La Leipsig
@laleipsig.bsky.social
Metalsmith with A Green Thumb. Permaculture. No Dig. Museumaddict. Medieval cook. Restless hands who love to create. #reenactor #earlymedieval #natureinmyneighbourhood
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Some say the poisonous-fruited Euonymus is named after Euonyme who, in Orphic tradition, is the mother of the Erinyes, or “Furies”, the three sister-goddesses who represent vengeance. It is commonly called the spindle-tree because its wood was used to craft spindles, or distaffs.
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Some say the poisonous-fruited Euonymus is named after Euonyme who, in Orphic tradition, is the mother of the Erinyes, or “Furies”, the three sister-goddesses who represent vengeance. It is commonly called the spindle-tree because its wood was used to craft spindles, or distaffs.
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A week away - and two Viking festivals - means I need to catch up on Viking camps #FindsFriday again! I can't think of a good Jórvík-related find for today's Yorkshire Day celebrations, but I talked weights with Howard @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social at Heysham festival... so let's look at scales. /1
August 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A week away - and two Viking festivals - means I need to catch up on Viking camps #FindsFriday again! I can't think of a good Jórvík-related find for today's Yorkshire Day celebrations, but I talked weights with Howard @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social at Heysham festival... so let's look at scales. /1
Mooi stuk van Simon: “Ja, de wereld staat in brand, en daar worden we dagelijks mee doodgegooid. Maar wie naar de geschiedenis kijkt, ziet dat de meeste dingen juist beter gaan. En dat gebeurde niet vanzelf.”
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Ja, de wereld staat in brand, en daar worden we dagelijks mee doodgegooid. Maar wie naar de geschiedenis kijkt, ziet dat de meeste dingen juist beter gaan. En dat gebeurde niet vanzelf.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Mooi stuk van Simon: “Ja, de wereld staat in brand, en daar worden we dagelijks mee doodgegooid. Maar wie naar de geschiedenis kijkt, ziet dat de meeste dingen juist beter gaan. En dat gebeurde niet vanzelf.”
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Elegant orange sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans). The lichen is about 1.5cm in diamete. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
January 15, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Elegant orange sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans). The lichen is about 1.5cm in diamete. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
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Hwæt! 🐉
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hwæt! 🐉
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
Washing my woolen Viking set in the snow. It looks so colourful 😍 and is Very #ecofriendly. #reenactment #earlymedieval #medievalsky #snowwashing
January 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Washing my woolen Viking set in the snow. It looks so colourful 😍 and is Very #ecofriendly. #reenactment #earlymedieval #medievalsky #snowwashing
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Just published my annual predictions update, tracking from Jan 1st 2018, with new commentary and new ten year predictions. It is long. rodneybrooks.com/predictions-...
Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01 – Rodney Brooks
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January 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Just published my annual predictions update, tracking from Jan 1st 2018, with new commentary and new ten year predictions. It is long. rodneybrooks.com/predictions-...
"AI" is a divestment in one another. It is the surrender to extraction and exploitation.
And not just in some sort of imagined future. Now. Today.
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/nothing-but-...
And not just in some sort of imagined future. Now. Today.
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/nothing-but-...
Nothing But Flowers
The plan for December was to focus on a big writing project (okay, a book proposal), mostly pausing these weekly emails in order to write other things; but here we are, mid-month and I've accomplished...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
"AI" is a divestment in one another. It is the surrender to extraction and exploitation.
And not just in some sort of imagined future. Now. Today.
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/nothing-but-...
And not just in some sort of imagined future. Now. Today.
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/nothing-but-...
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De democratie redden vraagt voortdurende inzet van iedereen, schrijft @leoniedejonge.bsky.social .
Het kantelpuntdenken – ‘ineens is de democratie verdwenen’ – suggereert dat democratische erosie een plotselinge gebeurtenis is, terwijl de onttakeling langzaam gaat, mede mogelijk gemaakt doordat de burger de kop in het zand steekt.
