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Alan MacDonald
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Early modern Scotland, environment, agriculture, government, cider-making, green/left pessimist

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · 15d
Or possibly even M[e]rrama[n] or some variation on that?

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · 15d
M[a]cRama[n(d)]? Though the superscript letter looks very like an r.

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Sep 24
More text required!

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Apr 29
Thank you! I had forgotten that story but your post rang a bell and now I've reacquainted myself with it after about 50 years!

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Apr 25
Excellent first day at @braghs.bsky.social conference in Bury Guildhall yesterday. Looking forward to the second day at the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social Stowmarket.

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Apr 24
Looking forward to the @braghs.bsky.social conference and to sharing some thoughts on the great Sir Walter Dundas of that Ilk!

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Apr 22
Thanks! I wonder if she was one of them. She was a minor in 1632, mentioned in her father's testament. I wonder where the fashion came from?

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Apr 22
Have just encountered Lucretia Dawling, daughter of a tenant farmer in West Lothian, 1632. I am pretty confident I've never seen that name before in an early modern Scottish source. Anyone?

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Feb 14
😆

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Feb 14
Hard agree. I do think that Bill Paterson's voice, while profoundly different, has as much beauty to it.

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Feb 14
The voice of Deep Thought.

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Feb 14
This is bewildering. What is the supposed motivation for gratuitously cutting staff/subjects?

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Feb 13
Today I decided it was time to stick a phrase from LOTR into a chapter I'm writing. Here's hoping it will survive the editing process.

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Feb 9
Do Routledge ever employ copy editors? Currently reading this and almost every chapter reads like it went straight from first draft to print.

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Feb 2
Bissilie

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshksi.bsky.social · Jan 17
This is weird, because when Trump destroyed records, the AHA got very upset www.historians.org/news/aha-sta... 🗃️

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Jan 15
I wonder who was responsible for the interpolation?

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Patrick Hart @silcrow.bsky.social · Jan 14
Job alert: the National Library of Scotland is looking to recruit a permanent, F/T curator of early modern books and other printed material. Please share widely! nls.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Curator (Early Modern Era) - Edinburgh
This is a permanent curatorial role in the Department of Published Collections. The role of the Curator (Early Modern Era) is to curate the Library’s published collections from 1455 -1690, a period th...
nls.current-vacancies.com

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Jan 13
which led to suitcases getting even bigger, and people carrying even more. People used to travel light, consume less and have a much smaller carbon footprint. Wheeled suitcases are an epitome.

Reposted by Alan R. MacDonald

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Jan 12
"Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being."

Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Alan R. MacDonald

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Jan 12
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social
A venn diagram. The three circles are labelled: The Archaeologist The Pirate The Dog The area where all threel overlap is labelled: Loves digging things up Dog/Archaeologist overlap is labelled: Gets excited by bones Pirate/Archaeologist overlap is labelled: Good with maps Dog/Pirate overlap is labelled: Buries things for later

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Allan Kennedy @allankennedy.bsky.social · Jan 10
Apparently my book, 'Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland', is now available for pre-order! Use discount code NEW30 for 30% off!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-serious...
Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland
Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland
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Allan Kennedy @allankennedy.bsky.social · Dec 18
Twins!

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Nov 27
Pace yourself!

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Nov 27
Though that's a picture of John Spottiswoode, archbishop of St Andrews...

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Martine van Elk @martinevanelk.bsky.social · Nov 27
Today on the blog: @huntingrebels.bsky.social takes a fascinating dive into the household accounts of Annas Keith, an early modern Scottish woman, to find out what books she owned https://buff.ly/3Z9Vum9 #HerBook #EarlyModern
Annas Keith’s Books: Reconstructing Book Ownership
By Jade Scott As demonstrated by the contributions to this blog, the most compelling evidence for women’s book ownership is a signature or inscription. Yet often we are left with frustratingly few …
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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Nov 23
Morning!

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Nov 20
Even more interesting!

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Nov 19
Guessing it could be to secure recognition, either as endorsemnt/support or to signify acceptance on the part of someone who might have challenged the succession?

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Alan MacDonald @estaitis.bsky.social · Nov 19
The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Haviland, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains. Don't judge me.