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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 13h

Totally normal. Definitely give yourself a well-deserved break.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 2d

Useful advice on how to get rid of default AI searches on Google Chrome
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How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations on handing in! As long as you need/can get away with. Or try to find a slightly different kind of writing to do, which brings back the joy and excitement of it. I think I had some time off & the first thing I wrote may have been a book review of a pub. I was very excited about.

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Nik Gunn @nikgunn.bsky.social · 1d

Broken record on this, but how do you make the evidence land if the policy world is arguing on completely different terms? If you’re constantly having to argue the toss over graduate earnings every six months then it’s hard to get anywhere productive.

Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 1d

My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”

Counterpoint | Minnesota humanities graduates thrive in meaningful careers

"The stereotype of the underemployed history major is simply not true," professor Andrea Kaston Tange writes.

www.startribune.com

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Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 3d

Is very exciting to see my fellow PhDers and their brilliant research here. Take a look at the gallery and see what we have been up to! Including my maquette as poetic form @dcahf-met.bsky.social @centreplacewriting.bsky.social

Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to all those shortlisted in this year's Images of Research - including PGRs @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social & @louisekenward.bsky.social and staff researchers.
@dcahf-met.bsky.social
Take a look at the images on the link below and vote for your favourite:
www.mmu.ac.uk/research/res...

Images of Research: 2025 entries

View the images in the online gallery

www.mmu.ac.uk

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TOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · 4d

📣 #TOEBI #medievalsky Kemble Lecture 2025
📜‘Myths and Monsters: Beowulf and the Etymologists’
🗣️Prof. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
📅Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5pm
🏫Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
💻Register for Zoom: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 4d

Went to see Marina Abramović's 'Balkan Erotic Epic' at Factory International last night & it was phenomenal. Abramović introduced the show from the bar, but was also there all night - entering the stages & joining the audience for key moments. At one point she prophetically told us 'Rain is coming'.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 5d

*screaming*
(This is US distributor. The Concordia UP pre-order page AND DISCOUNT CODE go live next month, when I'll start up the promo machine. But lookee that covvvver 🤤)

Illuminating Media

Reveals the hidden power of medieval manuscript decoration and its lasting influence today. The overlooked art of late medieval English manuscript illumination—its initials, borders, and non-figurativ...

press.uchicago.edu

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Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 6d

If you visit Images of Research at MMU online you can view a gallery of all the shortlisted staff researchers and doctoral students and their photo and abstract. You can vote for your favourite too. Here is mine. Is about the maquette. Of course it is!

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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...

www.arc-humanities.org

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 7d

Some fabulous fungi encountered on recent walks - a Deceiver, porcelain fungi, purple jellydisc hanging out with some honey fungus, and a clutch of Sulphur Tuft.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 7d

Some fabulous fungi encountered on recent walks - a Deceiver, porcelain fungi, purple jellydisc hanging out with some honey fungus, and a clutch of Sulphur Tuft.

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 7d

What is a viking to you? Has your perception of them changed over the years? NorseMap is a @erc.europa.eu funded research project where we want to map the legacy of vikings in areas like literature & art, branding, tourism & politics. Comments below -what comes to mind when you think of vikings?

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 8d

Shared a little post on my blog about my recent essay for PN Review, mostly so that I could give you all a glimpse of some of the stunning illuminations of the Camaldolese Grail/Gradual manuscript!

francescabrooks.com/2025/10/06/a...

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 8d

There are so few people actually asking, “is this any good for what we do?” Instead people give lip service to “responsible use” while plowing ahead with punching “AI” into everything. This isn’t just about selling a product; it’s about co-opting humanities researchers to train “AI” models.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 8d

Shared a little post on my blog about my recent essay for PN Review, mostly so that I could give you all a glimpse of some of the stunning illuminations of the Camaldolese Grail/Gradual manuscript!

francescabrooks.com/2025/10/06/a...

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 8d

A great shop that’s so supportivr of writers, and run by the best people. They’re open today if you’re passing, or you can buy a book via their website. @booksupstairs.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

www.irishtimes.com

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Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 14d

Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

University English Funding

universityenglish.ac.uk

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 11d

This sounds amazing! I chose to write about John Connolly's 'The Book of Lost Things' for a special project at school - so I'm a little jealous of your students.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 11d

Very good suggestions here too! I hadn't heard of the Rosie Jackson, so will now go look that up myself.

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 11d

Lovely - I hope they enjoy it! @drlauravarnam.bsky.social is also doing wonderful things with her poems for the women of 'Beowulf' project, & she has some brilliant essays on practice and process. Plus there's work by York's own Anthony Vahni Capildeo (poems threaded through various collections).

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Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social · 11d

Literary hivemind: suggestions for excellent creative work (fiction, poetry, other) that engages somehow with the history or literature of the medieval period?

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 11d

And that's just a few fiction recs. I feel like I could get carried away here! Are you looking for anything in particular?

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Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social · 11d

I really, really loved 'For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain' by Victoria Mackenzie recently (inspired by Margery Kempe & Julian of Norwich). I have heard great things about Glen James Brown's 'Mother Naked', although I haven't read it (Black Death and the Peasant's Revolt'...

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Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · 12d

A new @guildmedmak.bsky.social blog post is out, just in time for reading over your mid-afternoon tea break. This blog post is written by the inimitable @saracharles.bsky.social ('Sara of the Scriptorium').

The Guild of Medievalist Makers @guildmedmak.bsky.social · 12d

Its the start of autumn and what better way to usher in the season than with a new Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost! We are delighted to introduce @saracharles.bsky.social, author of The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages. Read all about Sara's 'historical remaking' below👇

Meet a Medievalist Maker: Sara Charles — The Guild of Medievalist Makers

www.guildmedmak.com

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