I just joined Substack. We will see how it goes.

the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”

German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵 • May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses • OpenAI disagrees & can appeal "The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates" — German Music Rights Society

Connie had shown up for the caroling, but it turned out that the others were more interested in making out. By Cornelis van Haarlem, 1594.

I totally did not make any changes to this chart.

This creamy Pumpkin Soup recipe from 1651 is simple and definitely worth a spot on your Thanksgiving table. youtu.be/mGex4p9bwkU?...

11 Nov: St Martin of Tours, convert, soldier, bishop. A very important saint for the early #Irish church. Here he gives his cloak to a beggar - El Greco

Attributed to Frans Snyders b. #otd 11 Nov 1579 - d. 19 Aug 1657 Head of a Bear c. 1625-1640 I love that this has been done on a sheet of accounts. (The Morgan)

A late 15th/early 16th century statue of St Martin of Tours whose feast it is #otd 11 Nov with the beggar (Met Museum)

Died (alas!) on this day in 1638, in Haarlem, the eponymous Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem. Here looking curious about himself, by himself, as a young man in 1588.

I’m delighted that ‘Silence of the Gods’ is one of @universitypress.cambridge.org's Books of the Year! Currently on display at @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social, and on special offer online too: www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/sal... 📚

The Forgotten Tudor Women: Jane Boleyn & Susanna Horenbout, by Sylvia Barbara Soberton tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... @sylviabso.bsky.social #Tudors #History

Book Review: “The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty” by Tracy Borman adventuresofatudornerd.com/2025/11/10/b...

Adventures of a Tudor Nerd Book Review: The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty, by Tracy Borman adventuresofatudornerd.com/2025/11/10/b... @hmalagisi.bsky.social @tracyborman.bsky.social #Tudors #BookReview

I need to watch the new Frankenstein movie soon.

Windmill silhouetted against moonlight. By Aert van der Neer at the end of his day. Good night.

Now this sounds like fun

Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.

This month is the 400th anniv of the passing of Sofonisba Anguissola. Art Herstory commemorates the moment with a (very) limited edition hard cover journal. Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo... Available on Etsy as well (10% discount thru 11/13): www.etsy.com/listing/4383...

What life advice can we learn from those who lived centuries ago? Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First Century Life by Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita. I would like to thank Simon & Schuster and Net Galley for sending me a copy of this book.

Through A+ trompe l'oeil arch, Christ enters Jerusalem. With his v. heavily bearded friends, & watched by eager tree-climbers! By Melozzo da Forlì, c.1480.

Angel with a lute, by Melozzo da Forli in 1480. It's his day.

A deep commitment to anti-wokeness

Focus on the beauty of a single angel in Melozzo's vault of the Sacristy of San Marco, Santa Casa di Loreto.

Great to receive new issue of the fabulous @tudorplaces.bsky.social magazine today. I wrote the article ‘In the Footsteps of Reigning Queens’, which looks at the places associated with the 16thC reigning queens of England and Scotland, as well as further afield #tudorplaces #womenwhoruledtheworld

"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper. They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer. If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help." 🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.

PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE. Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.

Teaser: whose ceiling?

Died (alas!) on this day in 1494, Melozzo da Forlì. Painted beautiful works, many of them since lost or damaged. Alas again! Here, angel of the Annunciation, 1466, with some extreme drapery.

Just love these photos made by Adam Shaw for the 'The Tudor Child' book by The Tudor Tailor; www.facebook.com/tudortailor/...

Happy Friday everyone! What are you reading this weekend?

Did women ruin the workplace?

For those of you asking, "what even are the 2025 Denver Broncos", I say: hell if I know

Fleur des histoires, by Jean Mansel (1400?-1473?. Look at this room, look at the colours! Told you medieval folk liked colour! gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

Born on this day in 1494 in Trabzon, Turkey: Suleiman the Magnificent. Known for large empire, and large headgear.

Born on this day in 1494, Suleiman the Magnificent, styled Emperor of the Turks by Jan Swart in this woodcut from 1526.

That seems like a problem doc

I was thinking about Zohran’s transition team and today’s anti-feminist piece in the New York Times, and my mother’s book on the first generation of women to work in the city government in New York City. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

S-U-Z-A... Still playing with my new favorite hand-colored 16th c. book at #NewberryLibrary! (Kirchen Postilla, 1553.) Was trying to spell out my name in its wacky initials, as one does, and noticed something... 1/?

Happy Publication Day!

Easiest explanation for last night's voting:

I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of Margaret Beaufort by @historylauren.bsky.social which launched today. My comments are below: #margaretbeaufort

Tacky as hell

You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!

Colorado is well on its way to funding universal free school lunches with the passage of propositions LL and MM. K through 12. This country isn't lost. It's ours.

Wow. JD Vance’s younger brother is losing in an absolute landslide in the Cincinnati mayor election after JD endorsed him.

Water Pie was around long before the Great Depression, but it’s a cheap and tasty dessert for any hard times. youtu.be/_FA7Rekqu94?...

y'all...this casting news is fucking unreal lmao