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We've created a new Starter Pack of #History institutes and research centres in the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3F3Eo2M Please do share. There will be gaps and recommendations are welcome. We hope this pack helps you keep in touch with work by and for historians in the UK & Ireland #Skystorians.

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Anyone want to go halves on that academic daydream bakery/bookshop/pet rescue 🥐 A post-PhD fellowship at £23k is insane. #AcademicSky #Skystorians

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Thanks to those who have followed us this week. Our channel will provide you with updates on the Society's work to support and advocate for history and historians, as well as the activity of other Uk / RoW organisations who do likewise. They include 120+ networks in our Starter Pack bit.ly/4gLVuj7

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Cuts to the Arts and Humanities have been going on for years in the UK. Several great departments were closed down. But in most places, the erosion was more gradual. /1

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"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." —George Orwell

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Nearly two-thirds of antibiotics were introduced during the “golden age of antibiotics”

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Determinedly sliding into the new week with all the enthusiasm of this 18th-century sea-lion Hope it finds you similarly blessed

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As Canada and the U.S. enter a trade war after spending decades as friends, neighbours and allies … I want to tell everyone a story about 9/11 Years ago I was asked to go to a Canadian college to see a workshop for a musical about 9/11. I scoffed. A musical about what now? 🧵

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History & the Humanities Research Training for Feb - March 2025. Our 4th online session on the 4 March will focus on Podcasting for Historians with @clairelanghamer.bsky.social, @deannalyncook.bsky.social, @rozierhistorian.bsky.social, Samuel Hume and Izzy Conn. www.history.ac.uk/events/podca...

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#CFP for 'The Military Medicine and Welfare of the First World War: preparations, evolutions and legacies' symposium, 10-11 April 2025. Submit your abstracts and bios to the organisers at [email protected] by Friday 14 February 2025. militarywelfarehistory.com/other-events/.

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If 1000 job losses were announced in one day for another industry, it would make the top headlines. This one is going to take people by surprise with huge impacts on other sectors, cities, regions, life plans...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa... This place is an institution #savethepcc

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This quote is beyond disgusting. I’m telling you it’s okay to reject all of this on principle. We need our principles, our firm commitment to using our human brains to write history. Especially now when all of the things we care about are on the line.

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

45 mins into a briefing on applying for fellowships on my day off and they casually mention the college will only support 8 applications. There are +120 people in this meeting, and it's just one of two.

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"...sometimes..." SOMETIMES Cackling that once again scientists have discovered Humanities may be slightly more complicated than just reciting facts on command...

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Dr. Jones illustrating the most important and rewarding part of being an archaeologist.

submitted 38 days ago • 35 comments

Your horoscope for today: Be like a baby dragon - an awkward and silly little thing with the potential to become a fire breathing monster of unstoppable fury.

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Do any bluesky #running people have advice on finding some good shoes? My last pair immediately made my feet cramp and I'd like to avoid that this time, but not sure where to start...?

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

It's time for the Royal Society to revoke Elon's fellowship. Surely Nazi salutes are against the Code of Conduct? @deevybee.bsky.social's blogpost from Nov last year is evergreen ⬇️ deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

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Can’t be repeated often enough ‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’ on.ft.com/42hzVmL

submitted 40 days ago • 27 comments

Passed by this tree on the way home yesterday and had to go back today to see if I'd imagined it Can any folk/occult #skystorians please explain why it's so unsettling. I don't understand why, but I don't like it 🗃

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

The fragile power of archives.... Well done to those who grabbed those files and get them in a secure spot.

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Something I should have added is that WW1/WW2 naval warfare is often HMS Fluffy Kitten vs the Ripper Von Mürderboat. With the Von Mürderboat either losing or coming away needing serious emotional and physical support. Never judge a Royal Navy vessel by her name. (Unless it's a Tribal Class)

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Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Happy New Year!! 🥳 Calling all historians of 20th Century Ireland - join us at DCU on the 4-5 April 2025 for a two day conference, ‘Navigating War and Violence’. Deadline: 31st January Please re-share! #CFP #IrishHistory #CallForPapers

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If there was ever a sentence that shouldn't be followed by "However..."

