Caroline Womack

🥰 Awwww

Hope you have some good snacks too!

A pic of a grave and "still spaces available" may lead folk to jump to the wrong conclusions... :)

I came here to say the exact same thing 🤣 🤣

University courses should be about acquiring skills, not just a job | Letters Letters: Pete Dorey and Pat Stevenson respond to a letter that made the argument for employers funding universities

'To me, education is inherently worthwhile – but I am probably a deluded old dinosaur.'

I love that you, too, wished to be a marine biologist! 🌊🐙🐠🐢

Victor: But will there be snacks and pets, Mama?

I was an adjunct for a year with no benefits, no retirement no healthcare. It's a crime. 💔
Oh. I got a parking pass and a photocopy card, so there's that, I guess.

I miss pączki so much. The closest I can get where I live is a jelly donut but it's just not the same 🥹 www.michigan.org/article/trip...

[“Take my advice, when you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.” — Mr Beaver, The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe]

C. S. Lewis tried to warn us about AI

A manuscript illustration of a green dragon with a silly, ferret-like face. Overlaid is a brown rectangle that says "ICMS registration is OPEN! Click here to register".

ICMS 2026 registration is officially open! Be sure to register early so you secure your spot in limited workshops, concerts, and (limited) Tuesday arrivals. We can't wait to see you there!
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I can't wait to read this!

The gloves in the picture look particularly ominous 😂

Yes! Also Calvin and Muad'dib

Flyer for "University of Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies PGR Conference ‘Power and Performance" The University of Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies is delighted to announce its call for papers for our annual medieval PGR conference, which will be held in-person on 30th March - 1st April 2026. This year, we invite proposals for papers and posters which engage with the theme of ‘Power and Performance’. We are especially interested in how people in the Middle Ages perceived, interacted with, and responded to the ideas of power and/or performance. Consideration of how the two topics intersect with one another is also encouraged. Possible fields and topics may include, but are not limited to: How power relations shaped different aspects of medieval life (socio-cultural, historic, legal, literary, economic, religious etc.). How power relations and other key ideas were performed (on stage, in visual arts, in literary texts or music, and in material culture at large). The substance and significance of performance throughout the medieval world. Power in history (State, Church, battlefield, etc.) and of history (reception studies, the classical world in medieval thought, medievalism etc.). Religious influence(s), church ritual, and forms of devotion. Medieval law and legal enforcement. Power relations in literary texts. Linguistic power and/or performance. Geographies of power. Gender and sexuality. Literal and symbolic power. Authority and vulnerability. Disability studies. Court ritual and behaviour. Perception and composition of power. Medievalism and media. Creation and material studies.Instruction and adaptation. We welcome papers from postgraduate researchers, Master’s students, early career researchers and independent scholars. Papers will be 20 minutes long, and we warmly welcome poster presentations. Poster proposals and paper abstracts should not exceed 300 words. Deadline for abstracts is Friday 16 January at 17:00.

⚠️ Important news! The deadline for the submission of abstracts is now Friday 16th of January at 17:00 GMT!
We know that the winter break is barely behind us, and want to give everyone a bit more time to write. Send all proposals and enquiries to cms-conference-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk
#MedievalSky

St. Lucia wreath bread

Slice of St Lucia Saffron bread

Belated posting of my annual St. Lucia Saffron wreath bread. It never lasts long though the process takes around 4 hours. I was under the weather this year so I only made one (I usually make two so it lasts longer!)

Another exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke.

Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3

on this sunday-est of sundays, syllabus-ing for a new term

you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias:

we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com

It censored FRELLING??? 🤣🤣🤣

Ricky: You want a Christmas episode? I'll give you a feeling Christmas episode! 😈
Fans: 😮
PKOL: 😹

Happy Holidays everyone! Here’s a lovely scene of the Adoration of the Magi from @rialibrary.bsky.social MS 12 R 31, a 15th-century Book of Hours that you’ll hear more about with other collection goodies in 2026! 😇📜🎄

Rygel from Farscape above a photo of a gold coin. Caption reads : Colorized photo of Byzantine Emperor Constans II, known for being the first Roman Emperor to visit Rome after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, reigned 641-668 AD

Saw this on Tumblr and had to repost #Farscape #DominarRygelXVI

Guess how many are banned now

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This is awesome and so is the Looming Zone! Highly recommend!

"We are currently looking for:

Crime & thrillers
Psychological thrillers
Cozy crime
Historical fiction
Romance & romantic comedies

We currently don’t accept non-fiction, science fiction, YA, children’s books, literary fiction, poetry or short stories."

Yes!! That's very cool. MI2 is on my list after Once a Thief. It's been ages since I've watched these films! After MI2 is Replacement Killers. I'm going through all my old DVDs 😂 getting festive at my house!

Face/Off counts as a holiday movie, right? Because I'm watching it and making Christmas cookies for my students... John Woo movie marathon really helps you get into the Christmas spirit. ❄️⛄🎄🤣

Two students look at objects in the reading room at The Museum of English Rural Life.

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