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Historical linguist from Switzerland working in the field of Germanic languages, etymology, onomastics. I like libraries, tea, Linux, typography & type design, photography, cinnamon buns. https://swanrad.ch pics: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29409291@N05/
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lucius 🦋 @swanrad.ch · Oct 22
‚Swe gameliþ ist.‘ Studien zur vergleichenden germanischen Sprachwissenschaft, erschienen 2023: www.winter-verlag.de/de/detail/97... #sprachwissenschaft #linguistik #gotisch #germanischesprachen
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Cave elephantum !! 🐘

A cheeky tessellated elephant guarding the threshold / welcoming visitors on a modern recreation of a #Roman mosaic at Avalon Archaeology

📷 Aug 2026

Based on an adorable betrunked quadruped found on a #Roman floor at Whatley #Somerset 😍

Happy #MosaicMonday
Mosaic depicting an elephant snuffling at a palm tree with its trunk
September 21, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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germanistikunibe.bsky.social
📚 „Familiennamenatlas der Deutschschweiz. Mit Ausblicken auf die romanischen Sprachgebiete"

Das SNF-Projekt wurde erfolgreich abgeschlossen: Die drei Atlas-Bände sind ab sofort beim Narr Verlag erhältlich.

Ab sofort erhältlich, auch als Open Access.

🔗 www.narr.de/familienname...
September 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
www.propublica.org
September 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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drfranceskane.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...
Inaugural Lecture & Launch: The Society for Name Studies in Ireland
'Assessing 18th-century toponymic knowledge: Tadhg Ó Neachtain’s Irish gazetteer (1728)' with Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhaill
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 29, 2026 at 7:46 AM
swanrad.ch
Out now: «The Speakers of Indo-European and Their World»
2026 reichert-verlag.de/de/978375200...
A book cover. It's turquoise with white writing.
August 24, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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kyivindependent.com
⚡️At least 12 dead after hours-long Russian ballistic missile, drone attack on Kyiv, children's hospital damaged.

The attack is still ongoing and an air raid alert is still in place in the capital.
At least 12 dead after hours-long Russian ballistic missile, drone attack on Kyiv, children's hospital damaged
The attack is still ongoing and an air raid alert is still in place in the capital.
kyivindependent.com
August 20, 2026 at 6:29 AM
swanrad.ch
Evening mood on Lake Brienz. Brienz, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. 13. August 2026. #photosky #landscapephotography #fotografie #landschaftsfotografie #brienz #kantonbern #schweiz #switzerland #unterwegs #naturephotography #landscape
A mostly dark image of Lake Brienz with some mountains, it's in the evening, the sun is already gone, there's a slight afertglow and some pinkish clouds.
August 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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conab.bsky.social
Umeå University is recruiting ten fellows as full-time assistant professors through the Umeå University Northern Star Fellows Programme. ⤵️

#academicjob #sweden

www.umu.se/en/northern-...
Northern Star Fellows
Reach research excellence with Umeå University as a young researcher.
www.umu.se
August 14, 2026 at 7:29 AM
swanrad.ch
From a recent hiking tour: Schweizertor and Drusenfluh seen from the direction of the Alp Larein. Canton of Grison, Switzerland. #photography #landscapephotography #switzerland #schweiz #grison #graubünden #fotografie #landschaftsfotografie #hiking #unterwegs
August 9, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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dclberlin.bsky.social
#OTD 213 years ago, Ivar Aasen (1813–1896) was born 🤩 A Norwegian dialectologist, lexicologist, translator, poet, and playwright, he is best known today for creating Nynorsk, one of the two official written standards of Norwegian, the other being Bokmål.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
August 5, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social
Die neue Auflage des KLUGE ist da! Das Standardwerk zur Etymologie des Deutschen erklärt die Entstehung von rund 13.000 Wörtern: umfassend überarbeitet, mit aktualisiertem Stichwortbestand und auf dem neuesten Stand der (indo-)germanistischen Forschung.

