Robert Feldacker
@robfeldacker.bsky.social
prospect researcher @Northern Illinois University (all opinions my own), medieval enthusiast, spouse, parent, pet owner, slow figure painter, and occasional gamer, shameless publicist for https://www.niu.edu/clas/history/about/faculty/garver.shtml he,him
Great interview about one of my favorite subjects
American Medieval Podcast@americanmedieval.bsky.social · 2w agoNew episode Wednesday!!! @profgabriele.com talks with Sarah Davis-Secord about medieval SICILY, how it hides its history of Jews, Muslims, and various Christians. Listen —> pca.st/episode/24d7...
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
IGN@ign.com · 2w ago
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.
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
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...
This was a killer episode. Strong recommend!
American Medieval Podcast@americanmedieval.bsky.social · 4w agoIt’s here, finallly! We talk about the MEDIEVAL F-WORD!!! Of course we mean “feudalism.” Ada Kuskowski joins us to explain how the term is modern, not medieval, and what was really going on… Enjoy! #medievalsky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate
An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride
Remembering the 1st Minnesota today. ✊
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 2y ago2nd July 1863. Battle of Gettysburg. For perhaps the only time in the entire war the Confederates seem to be winning. Dan Sickles, commander III Corps, is ordered hold on Cemetery Ridge. For reasons unknown he advances. Broken, his men begin to flee. This is the moment on which the war depends /1
$15k plus art materials for any artist anywhere doing a project on visible mending in / with their community, application here:
TED & POSCA Global Artist Search — Fine Acts
TED & POSCA are launching a new form of artist residency – a distributed cohort of artists working across the world, united by a shared drive to shape culture and community.
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Happy Father’s Day! Along with a lovely family dinner (last night so my spouse can travel to see her father today) I got this awesome card- I think they know me pretty well. :)
"name a movie that's better than the book I dare you" Jaws
The Carolingian South is now out! This new edited volume approaches the Franks from a new direction. To celebrate @manchesterup.bsky.social sat me and @graemeyward.bsky.social to ask us some questions about the book: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/06... #medievalsky
Six questions on turning the Carolingian world upside down - Manchester University Press
The story of the Carolingian empire is often told from the north, centred on places like modern-day France and Germany. But what happens if we shift our focus south? The Carolingian South, edited by S...
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What AI-Generated Images of Robert Gould Shaw Leave Out and Why it Matters #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
What AI-Generated Images of Robert Gould Shaw Leave Out and Why it Matters
I have spent the better part of six years researching and writing a biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw’s short life, so it should come as no surprise that I have strong feelings about the AI-gener...
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It's recital weekend here in DeKalb! Excited to see my wife and daughter in the shows and dance with my daughter on Sunday. egyptiantheatre.showare.com/eventperform....
Hemingway observed in his 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises that one goes bankrupt “gradually and then suddenly.” The same can be said of armies. My latest at The Bulwark. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-rus...
What a Russian Army Collapse Might Look Like
The Ukrainians are trying to break the Russian military—and they just might do it.
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Wishing my favorite medievalist and her colleagues a fun and interesting conference! (Zoom link available on request) #medievalsky
Giulia Zornetta@gzornetta.eurosky.social · 3mo ago🧵 Coming soon: Beyond Textiles – The Social, Religious, and Anthropological Meaning of #Textile Work for #Women in the Middle Ages 📅 8-9 June 2026 📍 Aula Baratto, Ca' Foscari – Dorsoduro 3246, Venice #Venezia Stay tuned! 🪡 #medievalsky
Blue states could pass laws mandating faculty governance and academic freedom.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe commanding heights of universities are not liberal spaces
I promise to stop going on about this soon, but my list of moving queens 900-1150 is now up to 122 women 👸 blogs.ed.ac.uk/cwest3/2026/... There are probably still errors/omissions (tell me if you spot one!), but thanks to everyone who's made suggestions on here or by email❤️
I'm doing a book event @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social on June 25 to talk about The Public Scholar, writing for media, and some of the broader questions about being a writer in public, on social media, trade presses, and more. Please share! moonpalacebooks.com/events/55699...
The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook | Moon Palace Books
Your neighborhood independent bookstore located in south Minneapolis. Selling new and used books since 2012.
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Why do I celebrate Pride, and not just during June? Because I despise bullies. Because I know nobody is free until everyone is free. (Thank you, Fannie Lou Hamer.) Because people I care about are LGBTQ. Because I'm not a small-minded jerk. Because love is worth celebrating. Happy Pride, y'all.
Barn carts in need of a new home. Before we lost our sister we also lost our uncle who was caring for a colony of outdoor cats. I’ve been working with Cat Coalition of the New South, Inc. to feed, vet, fix, & rehome these sweet babies. If you know of a barn in need of some mousers comment or DM.
I have one last thing to say about this. And that is that we've known AI/LLMs fabricate citations, data, and whole arguments for YEARS! We even have a word for it. "Hallucinate." There is NO excuse for this. Any of this. We KNOW that AI is unreliable. We've known since at least 2022.
Dr. Holly Walters@manigarm.bsky.social · 3mo agoI'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?
