Alan MacDonald
@estaitis.bsky.social
Early modern Scotland, environment, agriculture, government, cider-making, green/left pessimist
Excellent first day at @braghs.bsky.social conference in Bury Guildhall yesterday. Looking forward to the second day at the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social Stowmarket.
April 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Excellent first day at @braghs.bsky.social conference in Bury Guildhall yesterday. Looking forward to the second day at the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social Stowmarket.
Looking forward to the @braghs.bsky.social conference and to sharing some thoughts on the great Sir Walter Dundas of that Ilk!
April 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Looking forward to the @braghs.bsky.social conference and to sharing some thoughts on the great Sir Walter Dundas of that Ilk!
Have just encountered Lucretia Dawling, daughter of a tenant farmer in West Lothian, 1632. I am pretty confident I've never seen that name before in an early modern Scottish source. Anyone?
April 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Have just encountered Lucretia Dawling, daughter of a tenant farmer in West Lothian, 1632. I am pretty confident I've never seen that name before in an early modern Scottish source. Anyone?
Today I decided it was time to stick a phrase from LOTR into a chapter I'm writing. Here's hoping it will survive the editing process.
February 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today I decided it was time to stick a phrase from LOTR into a chapter I'm writing. Here's hoping it will survive the editing process.
Do Routledge ever employ copy editors? Currently reading this and almost every chapter reads like it went straight from first draft to print.
February 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Do Routledge ever employ copy editors? Currently reading this and almost every chapter reads like it went straight from first draft to print.
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This is weird, because when Trump destroyed records, the AHA got very upset www.historians.org/news/aha-sta... 🗃️
January 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is weird, because when Trump destroyed records, the AHA got very upset www.historians.org/news/aha-sta... 🗃️
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Job alert: the National Library of Scotland is looking to recruit a permanent, F/T curator of early modern books and other printed material. Please share widely! nls.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Curator (Early Modern Era) - Edinburgh
This is a permanent curatorial role in the Department of Published Collections. The role of the Curator (Early Modern Era) is to curate the Library’s published collections from 1455 -1690, a period th...
nls.current-vacancies.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Job alert: the National Library of Scotland is looking to recruit a permanent, F/T curator of early modern books and other printed material. Please share widely! nls.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
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Apparently my book, 'Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland', is now available for pre-order! Use discount code NEW30 for 30% off!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-serious...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-serious...
Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland
Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland
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January 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Apparently my book, 'Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland', is now available for pre-order! Use discount code NEW30 for 30% off!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-serious...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-serious...
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"Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being."
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being."
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social
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Haven't gotten my hands on any of Annas' own books yet BUT we can reconstruct her book ownership and potential reading habits from other sources
#HerBook
#HerBook
Today on the blog: @huntingrebels.bsky.social takes a fascinating dive into the household accounts of Annas Keith, an early modern Scottish woman, to find out what books she owned https://buff.ly/3Z9Vum9 #HerBook #EarlyModern
Annas Keith’s Books: Reconstructing Book Ownership
By Jade Scott As demonstrated by the contributions to this blog, the most compelling evidence for women’s book ownership is a signature or inscription. Yet often we are left with frustratingly few …
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November 27, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Haven't gotten my hands on any of Annas' own books yet BUT we can reconstruct her book ownership and potential reading habits from other sources
#HerBook
#HerBook
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Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
November 18, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
Beautiful, chilly lunchtime walk with Magnus. Pondering 1690s famine and fasting. Thinking's often so much easier outside.
November 19, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Beautiful, chilly lunchtime walk with Magnus. Pondering 1690s famine and fasting. Thinking's often so much easier outside.
Excited to be composing my first SPCR footnotes spcr.ac.uk
This, just ike RPS, will soon become second nature, but now it has the thrill of walking on freshly fallen snow.
This, just ike RPS, will soon become second nature, but now it has the thrill of walking on freshly fallen snow.
Scottish Privy Council Records
spcr.ac.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Excited to be composing my first SPCR footnotes spcr.ac.uk
This, just ike RPS, will soon become second nature, but now it has the thrill of walking on freshly fallen snow.
This, just ike RPS, will soon become second nature, but now it has the thrill of walking on freshly fallen snow.
A list of the harvest work done by Bessie Gray on the Dundas Estate, West Lothian, in August 1621. Many thraves, stooks and sheaves of wheat, bere and oats were shorn.
November 17, 2024 at 7:38 PM
A list of the harvest work done by Bessie Gray on the Dundas Estate, West Lothian, in August 1621. Many thraves, stooks and sheaves of wheat, bere and oats were shorn.