Claire451
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undevicesimo die Decembris, Minimus malum invenit. (On the 19th of December, Minimus finds an apple.) #latinadventcalendar
December 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
undevicesimo die Decembris, Minimus malum invenit. (On the 19th of December, Minimus finds an apple.) #latinadventcalendar
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duodevicesimo die Decembris, Minimus librum invenit. (On the 18th of December, Minimus finds a book.) #latinadventcalendar
December 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
duodevicesimo die Decembris, Minimus librum invenit. (On the 18th of December, Minimus finds a book.) #latinadventcalendar
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sexto decimo die Decembris, Minimus saccum invenit. (On the 16th of December, Minimus finds a sack.) #latinadventcalendar
December 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
sexto decimo die Decembris, Minimus saccum invenit. (On the 16th of December, Minimus finds a sack.) #latinadventcalendar
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duodecimo die Decembris, Minimus viscum et Minimam invenit. (On the 12th of December, Minimus finds mistletoe and Minima). #latinadventcalendar
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
duodecimo die Decembris, Minimus viscum et Minimam invenit. (On the 12th of December, Minimus finds mistletoe and Minima). #latinadventcalendar
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Ysbrydolwyd ein blog heddiw gan ddau lun o Glwb Pêl-droed Pontypridd, neu Y Dreigiau.
Wedi'u ffurfio ym 1911, cyrhaeddodd y Dreigiau dri ffeinal Cwpan Cymru, gan chwarae yn erbyn rhai o dimau gorau Prydain, gan gynnwys Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur a West Ham.
bit.ly/4rUlnE5
Wedi'u ffurfio ym 1911, cyrhaeddodd y Dreigiau dri ffeinal Cwpan Cymru, gan chwarae yn erbyn rhai o dimau gorau Prydain, gan gynnwys Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur a West Ham.
bit.ly/4rUlnE5
Clwb Pêl-droed Pontypridd: Y Dreigiau
Mae’r ddau lun isod yn dangos Clwb Pêl-droed Pontypridd, neu Y Dreigiau. Wedi’u ffurfio ym 1911 fel tîm proffesiynol, cyrhaeddodd y Dreigiau dri ffeinal Cwpan Cymru a chwarae yn erbyn l…
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December 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ysbrydolwyd ein blog heddiw gan ddau lun o Glwb Pêl-droed Pontypridd, neu Y Dreigiau.
Wedi'u ffurfio ym 1911, cyrhaeddodd y Dreigiau dri ffeinal Cwpan Cymru, gan chwarae yn erbyn rhai o dimau gorau Prydain, gan gynnwys Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur a West Ham.
bit.ly/4rUlnE5
Wedi'u ffurfio ym 1911, cyrhaeddodd y Dreigiau dri ffeinal Cwpan Cymru, gan chwarae yn erbyn rhai o dimau gorau Prydain, gan gynnwys Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur a West Ham.
bit.ly/4rUlnE5
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decimo die Decembris, Minimus pilleum invenit. (On the 10th of December, Minimus finds a hat)
#latinadventcalendar
#latinadventcalendar
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
decimo die Decembris, Minimus pilleum invenit. (On the 10th of December, Minimus finds a hat)
#latinadventcalendar
#latinadventcalendar
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nono die Decembris, Minimus Minimus ursulam invenit. (On the 9th of December, Minimus finds a little bear)
#latinadventcalendar
#latinadventcalendar
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
nono die Decembris, Minimus Minimus ursulam invenit. (On the 9th of December, Minimus finds a little bear)
#latinadventcalendar
#latinadventcalendar
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octavo die Decembris, Minimus rangiferum invenit. (On the 8th December, Minimus finds a reindeer) #latinadventcalendar
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
octavo die Decembris, Minimus rangiferum invenit. (On the 8th December, Minimus finds a reindeer) #latinadventcalendar
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Diolch i fyfyrwyr @ysgolygymraegpc.bsky.social am ddod draw i’r Archifau prynhawn ma. Roedd hi’n hyfryd eich tywys ar daith tu ôl i’r llen, a chyflwyno ein gwasanaethau a’n casgliadau.
