manu schwendener
@manuschwendener.ch
librarian, photographer
manuschwendener.ch
My starter pack https://go.bsky.app/T9AKgaA
Bluesky is on https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues
manuschwendener.ch
My starter pack https://go.bsky.app/T9AKgaA
Bluesky is on https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues
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I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
Update #33: The lawsuit is over! | Stand Against Proctorio's SLAPP!
linkletter.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
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Still time to register for this free online talk tomorrow on making medieval manuscripts #bookhistory #medievalsky
I'll be talking to the Caxton Club next month on The Medieval Scriptorium - going through all the stages of making manuscripts, including demonstration videos. There may be cats in the background. Fri 14 Nov 12:00PM CT (5.00PM GMT) #medievalsky #bookhistory
www.caxtonclub.org/event-6296386
www.caxtonclub.org/event-6296386
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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OK, this thread is amazing.
Check out the replies and go listen to that good stuff.
Check out the replies and go listen to that good stuff.
Hot take: Most covers of songs are not good.
Some covers are better than the originals, but this is rare.
What are your fave covers that are better than the originals?
Some covers are better than the originals, but this is rare.
What are your fave covers that are better than the originals?
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
OK, this thread is amazing.
Check out the replies and go listen to that good stuff.
Check out the replies and go listen to that good stuff.
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We’ve found a new species of fungus! 🍄
Rugososporomyces from the Windyfield Chert, a Scottish fossil site that preserves an ancient wetland ecosystem in extraordinary detail!
Find out all about this 400-million-year-old fungus 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Rugososporomyces from the Windyfield Chert, a Scottish fossil site that preserves an ancient wetland ecosystem in extraordinary detail!
Find out all about this 400-million-year-old fungus 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Ancient fossil reveals how plants and fungi first developed on land | Natural History Museum
A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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biology is so cool because like every week someone is like "Dr. Smith is coming to campus! She is the world expert in blargyblarg!"
And i'm like A) never heard of blargyblarg, B) look it up, it's super important and interesting
And i'm like A) never heard of blargyblarg, B) look it up, it's super important and interesting
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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People Watching: 'Mega-strike' - Healthcare staff, educators and firefighters march in central Auckland on a Thursday
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
People Watching: 'Mega-strike' - Healthcare staff, educators and firefighters march in central Auckland on a Thursday
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One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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so I'm trying something new... a monthly print club!
€15 a month gets you a limited edition linocut print (13×18cm 320gr paper) + 1 sticker.
basically a new print delivery in your door every month and a way to support my work :)
cristianpintos.com/shop/product...
€15 a month gets you a limited edition linocut print (13×18cm 320gr paper) + 1 sticker.
basically a new print delivery in your door every month and a way to support my work :)
cristianpintos.com/shop/product...
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
so I'm trying something new... a monthly print club!
€15 a month gets you a limited edition linocut print (13×18cm 320gr paper) + 1 sticker.
basically a new print delivery in your door every month and a way to support my work :)
cristianpintos.com/shop/product...
€15 a month gets you a limited edition linocut print (13×18cm 320gr paper) + 1 sticker.
basically a new print delivery in your door every month and a way to support my work :)
cristianpintos.com/shop/product...
If you see this, post your bird art.
"Wooden figure of a hornbill from Eastern Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia; around 1910.
Wooden birds are made and erected to tempt spirits to participate in ceremonies and to entertain them. [Their name] is umat simagere, toys of the spirits."
more in alt
"Wooden figure of a hornbill from Eastern Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia; around 1910.
Wooden birds are made and erected to tempt spirits to participate in ceremonies and to entertain them. [Their name] is umat simagere, toys of the spirits."
more in alt
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you see this, post your bird art.
"Wooden figure of a hornbill from Eastern Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia; around 1910.
Wooden birds are made and erected to tempt spirits to participate in ceremonies and to entertain them. [Their name] is umat simagere, toys of the spirits."
more in alt
"Wooden figure of a hornbill from Eastern Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia; around 1910.
Wooden birds are made and erected to tempt spirits to participate in ceremonies and to entertain them. [Their name] is umat simagere, toys of the spirits."
more in alt
A treasure trove of rare and historic American music—including songs by Memphis Minnie, the Carter Family, Blind Willie Johnson, and more—is now freely available to the public thanks to a new collaboration between the UC Santa Barbara Library and Dust-to-Digital Foundation https://ow.ly/J8Bg50Xpuf2
Vast collection of historic American music released via UCSB Library partnership with Dust-to-Digital Foundation
Thousands of rare and uniquely American songs from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression are available for free listening thanks to a partnership between UCSB and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.
ow.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Happy "Lights All Askew" Day to all who celebrate! (Headline in the New York Times from Nov. 10, 1919, brings Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity -- along with its alleged incomprehensibility -- to the public.) 🪐🔭🧠📰 #physics #science #histsci #lightsallaskew
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Looks like a chair position in the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has opened up.
Any peeps looking to relocate to Pittsburgh?
Any peeps looking to relocate to Pittsburgh?
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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🧵Out Now! Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand
It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
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It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Have I mentioned that digital history is one of my little side passions?
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history
www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/u...
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
<- by me on @theregister.com
www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/u...
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
<- by me on @theregister.com
52 year old data tape could contain Unix history
: It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
www.theregister.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Have I mentioned that digital history is one of my little side passions?
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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A cat on Catte Street. I’m building a model to help with my research of Catte Street, Oxford. Leoba is helping via physical manifestation (not to scale)
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A cat on Catte Street. I’m building a model to help with my research of Catte Street, Oxford. Leoba is helping via physical manifestation (not to scale)
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Aaaaa new local bookshop over on Wood Street. AND it’s the sort that does a mix of new and second-hand, my absolute favourite sort of shop
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I'm heading off to EntSoc and here's my take on navigating your first scientific conference. Hope to see lots of you there!
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-... #EntSoc25 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-... #EntSoc25 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm heading off to EntSoc and here's my take on navigating your first scientific conference. Hope to see lots of you there!
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-... #EntSoc25 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-... #EntSoc25 🧪
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Fullmåne och trasig gatubelysning, blev spännande ljusspel i dimman 🌖🎃
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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