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Illustration of Lilian Murray (later Lilian Lindsay) outside the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh waving her Diploma above her head. There are books at her feet. (Image courtesy of British Dental Association)

It's #DentistDay! This is Lilian Murray who became the first female dentist to qualify in the UK. She initially tried to enrol at the London Dental School but was refused entry to the building in case she distracted male students & was interviewed on the pavement instead! #InternationalWomensDay

Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote: "The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."

Once again.

New Gorillaz! Love this short film, esp. the singing hoopoe.

A nicely detailed manicule, with a "nota" reminder, followed by "hed ake".
Henry Daniel, Herbal, London, BL, MS Add. 27329, fol. 127rb.

Cover of The Lancet:

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Livre des simples médecines

Florence Pal. 586, c. 1370:
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#histmed #bookhistory

So, here's the article I have out as of today and it's #OpenAccess. It deals with one of the earliest Christian Arabic scribal workshops in the Sinai monastery, where many of the mss produced there have been preserved to this day. In this 🧵 I do a quick rundown of the most important findings. 1/n

YouTube video by There I Ruined It Africa (Toto)...but it lists every country in Africa

WELL

I'm never going to hear this song correctly again, am I

Our new album The World Is To Dig arrives April 14!

A weird looking "cat", thin and with babies on its back.

A 🧵 of 4-legged animals in sixteenth-century prints, including 🦊 🐕 🦒 🐈‍⬛ and a 🦄 . #skystorians

Cover image for the book "The Greatest Debate: The 1409 Arts Quodlibet at the University of Prague," edited by Luigi Campi and Ota Pavlíček.

New open-access book of potential interest to historians of universities & #MedievalSky -- an edited volume of texts & analysis from the 1409 Prague debates over a range of subjects in the university curriculum: www.brepols.net/products/IS-... #openaccessmiddleages @brepols.net

Hugely looking forward to hosting this one-day symposium on 'Medical Learning in the Medieval Gaelic World' as part of the @researchireland.ie LEIGHEAS project @maynoothuniversity.ie - join us @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social on Thursday 12th March!

The So What - Sports Medievalism CFP.docx Call for Proposals:  Sports Medievalism - TSW Special Issue *** Submission Deadline for Proposals: March 31, 2026*** In athletics, athletes are often described as ‘throwing down the gauntlet’ when t...

Just dropped! A #CFP for a Sports Medievalism Special Iss of TSW, guest ed. by
@mairistirlinghill.bsky.social! We’re seeking proposals for pieces that engage w/ the relationship between sporting culture & medieval aesthetic! Full CFP attached
Deadline: 3/31
#medievalsky #academicsky #sports

A volume of essays I edited some years ago on news in #earlymodern Europe is now available open access 📖
Featuring chapters by @lenaliapi.bsky.social, @emmawhipday.bsky.social, among others!
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You say 1GW, I hear:

‘Words are but the shell:’ Can Plants Help Us, Historically? The Plant, the Nation, and the Infant Anglo-American colonist Elizabeth Hanson’s infant inexplicably survived captivity with her mother in 1725 amongst the Abenaki. Abenaki men thought the infant was demonic; the French thought it was …

“The ‘quotidian’ care of infants and pregnant bodies can give us insight into unexpected history […] even if we prefer to leave the suckling and wailing of pregnancy and birth far from our founding documents.” nursingclio.org/2026/02/11/w...

Want a Masterclass in How Not to Work With Artists? Ask Google | Artnet News Renown artist Judy Chicago shares her misadventures with an ambitious public art commission for the tech giant.

This painstakingly detailed account of a nightmare experience working with Google feels worth honoring with a read. So unprofessional and disrespectful of Google.

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Photo of I Will Not Be Scared picture book

Photo of the dedication page of I Will Not Be Scared

This book has the most scathing dedication by an illustrator I have ever seen (and he is completely right)

#kidlit

Twelfth-century copy of Gerbert d’Aurillac’s „Isagoge Geometriae,“ today Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection of Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Philadelphia (PA), Ms LJS 194, fol. 12v

AotW: Samer S. Qandil / Daniel G. König, 984: Some Letters by Gerbert d’Aurillac Dealing with “Arabic” Mathematics and Astronomy, in: TMH 3.1 (2021), DOI: doi.org/10.18148/tmh....

*We are looking for authors: ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/transmed/ind... !*

#medievalists #medievalsky

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
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I owe you an apology, Amber Glenn. I wasn't really familiar with your Magic: The Gathering Game.

watch as bluesky absolutely massacres the image quality on these. bluesky fucking hates nice crisp pixels and will stop at nothing to boil them into sludge

been getting a lot of asks about the critter monks on tumblr. i like to make little doodles to go along with my answers

Together, we raised over $600,000 for @translifeline.org this year. From the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful. We have come together to say to our trans friends and family that they are loved and that they are not alone.

Trans rights are human rights.

When we gather together, we can make Magic.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Done! Thanks, fellow Prof, for yet another amazing fundraiser and giveaway.

That's only possible if he plays the Black Death himself.

Gave Matilda a tray of snow. She loves/hates it. Couldn’t get a shot of her standing briefly with her own snowball.

A close-up of an metal box with a sliding lid, which is partially open. Inside, there are a two small compartments with a hinged metal flap, one of the is open. The box has a worn and corroded appearance with visible scratches and patina. It is displayed in a show case.

A #Roman bronze medicine box, with a sliding lid and separate compartments to store medical substances like herbs and mineral products.
Found in Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, dating 2nd/3rd century AD.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt.

📷 me

🏺 #archaeology

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