Uw voornemen voor 2026: koester de democratie en word ergens lid van
Het kantelpuntdenken – ‘ineens is de democratie verdwenen’ – suggereert dat democratische erosie een plotselinge gebeurtenis is, terwijl de onttakeling langzaam gaat, mede mogelijk gemaakt doordat de…
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January 6, 2026 at 8:12 AM
De democratie redden vraagt voortdurende inzet van iedereen, schrijft @leoniedejonge.bsky.social .
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Japanese New Year traditions include a thorough cleaning of the home, putting up decorations, eating soba noodles, visiting a shrine, and taking note of your first dream. I've written all about it here, with lots of #JapaneseArt too. Happy New Year! 🎍
#WyrdWednesday
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#WyrdWednesday
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Shogatsu
Celebrating the New Year in Japan
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December 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Japanese New Year traditions include a thorough cleaning of the home, putting up decorations, eating soba noodles, visiting a shrine, and taking note of your first dream. I've written all about it here, with lots of #JapaneseArt too. Happy New Year! 🎍
#WyrdWednesday
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#WyrdWednesday
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Viking-age leather ankle shoe, fastened with a double flap and toggles. Remarkably well-preserved for over a 1000 years!
Excavated at Coppergate, York. Jorvik Viking Centre 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Excavated at Coppergate, York. Jorvik Viking Centre 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
January 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Viking-age leather ankle shoe, fastened with a double flap and toggles. Remarkably well-preserved for over a 1000 years!
Excavated at Coppergate, York. Jorvik Viking Centre 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Excavated at Coppergate, York. Jorvik Viking Centre 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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Women’s Work and Family in the Viking Age
Women played many fundamental roles in Scandinavia during the Viking Age (eighth to eleventh century). Their positions ranged from slave to farmer to landholder and their tasks varied from the spin…
thefreelancehistorywriter.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Had lots of fun recreating a #carolingian dress inspired by the #stuttgarterpsalter Also nice to be able to recycle an old dress from a different periode. #reenactment #earlymedieval #medievalsky
December 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Had lots of fun recreating a #carolingian dress inspired by the #stuttgarterpsalter Also nice to be able to recycle an old dress from a different periode. #reenactment #earlymedieval #medievalsky
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Winterproject: Based on the Stuttgarter psalter (Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, Bibl. fol. 23) I am working on a Carolingian dress. Here I’m working on the neckline.
#reenactment #carolingian #stuttgarterpsalter
#reenactment #carolingian #stuttgarterpsalter
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Winterproject: Based on the Stuttgarter psalter (Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, Bibl. fol. 23) I am working on a Carolingian dress. Here I’m working on the neckline.
#reenactment #carolingian #stuttgarterpsalter
#reenactment #carolingian #stuttgarterpsalter
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I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter....
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December 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter....
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No Xmas without a framboise/bavarois cake. Mmm, with berries from our graden.
December 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
No Xmas without a framboise/bavarois cake. Mmm, with berries from our graden.
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As the holidays gear up, I find myself thinking of stockings...*
So this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely example of Egyptian compound nalbinding. Ostensibly from the 4th century,** but its specific find location and strata was not recorded.
nalbound.com/2025/12/23/n...
So this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely example of Egyptian compound nalbinding. Ostensibly from the 4th century,** but its specific find location and strata was not recorded.
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NOW: Child’s sock with orange, blue and yellow stripes – III 15474
For a person that has spent a lot of time examining stockings, this is an excellent time of the year. The Museum der Kulturen Basel has the largest collection of Egyptian nalbinding1 and they just …
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December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As the holidays gear up, I find myself thinking of stockings...*
So this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely example of Egyptian compound nalbinding. Ostensibly from the 4th century,** but its specific find location and strata was not recorded.
nalbound.com/2025/12/23/n...
So this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely example of Egyptian compound nalbinding. Ostensibly from the 4th century,** but its specific find location and strata was not recorded.
nalbound.com/2025/12/23/n...
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Waarom laten we ons koloniseren door Amerikaanse techplatforms?
