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Robert Feldacker

@robfeldacker.bsky.social
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prospect researcher @Northern Illinois University (all opinions my own), medieval enthusiast, spouse, parent, pet owner, slow figure painter, and occasional gamer, shameless publicist for www.niu.edu/clas/history/about/facu… he,him

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Jen T, Pinkleader, retired. @pinkleader.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy October! Don’t forget to vote blue, up and down the ballot, to protect those in need.
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
Photo of James Marsters, thin, handsome man with silvery blond hair, as "Spike" from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fellowship Opportunities: Robert M. Kingdon and Solmsen Fellowships Robert M. Kingdon Fellowship and Solmsen Fellowship Call for Applications 2027–2028  Deadline: Thursday, October 22, 2026 www.themedievalacademyblog.org/fell…
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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jobs For Medievalists The Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in Fall 2027. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs…
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The problem isn't rogue #AI models, it's *negligent companies*. If a biomedical firm put their product in public water supply because they wanted to test it 'in the real world', they'd be treated as criminal at corporate & individual level. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Friday timeline cleanse
A golden retriever and a catahoula mix lie sleeping peacefully on a green carpet
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.soozkempner.co.uk/tour-2026
Sorry to brag but I frequently get compared to an absolute icon of the big screen.
It's Gollum.


Ithink it's because, like Gollum ve got really big eyes.

And also, like Gollum I have really big natural tits.
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JewelKnightJess "R" Us 🎲🖌️🎮 @jewelknightjess.com · 19/09/2026
Hi I'm Jess! I paint things! For fun and also for commission.
Ork Dakkarig. A big crude mechanised walking gun platform piloted by a grinning green orkA lovely elf witch riding a unicornA ratman assassin with poisoned blades perched on some ruinsThere are some who call him Tim
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The Haskins Society @haskinssociety.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kalamazoo ICMS 2027 CFP: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 (Session #8365) 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦: Hybrid 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Haskins Society 𝘊𝘰-𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Medieval People @kzooicms.bsky.social
A graphic has a call for papers for a session on "The Normans in 2027" for a 2027 ICMS panel sponsored by the Haskins Society. There is a photo showing the British Museum's digital projection of the Bayeux Tapestry onto the White Cliffs of Dover in 2027, overlaid on a detail from a medieval manuscript.

