Ann Carmichael

For #InternationalArmadilloDay, spot the glorious armadillo in Frans Francken's Allegory of the Abdication of Emperor Charles V (c. 1635-40, @rijksmuseum). Who could ever give up armadillos??

@CindyErmus @UNLHistory Congratulations, Cindy. A wise choice by @UNLHistory !

New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial whaling technology. hakaimagazine.com/features/how-v… via @hakaimagazine

The Venetian Carnival started yesterday with the Pantegana Regatta, the Parade of the Sewer Rat, on the Canal Grande. The procession is led by a boat in the shape of a rat.

@sjs856 This is brilliant

Breaking: A white supermajority of the Mississippi House voted to create a separate court system and expanded police force within the city of Jackson — the Blackest city in America — that would be appointed completely by white state officials. mississippitoday.org/2023/02/07/jac…

ONE WEEK until our launch of this magnificent book. Jan 13, 12:00 EST | 5:00 GMT. Register here: tennessee.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Friday, January 13th at 12:00 pm EST | 5:00 pm GMT. Join the book and series editors in chatting with Elma Brenner (@elmabrenner ), Ann Carmichael (@AGCarmichael1 ), and Suman Seth (@SumanSeth42). You may register for the celebration: tennessee.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

@nihardesai7 And some common medications, such as Tamoxifen

Ok, so a clot forms when there's: 1️⃣Bad blood (hypercoag) 2️⃣Bad vessel (vessel wall injury) 3️⃣Lazy blood (stasis) So, these are the risk factors for VTE: 1. Surgery 2. Immobilization 3. Cancer 4. Pregnancy/post partum 5. Obesity 6. ⤴️Age 7. Bad blood (thrombophilia) 6/24

As a #medicine resident you'll come across 👇🏻 scenario often. Your #surgery colleagues want you to opine on the type and duration of ANTICOAGULATION and also want to know why it occured in the first place🤷‍♂️ Let's dig deeper 👇🏻 1/24 #MedTwitter #DVT

Northern Plains tribes bring back their wild 'relatives' — endangered foxes and ferrets latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Please join us for a discussion with the editors (@plague_sister), in conversation with Profs Elma Brenner (@elmabrenner), Suman Seth (@SumanSeth42), and Anne Carmichael (@AGCarmichael1 ). Friday, January 13th 2023 at 12:00 EST, 5:00 GMT on Zoom!

Something I've been meaning to do for a long time is to revisit all the things I was wrong about during the pandemic. There's quite a bit. And if this place is going down, well I guess this might be my last chance. So, let's do it: 🧵

Thank you to the editors and contributors who have shared their labor with us, @CanaryCaroline @plague_sister @FancyNahyan @WinstonEBlack @JenniKuu @ProfJenEdwards @boydellbrewer @MedievalYork and esp. @AGCarmichael1 for the inspiration! (and anyone whose handle we don't have!)

'Exceptional' find of ancient bronze statues uncovered in Tuscany | CBC News cbc.ca/news/world/ita…

@WinstonEBlack I am so sorry, Winston. I hope this isn’t happening to the recently hospitalized son.

For #MedievalTwitter folk following the news of the new plague-and-autoimmunity story, here's a free link to the analysis in @nytimes by @carlzimmer. nytimes.com/2022/10/19/sci…

@andrew_croxford Lots of fabric remnants for making costumes, or outfitting those boxes. Safe scissors; glue or seam tape or even staples to join pieces (but melt candle wax over the pointy side of any staple).