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Author · Marie Curie Postdoc @ Arnamagnaean Institute · Winner of the 2021 Staunch Prize · PhD medieval law · V & A Museum Membership Advisory Group · Contact me through my website www.arend.se
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The contestants for this year's Oddest Book Title are, as usual, superb. I had a tough time picking my favorite, which is a good predicament to be in: www.thebookseller.com/dynamic-form...
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The contestants for this year's Oddest Book Title are, as usual, superb. I had a tough time picking my favorite, which is a good predicament to be in: www.thebookseller.com/dynamic-form...
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
What a good looking alpine chough! #Dolomites
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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i like that if your robbery is sufficiently cool it becomes a heist
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Rare copies of Pushkin's publications are going missing across Europe -- to what extent is Russia involved? Are they simply happy looking the other way, or are these state sponsored/encouraged heists? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Art crime! Art crime! Someone's doing an art crime!
October 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
With Banned Books Week coming up, does anyone know of a searchable database of banned books? I would love to figure out what I've read this past year that's been banned. #AmReading
October 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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"It was difficult to understand why someone would want to organise an exhibition of such low-value works.” SCATHING statement by the Italian art police: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Italy art police seize 21 suspected fake works from Salvador Dalí show
Squad confiscates works from Parma exhibition after consulting Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation in Catalonia
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"It was difficult to understand why someone would want to organise an exhibition of such low-value works.” SCATHING statement by the Italian art police: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Italy art police seize 21 suspected fake works from Salvador Dalí show
Squad confiscates works from Parma exhibition after consulting Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation in Catalonia
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A bat recently hit my friend in the head, then flew around and hit her again. At the hospital, they told her that they couldn't find a visible wound in her hair, and therefore her insurance wouldn't pay for the rabies vaccine. Did she still want the vaccine? It would cost her $30,000 out of pocket.
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is an incredible poster
"War on mosquitos!" Provincial Hygiene Laboratory (1915)
Francesc d'A. Galí
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What I like about manicules is that they're marks of what readers find interesting. Like, oh, you think this section is important? Point to it! You think this section is stupid? Point to it!
September 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
👉 I wrote about the small pointing hands you see doodled in medieval manuscripts (and if you look closely, some of them have six fingers)! 👈 #MedievalMonday #ArnamagnæanInstitute manuscript.ku.dk/motm/pointin...
Pointing out Manicules in AM 76 8vo
Marginal annotations are a popular way to interact with a text; AM 76 8vo showcases manicules, a form of marginalia that literally gets the point across.
manuscript.ku.dk
September 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@morganrichter.bsky.social Just finished The Understudy! I liked how I couldn't trust anything anyone said. Now I want to watch a Barbarella opera...
September 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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In other news, German police investigate reports of teenagers playing ding-dong-ditch only to discover the culprit was a slug 🐌 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turns out to be a slug
People suspected teenagers playing ding dong ditch and called police, who found animal crawling on the door panel
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
In other news, German police investigate reports of teenagers playing ding-dong-ditch only to discover the culprit was a slug 🐌 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turns out to be a slug
People suspected teenagers playing ding dong ditch and called police, who found animal crawling on the door panel
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Usually I have at least one long backpacking trip every summer. This year, it was through the eastern Sierra Nevadas. I got to revisit some of the trails I did on the JMT, and climb new mountains. My happy place :)
September 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Occasionally this is simply a bird stan account
Mánadúgvur (Moon Doves) (ca 1830)
Díðrikur á Skarvanesi
Listasavn Føroya (The National Gallery of The Faroe Islands), Faroe Islands
August 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is beautiful
Cranes Under a Giant Fern (ca 1943)
Jessie Arms Botke
Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California
August 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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All of us judges spent the last year watching hours upon hours of films to select the very best for you. As you can imagine, this took up a good part of my time and I’m not ready to let it all go. Stick with me as I shout about some of the films you might have seen (or missed!) this last week! 2/13
August 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Does anyone have speculative fiction (or mystery) magazine recommendations that offer PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS? The last bit is a sticking point, I'm afraid.
August 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I hope that everyone got a chance to drop in on the WorldCon Film Festival we had @seattlein2025.org This was my first time ever being involved with a film fest and I had no idea what to expect. Before time entirely slips away, I want to revel some more in the films. They were all great! 1/13
August 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I hope that everyone got a chance to drop in on the WorldCon Film Festival we had @seattlein2025.org This was my first time ever being involved with a film fest and I had no idea what to expect. Before time entirely slips away, I want to revel some more in the films. They were all great! 1/13
August 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM