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Dr Eleanor Janega

@goingmedieval.bsky.social
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That one medieval historian you've heard of. Co-host We're Not So Different and Gone Medieval podcasts. Author of The Once and Future Sex. (Out now!) George Michael stan. Cutie. eleanorjanega.com

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Justin Hancock @justinhancock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They made Google Search deliberately worse, so if you search for things like ‘how to have sex’ or ‘how do I know when I’m in love’ or ‘what is prinding’ you are less likely to get to a good, free, high quality education website like this one. [nails emoji]. www.bishuk.com/about-you/sh...
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Should You Use AI Chatbots For Advice?
There’s quite a lot of chat about young people using Generative AI Chatbots for advice. Here I’m going to explain why they aren’t that great and so we probably shouldn’t use them for advice. But also ...
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 03/10/2026
I worry in the next few years we're all going to have to have some patient, complicated conversations with older or less media-engaged relatives who see the le epic trump takedown posts but do not stuff like this about who Gavin Newsom Really Is
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please, for the love of God, can the media stop calling random cranks who write fan fiction about their personal heroes in the past "historians."
Geoff Shepard, a former Nixon aide turned Watergate historian and revisionist, recently gave a two-hour presentation at Justice Department headquarters that laid out his theory that the deep state took Nixon down. The title of his 78-page slide deck: “Watergate As Lawfare.”
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah Gone Medieval would be all over this - pitch us!!!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’ll be on MSNOW for the 10 o’clock hour to share some pivotal news developments about your mom.
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We’re Not So Different podcast @wnsdpod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Luke is sick so we are unlocking one of our recent bonuses on Mesopotamian beliefs in the afterlife, ghosts, and more! it’s one of our favorites we’ve done and covers everything from Jesus archetypes to the most advanced fear of fire in human history! Enjoy! www.spreaker.com/episode/patr...
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Patreon Ep Unlocked: Mesopotamian Afterlife
folks, we have referenced it a couple of times but now it's finally time to focus on the Mesopotamian Afterlife, including their underworld and ghosts. we talk
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We’re Not So Different podcast @wnsdpod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ep 293 - Patreon Ep Unlocked: Mesopotamian Afterlife is available now.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I didn't even have time to get to the whole Robinhood thing. Like what is going on here? And what will it take for people to realise social history exists?
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👻 🎃 🦇 Bela Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is why I've always disagreed with the idea that "art" is purely subjectively defined. Art is a communication. The listener/viewer completes that communication in recieving it, but it is the intentionality of the creator that makes it art. "AI music" is no more music than traffic noise is.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today on the Patreon I have an extensive review of a number of the historical problems in The Uprising and why they matter. I didn't even really get to do the bit about the lack of colour and the filth, cuz there's so much. You can check it out from only £1 per month. www.patreon.com/GoingMedieva...
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On the Uprising, or, Must Riser Harder | Dr Eleanor Janega
Paul Greengrass’s new film the Uprising presented an interesting opportunity to examine what happens during historical periods of exaggerate
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thanks mate. It's not great.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely devestated by the loss of one of my dearest friends, and one of the great political scientists of his generation. Philipp Köker was incredibly insightful, a generous scholar, and incredible friend. The world is a poorer place without him. rundblick-niedersachsen.de/politikwisse...
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Politikwissenschaftler stirbt überraschend mit 40 Jahren
Philipp Köker, habilitierter Politikwissenschaftler und Experte für die Erforschung politischer Institutionen, ist im Alter von 40 Jahren überraschend gestorben. Die Nachricht hat in Kreisen der Unive...
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm really enjoying this series of Culture, Power, Politics episodes on the concept of expertise and the current backlash against it. Absolutely worth spending some time with. www.podbean.com/ea/dir-g9rfs...
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Podbean App
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It always cracks me up.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I thought this was gonna happen but not in such an upsetting way.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I lived in Sydney for three years. My inlaws live there, though the family is a split Cats/Swans household. (I am Swans.) My first ever live game was Dockers v. Swans at the SCG in 2003. I feel a certain way.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fuck the dockers for life.
ITYSL Fenton s stables and horse ranch "I'd like to get off now. I'm not having any fun."
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Do not tell me the score. I have waited all day to watch this. I have a job.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nice.