2027 will be the year of the Normans. Many events have been developed to celebrate this anniversary, including exhibiting the Bayeux Tapestry in London for the first time. This millennial celebration provides an ideal opportunity to evaluate the Normans. Charles Homer Haskins was foundational in what we think about the Normans. How has our understanding of the Normans changed or evolved since Haskins’ time? What has remained consistent? What new methodologies have been employed? What areas have been examined that Haskins didn’t consider?
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#museum #anthropology The Pick Museum of Anthropology is on the search for our new Curator of Collections. Applications are being accepted through Oct 8. Check out the job posting on the NIU employment portal for all the details and instructions on how to apply: employment.niu.edu/postings/97131
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Curator of Collections (4702)
Responsible for the care and protection of museum collections, including assisting with the development and implementation of collections policies, maintaining safe storage and gallery facilities, and...
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
in today's essay i discuss -gaucho pants -black market tallow trading -the vast, vast pampas grasslands -a homoerotic bar fight in an old novel -equestrian feats -a beef sandwich buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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Notable Sandwiches #150: Xis Gaúcho
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I eat our way through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week,...
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John Terry @johntrterry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
that history department kicks ass 🐗
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Noah Blan @noahwblan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m thrilled to share that my book Carolingian Ecological Sovereignty is out now with @archumanities.bsky.social ! You can order physical copies now, and the open access versions will be available sometime in early October. www.arc-humanities.org/978180270283... Keep an eye out for updates here 📚
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Carolingian Ecological Sovereignty - Arc Humanities Press
During the early Middle Ages, the ecological was political—as it is today. For the Carolingians, the governance of nature was integral to the making of emp...
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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Call for Papers - 22nd Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop: "What's Missing?" We www.themedievalacademyblog.org/call…
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Merle Eisenberg @merleeisenberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Going down the road to give a talk at OU tomorrow on "Medieval Pandemics and Grand Narrative: History, Science, and Interdisciplinary Research Talk" Should be fun!
Medieval Pandemics and Grand Narrative: History, Science, and Interdisciplinary Research Talk
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 15/09/2026
job in medieval studies!
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#medeivalsky #medieval #medievalist My favorite medievalist was the subject of an article in our University Student Paper! Read all about it here: (note that the article combined edited and authored books) northernstar.info/137833/news/...
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Valerie Garver’s love for the Middle Ages turned into a career
Valerie Garver, chair and professor in the Department of History, specialises in teaching the Middle Ages and medieval studies, has traveled through many countries in Europe, and also has written thre...
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Earlier this year I contributed to this documentary about Chateau Gaillaied. It's being shown this evening in France on channel Novo19.
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#5787 Using an image of this awesome and delicious cake my daughter created to wish all Shabbat Shalom and L’Shanah Tovah. May the coming year be sweet, beautiful, and peaceful
A beautiful white and pink frosted cake decorated with swirls and ribbons of frosting
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#Miniatures completed two more of Saruman’s orcs by Heritage Miniatures, one of my favorite lines
Front view of 25mm figures from Heritage Miniatures representing Saruman’s orcs, clad in mail and dark clothing. one blows a horn while the other beats a large dumbek-style drumRear view of 25mm figures from Heritage Miniatures representing Saruman’s orcs, clad in mail and dark clothing. one blows a horn while the other beats a large dumbek-style drum
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 08/09/2026
Students who don't use AI chatbots for schoolwork are scoring better grades than those who do, according to a new report. It's some of the widest-ranging evidence yet that the technology could be hurting young people's learning. bloom.bg/4gHVbZY 📷: Jean-François Fort / Getty Images
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#MedievalSky That "1300" includes you, too!
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Labor Day timeline cleanse
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Post your favourite 40k Warhammer kill team, wrong (right?) answers only.
Jugger team from Blood of Heroes
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
To mark the 53rd anniversary of Tolkien's death, here's one of his poems. I'm not a fan of most of his poetry, but I think this is beautiful. My mother-in-law was a big Tolkien fan; I read this at her funeral last year.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
On Saturday 26 September I'll be giving a talk about the Norman Conquest at Pevensey Castle. www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-...
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨New study reveals killing wolves did not reliably prevent subsequent livestock damage. In some cases livestock losses actually increased after they were lethally removed. If killing wolves doesn’t reliably prevent future conflict, why is it still being used as a solution? 🔗 bit.ly/4x4hCNQ
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Study: Shooting Wolves Barely Protects Livestock
Five field studies compared: killing wolves mostly does not prevent livestock losses. In some cases the number of kills even rises afterwards.
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#Miniatures Also completed this week: An old favorite! One of Saruman’s uruk hai from Heritage’s LOTR line.
25mm armored orc/goblin, an uruk hai from Heritage’s LOTR line. Front view. The figure is clad in mail and wields a spear and a shield. 25mm armored orc/goblin, an uruk hai from Heritage’s LOTR line. Rear view. The figure is clad in mail and wields a spear and a shield with the white hand of Saruman25mm armored orc/goblin, an uruk hai from Heritage’s LOTR line. A second front view. The figure is clad in mail and wields a spear and a shield.
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#Miniatures completed this week: the dwarf warrior is a 3d print for another player in a dnd game. My first attempt at tattoos. I modeled them from Tolkien’s Khuzdul runes, using the ones from Gimli’s war cry “axes of the dwarves, the dwarves are upon you”
28mm 3d printed figure of a tattooed dwarven warrior wielding a two handed hammer. Front view 28mm 3d printed figure of a tattooed dwarven warrior wielding a two handed hammer. Rear view showing large backpack 28mm 3d printed figure of a tattooed dwarven warrior wielding a two handed hammer. Closeup of right arm with tattoos28mm 3d printed figure of a tattooed dwarven warrior wielding a two handed hammer. Closeup of left arm with runic tattoos
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American Medieval Podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
have a listen to our latest episode!!!
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 27/08/2026
This is one of the most important songs in my own personal hymnal
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Gennifer Hutchison @gennhutchison.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One of the amazing things is that everyone is posting clips and stories about Dolly, and they're all different. The range of her life, musically and in her charitable works, is stunning. She was always direct in both. It sucks she's gone, it really, really does. And I'm so glad she was here.
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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Interested in Louis the Pious and his coinage? Independent coins of Venice minted in the 820s or 830s? Commerce on the Rhine under the Carolingians? Just added to my online articles: Drei karolingische Münzen aus der Gemarkung Rees (Kreis Kleve) works.hcommons.org/records/e33g...
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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Jobs For Medievalists PBSA is looking to appoint an Editorial Assistant to support the journal's day-to-day operations. Details are in the text below, which can also be found online. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs…
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Blair Apgar @blairapgar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
CFP now open! The Middle Ages in Modern Games returns to Leeds IMC 2027. We're inviting papers on medievalism in digital and tabletop games, especially those engaging the congress theme of Communities. Abstracts due 13 Sept. Visit middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement... for more information.
CALL FOR PAPERS post image #1: 

