Medieval folk and especially medieval literature folk: looking for recs for recent writing/theorizing on the intersection of castles and sex/sexuality, could be medieval-y or medievalism-y

Clavicular's government name is Braden, btw

Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology

JD VANCE says that the POPE should be CAREFUL when talking about THEOLOGY. If you're ever embarrassed about anything ever again, just remember that JD Vance once told the Pope to be careful when he talks about theology. I'll never get over this lol

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

This was a very satisfying watch

Huge congrats, Chris--this looks amazing!

me writing my little emails and reading my little books

🖤 Romo! there’s a tortoise in my neighborhood (Long Beach, CA) that is constantly escaping and engaging in hijinks, they seem like delightful little guys to have around

World's oldest known tortoise, Jonathan, still alive despite reports of death A widely circulated social media post purporting to belong to the tortoise's vet has been revealed to be a hoax.

Jonathan lives!

www.bbc.com/news/article...

World's oldest known land animal, Jonathan the tortoise, dies at age 193 Jonathan the tortoise, the world's longest-living known land animal, has died at an estimated 193 years old, according to his caretaker.

Not to be dramatic but this ruined my day and probably my year

www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

"Anyone have any success taking all the butter, sugar, and fun sprinkles out of this Buttery Sprinkle Birthday Cake?"

The comments on NYT cooking recipes need to be studied. Like, if you see a recipe for a Double Coconutty Coconut Cake, why would you comment "I don't like coconut, any suggestions for substitutions?" Just don't make this COCONUT cake, Jan!

this looks fab--congrats!

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

pleased (?) to report that AI does an absolutely terrible job of transcribing medieval manuscript text

just want to say that the niche reformation humor on display here is why medievalists should be on the internet more:

AI in the healthcare claims submission process means it's now taking twice as long and is at least 120% more circuitous, repetitive, and annoying thanks I hate it

annual TEFAF FOMO

Creator/Creation: Conversation with Harmonia Rosales YouTube video by Getty Museum

If you missed our program with Harmonia Rosales and want to check it out, it's up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=voBZ...

love being an art historian and all but damn, copyediting image captions have got to be one of the top 5 worst academic tasks

(from a weird 15th century German manuscript of fables, Getty
Ms. Ludwig XV 1, fol. 50)

SCRIBE: hey man you know how to draw a frog right
ARTIST: um yeah totally they have spots and long fingers and also an underbite with teeth
SCRIBE: and they're small?
ARTIST: no huge with arms and legs like people
SCRIBE: yes exactly

this is wild and totally outrageous, boomers have to get out of the way

I know everything has a price but the thought of dinosaur skeletons at auction evokes a deep sense of melancholy

imagine signing up for English paleography and getting pop bib instead

my inbox currently has emails about bloodletting fleams and 14th century urine flasks, so I think I'm doing this whole medieval thing right

How to Reimagine Middle Age Creation Myths for the Contemporary World [Interview] At first glance, the exhibition 'Beginnings' may seem familiar. But thanks to the vision of the curators, there's a contemporary twist.

Lovely to chat with Eva Baron of My Modern Met about Beginnings!

mymodernmet.com/beginnings-g...

A+ that single person bobsled is called “monobob” and that the announcers have to say it over and over with a straight face

oh I love them, I definitely want to be leaving the house wearing eyeshadow in shade “centipede” finished off with eyeliner in “fester” or “exhume,” the weirder the better!

another fave: “written in blood” lipstick, a nice dark red, of course

Cosmetic shade names are endlessly amusing to me, but goth cosmetic shade names go so hard. Like something called “unearthly doom” but it’s just a purple lipliner 😂