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Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I knew the phrase 'queen of air and darkness', but didn't know Housman came up with it. Pretty metal poem.

Her Strong Enchantments Failing
AE Housman

Her strong enchantments failing,
Her towers of fear in wreck,
Her limbecks dried of poisons
And the knife at her neck,

The Queen of air and darkness
Begins to shrill and cry,
'O young man, O my slayer,
To-morrow you shall die.'

O Queen of air and darkness,
I think 'tis truth you say,
And I shall die tomorrow;
But you will die to-day.

Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I loved this series, where each installment was unexpected and cool in its own way, and the first is a fantasy murder mystery. Go read it!!!

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For people who want to help - ask your house representative to support the bill when it goes up for a vote (this year or next)! Your voice is powerful.

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Dr Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Apparently episode one was first broadcast on the BBC 50 years ago today. Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius

Scene from opening credits of the BBC TV series I Claudius (1976)

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Watching this video was like culture shock, being American but having barely left Germany over the past 18 months. It wasn't the tacky party cruise atmosphere, which Germans definitely have their own version of, but, like, the constant demands for a 10/10 AMAZING EXPERIENCE on surveys, where...

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is some amazing news! It's such a positive step that the Lipan Apache in Texas are finally on the path to federal recognition, so give your congressperson a call in support of the bill, if you have a moment!

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Es gibt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Aber es gibt auch Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Wie wir heute Abend voraussichtlich wieder sehen werden, unterscheiden sich beide Regionen deutlich in ihrem Wahlverhalten. Woher kommen diese Unterschiede? Ein Thread mit Daten aus dem Kaiserreich bis heute. 🧵

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Went on a visit to the star fort town of Neuf-Brisach in France, not far over the border from Breisach am Rhein in Germany. The moat has been turned into an art installation!

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Realizing I'm probably 1 of few Roman historians who distinguish for students between Etruscan & Magna Graecian city-states as: "Is this dude dining with his wife? Etruscan. With his boyfriend? Definitely Greek." I'm not a structuralist, but pants/no pants distinctions are easy shorthands!

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

@andreagrimes.com I was in Basel, Switzerland today and saw this one guy swimming down the Rhine while towing two poodles down the river on a boogie board. It felt so Austin I couldn't not share.

Panoramic view of the elegant European waterfront of the city of Basel, Switzerland. It is along the Rhine river, which is very wide. A bunch of people (very tiny) are swimming in the river, but there is this one swimmer who is towing along his two poodles who are on a single boogie board. One is standing and the other is sitting.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I don't think my interests have ever been so directly served by any product.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I found this an incredibly entertaining game and a great way to learn about new languages!

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yesterday I went out to visit some castle ruins by bike, and took along @bluejo.eurosky.social 's new book Everybody's Perfect to read during stops. Let's have some photos!

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

What I tell my students is that the job of modern historians is sipping some useful information from a firehouse of evidence, while the task of pre-modern historians is finding water in the desert.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is also something of what it's like as a linguist who works on corpus linguistics but with poorly-attested long-extinct languages.

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I get a lot of people asking for sources about the Lipan Apache in Texas and our history; the Texas State Historical Society just published a thorough, peer-reviewed article on the subject! www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent...

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History and Legacy of the Lipan Apache Tribe in Texas and Mexico

Explore the rich history, cultural heritage, and continuous presence of the Lipan Apache tribe across Texas, northern Mexico, and the Southern Great Plains. Learn about their origins, alliances, resis...

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Jackson Crawford @norsebysw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Even more visitors will be flocking to Iceland for the solar eclipse, so here’s a much-requested phrase in Icelandic (“Hello. I am fleeing the American century of humiliation. Can you show me where to buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast?”). Icelandic pronunciation tips: youtu.be/ivLPqkEaKOI

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Guys! There are new Euro bills up for consideration and WE ALL HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE AWESOME BIRD DESIGNS!!!! Q: Do I have to live in the EU to vote? A: Apparently not! Q: Which designs do I vote for? A: ANY AND ALL OF THE BIRD ONES! Q: Are they cool? A: VERY COOL INDEED!!!!

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Survey | surveys.ecb.europa.eu

I’ve just had my say on our future banknotes. Have your say too!

