When people say that German or any other language is romantic, Dr. Daruwalla thought, all they really mean is that they've enjoyed a past in the language (c) John Irving, 'A Son of the Circus'

Watched Puss in Boots 2 bc a friend of a friend said it's the best animated film ever. Well, Puss meets the personification of death and reassesses his life by making meaningful connections w/ others. In other words, very Irvin Yalom-y

My thanks to TEAMS (Teaching Association for Medieval Studies) for posting a notice on their newsletter of the new #OpenAccess teaching module on the Black Death: teams-medieval.org/untitled-4/. #histmed #MedievalSky #PandemicPedagogy 🧪🗃️

Tell me this job was created for a friend w/o telling me this job was created for a friend

Finished Wednesday's 2nd season. Why does a late-autumn motorcycle road trip with Uncle Fester suddenly look so good?

Come to my seminar on sea monsters on Monday at Stockholm University! (It will be in English 😉) www.su.se/centrum-for-...

Любимые формулировки из Гулистана Саади (перевод Рустама Алиева): Однажды ночью, о минувших годах размышляя и даром погубленную жизнь в памяти оживляя, камни дома сердца своего я подтачивал алмазами слёз

Environmental medievalists, we want to see you at the animal sessions at the IMC 2026! Please submit your abstracts by 10 September 🦔 @imc-leeds.bsky.social @leedsims.bsky.social

1st day back from my conference Eurotrip - @imc-leeds.bsky.social (where we've plotted forthcoming sessions w/ Medieval Animal Data-Network) and @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social in Prague (where I've tried out medieval studies from the memory perspective). Now let's catch up on this pile of emails

Travelling to the UK w/ a visa (duh). SAS puts me on the spot by calling me together w/ several other holders of uncool passports to their desk through the fucking intercom. This is besides the fact I can't check in online bс again my passport is uncool.

Publications are like buses... My article on representations of fish in medieval children's literature has just come out and it's in OA: ecp.ep.liu.se/index.php/ha...

I struggle a lot with American English I realise

Today I have sent out two documents: a publishing agreement for my article and a presentation pic for a pole dancing competition 🤘

Prioritising AI over - well - natural intelligence is a perfect example of how ✨some people✨ want to see humans as expendable materials. I said what I said.

That moment in a romcom when an ugly girl shows up in her prom dress #akademiskahögtiden #Sweden

Love that autocorrect tries to replace godkänd with goddamn

Did you know that university employees also have human rights? Follow SULF/LiU to find out more! eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

I'm so sorry

My amazing colleague Emelie Fälton and I wrote a chapter on sea monsters and environmentalism. It was published in the open access yesterday, have a look! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

Writing a Black Death lecture fighting the temptation to say 'this is yersinia pestis, it might be small but it's got big plans'

Spotify needs to introduce a repeat mode, but like THE SONG - some different song - THE SONG again- another different song and so on so I can avoid complete degradation

Do you think one can regress from Purgatory i.e. go to Hell instead of Heaven? Like by behaving particularly badly?

Albertus Magnus on salpa: according to Pliny the salpa is an obscene, vile, marine fish. It can in no way be cooked unless it is first beaten very forcefully and broken down with a club or stick. What did salpa ever do to Albert?

John Arderne's scroll (National Library of Sweden X118) contains first-aid advice on what to do if you have a spear stuck in your bum

My article on beavers' bodies and souls has been published in February's issue of @HistoryToday.com

Pov: five boring white men decide if you and your friend are witches (hail Satan) @museiolga.bsky.social

A friend introduced me to basketball tonight (and Norrköping won!)

I am delighted to announce that I have been elected to SULF/LiU styrelsen for 2025. Let us hope for a productive year

Winter wonderland

Please #squidgame stop giving me ideas for a dress-code appropriate faculty marshal outfit for the graduation ceremony

This New Year's Eve we watched the #aurora (my phone also captured a pic of an ancient Nordic monster) #Umeå

Today my friends' cat twice got on the table and left some valuable comments in my job application

Mother of pearl and pink sunsets

Yes, I am the person who bought nail polish because it was #AttackOnTitan themed

Meanwhile, we have published another issue cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/issue/view/477

My university is not paying me 30% of my salary in December ho-ho-ho Merry Christmas!

Spending Saturday in the best possible way - by wandering around cathedrals and castles

Der loshadka

#Lufthansa is teaching me to cast away the material things and be satisfied w/ less by forgetting my suitcase in Stockholm.

I can see how meeting a bunch of small kids dressed in white robes w/ one wearing a crown of burning candles at 7 am could be disturbing for a tourist... #Lucia #Sweden

Hej #Norrköping! You look pretty tonight!

Bc this is a new social media I feel more freedom to share fun facts about me. Like I dance pole. Or like my university has not paid me for my teaching hours in November, which means I received only half of my salary last month lol

Culture Unbound journal is planning a new exciting special issue on monsters (understood broadly) and law. Check out the #cfp 👾⚖ cultureunbound.ep.liu.se?fbclid=IwY2x...