Claire 🧙♂️
@clairelober.bsky.social
PhD student at Prifysgol Bangor studying prophecy in Brut y Brenhinedd
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And here’s the cover itself! Piper at the Gates of Dusk, the first book in a new Chaos Walking trilogy, out 7 April 2026 worldwide. Something is coming…
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
And here’s the cover itself! Piper at the Gates of Dusk, the first book in a new Chaos Walking trilogy, out 7 April 2026 worldwide. Something is coming…
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October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Don’t look now…but I think BlueSky has pulled off an old-school Internet magic: a family member passed & left behind a sweet baby husky on the other side of the continent…and BS angels came forward to relay her to me in time to get her out of the shelter.
I think my dogbaby’s coming home, guys!
I think my dogbaby’s coming home, guys!
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Don’t look now…but I think BlueSky has pulled off an old-school Internet magic: a family member passed & left behind a sweet baby husky on the other side of the continent…and BS angels came forward to relay her to me in time to get her out of the shelter.
I think my dogbaby’s coming home, guys!
I think my dogbaby’s coming home, guys!
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Hedgehogs love to eat grapes. 🍇🍇🦔
Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 247; Bestiary; 12th century, second quarter; England; f.147v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 247; Bestiary; 12th century, second quarter; England; f.147v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Hedgehogs love to eat grapes. 🍇🍇🦔
Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 247; Bestiary; 12th century, second quarter; England; f.147v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 247; Bestiary; 12th century, second quarter; England; f.147v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Everyone give it up for the best medieval manuscript guy of all time!!!!
For #ManuscriptMonday / #MedievalMonday: a cute little #mole in a 13th c. English #bestiary!
British Library Harley MS 3244 fol 49v (England, c. 1236-1250)
British Library Harley MS 3244 fol 49v (England, c. 1236-1250)
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Everyone give it up for the best medieval manuscript guy of all time!!!!
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a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587).
the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
![A close-up image of a handwritten note in a sixteenth-century book. The note reads: 'Spenser repor / teth otherwise / [o]f this Knight / [D]ialogue of Ire- / [la]nd / [p]. 76.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:glqdunvigi5zxowf6heik65g/bafkreigi4rz7omz3cell5pa7hlyceoxd4fxsjy2ynmcd37fozanjejhsry@jpeg)
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587).
the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
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And here in the manuscript you can see Milton's earliest concept work for PARADISE LOST - here still conceived as a drama rather than an epic poem, with a cast of characters including Michael, Lucifer (a name he doesn't use for Satan in the finished work), Adam & Eve, Death, Faith, Hope, & Charity.
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
And here in the manuscript you can see Milton's earliest concept work for PARADISE LOST - here still conceived as a drama rather than an epic poem, with a cast of characters including Michael, Lucifer (a name he doesn't use for Satan in the finished work), Adam & Eve, Death, Faith, Hope, & Charity.
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and finally, we can see Milton's OTHER great considered epic project, on the subject of the King Arthur cycle, giving England the national epic he thought it needed.
PL both rejects and claims to surpass such a need, in the final text referring to the idea contemptuously as "tilting furniture".
PL both rejects and claims to surpass such a need, in the final text referring to the idea contemptuously as "tilting furniture".
October 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
and finally, we can see Milton's OTHER great considered epic project, on the subject of the King Arthur cycle, giving England the national epic he thought it needed.
PL both rejects and claims to surpass such a need, in the final text referring to the idea contemptuously as "tilting furniture".
PL both rejects and claims to surpass such a need, in the final text referring to the idea contemptuously as "tilting furniture".
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it's probably readily apparent by now but literally my entire conception of what goes on in a monastery comes from redwall books and eduard von grutzner paintings and nothing else
October 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
it's probably readily apparent by now but literally my entire conception of what goes on in a monastery comes from redwall books and eduard von grutzner paintings and nothing else
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He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.
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Is a dragon plaguing your land? A fix from medieval Wales:
1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet.
2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig.
3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead.
4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.
1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet.
2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig.
3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead.
4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.
September 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Is a dragon plaguing your land? A fix from medieval Wales:
1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet.
2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig.
3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead.
4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.
1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet.
2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig.
3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead.
4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.
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Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement
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Middle East crisis – live updates
A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts.
