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Kay Beecraft
@kaybeecraft.bsky.social
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Fashion & textile archaeological research focused on Romano-Briton+early medieval textiles, UoY. Writer of historical romance & fantasy, currently edits for Guenevere & Arthur retelling. Also: medieval illuminations, historical costumer, and Yorkshire. 🍉😷
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I am a broken record about this every year, but I swear if you all don’t vote for Rye Lane!!!!!
February 16, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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hrēol, n: reel, spool. (H’RAY-ol / ˈhreːɔl)
Image: The Maastricht Hours; Liège, 14th century; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Stowe 17, f. 34r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Medieval manuscript image of a woman spinning using a freestanding distaff; her cat has pounced on her twirling spindle.
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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The ice trail is so much fun! My neighbor for the next couple of days is this delightful sewing machine. 🥺🥰
A carved ice sculpture of a sewing machine sits proudly atop a black felt dais. It is labeled with “Gillie”s Fabrics,” the name of the fabric store it sits in front of.
February 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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It is absolute whiplash as an American overseas scrolling Bluesky. During the day here, the news is mostly everything horrible that happened yesterday, and then America wakes up and just immediately starts throwing punches. 😩 I don't even need my world clock. I can just log on and tell it's morning.
February 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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News I’m somewhat late to but apparently the Indian Navy built a ship based on a fifth century painting and sailed it to Oman to recreate the trading route of the Indian Ocean in late antiquity.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
INSV Kaundinya: Hand-stitched Indian ship arrives in Oman - BBC News
The ship, which has no engine and moves under square sails, retraced the ancient route in 17 days.
www.bbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
kaybeecraft.bsky.social
If someone doesn't send me one of these, I'm going to be so mad at you all.
irishashyt.bsky.social Dr Aisling Tierney @irishashyt.bsky.social · 13d
Step into the romantic season with these very silly and very niche Valentines Day cards. Inspired by archives and archaeology 🩷🏺
Take a look at the cards section on my Etsy to explore tephraarts.etsy.com

#archaeology #valentinesday #archives #skystorians #history #themummy #carnyx #goddess #love
Collage of 7 greetings cards, from top left to bottom right: carnyx horn with word horny; two king and queen playing cards with text love is on the cards; print of medieval shop with text all aboard this relationship; prehistoric goddess figurines with goddess text; dancing medieval fools with text lets fool around; print of man with plough pulled by elephant and text plough time; and drawing of brendan fraser with text the daddy to your mummy
February 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE OXFORD COMMA
robdelaney.bsky.social Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 13d
It’s true this guy is the leader of antifa but he gets his marching orders & funding from me, jane Fonda and harry belafonte’s ghost
kenklippenstein.bsky.social Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 14d
🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader.

One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
kaybeecraft.bsky.social
We are all interconnected, our current political landscapes and human rights struggles directly linked to our histories. Our research is political. Our archaeology is political. *Everything* is political. Free Palestine.
February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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One of my favourite dive bars to frequent way back when was named the Stork Club. The owner's mother collected fancy Barbie dolls and lined the entire bar area in their boxes. It was incredible. Alas, they did not have such a menu!
marcie808.bsky.social Marcie808 @marcie808.bsky.social · 15d
Okay, fancy people, who wants to join me at the Stork Club? I don’t understand why the toffs of café society like to be crowded into cramped tables like this. I blame my blue collar upbringing. As posh as this is, we can still get a full dinner for less than $3