🔗📖 www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...
August 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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medivalist.bsky.social
Still 3 weeks left to apply for a PhD position in runic & Latin epigraphy and for two postdocs, one in Latin and one in Old Norse on Alessandro Palumbo’s ERC project in Oslo www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/...
Vacancies - Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
www.hf.uio.no
July 31, 2026 at 1:02 PM
swanrad.ch
From a hiking tour in the area of the Simplon Pass, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. #photosky #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #switzerland #hiking #schweiz #valais #wallis #photografie
A range of mountains, rocky, above the tree line, one mountain in the middle of the image is shady and therefore dark, whereas the ones in the back are brighter.
July 30, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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yaleclassicslib.bsky.social
Study uncovers lost ‘golden age’ of languages news.yale.edu/2026/07/23/s... New study by @damianblasi.bsky.social, Claire Bowen @yale.edu. et al @science.org The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Study uncovers lost ‘golden age’ of languages
A new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern suggests that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago.
news.yale.edu
July 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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yaleclassicslib.bsky.social
Indogermanische Forschungen Vol. 131, No. 1 (2026) www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/... @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social @alwinkloekhorst.bsky.social
journal cover
July 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
swanrad.ch
Doc/Postdoc jobs at the ERC project Epigraphic Centres of Medieval Scandinavia, Oslo: www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/...
Vacancies - Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
www.hf.uio.no
July 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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mundartforum.ch
Veranstaltungshinweis: 2. Mundartschtobe. Lesungen, Gespräche, Witze, Musik – alles in der ganz speziellen Stuhlfabrik-Atmosphäre. 20. September 2026, Herisau. Weitere Infos: mundartforum.ch/agenda/ #mundart #schweizerdeutsch #kultur #schweiz
Agenda – mundartforum.ch
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July 22, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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mundartforum.ch
Veranstaltungshinweis: Minger u Meh. Bruno Adrian Lüscher liest aus seinem Buch „minger u meh“. Datum: 28. August 2026. PERRON-3, Bahnhofplatz 2, 3067 Boll. Weitere Infos: mundartforum.ch/agenda/ #mundart #schweizerdeutsch #kultur #schweiz
Agenda – mundartforum.ch
mundartforum.ch
July 22, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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lordrickettsp.bsky.social
The Tapestry is a gift which will go on giving! These 11c images have effortlessly taken to social media.
July 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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indyfromspace.bsky.social
I want VAR to review my faculty evaluation from 2014
July 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
swanrad.ch
Stockhorn. Sunny on top. From a hiking tour in the area of Erlenbach im Simmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. #photosky #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #switzerland #hiking #schweiz #bern #erlenbachimsimmental
A landscape with a rocky mountain, green meadows, huts and in the foreground an alpine lake. Summer weather, blue sky, the top of the mountain is sunny.
July 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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theblochian.bsky.social
Another JOURNAL FLIP TO DIAMOND #OPENACCESS at the @openlibhums.org!!!! Medieval Sermon Studies is leaving Taylor & Francis to begin publishing with OLH in January 2027. Thank you to all of our OLH library supporters for making this possible.
openlibhums.org Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jul 1
BIG NEWS! We're delighted to welcome Medieval Sermon Studies! The journal is moving from Taylor & Francis to the OLH, transitioning from a hybrid model to diamond OA, making its research freely available to read and publish, without fees for authors or readers: www.openlibhums.org/news/970/
OLH welcomes Medieval Sermon Studies
We are pleased to welcome another journal to our portfolio, Medieval Sermon Studies, which is moving from Taylor & Francis to the Open Library of Humanities and will be published …
www.openlibhums.org
July 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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hannaliubakova.bsky.social
#Russia's latest assault on Kyiv - nearly 500 drones, 74 missiles, at least 17 people killed and around 90 injured - is another reminder that Putin interprets hesitation as permission. #Ukraine needs more air defense, tougher sanctions and sustained military support. Now.
July 2, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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kyivindependent.com
⚡️Update: 13 killed, more than 80 injured in massive Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko put the number of injured at 86, 70 of whom had been hospitalized.
'A terrible night' — 13 killed, more than 80 injured in massive Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv
Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 long-range drones during the attack, most of which targeted Kyiv.
kyivindependent.com
July 2, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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archaeohawke.bsky.social
#TombTuesday
#Visigoth sarcophagus discovered at Los VIllaricos #Roman complex in #Spain   , 2021.

The six-and-a-half-foot-long sarcophagus is intricately carved with a curving spiral motif. Ivy leaves decorate the lid. 
📸 THE UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA 👀
#Archaeology #History
June 30, 2026 at 6:27 AM