Conan Doyle
@conandoyle.bsky.social
he/him, neurodivergent
Teaches medieval English, researches Latin medical texts. Assistant Prof (Odborný asistantní) FHS UK Prague. Not a "Prof." yet, I haven't even got my 1st Habilitation!
Yes I love every critter that crosses my path.
Teaches medieval English, researches Latin medical texts. Assistant Prof (Odborný asistantní) FHS UK Prague. Not a "Prof." yet, I haven't even got my 1st Habilitation!
Yes I love every critter that crosses my path.
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"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE GIRLS
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE GIRLS
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN
thank you for your attention to this matter
I watched the first part of Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein, and I was struck by how much he drew visual inspiration from the old classics of the genre
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Specifically The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Specifically The Rocky Horror Picture Show
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I watched the first part of Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein, and I was struck by how much he drew visual inspiration from the old classics of the genre
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Specifically The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Specifically The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
Publication no. 5 of 2025. My contributor's copy of this lovely essay collection finally came home yesterday (no thanks to Česka Posta). Well done to all the authors and editors. I genuinely shed a tear for both Audrey Meaney and Christine Sallazar yesterday...
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Publication no. 5 of 2025. My contributor's copy of this lovely essay collection finally came home yesterday (no thanks to Česka Posta). Well done to all the authors and editors. I genuinely shed a tear for both Audrey Meaney and Christine Sallazar yesterday...
Some friends brought their dog around while delivering a TV to my housemate. I entered the apartment a few minutes later, and their doggy barked at me. I think he quickly realised that it was in fact my territory, as he spent the rest of the visit asking very politely for pets and cuddles.
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Some friends brought their dog around while delivering a TV to my housemate. I entered the apartment a few minutes later, and their doggy barked at me. I think he quickly realised that it was in fact my territory, as he spent the rest of the visit asking very politely for pets and cuddles.
I was just thinking about St Martin's day traditions in Czechia when I realised Jan Hus was really 'John the Goose'!
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I was just thinking about St Martin's day traditions in Czechia when I realised Jan Hus was really 'John the Goose'!
You might as well have just sent a pamphlet out saying "start panicking!"
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
You might as well have just sent a pamphlet out saying "start panicking!"
It has been a very strange presidential election. Being able to call the result before the first count is virtually unprecedented.
October 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It has been a very strange presidential election. Being able to call the result before the first count is virtually unprecedented.
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Read about Conan Doyle's research into early medieval Latin medical texts for his book, The Reception of Latin Medicine in Early Medieval England in his Q&A blog > buff.ly/CHVeRqU #medievalsky @conandoyle.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Read about Conan Doyle's research into early medieval Latin medical texts for his book, The Reception of Latin Medicine in Early Medieval England in his Q&A blog > buff.ly/CHVeRqU #medievalsky @conandoyle.bsky.social
I had a moment today that reminds me why I teach. A student told me "I started reading that Ann Oakley book, and I started to get mad, because she's so right about everything."
Dear reader, Sex, Gender and Society was published in 1972!
Dear reader, Sex, Gender and Society was published in 1972!
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I had a moment today that reminds me why I teach. A student told me "I started reading that Ann Oakley book, and I started to get mad, because she's so right about everything."
Dear reader, Sex, Gender and Society was published in 1972!
Dear reader, Sex, Gender and Society was published in 1972!
I'm decoding some manuscript fragments and I realised I recognised <Aga>tha, Luci<a>, A<n>na , Cecelia
as part of the Eucharistic prayer,
but then I scanned it again, and I thought
The TRUMPETS...
and that's why I'm going straight to hell!
as part of the Eucharistic prayer,
but then I scanned it again, and I thought
The TRUMPETS...
and that's why I'm going straight to hell!
October 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I'm decoding some manuscript fragments and I realised I recognised <Aga>tha, Luci<a>, A<n>na , Cecelia
as part of the Eucharistic prayer,
but then I scanned it again, and I thought
The TRUMPETS...
and that's why I'm going straight to hell!
as part of the Eucharistic prayer,
but then I scanned it again, and I thought
The TRUMPETS...
and that's why I'm going straight to hell!
Please tell me Disney/Marvell are going to sue!
comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher
reddit occupied government
October 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Please tell me Disney/Marvell are going to sue!
75 kg? What's that in adult badgers?
October 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
75 kg? What's that in adult badgers?
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First they came for the autistics and I said nothing because I was too busy clutching my pearls about paracetamol being demonised.
September 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
First they came for the autistics and I said nothing because I was too busy clutching my pearls about paracetamol being demonised.
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Everyone should have the right to go to University. Not because it's superior. Not because a degree should be required for every job. But because everyone should have the opportunity to spend a few years learning how to think critically about a subject they are really interested in.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Everyone should have the right to go to University. Not because it's superior. Not because a degree should be required for every job. But because everyone should have the opportunity to spend a few years learning how to think critically about a subject they are really interested in.
Non amo te, skibidi, nec possum dicere quare
September 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Non amo te, skibidi, nec possum dicere quare
I'm not sure whether to compare the current UN summit to the July Crisis or the Munich Conference, but my inner historian is curled up in the corner sobbing.
September 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm not sure whether to compare the current UN summit to the July Crisis or the Munich Conference, but my inner historian is curled up in the corner sobbing.
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I lose sleep over lotsa stuff— but not that!
I know. I’m a dick for saying I care more about a class of dead 1st graders than I do about a guy who said those kids dying was acceptable. Oh well. I’ll sleep okay. (Copied)
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I lose sleep over lotsa stuff— but not that!
The sad thing is that I recognise that this is true even though I haven't used Excel in years!
Sorry but MS Excel will keep Microsoft around until the Sun swallows the earth.
September 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The sad thing is that I recognise that this is true even though I haven't used Excel in years!
Are we not over the fact that a Fox News host suggested that unhoused people should be summarily executed...
The stochastic terrorism that is fueling outrage after outrage is just going unchallenged!
The stochastic terrorism that is fueling outrage after outrage is just going unchallenged!
September 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Are we not over the fact that a Fox News host suggested that unhoused people should be summarily executed...
The stochastic terrorism that is fueling outrage after outrage is just going unchallenged!
The stochastic terrorism that is fueling outrage after outrage is just going unchallenged!
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Jobs For Medievalists
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Jobs For Medievalists
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
“It was teachers that threw themselves in front of kids — not just saying that they would do anything to save their kids' lives, but actually doing it. And so we are forever grateful for our educators.”
I thank Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D. CO) for these words!
I thank Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D. CO) for these words!
September 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“It was teachers that threw themselves in front of kids — not just saying that they would do anything to save their kids' lives, but actually doing it. And so we are forever grateful for our educators.”
I thank Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D. CO) for these words!
I thank Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D. CO) for these words!
There's a lot of international handwaving about the fact that certain people have announced their intention to run for the Irish Presidency, however, the likelyhood of [that one] actually achieving nomination is infinitessimally small.
September 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
There's a lot of international handwaving about the fact that certain people have announced their intention to run for the Irish Presidency, however, the likelyhood of [that one] actually achieving nomination is infinitessimally small.
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If you ever had doubts the Dunning-Kruger effect is a real thing, just watch the RFK Jr Senate hearing.
September 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you ever had doubts the Dunning-Kruger effect is a real thing, just watch the RFK Jr Senate hearing.
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When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
Contagion to this world.
The churchyard of Cooling, in Kent, England. Those ten tiny gravestones were made famous by Dickens. They are a nice picture of childhood in a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
Contagion to this world.