A shakey pic of my TV showing the Aussie rules. The Mighty Sydney Swans have 69 (nice). The hated Freemntle dockers have 42.
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Sinan Kose @handle.invalid · 18/09/2026
I'm live and I'm bringing in the weekend with some cursed (and possibly non-cursed) videos people have been sending me www.twitch.tv/skthecrusader
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SKTheCrusader - Twitch
I'm SK (They/Them) and I just love doing things online — SKTheCrusader streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Drop the how-to video, Maynard!!!
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Love 2 log on and get mad at people for not liking neo-Nazis. I am normal and you should care about my opinion.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OH my god ok now I am finally putting this all together. I am a huge Blue Scholars fan (obviously), but I just didn't make this connection. Thank you so much.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I always have time for MAP.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Going to do my best to make it happen.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026
Do NOT vote for anti-transgender Democrats. www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-guide-...
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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State
These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hell yeah - thanks for sharing!!!!
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mesmerised by his Yassified bitmoji. Cute little wings on that eyeliner!
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
One of my friends is doing a sponsored virtual walk to raise funds for the UK charity #MedicalAid for #Palestinians, @medicalaidpal.bsky.social The work they do is vital. If you can make a wee donation or share this, please do. #Palestine medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/marino-ma...
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Stride for Palestinians 26
Follow my journey as I complete 195km (virtually) in one month across Palestine, from Jenin to Gaza, for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). The month of October marks the beginning of the olive harve
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Having a nice little proud PNWer time with the Macklemore Renaissance. If you are streaming/watching stuff right now and are wanting something other than the expected, I really love the Town, which makes me so homesick I want to cry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIBd...
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Macklemore "THE TOWN" Official Music Video
YouTube video by Zia Mohajerjasbi
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Remember the deal was: you give up collective bargaining and provisions to protect you in unemployment or ill health, and you gain cheap goods, social mobility and a house? And now nothing works, everything is expensive, the public realm is visibly degraded and about ten guys own the whole world.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well, that’s refreshingly blunt.
The Times and Sunday Tim... » • 33m
We must start weaning the nation off the state pension
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We’re Not So Different podcast @wnsdpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ep 291 - September Mailbag 1: Chateauneuf du Pape is available now
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The emboldening of these fucking dickheads including Labour government ministers saying it is right to protest against people seeking asylum (but not against genocide of course) has led to this absolute shitshow
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Sinan Kose @handle.invalid · 17/09/2026
Genuinely: where is the Prime Minister? Critical infrastructure has been occupied by a fascist paramilitary, volunteers who save people's lives have been threatened and it seems to have gone unremarked upon.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’m taking about Bob Kraft, the Boston businessman in the Epstein Files.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My "I am not complicit" statement has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my statement.
A screen grap of an article in the independent with a headline reading "Ed Sheeran breaks silence on Macklemore tour drama: 'I am not complicit'.

It also has a picture of him looking a absolute mess, as per, with his arm around Macklemore.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dear lord
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The "Heartbreaking the worst person you know just made a great point" meme.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Absolutely incredible survey, which assumes the average Briton has an in-depth knowledge of pre-Norman England?????
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This glorious example of baffling survey questions is going to be front and centre in my next Questionnaire Clinic training session 😆 Let's stretch our brains this Friday - what's wrong with it?
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We are having fun getting brain worms.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I really hope they do.
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Friendly Pumpkin @pumpkinpal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tired: in 25,000 years they'll find your bones and blah blah blah your gender Wired: in 25,000 years they'll find your bones and find out about that mind-altering nut suck
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
😭😭😭😭
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Damn, listening and learning.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Waaaauuuuuw
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Eleven years too late for this convo, bae.
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