Clare Griffin
@balalaichnitsa.bsky.social
Brit abroad | historian and fiction writer | NA | Assoc Prof @ IUBloomington | Tweets #EarlyModern #Russia #GlobalHistory #MentalHealth | she/her
Americans using leaf blowers to spend 15 minutes moving leaves that would have taken 5 minutes with a broom
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Americans using leaf blowers to spend 15 minutes moving leaves that would have taken 5 minutes with a broom
At least some of the glee over Kim Kardashian not passing the bar exam is because she doesn’t seem like the kind of person who could be a lawyer, which is the experience of any number of women in any number of professions
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
At least some of the glee over Kim Kardashian not passing the bar exam is because she doesn’t seem like the kind of person who could be a lawyer, which is the experience of any number of women in any number of professions
Relaxing Sunday morning with a 30 page briefing document on healthcare enrollment
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Relaxing Sunday morning with a 30 page briefing document on healthcare enrollment
Top notch work from @themoscowtimes.com - glasses engraved with a quote from the official judgement banning them in Russia
moscowtimes.world
moscowtimes.world
The Moscow Times — Undesirable Collection
Let's celebrate the first anniversary of The Moscow Times being declared “undesirable” in Russia!
moscowtimes.world
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Top notch work from @themoscowtimes.com - glasses engraved with a quote from the official judgement banning them in Russia
moscowtimes.world
moscowtimes.world
My former employers of over three years ago, Nazarbayev University, have outdone themselves this time and added my IU address to their faculty email list
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My former employers of over three years ago, Nazarbayev University, have outdone themselves this time and added my IU address to their faculty email list
Have decided to improve my week by rewatching Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Have decided to improve my week by rewatching Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula
It’s that time again - to introduce American students to the best worst British holiday, Burning Historical Catholics in Effigy Day
Burn GIF
ALT: Burn GIF
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s that time again - to introduce American students to the best worst British holiday, Burning Historical Catholics in Effigy Day
Sadly Prof. Plokhii was not able to join us this week due to illness, but we hope to reschedule for a later date
IU Bloomington is very happy to welcome Prof. Serhii Plokhii this Fall as this semester’s Patten Lecturer patten.indiana.edu/lecturers/pr...
Serhii Plokhii: Profiles: Lecturers: The William T. Patten Foundation: Indiana University Bloomington
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patten.indiana.edu
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sadly Prof. Plokhii was not able to join us this week due to illness, but we hope to reschedule for a later date
There’s a ladybug on the outside of my eighth floor office window and it’s making me feel under ambitious
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
There’s a ladybug on the outside of my eighth floor office window and it’s making me feel under ambitious
Giving myself a real scare by trying to finish a conference paper on a Friday
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Giving myself a real scare by trying to finish a conference paper on a Friday
Next week already 😱
IU Bloomington is very happy to welcome Prof. Serhii Plokhii this Fall as this semester’s Patten Lecturer patten.indiana.edu/lecturers/pr...
Serhii Plokhii: Profiles: Lecturers: The William T. Patten Foundation: Indiana University Bloomington
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patten.indiana.edu
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Next week already 😱
Although what exactly an armhole is when it’s a body part remains unclear
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Although what exactly an armhole is when it’s a body part remains unclear
Once again appreciating Evernote as I use it to build a mini phrasebook of early modern Russian anatomical and weaponry terms by photographing definitions from various dictionaries
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Once again appreciating Evernote as I use it to build a mini phrasebook of early modern Russian anatomical and weaponry terms by photographing definitions from various dictionaries
Sometimes people just want to set you up to be the asshole by asking fundamentally unreasonable things so they can be pissed when you can’t or won’t do that
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sometimes people just want to set you up to be the asshole by asking fundamentally unreasonable things so they can be pissed when you can’t or won’t do that
Definitively in a “what if I just didn’t show up to work today and see if no one notices” kind of mood
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Definitively in a “what if I just didn’t show up to work today and see if no one notices” kind of mood
Idiosyncratic problems of working from home as the cat decides to sit in the fruit bowl and throw all the fruit on the floor
October 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Idiosyncratic problems of working from home as the cat decides to sit in the fruit bowl and throw all the fruit on the floor
NYT thinks people in Asia learning an Asian language is weird
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NYT thinks people in Asia learning an Asian language is weird
Introducing my students to the influence of Bela Lugosi and 1930s horror on modern American puppetry
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Introducing my students to the influence of Bela Lugosi and 1930s horror on modern American puppetry
Having half a piece of banana bread and a cup of coffee for breakfast and then wondering at 11am why I feel weird
October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Having half a piece of banana bread and a cup of coffee for breakfast and then wondering at 11am why I feel weird
Reposted by Clare Griffin
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
Using the IU phonebook to look up my office phone number to put into an online form IU is making fill out that I had to sign in to my IU account to complete
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Using the IU phonebook to look up my office phone number to put into an online form IU is making fill out that I had to sign in to my IU account to complete
Today in Midwestern friendliness I got yelled at by a stranger for locking up my bike to a bike rack in an area where he felt there was too much bike crime and, feeling I wasn’t listening to him, he got so aggressive a passerby came over to ask if I was ok
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Today in Midwestern friendliness I got yelled at by a stranger for locking up my bike to a bike rack in an area where he felt there was too much bike crime and, feeling I wasn’t listening to him, he got so aggressive a passerby came over to ask if I was ok
At the stage of drafting my #ASEEES25 paper where I think - what is the point here, why did I choose to write about this, how can I actually make this into something someone is going to want to listen to
October 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
At the stage of drafting my #ASEEES25 paper where I think - what is the point here, why did I choose to write about this, how can I actually make this into something someone is going to want to listen to
In fact several of IU’s major online services are hosted on AWS so it’s been a great and productive day
Turns out Canvas is hosted on Amazon Web Services so there goes like half my day I guess
October 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In fact several of IU’s major online services are hosted on AWS so it’s been a great and productive day
Turns out Canvas is hosted on Amazon Web Services so there goes like half my day I guess
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Turns out Canvas is hosted on Amazon Web Services so there goes like half my day I guess