Chris Herde - Medieval Joy Edition
@mustachiomusketeer.bsky.social
PhD Student in medieval history at UW Madison. Games, sports, and competition in the medieval Mediterranean and the Mamluk Sultanate. Medievalism and Medieval Joy
No AI
Do not @me about chess.
Hazard Yet Forward
No AI
Do not @me about chess.
Hazard Yet Forward
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I’ve never used Ch*tGPT. I’ve never wanted to or had a single moment when I thought it would be helpful. I realise my work is very specific, but whenever I see people talk about using it or ‘needing’ it ngl in my head I’m just thinking ‘skill issue’.
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I’ve never used Ch*tGPT. I’ve never wanted to or had a single moment when I thought it would be helpful. I realise my work is very specific, but whenever I see people talk about using it or ‘needing’ it ngl in my head I’m just thinking ‘skill issue’.
No #medievaljoy only #medievalscreaming today.
After 2 months of waiting for the Turkish directorate of archives to send me scans of the only extant copy of the 39th and final volume of al-Yunini's chronicle, I finally recieved a full scan of...Volume 4.
After 2 months of waiting for the Turkish directorate of archives to send me scans of the only extant copy of the 39th and final volume of al-Yunini's chronicle, I finally recieved a full scan of...Volume 4.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
No #medievaljoy only #medievalscreaming today.
After 2 months of waiting for the Turkish directorate of archives to send me scans of the only extant copy of the 39th and final volume of al-Yunini's chronicle, I finally recieved a full scan of...Volume 4.
After 2 months of waiting for the Turkish directorate of archives to send me scans of the only extant copy of the 39th and final volume of al-Yunini's chronicle, I finally recieved a full scan of...Volume 4.
Ok. Day 3 of Protospiel Madison. As long as I can connect an IV full of tea to my throat, I should be fine.
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ok. Day 3 of Protospiel Madison. As long as I can connect an IV full of tea to my throat, I should be fine.
If you had any interest in playing GTA 6 or giving this company money in any other forum, please don't. At least not until they make this right and do one hell of an apology tour. And voluntarily recognize their employee union.
There are other games you can play on the meantime.
#fuckpinkertons
There are other games you can play on the meantime.
#fuckpinkertons
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If you had any interest in playing GTA 6 or giving this company money in any other forum, please don't. At least not until they make this right and do one hell of an apology tour. And voluntarily recognize their employee union.
There are other games you can play on the meantime.
#fuckpinkertons
There are other games you can play on the meantime.
#fuckpinkertons
الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام
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shoutout to tumblr user kleinergeist for this post which is going straight into my powerpoint for Grendel day in my monster class this week
September 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@greenleejw.bsky.social I didn't know you you were a canonical npc in the Baldur's Gate world!
September 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@greenleejw.bsky.social I didn't know you you were a canonical npc in the Baldur's Gate world!
You can tell this is a serious, scientific treatise on medieval sport bc the author keeps reiterating that the size of the field, number of players, etc. should remain consistent with current astrological conditions.
August 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
You can tell this is a serious, scientific treatise on medieval sport bc the author keeps reiterating that the size of the field, number of players, etc. should remain consistent with current astrological conditions.
Some nerds acquiring #medievaljoy in Bristol this weekend
August 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some nerds acquiring #medievaljoy in Bristol this weekend
Feeling cute, might descend into an infinite recursion later.
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August 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Feeling cute, might descend into an infinite recursion later.
1/
1/
August 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The Royal "We" implies the existence of a Peasant "We", logically used to denote "everyone except me."
Example: "When he talks about how much work 'we' did on the project, I assume he's using the Peasant We, seeing as he contributed fuck all."
Example: "When he talks about how much work 'we' did on the project, I assume he's using the Peasant We, seeing as he contributed fuck all."
August 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Royal "We" implies the existence of a Peasant "We", logically used to denote "everyone except me."
Example: "When he talks about how much work 'we' did on the project, I assume he's using the Peasant We, seeing as he contributed fuck all."
Example: "When he talks about how much work 'we' did on the project, I assume he's using the Peasant We, seeing as he contributed fuck all."
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As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
August 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
Queck
Queck indeed.
British Library, 14th c. Add. 49.622
British Library, 14th c. Add. 49.622
August 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Queck
A little late to the party, but i ended up watching the Kpop demon hunters film, and I'm not sure I'm thrilled overall.
