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Birgitte Breemerkamp 🌈 (she/her)
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Birgitte Breemerkamp 🌈 (she/her) @thebirg.bsky.social · Nov 24
My book chapter on 'living swords' and how J.R.R. Tolkien used and adapted this concept in his fictional works was published in July 2024 in 'Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth' edited by Dr. Cami Agan. Available in paperback www.amazon.com/Cities-Stron... and e-book www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/citi...
Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien’s Legendarium
Amazon.com: Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien’s Legendarium: 9781887726306: Agan, Cami D.: Books
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christinekooi.bsky.social
Happy anniversary to all historians who observe.
samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 5h
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
Screenshot from Tumblr User hatingongodot: “In 1404, King Taejong fell from his horse during a hunting expedition. Embarrassed, looking to his left and right, he commanded, “Do not let the historian find out about this.” To his disappointment, the historian accompanying the hunting party included these words in the annals, in addition to a description of the king’s fall.“ LMFAOOOOOO rip to that guy User Shitacademicswrite: i thought maybe this was fake, but there’s even a citation! Taejong Sillok Book 7. 5th year of King Taejong’s Reign (1404), February 8.
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social
Finally some good news
February 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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glennsummers.bsky.social
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
thebirg.bsky.social
*Puts book on to read list for my book chapter in revision*
dannybate.bsky.social Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.bsky.social · 4d
My review of the new book 'Runes: A Concise History' is out in the latest edition of the @historytoday.com magazine!

The review in brief: runes are great, so is this book, and it does a good job separating runic fact from runic fiction.
February 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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siliconrepublic.bsky.social
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.
www.siliconrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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matthijs85.bsky.social
Petitie: Stop Amerikaanse overname DigID actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/st... ✍️
Aan: De overheid Stop de Amerikaanse overname DigiD! 1 5 5. 5 2 5 handtekeningen! Onze pive gegevens ain it vei als een Amerikaans IT-bedrijf eigenaar te worden van DigiD!
February 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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christopheschfir.bsky.social
Early Modernists on Bluesky! Can someone provide me with bibliographical indications on fur trade in Central- and Eastern Europe in the sixteenth century?
January 23, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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jayrotoole.bsky.social
You know who are not in the Epstein files as predators?

Trans people.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights
a transgender flag with the word rights in the corner
ALT: a transgender flag with the word rights in the corner
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February 3, 2026 at 12:53 PM
thebirg.bsky.social
In onzekere tijden pakt kabinet Jetten de zekerheid van alle werknemers af. Bezuinigingen op ons sociale vangnet is onverstandig en onnodig.

Stop de afbraak van onze WW. Teken de petitie!
app.sosha.ai/s/hFrMtnKI
In onzekere tijden pakt kabinet Jetten de zekerheid van alle werknemers af. Mensen die hun baan kwijtraken of arbeidsongeschikt raken zullen sneller in armoede terecht komen. Bezuinigingen op ons sociale vangnet is onverstandig en onnodig. Stop de afbraak van onze WW. Teken de petitie! https://app.sosha.ai/s/hFrMtnKI
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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whimsicalmuse.bsky.social
Sometimes, self-care is spending a day exploring bookstores, museums, greenhouses, art galleries, and libraries.
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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saschajanssen.bsky.social
Een mens illiegaal noemen, dat is radicaal.

Mensen die ernstig ziek zijn geworden de armoede in duwen, dat is radicaal.

