The most fun thing ever to randomly see
OTD in 2006 journalist & activist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead. Whoever ordered her killed is still at large. And turns 74 today.
The brave knights on the magnetic fields
One thing I've learned in life is that whenever someone says "What you have to understand about [some group] is that they're [some description]," the description always applies to all humans everywhere. This from the WSJ is a real classic of this genre:
me, arriving for the party after spending all day reading old books in the library
Well they've got the headline right here. They found a handful of 6500 year old malted emmer wheat, evidence that may point to beer production. More details in this report on Solnitsata excavations @larsga.bsky.social. #Bulgaria #Varna #malt 🍻🏺
"Our call for science funding open! This fall, we have subtly changed requirements of all 27 required attachments [MANDATORY]. Any deviations from given templates will be punished by firing squad. Good luck, soldier!"
Conradin von Hohenstaufen — a contemporary drawing of a medieval homoerotic pair: Conradin and Friedrich of Austria. The piece reimagines their intimate bond, invoking 13th-century courtly ties and overlooked queer histories. See more: buff.ly/QrltQv6 #QueerHistory #Art
Gyms. For. Our. Brains.
Known in Eastern Finland as well!
fwiw this is also a reason for far-right medievalism, a poisonous nostalgia for via patriarchy built from myths like the "first night"
Awesome! Looking forward to it!
Miten tutkija saa äänensä kuuluviin yhteiskunnallisessa keskustelussa? Hankenin työelämäprofessori Shadia Rask antaa Tieteessä tapahtuu -lehden (4/2026) kolumnissa neuvoja tiedeviestintään: www.tieteessatapahtuu.fi/rohkaistu-ti...
#CfP 📢 Book chapters: “Religion in Egodocuments”, eds. Fred van Lieburg & Vincent Petit
Inviting contributions on religion in diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, letters & other egodocuments.
⏰ 31 Oct 2026
đź”— reforc.com/news/religion-in-egodocuments
Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Early Modern European Art History, College Park, Maryland #earlymodern
Tervetuloa Vanhan musiikin kauneimpiin joululauluihin! Keskiajan, renessanssin ja barokin joululauluja lauletaan nyt Tampereen (to 10.12.) lisäksi Kalannissa (pe 11.12.), ja ohjelmistoon kuuluu mm. keskiajan Suomessa laulettuja lauluja Kalannin hymnaariosta. research.tuni.fi/trivium-fi/s...
Thank you Pam! I hope to see you soon in some other event!
