your apartment, the sport of basketball, and the Republic of Korea are all social constructs. mere recognition of this fact does not actually make the question of whether you are standing in your own apartment, playing basketball, or a Korean national up in the air until settled by op ed editors

“But the bigger problem is how much of the media of ‘the left’ is dominated by men who appear to have no understanding of sexual abuse or intimate partner violence, but do have a pretty hefty sexist streak that they either aren’t aware of or don’t care to remedy.” YES @juliedicaro.bsky.social

We have an even bigger problem than Graham Platner

The candidate's rise and fall perfectly illustrates the sexism in lefty media

losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com

Ballpark 200 million American citizens over age 30. I feel like it’s not too big an ask, for a role that is literally rarer than one in a million, that senatorial candidates be decent human beings. Also, not hilariously vulnerable to blackmail.

It’s his day:

Always good to see the medieval version of No Really They Painted the Statues chez @sarahebond.bsky.social

Dr Will Wyeth@willwyeth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🗣️ Medievalists! 🏰 Check out this page, we’ve done a reconstruction the medieval chapel at Chester Castle! www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places... Please share widely! There’s loads of info and *lovely* images from the repertoire of medieval art - and also more reconstructions!

Right now there’s an award ceremony going on at the Kennedy Library in Boston. For courage. The honorees are Jerome Powell and the people of the Twin Cities. Earlier today I was set up at an artisan market nearby. A tourist(?) family—dad, grown son, son’s wife—stopped by.

Finished @tkingfisher.com’s A House with Good Bones two days ago. Just found a ladybug. In my bed. On Mother’s Day. Nopenopenope

Two Roman era babies buried at York (late 3rd or early 4th centuries CE) were wrapped in Tyrian purple. It’s less about the cost than the fact that, for me, this makes the assertion that high infant mortality=babies weren’t loved as much as today, even more ridiculous. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Rare imperial purple cloth found in Roman infant burials in York

Two infants buried in Roman York were laid to rest in costly purple cloth normally reserved for emperors and members of the aristocracy, new research reveals

york.ac.uk

Maybe news to non-sailors: Ted Turner could admit when he was wrong. The Chicago Mac is the longest freshwater sailing race in the world. Turner, in response to friendly warnings beforehand, dismissively called Lake Michigan a “millpond.“ The millpond gave him sustained 60 knot winds

As someone who was a persistent thorn in Kotlikoff‘s side for over a year, this is a hell of a thing to watch.

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You should watch the video. He accelerated pretty damn quickly into the student.

my bees. everyone observe my bees

Coming across stuff like this I can’t help but think of my poor dad trying to get tiny me ready for swim lessons. He can’t take me thru the women’s changing room. Doesn't want to take me thru the men’s. And the moms in the “family” room complained when he entered.

Alexander Williams@floatinginwaves.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s all kicking off now.

if we actually get a senior political figure excommunication then just a heads up that every single medievalist on here, we’re gonna lose our entire shit

I still get threats from men I wrote about a decade ago who are angry I covered federal lawsuits against them related to sexual assault allegations. To my personal email, to new work emails. I don’t think readers understand how difficult and laborious it is to get these stories published

Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My brain is full of stuff people have told me I could not prove with other sources, data or documents. It takes time and energy to talk to multiple vulnerable people, getting the details and timeline right, both for accuracy and to avoid a lawsuit. And even then, sometimes people sue anyway.

It’s called the Cycle of Abuse or the Walker Wheel: calm followed by rising tension, the explosion of violence, the reconciliation, the incremental intensification of violence over time.

Sonia Sulaiman@soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I honestly suspect that he vacillates like this in order to push what people will accept as a norm. The news cycle has moved on from him kidnapping the president of Venezuela, or threatening to invade Greenland, or colonizing Palestine or— it’s not distraction. It’s abuser behaviour.

Several years ago, on a whim, I started drawing a map of an eel's life travels as seen by the eel. I figured an eel thinks about its life as a linear journey, rather than a there-and-back again adventure. So I wanted to do a map to reflect this. This morning, on another whim, I finished the map!

It's the Equinox...time again for me to remind you about the EquineOx: that mythopoetic, all-knowing horse/ox hybrid. Mysterious bringer of socks & other sundry goodies. A godling of the changing seasons. Friends: may the EquineOx bring you many blessing this day!

Humans: wanting star stickers in their bedroom since at least the 15th c.

Laura Morreale@lauramorreale.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hi medievalist friends. We are looking at this 15th c copy of the Image du Monde, in the section on Geometry. Does anyone know what is in the upper right corner of this image? Is it the monk's bed? Does he straight up have star stickers on his bedroom wall?

Apropos of nothing: in 1998, when she ran in the Democratic primary for IL-9, a much younger Jan Schakowsky trounced a certain J.B. Pritzker. It turned out not to be the end of his political career.

Hi, I just want to say a word in support of @meganwachspress.bsky.social. I heard from her this morning before she went public. I had not had a chance to respond yet because my father in law is in the hospital.

This is my home district and this is an issue I’ve spent a lot of time on. Please, friends still in the area: this ought to absolutely disqualify Biss from being elected as a progressive to a position of power.

Megan Wachspress@meganwachspress.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.

Answer: any of the dozens digitized and online in October 2023 that are not yet available again in March, 2026. Anger aimed at: 1) the lack of legislation of crypto that directly enabled the attack and 2) the shoddy funding of a national library that directly resulted in insecure digital footprint

Medieval Manuscripts@blmedieval.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hello, have you missed us? We’d love to hear from you.   Tell us your favourite British Library manuscript and we’ll post an image for you.

Because I am so very proud of them: first real completed pair of shoes. Box calf, linen and silk threads, handmade, own pattern, and so so much help from my teacher.

Got to attend a *fantastic* talk by @saboteusebespoke.bsky.social Monday and learned, among other things: -It's gender all the way down. "Handmade" shoes are allowed machine-stitched uppers because the uppers were traditionally women's work. -I want my own traditional MA 10ft freestanding studio.

Give yourself the gift of reading this article.

bendwalsh.bsky.social@bendwalsh.bsky.social · 5mo ago

people joke about what experiencing even the banalities of modern society would do to a medieval peasant, but here's a German tourist from a small farming village who says some Times Square salsa verde physically incapacitated him gothamist.com/food/theres-...

First bloom of the spring has arrived, only a day after the snow melted: cheery winter aconite for the bees

we have saved daylight but at what cost

Well this just fried my brain and emotions, but..uh…did the DOGE crew think “critical editions” means we’re going about saying these Middle English texts are bad? Did that actually happen?

Megan L. Cook@meganlcook.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Obviously, NEH grants never should have been clawed back in the first place, DOGE is a lot of crap, and all grants should be reinstated, but if you want to feel PARTICULAR rage about how half-assed and cruel the whole process is, read the AI rationale for terminating the TEAMS METS grant

Army Corps of Engineers in the Philippines in WWII, then a lifetime at Ma Bell Effed if I know, other than surprise bigamy WWII and then a sign painter (honorary grandpa)

Sarah Archer@sarcher.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Whether or not you’re running for Congress and trying to seem rugged (and you probably should run, because, look who’s out there) what did your grandpas do for a living?