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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Manu.is is a great interface & will try it out/test it with students. Just wondering, in your opinion, what makes it better than tools that do exactly the same thing: T-PEN, Mirador or FromThePage? (unfortunately our IT bocks vocabula.lat due to security issues with the site! Very disappointing)

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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

historikern Victor Lundberg skrev en bra artikel om det här i Scandia redan 2012, att man inte ska tro att bara för att Skåne haft stark högerextremism sedan 1990-talet, så har det alltid varit så. sedan 90-talet: ja. men på 30-40-talen: nej. journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/en/a...

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Nazismen som förklaring? Landskrona, Sverigedemokraterna och (o)betydelsen av ett brunt förflutet | Scandia : Tidskrift för historisk forskning

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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

...men när de börjar köra med den här tropen av Skånes nazistiska arv så blir det betänkligt tycker jag. ja, bland Lunds akademiker var nazisterna överrepresenterade. men det har ju att göra med att lunda-akademikerna var överklass och akademiker, inte att de var skåningar!

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The climate crisis in one sentence: We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice

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Adam @chalicotherex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

RIP Chris Wickham. Here’s a post of a very funny bit I found tucked away in one of his books. adamsnotes.substack.com/p/one-weird-...

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One Weird Naming Convention of Milan's Medium Elite Families

Adam's Notes for January 30, 2025

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yes to this! It is sometimes quite frustrating, even more so when dealing with fragments (and no other part of the book survives). Caution required really.

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Dr Irina Manea @shieldofskuld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

One of AI’s major problems remains its inability to stop. It does not acknowledge its own limits because it’s been trained to spit something out no matter how misplaced or downright ridiculous it gets. Wondering about how much you actually don’t or cannot understand - there’s the rub.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Thread. It was just a matter of time before headlines misused the term "medieval". So I'm thankful more knowledgeable colleagues have addressed this issue to clarify that e.g. empathy is not a new invention, there were a variety of practices & not a general acceptance, etc. Here you go!

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And I just mentioned said elephant in a lecture this week! All of the elephants are aligning... (Also, looks like a book to add to the reading list!)

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This new CNN piece by @jechristensen23.bsky.social has good, up-to-date info on plague: www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/h.... A good start if you need to catch up. Remember: plague's global distribution has already been well-known. There is no evidence that anything about the disease has changed recently.

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Pneumonic plague, by the numbers | CNN

From 2019 to 2025, 10 countries reported almost 4,000 suspected human plague cases and 423 deaths. Health officials say the current risk to the public “appears to be low.”

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is one of the (many) exciting stories in fragmentology! Such a fun field to be a part of.

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

När vi nu ändå pratar om den absurda hyresmodellen, kan vi för guds skull inte glömma att staten i smyg skär ner på forskning och högre utbildning via Akademiska Hus? Universiteten tvingas skära ner medan AH gör miljardvinster. Framstående länder satsar på forskning.

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Statens miljardutdelningar hotar forskning och utbildning

DEBATT: Höstterminen har inletts men kvar står en statlig fastighetsförvaltning som i åratal kritiserats för att tränga undan resurser från forskning och…

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Been reworking old lectures (plus writing new ones) for my 1st term medieval survey module & noticed something. Previously I threw in humorous memes etc as a bit of a break but now I'm second guessing all of them. It's been a while since I taught intro level & I'm not sure this will fly anymore...?!

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I invite anyone who believes this to read the work of Rosenblatt, Minsky, McCarthy, Papert, and countless others writing in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not sure about "renaissance" (of what?) but good move on the part of the papacy!

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Victor Pressfeldt @vpressfeldt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Att inget pekar på valfusk stoppar inte högerns opinionsbildares "stop the steal". Jag har nu gått igenom alla 96 dagsrapporter från Borlänge och kan bekräfta att inget sticker ut jämfört mot övriga landet. Det mest allvarliga om partier är att V:s valsedlar dolts. valkoll.com/incidentrapp...

