Robert Feldacker
@robfeldacker.bsky.social
Prospect Researcher @ Northern Illinois University. Medieval History Enthusiast. Spouse, Parent, Pet Owner, Occasional figure painter and gamer, shameless publicist for https://www.niu.edu/clas/history/about/faculty/garver.shtml
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
This Veteran’s Day I recognize members of my family who have served in the armed forces including my father Bruce Feldacker, my father-in-law Bruce Garver, my grandfather Morris Feldacker, great uncle Philip Feldacker, and uncle Barry Pass. I also want to highlight the work of : www.nvam.org
National Veterans Art Museum
The National Veterans Art Museum inspires dialogue of the impact of war through the collection, preservation and exhibition of art by military veterans. Located in Chicago this museum features veteran...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This Veteran’s Day I recognize members of my family who have served in the armed forces including my father Bruce Feldacker, my father-in-law Bruce Garver, my grandfather Morris Feldacker, great uncle Philip Feldacker, and uncle Barry Pass. I also want to highlight the work of : www.nvam.org
Friday timeline cleanse:
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Friday timeline cleanse:
Apologies for the late notice but anyone in the Northern Illinois area might enjoy this event at the Pick Museum: Starting today at 5:00 pm.
www.facebook.com/events/18700...
www.facebook.com/events/18700...
Meeting the Moment: Veteran Artists Creating After Conflict
Event in DeKalb, IL by The Pick Museum of Anthropology at NIU on Thursday, November 6 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Apologies for the late notice but anyone in the Northern Illinois area might enjoy this event at the Pick Museum: Starting today at 5:00 pm.
www.facebook.com/events/18700...
www.facebook.com/events/18700...
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Got the editors' blessing to share this news. My chapter "National Socialist Black Metal & the Usurpation of Greece and Rome" will appear in the forthcoming volume "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by Helen Roche and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Got the editors' blessing to share this news. My chapter "National Socialist Black Metal & the Usurpation of Greece and Rome" will appear in the forthcoming volume "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by Helen Roche and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social!
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I’m looking for folks with IDD and their families who rely on SNAP and want to talk to a journalist about it. DM me here, email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org, or hit me up on Signal at slooterman.18.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I’m looking for folks with IDD and their families who rely on SNAP and want to talk to a journalist about it. DM me here, email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org, or hit me up on Signal at slooterman.18.
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This is an incredible opportunity. Prof Riede is a world class scholar and human being, and I know the department is stellar. Please share widely 🏺
Deadline approaches for our open professorship here at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social. Get in touch if you have q
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is an incredible opportunity. Prof Riede is a world class scholar and human being, and I know the department is stellar. Please share widely 🏺
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Good morning! Dick Cheney is dead and I have an obituary that I wrote all the way back in 2017 about this monster!
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
Cheney - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dick Cheney, one of America’s worst war criminals, is dead. Born in 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska, which amazingly makes University of Nebraska football only the second most grotesque American cultural ph...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Good morning! Dick Cheney is dead and I have an obituary that I wrote all the way back in 2017 about this monster!
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
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And the Life Time Achievement Award for Michael Whelan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...
Michael Whelan - Wikipedia
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November 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
And the Life Time Achievement Award for Michael Whelan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...
If you see this post a vehicle. My first painted 40k tank, a kitbashed Leman Russ Annihilator:
November 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If you see this post a vehicle. My first painted 40k tank, a kitbashed Leman Russ Annihilator:
My bad/hot take is that I'm not that mad about the destruction of the East Wing because whether its a hall or a hole the Epstein-Trump Friendship Ballroom is the monument the nation deserves. Sometimes, decisions leave scars to remember them by
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My bad/hot take is that I'm not that mad about the destruction of the East Wing because whether its a hall or a hole the Epstein-Trump Friendship Ballroom is the monument the nation deserves. Sometimes, decisions leave scars to remember them by
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October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula - this one is for my CS Friedman fans :)
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula - this one is for my CS Friedman fans :)
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only. Possibly keeping time using C&C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" at 4 minutes, three seconds.
October 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only. Possibly keeping time using C&C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" at 4 minutes, three seconds.
