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The thinly veiled idea, afaik, is to make people give up their claims. To make them think it's not worth the hassle. Well, I won't be giving up and I don't think I'll be flying with SAS anymore if I can help it.

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I asked Customer Service for the contact info for the Expenses Team, but they told me that they don't have that information. So I'm supposed to contact a team that I can't contact. Great. They've clearly made it nearly impossible to get ahold of anyone…

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SAS Scandinavian Airlines has been processing my complaint for nearly three months now. Well over a month ago they told me that my complaint was with the Expenses Team and not the Customer Service team. I would need to contact the former instead of the latter…

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Reminds me I need to plea for an extension for two lexicon articles I agreed to do 😬

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excited to read Ulrik Langen and Peter Wessel Hansen’s new book on urban complaints from eighteenth-century Copenhagen

Picture showing a hardcover copy a new book by Ulrik Langen and Peter Wessel Hansen concerning urban complaints in eighteenth-century Copenhagen. The book's title is "Byen klager. Konflikt og retfærdighed i 1700-tallet", published by Gyldendal in 2026.

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some recent news from me 🎉📚 Glad to be able to give my full attention to other projects I'm working on, I've also been doing some teaching of late, and getting some well-earned rest

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Museene for kystkultur og gjenreisning i Finnmark IKS ser etter ny direktør. Del gjerne videre om du kjenner noen som kan være interessert: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

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Museumsdirektør (307566) | Museene for kystkultur og gjenreisning IKS

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yesterday I raised the flag to half-mast at my museum in memory King Harald V of Norway who passed away. The late king was much-loved by the people, a true ‘folkekonge’

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The new local history calendar I made is out! This is the second one I’ve edited, but the museum’s been publishing these for over 30 years now. It’s tradition and one I’m proud to work on. It's full of historical photos that, hopefully, show the breadth of our place in Arctic history

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Finally, my physical copy arrived in the post! It only took a month 😅

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Not every day you get to unveil a cultural heritage information sign you’ve written

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I love eighteenth-century sass

Footnote from a 1794 book. The footnote reads: "When the author here and there speaks a little too freely about the professors, he does at least not fear reproach for partiality, seeing as how he himself is a professor, and a professor at a very richly endowed university."

Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

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eminently deserved, Norway superior in every way, they didn't just outplay Brazil, they played more intelligently from start to finish

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I actually stayed up to watch the Norway-Brazil match, my first of the World Cup. While everyone is going on about Braut Haaland (yes, his goals were great), the show was really all Nyland who made absolutely amazing saves. It was Nyland’s game. 🇳🇴

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Exhilarating!! That was tense and I’m so happy we won

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I love those. I remember playing with one in a material bibliography class I took at St Andrews, taught by the wonderful Elizabeth Henderson. And finding this foolscap in an MS we looked at for a palaeography assignment

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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I have a book review out in History of Universities. I’ve reviewed Mikkel Jensen’s important book on Nordic universities in the eighteenth century. Link in the comment below.

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Honestly, my iPad has become an indispensable tool for doing my academic work. Whether I'm reading primary sources, secondary literature or editing my own writing, it's really improved my workflow. And to imagine that I used to scoff at the idea of using a tablet...

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Facebook's decided to show Danish newspaper articles in my feed. That's not a complaint. I love getting glimpses of life from other countries

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I have a book review out in History of Universities. I’ve reviewed Mikkel Jensen’s important book on Nordic universities in the eighteenth century. Link in the comment below.

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Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It's a good day when you get to bust out a sentence like this. #18C

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Got a name idea for a book history podcast: Preaching to the Quire

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today’s our second anniversary! We’ve already had some great adventures together and I look forward to many more of them

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Thanks to my good friend @double-a-larsen.bsky.social for telling me about the book

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Picked this up. A reminder that historians are pretty cool!

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Starting to feel like myself again after spending the past week sick with a nasty cold

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Happy Norwegian Constitution Day! 🇳🇴 I had the honour of giving a speech today

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Wrote a blog post about my great-grandfather’s archive: open.substack.com/pub/leifhamm...

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A delightful sight! I had a mountain hare outside my museum window today. A good start to my morning

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Lots of editing done. Baked an apple cake. Cooked dinner for my dad and I. Today’s been a good day

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Found another box of more unregistered photos… 🤦‍♂️

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

They're all a bit scratched and damaged as a result of how they’ve been stored. There’s also no way I’ll be able to reconstruct their provenance. The current plan is to scan and organise them in acid-free envelopes, and hope the local community can provide information. (2/2)

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Found a drawer at my museum full of unprocessed photographs, like this one. Currently fuming at whoever threw photos and negatives in there. Some were in regular envelopes (no markings), and some were strewn about loosely. (1/2)

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I was referred to a specialist due to worsening tinnitus. The good news is it’s stress-related, as there’s nothing physically wrong with my ears. In fact, apparently, I have excellent hearing. So if I can’t make out what you’re saying, you’re probably just mumbling (take that from a fellow mumbler)

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

A few of my friends and I have been playing Call of Cthulhu together for years. My first character in this TTRPG got out of many scrapes on our adventures, but tonight she didn’t make it while bravely fighting monsters. Sad but also excited to create a new character for our campaign

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Beautiful Magdalen, as seen from Addison’s Walk

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Doing a bit of editing in the nice weather

Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

At Cocoa Cinnamon, my favourite coffee shop in Durham, NC

A rust-brown ribbed knit beanie embroidered with ‘Little Waves’ rests next to a white to-go cup from Cocoa Cinnamon coffee shop, both sitting on a shiny metal surface.

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Just started this book. A topic I know very little about. Fascinating so far!

“The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya” by David Stuart (Princeton University Press). White book cover featuring a stylized Mayan serpent illustration in black, red, and gold.

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I second this, a truly well-deserved prize. Lyndal is a wonderful and inspiring historian. She's also kind, generous, and supportive. She made my time at Oxford—and that of so many others I'm lucky to call friends—all the better for it

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Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Today’s my birthday! The Ides of March. I’ve officially entered my 30s 😊