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What those who raid bookshops, ban books, censor and destroy archives forget is that we have a history of resistance and we will defend our freedom to read. Seized Books! records how @gaystheword.bsky.social and their supporters fought back against customs raids and won.

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This drives me CRAZY. I don't want to have to fill my phone with apps instead of using its storage for photos. Or nothing. I don't want to have to carry my phone all the time just to do my job because I have to 2FA everything.

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"NHS organisations are legally required to destroy birth registers after 25 years" - this will come as news to many archivists & TNA too....www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Again, a call: anyone scholars ambitious enough to review the Oxford Handbook for Orwell Studies? I’d love someone willing to tackle it!

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Three interesting pieces on the consequences of datafication in the Guardian today. On what we do and don't learn from the quantified self www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Right. Transphobic asshats have got a petition to repeal the GRA to over 10,000 signatures. Fuck that. Let's get this one higher: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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I suppose in summary - I don’t think there is a lack in male role models but there is a desire to create a false reality that instead promotes the negative role models thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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we are looking for a book review editor! It’s a fantastic way to stay connected with what people are working on and help shape the conversation around what counts as “modern British history”

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Thread. Know our literary history.

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Interesting to see Dungeness presented as a natural landscape. Shingle regularly taken from one side to the other by lorry to stop the bank being washed away and the decommissioned nuclear power reactors falling in the sea. My GCSE geography coursework was on this www.kentlive.news/whats-on/wha...

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#LabourHistory #Bursary Ariane Weller used a Society for the Study of Labour History bursary to visit Madrid in search of women anarchists involved in the Spanish Civil War. Her report is on our website... sslh.org.uk/2025/02/20/a...

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“What have I done wrong? I’ve advocated for people who have been harmed, and now I’ve been harmed in the process” Women at a top London university face disciplinary action after criticising the university for keeping a predatory professor in post: goodlaw.social/hcu5

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The looks great: “cross-cultural developmental research poses distinct problems for ensuring high construct validity, owing to the nuances of working with children; the standard approach of transporting protocols designed & validated in one population to another risks low construct validity”

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Lovely to hear @LondonArchives on BBC R4 Today prog this morning on their exhibition. Inc @RoryKinnear reading some of the diary entries Worth a listen

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The regulatory state, when functioning well in the common interest, is a pinnacle of civilisation almost without parallel. Only human beings would be stupid enough to build it, and then start making up reasons to tear it down.

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Academics, researchers, scholars, students and advocates have highlighted the significance of translations of texts from the #GermanGayMovement and their relevance to sexuality and rights. #LGBTQhistory #QueerStudies #MagnusHirschfeld Magnus Hirschfeld www.amazon.com/author/lomba...

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'History and/as social science' Call for papers for a fantastic conference by my colleagues at Economic and Social History at University of Glasgow. Deadline for paper proposal is 14 march, conference in Glasgow on 20/21 may. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/his...

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Once again I am telling you: if you have a uterus, do not wear an Apple Watch www.pcmag.com/opinions/if-...

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When your chickens come home to roost. More info: pen.org/julianne-moo...

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#AtoZofHIVArchives X – X-rated It is not possible to talk about history of HIV and AIDS without talking about sex. 1 of 7

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Celebrate the 200th birthday anniversary of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in 2025. He is the first known Gay activist, the architect of Gay pride, community and movement as well as the founder of Gay Studies as a Social Science. 🏳️‍⚧️ #lgbtqHistory www.amazon.com/dp/B0DY4PZBPV

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Spines spotted. Rare commodity in science these days.

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Our colleagues at the School of Advanced Study have put together an amazing dataset that maps the the UK’s diverse arts & humanities research ecosystems! www.humanities.org.uk/map 🗺️ Want to be on the map? Get in touch: [email protected]

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Better advertising to come, but I’m excited to announce that registration is now live for our very heavily subsidised Teaching Indigenous Histories & Perspectives Conference on 28 June! Bursaries for travel are available plus free follow-up support. Please do share with all your teacher networks!