July 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A little late to the party, but i ended up watching the Kpop demon hunters film, and I'm not sure I'm thrilled overall.
It's not lost on me that the new joke party's tagline is conspicuously missing its punchline:
"we've tried red, we've tried blue."
Oh? What color do you see yourself as in this analogy, then?
What color do you think America is, muskrat?
"we've tried red, we've tried blue."
Oh? What color do you see yourself as in this analogy, then?
What color do you think America is, muskrat?
July 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
It's not lost on me that the new joke party's tagline is conspicuously missing its punchline:
"we've tried red, we've tried blue."
Oh? What color do you see yourself as in this analogy, then?
What color do you think America is, muskrat?
"we've tried red, we've tried blue."
Oh? What color do you see yourself as in this analogy, then?
What color do you think America is, muskrat?
أحب زوجتي المزدوجة
Fun fact: Arabic’s term for LGBT
“the M community”
مجتمع الميم
is kinda 4M because the four words begun with M
مثلية
mithliya (“same-er” in feminine form, lesbian)
مثلي
mithli (“same-er” in masculine form, gay)
مزدوج
mazduj (“both-er”, bisexual)
مغير
mughayr (“changer”, transgender)
“the M community”
مجتمع الميم
is kinda 4M because the four words begun with M
مثلية
mithliya (“same-er” in feminine form, lesbian)
مثلي
mithli (“same-er” in masculine form, gay)
مزدوج
mazduj (“both-er”, bisexual)
مغير
mughayr (“changer”, transgender)
like so
June 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
أحب زوجتي المزدوجة
Just in time for my panel this morning, my essay on Medievalism is now available to the world!
I wrote in a very different social and political climate, but I think it might have only become more relevant since then.
differentvisions.org/open-the-gat...
#medievaljoy #medievalsky #academic
I wrote in a very different social and political climate, but I think it might have only become more relevant since then.
differentvisions.org/open-the-gat...
#medievaljoy #medievalsky #academic
Open the Gates: Medievalism and the Movement Beyond Accuracy - Different Visions
Christopher Herde • University of Wisconsin Download PDF Recommended citation: Christopher Herde, “Open the Gates: Medievalism and the Movement Beyond Accuracy,” Different Visions: New Perspective...
differentvisions.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Just in time for my panel this morning, my essay on Medievalism is now available to the world!
I wrote in a very different social and political climate, but I think it might have only become more relevant since then.
differentvisions.org/open-the-gat...
#medievaljoy #medievalsky #academic
I wrote in a very different social and political climate, but I think it might have only become more relevant since then.
differentvisions.org/open-the-gat...
#medievaljoy #medievalsky #academic
I have survived the barren wasteland that is Indiana. Once more I shall inflict myself upon the Zoo. Once more!
May 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I have survived the barren wasteland that is Indiana. Once more I shall inflict myself upon the Zoo. Once more!
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I think we need to bring back the sea shanty craze but this time for union songs. I want 500 TikTok covers of Process Man
May 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I think we need to bring back the sea shanty craze but this time for union songs. I want 500 TikTok covers of Process Man
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Which leads us to the *reason* why these headlines like “The Medieval Peasant Worked Less Than You!” keep on appearing. It’s because a nostalgia for an imagined past is used to excuse the mistakes of the present. 8/
April 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Which leads us to the *reason* why these headlines like “The Medieval Peasant Worked Less Than You!” keep on appearing. It’s because a nostalgia for an imagined past is used to excuse the mistakes of the present. 8/
Gonna go teach class and then make a room full of modernists discuss Mamluk politics
April 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Gonna go teach class and then make a room full of modernists discuss Mamluk politics
You know what, I enjoyed the Green Knight and I enjoyed Monkey Man. If Dev Patel wants to keep making weird medieval movies and exceptionally-choreographed action movies I certainly won't complain. And doing both in one film, that's just efficiency
Dev Patel is set to star in and direct a new revenge action thriller ‘THE PEASANT’
The film follows a shepherd in the 1300s who embarks on a rage-fueled campaign against a group of mercenary knights who ransacked his community
The film follows a shepherd in the 1300s who embarks on a rage-fueled campaign against a group of mercenary knights who ransacked his community
April 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
You know what, I enjoyed the Green Knight and I enjoyed Monkey Man. If Dev Patel wants to keep making weird medieval movies and exceptionally-choreographed action movies I certainly won't complain. And doing both in one film, that's just efficiency