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French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

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Maybe the reason Trump can't out-negotiate Zelensky is cos Trump appointed Tulsi who leaks everything to Russia and Budanov knows everything we know so Zelensky in fact knows what we've told Trump to do before Trump does..

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After A Bridge Too Far, a generation of Poles grew up thinking he was Polish.

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I shovel the snow, dear reader, not to clear it but to make room for more snow. #meanwhileinCanada

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kompromat = In (Russian or Soviet) espionage: compromising information collected for use in blackmailing, discrediting, or manipulating a person, group, etc., esp. for political purposes. Also: a piece or a collection of such material. Source: OED

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Pro tip: if you want to infuse your academic paper with a bit of ambiguity du jour, let your cat walk over your keyboard now and then. My feline companion improved 'the same' to 'the samey' - just the right amount of uncertainty. You're welcome. #felinecopyediting

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Best journal in the field, now on this platform

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We've landed on BlueSky! (A Chaucer finger puppet "stands" before the front cover of SAC)

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A Superb Owl! BM ms 399

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📢📢📢📢📢 ONE MONTH TO DEADLINE!!!! For details on how to apply see: hakluyt.com/downloadable... £1250 1st prize!!!!

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Some of our members in Toronto made it to @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social ‘s excellent talk about coins. We heard about a common insult to Henry VI, how Edward IV changed the look,& arguably the meaning of coins during his reign, how coins wore out, the reason for clipping & so much more.It was a delight.

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Toronto and GTA friends: this is NOT to be missed!

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Some members of the Richard III Society of Canada will be attending this talk in Toronto on Tuesday the 21st. It looks fascinating. arthistory.utoronto.ca/events/peter... @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social

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Couldn't be more thrilled with my co-authors @belledamesansmercy.bsky.social and Misty Schieberle! Working title: The Mother of English Poetry: Christine de Pizan's Authority in Late Medieval England.

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Bookshelf!

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📢📢📢 Hakluyt Society ECR Essay Prize 2025 📢📢📢 Essays (6k-8k) are invited by ECRs on the history of travel, exploration, cultural encounter or their effects, or that critically engage with the work of the Society. 1st prize £1250 & 2nd prize £250. * Enter by 1/3/25 * www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-soci...

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I'd never realised that these were the Lewis chessmen I wanted until this evening. At the rather wonderful Longleat Festival of Light.

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this is the most important thing in my life i’ve done so far. let me share with you all you need to know about the “Russian Colonialism 101” illustrated guidebook. 🪆🪓 order at: maksymeristavi.com

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Don't shoot! 😱 "Crotoniatae quondam, cum florerent omnibus copiis..." Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 158: Cicero (M. Tullius Cicero), De inuentione, and pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium; 15th century; f.35r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

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Immersing ourselves in the seventeenth century this morning for a visitor to @theul.bsky.social. William Dugdale’s history of St Paul’s Cathedral (1658), an embroiderd ‘dos-à-dos’ binding for a New Testament and Book of Psalms, and a certain Mr Shakespeare.

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This includes a fully funded PhD to work on Anglo-Saxon charter single sheets with Julia Crick and me. Please spread the word, and hmu if you have any qs!

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Academic Christmas

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We thank the reviewers for their suggestions and believe they have substantially improved the paper

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Really interesting discovery at the Newberry Library, where one of their Nahuatl-language manuscripts turns out to have been made using by far the largest known example of a pre-Columbian Mesoamerica paper technology known as maguey paper: www.newberry.org/news/analysi... #paperhistory

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I am incredibly proud to share the CFP for the first issue of "Riflesso: Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Journal of Italian Studies." Fellow Italian Studies instructors, circulate it with your students! The Editorial Board welcomes essays & creative pieces dealing with any aspect of Italian culture.

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Finnish #medieval #manuscripts and #biocodicology

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I am soon off on a new work adventure, please do consider applying to be St Peter’s College Archivist! I’m happy to answer any questions on my role in this amazing community 🤗📝 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKW932/c...

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My Element is out out featuring several #earlymodern mobile lives and open access too. Let me know if you use it in your teaching and if you like it. Woohoo! 🎉 www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Grading jail sharpens one's creed: I disavow the split infinitive, believe in the Chicago Manual of Style, and embrace the Oxford comma.