Laura
@lauropea.bsky.social
historian and philologist
rare books and manuscripts cataloguer
putting the t back in incunabula since 2025
wahlwienerin / teilzeitberlinerin (in ausbildung)
rare books and manuscripts cataloguer
putting the t back in incunabula since 2025
wahlwienerin / teilzeitberlinerin (in ausbildung)
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Laura
@lauropea.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Me: I'm feeling really Sapphic
You: Tell me more 😏
Me: ............... and if
......... [thy]me......
..........................
hands.......... [swan, or possibly an extinct species of gourd]
.........................s
You: Tell me more 😏
Me: ............... and if
......... [thy]me......
..........................
hands.......... [swan, or possibly an extinct species of gourd]
.........................s
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just getting over a cold but on my way in, hopefully in fit state to at least be an adornment to a stall
(and yes that's a plush tram and an introduction to hittite on my bed)
(and yes that's a plush tram and an introduction to hittite on my bed)
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
just getting over a cold but on my way in, hopefully in fit state to at least be an adornment to a stall
(and yes that's a plush tram and an introduction to hittite on my bed)
(and yes that's a plush tram and an introduction to hittite on my bed)
just getting over a cold but on my way in, hopefully in fit state to at least be an adornment to a stall
(and yes that's a plush tram and an introduction to hittite on my bed)
(and yes that's a plush tram and an introduction to hittite on my bed)
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
just getting over a cold but on my way in, hopefully in fit state to at least be an adornment to a stall
(and yes that's a plush tram and an introduction to hittite on my bed)
(and yes that's a plush tram and an introduction to hittite on my bed)
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you have heard it said to the people long ago, 'bros before hoes' but i say unto you, was ever there a bro who had not sprung forth from a ho? honor therefore the hoes in all your doings
January 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
you have heard it said to the people long ago, 'bros before hoes' but i say unto you, was ever there a bro who had not sprung forth from a ho? honor therefore the hoes in all your doings
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some pharisees in the crowd shouted, "what of adam, the first man?" jesus answered, "he who was fashioned from dust was no bro, for he had no other man to call 'bro'. as the LORD said of him, 'it is not good for man to be alone'" and the pharisees were silent
January 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
some pharisees in the crowd shouted, "what of adam, the first man?" jesus answered, "he who was fashioned from dust was no bro, for he had no other man to call 'bro'. as the LORD said of him, 'it is not good for man to be alone'" and the pharisees were silent
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'The gays in ancient Rome?' Please, the term is 'the LGBTSPQR+ community'
August 31, 2024 at 9:29 AM
'The gays in ancient Rome?' Please, the term is 'the LGBTSPQR+ community'
romans 🤝 spiders
people think they're dangerous badasses but basically they spend most of their time hanging out in the bath
people think they're dangerous badasses but basically they spend most of their time hanging out in the bath
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
romans 🤝 spiders
people think they're dangerous badasses but basically they spend most of their time hanging out in the bath
people think they're dangerous badasses but basically they spend most of their time hanging out in the bath
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'viking' metal bands should have to use runes appropriate to the time-period they claim to be trying to evoke. you use elder futhark then sorry you get dropped in the snake-pit
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
'viking' metal bands should have to use runes appropriate to the time-period they claim to be trying to evoke. you use elder futhark then sorry you get dropped in the snake-pit
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Will you be in Vienna in mid-December? If so, you can come hear me give the annual IMAFO lecture on editing the East Frankish royal charters! You know you want to... #charterrific
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Will you be in Vienna in mid-December? If so, you can come hear me give the annual IMAFO lecture on editing the East Frankish royal charters! You know you want to... #charterrific
yeah so I'm basically like Jean-Luc Picard (very english-coded and people generally assume I am until a belaboured plot point reminds people I'm Italian)
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
yeah so I'm basically like Jean-Luc Picard (very english-coded and people generally assume I am until a belaboured plot point reminds people I'm Italian)
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“Queer theory…is in its flop era.” My review of Kay Gabriel’s PERVERTS is out today in @thebaffler.com. Kay’s book is a funny and true antidote to the cheap sentiment of bad queer discourse, a reckoning with sex/gender as pleasure center and system requiring defeat. thebaffler.com/latest/we-wa...
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“Queer theory…is in its flop era.” My review of Kay Gabriel’s PERVERTS is out today in @thebaffler.com. Kay’s book is a funny and true antidote to the cheap sentiment of bad queer discourse, a reckoning with sex/gender as pleasure center and system requiring defeat. thebaffler.com/latest/we-wa...
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Chomsky accomplished nothing in his role as the figleaf conscience of the imperial core, but he did at least manage to more or less single handedly ruin the field of linguistics.
March 22, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Chomsky accomplished nothing in his role as the figleaf conscience of the imperial core, but he did at least manage to more or less single handedly ruin the field of linguistics.
know this is not the main point here but i'm here for the chomsky hate
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
know this is not the main point here but i'm here for the chomsky hate
say what you like about him, but streeting has a unique historical opportunity now: to become the most hated wesley in internet history since crusher
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
say what you like about him, but streeting has a unique historical opportunity now: to become the most hated wesley in internet history since crusher
It Turns Out the Emperor Tiberius Used His Famous 'Villa Paedophila' for Paedophilia
by G. Suetonius Tranquillus
by G. Suetonius Tranquillus
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It Turns Out the Emperor Tiberius Used His Famous 'Villa Paedophila' for Paedophilia
by G. Suetonius Tranquillus
by G. Suetonius Tranquillus
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working at the nyt
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
working at the nyt
you may not like it but this is what positive masculinity looks like
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
you may not like it but this is what positive masculinity looks like
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steam punk but for the 80s. brown-orange wallpaper in my home and a wood paneled automobile. big curly hair and a dress with shoulder pads. lead in my blood
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
steam punk but for the 80s. brown-orange wallpaper in my home and a wood paneled automobile. big curly hair and a dress with shoulder pads. lead in my blood
heard about the 'dark academia' look, which i can only imagine is dried egg-yolk on your cardie, a rejected grant application under your arm and some vodka minis in your handbag to get you through a day of marking
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
heard about the 'dark academia' look, which i can only imagine is dried egg-yolk on your cardie, a rejected grant application under your arm and some vodka minis in your handbag to get you through a day of marking
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off sick so no books for me today, so have a selfie from the last time i was in the office
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
off sick so no books for me today, so have a selfie from the last time i was in the office
limbo is like a himbo but of liminality
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
limbo is like a himbo but of liminality
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sending humbert humbert a 100% supportive email so badly written he turns himself in
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
sending humbert humbert a 100% supportive email so badly written he turns himself in
off sick so no books for me today, so have a selfie from the last time i was in the office
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
off sick so no books for me today, so have a selfie from the last time i was in the office
facebook is full-on spyware especially if you have the app on your phone and yet it is also so incredibly stupid. it's like if the stasi went through your files, bundled you into a van as you were on your way to see a friend and then showed you the dumbest memes for hours til you cried
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
facebook is full-on spyware especially if you have the app on your phone and yet it is also so incredibly stupid. it's like if the stasi went through your files, bundled you into a van as you were on your way to see a friend and then showed you the dumbest memes for hours til you cried