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Something lovely for the weekend! Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙 Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago. 📷 National Museum of Denmark #Archaeology

Published in Folklore. Fixed my hip muscle. Befriended formerly hostile collegaue. Stood up for myself when I needed to even though it was hard. Started writing The Difficult Text.

Omg climate change got the goat this year

How about YOU READ THE DAMN THING? “Suffocate your neurons, for the low price of $20/month!” #AcademicSky

I've shared about this incident on LinkedIn, but it matters for the folks connected to me on BlueSky & #AcademicSky too. Storytime! www.linkedin.com/posts/adamri...

The best thing about house guests is their bags.

This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:

Been down and out with something flu-like this weekend. Stull just about managed to put together a post with posters and stickers found around Oslo this December. Most of them about to melt into the city. #photography

Not saying I told you so, but: “ As AI generated publications proliferate, Google Scholar is particularly vulnerable to being swamped by fake research.”

The wrong people have imposter syndrome, smh

I'm amazed that people even do that. I mean, that's the most basic of basic. I would NEVER. EVER.

If you told the average person that universities (a) demand that their employees do research and (b) don't fund the research, they would think you were making it up, because nobody would build a system that stupid. Also very strong Exodus 5 vibes (bricks without straw).

In honor of me being mad on the internet, and also needing to feel like other people share my values: Tell me about the class you didn't want to take in college that ended up bending your mind or being otherwise "useful" in your development as a person

Genuinely, one good example of what social media *can* be.

People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind Actual academics:

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That's nothing, at Universitetsmuseet in Bergen they have the skeleton of a nisse 💅

Here's a good fact to impress your friends and loved ones this Christmas: dragons are real and @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social can prove it

Revisiting some Foucault atm. Crazy how YouTube explainer videos used to be useful for getting an intro or refresher for complicated ideas and now it's just endless AI slop being generated for easy views/ad revenue.

Recently, we at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social had a visit from @ostfoldmuseene.bsky.social to look at the dragon we are keeping in our collection. Yes, we have A REAL DRAGON BONE IN OUR COLLECTION! #museumlife

Stay safe out there y'all

Lol.

Every time I read a study and I wonder "why don't they mention the country/context of this research? So confusing!" I then realize it's because the authors are from the U.S.

So proud of my colleagues at the research department of @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social today - presenting our publications from 2025. From the play-ritual continuum to traditional dress, Christmas celebrations and the photography of the everyday ( @anjalanggaat.bsky.social ) and much more 🥰

This question, "why would you want it to?", should be asked a lot more of gen AI

I've worked as an international copyeditor and the way US & UK white people think that English only sounds like them is so frustrating. There are such distinct differences for example, in Ghanian English. Not just vocabulary. But also how text is structured, what is emphasized & seen as important.

'The bias is not a bug. It is the entire system.'

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

My humanities dept was relevant. Majors were up. Courses were 100% enrolled. Revenue positive, GE serving, etc etc. We were still eliminated. The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.

Today's @thetimes.com is reporting that this new book published by Springer, on sale for £180 hb, contains 'footnotes that cite scientific publications that appear to have been invented....' Who'd have thought it! www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

Pleased to have authored three of the chapters in this excellent volume

Not feeling super meme-y for all of the reasons today but am determined to get a meme from the research / writing / academia meme stash out, each day, for my last few 2025 work days. This throwback to a @raulpachecovega.bsky.social classic is apt for a Monday. #resdev #academicsky #academicchatter

This is not a good sign when I am peer-reviewing your text. #academicsky

1/ One thing I’ve realized over this year is that Americans don’t know the protection racket we’ve all been participating in. Y’all, the cost of being the US’ «ally» has been to buy US military equipment. For billions and trillions of dollars. And now we’re winding it down.

My husband loves me enough to find kebab shops when he's in Luxembourg ❤️

An insight into the process happening at Essex: My brilliant colleague Lucy Noakes is*President of the Royal Historical Society* and is still, like me, officially "at risk" of redundancy.

Trying to write something intelligent about the Elf on the Shelf tradition as it has manifested in Scandinavia, & it is hard! Also: rather depressing how BAD commercial children's books are. Some of these publications are seriously trash. #academicsky #folkloristics

If you are interested in Norwegian traditions connected to Christmas, you can find some here (collections in Norwegian) #folklorethursday

Good morning! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social kicking off today’s seasonal #FolkloreThursday. ☃️ Share your #Winter, #Christmas, #Seasonal #folklore with us! A more modern tradition- who’s still in the game, and who is in Whamhalla? 🎅🎄🎅

A gentle reminder from the past: writing words and doing calculations are crafts best done sitting at a desk wearing a fancy hat. #amwriting The illuminated image is from 1414. #skystorians

I am so incredibly proud that this journal article has been published in #Folklore, from @folkloresociety.bsky.social . The amazing Evelina Liliequist contacted me a couple of years ago wondering if we could do something on Facebook Chain Letters. So we did...

Om julehalmpynt! 🥰

Worked the weekend, so taking this Monday off. That means time for one of my favorite activities: daytime napping 😁 #academicsky

Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist. I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵

I was sent this book because "there's a niche group of people who may like a Christmas magical realism story set in archives"... and I loved it. Highly recommended for folklorists & similar folks who need a light holiday read.

It's been a great year for The Folklore Podcast on Spotify (and other platforms too). - Listened to for longer than 97% of other podcasts - More comments than 95% of other podcasts - Shared more than 98% of other podcasts 758,000 minutes of listening New audience up 999% !! Thanks everyone 😊

These are now going to be known as Krampus' 'Forbidden Buns of Steel'

Day 2 of the Christmas Market at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social , and Solveig Dahl in 1965 is getting a visit from her Norwegian-American sister Mabel 🥰 #museumlife

Ho ho hope you’ll send good thoughts for @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social’s first in-person book talk, at @edgartownlibrary.bsky.social this afternoon!