Gabrielle Robilliard
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Gabrielle Robilliard
@gabyrobilliard.bsky.social
Historian of early modern food (especially tea and coffee), intoxicants, medicine, material culture, religion (German Pietism), maritime and global history. Also currently researching sailors‘ stuff.

Postdoc, Prize Papers Project, Oldenburg University
Reposted by Gabrielle Robilliard
Here’s something I wrote that touches on mistakes/failures: niche-canada.org/2022/08/30/w...
Writing About Climate Change, Whaling, and Conflict in the Seventeenth Century Arctic
Dagomar Degroot recounts the journey that led to his recent article "Blood and Bone, Tears and Oil"
niche-canada.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by Gabrielle Robilliard
I have absolutely no idea if non-US residents can sign up for these things, but as one of the several million people whose works were also available on LibGen, I've given the firm representing the plaintiffs my details here: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

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Anthropic Authors’ Rights Class Action – Author Contact Page – Lieff Cabraser
www.lieffcabraser.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I recommend you read the Guardian’s latest Pass Notes on the same - I had a good chuckle: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The big bratwurst brawl: why is this simple sausage so sizzlingly controversial?
The rivalry between the regions who claim to have invented it is more heated than ever – and should it be 8cm or 31cm long?
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Very interesting research! We are all from somewhere else :). Just reiterates how history of humanity = history of movement: coming, hanging around, moving on, coming back, etc, etc. over and over, and all the cultural connections and disconnections that are avoided, made and unmade in the process.
August 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM