
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The whole point of being an academic is that you need to be willing to spend three days creating a 700-word footnote that you will later delete. And you need to LIKE IT.
Back to my chapter on Gascoigne & let me get a tea towel for I am once again drooling over the sexy, sexy type of the 1561 edition of Du Fouilloux's La Vénerie:
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
December 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Back to my chapter on Gascoigne & let me get a tea towel for I am once again drooling over the sexy, sexy type of the 1561 edition of Du Fouilloux's La Vénerie:
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
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Found the 'people named after birds' page of the will register
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Found the 'people named after birds' page of the will register
Today is #WorldSoilDay and I am thinking about that EM gardening text I read which said burying onions and garlic would keep moles away.
In reality, of course, the moles were likely underground making bolognese with the ingredients delivered to their door.
In reality, of course, the moles were likely underground making bolognese with the ingredients delivered to their door.
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today is #WorldSoilDay and I am thinking about that EM gardening text I read which said burying onions and garlic would keep moles away.
In reality, of course, the moles were likely underground making bolognese with the ingredients delivered to their door.
In reality, of course, the moles were likely underground making bolognese with the ingredients delivered to their door.
Taking my writing on Hester Pulter to the next level at this writing retreat by attempting to get "snowed in" at this particular "countrey grange"
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Taking my writing on Hester Pulter to the next level at this writing retreat by attempting to get "snowed in" at this particular "countrey grange"
Neither an early modern animal nor a writer but "a real handsome man" is absolutely sending me today. Howling.
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo...
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo...
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Neither an early modern animal nor a writer but "a real handsome man" is absolutely sending me today. Howling.
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo...
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo...
Shout out for this one!
I’m so grateful for this recognition for THE TAME AND THE WILD! @harvardpress.bsky.social
Congratulations to HAHR board member Marcy Norton, whose book The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals After 1492 has been awarded a number of prizes from the American Historical Association and the Conference on Latin American History. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/history...
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Shout out for this one!
10/10 no notes
LOOK at the Bosch Beast piñatas!
October 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
10/10 no notes
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
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Le cochon dormant
Marcu de Bye, 1657. (Musée du Louvre)
Marcu de Bye, 1657. (Musée du Louvre)
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Le cochon dormant
Marcu de Bye, 1657. (Musée du Louvre)
Marcu de Bye, 1657. (Musée du Louvre)
Never not thinking about the Wile E. Coyote slapstick of Lion vs. Unicorn
(Edward Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, 1607)
(Edward Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, 1607)
September 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Never not thinking about the Wile E. Coyote slapstick of Lion vs. Unicorn
(Edward Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, 1607)
(Edward Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, 1607)
Imagine being Mr Pulter, like
Dearest wife, how goes the poetry?
Ok so there is a LARK & the LARK's NEST gets CHOPPED IN HALF by a mower & some of the CHICKS get CHOPPED IN HALF & others get BEHEADED and 1 CHICK gets MUTILATED but SURVIVES & is then DRAGGED ABOUT by the mower's son and then DIES.
Dearest wife, how goes the poetry?
Ok so there is a LARK & the LARK's NEST gets CHOPPED IN HALF by a mower & some of the CHICKS get CHOPPED IN HALF & others get BEHEADED and 1 CHICK gets MUTILATED but SURVIVES & is then DRAGGED ABOUT by the mower's son and then DIES.
August 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Imagine being Mr Pulter, like
Dearest wife, how goes the poetry?
Ok so there is a LARK & the LARK's NEST gets CHOPPED IN HALF by a mower & some of the CHICKS get CHOPPED IN HALF & others get BEHEADED and 1 CHICK gets MUTILATED but SURVIVES & is then DRAGGED ABOUT by the mower's son and then DIES.
Dearest wife, how goes the poetry?
Ok so there is a LARK & the LARK's NEST gets CHOPPED IN HALF by a mower & some of the CHICKS get CHOPPED IN HALF & others get BEHEADED and 1 CHICK gets MUTILATED but SURVIVES & is then DRAGGED ABOUT by the mower's son and then DIES.
