Susan Spencer
@susanspencer.bsky.social
Historian, re-enactor, cat enthusiast, geek, writer, manager, entrepreneur, MBA, and staunch defender of the Oxford comma.
Tomorrow! Don’t miss it!
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In one week! @mimicofmodes.com will help us kick off our livestreams for the fall season.
It is time to learn all about corsets!
In one week! @mimicofmodes.com will help us kick off our livestreams for the fall season.
It is time to learn all about corsets!
October 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Tomorrow! Don’t miss it!
For those of you who wonder what WW1 Swiss re-enactors get up to when they’re not re-enacting WW1 Swiss, have a look! And do drop the @historysymposium.bsky.social a follow here and a subscribe on YouTube while you’re at it. :)
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New video on the History Symposium!
A quick visit with a pair of reenactors who are portraying the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion of the Spanish Civil War.
New video on the History Symposium!
A quick visit with a pair of reenactors who are portraying the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion of the Spanish Civil War.
Recreating the Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion and a Motorcycle! #mackenzie-papineau #canadianhistory
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August 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
For those of you who wonder what WW1 Swiss re-enactors get up to when they’re not re-enacting WW1 Swiss, have a look! And do drop the @historysymposium.bsky.social a follow here and a subscribe on YouTube while you’re at it. :)
This is the smile we all needed this morning.
This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
June 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is the smile we all needed this morning.
#FloatHomeCat Bob has usurped my iPad and two of my notebooks. I think he’s trying to tell me something. 🖤
May 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#FloatHomeCat Bob has usurped my iPad and two of my notebooks. I think he’s trying to tell me something. 🖤
#FloatHomeCat Bob is enjoying his Easter Sunday afternoon nap and hopes you will do the same.
I was going to put that shirt into the laundry, though…
I was going to put that shirt into the laundry, though…
April 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#FloatHomeCat Bob is enjoying his Easter Sunday afternoon nap and hopes you will do the same.
I was going to put that shirt into the laundry, though…
I was going to put that shirt into the laundry, though…
With Easter this weekend, everyone please remember:
April 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
With Easter this weekend, everyone please remember:
Truth.
April 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Truth.
#FloarHomeCat Bob reminds you to hug the ones you love, and to do it often. 🖤
April 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#FloarHomeCat Bob reminds you to hug the ones you love, and to do it often. 🖤
#FloatHomeCat Bob is the biggest helping while I’m wordsmithing.
March 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#FloatHomeCat Bob is the biggest helping while I’m wordsmithing.
#FloatHomeCat Bob is here to remind you to take a breath and enjoy a sunspot today, at least for a minute or two. 🖤
March 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#FloatHomeCat Bob is here to remind you to take a breath and enjoy a sunspot today, at least for a minute or two. 🖤
Coming up in just a few hours! Don’t miss it!
Today!
Join us to learn about the public access to the newly digitized collection of the Canadian Army Journal going back to WW2.
Go to our YouTube channel to watch live or see the recording afterwards!
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Join us to learn about the public access to the newly digitized collection of the Canadian Army Journal going back to WW2.
Go to our YouTube channel to watch live or see the recording afterwards!
www.youtube.com/@HeritageDay...
March 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Coming up in just a few hours! Don’t miss it!
Today is a good day to write your MP, a Cabinet Minister,and maybe the PM as well, and tell them what you’d like to see next. Here’s how to contact them:
www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en
www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en
Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada
Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada
www.ourcommons.ca
March 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Today is a good day to write your MP, a Cabinet Minister,and maybe the PM as well, and tell them what you’d like to see next. Here’s how to contact them:
www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en
www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en
Coming up this Saturday! What a terrific opportunity to find out about this great resource. Free of charge on The History Symposium’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@heritageday...
March 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Coming up this Saturday! What a terrific opportunity to find out about this great resource. Free of charge on The History Symposium’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@heritageday...
This is how civilized countries negotiate and settle. The Whisky War.
Click through for the whole thread.
Click through for the whole thread.
From 1973 to 2022, Canada and Denmark were at war.
