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"The choice has been made, and so now the Royal Navy must hope the cuts borne in the present are offset by a superior fleet in future … and that that superior fleet arrives before future risks turn into present dangers" - by @blagdendavid.bsky.social thecritic.co.uk/losing-our-s...

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Dr @mwpalen.bsky.social spoke to @newsweek.com about #tariffs and trade wars www.newsweek.com/trump-us-chi...

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Featuring research by @tenaprelec.bsky.social @jheathershaw.bsky.social and Tom Mayne

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Today is Earth Day 🌏 At @exeter.ac.uk we have over 1,500 researchers and educators working towards a green future Here's a snapshot of the work that has been making headlines in recent days 🧵 #EarthDay

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Excellent article on the SeaCURE project. SeaCURE is creating an additional carbon sink by removing CO2 from seawater. @gsiexeter.bsky.social, @plymouthmarine.bsky.social

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Dr @weedamehran.bsky.social of @exeterspspa.bsky.social spoke to @theipaper.com about women's lives and education under Taliban rule inews.co.uk/news/world/t...

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The Cyber Law Toolkit project-led by a team including Professor Kubo Macak of @uniexeterlawschool.bsky.social-has received this year's @asilorg.bsky.social Jus Gentium Award. The resource helps countries navigate complex questions of international law in cyberspace news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

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On Weds 21 May, the Society is delighted to be visiting historians at the Cornwall Campus @exeter.ac.uk. The visit includes a public event, 'Cultural Memory and the Two World Wars in Britain' (4.30pm), with Lucy Noakes and Catriona Pennell bit.ly/4j2po4B. All welcome to join us #skystorians 1/2

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🚨Local elections are coming 🚨 💬 Sign up to our webinar to analyse the results with UKICE’s polling guru Sir John Curtice, @anandmenon.bsky.social @sophiestowers.bsky.social, Uni of Exeter’s @hannahbunting.bsky.social & LSE’s Tony Travers 👇

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A pleasure to write this short piece on what certain themes from Netflix's #Adolescence tell use about #incels and the #manosphere More in-depth peices can be found on @crest-research.bsky.social's site: crestresearch.ac.uk/projects/tra...

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Were cats domesticated in the Neolithic? New research by Sean Doherty and Naomi Sykes suggests it was far more recent, and the result of religion, not rodents

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Hybrid book launch for Ukrainian poet and soldier Artur Dron', 'We Were Here', trans. by Yuliya Musakovska. Join via Zoom or live in Lviv or in Exeter, 6 May, 5.30-7pm (UK). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-were-he... @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social @jantarbooks.bsky.social

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💫🐣 Our easter egg hunt is available at the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum for another week! 🐣💫 Explore the displays and spot the hidden egg film characters within... #easter #film #filmsky

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Bringing hot takes on China, Trump and tariffs to the Australian people for 3 seconds in this @abcnewsbot.bsky.social video. @cais-exeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfEV...

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Action points for adventurous scientists!✨ 1/4 Visualised from the excellent paper by Prof. Karen Anderson, Dr KatherineCrichton & Prof. Angela Gallego-Sala on @britishecologicalsociety.org People & Nature 🌱 @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social #climatecrisis #illustration

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Want to understand how climate misinformation works - and who's spreading it? Check out Hot Air from @tortoisemedia.bsky.social & @c3ds.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

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"Starting from the history that surrounds legend and myth is a radical way into the stories of women like Penelope. It allows us to understand them from the experiences and activities of actual women of the Greek past" - @emilyhauser.bsky.social on #TheReturn theconversation.com/the-return-h...

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“It is incredibly exciting to think that, for the first time since she was laid beneath the ground over 3,500 years ago, we are able to gaze into the actual face of a bronze age royal woman" - a preview of the new book by @emilyhauser.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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A project by Dr Yuxi Heluo from @uofebusiness.bsky.social that pairs students with older members of the community - promoting skill swaps, intergenerational friendships and combatting loneliness - has featured on @bbcradio4.bsky.social Today programme. From 8:20 ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Took a deep dive on the 'History as it Happens' podcast placing Trump's tariffs and desire to annex Canada into dialogue with the GOP imperial protectionist politics of the 1890s and the 1890 McKinley Tariff, Trump's 'golden age'. historyasithappens.libsyn.com/o-no-canada-...

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Research by Exeter's @danbebber.bsky.social & Angela Gallego-Sala that sets out how peatlands are at risk from climate change features in this fascinating @bbcspotlight.bsky.social piece. Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Watch from 10mins: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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The @economist.com recommends 4 books 'to read to understand tariffs' in advance of today, Trump's 'Liberation Day', meaning a new round of US tariffs. Honored to find Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World included w/@douglasirwin.bsky.social's excellent Clashing Over Commerce. 👇

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“Trump’s plan draws from a very old Republican playbook that dates to the 1890s. This helped kickstart a decade of economic depression, trade wars and even a failed attempt to annex Canada” - @mwpalen.bsky.social on #liberationday www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/heres-...

