SCMedievalist
@scmedievalist.bsky.social
Medieval History, especially England: Ladies-in-Waiting, aristocracy, monarchy. Loves mysteries and mountain hikes. Views are my own.
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Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name
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I'm sorry for all the constant promotion, we're just really trying to rebuild after moving from Substack.
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The hardest part of building a new home for our public scholarship to get off of Substack is rebuilding our communities.
If you are or have ever been a fan of my Review Roulette or @americanstudier.bsky.social's #ScholarSunday threads and AmericanStudier blog, please subscribe to keep getting them!
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November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Resharing this from the weekend:
I'm sorry for all the constant promotion, we're just really trying to rebuild after moving from Substack.
If you're interested in:
Film reviews
Media literacy
American history
Academic community building
Public scholarship
& More
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I'm sorry for all the constant promotion, we're just really trying to rebuild after moving from Substack.
If you're interested in:
Film reviews
Media literacy
American history
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Public scholarship
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If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
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GUYS one of the downsides of doing this is that I have to listen to myself a lot. the upside is that my guest are amazing and I get to learn from them AGAIN
can't wait to share with you all - first episodes drop Wednesday 11/12
#medievalsky
can't wait to share with you all - first episodes drop Wednesday 11/12
#medievalsky
so the news is that i have done the unthinkable and... started a podcast.
"American Medieval" - because if we've never been fully modern, maybe it's because we've always been a little bit medieval.
the trailer has now dropped! please have a listen -->
patreon.com/americanmedieval
"American Medieval" - because if we've never been fully modern, maybe it's because we've always been a little bit medieval.
the trailer has now dropped! please have a listen -->
patreon.com/americanmedieval
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
GUYS one of the downsides of doing this is that I have to listen to myself a lot. the upside is that my guest are amazing and I get to learn from them AGAIN
can't wait to share with you all - first episodes drop Wednesday 11/12
#medievalsky
can't wait to share with you all - first episodes drop Wednesday 11/12
#medievalsky
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So who am I and what am I doing? I am a historian of medieval Europe and am writing a book on the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1187). It is under contract with Basic Books. The goal is to write a narrative history the incorporates cultural, religious, apocalyptic, and romantic (!) material
September 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
So who am I and what am I doing? I am a historian of medieval Europe and am writing a book on the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1187). It is under contract with Basic Books. The goal is to write a narrative history the incorporates cultural, religious, apocalyptic, and romantic (!) material
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Who doesn't love a Tudor or Yorkist Christmas decoration? Well, thanks to Plantagenet Prints, you now have a range of deccies to order as well as many other gift ideas. Check out their store at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Plan...
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Who doesn't love a Tudor or Yorkist Christmas decoration? Well, thanks to Plantagenet Prints, you now have a range of deccies to order as well as many other gift ideas. Check out their store at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Plan...
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Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy out today in the US as an audiobook published by @tantoraudio.bsky.social and read by me #womenwhoruledtheworld
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy out today in the US as an audiobook published by @tantoraudio.bsky.social and read by me #womenwhoruledtheworld
Thanks to those who have reposted! She's at 248 responses now - up 50 in past 12 hours!
Full disclosure: I misunderstood - grade tracks % of responses she gets, so she's now up to an 85% even if she doesn't get to 300. Phew!
Full disclosure: I misunderstood - grade tracks % of responses she gets, so she's now up to an 85% even if she doesn't get to 300. Phew!
Child 1 has a marketing project about restaurants and needs 300 survey responses. She can't earn higher than 70% if she doesn't reach the target. Seems unfair - some kids just don't have as many friends/family! Could you take 2 min to take the survey? Due in 2 days and she needs 100 more. Thanks!
Restaurant Survey
In one of my classes at school we are creating a restaurant as part of a marketing plan. The purpose of this survey is to gather data on what is popular in the community. The survey helps determine wh...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Thanks to those who have reposted! She's at 248 responses now - up 50 in past 12 hours!
Full disclosure: I misunderstood - grade tracks % of responses she gets, so she's now up to an 85% even if she doesn't get to 300. Phew!
Full disclosure: I misunderstood - grade tracks % of responses she gets, so she's now up to an 85% even if she doesn't get to 300. Phew!
Child 1 has a marketing project about restaurants and needs 300 survey responses. She can't earn higher than 70% if she doesn't reach the target. Seems unfair - some kids just don't have as many friends/family! Could you take 2 min to take the survey? Due in 2 days and she needs 100 more. Thanks!
Restaurant Survey
In one of my classes at school we are creating a restaurant as part of a marketing plan. The purpose of this survey is to gather data on what is popular in the community. The survey helps determine wh...
forms.gle
October 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Child 1 has a marketing project about restaurants and needs 300 survey responses. She can't earn higher than 70% if she doesn't reach the target. Seems unfair - some kids just don't have as many friends/family! Could you take 2 min to take the survey? Due in 2 days and she needs 100 more. Thanks!
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Jesus, take the (wh)eel!
Did you know that there were eels on the table at the Last Supper? Da Vinci's famous painting has a plate of grilled eel & oranges -- a popular local dish that Leonardo himself probably enjoyed.
The ingredients show up on one of his shopping lists! 1/2
Did you know that there were eels on the table at the Last Supper? Da Vinci's famous painting has a plate of grilled eel & oranges -- a popular local dish that Leonardo himself probably enjoyed.
