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Esther Liberman Cuenca

@estherlcuenca.bsky.social

Writer. Historian. Author of 'The Making of Urban Customary Law in Medieval and Reformation England' (Oxford University Press, 2025).

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He's very litigious, I hear, so that's why it's not received much attention.

01.03.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a tendency online for people to black out the names and email addresses of people who send them notes like this but I'm all for making it public.

06.02.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2257    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 7

Yes. I met and had lunch with Rubenstein in 2022 at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he is a big donor and board member. He's very serious about history and the arts and storied American institutions.

02.02.2026 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s to become of my medieval women class now that TAMU has eliminated the women’s studies program? I don’t know. The audit of my syllabus is not done but it’ll probably be flagged because it has J Bennett’s β€œlesbian-like” article. Students are aware that free speech is a thing of the past in TX.

31.01.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is correct. Also, I took 12 years and my heart was into it but …stuff happens. Also, lots of adjuncting

31.01.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

vance has to stay on the good sign of the teen nazis that are his primary constituency

28.01.2026 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3937    πŸ” 575    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 13
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Good piece by Adam Serwer. Love this part in particular. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

27.01.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you know who’s the new editor?

27.01.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Little Liam Ramos stood facing an ICE vehicle with his cartoon blue wooly hat. A state-sponsored terrorist ICE agent is holding him by his rucksack.

Little Liam Ramos stood facing an ICE vehicle with his cartoon blue wooly hat. A state-sponsored terrorist ICE agent is holding him by his rucksack.

A reminder that Liam Ramos, the son of legal residents in Minnesota, is still being held in a Texas prison.

A five year old little boy - and America’s global reputation - now scarred for life.

(πŸ“Έ Ali Daniel’s/AP)

27.01.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2573    πŸ” 1295    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 76

"Good tsar, bad boyars" has been a recurring theme of Trumpism every year the dude's been office. It's wild.

27.01.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 922    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 10
screenshot of a reddit post in r/nursing

Photo of a hospital hallway where staff in scrubs stand with their hands clasped and heads bowed

screenshot of a reddit post in r/nursing Photo of a hospital hallway where staff in scrubs stand with their hands clasped and heads bowed

As seen on r/nursing

Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him

26.01.2026 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5767    πŸ” 1390    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 65

when I talk about how this is truly the only show to have a romance novel structure, this is what I mean: every other romance adaptation turns the fundamentally, crucially narrow focus of a romance novel into a broader tv world. this show feels different because it does not.

26.01.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 329    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is 30 year old today. with an inception date of 26th January 1996.

It turns out that although not in any sense breaking new scholarship, it remains my most longstanding contribution to the republic of letters.

sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook.asp

26.01.2026 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
From the Independent: "ICE is rumored to be heading for Philadelphia. Everyone is saying the same thing'

Reaction from ben doyle (@thewheatgerm): "this is the equivalent of hitler sending you to stalingrad"

From the Independent: "ICE is rumored to be heading for Philadelphia. Everyone is saying the same thing' Reaction from ben doyle (@thewheatgerm): "this is the equivalent of hitler sending you to stalingrad"

imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus

26.01.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7467    πŸ” 1748    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 376
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until recently, i was a dumbass. but no longer.

26.01.2026 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5301    πŸ” 592    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 35

During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake

26.01.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7028    πŸ” 1836    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 29

ICE delenda est

26.01.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what do you mean πŸ§πŸ½β€β™€οΈ

26.01.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 14
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read β€˜Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm

via hearts530

25.01.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5807    πŸ” 1252    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 537
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Now requires a disambiguation page

25.01.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1924    πŸ” 397    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 8

How many January 6 insurrectionists were armed? Is the position now that Capitol police could have shot them all? Just trying to keep up

24.01.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4560    πŸ” 1084    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 29

Something I needed to write to a prospective author: "Let me contact you next week. There might be a hiccup: TX is expected to freeze this weekend. My hope is that the electric grid holds up. It didn’t in 2021 and it was traumatic (no water, electricity, etc.). So fingers crossed I don’t die? haha."

22.01.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had to bring this over for "rinses his ass" 🀌

22.01.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3735    πŸ” 654    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 77

β€œLook: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”

22.01.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5170    πŸ” 932    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 23

I had a dream that an article I submitted to the "Journal of Reassessing the Passion Narrative" got a good response from readers and that its publication was imminent. Paging Dr. Freud...?

20.01.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I Would Start A War In Your Arms A Heated Rivalry Notebook

This essay by @alexanderchee.bsky.social about Heated Rivalry is so great and I have a lot of thoughts about it I should not publish on Al Gore's internet: querent.substack.com/p/i-would-st...

17.01.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10
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In Putin’s Homophobic Russia, Watching β€˜Heated Rivalry’ Is an Act of Rebellion and Hope The explicit hockey romance is an enormous hit thereβ€”perhaps because its closeted Russian hero feels surprisingly true to life.
16.01.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Had a prelim job interview today with an a.i. chatbot

16.01.2026 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1