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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11d

This is a really important read about how the current capitalist formations are shaping what books are available to readers and which writers get a chance to publish a book: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

#BookSky

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

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dadvans | the winnipeg jorts @dadvans.bsky.social · 15d

once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 17d

Strongly recommend the “Two Georges” exhibition at the Library of Congress.
It includes original material on loan from the Royal Archives. Here
George III writing in response to the act of association from Congress, September 11, 1774: “The dye is now cast.”

George III to Lord North, his prime minister. September 11, 1774.
In response to the petition from Congress.
“The dye is now cast. The colonists must either submit or triumph.
I do not wish to come to severer measures but we must not retreat…”
Lent by His majesty Charles III to the Library of Congress for the “Two Georges” exhibit. Photo by Holly Brewer 9/19/2025

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’ll definitely check this out! Thank you!

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Sep 5

They’re both perfect ❤️

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Sep 5

Conference presentation day! #womenshistory

Opening slide entitled Faded but not Forgotten: Female Friendships During the Women’s Suffrage and Abolitionists Movements, featuring images of 19th c letters and a photo of Ann Preston

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aj boston @aj-boston.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yeah well whose fault is that??

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Sep 3

Can anyone tell what this circled word is? #history #paleography

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Sep 3

Can anyone tell what this circled word is? #history #paleography

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Aug 26

You know what I thought was a good idea a month ago? To wait until the week I move across the country to write an abstract and an entire paper for a presentation next week.

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Medieval Murder Podcast @medievalmurder.bsky.social · Aug 25

Our latest podcast episode is now available everywhere podcasts can be found! Today we are talking about a very popular, if you can call it that, murder from the 1500s that features a love triangle, a failed poisoning and much more - it's the murder of Thomas Arden!

Love Triangle: The Murder of Thomas Arden | Medieval Murder

Today we are talking about a very popular, if you can call it that, murder from the 1500s that features a love triangle, a failed poisoning and much more - it's the murder of Thomas Arden! Thank you f...

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Aug 21

Last day in Philly ✌️

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Judith Weisenfeld @judithweisenfeld.com · Aug 16

My department at Princeton is hiring an assistant professor specializing in the study of early Christianity. First round materials are cover letter, cv, and writing sample. Letters will be requested for later stages. Deadline: September 30, 2025.

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Emily Higgs Kopin S. Pumpkins @ehkopin.bsky.social · Aug 14

If you haven't done this yet, the Save SEPTA website linked here makes it incredibly easy. <30 seconds with a provided form letter (customizable if you want, like I did, to add how this disaster personally affects you as a constituent).

jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Aug 13

gutting septa is gonna singlehandedly devestate philadelphia and i cannot believe those bastards in harrisburg think its a good idea

please write in to tell them how awful this is:
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Save SEPTA! | Home

SEPTA is facing a historic funding crisis that will result in the end of the system as we know it!

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Aug 13

Math History is wild, it will just be like:

“His ideas were so grotesque that he was disowned by all his friends and colleagues, labeled a disease against humanity and a stain on the face of gods creation. He died an insane pauper. Today his ideas are used in every aspect our existence!”

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Medieval Murder Podcast @medievalmurder.bsky.social · Aug 11

Today we are talking about the murder of Marguerite Porete, who, while little known to most people, is a fascinating woman whose life ended terribly - featuring the inquisition and the Beguin movement!

Mystic Burning: The Murder of Marguerite Porete | Medieval Murder

Today we are talking about the murder of Marguerite Porete, who, while little known to most people, is a fascinating woman whose life ended terribly - featuring the inquisition and the Beguin movement...

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · Aug 6

Seems like Cambridge UP won't let contributors to edited volumes opt out of LLM training on their work 🧐

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · Aug 3

Every time someone tells me to use fewer em dashes ⸻ I bring out Big Bertha.

Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · Aug 1

That's how you can tell human authors from AI.

AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.

Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.

dinsdale press @dinsdalepress.bsky.social · Aug 1

Em dashes, like anything, should be used in moderation. Check first with your editor if em dashes are right for you. 😉

#WriteSky #WritingTips

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Aug 2

Spent another afternoon in the archives and ended with a wine happy hour. Loving summer Fridays.

Valedictory Address for the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania pamphlet from 1857

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · Jul 31

We take August off for CWAC but this year we're making an exception - a special one hour Coffee With A Codex on August 14 featuring (a very good facsimile of) the Voynich Manuscript and @lisafdavis.bsky.social !!

Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · Jul 31

Come hang out with me and @leoba.bsky.social as we work our way through this life-size and brilliantly-detailed facsimile of the #Voynich manuscript! www.library.upenn.edu/events/coffe...

Coffee with a Codex: The Voynich Manuscript (Facsimile)

On August 14, Curator Dot Porter will bring out a facsimile of Beinecke Library MS 408, aka The Voynich Manuscript. This is a realistic facsimile that looks exactly like the real thing!

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Gabriella M. Petrick, Ph.D. 🍇🍇🍇 @gpetrick.bsky.social · Jul 31

AI can't eliminate historians because fun it can't create new knowledge, go to archives (where most sources are) or analyze sources. It can repeat what other historians have already written. History isn't "fact" it understanding the past to understand humanity+ #skystorians

Matt Dalgleish @meatwatcher.bsky.social · Jul 31

Worried about AI taking your job? Here’s the list of the 40 most impacted to the 40 least impacted. First picture most impacted jobs second list the lucky ones. Think I’m retraining as a dishwasher…. #agsky #econsky

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Jul 29

Just as a reminder since this seems to be getting some citations recently. I’ve published this open access piece from my masters dissertation on Crime and Sin in Early Medieval England. doi.org/10.33929/sherm.2021.vol3.no1.08

Research Portal

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Jul 29

Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg

Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts now accessible

Over the course of the last three years, the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been enhancing the discoverability of medieval medical recipes in historic library collections across the ...

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 27

Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.

Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq

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Hannah Purtymun @hspurtymun.bsky.social · Jul 26

Spent my Friday afternoon in the archives with some lovely 19th century letters.

Handwritten letter from the 1840s featuring large ink spots.

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