Ida Tolgensbakk
@idatolgensbakk.bsky.social
Folklorist at Norsk Folkemuseum. Migration history, folklore, childlore, netlore.
ida.tolgensbakk@norskfolkemuseum.no
ida.tolgensbakk@norskfolkemuseum.no
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Well, I know what I'll be wearing next time I visit 😁🖤
@helleborezine.bsky.social
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@helleborezine.bsky.social
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‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Well, I know what I'll be wearing next time I visit 😁🖤
@helleborezine.bsky.social
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@helleborezine.bsky.social
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Today in #museumlife : thinking about the fact that plastic is the worst to conserve.
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today in #museumlife : thinking about the fact that plastic is the worst to conserve.
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THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE HUMANITIES IN SCHOOL
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE HUMANITIES IN SCHOOL
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When I submitted a paper to AI & Society the email confirmation sent me to a website that told me my language quality score was only 3/10 but RUBRIQ could fix it. I study this stuff, so uploaded my paper to RUBRIQ, which proceeded to introduce scientific fabrication and change scientific terms.
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
When I submitted a paper to AI & Society the email confirmation sent me to a website that told me my language quality score was only 3/10 but RUBRIQ could fix it. I study this stuff, so uploaded my paper to RUBRIQ, which proceeded to introduce scientific fabrication and change scientific terms.
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
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The birth of the author
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The birth of the author
Wet, pretty, and probably not historically correct cobblestone #museumlife
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Wet, pretty, and probably not historically correct cobblestone #museumlife
Today: revision of the toy collection at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social . Some toys are more cursed than others! #academicsky #foklore
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today: revision of the toy collection at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social . Some toys are more cursed than others! #academicsky #foklore
Warm and wet november, climate change will probably not do our church good. But it does look nice and dramatic! #museumlife
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Warm and wet november, climate change will probably not do our church good. But it does look nice and dramatic! #museumlife
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How can a microhistory about cooking and kitchen implements inspire speculative fiction? Here's @r-emrys.bsky.social on how "Consider the Fork" may change the way you think about the technological and cultural aspects of food 🍴
Fridge Phobia and the Invention of Boiling: Bee Wilson’s Consider the Fork - Reactor
A surprisingly deep look into the connections between food, technology, and human culture — plus fun facts about spoons!
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November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
How can a microhistory about cooking and kitchen implements inspire speculative fiction? Here's @r-emrys.bsky.social on how "Consider the Fork" may change the way you think about the technological and cultural aspects of food 🍴
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Generative AI is literally destroying knowledge
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Generative AI is literally destroying knowledge
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Trying a new mantra as I edit down another 14000 word draft article:
Every article doesn’t need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic
Every article doesn’t need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic
Every article doesn’t need to include…
Every article doesn’t need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic
Every article doesn’t need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic
Every article doesn’t need to include…
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Trying a new mantra as I edit down another 14000 word draft article:
Every article doesn’t need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic
Every article doesn’t need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic
Every article doesn’t need to include…
Every article doesn’t need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic
Every article doesn’t need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic
Every article doesn’t need to include…
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Join us at our first Critical Digital Humanities discussion, where we will explore @goran-gaber.bsky.social's recent paper Mind the gap: On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age.
More & registration: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critic...
#digitalhumanities
More & registration: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critic...
#digitalhumanities
Critical Digital Humanities
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Join us at our first Critical Digital Humanities discussion, where we will explore @goran-gaber.bsky.social's recent paper Mind the gap: On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age.
More & registration: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critic...
#digitalhumanities
More & registration: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critic...
#digitalhumanities
The 23rd Nordic Migration Research conference will take place at the Södertörn University, Sweden on 12-14 August 2026.
Call for proposals:
Call for proposals:
Nordic Migration Research conference
- Södertörns högskola
www.sh.se
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The 23rd Nordic Migration Research conference will take place at the Södertörn University, Sweden on 12-14 August 2026.
Call for proposals:
Call for proposals:
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Not long now until the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, & we're really looking forward to it! We're delighted that this years lecturer is Professor Terry Gunnell, & after the lecture we'll announce the winner of this year's book award. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the
University of Iceland
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October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Not long now until the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, & we're really looking forward to it! We're delighted that this years lecturer is Professor Terry Gunnell, & after the lecture we'll announce the winner of this year's book award. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
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Ellen Clapsaddle (1865-1934) was a US illustrator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
She is recognized as the most prolific souvenir postcard and greeting card artist of her era.
#WomensArt
She is recognized as the most prolific souvenir postcard and greeting card artist of her era.
#WomensArt
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ellen Clapsaddle (1865-1934) was a US illustrator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
She is recognized as the most prolific souvenir postcard and greeting card artist of her era.
#WomensArt
She is recognized as the most prolific souvenir postcard and greeting card artist of her era.
#WomensArt
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
Spent a lovely Halloween evening (and some late night hours) solo, writing about Christmas, only interrupted by some trick-or-treaters. #academicsky
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Spent a lovely Halloween evening (and some late night hours) solo, writing about Christmas, only interrupted by some trick-or-treaters. #academicsky
Happy pig at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social during lunch break #museumlife
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy pig at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social during lunch break #museumlife
Best part of this weekend's Halloween at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social (apart from amazing fiddle players): when blasé tweens get really, really frightened 😁
October 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Best part of this weekend's Halloween at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social (apart from amazing fiddle players): when blasé tweens get really, really frightened 😁
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I’m sure I saw a few of these at Camden Market in the early 00s.
Most histories of hoodies go with 12th century monks as the originator, but I like to show my students this one from 5th-7th century Egypt.
October 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’m sure I saw a few of these at Camden Market in the early 00s.
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it's job application season in academia. If you need last-minute developmental editing to get your humanities sample chapter or research proposal in order, I have some room in my schedule. I offer discounts for self-pay and grad students. #academicsky
October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
it's job application season in academia. If you need last-minute developmental editing to get your humanities sample chapter or research proposal in order, I have some room in my schedule. I offer discounts for self-pay and grad students. #academicsky