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This is absolutely correct. Yes, it’s been widely reported that even that $16bn figure is a shockingly incompetent overcount, misreading $8m as $8bn in one case - but a bigger figure would not in any case automatically represent a positive achievement

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And a DSLR shot of the flooded crypt at Winchester Cathedral

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I think it's important to say that these are not "budget cuts" at NIH and NSF. If they want to cut the next budget, they should talk to Congress. This is withholding money that's already authorized.

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We're excited to announce a special online seminar featuring Distinguished Professor Emerita Merry Wiesner-Hanks, discussing her new book Women and the Reformations. 13 February 2025 via Zoom, 7pm GMT (1 hour). #womenshistory #skystorians /1

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3105 • Bill ~ TV Repair Man ~ Marinette, Wisconsin circa 2010 #portrait #photography #america #culture

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Y’all, one of my classmates told me my proposed research topics were “gonna eat.” I had to ask if that was a compliment or a warning. 😂

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FACT CHECK from the California Department of Water Resources: “The military did not enter California. The federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for three days. State water supplies in Southern California remain plentiful.”

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One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

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This state…

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Getting a tad excited! 😁 Just 1 week to go to publication of book no.8 (wow!), Scotland's Medieval Queens mybook.to/ScottishQueens #ScottishQueens #womeninhistory

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Just got the notification it’s time to apply for graduation with my MBA program. So excited to wrap this up and not be splitting my time between business and history.

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Was Caravaggio really a murderer? Investigating the short and violent life of a trailblazing Renaissance artist open.substack.com/pub/rebeccar... Seen here in self portrait as Bacchus

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Birthright citizenship is on the lips and minds of many, given yesterday’s “executive order.” Recommend Martha Jones’s book to those seeking to inform themselves about the context of this concept.

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To add (tho no one asked me)... Getting edited well is a privilege and a joy. A smart, sensitive, trained reader goes over my work w. great care with the singular goal of making it (and me) better. I have always gone for the best editor available for my books & I'm deeply grateful to all of them.

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Hi everyone, can you help one of my students with her MA dissertation? Amy is exploring the motivations, influences & ambitions of those who practice history (from professionals to amateurs, paid to hobbyist). Fill in her survey to add your experience (& please share): forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn

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‘“What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?” If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.’ — Tony Benn

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If you like beer, beer making, early modern London, careful archival research, and historiographical debates about the chronology of industrialization, then I have an article just for you: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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If you love history, check out this fab new book by the brilliant young historian Luke Pepera - it’s the story of Africa, through half a million years! www.waterstones.com/book/motherl...

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Lucy Worsley. Nathen Amin. Princes in the Tower. LIVE. What's not to like? 😎 More information below: nathenamin.substack.com/p/next-week-...

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I have taken the resources that were in the budget and which you were probably saving for higher education Forgive me they were needed to feed the AI bubble and to dismantle the humanities

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I very much enjoyed discussing the relationship between Anne Boleyn and the Princess Mary, (future Mary I), with the wonderful @drowenemmerson.bsky.social . Our chat is available on the Talking Tudors YouTube channel. I hope you enjoy it! youtu.be/ZTWIBwnPjQA?...

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To celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I OTD in 1559, let’s revisit some of the favorite RRR episodes about the second Tudor queen. Listen at carolannlloyd.com/podcast

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Not wrong.

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Latest addition to the medieval section of the book shelves. ♥️ @saracharles.bsky.social

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I’ve just discovered I’m actually ChatGPT and not a human who loves em dashes. Oops.

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This is horrifying. Losing my archive is one of my greatest fears and I am heartbroken for him.

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TOMORROW: @tealcartoons.bsky.social & I will be revealing the cover of our NEW ILLUSTRATED KIDS' BOOK - which will be released on Oct 14. Although aimed at kids aged 8-12, we think everyone will enjoy this gruesome peek into medical history! We'll also be offering a chance to win some goodies!

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Sci fi had us worried about sentient, clever AI but stupid AI is the real threat isn't it. They're going to enmesh this completely unreasonable tech in everything and it'll gradually reduce us to paste. Didn't even need sentience, just the worst nerds and gullible politicians

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oh wow The Library of Congress has a trove of images “free to use and re-use” that are in the public domain - and they’re fantastic

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Finally, a new video on my YouTube channel! It’s a little behind-the-scenes look at some of the things I’m working on at the moment. I also share the books I’ve read this year and the ones I’m currently reading. I hope you enjoy it! youtu.be/MUTq9ZSDWB4?...

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Helen Castor on the late 14th century, another period in British history when the powerful refused to be constrained by societal norms and precedents. 1/2

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New post (1/3) on the “important reasons to reject most commonly discussed uses of AI” for arts and hums. Scheduled 2nd post is about all the practical things this tech cant do (THINK, KNOW, inspire, summarize, plan, write etc): open to more suggests 🗃️ williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/c...

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Want to help your favorite author? ✅ Pre-Order. ✅ Boost. ✅ Review. The algorithms of publishing require fuel to engage, and this is the recipe for making it. 🙏

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Unsolicited writing advice, no #373737: Don't aspire to write. Just write. If you write, you're a writer.

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"the past is always read through the prism of the present and thus the present reads into it whatever suits it" - Martin Johnes 🤌🏾

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I thought what Helen Castor says here was a moving - and inspirational - way of articulating the challenge of writing psychologically perceptive history. 1/2

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