Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 8htribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/dest... #aitribunemag.co.ukDestroy AIA ‘slowdown’ is not enough. This technology needs to be razed to the ground. 092
Reposted by Clare Downhamlayla victoria @laylavictoria.bsky.social · 12hGoodbye September... October is knocking and it's time for you to go. #ByeSeptember #Halloween #SomethingWicked #IsComing 🪄 1172
Reposted by Clare DownhamTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10hCounterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke... www.cambridge.org/core/books/q... www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla... jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...press.princeton.eduData DrivenA behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life 430991
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 10hAvailable for pre-order (Hive is the cheapest offer just now £12.49) #medievalsky #booksky #skystorians #history www.penguin.co.uk/books/452352...penguin.co.ukThe Vikings in Britain and IrelandThe impact of Scandinavian invaders on the peoples of the Britain and Ireland was incalculable. Raiders on a sometimes large scale, they initially attacked coastal and river settlements, but ended up ... 13413
Reposted by Clare DownhamEarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A huge £27.9 million raised in hope of securing the Rothbury Estate for #NatureRecovery, wildlife, heritage & public benefit. To stop it being broken up and sold off. Let’s hope philanthropic donor(s) help @northwildlife.bsky.social to close the final gap. ➡️ www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...wildlifetrusts.orgDonate to Secure The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife TrustsStretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni... 11511
Reposted by Clare DownhamDr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 14hIt’s real! I just received my copy of Anglo-Norman Studies vol 48 which includes my article on the contribution of the abbey of Fécamp to the Norman invasion in 1066. Elisabeth van Houts’ article in vol 10 really inspired me, and I’m so pleased to have built on her work on the Ship List #MedievalSky 0316
Reposted by Clare DownhamDavid Gould @drdavidgould.bsky.social · 14hMy book on historic rabbit warrens in England is published on 13th Nov by Liverpool Uni Press and I'm pleased to have received my advance copies. The perfect Xmas gift for any rabbit warren-obsessed nerd, of which there are no doubt many such people. #landscapearchaeology #rabbits #medievalsky 48031
Reposted by Clare DownhamClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Spiral scroll sculptures of 10th? century date at the gorgeous Romanesque church at Isel near Cockermouth #cumbria #medievalsky #vikingsky 35310
Reposted by Clare DownhamClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 03/01/2025The Giant’s Grave Penrith - a collection of 4 Viking age hogbacks and 2 cross shafts heavily worn, allegedly the grave of a Cumbrian king. The collection highlights the strategic significance of the area for routeways across Britain in the 10th century #cumbria #vikingsky #medievalsky 17711
Reposted by Clare DownhamThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026🔥 MUST-READ — A WARNING ⚠️ from @AOC: “Heads they win, tails we lose… should the A.I. bubble congress must not bail them out… the biggest threat to humanity isn’t A.I. — it’s the tech oligarchs themselves… @RepAOC points out A.I. companies are demanding massive investments from 🇺🇸 while LOSING money 9833211410
Reposted by Clare DownhamaltNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The US population is 14% Black. Tesla's workforce is 10% Black. The UAW workforce is 17% Black. Choose wisely.reuters.comTesla faces major trial for alleged bias against Black workers, after years of lawsuitsA California agency's lawsuit accusing Tesla of allowing rampant race discrimination at its flagship assembly plant is set to go to trial on Monday, one of a series of similar lawsuits being faced b... 39875291
Reposted by Clare DownhamDr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And the second essay in CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW is out! Thanks to @realmandeville.bsky.social for ‘The Middle Ages as Creative Topic’, check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 098
Reposted by Clare DownhamElizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Substack post by Ranke de Vries which not only shows that AI won't be taking over Medieval Irish Studies any time soon (thankfully), but also makes an eloquent case in favour of sitting with the difficulty of manuscript transcription. #MedievalSky rankedevries.substack.com/p/ai-and-med...rankedevries.substack.comAI and medieval Irish manuscriptsJust no. 45125
Reposted by Clare DownhamJonathan Hsy 許維成 @jonathanhsy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Page proofs have arrived! East Asian Medievalisms: Poetry, Media, Manga (Cambridge UP), coming soon. So excited to contribute to the Cambridge Elements series in the #GlobalMiddleAges and to create more dialogue across #AsianAmericanStudies and #AsianStudies. #MedievalSky 53011
Reposted by Clare DownhamE. H. Lupton @pretensesoup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today, September 28th, is the day the Norman Conquest of England began when William landed at Pevensey. Also we have a fresh episode of #AskAMedievalist for you! On Augustine! Go check it out! askamedievalist.com/2026/09/28/e... #medievalskyaskamedievalist.comEpisode 101: Just What? – Ask a Medievalist 094
