Troy Osborne
@troydozzy.bsky.social
Historian of Early Modern religion, especially Anabaptism in the Low Countries. Kansan transplant in Ontario
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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My morning joy!
October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My morning joy!
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
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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
October 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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.'”
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This is pretty striking: in just 20 years, Canada has gone from being a country where 45% of people aged 25-64 had a post-secondary credential to one where 65% had one. How did we do it? A mix of aging-out of the less-educated, strong post-secondary participation, and immigration policy.
August 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is pretty striking: in just 20 years, Canada has gone from being a country where 45% of people aged 25-64 had a post-secondary credential to one where 65% had one. How did we do it? A mix of aging-out of the less-educated, strong post-secondary participation, and immigration policy.
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one of the things that gets me about so many of the pundits who pontificate about "higher education" when they really mean a handful of elite private institutions is that most of them live within driving distance of either a community college or a non-selective public institution
July 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
one of the things that gets me about so many of the pundits who pontificate about "higher education" when they really mean a handful of elite private institutions is that most of them live within driving distance of either a community college or a non-selective public institution
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(walking into an academic's office) wow! have you skimmed all these books?
June 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
(walking into an academic's office) wow! have you skimmed all these books?
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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My home region of West-Flanders is asking people to register old fruit trees on their properties into a central database. Once the species has been identified by an expert, they can then be introduced into modern orchards, preserving their historic DNA and flavors.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Westhoek zoekt oude fruitbomen: "Oude fruitrassen in kaart brengen en herintroduceren"
www.vrt.be
April 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My home region of West-Flanders is asking people to register old fruit trees on their properties into a central database. Once the species has been identified by an expert, they can then be introduced into modern orchards, preserving their historic DNA and flavors.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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Make like a nudibranch and slooow down in our latest installment of Krill Waves Radio! 🎧
Settle with spectacular sea slugs as they sway to soothing lo-fi beats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...
Settle with spectacular sea slugs as they sway to soothing lo-fi beats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...
2 Hours of Nudibranchs to Relax/Study To! | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
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March 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Make like a nudibranch and slooow down in our latest installment of Krill Waves Radio! 🎧
Settle with spectacular sea slugs as they sway to soothing lo-fi beats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...
Settle with spectacular sea slugs as they sway to soothing lo-fi beats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...
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The Onion Magazine:
Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?
Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?
March 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Onion Magazine:
Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?
Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?
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I've begun a starter pack of scholars of the early modern Low Countries. Let me know if you want me to add you. #earlymodern 🗃️
go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ
go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ
November 16, 2024 at 5:27 PM
I've begun a starter pack of scholars of the early modern Low Countries. Let me know if you want me to add you. #earlymodern 🗃️
go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ
go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ
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Hello all: It is with a heavy heart that I remove my Starter Pack of "Trustworthy Mesopotamian Copper Ingot Merchants Within the City-State of Ur."
I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.
I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.
November 13, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Hello all: It is with a heavy heart that I remove my Starter Pack of "Trustworthy Mesopotamian Copper Ingot Merchants Within the City-State of Ur."
I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.
I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.
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Good to see there's an active #earlymodern community on here, so you may be interested in our digitised collections of 16th-18th century manuscripts #histmed #medhums #skystorians archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-coll...?
November 8, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Good to see there's an active #earlymodern community on here, so you may be interested in our digitised collections of 16th-18th century manuscripts #histmed #medhums #skystorians archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-coll...?
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November 10, 2024 at 6:36 AM
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Now that more people are arriving on this page: pulled together some of the #earlymodern centres & journals that already are here into a neat starter pack, for easy following or simply to check those posts as a list. go.bsky.app/LLzFj3b #skystorians
October 18, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Now that more people are arriving on this page: pulled together some of the #earlymodern centres & journals that already are here into a neat starter pack, for easy following or simply to check those posts as a list. go.bsky.app/LLzFj3b #skystorians
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I’ll know the right Third Act moment to open the compound to the zombie horde because “Our time is done - now the world belongs to them.”
What skills/assets are you bringing to the post-apocalyptic commune/bunker/nomadic survival crew?
I am a classically trained chef, baker, cheesemaker, homebrewer (wine, cider, mead, beer and skilled at distilling spirits), musician (drums, guitar, bass, uke), and traditional archer.
I am a classically trained chef, baker, cheesemaker, homebrewer (wine, cider, mead, beer and skilled at distilling spirits), musician (drums, guitar, bass, uke), and traditional archer.
What skills/assets are you bringing to the post-apocalyptic commune/bunker/nomadic survival crew?
