Lena Strid
@lenamstrid.bsky.social
Zooarchaeologist, medievalist, re-enactor. PhD on parchment production in Scandinavia (in progress).
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This isn't about Hild, but the setting and the Old English style verse certainly would be to her taste!
alliteration.net/poetry/the-whitby-elegy/ #alliterative #poetry #hild #whitby #medievalsky #poetrysky #alliterativevrse
alliteration.net/poetry/the-whitby-elegy/ #alliterative #poetry #hild #whitby #medievalsky #poetrysky #alliterativevrse
The Whitby Elegy: A Poem in Alliterative Verse by Ian David Greenwood
Here at the cliff’s edge, clear skies above me / the gannet’s gathering-place, gorse-hidden I would wait ...
alliteration.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Leeds City Museum really needs to realize that everyone’s pantomime wolf deserves his own fridge magnet. Had to make do with turning a postcard into a fridger
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Leeds City Museum really needs to realize that everyone’s pantomime wolf deserves his own fridge magnet. Had to make do with turning a postcard into a fridger
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This is tantalisingly close to £3k.
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
Donate to Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica, organized by Taylor Mitchell
Hello everyone,
Many of you have heard about Hurricane Melis… Taylor Mitchell needs your support for Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is tantalisingly close to £3k.
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
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I am currently reading 'Hild', a fabulous novel by @nicolaz.bsky.social that explores her early life, immersing the curious reader in the rhythms of 7th century life. Would heartily recommend it to anyone curious about Hild and her achievements.
nicolagriffith.com/2023/11/17/h...
nicolagriffith.com/2023/11/17/h...
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I am currently reading 'Hild', a fabulous novel by @nicolaz.bsky.social that explores her early life, immersing the curious reader in the rhythms of 7th century life. Would heartily recommend it to anyone curious about Hild and her achievements.
nicolagriffith.com/2023/11/17/h...
nicolagriffith.com/2023/11/17/h...
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TIME TO PLAN SOME SHIT: 2026 Effin' Birds planners and calendars are at your local bookstore right now. Check eatf.art for some online ordering options.
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
TIME TO PLAN SOME SHIT: 2026 Effin' Birds planners and calendars are at your local bookstore right now. Check eatf.art for some online ordering options.
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Possibly one for @greenleejw.bsky.social but really for anyone who feels like a bit of C14 French palaeography, what's the last word on the top line? "Item le tiers de la huche ? anguilles dudit vivier." I'd have expected "aux" but it's... not. What other word could link eels with their reservoir? 😂
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Possibly one for @greenleejw.bsky.social but really for anyone who feels like a bit of C14 French palaeography, what's the last word on the top line? "Item le tiers de la huche ? anguilles dudit vivier." I'd have expected "aux" but it's... not. What other word could link eels with their reservoir? 😂
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This is a very good article which emphasises the interconnectedness of ecosystems. And yet the editor has chosen to focus on bees for the headline. Anti-pesticide petitions do the same. Yes, bees are very important, but they're one part of a much bigger picture.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is a very good article which emphasises the interconnectedness of ecosystems. And yet the editor has chosen to focus on bees for the headline. Anti-pesticide petitions do the same. Yes, bees are very important, but they're one part of a much bigger picture.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If this one doesn't break Reddit we don't know what will.
Doing an AMA with @askhistorians.bsky.social today! Please feel free to drop by and ask a question.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If this one doesn't break Reddit we don't know what will.
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this is very neat and also, opportunity for UNESCO to do the funniest possible thing
UNESCO has launched an impressive Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects - an immersive digital space that brings together over 240 stolen and missing cultural objects in 2D and 3D from 50+ countries — and the voices of the communities they were taken from.
www.linkedin.com/posts/unesco...
www.linkedin.com/posts/unesco...
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
this is very neat and also, opportunity for UNESCO to do the funniest possible thing
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those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
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please make a donation - everyone deserves a warm meal and a full pantry
it's my birthday! hooray!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
please make a donation - everyone deserves a warm meal and a full pantry
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Look at this excellent handkerchief from 1769 at the V & A museum: a showcase for #18thc practices of remediation. Made to imitate a quodlibet/medley print, a genre that itself aims to simulate, in a trompe l'oeil idiom, a scatter of small printed papers.
Imagine blowing your nose on that!
#scraps
Imagine blowing your nose on that!
#scraps
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
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Want to join the www.codicum.eu project?
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Want to join the www.codicum.eu project?
