Medieval Robots

@MedievalRobots

Medievalist, historian of science, writer. Author of Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, & Art. I prefer Roger to Francis.

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    8 Feb 2017

    What do , white supremacy, scientific racism, and global warming have to do with each other? Find out here:

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Me, whenever a new "Voynich decoded" article comes out: (h/t for the GIF)

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    Jan 29

    So, erm, just a little video I did for the where I look confused and speak very slowly about astrolabes and how to use them:

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  4. Jan 29

    I blogged about the Voynich MS here:

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  5. Retweeted
    Jan 27

    Hey universities, teach your about Investments and retirement funds. By the time we finish and postdoc, we lose out on almost 10 years of saving and compounding, could mean $500k+ diff from those starting right out of college.

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  6. Jan 28

    In honor of Holocaust remembrance, here's a photo of my great-grandfather, Alben Barkley, bearing witness at Buchenwald, two days after it was liberated.

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    Jan 27

    No.

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  8. Jan 26

    Hypnotically great jam in which an Italian sings gibberish that sounds like English. Happy Friday, folks!

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    Jan 25

    It is with very great pleasure that I can finally introduce you to the latest member of the Lego Classicist family Prof. from who just received her figure in the mail the other day.

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    Jan 26

    🔊 CALL FOR PAPERS: "Gateway to Heaven? The Code, ca. 1000-1948", Oslo, December 2018, on longue duree of imagery and representations of Jerusalem in Scandinavian & western culture.

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    Jan 23

    "When the had dazzling colours": via

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    Jan 22

    Presented without comment.

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  13. Jan 23

    😂😂😂😂😂

    The full Facebook news trustworthiness survey. It its entirety.
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    Jan 23

    *Love* this evidence of pre-print mass production!

    Arachnophobes! Here are some medieval mass-produced amulets against scorpions.
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    Jan 23

    PhD and post-doc on late medieval healthcare, University of Amsterdam.

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    Jan 23

    ‘If we do end up manufacturing killer robots, it won’t be because individual humans made it happen. It will be because the corporations for which they worked didn’t know how to stop it.’ David Runciman on Neural Information Processing Systems

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    Jan 22

    As a solar company, we are devastated to learn Trump has imposed a 30% tariff on solar panels virtually killing the solar industry. Solar employs more people than coal and oil combined. today's decision will cause the loss of roughly 23,000 American jobs this year.

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    Jan 22

    cfp: The Future of Medieval Studies – the diversity of the Middle Ages, of Medieval Studies, of medievalists. deadline 1 March

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    Jan 22

    BRUSH UP YOUR LATIN, a thread. I've told this to a number of individuals, but I saw at least 3 mutuals thinking about these things recently, so I'll sum up.

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  20. Retweeted
    Jan 21

    The squirrel in medieval iconography has erotic connotations - there’s an Old French fabliau in which a man tricks a woman into touching his penis by calling it a squirrel - so this is probably also a sex joke

    A lovely 15th century gold love-ring, the inside is engraved with a lady, amidst flowers and foliage, holding a squirrel on a leash. Squirrels were popular pets in England as early as the 14th century.
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    Jan 21

    SHOCKING: April Ryan just reported, to the shock of her colleagues, that she has been subject to death threats for doing her job, covering the White House.

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