The ingredients show up on one of his shopping lists! 1/2
September 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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THE article that traces the years-long dev of Net.Create w @jdanish.bsky.social is out! "Design Based History Research” blends iterative traditions of Design Based Research educational methods w historiography and digital-history tool-design practices. journalofdigitalhistory.org/en/notebook-...
Journal of Digital History
The Journal of Digital History (JDH) is an international, academic, peer-reviewed and open-access journal. JDH will set new standards in history publishing based on the principle of multi-layered arti...
journalofdigitalhistory.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
THE article that traces the years-long dev of Net.Create w @jdanish.bsky.social is out! "Design Based History Research” blends iterative traditions of Design Based Research educational methods w historiography and digital-history tool-design practices. journalofdigitalhistory.org/en/notebook-...
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New Banksy artwork appears on court building showing judge attacking protester
New Banksy artwork appears on court building showing judge attacking protester
Banksy's mural shows a protester on the ground holding a blood-spattered placard, while the judge, in a wig and gown, looms over them wielding a gavel.
news.sky.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New Banksy artwork appears on court building showing judge attacking protester
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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1. Modeling data does not a historical argument make.
2. Lefebvre might have written an early classic, but his sources are not the complete 'archive' of Great Fear rumors.
1/n
2. Lefebvre might have written an early classic, but his sources are not the complete 'archive' of Great Fear rumors.
1/n
August 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
1. Modeling data does not a historical argument make.
2. Lefebvre might have written an early classic, but his sources are not the complete 'archive' of Great Fear rumors.
1/n
2. Lefebvre might have written an early classic, but his sources are not the complete 'archive' of Great Fear rumors.
1/n
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To punish critics and to intimidate dissidents, the communist parties in the Soviet bloc would conduct raids on their apartments, searching for more pretexts to put them on show trials.
BREAKING: FBI searches the home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton as part of classified documents investigation, an AP source says.
Live updates: FBI searches home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says
The FBI is searching the home of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton over the the handling of classified documents, per a person familiar with the matter.
bit.ly
August 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
To punish critics and to intimidate dissidents, the communist parties in the Soviet bloc would conduct raids on their apartments, searching for more pretexts to put them on show trials.
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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This is maybe the worst part about being an educator in the AI era.
AI companies are *stealing your time* by making you work around it/find it/adjudicate it. Time that, 4 years ago, you would have used to improve your materials, or stay up-to-date on some area of research.
AI companies are *stealing your time* by making you work around it/find it/adjudicate it. Time that, 4 years ago, you would have used to improve your materials, or stay up-to-date on some area of research.
“Educators now spend a significant amount of their time detecting AI-generated work and seeking ways to assess whether students are developing essential skills.”
Yes. Everywhere.
Yes. Everywhere.
August 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This is maybe the worst part about being an educator in the AI era.
AI companies are *stealing your time* by making you work around it/find it/adjudicate it. Time that, 4 years ago, you would have used to improve your materials, or stay up-to-date on some area of research.
AI companies are *stealing your time* by making you work around it/find it/adjudicate it. Time that, 4 years ago, you would have used to improve your materials, or stay up-to-date on some area of research.
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Israelis are starting to acknowledge that the hunger in Gaza is real—yet it remains unclear whether the recognition of the crisis marks a real tipping point or merely an occasion for momentary concessions.
Israelis Are Starting to Talk About Famine in Gaza
After nearly two years of war, the public rhetoric has suddenly shifted. Will it lead to real changes on the ground?
www.newyorker.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Israelis are starting to acknowledge that the hunger in Gaza is real—yet it remains unclear whether the recognition of the crisis marks a real tipping point or merely an occasion for momentary concessions.
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Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
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Another one for the Latin 1 final. Should be Ararum Subversor. But musically this is high-caliber raw black metal from Florida.
August 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Another one for the Latin 1 final. Should be Ararum Subversor. But musically this is high-caliber raw black metal from Florida.
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I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
www.statnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
Wow! Amazing grace and skill. Also kudos to the choreographer
August 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Wow! Amazing grace and skill. Also kudos to the choreographer
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Thanks to @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social for this crucial reminder about serenity, courage, and wisdom, as the entire US is in the same boat now: dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/serenityar...
Serenity....Are You Kidding?
Everything is worse than expected. Hearts are breaking; many are confused and afraid. A late night reflection.
dianabutlerbass.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Thanks to @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social for this crucial reminder about serenity, courage, and wisdom, as the entire US is in the same boat now: dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/serenityar...
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The DOJ says it will investigate a US citizen for saying “fuck Isr**l” to a guy in an IDF shirt.
Absolutely the most anti-free speech admin of my lifetime. Probably since the Red Scare, if not earlier.
Absolutely the most anti-free speech admin of my lifetime. Probably since the Red Scare, if not earlier.
August 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The DOJ says it will investigate a US citizen for saying “fuck Isr**l” to a guy in an IDF shirt.
Absolutely the most anti-free speech admin of my lifetime. Probably since the Red Scare, if not earlier.
Absolutely the most anti-free speech admin of my lifetime. Probably since the Red Scare, if not earlier.
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Was watching @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social for a few minutes and their comments got me to thinking about the responsibilities of citizenship, comparisons to other countries, and the typical response of the Trumpian right.
August 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Was watching @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social for a few minutes and their comments got me to thinking about the responsibilities of citizenship, comparisons to other countries, and the typical response of the Trumpian right.