"Eine Augensalbe aus 'Bald's Leechbook', einem medizinischen Kompendium aus dem 10. Jahrhundert, hat erstaunliche Wirkungen – zumal gegen multiresistente Bakterien." www.derstandard.at/story/300000... cc @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social, @norselass.bsky.social #histmed #medievalsky

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A stone #Papay stile today for @judithjesch.bsky.social & @lakesstiles.bsky.social between Scarra Ber (ON skarfr 'shag' & 'rock') & The Sneck, perhaps Scots 'latch of a door or gate' in the sense of closing off the hill dyke here to prevent stock from crossing at low tide #Orkney #PlaceNames

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This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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The Moon of Mid-Autumn

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📢 Save the Date: Saturday, 24th October 2026‼️ 📜 #TOEBI Conference 2026: All Kinds of People 📚 TOEBI is a supportive and collegial conference open to anyone involved in the teaching of Old English at any level. 🏫 Host: University of Nottingham 📲 www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/ #️⃣ #medievalsky #OldEnglish

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