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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to know more about our use of handwritten text recognition software (Transkribus) on the wills project, tune in on Zoom next week 👇

All welcome (not just postdocs!).

#EarlyModern 🗃️ #DigitalHumanities #HTR #CitizenScience

The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 1d

Project Research Fellows Harry Smith and Emily Vine are looking forward to speaking as part of the Warwick History 'Post-Doc' Club series, next Wed 22 October @ 17.00.

They'll be discussing 'Digitization & Citizen Science'📜💻

Follow this link for Zoom details:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

A poster with a white background and black text, with a blue border at the top of the poster, and photographs of manuscripts. The title of the poster reads Warwick History ‘POST-DOC’ CLUB METHODOLOGIES SERIES. Online Meeting: Weds 22 October at 5pm
DIGITIZATION & CITIZEN SCIENCE: Inviting collaborative research to transcribe handwriting. With Harry Smith and Emily Vine of the Material Culture of Wills, 1540-1790 project at the University of Exeter.

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay, 14 Oct 1586, Mary Queen of Scots finally consents to be tried for plotting the assassination of her cousin Elizabeth, Queen of England.

Mary faces a council of 36 noblemen whilst denied any legal counsel.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory 🗃️

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a drawing of Mary Queen of Scots being led to her trial, and the 36 men who sat in judgement.

#OnThisDay, 14 Oct 1586, Mary Queen of Scots finally consents to be tried for plotting the assassination of her cousin Elizabeth, Queen of England.

image (c) @blimagesonline

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 1d

Friends, I’m doing a thing that’s not my usual thing. Thanks to WSU School of Humanities for the shout-out. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 3d

Just found my dad’s mini-album of photos he took of his cat, Figaro. Stratford, CT, 1941. #catsofbluesky

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 3d

There’s more interest in the poor parson of Vejlby than I had anticipated, and for that I’m grateful, but I also hate writing book proposals and I’d rather just sit here and just exist for a while.

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Louise Hauberg Lindgaard 🗃️✨ @lhlindgaard.bsky.social · 5d

For all Danes interested in our own witch-hunting history, I can suggest tuning in to DR2 on Monday 📺 (or Sunday for streaming)

Here, I - and other lovely people such as @witchykallestrup.bsky.social - feature in DRs new four episode documentary “Heksejagt”.

#Skystorians #hextag 🗃️

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, Norway.

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Trump's quest for the Nobel Peace Prize falls short again despite high-profile nominations

Trump's quest for the Nobel Peace Prize falls short again despite high-profile nominations

The White House is responding bitterly to President Donald Trump being passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize despite efforts from Republicans and world leaders.

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 5d

A wood stove at Egeskov Slot on the island of Fyn, Denmark:
Bevar din hender
Fra den du eÿ kiender

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 5d

This is f**king terrifying. I guess I need to keep my mouth shut until I get out of here.

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 6d

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Professor who teaches about antifascism moves to Europe after death threats — The Washington Post

A Rutgers University professor who wrote a book about antifa received the threats after he commented on President Donald Trump designating the movement a “domestic terrorist organization.”

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 6d

This might be a Texas issue (predictably) now...but it won't be long before it spreads. It's already begun here in Ohio. #academicsky

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Texas Systems Review Course Descriptions, Syllabi

Syllabi and course information are becoming increasingly public and Texas institutions are scrambling to scrub them of controversial topics like gender identity.

www.insidehighered.com

Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 6d

“Do Something B*tch”: Damning Video Shows CBP Agent Shooting Protester newrepublic.com/post/201444/... via @newrepublic.com

“Do Something B*tch”: Damning Video Shows CBP Agent Shooting Protester

The Department of Homeland Security initially said the agent had shot the woman five times in self-defense.

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Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · 7d

No one who calls themselves an academic should ever fold to a "loyalty oath," no matter what vague risks to funding they might face. It goes against everything higher education and academic freedom stands for.

Please, #AcademicSky, and any other educator, worker, student, alum, etc., sign on.

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University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

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SculpturalMobilities @saraayres.bsky.social · 7d

Indexers: can I ask your advice? I am writing an index that needs to include the notes. Endnotes however start again after the introduction. How do I indicate in the index which section the note falls into? Is there an established convention for this? TIA for any help/advice! 🙏

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 7d

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Fact Check: Mike Johnson's Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes the false narrative that Democrats shut down the government to fund health care for undocumented people.

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Aug 27

Focusing on Lviv, Lublin, and Sokal, I examine how these stories intersected with local cults, visual culture, and religious politics, and how they functioned not as “superstitions” but as meaningful tools of social negotiation and cultural resilience.

Enjoy the reading!

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Reproducing Miracles

"Reproducing Miracles" published on 25 Aug 2025 by Brill | Fink.

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 9d

Globalizing the Baltic in the Early Modern Period:

Conference CfP
'The Baltic Sea and Global Currents: 400 Years After the Battle of Oliwa. Maritime Expansion, Domination, and Water Spaces in a Globalizing World'

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#earlymodern #History

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 10d

In all the hours I’ve spent around Parson Quist’s church at Vejlby, this is the first time I’ve heard the bell. One of the coolest experiences I had on my most recent trip. [Not *the* coolest, tho. That wasn’t even in Denmark ☺️

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 11d

Lion from King Frederik II’s (now lost) fountain at Skanderborg Castle, Denmark (ca 1573). Friggin adorable. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 11d

Back from v productive trip to Denmark and UK. This unremarkable hillock was one of my goals: the tinghøj where Sønder Djurs herredsting condemned Søren Jensen Quist, parson of Vejlby, to death in July 1626. Near the village of Albøge, East Jutland, Denmark. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 14d

It's mildly disturbing when the US can (and justifiably so) be mentioned in the same breath as Pakistan and Serbia anent academic freedom.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Unprecedented in history’: global academic freedom group warns of dismantling in US

Report from Scholars at Risk counts some 40 attacks against academic freedom in the US in the first half of 2025

www.theguardian.com

Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · 14d

How my grumpy little girl cat tells me she missed me while I was in Europe for the past couple of weeks: sitting behind a toy and complaining at me. #academiccats #catsofbluesky

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · Sep 15

Wiping away a tear, gettin’ all sentimental for the time when this (Provianthuset) was Rigsarkivet. Or *this* - Rigsdagsgården 9 - was Rigsarkivet. That was a long time ago.
Done with mss for the day. Time to check out some churches. #skystorians #danishhistory

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · Sep 15

I’ve been waiting to see this for years. The written exam taken by candidate Søren Jensen Quist, soon-to-be Parson of Vejlby, for Jens Giødesen, bishop-superintendent of Aarhus Stift, sometime in 1597 or ‘98. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

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Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social · Sep 5

'Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.'

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.

www.theatlantic.com

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