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
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The only fic, to my knowledge, ever inspired by a tweet of mine. It includes a phrase I would be proud to have written: “A man who does not love naked hot sauerkraut wrestling truly cannot be said to love our country.”
NB-
This is a reference to a simpler time (apparently 7:10 PM · Jul 2, 2021) . Fic thoughtfully bearing witness is archiveofourown.org/works/33342418
This is a reference to a simpler time (apparently 7:10 PM · Jul 2, 2021) . Fic thoughtfully bearing witness is archiveofourown.org/works/33342418
![Screenshot in intro to a fic (citation above)of two tweets [The link for the first one no longer works]:
Once upon a time, Ursula Vernon a.k.a. T. Kingfisher tweeted these two tweets in response to a troll:
https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/status/1411096126657335303
FATHER? WHY DO YOU LOOK SO FORLORN? HAS THE PIG GOTTEN INTO THE VODKA AGAIN?
WHAT? MOTHER? MOTHER HAS DIED?!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "CABBAGE POISONING?!"
https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/status/1411100077079339023
NO, FATHER. PUT DOWN THE AXE. PUT IT DOWN, I SAY! WE SHALL BURY MOTHER AMONG THE CABBAGES.
...VERY WELL, WE SHALL BURY HER WHERE THE CABBAGES WOULD BE IF THE TSAR'S MEN HAD NOT TAKEN THEM ALL FOR THEIR INDECENT HOT SAUERKRAUT WRESTLING RING.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i33m3atdwnpjjocc2spipqex/bafkreicosl3pqxufuxkfufqrqhwg6wtm6pg6rv2e7ou3jrhmlfi2gk6ft4@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The only fic, to my knowledge, ever inspired by a tweet of mine. It includes a phrase I would be proud to have written: “A man who does not love naked hot sauerkraut wrestling truly cannot be said to love our country.”
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It seems like the world is burning down, but in Al Mawasi camp where my friend and brother Mohamed lives with his family the world is ending in the water of winter rains and their tents are flooding. $63 gets him to a nice round number.
chuffed.org/project/help...
chuffed.org/project/help...
Help Mohamed Get His Family to Safety
Hello, this is Meave Gallagher, the sponsor of this fundraising campaign for our dear friend, Mohamed Ahmed, the displaced Palestinian farmer growing a small farm in Mawasi, Khan Yunis. His original g...
chuffed.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It seems like the world is burning down, but in Al Mawasi camp where my friend and brother Mohamed lives with his family the world is ending in the water of winter rains and their tents are flooding. $63 gets him to a nice round number.
chuffed.org/project/help...
chuffed.org/project/help...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Immer gos on golden pond, and a Razorbill in blue.
A still sundown from the end of the New pier this afternoon.
#Papay #Orkney #islandofbirds
A still sundown from the end of the New pier this afternoon.
#Papay #Orkney #islandofbirds
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Immer gos on golden pond, and a Razorbill in blue.
A still sundown from the end of the New pier this afternoon.
#Papay #Orkney #islandofbirds
A still sundown from the end of the New pier this afternoon.
#Papay #Orkney #islandofbirds
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‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ is one of those song titles that sounds quite comforting until you imagine it as the title of a story in an M. R. James anthology
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ is one of those song titles that sounds quite comforting until you imagine it as the title of a story in an M. R. James anthology
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Beautiful November light and colours near Ullswater, Cumbria 😍
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Beautiful November light and colours near Ullswater, Cumbria 😍
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Part 5 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
German hunting knife that's also a gun, that's also a calendar..
German hunting knife that's also a gun, that's also a calendar..
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Part 5 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
German hunting knife that's also a gun, that's also a calendar..
German hunting knife that's also a gun, that's also a calendar..
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Ein Priel fließt durch die Salzwiesen der Nordsee. ☀️
A tidal creek flows through the salt meadows of the North Sea.
#blueskyartshow #bright #eastcoastkin #stunday
#coloraday #greensat
A tidal creek flows through the salt meadows of the North Sea.
#blueskyartshow #bright #eastcoastkin #stunday
#coloraday #greensat
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Ein Priel fließt durch die Salzwiesen der Nordsee. ☀️
A tidal creek flows through the salt meadows of the North Sea.
#blueskyartshow #bright #eastcoastkin #stunday
#coloraday #greensat
A tidal creek flows through the salt meadows of the North Sea.
#blueskyartshow #bright #eastcoastkin #stunday
#coloraday #greensat
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM