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The Vikingology Podcast @vikingologypodcast.bsky.social · 12h

As expected, the chat was super fun. Thanks so much @downham.bsky.social ❤️🙏🏻Check it out!

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Catching up with Clare

This time we welcome friend of the show Professor Clare Downham of the University of Liverpool back to the show for an unprecedented THIRD time.

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The Vikingology Podcast @vikingologypodcast.bsky.social · 1d

We are very much looking forward to our chat tomorrow with @downham.bsky.social !!! We always have a great time. Stay tuned!

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Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 3d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

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shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social · 3d

Had a fun chat with @shieldofskuld.bsky.social!

We make stories and stories make us

Recently, fellow historian and viking scholar Irina-Maria Manea and I had a fun conversation about what it’s like to search the sagas looking for historical traces of the people they recount.

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shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social · 8d

Is a traditional marriage the kind with enough sex? Or without? 😂

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 8d

Our NorseMap website is now live! Go check it out: www.ucc.ie/en/norsemap

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 13d

Calling all Authors!!! submit your claims. The compensation owed for each work runs into thousands #writing #books #he #highered #academia #author #anthropic www.AnthropicCopyrightSettlement.com

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shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social · 17d

And yet at the moment (10:31 in 3rd), his team is winning…

shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social · 18d

100% my exact experience in 21 years of this game. Administrators are parasites.

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The Vikingology Podcast @vikingologypodcast.bsky.social · 18d

Our new episode with Gregory Amato about writing Norse fantasy fiction when you used to be an FBI analyst 😮….

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A Norse is a Norse, of course. Or is it?

Watch now | Check out the wonderfully imaginative Norse world of author Greg Amato

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shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social · 20d

“Time will catch us in both hands to blow away like grains of sand”

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shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social · 22d

Those are my people! Congrats on the project Alex and Shane 👏🏻

Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social · 22d

This pilot project is part of the ongoing @thinkuhi.bsky.social Tourism Knowledge Exchange Program, which links research and scholarship with businesses, public agencies, and communities.

UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 22d

Professor Alex Sanmark and Dr Shane McLeod from the UHI Institute for Northern Studies, Viking and Early Medieval Studies, headed to the Scottish island of Eigg on September 18, 2025, to organise two days of work with The Isle of Eigg Guiding Company.
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