Over the course of the war, several soldiers on both sides were wounded....by hangovers. And it was all fought over a tiny island the size of a city block.
Let's learn about The Whisky War!
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Over the course of the war, several soldiers on both sides were wounded....by hangovers. And it was all fought over a tiny island the size of a city block.
Let's learn about The Whisky War!
🧵1/16
March 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is how civilized countries negotiate and settle. The Whisky War.
Click through for the whole thread.
Click through for the whole thread.
Coming up this weekend! Join us wherever you are — in person in Port Credit, ON, or online around the world. All free of charge!
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A quick little trailer video on what to expect this weekend at our annual conference - available for in person or online - all FREE!
A quick little trailer video on what to expect this weekend at our annual conference - available for in person or online - all FREE!
Previewing our 2025 Annual Conference - Online and In Person Options!
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February 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Coming up this weekend! Join us wherever you are — in person in Port Credit, ON, or online around the world. All free of charge!
Well worth a listen! And especially important right now.
The new podcast with my guest @ianmilligan1.bsky.social is now available!
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February 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Well worth a listen! And especially important right now.
I hadn’t realized that it was as early as 1853. Definitely glad they came up with the plunger apparatus, however.
The first hollow hypodermic needle was invented by Alexander Wood in 1853. It allowed drugs to be injected in the body under the skin. Accompanied by different length needles, this example is made from silver with a glass barrel. It works by turning the screw at the top to inject the liquid.
February 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I hadn’t realized that it was as early as 1853. Definitely glad they came up with the plunger apparatus, however.
February 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#FloatHomeCqt Bob suggests you take a few minutes today to find a sunspot and focus on the glimmers. 🖤
February 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
#FloatHomeCqt Bob suggests you take a few minutes today to find a sunspot and focus on the glimmers. 🖤
#FloatHomeCat Bob is here to remind you to stop doomscrolling for a second and take a deep, cleansing breath. Do pat your critter, too.
There, that’s better, right?
Carry on, surrounded with tuxedo cat purrs and love. 🖤
There, that’s better, right?
Carry on, surrounded with tuxedo cat purrs and love. 🖤
February 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
#FloatHomeCat Bob is here to remind you to stop doomscrolling for a second and take a deep, cleansing breath. Do pat your critter, too.
There, that’s better, right?
Carry on, surrounded with tuxedo cat purrs and love. 🖤
There, that’s better, right?
Carry on, surrounded with tuxedo cat purrs and love. 🖤
Her book on War Nursing has been incredibly helpful to my Canadian Army Medical Corps re-enacting unit. Write books and keep diaries, people — they’re invaluable to historians when you’re not around to tell the stories any more.
Violetta Thurstan was born #OTD in 1879.
Thurstan showed extraordinary bravery whilst nursing during WWI, persevering despite suffering serious wounds and also being taken prisoner at one stage. She was awarded the Military Medal in 1917 🎖 https://buff.ly/40CIwhr #HistNursing #RCN
Thurstan showed extraordinary bravery whilst nursing during WWI, persevering despite suffering serious wounds and also being taken prisoner at one stage. She was awarded the Military Medal in 1917 🎖 https://buff.ly/40CIwhr #HistNursing #RCN
February 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Her book on War Nursing has been incredibly helpful to my Canadian Army Medical Corps re-enacting unit. Write books and keep diaries, people — they’re invaluable to historians when you’re not around to tell the stories any more.
#FloatHomeCat Bob reminds you to feed your critters. And to give them treats. And pats. Not necessarily in that order.
February 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
#FloatHomeCat Bob reminds you to feed your critters. And to give them treats. And pats. Not necessarily in that order.
Find someone who’s as happy to see you as this lioness is to see her rescuer. #RelationshipGoals
February 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Find someone who’s as happy to see you as this lioness is to see her rescuer. #RelationshipGoals
We could sure use some more health professionals up here. Glad to see this.
American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers
Communities across Canada need health workers. The health field is one of several key sectors of Canada’s labour force which is facing unprecedented shortages. To help respond to this challenge, last ...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We could sure use some more health professionals up here. Glad to see this.