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

@oakleaf.bsky.social I thought the tiny round windows along the roof looked really cool and steampunky!

A stately 19th/early 20th century apartment building in France with its facade in elegant blocks of white stone. There is a row of windows along the roofline that look like portholes.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Last day to bid! Just as a reminder, I am offering *two* of these!

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I have read this book and concur!

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Wolgs @wolgsarekindacool.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Sooo, awhile back I heard that authors like for you to speak up if you like their books. Well, I just recently finished A Snake Falls to Earth by @littlebadger.bsky.social , and it was incredible. Fascinating concept, fun, relatable characters, and a good message. I suck at talking, so tldr, it good

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

BIDDING IS LIVE ON THE ROMANCING THE VOTE AUCTIONS! That includes your chance to have me make you a custom wallet (or tarot card case)! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Bidding is now open! Linguistics for sale! Go get yourself some linguistics!!! ( @neolithicsheep.bsky.social would you plug my thing?)

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Today I learned that not one, but two languages are named by their language's word for 'what.' They are Idi and Ende (and they're closely related).

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Hi, everyone! I am offering two linguistic worldbuilding consultations for @romancingthevote.com Get your linguistics questions answered while raising money for voting rights!

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

@neolithicsheep.bsky.social I request your advice. As you know, western Europe is having a heat wave, my apartment does not have air conditioning (you may not in fact have known that), and all of my experience staying cool involves (1) high heat, high humidity, yes AC or...

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I was reading more of Beneath the Rising by @premeemohamed.com and I am here, as someone who studies ancient languages, to teach you how to do better than this character if you suddenly need to figure out one of these languages for the apocalypse!

Page from novel. Relevant sentence is someone saying they need to "teach myself ancient Akkadian, Sumerian, and Babylonian."

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I hear Germany is doing another football! But only through whispers. Suxh subtle people.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Today's train reading is Beneath the Rising by @premeemohamed.com ! How it's going. Deutsche Bahn: (delays train 45 minutes) Me: argh (reads) Deutsche Bahn: (brings train in on platform 1 and next train is platform 13) Me: argh (reads more)

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Apparently Germany is playing A Soccer, which I infer from (1) German flags out in force, (2) occasional loud exclamations from the houses/apartments near mine!

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Spreading this really solid conference presentation advice!

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

@oakleaf.bsky.social Plains and vineyards beneath Battenberg, Germany.

Irregularly square fields and vineyards can be seen from a great height as though from an airplane, and the soft cloudy sky makes the entire thing look like a watercolor.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Today I visited the Porsche museum in Stuttgart! Spoilers below.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I mean, the Odyssey is really just self-insert fanfic, right?

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I'm concerned people think I'm joking about this.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 24/05/2026

Welcome new followers! We love it when @gregpak.net brings us new friends! For those who don't know, we're an auction running July 1st - July 5th to benefit Vote Riders & The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, because we believe in voting rights! Learn more at www.romancingthevote.com

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

In the Freiburg Münstermarkt I ended up tasting a huge number of this beekeeper's amazing honeys and if you, too, are in Freiburg you should definitely buy honey from him! Imkerei Koch. I went with cherry flower, which was unexpectedly sweet and fruity.

A very happy old German man in a honey stand at a farmer's market that says Imkerei Koch. There are approximately ten million different jars of different honeys on a table in front of him.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I know that Stuttgart takes a lot of flak for not being the nicest/most historic German city, but...what a view.

Benches flanked by oaks look out over rolling hills and fields.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

@bretdevereaux.bsky.social Reading a history of Prussia. Clausewitz. Drink!

History book text containing the name Karl von Clausewitz, with a bottle of German alcoholic eggnog holding the book open.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I am happy to vouch for Sandra being excellent! I've found her recent book on nurturing creativity clear-headed and helpful, she moderates her community well, and every class I've taken from her has been packed with detail and well worth the time. Do it!

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Went for a bike ride on a whim and decided my bike needed a selfie! Man, what an absolutely gorgeous day.

Bike in foreground, sunset sky and vineyard in background.

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Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Every field has its own secret drudge work, which will occupy 95% of your energy while trying to make The Cool Thing happen. I work on undeciphered languages. Do you want to know what the secret drudge work is?

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