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Jackson Crawford

@norsebysw.bsky.social

Former instructor (UCLA/UCB/CU), Ph.D., on youtube since 2016. Imperfectly trying to teach Old Norse things and linguistics. Second Edition of my translation of the Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes now out.

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I deal with some ideas of what might be going on with that word starting on p. 38 here asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/QFDB...

09.12.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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you will be visited by 3 spirits

09.12.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump attacked Colorado Governor Jared Polis for refusing to spring Tina Peters out of jail

04.12.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 432    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 23

β€œNow that you are sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives you may partake of the occult chalice of unnatural long life. Drink deep friend”

08.12.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine spending thousands upon thousands of dollars on law school only to discover laws don’t exist anymore.

08.12.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Today on Youtube: my take on why I don’t think the extinction of Icelandic is impending (complete with disclaimer in Icelandic). Full video at: youtu.be/c54KjqR_ejg

08.12.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
07.12.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 213    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

You've read your last free article *aims gun*

07.12.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

humans evolved from the apes noah saved

21.01.2024 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

billionaires are smart and good at business that's why they have a billion dollars.

07.12.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 967    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1

Check on your merry gentlemen. Rest them if need be.

07.12.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Ebenezer Scrooge at 10 am on Christmas morning frantically googling "how to cook goose whole goose" and getting a bunch of websites that say like "From time immemorial people have asked 'how to cook goose whole goose.'"

23.12.2023 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2572    πŸ” 581    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 9

Solidarity with the Somali-American community. This lawless, openly racist admin is completely out of control.

03.12.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump sleeping in 4 photos with the words: END WOKENESS!

Trump sleeping in 4 photos with the words: END WOKENESS!

He seems to be constantly fighting 'wokeness' these days...

02.12.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3292    πŸ” 661    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 41

First thing on every undocumented worker’s mind upon arriving in the United States: use a huge stockpile of cash to make a down payment and lock into a 30-year mortgage.

02.12.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2065    πŸ” 355    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 11
Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”

Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”

01.12.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 15130    πŸ” 4071    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 675

Congratulations to the Secretary of Defense for ordering a hundred murders right before the president established the precedent that pardons are invalid.

29.11.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2398    πŸ” 432    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 13

A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).

29.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2415    πŸ” 562    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 12

It all boils down to the core weakness of the American system which is that it was written for people who were pathologically violently protective of their own personal power and all the checks and balances are dependent on said people engaging in said pathologies.

28.11.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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#UAview πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
In Ukraine 1 am is ballistics time.
How do you spend nights in your country?

28.11.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ivan Marchuk (Ukrainian, b. 1936). Moon in the steppe.

27.11.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 948    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

A six-figure vehicle, *any* six-figure vehicle is either two things: a utility business purchase for a fairly large firm that needs a specialized platform OR a consumption choice that is mostly about flaunting conspicuous wealth.

27.11.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Least important thing in the world but I am sick of that bigfoot silhouette everywhere. You would think it was the goddamned flag of Colorado

27.11.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The most reactionary anti-immigrant policy in my lifetime cannot fail it can only be failed, both the absence and presence of violence against the state are seen as justifications for its continued and expanded brutality.

27.11.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colorado officials reject Tina Peters prison transfer request by Trump administration The Colorado Department of Corrections says it won’t grant the Trump administration’s request to transfer Tina Peters to the federal prison system.

NEW: The Colorado Department of Corrections says it won’t grant the Trump administration’s request to transfer Tina Peters to the federal prison system, characterizing it as not fitting with the β€œstandard practice” for moving inmates.

26.11.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6
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Posts from Ukraine

25.11.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

MAGA leadership strategy boils down to dunking on the libs, it doesn't matter if investigations or court martials or litigation are successful because the dunk is the news story... they need to appear as if they are dunking on libs at all times

26.11.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on youtube I’m answering a viewer question about the categorization of color in Old Norse. Full, longer video with links in the comments to my published peer-reviewed work on this subject: youtu.be/XuAOdF91YEg

26.11.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Old Norse and Jackson Crawford

Today I'm the guest on @dannybate.bsky.social 's podcast "A language I love is..." talking about Old Norse! open.spotify.com/episode/7GoR...

24.11.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This won't happen but it would be incredibly funny if the Canadian part of NORAD refused to work on the yearly Santa tracker thing by citing intelligence sharing risks

26.11.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 422    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5

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