Een zoveelste vliegveld openen in dit kleine land, terwijl heel veel vluchten op Schiphol tussenstops zijn en niets toevoegen aan onze samenleving, is radicaal.
February 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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profakkermans.bsky.social
#KwootVanDeDag #NooitMeerAuschwitz
January 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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infinitescream.bsky.social
death to fascism
January 23, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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nadimmansour.bsky.social
Dit stuk is een schoolvoorbeeld van hoe je fascisme en racisme in deftige kringen schoonlikt en witwast en is daarom erg de moeite waard. Art. 1 afschaffen en deportaties (‘stevig rechts’) is je enige issue? Moet kunnen zolang je maar de partijdemocratie op orde hebt en compromissen wil sluiten.
January 23, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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fjolagud.bsky.social
The Iceland Space Agency is on bluesky @icelandspace.bsky.social 🥳
Have followed, and will now wait excitedly until they start posting Iceland Space Things.
fjolagud.bsky.social Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social · 18d
The Iceland Space Agency has a strangely busy logo. It fascinates me.
Circular logo with black and red border, on which is written "Iceland Space Agency", and "Frá Íslandi upp í himingeim". In the middle of the logo, there is a circular Icelandic flag on top of a white outline of Iceland, on top of a starry sky. Above the country you can see the edge of the moon, below it, the edge of a reddish-brown planet that is Mars. We know this because also on the outer circle, it says "Moon" and "Mars", though not in the same place as where the planets are placed in the inner circle.
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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buyeuropean.bsky.social
Awesome (beta) dashboard for Dutch 🇳🇱 government agencies, #schools, #healthcare and companies: zijnwealautonoom.nl (‘are we autonomous yet’).
Red button highlights the enormous extent to which most Dutch organisations behave like a digital colony of the US.
#onderwijs #overheid #ict #cloud
January 23, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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john-abernathy.bsky.social
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
thebirg.bsky.social
Ooooooohhhhh 😍 *adds to "wants" list*
sophiebwaterman.bsky.social Sophie Bacchus-Waterman @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social · 21d
Bought myself a treat at the TNA shop today 💕 Have I ever mentioned how much I love seals?
Photo of the cover of "Royal Seals" by Paul Dryburgh
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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alanjstedman.bsky.social
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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barbarakathmann.bsky.social
De Sociale Verzekeringsbank, één van de grootste verwerkers van privégegevens van miljoenen Nederlanders gaat volledig naar MICROSOFT AZURE. Dit is geen technische keuze, maar een politieke. Een gevaarlijke! Debat moet snel. Stopknop moet worden ingedrukt! #amerika Lees 👉🏻 www.barbarakathmann.nl/svb/
Je ziet een foto van mij in de Tweede Kamer. Ik zit op een blauw stoeltje met het tweede kamerlogo in wit boven in het midden op de stoel. De stoeltjes om mij heen zijn leeg. Ik kijk in de camera. Bruine haren los. Op de foto een wit tekstvak met blauwe rand en tekst in blauwe letters. Er staat: Ze zijn in Den Haag helemaal gek geworden! Gegevens over pensioenen, AOW, kinderbijslag en nabestaandenuitkeringen gaan ook in beheer in de VS.
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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levostregc.bsky.social
A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber.
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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bibliofilie.bsky.social
Geboortedag filosoof, essayist en 'bijenkoningin van intellectueel Amerika' Susan Sontag (1933-2004). Ze was ook politiek activiste en nam in die hoedanigheid, als 'Amerika's geweten', geen blad voor de mond. Haar essays, zoals die over de impact van ziek zijn, zijn zeer invloedrijk gebleken.
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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artherstory.bsky.social
This self-portrait by Louise Hollandine will soon be on display at MSK Gent in the exhibition "Unforgettable: Women artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750," opening March 7 -

www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...
Unforgettable
In spring 2026, the MSK offers the chance to discover the fascinating works created by women artists in the Low Countries.
www.mskgent.be
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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maaiked.bsky.social
Making sure no one in the convent eats your hidden stash of donuts. 😆

(Dublin, Trinity College Library, B.11.22, fol. 213r)
January 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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emilyhay.bsky.social
Excited to say I have a new book chapter out in 'Nationalism and Royal Women in Early Modern England', part of the Queenship and Power series from Palgrave Macmillan. My chapter explores the anti-Scottish nature of Elizabethan propaganda on Mary Queen of Scots.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Book chapter titled '"Now iudge Englischmen if it be gud to change Quenis": Constructing English National Identity in Elizabethan Propaganda Against Mary Queen of Scots'
January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM