@havelokthedutch.bsky.social
PhD in Medieval English Literature ᯽Education ᯽ Currently live in Groningen, The Netherlands ᯽1 husband, 1 cat, 2 sons
So excited about my new puzzle. Who knows, I might even finish it in the near future!
07.06.2025 12:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Woke up randomly thinking of Raiktor, the Eastern Orthodox monk that pretended to be Eastern emperor Michael VII.
Everyone probably knew he wasn't, obviously, but his presence suited many people. Most of all that sly fox Robert Guiscard, who used him as a casus belli.
Excellent advice
13.03.2025 16:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0One of the most wondrous things about toddlers is their seemingly random associations. Our eldest saw a camel on tv and said he looked like dad... still trying to figure that one out.
09.03.2025 10:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Four years ago I took this photo of my soon-to-be new hometown, Groningen. Still in love with this city.
30.01.2025 20:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes.
09.01.2025 19:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Classic Dean
05.01.2025 14:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Bedankt ondertiteling, voor deze prachtige toevoeging aan mijn vocabulaire.
16.12.2024 21:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Universities do not exist to 'train', produce 'skills' or generate 'impact'. They exist to create new knowledge and teach about it. Any assertion to the contrary is in error, and is destroying everything it touches.
04.12.2024 11:28 — 👍 883 🔁 218 💬 27 📌 17You know that the old app has gotten even worse when you wake up to a notification from a certain Matt G*tz (whom I don't follow of course). Not how I want to start my day. But it has made me motivated enough to finally figure out how to stop notifications so there's that
26.11.2024 07:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can't wait!!
25.11.2024 20:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Which channel? We only get BBC1 and 2 here.
24.11.2024 12:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I don't think we have access to iPlayer here, and everything else sounds too technical for me 😅 but I'm sure they'll repeat it at some point.
24.11.2024 12:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sounds great, thank you!
24.11.2024 10:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes!
24.11.2024 10:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I was too late recording Ludwig and don't have the first 2 episodes, so have to wait till a repeat :( I didn't know The Magpie Murders has a 2nd series!!
24.11.2024 10:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Yes I love Brokenwood and Mrs Sidhu. Have heard of the other 2 but not seen a lot yet.
24.11.2024 10:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Escaping from all the stuff that's going on in the world right now by watching (mostly British) detective series. Amongst the current faves are Sister Boniface, Shetland, Madame Blanc, and McDonald & Dodds. What are others watching/doing to take their minds of things?
24.11.2024 10:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0Haha, good point 😂
19.11.2024 21:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I've just realised I haven't introduced our cat to twitter yet! Our sweet, anxious, allergic Ivar, who is still figuring out how to be a cat. This involves jumping into rather than onto things, being terrified of mice, and anxiously peeing in the baby's bed.
19.11.2024 20:19 — 👍 24 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 1Relatable
17.11.2024 10:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh no! I hope you'll get some me-time soon!
16.11.2024 20:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!
16.11.2024 06:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Haha yes that's understandable! But I think you'll find out what you need along the way.
15.11.2024 21:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ah ok! Well apart from cooking utensils, I can't think of that many other things.
15.11.2024 20:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Cutlery? Plates?
15.11.2024 20:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The baby is now 5 months old, and I'm finally starting to have a bit of me-time in the evenings. Soon I might be able to actually read more than a couple of sentences in a book again. Honestly so excited.
15.11.2024 20:45 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Great, thank you!
11.11.2024 13:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0