It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
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Mae aelodau undeb UCU ym Mhrifysgol Bangor wedi pasio cynnig o ddiffyg hyder yn is-ganghellor a phrif swyddog cyllid y brifysgol. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30355
Undeb yn pasio cynnig o ddiffyg hyder yn arweinyddiaeth Prifysgol Bangor
Mae aelodau o Undeb y Prifysgolion a Cholegau wedi pasio cynnig o ddiffyg hyder yn arweinyddiaeth Prifysgol Bangor.
newyddion.s4c.cymru
September 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Mae aelodau undeb UCU ym Mhrifysgol Bangor wedi pasio cynnig o ddiffyg hyder yn is-ganghellor a phrif swyddog cyllid y brifysgol. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30355
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@catvalente.bsky.social 's being targeted by the right at the moment. It's a good time to show some solidarity by buying her wonderful books.
Palimpsest is especially amazing; also highly recommend the girl who circumnavigated the globe and space opera. www.amazon.com/Palimpsest-N...
Palimpsest is especially amazing; also highly recommend the girl who circumnavigated the globe and space opera. www.amazon.com/Palimpsest-N...
Palimpsest: A Novel
Palimpsest: A Novel [Valente, Catherynne] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Palimpsest: A Novel
www.amazon.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@catvalente.bsky.social 's being targeted by the right at the moment. It's a good time to show some solidarity by buying her wonderful books.
Palimpsest is especially amazing; also highly recommend the girl who circumnavigated the globe and space opera. www.amazon.com/Palimpsest-N...
Palimpsest is especially amazing; also highly recommend the girl who circumnavigated the globe and space opera. www.amazon.com/Palimpsest-N...
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A quick update:
Please know that the deadline for our Call for Papers for the Proceedings of our 2025 Conference has been extended until 5 pm (UK) on 26 September.
Submissions can be made through this Google Form: forms.gle/UYWK9Tz4biSh...
Please know that the deadline for our Call for Papers for the Proceedings of our 2025 Conference has been extended until 5 pm (UK) on 26 September.
Submissions can be made through this Google Form: forms.gle/UYWK9Tz4biSh...
forms.gle
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
A quick update:
Please know that the deadline for our Call for Papers for the Proceedings of our 2025 Conference has been extended until 5 pm (UK) on 26 September.
Submissions can be made through this Google Form: forms.gle/UYWK9Tz4biSh...
Please know that the deadline for our Call for Papers for the Proceedings of our 2025 Conference has been extended until 5 pm (UK) on 26 September.
Submissions can be made through this Google Form: forms.gle/UYWK9Tz4biSh...
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Tiny grotesque on this 1292 charter granting the manor of Sheet near Ludlow. LFC Ch XXIII 1. #medievalsky
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Tiny grotesque on this 1292 charter granting the manor of Sheet near Ludlow. LFC Ch XXIII 1. #medievalsky
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📢Cynhadledd GORWELION Conference
🗓 17-19/09/2025
📍Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru @librarywales.bsky.social
🗣Prif siaradwyr / Plenaries: Mererid Hopwood, Barry Lewis, & Ian Stewart.
🔗Rhagor o fanylion / Further information: www.wales.ac.uk/cy/canolfan/...
🗓 17-19/09/2025
📍Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru @librarywales.bsky.social
🗣Prif siaradwyr / Plenaries: Mererid Hopwood, Barry Lewis, & Ian Stewart.
🔗Rhagor o fanylion / Further information: www.wales.ac.uk/cy/canolfan/...
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📢Cynhadledd GORWELION Conference
🗓 17-19/09/2025
📍Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru @librarywales.bsky.social
🗣Prif siaradwyr / Plenaries: Mererid Hopwood, Barry Lewis, & Ian Stewart.
🔗Rhagor o fanylion / Further information: www.wales.ac.uk/cy/canolfan/...
🗓 17-19/09/2025
📍Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru @librarywales.bsky.social
🗣Prif siaradwyr / Plenaries: Mererid Hopwood, Barry Lewis, & Ian Stewart.
🔗Rhagor o fanylion / Further information: www.wales.ac.uk/cy/canolfan/...
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'King Arthur died, never to return'. Not sure if this is a scribal error for umquam or someone being contrarian. LFC Roll XX 4. #medievalsky
September 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
'King Arthur died, never to return'. Not sure if this is a scribal error for umquam or someone being contrarian. LFC Roll XX 4. #medievalsky
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There is no route out of fascism that involves sacrificing the vulnerable. All that does is tell the fascists that we're willing to turn on each other for the illusion of safety.
A lot of political influencers within the Atlantic/NYT orbit are very, very eager to sell us on the lie that we can get out of fascism by sacrificing trans people.
They will beat that drum even louder as the right weaponizes this tragedy.
They are liars now & they will be liars in the coming days.
They will beat that drum even louder as the right weaponizes this tragedy.
They are liars now & they will be liars in the coming days.