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To mark the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings here are four Sussex scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry:
1. Bosham Church.
2. The Norman invasion fleet sail into Pevensey.
3. Castle built at Hastings
4. Norman cavalry runs into the 'Malfosse', (yet to be located natural or defensive ditch) 🏺
1. Bosham Church.
2. The Norman invasion fleet sail into Pevensey.
3. Castle built at Hastings
4. Norman cavalry runs into the 'Malfosse', (yet to be located natural or defensive ditch) 🏺
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
To mark the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings here are four Sussex scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry:
1. Bosham Church.
2. The Norman invasion fleet sail into Pevensey.
3. Castle built at Hastings
4. Norman cavalry runs into the 'Malfosse', (yet to be located natural or defensive ditch) 🏺
1. Bosham Church.
2. The Norman invasion fleet sail into Pevensey.
3. Castle built at Hastings
4. Norman cavalry runs into the 'Malfosse', (yet to be located natural or defensive ditch) 🏺
I am grateful for the return of the remaining hostages, may their return bring relief to their families and loved ones. There are many more people who still mourn and suffer. I hope that this day is the first step towards a just and lasting peace for Palestine and Israel. truah.org/press/north-...
North American Rabbis Celebrate End of War, Warn There is Long Road Ahead | T'ruah
truah.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I am grateful for the return of the remaining hostages, may their return bring relief to their families and loved ones. There are many more people who still mourn and suffer. I hope that this day is the first step towards a just and lasting peace for Palestine and Israel. truah.org/press/north-...
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We should fund them again like the triumph of civilization that they are: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
We should fund them again like the triumph of civilization that they are: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
October 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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We should fund them again like the triumph of civilization that they are: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
We should fund them again like the triumph of civilization that they are: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press
Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
Saturday timeline cleanse
October 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Saturday timeline cleanse
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If you're in Ohio the biggest Roman and Medieval reenactment, Days of Knights, is tomorrow in Alley Park outside Lancaster! I will be there!
#ClassicsSky #MedievalSky
#ClassicsSky #MedievalSky
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you're in Ohio the biggest Roman and Medieval reenactment, Days of Knights, is tomorrow in Alley Park outside Lancaster! I will be there!
#ClassicsSky #MedievalSky
#ClassicsSky #MedievalSky
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In sincerity I did log on for a reason. A new issue of the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is out, edited by colleague/friend Marcel Elias. It's about how to do postcolonial medieval studies bigger and better. You'll like it. (I'm in there). Go read.
read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...
read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...
Volume 55 Issue 3 | Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
October 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In sincerity I did log on for a reason. A new issue of the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is out, edited by colleague/friend Marcel Elias. It's about how to do postcolonial medieval studies bigger and better. You'll like it. (I'm in there). Go read.
read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...
read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...
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hey! you can hear me blather on about the medieval world, and now for 50% off!!!!
click link below for the discount code and link to the course... #medievalsky
click link below for the discount code and link to the course... #medievalsky
so, as some may know, I'll be doing an online course this coming October - 4 sessions on the myth of the dark ages and how we can know a messy medieval world
well, delighted to announce that now you can get 50% OFF your registration!
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well, delighted to announce that now you can get 50% OFF your registration!
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Online Course Dispelling the "Dark Ages"
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September 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
hey! you can hear me blather on about the medieval world, and now for 50% off!!!!
click link below for the discount code and link to the course... #medievalsky
click link below for the discount code and link to the course... #medievalsky
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It's Friday! Let's end the week with a map & some eels!
Here is John Speed's 1611 map, "The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland." There are Dutch eel ships on this map. Can you find them? (the answer is at the end of the thread)
Wait, you ask...WTF is an eel ship? 1/5
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Here is John Speed's 1611 map, "The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland." There are Dutch eel ships on this map. Can you find them? (the answer is at the end of the thread)
Wait, you ask...WTF is an eel ship? 1/5
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September 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's Friday! Let's end the week with a map & some eels!
Here is John Speed's 1611 map, "The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland." There are Dutch eel ships on this map. Can you find them? (the answer is at the end of the thread)
Wait, you ask...WTF is an eel ship? 1/5
🗃️🧪
Here is John Speed's 1611 map, "The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland." There are Dutch eel ships on this map. Can you find them? (the answer is at the end of the thread)
Wait, you ask...WTF is an eel ship? 1/5
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