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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 28m

Lol

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2h

No I agree here- I could see a lemon curd filled croissant but the lemon meringue croissant is unholy and needs to be stopped

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

It's clear by now that the Democrats won't press this case as aggressively as it needs to be pressed, and the media won't do that unless they have Democrats' quotes to use as a springboard either.

They won't do this work, so it's even more important that we circulate these stories ourselves.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 4h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 3h

The bread museum! (Japanese)

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 5h

Bulletin of the John Rylands Library goes #OpenAccess

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

#History 🗃️

BJRL Goes Open Access: Professor Carsten Timmermann on Manchester's Medical History - Manchester University Press

BJRL 87:1 is now Open Access on Manchesterhive.

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks to Jo for an important essay giving a first hand insight into the impact of a sector in crisis on academics and students 👇

Jo (unfunded hobbyist) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 8h

I wrote something on my time on returning to Goldsmiths as an associate lecturer, 17 years after graduating with my first degree. It’s a plea to Frances Corner’s successor to learn from mistakes made over the last 6 years and change course. #UCU #UKHE

ucucommons.org/2025/10/06/c...

Cutting Corners: a message to the next Vice Chancellor at Goldsmiths

On 1 October 2025, a short announcement was put on Goldsmiths’ website to say that Vice Chancellor Frances Corner was stepping down with immediate effect. This came off the back of an announcement …

ucucommons.org

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 4h

😂

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 18h

In class I have frequently described the medieval hogs eating swaddled babies in their cribs (legal fact!) as sort of wandering into a shop and finding a conveniently wrapped candy bar lying in a trolley.

Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18h

I would much rather meet a black bear, I think.

The joke is that a black bear sees a hiker with a pack full of granola and trail mix and thinks “How do I get my food off that human?” and a cougar thinks “How do I get that pack off my food?”

I’d submit that a hog thinks “Food! WITH TOPPINGS!”

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 18h

*Kermit, spotting French Fried Frog Legs billboard bearing his own image*

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 18h

omnivores. we're just a dodgy lot, all of us.

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 22h

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Do apply and spread the word!

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 22h

magnificent

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 22h

Probably my favourite long late antiquity piece of art. The so-called "palimpsest" fresco in Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome shows consecutive layers of paintings from the sixth century (Mary as empress of heaven) all the way to the seventh and early eight century. The level of detail is just amazing.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 22h

ok but also lesbian-coded

Matthew Harrison @matthewharrison.bsky.social · 22h

write a political message on the tag of your underwear

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 22h

I know people are still skeptical of her but so far she seems good at hitting the notes, I gotta say

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 22h

Like a climate change hellmouth, and surprising no one, it's near Baltimore... ; )

Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 22h

Speaking of AI data centers, have you flown into Dulles International Airport near D.C. recently?

Welp, you landed smack in the middle of Data Center Alley, the world's *densest data center hub.*

Its making power bills skyrocket in Baltimore.

You can see the U-shaped runways in the center. 🫣

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 23h

No shame! Comfortable is the new hotness!

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 23h

💯 we need to support realness not out of season woollens!

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

October cicada: SINGS

Me: buddy, I hate to tell you but I fear for your genes' persistence...

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

Checked just last week to find it still down - v v glad to have this resource again!!

Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 1d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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

cracked back into my masto acct. Mine wasn't bad back when I was using it, just couldn't juggle 2 accts v easily. I guess we'll see where this flappy site goes.

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · 1d

New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Keepin' it Old School this time

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

right? for real!

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 1d

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

does the tradition of bishops wearing sapphire rings go all the way back to the late antique era?

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