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A whiz through Glasgow's history by @murphyniallgla.bsky.social for #Glasgow850 which also describes some of the reasons for the depressing state of our built heritage. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2520557...

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Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. I like to think that ‘foreswunk’ is to be exhausted before you even begin.

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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️

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I mean this is such an open goal it must have been intentional? #tronarse #tronares

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A great turnout and enthusiastic audience yesterday for my lecture on ‘Ancient Inspiration for Modern Living: Alexander Thomson and Owen Jones’ for The Alexander Thomson Society @ Mitchell Library. Thank you everyone for coming and asking great questions! #Glasgow850

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#academia Academic writers - work stolen!

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On Saturday I am giving a public lecture at The Mitchell Library, Glasgow for The Alexander Thomson Society - do come and hear me talk about two amazing Victorians! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ancient-in...

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Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive” Theft is not a valid alternative.

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Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

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I am one of the authors whom Meta stole (sorry, ‘scraped’) from, by using their books to train Libgen. So I’m biased. But this from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social is👌

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Meta stole my writing to train its AI without payment or permission. I stand with @societyofauthors.bsky.social in protesting this theft. #DoTheWriteThing

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#LiteratureThreads Transatlantic Literary Women symposium in Derby - CFP Extended ❗

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❗Glasgow Buildings❗The Fairfield Technical Office Annexe, Govan Road is recommended by @historicscotland.bsky.social for Cat C listing after campaigning by shipbuilding historian Ian Johnston and @paulsweeney.bsky.social You can comment here ➡️ haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/heritage/fai...

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CFP Extended: Transatlantic Literary Women NOW 7 April 25. If your research broadly fits with this theme, get in touch. Welcome ECR, those giving their first papers etc. Symposium is in Derby 4-5 July '25 ➡️ transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/t...

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Thank you @alcs.co.uk for my payment today! It’s wonderful to get paid for my writing and research 📚💸

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There's an interesting discussion on VICTORIA re: critical studies of 19th-c. culture. Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social has raised a number of provocative issues; his post today can be found here: list.iu.edu/sympa/arc/vi.... To join in, subscribe for free at list.iu.edu/sympa/info/v... #C19th

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Glasgow's National Trust for Scotland's Mackintosh at the Willow will host a series of talks on the history of the cuppa. The Scottish Food Heritage Symposium led by @uofgartshums.bsky.social Dr Lindsay Middleton and @tenementkitchen.bsky.social will diving into tea's cultural impact. 🫖

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Here's the link to my lecture with The Alexander Thomson Society with the pretty picture! #Glasgow850 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ancient-in...

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Upcoming lecture on Thomson and Jones for #Glasgow850 My next lecture celebrating Glasgow's built heritage is on 5 April on Alexander Thomson and Owen Jones

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It's the time of year when I see articles telling folks to put pet fur out for bird nesting. The Cornell ornithology lab does not recommend this! Flea/tick treatments & shampoos can be toxic, long fur can entangle chicks, etc. There are much better alternatives: www.allaboutbirds.org/news/providi...

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If anyone would like one of these for the price of postage (£4 UK, £15 US) plus whatever you'd like to pay me of the £9.99 cover price (no problem if zero is all you can afford) please email me at [email protected] with your address and I'll get it straight in the post, signed. Sound fair?

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On a more serious note, I'm looking for someone to write a chapter on C19 penny dreadfuls for an already commissioned OUP Companion to Victorian Popular Fiction. The person contracted has sadly had to drop out. Please contact me if you know anyone. Deadline 2027.

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Looking for something you can do? Create an Internet Archive acct. You know the wayback machine? If you see a page you think might get taken down or altered, crawl it. The more local the better. Don’t assume someone else has. Donate if you can & follow their legal battles. Advocate for them. 1/

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🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾 📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save

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We're over 13,000 now! 👏👏👏 actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...

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From midnight tonight @thetimes.com is free to read this weekend. Anyone who has never seen our regular #archive features delving into the treasure trove that is The Times photo archive - this weekend would be a good time to catch up! www.thetimes.com/profile/mich...

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🏛️ AHSS OBJECTS to plans for 34 Dirleton Ave, North Berwick 📢 We oppose its demolition & an unsympathetic new development that threatens the Conservation Area’s character. Read our casework letter 🔗 buff.ly/FICuprh

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A late 70s shot of Union St with Alexander Thomson's Egyptian Halls taking centre stage. Sneaking into shot on the right is another icon of the era: the Union St branch of Wimpy. 📷 JR James Archive #Glasgow

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I can't believe it's been a year of The Wrap already. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of this journey and here's to another amazing year 🎂 And very special thank you to @edinburghminute.bsky.social, the Wrap's raison d'être!

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CFP: Heights, Depths, & Extremes 17th Annual Victorian Popular Fiction Association Conference 14–16 July, Birmingham, UK Examining the limits, boundaries, & expanses of Victorian popular fiction – submit proposals by 1 March victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-annual-...

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Today is Tuesday 18 February It is 🔋 Battery Day (birthdate of Alessandro Volta) 🍷 Drink Wine Day 🌌 Pluto Day 🇺🇸 Presidents Day (USA) ⛪ Feast day of St Colman of Lindisfarne In the French Republican Calendar: SLEIGH Have a great day

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Saved this for #MapMonday - a series of beautifully illustrated gardens from the revised Ordnance Survey map of 1859 (Lurgan, Co Armagh).

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A tree in Queen's Park in Glasgow planted in 1970 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the creation of the United Nations on the 24th of October 1945. #glasgow #unitednations #queenspark #glasgowhistory #tree

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First lecture of the year for Old Glasgow Club, ‘Strange Affray at Crosshill’ - story of my house, first family who lived in it, and architect Robert Duncan. A lovely time, great audience, first time in Renfield St Stephen’s Parish Church! #heritage #househistory #glasgow850 #glasgowhistory

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Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.

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Good to see that 2 letters projects I was in involved in are still online - WH Fox Talbot and JM Whistler, but this list shows what a fragile thing online can be - but what a wonderful resource when active! 💌

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