Reposted by Clare DownhamDr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A treasure of Scottish medieval legal history - The Charter of Kelso Abbey 1159 and which includes a beautifully illustrated illuminated page with an initial depicting King David I and his grandson Malcolm IV #medievalsky 0288
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Feeling excited to meet the new students tomorrow! Can’t believe my luck in having a job where I get to rant about my favourite subjects to a bunch of interesting people, everyone learns something, and some of them even enjoy it #medievalsky 0251
Reposted by Clare DownhamGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/09/2026How about the President focus on making higher education more affordable instead? College helps you take your dreams to the next level, whether that’s earning a degree in engineering, business, social work, or art for your future. 2036996
Reposted by Clare DownhamΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lisa Benson (British Artist, born 1958) "Lunar Light", 2019. Linocut Print, 37.5 × 48.5 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 262335411
Reposted by Clare DownhamKent Archaeological Society @kentarchsoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🏺 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: Keith Parfitt What can a landscape tell us about the people who lived there thousands of years ago? Keith explores Free Down, St Margaret's — an Iron Age & Roman site with a fascinating archaeological story. 📅 31 Oct | 📍 Lenham 🎟️ buff.ly/vTqKoFG #KAS #LEGISE #Archaeology 193
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026PhD funding at Liverpool, happy to mentor medievalist with Irish Sea/ North Sea/ Atlantic interest in this theme #phds #academia #medievalsky 01010
Reposted by Clare DownhamDr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🏺 🗃️ Archaeologists/Historians - please shoot me your favourite examples & sources on ancient named animals, the older the better! Prefer farm animals but others also welcome 🐏 🐂 🐖 🫏... 🐕 #histsky (I already have Bramati 2025, & Alivernini & Bramanti 2023) 95225
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Irish chronicles are a window into Scottish church & politics. e.g. Annals of Ulster 865: ‘Cellach son of Ailill, abbot of Kildare & Iona died in Pictland...Tuathal son of Artgus, chief bishop of Foirtriu and abbot of Dunkeld died‘. Latter record favours location of Fortriu in Perthshire #medieval 0143
Reposted by Clare DownhamClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Near Eden valley #Cumbria 6 silver coins of King #Æthelred II dating to c.AD 991–997. This includes 2 separate cut ‘half’ pennies (indicated that the coins had been split for a trading). The coins are from eastern English mints. Suggested as a purse loss rather than a hoard #medievalsky #vikingsky 0284
Reposted by Clare DownhamHeather M. Ross 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 @mctoonish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Students don't want it. Communities that are having data centres pushed on them don't want it. Canadian artists of all mediums don't want it. Those of us who care about the future of the planet don't want it. Billionaires want it. CEOs who think they can save on labour want it. Stop the hard push 129533
Reposted by Clare DownhamGetty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Which medieval creature are you? Pause to find out. 2740595
Reposted by Clare DownhamDr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Medieval treasures - the stunning medieval wall paintings today in the medieval church in Pickering , North Yorkshire #medievalsky 0162
Reposted by Clare DownhamAntiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 27/09/2026#OnThisDay in AD 1066, William the Conqueror's troops set sail to England, beginning the Norman conquest. The Welsh hillfort of Dinas Powys was thought to have been built to defend against them, but dating found it pre-dates the conquest by 300 years! 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology 3375
Reposted by Clare DownhamUHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The recording of the Faroes Shetland Research Symposia 'Medieval Religious & Legal Connections across the Norse Atlantic World' held online on 24th September 2026 has now been uploaded to our YouTube channel. youtu.be/pY4X8RpiobU?...youtu.beMedieval Religious & Legal Connections across the Norse Atlantic World FSRS Online SymposiumYouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies 095
Reposted by Clare DownhamClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Orton Scar, an area of upland Limestone pavement in #cumbria near routes running N-S and E-W from the Eden valley. This magnificent penannular brooch (pictured) and a silver torc were found in 1847. They are probably 10th century in date with the brooch being made in Ireland #medievalsky #vikingsky 0245
Reposted by Clare DownhamClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Carlisle developed as a Roman settlement and early religious centre. St Cuthbert visited a monastery here in AD 685. The cathedral was built in the 12th century. Two pieces of a pre-viking cross, part of a Viking Age hammer head cross & 2 runic descriptions are displayed here #medievalsky #cumbria 1397