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☎️Calling #HistMed Students & New Graduates📢 @sshmedicine.bsky.social's Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline is 1 Feb! Submit for the chance to win cash, a conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Details, eligibility & entry form 👇 #HistSTM #HistPsych #HistNursing

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He's finally allowed to play with the Christmas tree and I think it's blown his single orange braincell 🎄 #academiccats #academicsky

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Please spread the word #WW1 #milwelfhist @drtanyaroth.bsky.social @vahs.bsky.social @vikiwi.bsky.social @johnworsencroft.bsky.social @badancient.bsky.social @drmelbassett.bsky.social @gregorydaddis.bsky.social @sarahds.bsky.social @siobhraaiken.bsky.social @sdanisimova.bsky.social

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As we head into 2025, I'll be sharing 25 MEDICAL HISTORY OBJECTS starting with... #1) 5,000-year-old prosthetic eye made of bitumen paste with lines radiating out from iris. Worn by a 6’ tall woman (possibly a priestess), found near the city of Zabol in Iran. The eye would have been painted gold.

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OK here's the film! Elsie Knocker & Mairi Chisholm treating a Belgian casualty immediately behind the front line at Ramscapelle, 11 September 1917. Pioneering the rapid treatment of wounded in the front line, they were shelled out of their aid posts 3 times. #FWW #WW1 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

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People: no one could have seen this coming Historians: we literally warned you Journalists: here’s why historians are destroying education

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Dear people who keep saying "After today, more and more daylight appears!": Stop stealing the joy from those of us who love the cold, bleak, winter darkness (whatever that may say about us notwithstanding).

submitted 70 days ago • 88 comments

✅️ Christmas shopping done ✅️ Out of office set ✅️ Kettle's on Time to settle down for the shortest day with a cup of tea, open fire & some festive spooky stories

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Field Post Cards were used by the French and British armies during the First World War to enable troops to send messages home without censorship. They were only permitted to delete what didn't apply but at Christmas they could add a standard message.

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⏰ Start your countdown clock for the exact moment of the winter solstice: 9:21am (UK) 21st Dec. This is when the Earth's North Pole is the most tilted away from the Sun during its yearly journey around it. Welcome the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere🤗🧪🔭 📷: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

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First World War Christmas, number 20: ‘With a Hearty Greeting’. In 1914, Cadburys, a Quaker company, committed to sending boxes of chocolate to wounded soldiers in hospital. Initially sent in tins, card boxes were later sent. Cadburys otherwise refused to supply the military on ethical grounds

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Join us in April 2025 for the 1st of 3 events funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social via @sshmedicine.bsky.social The first being hosted by the Uni of Birmingham (UK) and also supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social A keynote by Brian K. Feltman of @mhptpodcast.bsky.social #milwelfhist #WW1 #FWW

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In Shropshire, it was commonly believed that 'there was luck about a mince pie' . Thus, for every mince pie that you ate during the 12 days of Christmas, you would gain a month of good luck that coming year! #Folklore #Shropshire #Christmas

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FREE YEARLY TAROT READINGS from Lightship Tarot! Find all signs here: #tarot #dailytarot #dailycard #weekly #monthly #yearly #2024 #2025 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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When you offered to arrange an office picnic, spent £20 on ingredients & your daydream is to quit academia and set up a bakery... ... but you have the baking skills of a labrador #skystorians #academicsky

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

To be fair, this is my 11th paper today and my attention is flagging Wasn't expecting this patient profile though... 🧛‍♂️

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All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a raging snowstorm, and Agatha Christie novel, a crackling fire, a kettle on the stove, and a basket of emotional support pastries.

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I think my friend has just perfectly summed up life as a precarious ECR When an "oh no!" moment means it must be Wednesday #AcademicSky

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