Stork Club
NYC, 1940
#VintageMenus
February 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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On tomorrow's date 2 February in 1830 the York Museum Gardens were officially opened. The Yorkshire Philosophical Society itself was formed in 1822. Six years later part of the grounds of St Mary's Abbey were given over to the society. The Yorkshire Museum was built
The image is a print titled View of York by George Adolphus Storey. It depicts a panoramic scene of the city of York, focusing on the area around the York Museum Gardens and St Mary's Abbey ruins. The artwork is an antique print, specifically a wood-engraved print published in 1858. It provides a historical perspective of the city's landscape and architecture in the mid-19th century. The foreground features the River Ouse and the ruins of St Mary's Abbey. The large building in the centre is the Yorkshire Museum, which was built within the abbey grounds.
February 1, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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Early Morning. 6°C and blue skies. Snowdrops
Early Morning. 6°C and blue skies. Snowdrops.
January 31, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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The way I am so excited for both of these stories! 😍
lindzmcleod.bsky.social Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 17d
If you're hyped for the forthcoming Francesca storyline in #bridgerton and need more sapphic historical stories to tide you over until then, may I recommend my books in the meantime—the sweet & romantic THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET and the funny & sexy THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY!
The cover of THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY by Lindz McLeod. Two women in regency dress sit on a pink picnic blacket. The blonde woman in the light yellow dress offers a bright red apple to the dark-haired woman in the purple dress. Behind them we can see a lake and in the far distance, two horses stand in front of a grand house. The cover of THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET by Lindz McLeod features two white women in regency dresses (one pale blue, one purple) almost kissing. The woman in the pale blue dress is hiding a bouquet of bright flowers behind her back. In the background, there is a large brown counrty house, evidently part of an estate.
January 30, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Gotta hand it to ya! 🗡️

Love stumbling across these little details while cataloguing. This shard is #medieval #stainedglass from the 16th century originating from a church site in West Yorkshire.

#FindsFriday
A blue gloved hand holding up to the light a shard of yellow medieval stained glass with painted detailing of a hand holding the hilt of a blade.
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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Did someone say meeces?!

One of my favourite things in the whole world is this mouse offcut we have at Vindolanda. Just a wee bit of #RomanoBriton joy.
A display of a Romano-Briton cut leather mouse figure from Vindolanda Roman Fort. The placard beside it reads: “Leather Mouse. This small piece of leather was found in a bag of offcuts and scraps. The maker has shaped it into an animal, most likely a mouse. It could have been a toy or practical joke due to its realistic size and shape. Small cuts have been made into the surface of the object to represent fur and eyes.”
January 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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I am oscillating between delightful magical fantasy in 'The Guinevere Deception' by @kierstenwhite.bsky.social and deeply gripping textile archaeology in 'Textiles and Textile Production in Europe, From Prehistory to AD 400' edited by Margarita Gleba and Ulla Mannering.
The cover of Kiersten White's Arthurian fantasy novel, 'The Guinevere Deception,' featuring a dark haired queen wearing a gold crown, clutching at her cloak neck, and swirled about in gold leaves and indigo shadows. The cover of 'Textiles and Textile Production in Europe, From Prehistory to AD 400' edited by Margarita Gleba and Ulla Mannering. It is a solid olive green with a four-square grid featuring images of extant textile remains.
January 27, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Fun thing about living with a giant, plastered-over Georgian fireplace: when it storms, things still fall down into the chimney and skedaddle loudly through your "wall." 😅
January 27, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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The duality of my antiquities heart and old chronic Twitter life have never commingled with such unbridled glee.
January 26, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Folks I know it takes a little extra time and there's a lot going on, but please try to use alt text. It's hard if you're otg but otherwise just do it.

It's not just about your one post, it's about creating and sustaining a culture of accessibility.
January 26, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Your cat niece has missed you too. She watched LOTR for the first time the other day.

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becadreads.bsky.social Beca 🌙 @becadreads.bsky.social · 22d
Luna Bear has been watching LOTR with us.

#catsky
A photo of a long haired grey cat sitting in the bottom left hand of the photo, looking up at the TV screen thet shows Gollum from The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
January 26, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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this is what the nail girlies are up to
ice agent slipping, painted on an acrylic @handittoheather on instagram
January 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Folklore has linked Cadbury Castle #Somerset to King Arthur for centuries

The ostensibly sober #OrdnanceSurvey once got in on this with an overtly definitive identification of the hillfort as 'Camelot'

So it must be true

(Please note, other Camelots are available)

#HillfortsWednesday
Inked line drawing of an Iron Age hillfort with contours, haschures and Gothic text
October 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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I know amongst the chaos of *gestures broadly* this may get lost. But, my heart is beyond shattered. Saleh was a vibrant, unyielding flame. Just yesterday I was liking his posts about the ceasefire and watching him play with his cat. May his joyful spirit continue to embolden us all.
wearthepeace.bsky.social Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · Oct 12
The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’
October 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!
The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"
October 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute. Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner. I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way. Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose. The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why. Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes. I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic). "To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM