Sue Jones
@suejonze.bsky.social
Usually lurking by the water. Knows some stuff about early modern piracy, among other things.
Thames or Humber
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The judges asked Thiess why he had become a werewolf – what benefits did it bring? Thiess recalled that he took on his new identity calmly, but ‘hadn’t thought it would involve so much evil’.
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on a Livonian werewolf, from 2022.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on a Livonian werewolf, from 2022.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Gallagher · Where wolf? Everyone knows I’m a werewolf
That he was a werewolf seems to have been common knowledge and Thiess himself freely admitted it – in fact, he said,...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The judges asked Thiess why he had become a werewolf – what benefits did it bring? Thiess recalled that he took on his new identity calmly, but ‘hadn’t thought it would involve so much evil’.
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on a Livonian werewolf, from 2022.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on a Livonian werewolf, from 2022.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Dance yourself dizzy this Halloween
Happy Halloween!
We recorded the ACTUAL Dance of Death (via music from a #NewberryLibrary book c. 1650) for your listening pleasure! Read all about it while you listen to the recording in my latest blog post!
www.newberry.org/blog/spooky-...
We recorded the ACTUAL Dance of Death (via music from a #NewberryLibrary book c. 1650) for your listening pleasure! Read all about it while you listen to the recording in my latest blog post!
www.newberry.org/blog/spooky-...
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Dance yourself dizzy this Halloween
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To mark #Halloween & publication of 'The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England', (now available in print & free online), this blogpost revisits the magiconomy.
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Highlights include a magical service paid for with bacon and pigeons.
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#history
ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/t...
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Highlights include a magical service paid for with bacon and pigeons.
🥓🪶
#history
ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/t...
The Magiconomy of Early Modern England
This post is part of a series marking the print and online Open Access (free) publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by Jane Whittle, Mark Hailwood, …
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October 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
To mark #Halloween & publication of 'The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England', (now available in print & free online), this blogpost revisits the magiconomy.
🧙🎃
Highlights include a magical service paid for with bacon and pigeons.
🥓🪶
#history
ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/t...
🧙🎃
Highlights include a magical service paid for with bacon and pigeons.
🥓🪶
#history
ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/t...
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Matt is one of my favourite people on here, witty, smart & kind.
If you could repost this I’d appreciate it.
If you could repost this I’d appreciate it.
If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk
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October 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Matt is one of my favourite people on here, witty, smart & kind.
If you could repost this I’d appreciate it.
If you could repost this I’d appreciate it.
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Save the East Midlands Parkway cooling towers!
Sign the @c20society.bsky.social petition about the Ratcliffe-on-Soar site in Nottinghamshire.
👉 www.change.org/p/save-brita...
Sign the @c20society.bsky.social petition about the Ratcliffe-on-Soar site in Nottinghamshire.
👉 www.change.org/p/save-brita...
October 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Save the East Midlands Parkway cooling towers!
Sign the @c20society.bsky.social petition about the Ratcliffe-on-Soar site in Nottinghamshire.
👉 www.change.org/p/save-brita...
Sign the @c20society.bsky.social petition about the Ratcliffe-on-Soar site in Nottinghamshire.
👉 www.change.org/p/save-brita...
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More of this sort of thing.
A great story about the positive effect being part of a supportive hobby can have on your mental well being.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spalding Wargames Club putting mental health on the front line
Members of a wargaming club say the support they have been getting from the sessions are 'crucial'.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
More of this sort of thing.
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7/10/25 - nocturn
October 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
7/10/25 - nocturn
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Couple moved in next door. Old bloke lived there before had a beautiful garden. He spent every day in it. New guy ripped out everything & put fake grass in. So I've planted trees next to the boundary that will fill his lawn with dead leaves in the autumn. This one's for you Alf
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Couple moved in next door. Old bloke lived there before had a beautiful garden. He spent every day in it. New guy ripped out everything & put fake grass in. So I've planted trees next to the boundary that will fill his lawn with dead leaves in the autumn. This one's for you Alf
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Probably the loveliest thread you will read today, full of beauty and kindness and improvised owl physio
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Probably the loveliest thread you will read today, full of beauty and kindness and improvised owl physio
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29/9/25 - nocturn
September 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
29/9/25 - nocturn
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Look how pretty she is! I received my author copies of /Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy/ today (officially published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social on Monday). Will post more about individual chapters (including my own) next week - in the meantime, do ask your library to order a copy!
September 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Look how pretty she is! I received my author copies of /Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy/ today (officially published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social on Monday). Will post more about individual chapters (including my own) next week - in the meantime, do ask your library to order a copy!
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Lovely to receive my copies in the post! Congrats to @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner & all the contributors (including moi!) 🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️☠️
September 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Lovely to receive my copies in the post! Congrats to @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner & all the contributors (including moi!) 🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️☠️
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“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
Iain Banks: the final interview
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
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Please enjoy this sculpture of the Prince of Wales and his horse made entirely of butter, courtesy of the Canadians at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
September 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Please enjoy this sculpture of the Prince of Wales and his horse made entirely of butter, courtesy of the Canadians at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
The terrifying local scarecrow competition entries start to appear
September 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The terrifying local scarecrow competition entries start to appear
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13/9/25 - nocturn
September 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
13/9/25 - nocturn
Total undignified relaxation
September 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Total undignified relaxation
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🏴☠️Practices and Narratives of Early Modern Piracy:
Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, edited by @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner,
the newest book in @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 book series is out *22 Sept 2025* Available to preorder: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, edited by @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner,
the newest book in @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 book series is out *22 Sept 2025* Available to preorder: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
September 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🏴☠️Practices and Narratives of Early Modern Piracy:
Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, edited by @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner,
the newest book in @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 book series is out *22 Sept 2025* Available to preorder: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, edited by @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner,
the newest book in @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 book series is out *22 Sept 2025* Available to preorder: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Surprise sunbather at Hampstead ponds
August 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Surprise sunbather at Hampstead ponds
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Vet ikke hvem som trenger - vet ikke hvem som *ikke* trenger å se en ✨️sjøormprekestol✨️
August 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Vet ikke hvem som trenger - vet ikke hvem som *ikke* trenger å se en ✨️sjøormprekestol✨️
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Thursday 21 August 2025 at Grimsby Town Hall. Kenneth Bartle on the Grimsby trawlers and their crews requisitioned by the Admiralty as minesweepers during both World Wars. Begins 7:15 pm - £5.00 to non-members.
August 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thursday 21 August 2025 at Grimsby Town Hall. Kenneth Bartle on the Grimsby trawlers and their crews requisitioned by the Admiralty as minesweepers during both World Wars. Begins 7:15 pm - £5.00 to non-members.