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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Got mine a wedge pillow and it really helps.

Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

As a St. Andrews grad, I observe that St. A's is great for both of these and has cool MA programs in these areas to boot. But if Oxbridge only, one might look at the library resources at each to see if there are primary sources by specific authors/artists that could skew the balance either way?

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I have similar troubles with Lidl; my UK Google account can get the UK Lidl app and several European ones in the Play store, but refuses to let me download the US app; the US app is available if I switch to my US account but none of the other Lidl countries are. This isn't exclusively a BBC problem.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I think the BBC: World app is only available to non-UK *accounts.* On an android, that would be the country of the Google account associated with the Google Play store. I have 2 Google accounts on my phone, and that app is available to me (currently in England) on the US one but not the UK one.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Definitely understand! I would still recommend looking at the Folger ones. I believe the short-terms can now be done virtually, on-site, or in a combination of the two--but the remote fellows still get Zoom calls and other community events.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Agree--this is a great time to be applying for library fellowships, and a few of those would give you community and structure (e.g. library opening hours, fellows' events, etc.). Some, including the Folger, offer a mix of on-site and remote time.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I love "How to Write a Sentence" by Stanley Fish, though it's a whole (albeit short) book.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

If the cafes offer gift certificates, could you start suggesting those to friends and family members who want to give you gifts for birthdays/holidays/milestones? Not as great as a grant, obviously.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I'm so sorry for your loss. What a beautiful sweet cat.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I saw a meme the other day that critiqued society's willingness to watch ridiculous short form TikToks even as many are completely disinterested in highly celebrated substantial long films (can't figure out how to link it). Students' hesitation might be less about the media than the length.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Sometimes I marvel that I ever survived without a standing desk! I should try an ergonomic keyboard sometime too! Good luck with your back/neck/shoulder pain. It's awful what computers do to our bodies.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I'm sorry all the things hurt! Just a note that my back, neck, and shoulders have become a lot more manageable since I started using a standing desk, and also that monitor risers are wonderful things.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I wonder where the scientists will store their personal beakers?

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Important to evaluate whether you are the gentle kind of scholar activist or the defacing exhibits kind of scholar activist!

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I've not tried with a tripod/selfie stick, but I have taken all manner of odd things into the BL (including full suitcases). They consistently ask me about "sharp things" and alcohol. I imagine that there are enough tourists coming through that they would recognize a tripod/selfie stick.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Always a good day when one gets to translate Latin doggerel. :) Thanks for sharing!

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

e.g.: This boat and also house; lo! The savings (parsimony/efficiency) of our lives! In it [this house] the clever Arab lives, in it he plows the sea. He covers himself with it on land, he seeks food with it in the waves. The house itself carries its master and he himself the house.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I'm distracted by the "hac" getting translated several different ways ("in this way" and "like" l. 2, and "with this" --twice" l. 3). As it's doggerel, and not knowing the context, I want all of them to be "in this [implied boat/house]."

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

If you're interested in harness recommendations, I have tried 4 different kinds for ours and have Strong Feelings.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Your slides are so much prettier than mine! Looking forward to meeting everyone.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I came here to say this, with specific respect to the same two instances Peter cites: US South (which starts in Maryland/VA) and really quite a lot of international students.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Literally what I wonder every time I leave the house with a suitcase!

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I am sitting in an airport on my way to LHR for (eventually) SRS as I read this. So terribly sorry to be missing you this year, but have a splendid time at ANSZA!

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I'm partial to Sayers & Pinsky. But the first question is which elements of Dante you might need for your study: just the story, meter, rhyme, cognate language, etc. If reading for joy, I recommend reading the same canto in as many translations as you can find, back to back, & picking your favorite.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Douglas is doing some of the most exciting Renaissance manuscript research of which I'm aware--any time you have space to hear him live or on recording, I definitely recommend it!

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I came here to suggest this, too.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I've done it in a survey world lit general ed course. Not quite sure where the files are, but I'm happy to dig them out if you'd like to see them, and I'm happy to answer questions.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Delighted to see that the Department of Homeland Security acknowledges that their immigration laws are "endangering American communities." Less delighted to see that nobody who publishes to the DHS webpage can write a grammatically correct sentence. I guess we only teach those to immigrants.

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Ross W. Duffin @rosswmd.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Tomorrow, 23 May, I'm presenting material from my article 'Donne's Lost Songs' @folger.edu for the Folger Community Scholars. Performances by sop. Margot Rood and theorbist Billy Simms. Founders Room, 4:30pm EDT. Please come if you're nearby! If you're far away and want a zoom link, DM or email me.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you! I think the Holinshed was what I was picturing!

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I've definitely seen this before and, as you surmise, to help with page locations. It's more common in larger books--I want to say I've seen this in a Holinshed or a Plutarch (some large Shakespeare-related history text with minimal page breaks), going A to E?

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I read the first line with the photo caption and was expecting you to say you went and got another kitten instead! 🤍 You are an awesome mom, and ice cream is important. Hang in there.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Converse of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin: how many baguettes can one stack on the head of an angel?

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The weather is beautiful in Virginia today. Take the afternoon off, find a playground, and swing on the swings with your daughter. You did this for her--enjoy it!

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

If you have any kind of home carbonation device (soda stream, etc.), you can recarbonate it--just don't fill the bottle more than halfway, or the sugar makes a delightful mess. Also works for flat soda, as well as wine that's never been carbonated to begin with.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Check hoopla too, if you have it. And if you're eligible for a library card in another county, that gives you double the chances on Libby.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

But which translation? That could make or break the experiment.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Today I learned about plumbing hierarchy: in the 17th century one could be a "sergeant plumber," or head plumber to whom other plumbers reported.

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A friend just sent me a link to your article this morning! How exciting to see your research in print--and what terrific work! Congratulations!

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Oh my! I saw him in Cold War last year and thought he was terrific. Wish I had made it to this!

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Faith Acker @doctalectrix.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

What a fascinating and helpful thread! Thank you so much!

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