. . . well, I make cheese. also I'm pretty good with goats? I can spin poorly and knit pretty well!
. . . well, I make cheese. also I'm pretty good with goats? I can spin poorly and knit pretty well!
October 12, 2024 at 12:06 AM
I’ll know the right Third Act moment to open the compound to the zombie horde because “Our time is done - now the world belongs to them.”
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A reminder to my academic colleagues that the incoming freshman class was born in 2006 which means that
- they have no memory of the Roman Republic
- for them, Julius Caesar has always been dead
- they consider Virgil to be old people’s poetry
- they don’t care about Sulla’s proscriptions
- they have no memory of the Roman Republic
- for them, Julius Caesar has always been dead
- they consider Virgil to be old people’s poetry
- they don’t care about Sulla’s proscriptions
August 19, 2024 at 11:13 PM
A reminder to my academic colleagues that the incoming freshman class was born in 2006 which means that
- they have no memory of the Roman Republic
- for them, Julius Caesar has always been dead
- they consider Virgil to be old people’s poetry
- they don’t care about Sulla’s proscriptions
- they have no memory of the Roman Republic
- for them, Julius Caesar has always been dead
- they consider Virgil to be old people’s poetry
- they don’t care about Sulla’s proscriptions
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Me and Anubis are laughing at how heavy your heart is, man. He’s doing bits. Like acting like he can’t even lift it with both hands haha. Acting like he’s doing bicep curls with it. I’m like, damn, Anubis is in his bag
August 12, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Me and Anubis are laughing at how heavy your heart is, man. He’s doing bits. Like acting like he can’t even lift it with both hands haha. Acting like he’s doing bicep curls with it. I’m like, damn, Anubis is in his bag
I guess it's time to "condemn the Anabaptists" once and for all.
"Unaltered Augsburg Confession"- As a Reformation historian, I'm delighted to see that the Walz pick has revived interest in 16th-century Lutheran intraconfessional controversy.
#earlymodern 🗃️
#earlymodern 🗃️
August 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM
I guess it's time to "condemn the Anabaptists" once and for all.
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"Unaltered Augsburg Confession"- As a Reformation historian, I'm delighted to see that the Walz pick has revived interest in 16th-century Lutheran intraconfessional controversy.
#earlymodern 🗃️
#earlymodern 🗃️
August 9, 2024 at 3:22 PM
"Unaltered Augsburg Confession"- As a Reformation historian, I'm delighted to see that the Walz pick has revived interest in 16th-century Lutheran intraconfessional controversy.
#earlymodern 🗃️
#earlymodern 🗃️
A sweaty history teacher! Finally, a politician I can relate to.
"Our school didn’t have air conditioning, and he would just get all sweaty and really passionate about whatever he was talking about. And it was just, you know, his shirt would get disheveled, but the passion would transfer over to us."
Student recalls MN Gov/VP candidate Tim Walz's history class.
Student recalls MN Gov/VP candidate Tim Walz's history class.
August 6, 2024 at 2:21 PM
A sweaty history teacher! Finally, a politician I can relate to.
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"Our school didn’t have air conditioning, and he would just get all sweaty and really passionate about whatever he was talking about. And it was just, you know, his shirt would get disheveled, but the passion would transfer over to us."
Student recalls MN Gov/VP candidate Tim Walz's history class.
Student recalls MN Gov/VP candidate Tim Walz's history class.
August 6, 2024 at 1:41 PM
"Our school didn’t have air conditioning, and he would just get all sweaty and really passionate about whatever he was talking about. And it was just, you know, his shirt would get disheveled, but the passion would transfer over to us."
Student recalls MN Gov/VP candidate Tim Walz's history class.
Student recalls MN Gov/VP candidate Tim Walz's history class.
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CfP: “Early Anabaptism in Global Perspective,” to be held July 22-24, 2025, Elizabethtown College (PA).
The conference will focus on c16th and c17th Anabaptism, esp. the global context in which Anabaptism emerged and spread.
For more information, see the full call below:
#earlymodern
The conference will focus on c16th and c17th Anabaptism, esp. the global context in which Anabaptism emerged and spread.
For more information, see the full call below:
#earlymodern
June 27, 2024 at 5:14 PM
CfP: “Early Anabaptism in Global Perspective,” to be held July 22-24, 2025, Elizabethtown College (PA).
The conference will focus on c16th and c17th Anabaptism, esp. the global context in which Anabaptism emerged and spread.
For more information, see the full call below:
#earlymodern
The conference will focus on c16th and c17th Anabaptism, esp. the global context in which Anabaptism emerged and spread.
For more information, see the full call below:
#earlymodern