this is objectively hilarious

Makes sense.

Fantastic @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with @witchykallestrup.bsky.social about The Construction of #Witchcraft in #EarlyModern #Denmark @routledgebooks.bsky.social #skystorians This is how you write a book and take an interview! #BookSky📚💙 newbooksnetwork.com/the-construc...

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

Christ, I moved here to get away from that node of shite.

🌍 CFP: Decentring Europe—Nordic & Iberian Histories How have the Nordic and Iberian worlds shaped each other across centuries? This conference invites us to rethink Europe’s map and explore the rich diplomatic, political, and cultural ties linking these regions from the late Middle Ages to today.

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Ohio Begins Executing Random People In Hopes They’re Criminals — theonion.com/ohio-begins-...

Am writing about a 16th-century painting of Hell! Essay will be out next week. Here's a visual snack to keep you going in the meantime: three details from one of Bosch’s magnificent depictions of hell. 1/2 #spookyseason #monsters #monstertober #medieval #renaissance #earlymodern #art #arthistory

My 19-year-old son’s brief assessment of the NYC mayoral debate today has to be the funniest damn thing I’ve read in weeks. Proud dad here.

Linguists and Arms and Armour specialists: can I ask your advice? This is an object in the Aberystwyth School of Art museum collection; a clasp knife of 412mm when opened. Made of bone (ivory?) and an unidentified metal. Does anyone out there recognise the script? We know next to nothing!

If you want to know more about our use of handwritten text recognition software (Transkribus) on the wills project, tune in on Zoom next week 👇 All welcome (not just postdocs!). #EarlyModern 🗃️ #DigitalHumanities #HTR #CitizenScience

#OnThisDay, 14 Oct 1586, Mary Queen of Scots finally consents to be tried for plotting the assassination of her cousin Elizabeth, Queen of England. Mary faces a council of 36 noblemen whilst denied any legal counsel. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory 🗃️ 1/2

Friends, I’m doing a thing that’s not my usual thing. Thanks to WSU School of Humanities for the shout-out. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

Just found my dad’s mini-album of photos he took of his cat, Figaro. Stratford, CT, 1941. #catsofbluesky

There’s more interest in the poor parson of Vejlby than I had anticipated, and for that I’m grateful, but I also hate writing book proposals and I’d rather just sit here and just exist for a while.

For all Danes interested in our own witch-hunting history, I can suggest tuning in to DR2 on Monday 📺 (or Sunday for streaming) Here, I - and other lovely people such as @witchykallestrup.bsky.social - feature in DRs new four episode documentary “Heksejagt”. #Skystorians #hextag 🗃️

Thank you, Norway. apnews.com/article/dona...  Trump's quest for the Nobel Peace Prize falls short again despite high-profile nominations

A wood stove at Egeskov Slot on the island of Fyn, Denmark: Bevar din hender Fra den du eÿ kiender

This is f**king terrifying. I guess I need to keep my mouth shut until I get out of here. US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This might be a Texas issue (predictably) now...but it won't be long before it spreads. It's already begun here in Ohio. #academicsky www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

“Do Something B*tch”: Damning Video Shows CBP Agent Shooting Protester newrepublic.com/post/201444/... via @newrepublic.com

No one who calls themselves an academic should ever fold to a "loyalty oath," no matter what vague risks to funding they might face. It goes against everything higher education and academic freedom stands for. Please, #AcademicSky, and any other educator, worker, student, alum, etc., sign on. 🗃️

Indexers: can I ask your advice? I am writing an index that needs to include the notes. Endnotes however start again after the introduction. How do I indicate in the index which section the note falls into? Is there an established convention for this? TIA for any help/advice! 🙏

Focusing on Lviv, Lublin, and Sokal, I examine how these stories intersected with local cults, visual culture, and religious politics, and how they functioned not as “superstitions” but as meaningful tools of social negotiation and cultural resilience. Enjoy the reading! brill.com/display/titl...

Globalizing the Baltic in the Early Modern Period: Conference CfP 'The Baltic Sea and Global Currents: 400 Years After the Battle of Oliwa. Maritime Expansion, Domination, and Water Spaces in a Globalizing World' networks.h-net.org/group/announ... #earlymodern #History

In all the hours I’ve spent around Parson Quist’s church at Vejlby, this is the first time I’ve heard the bell. One of the coolest experiences I had on my most recent trip. [Not *the* coolest, tho. That wasn’t even in Denmark ☺️

Lion from King Frederik II’s (now lost) fountain at Skanderborg Castle, Denmark (ca 1573). Friggin adorable. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

Back from v productive trip to Denmark and UK. This unremarkable hillock was one of my goals: the tinghøj where Sønder Djurs herredsting condemned Søren Jensen Quist, parson of Vejlby, to death in July 1626. Near the village of Albøge, East Jutland, Denmark. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

It's mildly disturbing when the US can (and justifiably so) be mentioned in the same breath as Pakistan and Serbia anent academic freedom. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How my grumpy little girl cat tells me she missed me while I was in Europe for the past couple of weeks: sitting behind a toy and complaining at me. #academiccats #catsofbluesky

Wiping away a tear, gettin’ all sentimental for the time when this (Provianthuset) was Rigsarkivet. Or *this* - Rigsdagsgården 9 - was Rigsarkivet. That was a long time ago. Done with mss for the day. Time to check out some churches. #skystorians #danishhistory

I’ve been waiting to see this for years. The written exam taken by candidate Søren Jensen Quist, soon-to-be Parson of Vejlby, for Jens Giødesen, bishop-superintendent of Aarhus Stift, sometime in 1597 or ‘98. #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

'Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.' www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Danish friends: I’ll be yakking away in Odense on 24 September. Thanks to @witchykallestrup.bsky.social for making this possible! #skystorians #earlymodern #danishhistory

Today's post comes with a content warning: How class and culinary practice shade accounts of imaginary #cannibal feasts in a 1600 #witchcraft trial. www.culina-vetus.de/2025/08/29/m... #culinaryhistory #foodhistory #earlymodern #anthropophagy #crime

30 August 1582: As if things weren't bad enough for James VI (kidnapped, held prisoner, cut off from his favourites), he now has to deal with the intervention of his insufferable cousin Elizabeth, who writes to him today. She reminds him at length of the 'small regard' he has had... 1/ #earlymodern

After working with the ill-fated parson of Vejlby for so long, it’s very odd to see his name written in his own hand. Here he signs off - as Søffren Jenssøn - for Vejlby and Homø parishes in Jutland for contributions to the livestock tax in 1625. #earlymodern #skystorians

Nothing like a hefty liturgical volume to make your Monday! Oversaw the digitization of this chunky boy, a folio-format gradual, printed in 1617 and with an #earlymodern binding bearing the date ‘1629’. #rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜

Remember the peace negotiations that ended the Korean war? Neither do I.

youtube.com/watch?v=Ngd1... Very cool. #earlymodern #skystorians

Pope Gregory XIII has a coin struck to celebrate the massacre of the Huguenots on St. Bartholomew's Day (23-24 August 1572). #1572ayearintheendofchristendom #earlymodern 🗃️

on the one hand I agree with this piece in principle. on the other hand as soon as people get sentimentally attached to punctuation (see: people who make a big deal about liking the Oxford comma) I feel obligated to find ways around it. This is an immature response which I will never, ever abandon