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Diolch i fyfyrwyr @ysgolygymraegpc.bsky.social am ddod draw i’r Archifau prynhawn ma. Roedd hi’n hyfryd eich tywys ar daith tu ôl i’r llen, a chyflwyno ein gwasanaethau a’n casgliadau.
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Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn gweithio gyda channoedd o geisiadau gan fyfyrwyr unigol o’r 1923au i’r 1960au – maent yn darganfod deunydd arbennig.
#EichArchifau #LlyfrPCYDDS
#EichArchifau #LlyfrPCYDDS
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn gweithio gyda channoedd o geisiadau gan fyfyrwyr unigol o’r 1923au i’r 1960au – maent yn darganfod deunydd arbennig.
#EichArchifau #LlyfrPCYDDS
#EichArchifau #LlyfrPCYDDS
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septimo die Decembris, Minimus udonem invenit. On the 7th of December, Minimus finds a stocking #latinadventcalendar
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
septimo die Decembris, Minimus udonem invenit. On the 7th of December, Minimus finds a stocking #latinadventcalendar
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‘Never before has such a terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan people... Behold the Church of St Cuthbert splattered with blood of the priests of God, despoiled of all its ornaments.’ The Viking attack on Lindisfarne took place #OTD in 793. #medievalsky
June 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
‘Never before has such a terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan people... Behold the Church of St Cuthbert splattered with blood of the priests of God, despoiled of all its ornaments.’ The Viking attack on Lindisfarne took place #OTD in 793. #medievalsky
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 436
dies otiosus est; Silvius in litore stat, situlam palamque tenens (It's a day off; Silvius is standing on the beach, holding a bucket and spade). bracas natatorias virgatas, petasum stramenticium et risum gerit (He's wearing stripey shorts, a straw hat and a smile)!
dies otiosus est; Silvius in litore stat, situlam palamque tenens (It's a day off; Silvius is standing on the beach, holding a bucket and spade). bracas natatorias virgatas, petasum stramenticium et risum gerit (He's wearing stripey shorts, a straw hat and a smile)!
June 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#fabulamurina (mouse story) 436
dies otiosus est; Silvius in litore stat, situlam palamque tenens (It's a day off; Silvius is standing on the beach, holding a bucket and spade). bracas natatorias virgatas, petasum stramenticium et risum gerit (He's wearing stripey shorts, a straw hat and a smile)!
dies otiosus est; Silvius in litore stat, situlam palamque tenens (It's a day off; Silvius is standing on the beach, holding a bucket and spade). bracas natatorias virgatas, petasum stramenticium et risum gerit (He's wearing stripey shorts, a straw hat and a smile)!
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History doesn't preserve itself.
Archives can be a bit like avocadoes and bananas. Nothing happens for a while and then suddenly bam! It's too late.
Archives can be a bit like avocadoes and bananas. Nothing happens for a while and then suddenly bam! It's too late.
May 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
History doesn't preserve itself.
Archives can be a bit like avocadoes and bananas. Nothing happens for a while and then suddenly bam! It's too late.
Archives can be a bit like avocadoes and bananas. Nothing happens for a while and then suddenly bam! It's too late.
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Just seen a very earnest reel on Insta from a - yep, you guessed it - American mortician doing a scathing review of the embalming and positioning of the Pope’s body and….what makes someone fucking think that the Vatican - THE VATICAN - shoddyarses a job like this?
April 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Just seen a very earnest reel on Insta from a - yep, you guessed it - American mortician doing a scathing review of the embalming and positioning of the Pope’s body and….what makes someone fucking think that the Vatican - THE VATICAN - shoddyarses a job like this?
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I know Pope is the big Catholic daddy, but hanging on for
A, one big last celebration &
B, the chance to give some little scrote a piece of his mind
Is peak, PEAK Catholic Nana Behaviour
A, one big last celebration &
B, the chance to give some little scrote a piece of his mind
Is peak, PEAK Catholic Nana Behaviour
April 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I know Pope is the big Catholic daddy, but hanging on for
A, one big last celebration &
B, the chance to give some little scrote a piece of his mind
Is peak, PEAK Catholic Nana Behaviour
A, one big last celebration &
B, the chance to give some little scrote a piece of his mind
Is peak, PEAK Catholic Nana Behaviour
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After 14 weeks of emerging from the darkness of winter, and wondering how light it will be in #Orkney at 5pm, we've finally arrived back in the light.
