Trump again photo bombed the celebration. Infantino tried to remove him but he refused. What an utter disgrace. America, fuck you for all this. I know most of you hate him, but you fucking own him. This asshole is 100% American owned. Congratulations to #Spain but this picture is forever tainted.

I wrote this into a blogpost, fleshing out some of my thoughts on why it is necessary to read broadly as an academic. One of the many problems of contemporary academia is that students are not sufficiently encouraged to read beyond their topic. my-albion.blogspot.com/2026/07/sere...

senior male academics giving a conference paper, after being shown the "one more minute" sign

This is a first for me: locking out the sun and heat in my office today. 32 degrees in Oslo. #globalwarming

Our second letter to the editor about the Finnish study on trans people and the effect of gender affirming treatment on mental health (Ruuska, Kaltiala et al.) is out now. This time, we request that the authors disclose their data. 💻⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

the real story behind this viral photo is even more heartbreaking than the one the public created.

I am a firm anti-monarchist, but this is the best thing about monarchies: the silliness of it all 💚

Haaland exiting the plane holding what seems to be a stuffed raccoon holding a liquor bottle and what’s probably an Hermes bag. This is peak something

The Norwegian national World Cup team is being met by a sea of people in front of the castle downtown Oslo.

In other words, there is no knowing without knowers, scholarship is a giant conversation in which we speak with our colleagues sometimes slowly (in papers) sometimes faster (Q&A sessions of talks). It is not the accumulation of "facts". We get into this some in this episode, with MJ and Lisa: >>

Pretty classy message by the Norwegian Embassy. #WorldCup

Hi England, here’s the Christmas tree we’re sending you for Trafalgar Square this year.

Time to do the funeral row

Seriously, we lost but we won. 140 000 people dancing and rowing in downtown Oslo right now ❤️

When you don't follow the sport but follow historians.

It’s 2:20 am and we lost 🇳🇴🫶 But for us: we got to the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time 🫡

Rowing in front of the castle right now

Today, I declined another invitation to present my research at a fantastic American University because it is not safe to travel to the US for people like me. And mind you, I'm a pretty bourgeois professor.

Few people realize that cognitive science is crucial for evaluating claims about AI capabilities. ‘We often overestimate what computers are capable of, while vastly underestimating what human cognition is capable of’, says van Rooij

How to pronounce all the names of the Norwegian players which finally (!) contains Haaland pronouncing his freaking name right.

Alright, so in a few hours this will again become an incompetent football ⚽️ commentator account. Today Norway 🇳🇴 is playing England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Later Argentina 🇦🇷 is playing Switzerland 🇨🇭 Expected winners are England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Argentina 🇦🇷, anything else will be a huge surprise. Haaland is our big hope.

Kids today have lost the fine art of bullshitting a 10 page paper from a single Funk & Wagnalls entry or from reading only the CliffsNotes. 🤣

I'm in the newspaper talking about how not to jinx the Norway world cup match tomorrow 😁 #askafolklorist

Cheer up, USA. One of your soccer teams has won 4 World Cups.

NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster, is reporting that there are 100,000 people in downtown Oslo. The population of Oslo is 725,000.

The Norwegian crown prince is rowing in the sea of people in front of the royal palace.

It’s 43 minutes past midnight. This is downtown Oslo.

Only fair. Norway claims football, since Brasil stole skiing from them 😆

Children’s Games (detail), by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1560, 📸 by @kgmadeit1

Omg this is exciting! #folklore

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... Two new books about the history of religion in the US.

Motherfucker is obsessed with bad weather

As a Brit, its kind of hard to be unaware that it’s the 250th birthday of the USA. Back on 1st May 2007 I went into work and idly asked colleagues iof anyone knew the significance of the day. No-one did. When I told them that it was the 300th birthday of the UK, it provoked mild apathy.

I agree with all the takes about an attack on the humanities being an attack on critical thinking, &c. It’s also about joy, though. ‘Why bother studying that’ is always also a sneer at — why do you think you should get to do something you enjoy? Grow up and be miserable all the time!

Job: PostDoc (history, all periods, 3 plus 3 years) at our department at the University of Zurich. This is a great opportunity for history PhDs. If you are thinking about applying, I am happy to answer any questions you may have. https://www.hist.uzh.ch/de/ueberuns/jobs.html

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📣 We're looking for new members to join our International Advisory Board! 📣 🌍 We're particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America & the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe

I'm having a good day at work 🥰 #weblore #folklore

My article on AI-generated podcasts already has three citations and at least one is AI-generated. Look at this fine example of an ultra-vague statement with a drive-by citation that doesn't match the claim. The entire article is 100% AI-generated according to Pangram.

2-3 (fully funded) PhD Research fellowships in theology/religious studies at the University of Oslo. 3 years, with the opportunity of 1-year extension.

Last call for poltergeist fun! Join us online at 8pm tonight or buy a ticket and watch the replay whenever you like bit.ly/flaevents

Largest and hottest academic event of the year! See you all soon 🥵

I'm really looking forward to speaking #folklore on the 'Once Upon a Time: Reimagining Fairy Tales' panel at Bradford Literature Festival Saturday 4th July. Interested in joining? Get your tickets here #bradfordlitfest @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/artist/ceri-...

I like this very much 🌈 Happy pride!

Except the vast majority of Americans and people who are immigrating to America *can’t* move there. Very strict immigration. But, yeah, it would be great!

Wishing all a great St.John's Eve! This is how light 23:30 is in Oslo now ✨️

Oh man this thread.

One of my very favourite books (and book titles!)!!!

What resources do you use to identify predatory journals? #academicsky

On my way to work ❤️ #academicsky