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In Indiana, 16 and 17-year-olds can now work the same hours as adults and are no longer restricted by school hours and days. They also can work overnight without an adult and perform hazardous agriculture jobs. Many 14- and 15-year-olds can now work during school hours as well.

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The Trudeau government formally apologized Thursday for trauma caused to generations of Inuit people in Arctic Bay because of forced relocations in the 1930s and ‘40s. Families were promised they could move home within two years but it never happened. That's on Nation to Nation.

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Please support this wonderful artist. I got a piece as a gift recently and it's a treasure.

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Email your MP here. creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP

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Legislation, Soft Censorship Could Keep YMA Winners Off School Shelves | School Library Journal

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It also marks the first time an Indigenous North American filmmaker has received an Oscar nomination. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

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Our new ttrpg website is now live! If you purchase INSPIRISLES, get a discount on another Isles product and a set of custom dice! Cryptid Creeks and Dragon Dowser come with delightful sticker sets. We also have some saver bundles and beautiful merch. Head to our Shop today! hatchlingsgames.co.uk

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Are you working on revisions for an academic book? Sign up for a Q&A call to see whether my summer workshop "Crafting Your Scholarly Book" could be a good fit for your needs. scheduler.zoom.us/ellen-tilton... Or learn more here: tiliaeditorial.com/crafting-your-scholarly-book

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This "you don't own anything if you use our platform or device" sh*t should be outlawed. All my e-books are PDFs or epubs that I can use anywhere, thankfully. Also, Libby is your friend. #boycottamazon #libby Amazon is just going to increase pirating.

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www.404media.co/public-libra... this is interesting @ypsilibrary.org

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NEW: ProPublica Updates Native American Repatriation Database @maryhudetz.bsky.social ‬⁩

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Are you working in #bookhistory and #DH and want to learn more about the most relevant digital tools & approaches? Check out the 'Book Historian's Digital Toolkit' module for the London Rare Books School this summer, 23–27 June 2025. More info below: ies.sas.ac.uk/london-rare-...

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Plese repost & share widelye: open access, free, scholar-produced resource for studyinge & teachinge The Canterburye Tales at the university level: THE OPEN ACCESS COMPANION TO THE CANTERBURY TALES opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu

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It's a small thing in the overall catastrophe but I'm an illustrator of philosophers so I notice. There's one account that has been single-handedly polluting the web with AI-generated philosopher portraits that look vaguely authentic. These go with AI-generated essays about those philosophers.

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Doug Ford promised to fix Ontario’s universities. Instead, he made them worse. Former Laurentian University economics professor David Leadbeater takes a closer look at how corporatization is threatening the province’s post-secondary education system: thewalrus.ca/inside-doug-ford...

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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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Giving @riseupfeminist.bsky.social a shoutout to gain them some followers. Great resource for researchers interested in feminist struggles in Canada, including labour struggles. #canlab #canfem

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Cardiff University is proposing to scrap modern language degrees, incl. German - a deeply concerning step: www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card... Read about the vital role of language skills here: britishgermanassociation.org/11849-2/ A petition is underway: www.change.org/p/save-mlang...

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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Cardiff University's Executive Board has announced that it intends to cease all provision of Modern Languages degrees. Sign the petition below in solidarity with staff and students of the School of Modern Languages at Cardiff University: www.change.org/p/save-mlang...

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Repost this if you regularly use your local library. Bonus points if you tell us your favorite thing about your library!

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Just got the dreaded email. University of Iowa is halting all NIH grant submissions. Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.

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If you're an educator or education is your interest, consider starting a freedom school in your communities. We started with a summer program for young people in Chicago. Children's Defense Fund has been offering literacy based freedom schools since the early 1990s. etc etc etc.

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hey all, just boosting this again. Thick Press put out this amazing (& super relevant) book called the Encyclopedia of Radical Helping-- all about community-based projects and tactics. I was lucky enough to be a contributor. if that's up your alley, here's the link: thickpress.com?productId=3058

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Probably the best photograph I’ve ever taken of some ducks.

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"A liberal order, in which people develop their own ideas about what is worthwhile in life, requires that people have a language and culture that permits conceiving of what is worthwhile."

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Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more

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Not everyone can run or sit on a board. Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools! Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...

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A reminder that I'll be running this #free #online #training session on #KnowledgeExchange & #Impact - also featuring my brilliant colleague @ruthslatter.bsky.social - on Thursday 27 February. Useful for those working in universities and beyond. Sign up to join us 👇 www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

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Scores for Adults Are Dropping on Tests of Basic Skills nataliewexler.substack.com/p/scores-for...

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🎓 Writing your PhD in History of Education? ☀️ Join the History of Education Summer School this September at KU Leuven! Theme: Voices and Silences in Historical Studies in Education 📆 Register by 28 Feb 2025: www.kuleuven.be/english/summ... #PhD #Education #SummerSchool #HistEd #ISCHE

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A question that comes up a lot in my consulting work is, "What are the most important data management practices a team can get started early, that will lead to better quality data?" In this new blog post I write about some of the core practices to implement. 👇 cghlewis.com/blog/project...

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NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS! FREE Zoom workshop for academics on goal setting, project management, & more! Learn to set actionable, achievable goals and & project management tools to support them. 2 hr workshop includes time to work on personal goal setting. Register: https://buff.ly/4hyVtRh Please share!

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I like @alexwlchan.bsky.social's idea of writing small static websites to organize data... alexwlchan.net/2024/static-...

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for my fellow Canoodicans trying to avoid toxic food this year, here's what's currently being recalled. ST:TOS fans will get a lovely w t f in the middle of the list. An official recall list at recalls-rappels.canada. ca/en

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Just a few hours left to submit your proposals for @esehnextgate.bsky.social's Writing Support Programme 2025! niche-canada.org/2025/01/02/c... #envhist

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Going through some old photos from the archives today. I am grateful to Past Me who developed a system of hand signals to mark photos during research trips. thumbs up means "this is important" pointing finger means "notable/quotable detail" palm up means "WTF"

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Just learned that anyone can register in person at a New York Public Library (without US residence) and access remotely 140 Proquest databases (I believe a wealthy European university might have access to a couple dozen at best)

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Copied (with permission) from a discworld group I’m in if anyone can help even if it’s just a share

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