Kate So
@drsoandsoresearch.bsky.social
Above all, pluviophile 🌧️ 📙Freelance book detective 🕵️♀️Health and Heritage ♥️ 👩🏫Cataloguing enthusiast 📚Medical humanities nerd 💊Away with the faeries🧚♀️
Very pleased to get my flu and Covid jabs this morning. I ❤️ Vaccines.
a sticker that says vaccines save lives on it
ALT: a sticker that says vaccines save lives on it
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November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Very pleased to get my flu and Covid jabs this morning. I ❤️ Vaccines.
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Had great peek at the @rialibrary.bsky.social manuscript of the week! The O’Gara manuscript (RIA MS 23 F 16) is a 17th-century collection of Irish bardic poetry copied on the continent by Augustinian friar and scribe Feargal Dubh Ó Gadhra from now-lost medieval works. 📜✍️
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Had great peek at the @rialibrary.bsky.social manuscript of the week! The O’Gara manuscript (RIA MS 23 F 16) is a 17th-century collection of Irish bardic poetry copied on the continent by Augustinian friar and scribe Feargal Dubh Ó Gadhra from now-lost medieval works. 📜✍️
Inside me there are two wolves. One who is exceedingly glad census records are withheld from the public for a 100 years and the other who is doing a research project for which mid-20th century records would be so so helpful. The second wolf is currently howling real bloody loud.
two wolves standing next to each other in the snow with their mouths open
Alt: two wolves standing next to each other in the snow with their mouths open. the gif zooms in on the wolf on the left who looks shocked to be yelled by the other.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Inside me there are two wolves. One who is exceedingly glad census records are withheld from the public for a 100 years and the other who is doing a research project for which mid-20th century records would be so so helpful. The second wolf is currently howling real bloody loud.
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In 1914 Beatrice Blore Browne became 1st woman to drive a car (a 10 horse power Singer Ten) up #GreatOrme #Llandudno #NorthWales (with gradient of 1 in 3) She was 6 months pregnant at the time. Her gravestone commemorates the feat. d. #OTD 23 Nov 1921 age only 34. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In 1914 Beatrice Blore Browne became 1st woman to drive a car (a 10 horse power Singer Ten) up #GreatOrme #Llandudno #NorthWales (with gradient of 1 in 3) She was 6 months pregnant at the time. Her gravestone commemorates the feat. d. #OTD 23 Nov 1921 age only 34. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
‘You have memories to look back on today’
Yes, but are they fond? Are they fond, Facebook?
Yes, but are they fond? Are they fond, Facebook?
a close up of a cartoon character 's face with purple eyes and a purple lip .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character 's face with purple eyes and a purple lip .
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November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
‘You have memories to look back on today’
Yes, but are they fond? Are they fond, Facebook?
Yes, but are they fond? Are they fond, Facebook?
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Judith Butler in 2021
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Judith Butler in 2021
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Medieval "Piss-Prophets" who would taste urine using a "urine wheel" have entered the chat.
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Medieval "Piss-Prophets" who would taste urine using a "urine wheel" have entered the chat.
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Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
Had a lovely lunch break chatting about my experience working as a historical consultant for factual tv! I learned so many practical tips from the other panelists.
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Had a lovely lunch break chatting about my experience working as a historical consultant for factual tv! I learned so many practical tips from the other panelists.
Books….the answer is always books!
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Books….the answer is always books!
The weather has turned, the sun has set, the wind is shaking my old single-glazed sash windows, and I’m home alone.
Tis the season to crack open this bad boy!
Tis the season to crack open this bad boy!
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The weather has turned, the sun has set, the wind is shaking my old single-glazed sash windows, and I’m home alone.
Tis the season to crack open this bad boy!
Tis the season to crack open this bad boy!
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📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
The kind of vibes I bring to the function…
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The kind of vibes I bring to the function…
Tired: arguing about the new Frankenstein film
Wired: fisticuffs to the death, Frankenstein (1818) vs Frankenstein (1831).
Wired: fisticuffs to the death, Frankenstein (1818) vs Frankenstein (1831).
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Tired: arguing about the new Frankenstein film
Wired: fisticuffs to the death, Frankenstein (1818) vs Frankenstein (1831).
Wired: fisticuffs to the death, Frankenstein (1818) vs Frankenstein (1831).
