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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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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fall craft night with friends 😊🍂

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I know people are often loud and wrong about the Voynich Manuscript, but the current wave of it on tiktok is driving me NUTS 😩

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

God I love the internet sometimes. Years ago u made this table runner, but I can't remember how it was done & was having a VERY hard time reverse engineering it. I posted on reddit and a couple hours later, someone responded with a graph paper draft 😭❤️

Purple and blue fabrics with raised diamond pattern

Screenshot of reddit post where user thedeathofnancyboy says "oh fuck yeah this is my lane. Let's see if I can figure out how to comment with a picture." then, an hour later, replies with the comment "I hope this works lol. Idk how to translate to a rigid heddle setup, but this is a traditional 4-shaft 4-treadle type draft + drawdown (black square = raised warp end) of your 14-end & 14-pick repeat. This was a tricky one!" Second comment includes and paper-and-pencil drawing

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The board game we've been developing for the last ~year is in playtesting! To participate digitally, join our Discord discord.gg/D9eNuDJTux

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This table runner is not coming out quite as I hoped, but it's sooo refreshing to be working with something thicker than 8/2 cotton 😅

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Between The Handweaver's Pattern Directory and my Maurice Brassard color card, I can see an infinite number of weaving possibilities unfolding before me 😂

The book "the Handweaver's Pattern Directory" by Anne Dixon

White cardstock with dozens of holes punched along the sides, each with a label and a short strand of a different color yarn tied on

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What a killer deal! Listening to this while I try to finish this warp 😅

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Bookbinding / book arts friends, help!! I have a bunch of old posters and other large ephemera I want to bind together to put in my keepsake box. They're various sizes, and for practical purposes some need to be folded into quarters. How would you approach this?

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David Mimno @dmimno.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Teaching Text Mining for History/Lit again for the first time in a while, what corpora are people excited about?

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The day after the Spokane fires started, the smoke was apocalyptic. I went to Target to shop for CASA donations, and overheard a dad in the socks section say to his son "Doesn't matter what it costs, we don't have anything anymore" 😢

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I’ve seen in two culture /higher ed magazines recently the claim that the printing press engendered a crisis of authority at universities bc anyone could publish what they wanted and people could learn things without universities. This is not true.

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

When the wind shifted around 6:20 today, I had this view looking SW toward the Old Trails fire in Spokane. Send our city good vibes, y'all--it's already been quite devastating & isn't close to over

A thick column of orange and purple smoke rises from the horizon over trees and a farm house, eclipsing the sun in an otherwise blue sky

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Shout out to Spokane Public Radio for their fire coverage today, and for breaking format to play KHQ's new coverage this evening too. With power out & bad cell service, being able to get info over the radio is a comfort!

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I love this kind of local history! Toponymy!! 🥰

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

You know work is going great when an unplanned tooth extraction was the *least* stressful part of your day 😅

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 28/07/2026

this summer's cultural cross over we've all been waiting for jimothy x bayeux

A picture of a piece is hand embroidery of jimothy the raccoon in the style of the bayeux tapestry.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

One of my favorite things in life is the way music speaks to you differently in different stages of life. Revisiting some college favorites recently and finding they hit really different a dozen years later 🥰 💔

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 21/07/2026

just got an email from my (former) chair that the university has acted & the state has approved the formal closure of my department. this was done without any faculty input on the decision or the process, & has ended a vibrant, growing (!), humanities department that won teaching and research awards

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I am not being the most consistent with #TourDeFleece but in fairness I have an new obstacle named Benji

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

All warped with a chaotic mix of cotton I had on hand and threaded rosepath to do a little sampling while I get to know the loom ❤️❤️ #dhmakes if you're a weaver, drop your favorite 4-shaft patterns 😊

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Y'all were not convincing and now I might be driving 14 hours round trip this weekend to pick up a (free!!!) Artistat 😭🤩

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Playing the game Ransom Notes with friends yesterday, and I'm *quite* pleased with how I did summarizing Romeo and Juliet from a random pool of word magnets 😅

A card reads "Summarize Romeo and Juliet". A tray of word magnets answering the prompt says, "He her child affair. Rumble between home was challenge. Dude kill buddy. Finally trickery become peril"

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I need someone to talk me out of buying a floor loom just because I'm annoyed with my table loom 😭 #dhmakes

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My phone recently got this "Comfort view" feature that reduces color intensity on the screen-- I've had on for many weeks now and on the rare occasion I turn it off I'm appalled at how saturated everything is "normally"! How did I stare at that all the time?? (my attempt to simulate pictured below)

No-filter screenshot of phone home screen, with bright vibrant app icons

Same phone screen screenshot with more muted, slightly warmer colors

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🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Repost the Leather Dachshund from Seattle Pride 1991 to be blessed this Pride Month!

A wee Dachshund dog, wearing the finest leather daddy outfit, walking with their owner during a Pride parade in Seattle in 1991.

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I miss when tech bros were just really into VR/AR

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Alex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

#BookHistory people, we gotta join forces with #DHmakes to take care of paper, parchment, and vellum making!

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 11/04/2026

NASA's Artemis II crew have successfully landed back on Earth

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Wow, this is incredible! I heard the astronauts saying something to the effect of "this feels like sci-fi" and I see what they mean! Even just looking at this picture I got that feeling. Can't even imagine what it would have been like to see in person!

Photo from the outside of the Orion spaceship on the Artemis 2 mission around the moon, showing the moon eclipsing the sun

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A very fun and geographical day in my mailbox today!

Jet Lag: The Game's home edition of Hide & Seek, and the book "The Making of the Middle Ages: An Atlas of Europe" by John Haywood

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The Artemis program has cost $93 billion to date. But that's $660 million/year over the last 14 years... Trump is asking this week for $1.5 TRILLION/year for his war. 660,000,000 vs 1,500,000,000,000 I, for one, want even MORE of our money to go to creation, not destruction 🚀🌕🧑‍🚀

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Cannot stress enough what a joy this is to watch. Tomorrow (Monday) will be a great day to turn in if you haven't so far! The actual moon flyby is happening then!

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Shout out to NASA for the super cool all-day livestream! Been extremely fun and informative to see the astronauts, hear comms with mission control, and occasional plain-language commentary. It's like... A+ hopecore--SO cool what we're collectively capable of! www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

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NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)

YouTube video by NASA

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it. Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22

long stretch of worked roman stone on Hadrian's Wall.

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Hey #medievalsky, do you know of an English translation of Hildegard's Causae et Curae? What I'm finding via quick searches looks very sus

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Recently picked up this book, Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill. Today realized it matches the sweater I'm currently knitting! Lovely bit of serendipity

Navy, gold, and white book next to navy, yellow, and white yarn

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WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

lol, lmao even

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Christian Hubicki @chubicki.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Can’t wait to deploy this gif at the start of lecture.

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I'm taking up mandolin, and I have my grandpa's old instrument, but I need a strap for it. You know what that means... inkle loom time!!

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 17/03/2026

truly believe that it’s unhealthy to have a take on every single topic. It’s Good Actually for there to be discourse that you are not informed on

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Another example of private equity ruining EVERYTHING. Southwest used to have a best-in-industry policy, earning loyal repeat business from MANY people, and they just went and blew that all up

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Grief is SO weird. My mom's been gone for 9.5 years now, but today out of the blue I miss her more intensely than I did 6, 7, 8 years ago.

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Amused by all the various ways people represented dates on a single page of this book: 19 : iii : '69 28-3-1969 19 · v · 69 27-viii-69 9.x.69 ?/8/'63 ?? 25th Oct 69 5th February 1970 Why are dates like this 😂 😭

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