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026kyivindependent.com/nothing-left... #ukraine #war #russiakyivindependent.com'Nothing left to eat' — Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisisOleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry. 031
Reposted by Clare DownhamGiulia Zornetta @gzornetta.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026Axes (Lough Corrib, #Galway, 11th-12th century) National Museum of #Ireland #Dublin 081
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Why do people struggle so hard to acquire and display wealth so that shallow people will like them? Having enough to get by, to be able give to be kind, and to afford to meet friends and have a hobby is all you need for a truly rich life. 4252
Reposted by Clare DownhamClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 01/02/2025#Kentmere boat at #Kendal museum. The dugout #boat was found in the sediments of Kentmere Tarn #Cumbria in 1959. Radiocarbon dates give a 95.4% probability it is late 10th to mid-12th century. #vikingsky #medievalsky 2388
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Unbound facsimiles. Can anyone identify? Love the picture of the ship! #manuscripts #medievalsky 383
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Funded PhD opportunities with a short deadline. Join our early medieval cluster at Liverpool with 7 PhDs currently working with the Institute of Irish Studies on all aspects of Irish, British and Icelandic topics and connections www.nationalgallery.org.uk/research/col... #museums #medievalskynationalgallery.org.ukCollaborative PhDs | Research | National Gallery, LondonAs part of collaborative consortia, the Gallery hosts a cohort of PhD students funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council. 12623
Reposted by Clare DownhamClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 31/01/2025#Sedburgh (Cumbria) means ‘flat hill’ in Old Norse. This 9th/10th century finger ring was found by a farmer digging a drainage ditch. It is a beautiful rare type made from gold hoops incised with grooves, triangles and lozenge shapes. #dales countryside #museum #medievalsky #cumbria #vikingsky 46118
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There are no words for how much this disgusts me #research #humanities #ukri 1141
Reposted by Clare DownhamSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026And if you’re in or near Stillwater Oklahoma in October, come on out and hear some thoughts related to this book and more! 1198
Reposted by Clare DownhamClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 30/12/2024The "Ormside Bowl" dating to 7th /8th century was found in St James’s churchyard in 1823 (now in the Yorkshire Museum) made of silver, bronze & glass. In 1898 a furnished Viking Age burial was also found. The sword is now in Tullie House Museum in Carlisle. #cumbria #medievalsky #vikingsky 04812
Reposted by Clare DownhamMapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Upcoming lecture by @latemedievalist.bsky.social, hosted by the Ludlow Palmers Conservation Trust entitled 'The Palmers’ Guild: tales of legends, paupers, saints, pilgrims, and kings'. Date: Saturday 3 October 2026, 1.30pm. www.ludlowpalmers.uk/events.html #medievalsky #skystorians 033
Reposted by Clare DownhamRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Exclusive: New report says Ireland could have built 50,000 new homes over the five years of the data centre boom - and cannot “afford” to continue building. Authors called for a moratorium on new data centres - and have hit out at government comparisons painting them as “our German car industry.” 915177
Reposted by Clare DownhamNorse in the North @norseinthenorth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Norse in the North 2027: Life and Death Abstract deadline: 1st February 2027 We welcome proposals from postgraduate students for papers in any area of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies relating to the theme. We look forward to reading your proposals! #callforpapers #oldnorse 02214
Reposted by Clare DownhamAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Zelenskyy: "As early as next year, there is already a real possibility that AI, not people, will decide what happens on the battlefield. And we need peace before we reach that point." 472709687
Reposted by Clare Downhameolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A #painting from somewhere in Ireland. "Ruined House". Before my longer cycling adventures I used to do countless single day loops from home of anything up to over 200 km, stopping to eat sandwiches, to sketch, or to look at birds, trees, and buildings in need of love. #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear 34211
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trivia of the day (checking a reference in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle) Cwicelmeshlæwe: Cuckhamsley Hill, Scutchamer Knob, Scotsman’s Knob [snigger] or Beacon Hill is an Iron Age barrow in Oxfordshire, where viking raiding armies paused in 1006 #medievalsky #archaeology #ironage 1193
Reposted by Clare DownhamNationCymru @nation.cymru · 23/09/2026Over 20,000 people have backed a petition calling on the Welsh Government to reject Reform UK's motion to consider a targeted badger cull to 'manage' bovine TB wp.me/p8Mk4U-1tD9 1136
