Tim of York
@timofyork.bsky.social
Girl dad. Building surveyor. Fan of quirky architectural details. Medieval History MA. Visited Yorkshire and never left.
Currently reading a lot about the Roman Empire and sharing interest snippets.
Currently reading a lot about the Roman Empire and sharing interest snippets.
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Tim of York
@timofyork.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Cos we all need it today, a post-election erection:
An ancient Roman amulet from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, comprising a dick, with a tail and wings made of dicks and, well, a dick for a dick.
One for @partialhistorians.bsky.social to add to their, um, impressive collection.
🏺AncientBluesky
An ancient Roman amulet from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, comprising a dick, with a tail and wings made of dicks and, well, a dick for a dick.
One for @partialhistorians.bsky.social to add to their, um, impressive collection.
🏺AncientBluesky
Today’s ‘huh, that was a thing’ charity shop find, can we all agree that this level of Corbyn-mania was a bit weird?
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today’s ‘huh, that was a thing’ charity shop find, can we all agree that this level of Corbyn-mania was a bit weird?
Autumn is the loveliest season.
October 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Autumn is the loveliest season.
Thoughts and prayers to all the parents whose kids didn’t get the memo about daylight savings and are now faced with an extra hour of parenting before bedtime.
And prayers for me, whose toddler started chattering at an unconscionable 3.40 am.
And prayers for me, whose toddler started chattering at an unconscionable 3.40 am.
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Thoughts and prayers to all the parents whose kids didn’t get the memo about daylight savings and are now faced with an extra hour of parenting before bedtime.
And prayers for me, whose toddler started chattering at an unconscionable 3.40 am.
And prayers for me, whose toddler started chattering at an unconscionable 3.40 am.
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It‘s an emotional rollercoaster. When we’re up, we’re up, and when we’re down, we’re down.
My thoughts go out to the people of York who are currently dukeless
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It‘s an emotional rollercoaster. When we’re up, we’re up, and when we’re down, we’re down.
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(30 years ago)
ADULT: Careful with the Internet, whatever you say is there FOREVER
KID: My Geocities page about Discworld will be a monument for eternity
(5000 years ago, Sumeria)
SCRIBE 1: Think anyone in the future will ever read this temple inventory on a clay tablet
SCRIBE 2: Lol fuck no
ADULT: Careful with the Internet, whatever you say is there FOREVER
KID: My Geocities page about Discworld will be a monument for eternity
(5000 years ago, Sumeria)
SCRIBE 1: Think anyone in the future will ever read this temple inventory on a clay tablet
SCRIBE 2: Lol fuck no
October 14, 2024 at 1:21 PM
(30 years ago)
ADULT: Careful with the Internet, whatever you say is there FOREVER
KID: My Geocities page about Discworld will be a monument for eternity
(5000 years ago, Sumeria)
SCRIBE 1: Think anyone in the future will ever read this temple inventory on a clay tablet
SCRIBE 2: Lol fuck no
ADULT: Careful with the Internet, whatever you say is there FOREVER
KID: My Geocities page about Discworld will be a monument for eternity
(5000 years ago, Sumeria)
SCRIBE 1: Think anyone in the future will ever read this temple inventory on a clay tablet
SCRIBE 2: Lol fuck no
Every single English person seeing Tim Tams for the first time: ‘oh, they’re the same as Penguins’
English person eating their first Tim Tam, a tear rolling down their cheek: I did not know that such biscuity perfection was possible, my life was incomplete until this moment
English person eating their first Tim Tam, a tear rolling down their cheek: I did not know that such biscuity perfection was possible, my life was incomplete until this moment
It's pronounced Australian.
And it's objective truth. I bought two packs of penguins (regular & mint) while I was in the UK last year, because they are so often compared to our Tim Tams.
And I found peguins wanting. Wanting, I say!
And it's objective truth. I bought two packs of penguins (regular & mint) while I was in the UK last year, because they are so often compared to our Tim Tams.
And I found peguins wanting. Wanting, I say!
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Every single English person seeing Tim Tams for the first time: ‘oh, they’re the same as Penguins’
English person eating their first Tim Tam, a tear rolling down their cheek: I did not know that such biscuity perfection was possible, my life was incomplete until this moment
English person eating their first Tim Tam, a tear rolling down their cheek: I did not know that such biscuity perfection was possible, my life was incomplete until this moment
Can’t beat Opeth!
September 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Can’t beat Opeth!
The absolute bloody cheek, after months of throwing trans people under the bus and a week of outright pandering to racist rhetoric on immigrants, for Labour to ask me to come back to help combat Nigel Farage.
September 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The absolute bloody cheek, after months of throwing trans people under the bus and a week of outright pandering to racist rhetoric on immigrants, for Labour to ask me to come back to help combat Nigel Farage.
Been going to the gym for 2 months now, having never gone before.
One thing I’ve learnt: if an exercise has the word Romanian, Russian or Bulgarian in the title, you’re about to fucking die.
One thing I’ve learnt: if an exercise has the word Romanian, Russian or Bulgarian in the title, you’re about to fucking die.
July 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Been going to the gym for 2 months now, having never gone before.
One thing I’ve learnt: if an exercise has the word Romanian, Russian or Bulgarian in the title, you’re about to fucking die.
One thing I’ve learnt: if an exercise has the word Romanian, Russian or Bulgarian in the title, you’re about to fucking die.
11 days ago, I turned 40 without much fuss and a quiet belief that nothing much would change about me.
This evening I went to take out the bin, looked down and saw what was on my feet…
This evening I went to take out the bin, looked down and saw what was on my feet…
June 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
11 days ago, I turned 40 without much fuss and a quiet belief that nothing much would change about me.
