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Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Job Vacancy! For this role the candidate should have expertise in 3D modelling, photogrammetry, immersive design and visualisation in cultural heritage and humanities contexts. This post is available from 2 November 2026 on a fixed-term basis until 31/10/2027. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/12...

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You Can't Stop Progress @petrochemicsoul.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thinking about "plus they'll probably have to deal with Godzilla at some point".

"Tried to watch 'Shin Godzilla" on the plane only to realize by the end of the movie that it actually a drama movie called 'Tears for you'. Words can't describe the feeling of watching an incredibly sad movie while constantly thinking: 'Damn... This is depressing. Plus, they'll probably have to deal with Godzilla at some point too...'"

What follows are four screencaps (presumably from "Tears for You"), showing a smiling woman (subtitled "I really love you."), a distant image from above of axwonsn in a white dress (subtitled"Thank you... for raising me."), a short-haired person weeping, and finally, an apprehensive woman (subtitled "living happily.")

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’ve been admiring digital images of the Vienna Coronation Gospels all week. The MS has 236 purple-dyed vellum leaves with text written in gold & silver ink. Each Gospel begins with a portrait of its respective Evangelist. The incredible cover was added at a much later date. #MedievalSky

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I’ll be spending October raising money for Mind, the mental health charity. In the UK 1 in 4 of us will face a mental health problem in 2026. With NHS services stretched beyond capacity, 3rd sector organisations frequently pick up the slack. Sponsor me if you can! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

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90 miles in October for Mind

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... it’s 2026 & for the first time, the UN voted to allow Africa to be accurately scaled.

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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

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The puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 03/09/2026

I wonder what size the puppies would need. ;-)

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The woo part of me has several feelings on this. (1) Maybe holy places aren’t meant to be accessible to us forever. (2) Places of ancient worship being taken away from us when we need them more than ever lends itself to the general feeling of existential dread. The dark is rising.

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

British Museum reinforcing their position as the supervillain of the cultural heritage sector.

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A great and overarching report on what we need to do to build infrastructure to digitally preserve all those 3D scans of cultural heritage. It shows how fragile our data is - even more so now SketchFab is being sold on. (And I learnt a lot being on this expert panel!)

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Pleased to say our new book "Critical Approaches to Automated Text Recognition: Transcribing Historical Documents in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" has just been submitted to Facet! Co-edited with @jnockels.bsky.social @semames.bsky.social & Paul Gooding. 10 chapters of 🧐 to 👩‍💻📜. Out Spring 27!

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

'Fox Moon' In celebration of today's lunar eclipse #FoxMoon #FoxFriday #FoxoftheDay 🦊🌿🌔

fox running from right to left. a full moon with two crescent moons on either side. The fox has several tails streaming behind them, some take on the shape of the crescent waxing moon on the right, some of the tails could also be ears of corn. Linocut, feathery orange red, white and black, Maria Strutz

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I had to make a really difficult decision today which was necessary for my finances, but not for enhancing familial relations. Thank goodness for the sea to ease the soul.

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Shannon McSheffrey @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

JOB!! The Department of History at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a position in medieval and/or transregional history, 7th-16th centuries. French or English, bilingualism an asset. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thinking about books & publishing from a different perspective? Want to write a review of the new game/trend that foregrounds bookishness? Want to express how the Muppets have influenced your book history pedagogy? Submit a proposal to @sharpnews.bsky.social Features! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A book with an eye in the center walking along on a metal stand

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Y'all... the Band of the Coldstream Guards performed "9 to 5" in front of Buckingham Palace in honor of Dolly Parton.

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The third viewing this week of the Minecraft movie isn’t helping to alleviate the constant sense of vague dread I’m feeling at the moment. Summer holidays, eh?

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Minecraft Movie: Screaming Pink Sheep Meme

ALT: Minecraft Movie: Screaming Pink Sheep Meme

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Daniel @buckmeister.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You're not allowed a peasants uprising film incase anyone gets any ideas

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Join us for 'From Skin to Script', a hands-on workshop in traditional parchment-making – one of the UK's most critically endangered crafts Explore how living craft knowledge affects how we understand medieval manuscripts 29 Sep - 1 Oct 2026 bit.ly/4gcqbRn (limited places)

From Skin to Script is a practical workshop in traditional parchment making.

