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Mark Lewis

@marklewi5.bsky.social
177 followers 262 following 24 posts

PhD candidate in History: Everyday Giving in Early Modern England, University of Birmingham

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Mark Lewis @marklewi5.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I wondered what result I'd get from AI by feeding it some context and asking it to do a bad job. Quite enjoyably, the free AI response was WAY more apologetic than what he managed 🥴
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Mark Lewis @marklewi5.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Results are in! My LinkedIn post, and a response from someone who knows his stuff and shares exactly your sentiment.
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Mark Lewis @marklewi5.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Lots in here for dog lovers. 'why doth a dogge hould vp one leg when he pisseth' is my favourite. 'what is ye cause doggs & biches are tyed so fast in the acte of Jeneration'
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Mark Lewis @marklewi5.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Derbyshire man Leonard Wheatcroft built up a list of questions in 1671, 29 in total. Loving these today, incredible train of thought: 'why have men Beards & women none', 'why have sum women Beads & sum none'. The list get better and better as it goes on too
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