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New project launches today looking at class, the arts and the leadership of some of our biggest institutions. Our analysis shows: Nearly a third (30%) of artistic directors and other creative leaders were educated privately compared with a UK average of 7%. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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Woke up in the middle of the night incensed about this. It’s bad for research & scholars. It’s also outright bigoted and so horrifically shameful for NEH to capitulate and effectively endorse this unscholarly, unfounded, hateful crap. This invalidates anything they DO fund now.

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More volunteers sought to help toads cross road. This is brilliant. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The Society of American Archivists condemns the widespread firing of archivists and cultural workers. #archives #libraries 📚 connect.archivists.org/discussion/s...

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Every once in a while I encounter people who say, "I don't want to read historical fiction centered around women because women in history never did anything interesting."

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Association of Research Libraries Calls for Protection of US National Archives and Records Administration 📜 www.arl.org/news/associa...

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Not the right place perhaps, but I'm looking for academics based in Cambridge who might be on leave for research in (April), May & June and would consider subletting their property. Brexit is working against me to find accommodation. Heard of anything? Do send me a DM :)

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Looking for the publics help. I am looking to identify the owners and editors of all local and national newspapers in Ireland for the mid 1920s. Tall order I know, but I am wondering is there a list out there. I have searched with no luck.

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Does anyone have access to Critical Social Policy journal from 1990? My uni's subscription only starts from 1999...

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Wishing everyone a delightful weekend!✨ Still lots to find out about, do, and enjoy through the final week of LGBTQ+ History Month here in the UK, including fab programme of events at Chelsea Physic Garden . . . 🌱🌈🌸 #LGBTplusHM #queer #ecology #botany www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/visit/whats-...

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Godstone sinkholes: or why understanding histories and archaeology of place really matters.

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Black ppl are working class poc are working class immigrants are working class disabled ppl are working class trans ppl are working class the notion that working class ppl are bigoted straight white guys is, ironically, a bigoted middle class myth farage, robinson, et al are middle class goons

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Join us on April 29th at The Warberg Institue, London for the 2025 Maurice Bond lecture by @jfwinters.bsky.social 'Archiving in the digital age: risks, rewards and opportunities' 🎫 Book your ticket www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maurice-bo...

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Hey, @ox.ac.uk, how about an honorary degree for this woman pilot with a PhD in aviation safety, whose employer hired a crooked psychiatrist to label her mentally ill after she blew the whistle on safety practices? She fought (for years) and won. www.seattletimes.com/business/boe...

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I was only thinking about this recently. The support that people like Chester Beatty and Guggenheim gave to artists and historians was rooted in a curiosity about the world and a respect for hard work. These overgrown fratboys think work is something other people do for them.

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Excellent principles from @j2bryson.bsky.social for responsible use and understanding of generative AI

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I'm running a wee course at CityLit based on my PhD research. Please do sign up if you're interested ☺️ www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sect...

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Research & Evidence Synthesis Librarian-$51,824.00-$78,000.00,Yearly-University of Pennsylvania libraryjobshub.org/jobs/researc... #libraryjobs #libraryjob #LISjobs #libjobs #jobs

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I've just released a collection of 6 steamy f/f character-driven reprints, both contemporary and historical, for your reading Pleasure. #sapphic #quickreads #romancelandia #glbtqia+ #shortstories 💙📚 🌈📚 books2read.com/steamysapphi...

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📢EXETER BOOK LAUNCH📢 My fab colleague Ryan will be in conversation with Dr. Malcolm Richards to talk about his biography of Robert Wedderburn, a man central to Black radical political thought in the Revolutionary Atlantic. 🗃️ 📆Tues 12 March 7pm 🏫Bookbag 🎟️£5 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tues-11-ma...

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2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize Open for Entries 📜📚 www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

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We have a cool new job that just opened up at the museum. Head of Conservation ($50-$88K) Be the champion for the conservation activities and the related messaging for the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. www.governmentjobs.com/careers/%7B0...

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