Appalachian academic. Medievalist. Mom. Maker-in-training. Vikings/Women/Labor/ Identity. Chaotic good gnomish bard. She/her. Per uni attorneys: "'opinions expressed here are my own' so it is clear" I am "not representing an official university position.
Her dress straps were tablet woven!! Thanks, @dkearney64.bsky.social !
Fashioning The Viking Age on Instagram: "Do you know the Bryndum grave? This female grave was excavated by @museum_vest in 2016 in Bryndum, near Esbjerg, Jutland and is dated to the 9th century. It co...224 likes, 6 comments - fashioningthevikingage on July 30, 2026: "Do you know the Bryndum grave? This female grave was excavated by @museum_vest in 2016 in Bryndum, near Esbjerg, Jutland and is dated ...www.instagram.comFrom Siembra NC: The US Forest Service shouldn’t be turning our creeks into ICE Checkpoints. Donate to Centro Latino 🔗 centrolatinohickory.org/donations and our Florece Fund 🔗tr.ee/florecefund to support the families of those detained at Wilson’s Creek.
Donations | Centro Latino Newcentrolatinohickory.orgI am lucky enough to be teaching the Osyssey THIS WEEK. And yes, we are reading Wilson's translation, and yes, I am sending my students this thread.
EMILY WILSONThere is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.
Whole thread worth reading (thanks @downham.bsky.social )
Daniel FedorMost of our decision stems from a list of concerns we have, across a few different categories: - Business/Legal Concerns - Practical/Quality Concerns - Moral/Ethical Concerns - Personal Reasons 2/12
Will be teaching my students the "what happened" part next week, and some may be very disappointed. Then again, we're also covering the reality of who fathered all their children and who the manly men of Sparta were really sleeping with this week, so I guess they should be prepared?
Olúfẹ́mi O. TáíwòI am endlessly fascinated by right wingers' obsession with Sparta. I can understand an initial vibes based appeal I guess - like if you opened the first page of a book on timocracy and were twelve. but the thing about history is you can find out what happened to those guys
Two Cú Chulainn-related posts in one morning!
Aidan O'SullivanWe were in the Limerick Leader - Saturday 11th July 2026 - and, eh…. “home of hurling”? Well, wasn’t us that said it, that’s the sub-editor 😀
From ten months ago, but we aren't monitoring y. Pestis? Doesn't anyone study history any more?
Ryan Marino, MDCDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?
And he's back home now, here in the High Country. Our neighbors deserve to be safer than having him around.
Aaron Reichlin-MelnickOh yeah Bovino has doubled down on this. He insists, repeatedly, that there at least an extra 85 million undocumented immigrants living in the US who aren’t counted in any other estimates. To be blunt, he is a moron endowed with far more self-confidence than sense.
A colleague used to tell his students that the word "vandalism" comes from the Vandals because they always forgot that the correct order was to loot, then pillage, THEN burn. Waiting for the pool to fill with 4 million gallons of water before slashing sounds pretty on brand for those ancient Vandals
Aaron RuparTrump: "We drained the beautiful 'Reflecting Pool' today in order to fix the scars and damage that was done by the Vandals 2 weeks ago. We wanted to wait until after July 4. The slashes were 300 yards long, and the floor of the pool was cut and then pulled upward, with great force, by these thugs."
Hey, people running political campaigns-- hire more history majors and MAs. We train our students how to do critical research, including online, in archives, and oral histories.
The DownballotFrom @benkail.bsky.social at the @bangordailynews.bsky.social: "Graham Platner has postponed a string of events Sunday and Monday as rumors circulate among Maine Democrats and over social media about another potentially damaging story to come about the oyster farmer’s past."
Yikes! It's cooler in Watauga, but not by enough. Stay safe, Everyone.
Brad PanovichHeat Advisory for Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Halifax, Forsyth, Guilford, Alamance & Others until 8 PM EDT. Heat index up to 107. Hot/humid conditions may cause heat illness. Limit outdoor time, hydrate.
One more on Pride & fiber: Ravelry. Founded by queer knitters, the site has over nine million registered users. Pink pussy hats? Invented by a yarn shop owner w/ friends, & spread on Ravelry. Patterns for free and for sale, discussion forums, small businesses, banning only hate speech, Trump, and AI