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Following the events of the last week, we wrote a helpful guide for Aussie media outlets moving forward: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

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There's never been a better time to choose to support an independent bookshop. I'm so delighted that the new paperback edition of my book CRYPT - Life, death and disease in the Middle Ages - is available in a beautiful, sprayed-edge special edition from these bookshops: linktr.ee/cryptpbindies

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This did actually make me laugh out loud.

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People shouldn't be dying from vaccine preventable diseases. But when you sow vaccine misinformation, this is what you reap. "A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month." apnews.com/article/m...

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The Benefit Cap has only ever had one increase in line with inflation since being introduced. @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social explains how this freeze in nominal terms is contributing to child poverty, with the cap becoming tighter in real terms as the cost of living increases.

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We’re funding projects that can drive climate policy action at scale by making the impacts of climate change more visible. Interested to learn more and ask questions about the funding? We’re hosting a webinar on 3 March 2025 to discuss everything you need to know. Register to join the webinar ⤵️

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“The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.” Worth reading to understand the scale of the attack on US science. www.nature.com/artic...

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Hemingway, evergreen

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great piece from Kit on how to counter to threat to science in the US

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What a lovely start to the day! 🥳 Huge congrats to @saraband-books.bsky.social, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social, @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social, @carcanet.bsky.social, @uclanpublishing.bsky.social, @deadinkbooks.bsky.social, @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social all the small press finalists up and down the UK!

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Looking forward to @DawnButlerBrent speaking at Byline Festival, Keele University, 11-13 July Don’t miss remaining early bird tickets (70% sold) and save up to £50 bylinefestival.com

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I am looking for libraries to do talks in Oxfordshire on 30th April and Berkshire on 1st May www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robin-ince...

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Not long now until our February open days this Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd, 10am-5pm. Join us for talks, interactive exhibitions and explore an authentic RAF Cold War station. Many thanks to all who came to see us at Norwich Science Festival to test their skills with the controller challenges!

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PhD Studentship in History or Geography Dublin City University - School of History and Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV895/p...

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Any 'Dracula' sleuths out there? A member of the public has brought in what appear to be uncut printer's proofs of an early edition of Bram Stoker's most famous book. But which one is it? Might be fun to compare with pages in early editions.....

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Roses are red Monks often made wine The term "Dark Ages" refers to a lack of sources not intellectual decline

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You can always tell when A-ha have been in to return their books.

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Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽

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Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.

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Tickets available now for our lino printing workshop! Be inspired by the Linnean collections: fantastical botanicals or amazing animalia, come carve your best. Join us at our historic building to sketch, carve and print nature. www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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Important research investigating politics and misinformation: used 32M tweets from politicians in 26 countries, spanning 6 years and several election periods. Radical-right populism was the STRONGEST determinant of those who spread misinformation.

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Daily task: ❌❌BOYCOTT AMAZON! ❌❌ This is a tough one I know but here are some other options! ✅ Costco.com ✅ Famers markets ✅ Thrivemarket.com ✅ CVS.com ✅ Trader Joe's ✅ Ulta.com ✅ Poshmark.com ✅ NewEgg.com ✅ Ikea.com Art by @trilemma.bsky.social - love it! 💙 Please SHARE‼️‼️ #fuckjeffbezos 🖕

submitted 18 days ago • 804 comments

What people don’t realize is that you don’t HAVE to watch that thing, you can just read.

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On what would have been Bob Marley's 80th Birthday, we are DEVASTATED that, for some reason, we don't have any banging Roman-themed Bob Marley posts for you. 😥 Instead we're thrilled to share that time his son Ziggy was on Sesame St. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4V...

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Publication day! A social & architectural history of post-war Scottish new towns: planning & buildings plus community, family, gender, work, education, home. The ebook is FREE via bit.ly/4hLkxn9. Print copy (more attractive!) via www.bloomsbury.com/uk/building-... - do ask libraries to purchase

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ok, so basically I'm trying to make this post go viral.

submitted 24 days ago • 508 comments

Yuko Hosaka, contemporary Japanese illustrator and printmaker #WomensArt

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Mona Caron, contemporary Swiss-born artist, known for her large scale murals connecting to environmental concerns and activism #WomensArt

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Now underway - do tune in live and submit your questions for our panel www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...

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do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

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ANOTHER ONE! Call for Papers: Eloquent Voices: Orality in the Age of Print, 1750-1850 See the full call/all info here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5791 And please repost/share widely!

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“It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent...” -Tove Jansson (1914-2001)

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Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt

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An adorable #Roman shoe, made for a #baby too young to walk. The shoe imitates the footwear of Roman soldiers (caligae). The cut-out design would have shown off the kid’s socks! From Bordeaux, dating 1st/2nd AD. Photo: Bordeaux, Musée d’Aquitaine 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

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We’ve had a great few weeks of PhD viva successes in Altmann/Boyton lab! Congrats to Drs Pieper and Liu and huge thanks to examiners for all their input

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some america first beers spotted in denmark:

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I don't want my appliances to be connected to the internet. I don't want them to have blinky lights or touch screen controls or be accessible by phone. All I want is for them to do the one thing they are supposed to do, and to beep less. Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.

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TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky #StateMediaCensorship

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Some things never change! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social They’re coming for the Prince Charles again you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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'Announced on Holocaust Memorial Day, the Wiener Holocaust Library’s new online platform includes more than 150,000 items collected over nine decades. Users can view letters, pamphlets and photographs that record the rise of fascism in Britain and Europe.' Link: www.whlcollections.org/index/

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#HolocaustMemorialDay. Remembering my Grandmother Bertie, and my uncle, Martin, who both died at Auschwitz

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Woodcut illustration from Cerebri Anatome (c.1664) by Thomas Willis, father of #neuroscience who was born #OnThisDay 1621. The term #neurology first appears in this book. #histmed

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