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(they/them) semi professional knight critic
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notjewelosco.bsky.social
Do you ever think about how society looped back to medicinally branded sodas
October 3, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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nbedera.bsky.social
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article.

And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
September 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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hannahvardit.bsky.social
you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor
September 29, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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jenjennings.bsky.social
“greater comfort” making the hierarchy explicit here. there are young people entitled to comfort, and others who are expected to supply it for them
the74.bsky.social The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 8d
The Department of Education on Monday officially rescinded the Biden-era Title IX rule, which extended protections to LGBTQ students. The move, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said, will give parents “greater comfort” www.the74million.org/article/educ...
September 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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poetic.now
“for grace, after a party”, by frank o’hara

#poetrysky
For Grace, After A Party by Frank O’Hara You do not always know what I am feeling. Last night in the warm spring air while I was blazing my tirade against someone who doesn't interest me, it was love for you that set me afire, and isn't it odd? for in rooms full of strangers my most tender feelings writhe and bear the fruit of screaming. Put out your hand, isn't there an ashtray, suddenly, there? beside the bed? And someone you love enters the room and says wouldn't you like the eggs a little different today? And when they arrive they are just plain scrambled eggs and the warm weather is holding.
May 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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medievalists.bsky.social
The Nine Worthies: Who Were the Greatest Knights of the Middle Ages? www.medievalists.net/2026/09/the-... #medieval
https://www.medievalists.net/2026/09/the-nine-worthies-who-were-the-greatest-knights-of-the-middle-ages/
www.medievalists.net
September 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Poppy' c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by cyanotype process were among the first ever to be published in a book #WomensArt
Image of a white poppy plant against a blue background
September 22, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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goingmedieval.bsky.social
Perfectly nice and correct article in the FT and yer Da is absolutely apopleptic in the comments - nude, red, and mad that an actual historian knows about history and his wank fantasies aren't real.
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Why is the far right so obsessed with knights?
Medieval military monks have become a regular sight at political rallies and marches
giftarticle.ft.com
August 24, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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goldenageofpiracy.bsky.social
Archaic word of the day:

hie - go quickly; to hasten; speed; go in haste (First recorded in the early Middle Ages; Old English 'hīgian' = to strive)

#englishlanguage #history #medievalsky
August 23, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’
Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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elderman.bsky.social
David Hockney (British, b. 1937): Garrowby Hill, 1998.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Oil on canvas, 60 x 76 in. l 152.4 x 193
August 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
amazing news, this video is now fully captioned in old english!!! thank god. all the anglo-saxon peasants who use wikipedia are gonna LOVE this
July 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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washingtonpost.com
The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia joined Yellowstone National Park, the Great Barrier Reef, the Taj Mahal and other iconic places around the globe as the latest UNESCO World Heritage site. https://wapo.st/4pH3vvH
July 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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carinr.bsky.social
🚨 #medievalsky 🚨 Middle English Dictionary update via FB: "In its 100-year history, MED has enjoyed periods of support, and periods when that support was lacking. It is about to enter on one of the latter. After this year...UMich will no longer fund ongoing editorial work and maintenance." 🧵
May 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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shakespeare.lol
Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
April 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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john-abernathy.bsky.social
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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writeforwellbeing.bsky.social
Another in my series of images from medieval manuscripts
#SomethingBeautiful #MedievalSky
Aberdeen Bestiary
Aberdeen Bestiary = eagles catching fish, all in gold, and orangey-brown, with blue fish and green water
March 25, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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katefarrantshaw.bsky.social
A magnificent medieval treasure at the Bodleian library exhibition 'Pets and their People' - a Flemish psalter with one of the earliest depictions of an assistance dog for the blind.
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/pets-a...
#medievalsky
March 27, 2026 at 12:27 PM
1261ce.bsky.social
BLEGH!
January 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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erikaleesears.bsky.social
Orange slices #oilpainting #art
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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mikestabile.bsky.social
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."

A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
An excerpt from The Washington Post's interview with photographer Christopher Anderson: Question: "Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?" Anderson: "I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, 'Should I smile or not smile?' and I said, 'How would you want to be portrayed?' We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, 'You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.' And I looked at him and I said, 'You know, you do, too.'"
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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levostregc.bsky.social
Ich hope thou knowest that thou art a miracle. Your being heere doth make the worlde a bettir place. Plese be kynde to yourselfe. Give helpe when you kan, and aske for helpe when you neede.
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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oewordhord.bsky.social
bisceop-hālgung, f.n: consecration of a bishop. (BIH-shop-HALL-gung / ˈbɪ-ʃɔp-ˌhaːl-gʌŋ)
Image: Consecration of Nicholas as a bishop, from the Queen Mary Psalter; England, 1310-1320; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Royal MS 2 B VII, f. 317r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Medieval manuscript illustration of a man sitting on a bench while two bishops put a mitre on his head and a crozier in his hand; two tonsured men stand nearby, one with a reliquary and another with an open book.
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM