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Dr. Kristi DiClemente

@xpi.bsky.social

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History professor, medievalist, and textile artist who loves cozy mysteries and her dog.

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Nov 13

Shameless self promotion! If you like off-color medieval images and you cross stitch, I have the perfect patterns for you! I also have more traditional patterns, but sometimes you just want to be silly. I am just finishing up a fourth that will be posted soon.
kristiscornerneedle.etsy.com

Stitched image of a medieval nun picking penises off a tree

Stitched medieval image of a naked man playing a horn with his mouth and butt on a swirly floral vine thing

Stitched medieval image of a cat licking its butt on a swirly floral vine thing with some bugs

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 31

Oh, man, I'm assuming it's one of ours 😂

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sometimes past us are truly the best us!

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 17

I've decided that I'm going to have my students debate who was "greater": Alexander the Great or Phillip II. I want them to be brutal! 😂😂

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 17

This theory doesn't have a lot of evidence www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Is “Botanical Sexism” Really to Blame for Increased Pollen Allergies in Urban Cities?

The story starts with horticultural epidemiologist Thomas Ogren. His major citation is that of the 1949 USDA Yearbook of Agriculture where it was recommended that “when used for street plantings, only...

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 17

When I was a kid, a friend of mine told me that she wasn't afraid of eating a particular thing (don't remember what it was anymore) because it was natural and God wouldn't make anything to hurt her. My response was that God made rattlesnakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think this is such a common belief.

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

Counting Pigeons
9999 Maniacs

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

The Mountain Stoats (sorry sorry I hope he doesn’t see this)

James Damron @runswindows95.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

Molly Butterknife

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 11

That's awesome, thank you! I've been thinking about leading an informal stitching hangout at Kalamazoo next time I go. I do have one more marginalia but pictured her, and I'm just starting to design a fifth. 😁

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 10

My students think I'm crazy with how hard I hype up writing as technology. I, literally, get choked up in class!

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 5

YES!! THE PROCESS IS THE POINT! I have started focusing on this. I literally say "I don't assign essays because I want to read your essays, I assign them because I want you to write essays!"

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you! I've been rewatching stuff, but really want something new for the start of the semester

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 4

Do you have recommendations? 😁

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 3

It's amazing, and I just doubled my donation.

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Aug 3

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?

I'm not sure this absolute unit is qualified, unfortunately.

A white woman with red hair and glasses smiling next to an open drawer within the drawer is a black and white picture of a very very large sheep that went viral a few years ago

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thank you so much for posting! It always makes me laugh 😂

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Jul 18

I also have students play Plague Inc, to simullate one of the diseases we discuss in class and write an essay on what they discover

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Jul 18

I really like Plague Ports by Myron Echenberg. It's about the third plague pandemic in the 1890s-1901. It focuses on a different global city for each chapter, and talks a lot about medical inequalities and culture. My students really like it.

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Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social · Jul 17

If you were forced to bet on which university courses of study still will be relevant in 50 years, languages, literature, history, philosophy, and arts are all pretty good wagers.

They have an excellent track record over the past thousand years or so.

Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Jul 17

Not the point of this fascinating article, but it remains darkly ironic to me that the Humanities have fallen backwards into being the safe financial bet of degrees

According to an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, graduates in computer science, computer engineering and graphic design all have unemployment rates at 7% or greater; young workers who hold a number of much-maligned humanities degrees—including English, history and philosophy—are all more hirable.

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Jul 16

This thread is phenomenal! 📌

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Barnaby Edwards @barnabyedwards.bsky.social · Jul 15

An alert to all creatives using #WeTransfer. Basically, stop immediately! As of August, they will begin scraping everything you send for AI purposes (see the new paragraph in their Terms and Conditions below).

If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Jul 13

So fancy!!

Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Jul 6

😂😂😂 I think this is the only place I could post this and someone else would be excited with me

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Jul 5

POV: your new, old-school label maker doesn't have an "&" so you use a "7" to approximate a Tironian et.

A white drawer with a black and white embossed label that says "STAMPS 7 WASHI" in all caps.

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Jun 28

I was going to like this but it was ar 69 likes and I feel like Mel Brooks would approve 😂 and I'm apparently 12 years old

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Dr. Kristi DiClemente @xpi.bsky.social · Jun 28

😂😂😂

a man in a red jersey is sitting in a locker room with the words nerds written on his face .

Alt: a man in a red jersey is sitting in a locker room with the words nerds written on his face .

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Yaza Games 📖🪶 Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts! @yazagames.com · Jun 26

It will cost you $0 to repost that SCRIPTORIUM PLAYTEST IS NOW LIVE 🎉

We’ve poured our hearts into this build, and we can’t wait to see your most magnificent medieval designs ❤️

Play for free on Steam until July 10!

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