It's a beautiful sunny afternoon. We made it. Rejoice.💡❤️
It's a beautiful sunny afternoon. We made it. Rejoice.💡❤️
April 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
After 14 weeks of emerging from the darkness of winter, and wondering how light it will be in #Orkney at 5pm, we've finally arrived back in the light.
It's a beautiful sunny afternoon. We made it. Rejoice.💡❤️
It's a beautiful sunny afternoon. We made it. Rejoice.💡❤️
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We started in the darkness of January and end in the wonderful lightness of March!
It's Monday night and it's 5pm so it's time for the final episode of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'
The clocks have changed, spring has arrived and it is THIS LIGHT! 💡❤️🌞
It's Monday night and it's 5pm so it's time for the final episode of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'
The clocks have changed, spring has arrived and it is THIS LIGHT! 💡❤️🌞
March 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We started in the darkness of January and end in the wonderful lightness of March!
It's Monday night and it's 5pm so it's time for the final episode of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'
The clocks have changed, spring has arrived and it is THIS LIGHT! 💡❤️🌞
It's Monday night and it's 5pm so it's time for the final episode of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'
The clocks have changed, spring has arrived and it is THIS LIGHT! 💡❤️🌞
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There will be a #partialsolareclipse later this morning but don't worry if you can't see it because in the Archive we have some incredible photographs of previous solar eclipses, taken by #Orkney photographer Tom Kent.
This was taken 100 years ago in January 1925.
This was taken 100 years ago in January 1925.
March 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
There will be a #partialsolareclipse later this morning but don't worry if you can't see it because in the Archive we have some incredible photographs of previous solar eclipses, taken by #Orkney photographer Tom Kent.
This was taken 100 years ago in January 1925.
This was taken 100 years ago in January 1925.
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Don't mess with archivists. We keep receipts.
"The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document (...) With a single stroke of a pen, the USA accepted that the whole of Greenland was Danish territory".
jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...
"The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document (...) With a single stroke of a pen, the USA accepted that the whole of Greenland was Danish territory".
jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...
The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document proving that President Donald Trump is wrong about Greenland
In a high-security storage facility at the Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet) is a 100 year old sheet of paper with an American promise about Greenland. This is the fascinating story which Preside...
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March 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Don't mess with archivists. We keep receipts.
"The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document (...) With a single stroke of a pen, the USA accepted that the whole of Greenland was Danish territory".
jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...
"The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document (...) With a single stroke of a pen, the USA accepted that the whole of Greenland was Danish territory".
jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...
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ge-trēowfæstnian, wk.v: to be faithful, firm, strong. (yeh-TRAY-oh-VAST-ni-ahn / jɛ-ˈtreːɔ-ˌvæst-nɪ-an)
#OldEnglish #WOTD
#OldEnglish #WOTD
March 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
ge-trēowfæstnian, wk.v: to be faithful, firm, strong. (yeh-TRAY-oh-VAST-ni-ahn / jɛ-ˈtreːɔ-ˌvæst-nɪ-an)
#OldEnglish #WOTD
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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And may I afk, what if the term for writing 's' as 'f', because you have fpent too much time reading c18th print?
What's the technical terme for adding extra 'e's to wordes because you have spent too much tyme amidst early-moderne spellinges?
February 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
And may I afk, what if the term for writing 's' as 'f', because you have fpent too much time reading c18th print?
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Fab session from Heather Forbes, Caroline Williamson & Michaela Hart. A lot of focus on holistic solutions but powerful stuff from MH from Australian perspective: we are "an age of catastrophe, but also an age equipped" seeking out that equipment and the tools we need is what #ARA2024 is all about!
August 29, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Fab session from Heather Forbes, Caroline Williamson & Michaela Hart. A lot of focus on holistic solutions but powerful stuff from MH from Australian perspective: we are "an age of catastrophe, but also an age equipped" seeking out that equipment and the tools we need is what #ARA2024 is all about!