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Old Norse Scholar by night, webcomic creator by night. I don't get much sleep. #comicsky #medievalsky #UFOsky https://hi.academia.edu/YoavTirosh

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · Oct 2

📚📚📚 I realize that I haven't made it official here on BlueSky: Here's a link to my new book on genre:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

If you have an academic or public library where you can recommend books for purchase, please consider mine! 📚📚📚

#medieval #medievasky

book cover for How Genre Governs Creation in the Medieval Icelandic Sagas by Yoav Tirosh. In the cover image there is burned wood, and the name of the publisher palgrave macmillan. Above the title there is the series name: The New Middle Ages.

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 19h

or, like, "Steady Nefilim"

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 19h

I dunno shite about WH40k, but I can suggest

Riding Nefilim?
or
Staunch Nefilim?

it's funny because nefilim means "fallen"

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 1d

"Mister Sturluson, I presume?"
"You can call me Snorri. Mister Sturluson is my father."

Rebecca Merkelbach @beccamerkelbach.bsky.social · 1d

Just discovered that a show based on Sturlunga saga is apparently in the making? It fills me with dread.
deadline.com/2025/10/bene...

Benedict Andrews & Truenorth Team For Icelandic Epic ‘Fury’: “It’s Iceland’s Answer To Shakespeare & ‘Game Of Thrones’ Rolled Into One”

Benedict Andrews To Direct TV series 'Fury,' A Brutal Tale Of Power & Betrayal In Medieval Iceland from Truenorth

deadline.com

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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 1d

Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.

Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 1d

www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...

Eight pages bound in furry seal skin may be Norway's oldest book

The little book is so rare that the National Library of Norway is bringing in experts from around the world to learn more.

www.sciencenorway.no

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 1d

Who gets it right?

#comicsky #webcomics #webcomicsky

Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 1d

honestly I use it mostly for Leftist conspiracy theories about UFOs. Because BlueSky lets you engage with conspiracy theories without Q@non making you feel dirty.

Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 2d

sounds Ezra Klein-y

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 2d

"inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions."
I pressed "ctrl v" and this was the result. I guess I'll keep it.

#comics #comicsky

Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 5d

#webcomic #comic

Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 5d

Managing others' emotions.

#funny #funnysky

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 5d

I mean, I live in Scandinavia, with all the drone activity going on it may be a few months before we're all dead anyway, so both can be true at the same time ;)

Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 6d

+1
I'd rather have several months without Klaus and Garrett than a whole lifetime without Klaus and Garrett.

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 6d

a cartoon character is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are above him

ALT: a cartoon character is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are above him

media.tenor.com

Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 7d

for me Grokpedia really sealed the deal. I mean, you're advertising a wikipedia alternative that is worse than wikipedia. It just means that these guys see stuff they don't know about, and assume that what it is feeding them is right. I just hope that there isn't much damage before the bubble bursts

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ᴋʟᴀᵾs @tinyklaus.com · 7d

I’m blown away by how effective it is at specific tasks, but it’s not even 10% of what Silicon Valley is selling it to be.

The sheer number of the data center expenses should have popped the bubble a while ago.

They’re about to enshittify ChatGPT with ads.

It’s over.

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 7d

I'll watch it once I'm done with Invasion if you promise not to post spoilers ;)

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ᴋʟᴀᵾs @tinyklaus.com · 7d

I do a lot of QA/UAT testing so I’m pretty used to telling devs that they fucked up.

I’ve done the same with AI coding, and not once has it corrected what I asked it to.

CEOs who think AI can replace developers completely and have basic functioning systems integration are fucking stupid.

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 7d

Mr. Roboto's bad day.

#comics #webcomics

Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 8d

Groked about my saga, Ljósvetninga saga. Grok is just spewing bullshit. I wrote an open access article on this topic that is readily available, and there are other open access places, including Wikipedia, where there is much more accurate information about this saga. It doesn't know shit.

Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 8d

Groked about my saga, Ljósvetninga saga. Dude, Grok is just spewing bullshit. I wrote an open access article on this topic that is readily available, and there are other open access places, including Wikipedia, where there is much more accurate information about this saga. It doesn't know shit.

Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 8d

we've all done things we regret, trust me. I wrote SEO articles.

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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.bsky.social · 9d

I have to report that a copy of my book has been sighted on the shelves of a bookshop in Rotterdam, meaning that it has now breached its UK containment

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 9d

sparking some life in these old bones!

#comics #comicsky

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Benzie, the puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 11d

That’s no ballroom!

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Viking Comics by Yoav @realmundiriki.bsky.social · 10d

I love that he keeps sitting their and doesn't immediately give chase