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This is a later version, 1670, of a print originally made around 1642-1646 to advertise the performances of the elephant 'Hansken' which was drawn by Rembrandt around 1637. (British Museum)
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is a later version, 1670, of a print originally made around 1642-1646 to advertise the performances of the elephant 'Hansken' which was drawn by Rembrandt around 1637. (British Museum)
Stop normalizing grind culture and normalize whatever this is
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Stop normalizing grind culture and normalize whatever this is
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![A cat in a book from 1663. The title of the book: "Parnassus Medicinalis Illustratus. Oder: Ein neues/ und dergestalt/ vormahln noch nie gesehenes Thier- Kräuter- Und Berg-Buch" (SUB Göttingen. Exemplar mit der Signatur: 4 MAT MED 42/3]).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wwym6cglvbd5odxfkykn2uh2/bafkreiehkhjzuju56d5fupgm6fnus7omtr33gxbm2f5wm3hb76kya4k54y@jpeg)
June 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I'm feeling vindicated in acknowledging my cats' opinions in my dissertation.
#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory #Cats #CatSky
#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory #Cats #CatSky
Paws on Parchment: New Exhibition Highlights Cats in Medieval Manuscripts - Medievalists.net
Explore how medieval people viewed and valued cats in “Paws on Parchment,” a new exhibition at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, featuring feline-themed manuscripts and rare pawprints left by a 15t...
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August 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'm feeling vindicated in acknowledging my cats' opinions in my dissertation.
#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory #Cats #CatSky
#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory #Cats #CatSky
[Somewhere in Egypt, allegedly]
"What's the time?"
"Time you checked if the baboon has had a wee yet."
"What's the time?"
"Time you checked if the baboon has had a wee yet."
![Early modern printed book with a yellow highlight section which reads "Two things are most wonderful in him, that in the two equinoctials, 12 times a day he will make water, once every hour, and doth the same at night [...] Hence, the Egyptians have the picture of a Baboon pissing upon their Dials."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tizr6r2mf27mjs3jdmv7zcsm/bafkreibzjeap67lyflp4pm2dloj4iaxa32c7aikwhhgrxi7lz63vgs7idm@jpeg)
August 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
[Somewhere in Egypt, allegedly]
"What's the time?"
"Time you checked if the baboon has had a wee yet."
"What's the time?"
"Time you checked if the baboon has had a wee yet."
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First time I've seen Dürer's rhino rampant!
Not often you find a rhino supporting a coat of arms (Lord Colvill of Culross is probably the 8th Lord, 1725-1811). Inside a Book of Common Prayer printed by John Baskerville (Cambridge, 1761). @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Syn.5.76.9.
August 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
First time I've seen Dürer's rhino rampant!
[Somewhere in C16 Americas]
New arrival: *sweating, furiously trying to tie 5 or 6 substantial and very angry winged bugs into a bundle* and you're definitely sure this is the best light source around here?
Local: *stifling laughter* yeah, absolutely, we have them in our house too, keep trying👍
New arrival: *sweating, furiously trying to tie 5 or 6 substantial and very angry winged bugs into a bundle* and you're definitely sure this is the best light source around here?
Local: *stifling laughter* yeah, absolutely, we have them in our house too, keep trying👍
August 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
[Somewhere in C16 Americas]
New arrival: *sweating, furiously trying to tie 5 or 6 substantial and very angry winged bugs into a bundle* and you're definitely sure this is the best light source around here?
Local: *stifling laughter* yeah, absolutely, we have them in our house too, keep trying👍
New arrival: *sweating, furiously trying to tie 5 or 6 substantial and very angry winged bugs into a bundle* and you're definitely sure this is the best light source around here?
Local: *stifling laughter* yeah, absolutely, we have them in our house too, keep trying👍
Writing today and am thinking about the colleague who got frustrated when I didn't spot British-isms in copy because "the browser puts red lines under them".
I didn't know how to explain that when you work with certain literature for so long red lines become meaningless and completely ignorable...
I didn't know how to explain that when you work with certain literature for so long red lines become meaningless and completely ignorable...
August 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Writing today and am thinking about the colleague who got frustrated when I didn't spot British-isms in copy because "the browser puts red lines under them".
I didn't know how to explain that when you work with certain literature for so long red lines become meaningless and completely ignorable...
I didn't know how to explain that when you work with certain literature for so long red lines become meaningless and completely ignorable...