Claire K Clement
@clairekclement.bsky.social
Medieval history (PhD Cambridge), Gates Scholar, comparative religion & philosophy. Independent scholar. clairekclement.com
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Writing Tip:
I like to pull out my WIP and read my notes BEFORE I take a shower, work out, clean, take the dog on a walk, etc.
I can think about my WIP while I'm doing other tasks, and when I'm done, I can type out everything I'd already "written" in my head.
#writing
I like to pull out my WIP and read my notes BEFORE I take a shower, work out, clean, take the dog on a walk, etc.
I can think about my WIP while I'm doing other tasks, and when I'm done, I can type out everything I'd already "written" in my head.
#writing
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Writing Tip:
I like to pull out my WIP and read my notes BEFORE I take a shower, work out, clean, take the dog on a walk, etc.
I can think about my WIP while I'm doing other tasks, and when I'm done, I can type out everything I'd already "written" in my head.
#writing
I like to pull out my WIP and read my notes BEFORE I take a shower, work out, clean, take the dog on a walk, etc.
I can think about my WIP while I'm doing other tasks, and when I'm done, I can type out everything I'd already "written" in my head.
#writing
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It is true: many things were indeed invented in early modernity! It is also true that many things were only “invented” in early modernity because modern historians don’t like reading Latin or Arabic or Greek.
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It is true: many things were indeed invented in early modernity! It is also true that many things were only “invented” in early modernity because modern historians don’t like reading Latin or Arabic or Greek.
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Medieval scribes used a number of different methods to correct mistakes and omissions. This one used the figure of a man pulling the omitted portion of the text towards the place it belonged - 1st half of the 15th century, Brit. Lib, Arundel 38, f. 65r
September 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Medieval scribes used a number of different methods to correct mistakes and omissions. This one used the figure of a man pulling the omitted portion of the text towards the place it belonged - 1st half of the 15th century, Brit. Lib, Arundel 38, f. 65r
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Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
April 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
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Supreme Court Overturns US Constitution
“We Don’t Really Like It,” Justices Explain
“We Don’t Really Like It,” Justices Explain
April 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Supreme Court Overturns US Constitution
“We Don’t Really Like It,” Justices Explain
“We Don’t Really Like It,” Justices Explain
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Let’s double the attendance. Pass it on!
April 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Let’s double the attendance. Pass it on!
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
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Where is our humanity?
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Where is our humanity?
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On #HandsOff day with so many Americans exercising their constitutional rights, this great Seamus Heaney verse seems most appropriate:
History says don’t hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme.
History says don’t hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme.
April 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
On #HandsOff day with so many Americans exercising their constitutional rights, this great Seamus Heaney verse seems most appropriate:
History says don’t hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme.
History says don’t hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme.
National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage
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National Park Services removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage | CNN
An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump a...
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April 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage
www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/u...
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This thread!!
Sammelthread der "Hands Off" Proteste in den USA. Gerne ergänzen...
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
April 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This thread!!
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Sammelthread der "Hands Off" Proteste in den USA. Gerne ergänzen...
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
April 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Sammelthread der "Hands Off" Proteste in den USA. Gerne ergänzen...
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
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How many train wrecks do we have to survive before we pull our heads out of our collective asses and let women run this country?
They called it from day one.
They called it from day one.
April 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How many train wrecks do we have to survive before we pull our heads out of our collective asses and let women run this country?
They called it from day one.
They called it from day one.
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These are their names.
You may not agree with every action these people have ever made. But please recognize that this is ideological persecution, likely aided by digital surveillance evidence, and with no due process.
1/ Mahmoud Khalil (Columbia) (still detained)
www.aclu.org/.../a-letter....
You may not agree with every action these people have ever made. But please recognize that this is ideological persecution, likely aided by digital surveillance evidence, and with no due process.
1/ Mahmoud Khalil (Columbia) (still detained)
www.aclu.org/.../a-letter....
www.aclu.org
March 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
These are their names.
You may not agree with every action these people have ever made. But please recognize that this is ideological persecution, likely aided by digital surveillance evidence, and with no due process.
1/ Mahmoud Khalil (Columbia) (still detained)
www.aclu.org/.../a-letter....
You may not agree with every action these people have ever made. But please recognize that this is ideological persecution, likely aided by digital surveillance evidence, and with no due process.
1/ Mahmoud Khalil (Columbia) (still detained)
www.aclu.org/.../a-letter....
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Saint+Manuscript, let's go! This is a good one. Today is the feast of St. Katarina of Vadstena, daughter of St. Bridget/Birgitta of Sweden. Here is the opening of her Life in BL Harley 612, a spectactular and LARGE MS made for the Bridgettines of Syon Abbey in the mid-15th c. #medievalsky
March 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Saint+Manuscript, let's go! This is a good one. Today is the feast of St. Katarina of Vadstena, daughter of St. Bridget/Birgitta of Sweden. Here is the opening of her Life in BL Harley 612, a spectactular and LARGE MS made for the Bridgettines of Syon Abbey in the mid-15th c. #medievalsky
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⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
March 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
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You literally cannot tell this incredibly cool part of American history without centering Native American identity. It is an powerful demonstration of how diversity provided tangible military advantages over an enemy committed to White supremacy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
March 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You literally cannot tell this incredibly cool part of American history without centering Native American identity. It is an powerful demonstration of how diversity provided tangible military advantages over an enemy committed to White supremacy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
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Everyone read.
billmoyers.com/story/increa...
billmoyers.com/story/increa...
Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism – BillMoyers.com
It’s good to remember the very big, very frightening picture before us, how far we’ve already come, and to consider what recourse we have with complicit and corrupt forces standing in the way. Continu...
billmoyers.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Everyone read.
billmoyers.com/story/increa...
billmoyers.com/story/increa...
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So much for the “Free Speech” champions.
March 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So much for the “Free Speech” champions.
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Taking a break from mental health to focus on social media. Just really looking to be as unstable as possible with everything going on right now, thx for understanding.
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Taking a break from mental health to focus on social media. Just really looking to be as unstable as possible with everything going on right now, thx for understanding.
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Other countries are fully targeting US academics with social media ads now, basically of the form "we still have inclusive liberal democracy and academic freedom here"
March 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Other countries are fully targeting US academics with social media ads now, basically of the form "we still have inclusive liberal democracy and academic freedom here"
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