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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

That's a good idea - I might look at place-names around Ely.

Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

My PhD supervisor gifted me an ash tree, which has a special connection to St Etheldreda, and greets visitors driving in. But now I need to decide what the name of my stud will be. Is Etheldredastowe too long? I'm spending the weekend strengthening the fences, and thinking of names.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

So, when I came to register our land to have cattle on it, I chose Etheldredastowe (St Ethylthryth's place) as the name.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Once upon a time, a long time ago, I started my PhD thesis on St A* and the legends which built up around her. Life happened, my thesis had to go sideways, and St Ethylthryth became a footnote in the final thesis. But she remained my saint (I was due on her day - but was running late, as usual).

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

OMG, I have really exciting news about the residents of Etheldredastowe, but I'm scared to share in case it all goes wrong. So, here's a brief history of the name.

Scraggly trees are silhouette against creamy coloured sunset.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

That's awful! How does a low result not just generate a direct appointment? Also, would some free-range, organic beef help?

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

My OH sends me the cutest cat photos whenever I'm away, or he's sick at home and I'm at work. Is it twisting the knife?

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David Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Big news folks… I’ve been selected to stand for Labour in the Taranaki King Country electorate!! Head over to my main campaign page on FB to show your support! Live in the area? Come join us! Facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576502848485

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Oh hai! I am actually going to try moving here because you are far nicer to hang out with than ads and AI slop. Also, Etheldredastowe has new residents: meet Harold (front) and Hilda. They were supposed help with the grass in the orchard, but they prefer hanging out with the Beefies.

A white gander with frilly wings stands in front of a grey goose. Green hills and blue sky in the background.

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 20/11/2025

"The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon. The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

theatlantic.com

President Piggy

This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I have purchased a scythe, and when it turns up, I plan to single-handedly mow our paddock and make hay the traditional way.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Found the owl!! In return,have an image of a rose I need to plant this weekend:

An open-faced pale pink rose with yellow stamen centered. Two roses facing away are dark pink on their backs. Grungey concrete backdrop.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Evening conversation with Beefies. The herd (of two) is now called Simply Red, as they can no longer be labled The Beefie Boys.

A red and white Hereford cross beef beast stands half facing the camera, while a smaller red and white heifer browses the grass below.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

But where in the world would you go? The whole world is burning, in so many ways.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Another great read from @theradr.bsky.social Rabbj Ruttenberg: Deuteronomy’s Liberation Theology - and its lessons for us on creating a vision of wholeness for our own tomorrow www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/11dade2c-6...

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Deuteronomy's Liberation Theology

how it can teach us to expand our vision for tomorrow

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Today's poll offered "other living situation", which I chose. Next question was, "Do you have any grandchildren?" Seriously, are we still living in a society that defaults to offspring? Am I less real because I don't have kids? Less valid? /end_rant

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I like filling in marketing surveys. I like giving curmudgeonly feedback on inane ads. I don't like when you get to the "And now about you" bit, and the option for household is "young couple, no kids" or (after all manner of options with kids) "older couple, no kids at home".

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I had the priviledge of watching our local family of paradise ducklings practise a fly-past this morning. Then they landed, and got feedback from their father, who marched up and down in front of the straight line of young'uns.

Golden coloured twigs against a blue sky and blurry green landscape. There are leaves starting to sprout.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

For every-day use, it has to be something round and with serifs. Garramond, Palatino Linotype, Bookman Old Stlye and Georgia are my go-tos.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This? This is my post! I have dug (am digging) the holes by hand because, well, why not? There's no hurry to get the gate in, I get exercise, and somewhat off-set my neighbour's incessant lawn mowing with his noisy ride-on. I'm thinking of taking up a scythe. #slow_living #slow_farming

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Spring is springing at Etheldredastowe, and I finally remembered I should post here. Expect a lot of garden talk.

Two blowsy pink roses (Damascene) against a green background.

A pearly pink bud against a bright blue sky.

A full rose blossom fading from a yellow centre to pink edges.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I got 1. Only because I was never cool enough to own a boom box.