The Middle Ages in Modern Games invites submissions for its strand at Leeds IMC (5–8 July 2027), sponsored by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research at the University of Winchester.

This year's strand explores the congress theme of Communities, examining how medievalist games imagine, construct, and negotiate social groups. Papers may consider communities as systems of governance, identity, cooperation, conflict, trade, religion, reputation, or belonging, as well as the ways players form communities around games. We are particularly interested in how games shape understandings of medieval communities through mechanics, narratives, and audiovisual representation.

We welcome papers and sessions (3–4 papers) addressing any aspect of the medieval period or medievalism in digital or tabletop games, across any region and within a broad definition of ‘medieval’—including fantasy. 
We particularly welcome submissions engaging with Communities broadly defined.

Abstracts due 13 Sept. All inquiries to midagesmodgames@gmail.com. For more info, visit: https://middleagesinmoderngames.netCFP image #2 - 

Topics might include (but are not restricted to):

    Teaching Medieval Communities through Games
    Membership and inclusion within communities; “the Other”
    Religious groups within medievalist games
    Migration and mobile communities
    Race, ethnicity, and cultural identity-based communities
    Gender, sexuality, and queer communities
    Chosen families and alternative kinship structures 
    Colonialism, indigeneity, and community representation
    Assimilation, hybridity, and multicultural communities
    Community lines along social class and/or castes
    Enclaves, splinter cells, and secession
    Communities of violence and disruptive communities
    Cooperation and obligation within medievalist games
    Relationship and favorability mechanics in medievalist games
    Guild systems in massive multiplayer online games (MMOs)
    Language and visual signifiers of communities
    Player communities of medievalist games
    Positive and negative community exchanges

Abstracts due 13 Sept. All inquiries to midagesmodgames@gmail.com. For more info, visit: https://middleagesinmoderngames.net
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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🐻🦴 Bear, boar or cattle? New research led by UCD School of Archaeology has revealed that "cattle bones" long thought to mark the beginning of farming in Ireland actually belong to bear and wild boar, rewriting a key chapter in Irish prehistory. 🧵 @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In two weeks I will give an online lecture on “Rethinking the Far Right” for @iapss.bsky.social Everyone is welcome! Info below.
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Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Great trip to Nunburnholme church today, where they have re-formed the Viking-Age cross correctly after 150 years joined the wrong way round. #medievalsky
Stone cross shaft with figural carving, standing in a church near a Romanesque arch
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Great interview about one of my favorite subjects
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It was a good villain already but giving it a voice could make it more interesting, maybe cruel and cunning like Glaurung? Bring on the Balrog
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The King Teen @kingteenmusic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Time for some throwback The King Teen. Hard to see because this was shot with a potato, but I really liked that vinyl-front shirt I was wearing.
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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I made the happy discovery that the catalog from the 2013-2014 Met exhibit "Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim" is online, with many glorious illustrations: resources.metmuseum.org/resources/me... #medievalsky
Bernward Bible dedication page fol. 1r, from the Met Museum catalog "Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim, p. 37.
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Miriam Ellis @miriamellis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Weekend #Tolkien Thread: If we were in the Shire right now, I expect most of the local talk would be about the lovely things growing in the gardens and orchards. The bounty of unseen Yavanna, the Giver of Fruits. Something that I am in greatest sympathy with the hobbits about is...
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This was a killer episode. Strong recommend!
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Robert Feldacker @robfeldacker.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Timeline cleanse: ready for the weekend!
Golden retriever in pink thunder shirt under a basement art table.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate
Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top
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Rachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Remembering the 1st Minnesota today. ✊
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