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Everything feels very heavy this week. Will put the phone away tomorrow & get some fresh air but, yes. Hope you’re all doing ok out there, it’s brutal isn’t it?

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The news out of Nepal is just hideous. Please take care if you come across video footage of this online, it is the stuff of nightmares. Those poor people.

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Homo-theory? yum @fruitlewds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

somewhat motivated by everyone’s response to Dolly and Tim Curry passing to remark: if you were moved by them be what moves you. Be kind, generous, make weird fucking art, help people, sing bawdy songs and do drag

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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Did you know that the #IMC2027 Bursary applications are still open?! ⏰️ 👀 The deadline for bursary applications for IMC 2027 is Thursday, 15 October 2026 23:59 BST (GMT+1). Click here to apply for a bursary: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/about/bursary/ Email imc@leeds.ac.uk with any queries. #IMC2027

An IMC Ambassador with a red sash helping a delegate who is looking at the IMC Programme Book.

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

May we all aspire to a rhinestone life.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, the beloved global entertainment icon who sold more than 100 million records and whose songwriting prowess and sure-handed approach to her career reshaped the face of country music, popular music, and the entertainment industry at large, has died. 🕊️

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

*** Lecturer in British Romantic Literature *** £41,064 to £46,049 per annum University of Glasgow #English #poetry #romanticism #Literature #HigherEd www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSS069/l...

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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Next People's Assembly in Penparcau, Aberystwyth will discuss the Well-being for Future Generations Act: What do we want out of it?

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Such a shame. The work that’s been done on it so far looked amazing. I do hope we get to see the old girl appear from beyond the scaffolding in the future.

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Butlerian Jihad on the streets, Bell Riots in the sheets.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

And you may tell yourself This is not my beautiful mouse And you may tell yourself This is not my beautiful knife

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As it’s Virgo season, here’s the maiden in a Book of Hours (MS G.14 f.12r), shown with wings & carrying flowers (to reflect her earthly qualities) & a staff (her intuition). In his Etymologiae, Isidore of Seville said when the sun’s in Virgo the sun-scorched earth is barren (virginal). #MedievalSky

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Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🌈 no human is illegal @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

why take a shit in public when you can just sign that open letter in support of Nathan Cofnas

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My friend has been badgering me for months to read Dungeon Crawler Carl. Should I? I’m permanently exhausted at the moment & have the attention span of a gnat, will it be able to grab my attention long enough for me to finish?

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Embroidered textile with Animals, Birds, and Flowers Eastern Central Asia late 12th–14th century (Met Museum)

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls still has my inner 18 year old in a chokehold. Desperate times, though, finding it on a playlist entitled “Vintage Indie Hits”.

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Onew: 'You're an Old Lady!'

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

📚 The Politics of Rare Books: Colonial legacies, libraries, provenances 21 September Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP bit.ly/4gcpiXM This event aims to advance conversations on how historical connections to the slave trade within library collections can be communicated to the public

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I mean, the whole world watched them murder her. But, “fired at car in which [she] was killed”? Come the fuck on now.

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Cecilia Barnard @ceciliajb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Please consider submitting to "Digital Humanities and the Study of Hagiography"! icms.confex.com/icms/2027/pr...

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The Digital Humanities and the Study of Hagiography

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Dr Keri Thomas @drkerithomas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Battling a grotty cold but managed several hours in the sand dunes & on the beach at Ynyslas in the company of one of Small’s school friends & their Mum who, luckily for us, also happens to be a bushcraft & foraging expert. Fantastic to see the natural world through her eyes.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 17/08/2026

Cambridge's @theul.bsky.social recently uploaded almost 1000 new images of unconserved, undescribed Cairo Genizah fragments, which means there's a good chance you can find something here that no one has read for hundreds of years: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?Facet...

Mosseri IX.70.2, a small, creased, stained, rectangular scrap of rag paper with 7 lines of Hebrew script in light brown ink. The fragment sits against a blue background with a yellow label showing the scale (fragment is about 4" by 3")

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