Zo nemen techplatforms de Europese economie over volgens Tim Wu
Support onze journalistiek, abonneer je op ons YouTube-kanaal. Echt rijk word je niet met werken. Dat weten we allemaal. Maar ook met kapitaal word je tegenw...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Waarom laten we ons koloniseren door Amerikaanse techplatforms?
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If you're as interested in Wilson Bentley as I am, then you can read more about his life and work here:
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Historical Figures: Wilson Bentley, The Man Who Photographed Snowflakes
With winter well and truly settled in, many places have been experiencing snowfall. Some places in the UK narrowly missed out on having snow on Christmas Day, bringing a much-desired White Christma…
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December 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you're as interested in Wilson Bentley as I am, then you can read more about his life and work here:
justhistoryposts.com/2021/01/15/h...
justhistoryposts.com/2021/01/15/h...
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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We've entered the era of "brainrot."
We became a global fragmentation of doom scrolling, context-lacking, uncurious, blindly accepting, regurgitating masses. The cycle of viral content is faster than the cycle of understanding.
www.joanwestenberg.com/on-brainrot/
We became a global fragmentation of doom scrolling, context-lacking, uncurious, blindly accepting, regurgitating masses. The cycle of viral content is faster than the cycle of understanding.
www.joanwestenberg.com/on-brainrot/
On Brainrot
The conservative commentator Erick-Woods Erickson observed on his Substack this week that Twitter has now convinced large swaths of the American right that Europe has been completely overrun by Muslims, that the United Kingdom is on the verge of becoming an Islamic nation, and that Sweden has fallen.
But reality
www.joanwestenberg.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We've entered the era of "brainrot."
We became a global fragmentation of doom scrolling, context-lacking, uncurious, blindly accepting, regurgitating masses. The cycle of viral content is faster than the cycle of understanding.
www.joanwestenberg.com/on-brainrot/
We became a global fragmentation of doom scrolling, context-lacking, uncurious, blindly accepting, regurgitating masses. The cycle of viral content is faster than the cycle of understanding.
www.joanwestenberg.com/on-brainrot/
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Just added to my Knowledge Commons works:
Carolingian Frisia and the Vikings: Confrontation and Cohabitation
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Carolingian Frisia and the Vikings: Confrontation and Cohabitation
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Carolingian Frisia and the Vikings: Confrontation and Cohabitation
A study of the varied and nuanced relationships between Scandinavians and the inhabitants of Carolingian Frisia, which stretched from the Scheldt estuary to the border of Viking-Age Denmark. The stere...
works.hcommons.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Just added to my Knowledge Commons works:
Carolingian Frisia and the Vikings: Confrontation and Cohabitation
works.hcommons.org/records/4ary...
Carolingian Frisia and the Vikings: Confrontation and Cohabitation
works.hcommons.org/records/4ary...
DigiVatLib
digi.vatlib.it
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Yep! Goede keuze om dit boek te bestellen van @drdragases.bsky.social Lekker leesbaar en voor mij als leek een opheldering hoe de #merovingers op het #vroegemiddeleeuwen strijdveld opdoken. #medievalsky #franken
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Yep! Goede keuze om dit boek te bestellen van @drdragases.bsky.social Lekker leesbaar en voor mij als leek een opheldering hoe de #merovingers op het #vroegemiddeleeuwen strijdveld opdoken. #medievalsky #franken
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We accept that crops grow and then get harvested and then the field lies fallow.
We accept that animals hibernate.
But when it comes to our own sense of meaning, we expect constant summer...
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/the-harve...
We accept that animals hibernate.
But when it comes to our own sense of meaning, we expect constant summer...
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/the-harve...
The Harvest Will Come
A Defense of Human Seasons
www.joanwestenberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We accept that crops grow and then get harvested and then the field lies fallow.
We accept that animals hibernate.
But when it comes to our own sense of meaning, we expect constant summer...
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/the-harve...
We accept that animals hibernate.
But when it comes to our own sense of meaning, we expect constant summer...
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/the-harve...