August 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
There is no route out of fascism that involves sacrificing the vulnerable. All that does is tell the fascists that we're willing to turn on each other for the illusion of safety.
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Beth yw'ch gair chi am slefren fôr neu bysgodyn jeli? Cont fôr oedd gair Lewis Morris (1754) a cheir Cont goch gan Edward Lhuyd (1684). Ond yr enw hynaf sydd gennym yn Gymraeg yw BLOBYS gan John Jones Gellilyfdy (1632).
#GeirfaurFflyd @geiriadur.bsky.social
#GeirfaurFflyd @geiriadur.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Beth yw'ch gair chi am slefren fôr neu bysgodyn jeli? Cont fôr oedd gair Lewis Morris (1754) a cheir Cont goch gan Edward Lhuyd (1684). Ond yr enw hynaf sydd gennym yn Gymraeg yw BLOBYS gan John Jones Gellilyfdy (1632).
#GeirfaurFflyd @geiriadur.bsky.social
#GeirfaurFflyd @geiriadur.bsky.social
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I'w gyhoeddi cyn hir - 'Lliaws Rhith'.
Dyma gyfrol gyfoethog o ysgrifau Cymraeg a Saesneg yn ymwneud ag amrywiol agweddau ar lenyddiaeth Gymraeg a Cheltaidd, sy’n dathlu cyfraniad arbennig yr Athro Marged Haycock i’r ddisgyblaeth.
Am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch at:
📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/lliaws-...
Dyma gyfrol gyfoethog o ysgrifau Cymraeg a Saesneg yn ymwneud ag amrywiol agweddau ar lenyddiaeth Gymraeg a Cheltaidd, sy’n dathlu cyfraniad arbennig yr Athro Marged Haycock i’r ddisgyblaeth.
Am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch at:
📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/lliaws-...
August 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I'w gyhoeddi cyn hir - 'Lliaws Rhith'.
Dyma gyfrol gyfoethog o ysgrifau Cymraeg a Saesneg yn ymwneud ag amrywiol agweddau ar lenyddiaeth Gymraeg a Cheltaidd, sy’n dathlu cyfraniad arbennig yr Athro Marged Haycock i’r ddisgyblaeth.
Am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch at:
📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/lliaws-...
Dyma gyfrol gyfoethog o ysgrifau Cymraeg a Saesneg yn ymwneud ag amrywiol agweddau ar lenyddiaeth Gymraeg a Cheltaidd, sy’n dathlu cyfraniad arbennig yr Athro Marged Haycock i’r ddisgyblaeth.
Am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch at:
📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/lliaws-...
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The 6 year old: “Hey Mum did you hear me? I said there’s really no such thing as future tenses. All future tenses are conditional tenses, really, because just because you say something is going to happen or you’ll do something doesn’t ACTUALLY mean it’s going to happen.”
Me: *blink blink*
Me: *blink blink*
August 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The 6 year old: “Hey Mum did you hear me? I said there’s really no such thing as future tenses. All future tenses are conditional tenses, really, because just because you say something is going to happen or you’ll do something doesn’t ACTUALLY mean it’s going to happen.”
Me: *blink blink*
Me: *blink blink*
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This is what Israel has lowered itself to in defence of its genocide: arguing about how thin the arms of children under 5 years old have to be to meet the criteria of STARVING TO FUCKING DEATH.
August 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is what Israel has lowered itself to in defence of its genocide: arguing about how thin the arms of children under 5 years old have to be to meet the criteria of STARVING TO FUCKING DEATH.
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The Russell Group is simply a lobby group that has very effectively marketed itself as "the elite" group of UK universities, aided and abetted by willingly stupid journalists, commentators & others. It was simply initially a group of universities with medical schools seeking to sway gov. policy.
Good summary of how Russell Group universities are exploiting reputation to establish dominant market position at expense of others offering a better student experience.
NEW on Wonkhe: All must have prizes (except Iain Dale) buff.ly/rybvwjE
August 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The Russell Group is simply a lobby group that has very effectively marketed itself as "the elite" group of UK universities, aided and abetted by willingly stupid journalists, commentators & others. It was simply initially a group of universities with medical schools seeking to sway gov. policy.
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When unis say “we won’t fire you humanities professors, we’ll just take your majors away and merge your department with two others and rename it all,” what they’re doing is they’re making humanities expertise increasingly invisible and inaccessible…
August 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When unis say “we won’t fire you humanities professors, we’ll just take your majors away and merge your department with two others and rename it all,” what they’re doing is they’re making humanities expertise increasingly invisible and inaccessible…