Ida Tolgensbakk
@idatolgensbakk.bsky.social
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Folklorist at Norsk Folkemuseum. Migration history, folklore, childlore, netlore.
[email protected]
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Katy Soar
1 day ago
Well, I know what I'll be wearing next time I visit đđ€
@helleborezine.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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âDemonicâ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/14/demonic-wind-in-the-willows-jumper-banned-from-westminster-abbey
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Today in
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: thinking about the fact that plastic is the worst to conserve.
about 22 hours ago
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Tara Goddard
1 day ago
THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE HUMANITIES IN SCHOOL
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Jill Walker Rettberg
4 days ago
When I submitted a paper to AI & Society the email confirmation sent me to a website that told me my language quality score was only 3/10 but RUBRIQ could fix it. I study this stuff, so uploaded my paper to RUBRIQ, which proceeded to introduce scientific fabrication and change scientific terms.
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Janice Tullock
3 days ago
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please donât start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
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Evan
3 days ago
The birth of the author
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Wet, pretty, and probably not historically correct cobblestone
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3 days ago
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Today: revision of the toy collection at
@norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social
. Some toys are more cursed than others!
#academicsky
#foklore
4 days ago
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Warm and wet november, climate change will probably not do our church good. But it does look nice and dramatic!
#museumlife
9 days ago
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Reactor Magazine
9 days ago
How can a microhistory about cooking and kitchen implements inspire speculative fiction? Here's
@r-emrys.bsky.social
on how "Consider the Fork" may change the way you think about the technological and cultural aspects of food đŽ
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Fridge Phobia and the Invention of Boiling: Bee Wilsonâs Consider the Fork - Reactor
A surprisingly deep look into the connections between food, technology, and human culture â plus fun facts about spoons!
https://reactormag.com/fridge-phobia-and-the-invention-of-boiling-bee-wilsons-consider-the-fork/
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Roland Meyer
29 days ago
Generative AI is literally destroying knowledge
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FĂžniks destroying my
#wfh
ambitions.
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Evan
10 days ago
Trying a new mantra as I edit down another 14000 word draft article: Every article doesnât need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic Every article doesnât need to include every archival nugget you have discovered on the topic Every article doesnât need to includeâŠ
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Digital Scholarship at Oxford
11 days ago
Join us at our first Critical Digital Humanities discussion, where we will explore
@goran-gaber.bsky.social
's recent paper Mind the gap: On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age. More & registration:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critic...
#digitalhumanities
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Critical Digital Humanities
https://digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/critical-digital-humanities
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The 23rd Nordic Migration Research conference will take place at the Södertörn University, Sweden on 12-14 August 2026. Call for proposals:
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Nordic Migration Research conference - Södertörns högskola
https://www.sh.se/institutioner--amnen/lararutbildningen/forskning-lararutbildningen/nordic-migration-research-conference
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Dr Selena Wisnom
12 days ago
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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The Folklore Society
15 days ago
Not long now until the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, & we're really looking forward to it! We're delighted that this years lecturer is Professor Terry Gunnell, & after the lecture we'll announce the winner of this year's book award. Get your tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
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The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the University of Iceland
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-katharine-briggs-lecture-and-book-award-2025-tickets-1417210868859?msockid=291db269ed4760df1ba7a720ecb361cb
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Robin (she/he-ella/él)
14 days ago
Ellen Clapsaddle (1865-1934) was a US illustrator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is recognized as the most prolific souvenir postcard and greeting card artist of her era.
#WomensArt
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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens
15 days ago
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
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Spent a lovely Halloween evening (and some late night hours) solo, writing about Christmas, only interrupted by some trick-or-treaters.
#academicsky
14 days ago
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Happy pig at
@norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social
during lunch break
#museumlife
19 days ago
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Best part of this weekend's Halloween at
@norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social
(apart from amazing fiddle players): when blasĂ© tweens get really, really frightened đ
20 days ago
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Emma Elinor Lundin
21 days ago
Iâm sure I saw a few of these at Camden Market in the early 00s.
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Willemina Don, editor
21 days ago
it's job application season in academia. If you need last-minute developmental editing to get your humanities sample chapter or research proposal in order, I have some room in my schedule. I offer discounts for self-pay and grad students.
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Old log houses are very
#halloween
-friendly.