This evening I went to take out the bin, looked down and saw what was on my feet…
This evening I went to take out the bin, looked down and saw what was on my feet…
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I am once again contractually obligated* to note that this is out in two weeks.
And I think it’s pretty good. And I would be delighted if you pre-ordered it from your preferred retailer.
* Not really.
And I think it’s pretty good. And I would be delighted if you pre-ordered it from your preferred retailer.
* Not really.
May 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am once again contractually obligated* to note that this is out in two weeks.
And I think it’s pretty good. And I would be delighted if you pre-ordered it from your preferred retailer.
* Not really.
And I think it’s pretty good. And I would be delighted if you pre-ordered it from your preferred retailer.
* Not really.
Whoever is putting ads for Prada before Teletubbies on YouTube, can we talk?
My 18 month old is broke as.
My 18 month old is broke as.
May 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Whoever is putting ads for Prada before Teletubbies on YouTube, can we talk?
My 18 month old is broke as.
My 18 month old is broke as.
Shrink wrapping books in my bookshop days. Wrap them in plastic and shrink the plastic using a heat gun, think an industrial hairdryer.
Put the heat gun down, dropped it off the table and caught it by the (very, incredibly) hot end.
I swear I heard my skin sizzle.
Put the heat gun down, dropped it off the table and caught it by the (very, incredibly) hot end.
I swear I heard my skin sizzle.
What's the stupidest way you've hurt yourself?
Oh I'm so glad you asked! I knocked myself out with a frozen bag of omelettes.
Oh I'm so glad you asked! I knocked myself out with a frozen bag of omelettes.
May 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Shrink wrapping books in my bookshop days. Wrap them in plastic and shrink the plastic using a heat gun, think an industrial hairdryer.
Put the heat gun down, dropped it off the table and caught it by the (very, incredibly) hot end.
I swear I heard my skin sizzle.
Put the heat gun down, dropped it off the table and caught it by the (very, incredibly) hot end.
I swear I heard my skin sizzle.
POV: you’re a dad in England and the Celsius is over 20
May 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
POV: you’re a dad in England and the Celsius is over 20
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Leo is a very interesting name.
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May 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Leo is a very interesting name.
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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
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In honour of the 100th publishing birthday of The Great Gatsby, I present this Lego classic.
April 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In honour of the 100th publishing birthday of The Great Gatsby, I present this Lego classic.
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Hey #ClassicsBluesky - Do you have a penchant for murder eels? Are you interested in the excesses of the Late Republic and Early Principate? Then buckle in for an #AncientStuff thread on Publius Vedius Pollio. 🏺🧵
Image: Detail of a marine mosaic; National Archaeological Museum, Naples (120177)
Image: Detail of a marine mosaic; National Archaeological Museum, Naples (120177)
April 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Hey #ClassicsBluesky - Do you have a penchant for murder eels? Are you interested in the excesses of the Late Republic and Early Principate? Then buckle in for an #AncientStuff thread on Publius Vedius Pollio. 🏺🧵
Image: Detail of a marine mosaic; National Archaeological Museum, Naples (120177)
Image: Detail of a marine mosaic; National Archaeological Museum, Naples (120177)
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An adorable #Roman toy horse on wheels, with a small hole in the nose for a string to pass through to pull the little guy along the floor. It has some painted detail including a blanket/saddle on its back; it is 1800-2000 years old - but looks just like a modern toy! 🐴 (📷BM) AncientBlueSky
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An adorable #Roman toy horse on wheels, with a small hole in the nose for a string to pass through to pull the little guy along the floor. It has some painted detail including a blanket/saddle on its back; it is 1800-2000 years old - but looks just like a modern toy! 🐴 (📷BM) AncientBlueSky
‘Gaul is divided into three parts. And then the bears moved in.’
Most stories could be improved with the addition of “And then the bears moved in” to their opening
March 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
‘Gaul is divided into three parts. And then the bears moved in.’
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus, lost, driving around in circles.
Heraclitus’s wife: ‘we’ve crossed this river already’
Heraclitus: ‘no we bloody haven’t’
Heraclitus’s wife: ‘we’ve crossed this river already’
Heraclitus: ‘no we bloody haven’t’
What about crossing a river makes it such a potent symbol?
To cross the Rubicon is to make an irreversible decision; to cross the Jordan is to reach a Promised Land
When one converts to Catholicism they cross the Tiber, but going Prot is crossing the Thames
What's your favorite river crossing?
To cross the Rubicon is to make an irreversible decision; to cross the Jordan is to reach a Promised Land
When one converts to Catholicism they cross the Tiber, but going Prot is crossing the Thames
What's your favorite river crossing?
March 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus, lost, driving around in circles.
Heraclitus’s wife: ‘we’ve crossed this river already’
Heraclitus: ‘no we bloody haven’t’
Heraclitus’s wife: ‘we’ve crossed this river already’
Heraclitus: ‘no we bloody haven’t’
Late in the day for International Women’s Day, a shout out for some of the best books by female authors I’ve read in the last year.
First up, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. How have I never read this book before? A brilliant piece of anarchist sci-fi.
📚🩸 💙
First up, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. How have I never read this book before? A brilliant piece of anarchist sci-fi.
📚🩸 💙
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Late in the day for International Women’s Day, a shout out for some of the best books by female authors I’ve read in the last year.
First up, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. How have I never read this book before? A brilliant piece of anarchist sci-fi.
📚🩸 💙
First up, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. How have I never read this book before? A brilliant piece of anarchist sci-fi.
📚🩸 💙
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40 BOOKS IN ROMAN HISTORY WRITTEN BY WOMEN
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
March 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
40 BOOKS IN ROMAN HISTORY WRITTEN BY WOMEN
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
You come for the king, you’d better not miss.
March 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
You come for the king, you’d better not miss.