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If you find yourself at Castlefest this Sunday, be sure to check out this lecture by @vauser.bsky.social, 'Tooth and Claw, Ice and Amber - Amulets against the Unseen' at the Castlefest Academy, 16h45 - 17h45. #Castlefest #Castlefest2026 castlefest.nl/en/line-up/l...

Workplace lessons and "the inevitable fate of Odysseus's crew" = "Someone took my lunch which was clearly labelled as mine because it was in my special tupperware in my corner of the fridge which everyone knows is reserved for management. So I set the building on fire."

I mean it's basically Dante.

Coming soon. It's now in the hands of the copy-editors and all those other professionals that make us academics look good.

Needs More Socks

That magical moment when you put all the chapters together for the first time.

Cry more, Argentina The truth is you're only Messi All through your wild games Your fouls and pretense You showed some promise Now keep your distance

Bad refereeing can really ruin the game.

It's a strange halftime show in general but the fact that the Muppets appear to be the only ones not visibly lipsyncing takes the cake.

Trying this radical new thing where I simply delete stuff instead of Saving it As [Book_v1_v3_edit2_final_reallyfinal_draft_v3ohno4.docx]. Radical, I know. But that's how I roll.

Two competing writers who keep breaking into each others' computers to erase what they have written. Until they discover that the greatest unsaved prose is the friends you make along the way. Deleted Rivalry.

Happy to be part of this book. 'tis a good book. Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe 1000-1500, by @ewoodacre.bsky.social, Lucinda Dean, Simon Lambe, @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social, and many more. www.routledge.com/Exploring-Mo...

Dear People-of-the-Internet-who-happen-to-be-in-the-Netherlands! This Friday, the 17th of July, the inimitable @vauser.bsky.social will be speaking at the @rmoudheden.bsky.social in Leiden. You should all go because it will be awesome! www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/ac... (info in Dutch, talk in English)

Lezing- en discussiemiddag | For your eyes only - Rijksmuseum van OudhedenFor your eyes only: Engelstalige lezing- en discussiemiddag over de functies van middeleeuwse sieraden voor zowel privé- als publiek gebruik.www.rmo.nl

I reviewed a thing. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Fränkische Herrschererlasse 814–840. Edited and translated by Stefan Esders, Sören Kaschke, Britta Mischke, Steffen Patzold, Dominik Trump and Karl Ubl. Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Capitularia Regum Francorum, Nova Series IV. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. 2024. 2 vols, CIX + 823 pp. €248. ISBN 978 3 447 11979 5.Click on the article title to read more.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

We have three excellent (if I say so myself) panels on "Abbatial Identities" at the #IMC2026 today - #s150, #s250 and #s350. The first is already underway, but if you crave more #monastic and #nuntastic goodness, make your way over to Clarendon 101 after lunch! @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Nothing says "liminality" like Terminal 1 of the Eurostar. At least there's a Starbucks now.

Random musings: I am pretty sure the word "babby" entered my vernacular through the SomethingAwful video "How Is Babby Formed". But I suddenly wonder (and resist the urge to research) if that is indeed where this particular word originated in general.