An autumnal scene from Heididorf!
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
An autumnal scene from Heididorf!
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If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
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Just your periodic reminder that there is an early modern pub night once a month for PhDs and ECRs and anyone else who'd like to join in London. If you'd like to be added to the mailing list please DM me.
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Just your periodic reminder that there is an early modern pub night once a month for PhDs and ECRs and anyone else who'd like to join in London. If you'd like to be added to the mailing list please DM me.
How it started vs how it’s going
Happy three year anniversary to my lovely @alfredso.bsky.social ! Our elopement was one of the best days of my life.
Thankfully he’s never dragged me away from a museum (especially not my fav @surgeonshall.bsky.social), or I wouldn’t have made it down the aisle!
Happy three year anniversary to my lovely @alfredso.bsky.social ! Our elopement was one of the best days of my life.
Thankfully he’s never dragged me away from a museum (especially not my fav @surgeonshall.bsky.social), or I wouldn’t have made it down the aisle!
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
How it started vs how it’s going
Happy three year anniversary to my lovely @alfredso.bsky.social ! Our elopement was one of the best days of my life.
Thankfully he’s never dragged me away from a museum (especially not my fav @surgeonshall.bsky.social), or I wouldn’t have made it down the aisle!
Happy three year anniversary to my lovely @alfredso.bsky.social ! Our elopement was one of the best days of my life.
Thankfully he’s never dragged me away from a museum (especially not my fav @surgeonshall.bsky.social), or I wouldn’t have made it down the aisle!
Mum? Can you come pick me up? The ‘we are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn’t burn’ girlie pops are being really fucking weird again. This is so gross.
Besides, everyone knows the true challenge would a PB chest press challenged called ‘More weight’.
Besides, everyone knows the true challenge would a PB chest press challenged called ‘More weight’.
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Mum? Can you come pick me up? The ‘we are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn’t burn’ girlie pops are being really fucking weird again. This is so gross.
Besides, everyone knows the true challenge would a PB chest press challenged called ‘More weight’.
Besides, everyone knows the true challenge would a PB chest press challenged called ‘More weight’.
It’s finally cold, which means it’s the perfect weather for layering up on couch with a hot water bottle and blanket and eat super cold chunky ice cream. Sensory heaven.
a small dog wrapped in a blanket on a bed .
ALT: a small dog wrapped in a blanket on a bed .
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October 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s finally cold, which means it’s the perfect weather for layering up on couch with a hot water bottle and blanket and eat super cold chunky ice cream. Sensory heaven.
Just spent five minutes googling whether these little robot guys actually existed or whether I had a key stage 2 fever dream
October 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Just spent five minutes googling whether these little robot guys actually existed or whether I had a key stage 2 fever dream
One of the best things about accompanying my husband to his medical work events is he always goes 'This is Kate. She works with old books. Guys, did you know that wearing gloves when handing manuscripts is A LIE?'
October 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One of the best things about accompanying my husband to his medical work events is he always goes 'This is Kate. She works with old books. Guys, did you know that wearing gloves when handing manuscripts is A LIE?'
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Flemish painter Catarina Ykens II, mostly known for still her lifes, puts the EEK in Ykens in this memento mori. Signed and dated: "Catharina ykens. filia Devota f. 1688" (Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp).
October 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Flemish painter Catarina Ykens II, mostly known for still her lifes, puts the EEK in Ykens in this memento mori. Signed and dated: "Catharina ykens. filia Devota f. 1688" (Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp).
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Fellow immigrants: if you are on the ILR visa and citizenship is available to you, please consider locking that down before a disastrous Reform electoral win, which would outstrip many of us of our rights. Anyone who thinks this isn't a possibility isn't paying attention to global politics.
A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.
Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
October 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Fellow immigrants: if you are on the ILR visa and citizenship is available to you, please consider locking that down before a disastrous Reform electoral win, which would outstrip many of us of our rights. Anyone who thinks this isn't a possibility isn't paying attention to global politics.
I miss my girl Tallulah so much. I love how her St Tallulah tattoo is on my dog petting arm, so I can pass on a blessing with each pat.
October 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I miss my girl Tallulah so much. I love how her St Tallulah tattoo is on my dog petting arm, so I can pass on a blessing with each pat.