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Head's up Sweden too. Nip this in the bud while you still can.

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Did you know that you can upload images to the iViking app from your gallery? 🌄 Easily share pics of Viking heritage from your photo archives... like this super pic of a modern runestone (the Vasastenen) taken by user Ingski and submitted this week. #iViking #MedievalSky #NorseMap #Norse #heritage

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Does anyone have a syllabus on pre-modern nostalgia?

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Peraventure the "humanityes cultivate empathye" defense doth not worke by cause those who trye the hardest to defunde and dismantle the humanityes are activelye workinge to devalue empathye.

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Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interested in both the Middle Ages and video games? You're in for a treat next week! I had the pleasure of giving a keynote talk at last year's event, overall a super interesting occasion - very much looking forward to seeing the presentations this year! middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg26/middl...

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of the beautiful things about my weirdo course, "Extracting the Past: Democratic Futures without AI" is the intellectual collage I get to concoct. Last week we read about the history of computer vision; this week we read Michelle Caswell on archives and met with special librarians & archivists.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sorry to have missed you all! (illness strikes again)

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Juliane Witte @julianewitte.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So I've had a speaker drop-out last minute from the session dedicated to Old Norse female networks and communities! I still need to figure out next steps but is there coincidentally anyone who'd like to present in this session? #MedievalSky #OldNorse

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Another timely (and otherwise absolutely relevant) article! I just discussed periodization (and how it works and doesn't) wrt the Middle Ages with my 1st years.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And that's me just finished recording a lecture related to this topic! And in a couple weeks they'll be testing & discussing Transkribus. Guess if I'm adding a link to this article to the reading list?! Perspective is needed.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stanislov Petrov Day. First time I've heard of it but what a relief that he existed. Great take in this piece about parallels with today's techology and its hiccups, aka GenAI systems.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hm. Sure, it can be programmed to respond anyway you want but is it for real? The study is a bit suspicious too.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Small sample testing as a group of colleagues. The results weren't promising. We discussed the need for other approaches!

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are many academics who write what "sounds" like GenAI produced text. It also gauged a colleague's own (100% self-produced) text in Spanish to be 74% GenAI produced. So not good at other languages either.

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

JOB: TT Assistant Professor, Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University Literary, Rhetorical and Social Worlds of Ancient Greece universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have had "examination seminars" for undergrad dissertations (Sweden) as long as I have been teaching here (so a pre GenAI thing!). They also act as an opponent for a fellow student. It is a way to see how well they know their topic. They also have a chance to make (minor) corrections afterwards.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Once you have completed the questionnaire, you will have the option to voluntarily express an interest in taking part in a follow-up interview about your reenactment and digital methods. If you have any questions, please get in touch with either of us.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The survey is conducted entirely online, is completely anonymous and takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. You can stop your participation at any time by closing the browser window. survey.mau.se/survey/24952

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Survey of Digital Tools and Methods in Historical Reenactment

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

SURVEY - DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND HISTORICAL REENACTMENT Reenactors! The followup survey to our pilot is here. Please help by filling it out & spreading this post among your reenactment friends and communities. Thanks! --Sara & @ylvagrufstedt.bsky.social www.facebook.com/sara.ellis.n...

Young Vistula basin dwellers during an early medieval reenactment in Poland. Image by Marsilar, 9 August 2026 (License: CC-BY-SA-4.0. Self-published work).

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Inspirerande! Går det att få samma effekt i Lomma kommun? undrar några bekanter. Och min ständiga fråga: Varför finns det ingen orubblig jordbruksreserv (jmf 'agricultural reserve') som omfattar Sveriges bästa lantbruksområden?

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 21/09/2026

Behind every refugee is a life interrupted by war, conflict or persecution. Peace is the most urgent form of protection they need. #InvestInPeace

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Interesting (and important) example that once again reminds us of the need to dispell the (seemingly neverending) myth that the digital equates to speed in all areas.

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Valkoll har varit en räddning i dessa osäkra dagar. Tack, Victor!

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