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🔊 WILLS PODCAST! 🔊 @lsangha.bsky.social was interviewed for the latest episode of 'That Shakespeare Life' podcast Laura discusses all things early modern wills 📜, revealing surprising bequests, and insights into Shakespeare's own will ✍️ 🎧 Listen here: www.cassidycash.com/last-will-an... #history

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Why school food holds the key to a fairer future Watch Fatma Sabet's TedX talk here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk

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Hooray! Our paper on kinship in Neolithic Ireland is out. Such a pleasure to write this (and draw fancy maps) with a team of fabulous and inspiring prehistorians: Neil Carlin, Jess Smyth, @cjfrieman.bsky.social, Dani Hofmann, @pennybickle.bsky.social, Kerri Cleary and @prehistorian.bsky.social:

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Read analysis by @blagdendavid.bsky.social in this article on #Ukraine www.newsweek.com/ukraine-mili...

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Scientists should experiment with creative ways of communicating their work to inspire action to protect the natural world, researchers say Our press release 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... Full paper 👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @uniexecec.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

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"Giving farmers greater opportunities to draw on their knowledge and experiences encourages better environmental results than conventional farming incentives" - by Charles Masquelier, Carolyn Petersen and Matt Lobley from @crpr-exeter.bsky.social theconversation.com/when-farmers...

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Dr Harry Pitts of @hass-cornwall.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio Cornwall about the #SpringStatement and the impact on #Cornwall www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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"this is a useful bit of extra money that will help to sustain the current programme; it’s not a massive splurge that will allow the services to meaningfully increase their numbers of soldiers, ships or aircraft" - @blagdendavid.bsky.social on #defencespending www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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"Escalating climate risks could cause global instability - including GDP losses of 25% by 2050. But the right policy action today can mitigate up to 90% of these projected losses" - Dr Jesse Abrams responds to the #SpringStatement 👇 www.sustainableviews.com/scant-mentio...

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Op-ed: The UK chancellor is investing in growth and defence. Climate change risks damaging both... "This is a rapidly becoming a national security issue, with food, water and heat stresses increasingly impacting populations’ health and wealth", warn Sandy Trust @ IFoA and Tim Lenton @exeter.ac.uk

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Could the classic 1911 children's novel, 'The Secret Garden', be one of the earliest works of climate fiction? Dr Davina Quinlivan, Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, explores the possibility in @theconversation.com. theconversation.com/the-secret-g...

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This article includes analysis by Professor Frances Tammer from our Strategy and Security Institute inews.co.uk/news/new-nuc...

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"It looks likely that European nations would, as a coalition, be able to put together a credible force, and that might generate enough goodwill in the White House for the president to provide some additional support" - Prof Anthony King on #Ukraine www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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"If the UK wants to grow resilience and create the right conditions to protect national security, it must move budget and policy towards safeguarding planetary solvency," says Exeter's Prof Tim Lenton @gsiexeter.bsky.social in @sustainableviews.bsky.social www.sustainableviews.com/the-uk-chanc...

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The amount of carbon released by seabed fishing worldwide is uncertain and must be urgently investigated, researchers say Read our press release 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... Full paper 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social

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Dr David Blagden spoke to @newsweek.com about #Trump, #NATO and #Ukraine www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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Featuring comment by Professor Lee Elliot Major about the lasting impact of #COVID_19 on children's lives www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

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Dr David Blagden from @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social spoke to @news.sky.com about #Ukraine news.sky.com/story/what-a...

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Cornwall’s businesses and organisations can now invest in environmental improvements across the county through a new ‘nature market’, which utilises the expertise of @uofebusiness.bsky.social academics. @cornwallcouncil.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

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A new film called Counting Orca celebrates the life of Ken Balcomb - who spent decades studying the endangered "southern resident" killer whales It features @darrencroft.bsky.social & the premiere is next month - more details here 👉 nhmu.utah.edu/events/count... Watch the trailer below 👇

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Enigmatic...or vampiric? Frankie Dytor @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social reflects on the Mona Lisa as part of @theconversation.com 'Rethinking the Classics' series. theconversation.com/the-mona-lis...

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Academia meets The Thomas Crown Affair? See how art historian Dr Meredith Hale @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social helped to solve a 70-year mystery of a missing Anthony van Dyck oil sketch from a stately home in Northants. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

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Thanks to ITV Westcountry for coming to campus today to see the amazing campaign by student Isabella Charlesworth with Exeter Marrow and @anthonynolan.bsky.social www.itv.com/watch/news/e...

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