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Dr Erika’s (spookily) Online, PhD @erikas.online · 21/01/2025

Reposting this because it’s consistently a thing that makes resistance feel like something that can be and in fact already is part of my everyday life.

anarchistfederation.net

Don’t Just Do Nothing

🔥 Nov 24, 2024 - From Anarchist News - From It's Going Down Original title:

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James D'Emilio @demiliopics2.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Two of the Works of Mercy (based on Matthew's Gospel): welcoming the stranger and feeding the hungry, as represented in the medieval frescoes of the Baptistery in Parma. Some of the responsibilities of being born and baptized into, you know, a S-O-C-I-E-T-Y

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/01/2025

No government can ever feasibly choose to ignore climate change or pandemics. You can't stop physics or biology by pretending that they don't exist. The only real choice governments make is how badly they and their people will suffer.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Trump’s anti-trans Executive Order is bad BUT it technically defines everyone as female. It states: “'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell." Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So, I found @theradr.bsky.social in my early days here (some time late last year). She has been a great source of knowledge and learning, and this post is a calm, considered call to action. We need more than "thoughts and prayers" right now. www.lifeisasacredtext.com/inauguration/

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Feel. Then Do.

our work in this new era

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

My letter in today's @theguardian.com on the government's rampant enthusiasm for so-called AI. Many reasons for concern, from embedding our current failed systems to environmental impacts #Discrimination #Inequality #ClimateEmergency

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can. #InducedDemand

Slide by @toderianUW.bsky.social saying “Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.“ – Lewis Mumford, 1955

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

There's probably some important life lesson about how much easier it is to plant things than to keep weeding and tidying existing plants. Yet the tended plants are the ones which yield fruit. Sponsored by ice tea, a newly-planted flowerbed, a harvest of peaches, and grass cutting.

Close up of a basket with approx 20 peaches.

View over the water tank of my legs, a glass of ice tea, green hills and blye sky.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

My hand-spun yarn got thoroughly tested by the Sisters of Chaos today. Picture the laser lights of a high-tech security system - crisscrossed over the living and dining rooms. I was only outside for half an hour!

Two tabby kittens, one light and one dark, climbing a scratching post in seach of a toy mouse being dangled by a mostly off-screen human.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Birthdays are hard. I really enjoyed talking with your brother the couple of times I met him. Sending hugs.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/01/2025

I wrote about why Mark Zuckerberg is spectacularly evil in a three-part series here - based in part on my experiences reporting in Myanmar in the early 2010s. little-flying-robots.ghost.io/facebook-des...

little-flying-robots.ghost.io

Facebook Destroys Everything: Part 1

In Southeast Asia in the early 2010s, I watched as Mark Zuckerberg's creation began to destroy Myanmar. Here's why I'm never using Threads.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

This lovely Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl looks so modern, yet it was made over 2,000 years ago! Ancient glassmakers created the tiny flower pattern using a technique now known as ‘millefiori’ (thousand flowers). A timeless design still made by glassmakers today! British Museum 📷 me #Archaeology

Hemispherical mosaic glass bowl viewed from above. It measures 13.2 cm in diameter and 7.5 cm in height. The glass is composed of sections of star patterned cane in blue, purple (looks black in my photo), and green, which appear as a floral pattern. The bowl has a black and white spiral rim. Made in the eastern Mediterranean about 200-100 BC. The bowl has been reconstructed and blue glass fragments which do not belong to this vessel have been used to fill missing areas.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I find myself having to use the word "rapscallion" more often than usual these days. Meet Bianca (lighter) and Nyx (tabbier).

A classic Tabby in prime position on a blue chair, facing off a caramel tabby trying to assail her position.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Caspian, a.k.a Mr Helpful-pants, left us for a place with no suffering on Wednesday. He is now sleeping in the Roseary, wrapped in his favourite blanket. The world is an empty place.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Sounds delicious! I'm going to try it this season.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Thank you! I hope my orchard produces enough to make some of this; it looks amazing in recipe form.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Wow! This is the most interesting projection of the world which I've seen. Shows just how much land there isn't, compared to the ocean!

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Shutupika @shambolika.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

80s back in fashion

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

(Sorry - stalking my way down your feed.) What, pray tell, is apple butter? I've never heard of it before.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Wait - all those colours are produced by different greenery? I'd better start experimenting with the plants in my neighbourhood. We seem very stuck on traditional Northern Hemisphere plants for dyes in New Zealand - but who knows what is lurking in the bush (forest)?

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

And there's the start of a novel, right there. Beautifully eloquent!

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I've just found you, and your photos are so soothing and calming! Thank you. This has been a horrible year, and I'm only just starting to get my head up, with the help of medication.

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Kiwimedievalist @kiwimedievalist.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This is Caspian, aka "Mr Helpful-Pants". He helps himself to your food when you blink.

A grey cat, with his tail upright, stalking through long grass.

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