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Diane Duane’s Wizards (as a TV series)
December 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Diane Duane’s Wizards (as a TV series)
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Lo, Hrodulf the red-nosed reindeer –
That beast didn’t have unshiny nostrils!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Anglo Saxon meter:
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1359368...
That beast didn’t have unshiny nostrils!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Anglo Saxon meter:
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1359368...
December 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Lo, Hrodulf the red-nosed reindeer –
That beast didn’t have unshiny nostrils!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Anglo Saxon meter:
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1359368...
That beast didn’t have unshiny nostrils!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Anglo Saxon meter:
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1359368...
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It's midwinter's eve tonight.
If you're quick about it, you can start your timed THE DARK IS RISING read-along before midnight.
(tonight's portion is Chapter 1, 'Midwinter's Eve'. Tomorrow is 'Midwinter Day' and 'The Sign-Seeker'.)
If you're quick about it, you can start your timed THE DARK IS RISING read-along before midnight.
(tonight's portion is Chapter 1, 'Midwinter's Eve'. Tomorrow is 'Midwinter Day' and 'The Sign-Seeker'.)
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
It's midwinter's eve tonight.
If you're quick about it, you can start your timed THE DARK IS RISING read-along before midnight.
(tonight's portion is Chapter 1, 'Midwinter's Eve'. Tomorrow is 'Midwinter Day' and 'The Sign-Seeker'.)
If you're quick about it, you can start your timed THE DARK IS RISING read-along before midnight.
(tonight's portion is Chapter 1, 'Midwinter's Eve'. Tomorrow is 'Midwinter Day' and 'The Sign-Seeker'.)
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Game designer: After lots of hard work we’re proud to announce we’ve created the Wheel of Saṃsāra from the ancient Buddhist classic Don’t Get Trapped in the Wheel of Saṃsāra
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Game designer: After lots of hard work we’re proud to announce we’ve created the Wheel of Saṃsāra from the ancient Buddhist classic Don’t Get Trapped in the Wheel of Saṃsāra
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[Not the Bot] Thank you to @galaxykate.bsky.social for developing Tracery and imaginary_golux's "An Overview of the Foods of the Redwall Abbey Universe" on AO3 which was an invaluable resource in building this bot!
November 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM
[Not the Bot] Thank you to @galaxykate.bsky.social for developing Tracery and imaginary_golux's "An Overview of the Foods of the Redwall Abbey Universe" on AO3 which was an invaluable resource in building this bot!
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I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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My favourite part of this ancient Assyrian letter to an ancient Assyrian goldsmith, is the last bit where the writer basically declares that the “house where they purify silver” absolutely does not pass the vibe check.
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My favourite part of this ancient Assyrian letter to an ancient Assyrian goldsmith, is the last bit where the writer basically declares that the “house where they purify silver” absolutely does not pass the vibe check.
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
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Also, we had the terrific Reid Byers come up and talk to us yesterday about his imaginary books as a form of reading what you can't actually read. Maine is really a very good place for to be doing bookish things www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Best Fake Books—Made Real
At the Grolier Club, in midtown, a collection of imaginary volumes—the play within “Hamlet,” Hemingway’s lost first novel—are bound, scuffed, and shelved.
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Also, we had the terrific Reid Byers come up and talk to us yesterday about his imaginary books as a form of reading what you can't actually read. Maine is really a very good place for to be doing bookish things www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
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At 0300 our patrol made hard contact with the historians
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
At 0300 our patrol made hard contact with the historians
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Our Music of Midwinter tour starts next week! Find tix and info on all shows at WindborneSingers.com/concerts
Will we see you there?
Will we see you there?
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Our Music of Midwinter tour starts next week! Find tix and info on all shows at WindborneSingers.com/concerts
Will we see you there?
Will we see you there?
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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This is Nabia Abbott. She was a groundbreaking scholar of Arabic manuscripts, the first woman professor at UChicago's Oriental Institute, and once sent me on a wild goose chase spanning 3 continents. Someday I'll finish my article about her, but until then, see:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/15809...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/15809...