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Paul Fairie
23 days ago
A Brief History of Baseball is Dying đ§”
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At the EXITNORWAY end-conference! đ„ł
23 days ago
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Dolly JĂžrgensen
24 days ago
Article in the Norwegian newspaper for higher education on AI and the Anthropic settlement includes some quotes from me. One point I make is that it is unacceptable that universities are buying into AI tools even though the tools have been built so unethically.
www.khrono.no/akademikere-...
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Akademikere i Norge kan ha krav pÄ 30.000 kroner etter forlik i USA
En rekke akademikere i Norge dukker opp pÄ listen over forfattere med bÞker som er omfattet av forliket mellom amerikanske forfatterorganisasjoner og selskapet Anthropic. Finner du din bok der, har du...
https://www.khrono.no/akademikere-i-norge-kan-ha-krav-pa-30000-kroner-etter-forlik-i-usa-1/1007602
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis
24 days ago
So many people are trying to figure out what's happening with kids and schools. I don't know any big-picture answers. But from my n=2 sample, one big problem is the constant jankiness of doing schoolwork on Chromebooks and Google Classroom. Math apps where you can't see the diagram and the
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Open air museums provide good strolls for stressed-out museum researchers. Especially in autumn!
#museumlife
25 days ago
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Reading Museum
25 days ago
Ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes in a museum?? Find out the SHOCKING TRUTH* for yourself on our new store-tour: đïž 5th November đ
www.readingmuseum.org.uk/new-behind-s...
*we have a lot of objects. like really a lot. and we will nerd out about them for as long as you listen.
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Sarah Dixon Smith
25 days ago
Had a brief exciting moment, thinking I'd found a big data historian job. Odd for Linkedin, but you never know đ€·ââïž Nope... just making AI more fascist
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Hisham Zerriffi
28 days ago
A major US academic conference is offering a special info session with immigration attorney for intâl attendees. Sad itâs necessary and great theyâre doing it. But itâs always been tough for some people (eg âGlobal Southâ scholars). So this should have always been happening.
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hamdangus
28 days ago
feels good, man
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Happy folklorist cutting open Reidar Th. Christiansens Migratory Legends (arrived from FF Communications today) đ„ł
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Ben Gazur
29 days ago
Great news! I have just signed a new contract with The History Press to republish A Feast of Folklore! Look for the new paperback next year. Can't wait for it to be back in the world.
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It has been a loooong week, and I wonder if anybody would notice if I stole a 1940s cigarette from the collection?
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đ (Of course I would never do that!) (Also, I would probably die inhaling 80 year old super dry tobacco.)
29 days ago
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Excellent and disturbing interview, please read it all.
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about 1 month ago
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Lisa Röstlund
about 1 month ago
Weâve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes â Swedenâs foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.
tinyurl.se/crR
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Greta Thunberg: âThey kicked me every time the flag touched my faceâ
â Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25LgKq/greta-thunberg-they-kicked-me-every-time-the-flag-touched-my-face?utm_source=iosapp&utm_medium=share
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I have excellent colleagues who send me great
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about 1 month ago
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Christian Jacobs
about 1 month ago
Check out this very interesting CfP on "InterQueer: Crossing Queer and Intersectional Lenses in Historical Practice" if you are interested in "how queer and intersectional approaches can help us to interpret the past in a fuller and more complex manner."
gender.eui.eu/wp-content/u...
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Coates is Odd This Day
about 1 month ago
Itâs the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry RĂ©e, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented âblackmail sabotageâ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens
about 1 month ago
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We got a really nice review of our Play-Ritual book đ„°
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about 1 month ago
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Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries
about 1 month ago
đą New deadline for
#DHNB2026
, Aarhus, March 9-13, 2026 Lost in Abundance: Encounters with the Non-Canonical Submission deadline: October 29th CfP at
dhnb.eu/call-for-pap...
#digitalhumanities
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Perks of working at an open air museum: meeting Mons on a regular basis.
#museumlife
about 1 month ago
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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens
about 1 month ago
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BÄrd Harstad
about 1 month ago
Note the wording.. Ms. Machado receives the prize for: - promoting democratic rights - struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition - At a time when democracy is under threat - where democracy is in retreat - more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norm
www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en
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Nobel Peace Center | Museum of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway
The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo is the museum of the Nobel Peace Prize. Experience our exhibitions, events and guided tours inspired by the ideas and work of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en
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On my way to lunch: autumn!
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about 1 month ago
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