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is Nabia Abbott. She was a groundbreaking scholar of Arabic manuscripts, the first woman professor at UChicago's Oriental Institute, and once sent me on a wild goose chase spanning 3 continents. Someday I'll finish my article about her, but until then, see:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/15809...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/15809...
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Autumnal read: Rhyne King's House of the Satrap.
Fascinating dive into the basic building block of the Achaemenid empire, the satraps house, and argues that the imperial system should be viewed as a set of hierarchically structured overlapping houses: the king, his satraps and their subordinates.
Fascinating dive into the basic building block of the Achaemenid empire, the satraps house, and argues that the imperial system should be viewed as a set of hierarchically structured overlapping houses: the king, his satraps and their subordinates.
October 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Autumnal read: Rhyne King's House of the Satrap.
Fascinating dive into the basic building block of the Achaemenid empire, the satraps house, and argues that the imperial system should be viewed as a set of hierarchically structured overlapping houses: the king, his satraps and their subordinates.
Fascinating dive into the basic building block of the Achaemenid empire, the satraps house, and argues that the imperial system should be viewed as a set of hierarchically structured overlapping houses: the king, his satraps and their subordinates.
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Christopher Lee with his cat, Renfield.
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Christopher Lee with his cat, Renfield.
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about three years ago a group of almost 100 book collectors started an absurd project: to publish a handmade book, with every decision made democratically. somehow it actually worked?
it is *very* on brand that picked an ancient egyptian travelogue poem as the text
it is *very* on brand that picked an ancient egyptian travelogue poem as the text
August 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
about three years ago a group of almost 100 book collectors started an absurd project: to publish a handmade book, with every decision made democratically. somehow it actually worked?
it is *very* on brand that picked an ancient egyptian travelogue poem as the text
it is *very* on brand that picked an ancient egyptian travelogue poem as the text
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
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This Thursday, online public lecture Manchester Egyptology Seminar Series - Dr Kathleen Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social Prof. of History at Missouri University of Science & Technology: ‘“How Winning a Woman of Study Can Be” in Early American Egyptology’
Oct 2nd, 5pm UK: zoom.us/j/91521871294
Oct 2nd, 5pm UK: zoom.us/j/91521871294
September 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This Thursday, online public lecture Manchester Egyptology Seminar Series - Dr Kathleen Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social Prof. of History at Missouri University of Science & Technology: ‘“How Winning a Woman of Study Can Be” in Early American Egyptology’
Oct 2nd, 5pm UK: zoom.us/j/91521871294
Oct 2nd, 5pm UK: zoom.us/j/91521871294
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Anyone interested in medieval fakes should plan a trip to Paris. The Musée Cluny has a show from 7 Oct. to 11 Jan.,
www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/pr...
and the Archives nationales has one from 15 Oct. to 2 Feb.:
www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/pr...
and the Archives nationales has one from 15 Oct. to 2 Feb.:
September 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Anyone interested in medieval fakes should plan a trip to Paris. The Musée Cluny has a show from 7 Oct. to 11 Jan.,
www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/pr...
and the Archives nationales has one from 15 Oct. to 2 Feb.:
www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/pr...
and the Archives nationales has one from 15 Oct. to 2 Feb.:
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By which I mean that Knut Eriksson, Erik Knutsson and Erik Eriksson were fighting Sverker the Elder, Karl Sverkersson and Sverker the Younger (aka Sverker Karlsson).
because why come up with new names when the names you've got can take at least another few generations of wear and tear.
because why come up with new names when the names you've got can take at least another few generations of wear and tear.
September 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
By which I mean that Knut Eriksson, Erik Knutsson and Erik Eriksson were fighting Sverker the Elder, Karl Sverkersson and Sverker the Younger (aka Sverker Karlsson).
because why come up with new names when the names you've got can take at least another few generations of wear and tear.
because why come up with new names when the names you've got can take at least another few generations of wear and tear.
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Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
July 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
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Prepping a lecture on the difference between looting and archeology and have just made this cursed image
September 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Prepping a lecture on the difference between looting and archeology and have just made this cursed image
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Live footage of historians these days
a man is playing a game of frog dog at a carnival
Alt: a man playing Whac-A-Mole
media.tenor.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Live footage of historians these days