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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m putting the link because someone always asks even though I honestly don’t think there’s any money left in the world. I can’t thank you all enough. www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

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My Walk 100 Miles in October Challenge

Help Jane Hill raise money to support Ovarian Cancer Action

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Me for The European: why I’m calling for fast-growing ‘frankenchickens’ to be removed from public procurement , and why 80,000 of us have pledged to boycott Pret until it delivers on its chicken welfare commitment . the-european.eu/story-66273/...

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Chris Packham Launches Campaign to Rid Britain of ‘Frankenchicken’

Chris Packham calls for Britain to end fast-growing chicken breeds in public procurement, citing animal welfare concerns and government action.

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Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We've done Birmingham, and now we are on our way to Leeds! Come on Northern historians, let's meet you! Drinks, historian chat, and good evening out are on offer on 30th September at the IHN meet-up. DM or reply for details!

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm really excited to share the cover for my book "The Serial South: The Little Magazine in the U.S. South," which is coming out with University of Georgia Press in June 2027. I absolutely adore the cover - so chic!!

A book cover for "The Serial South: The Little Magazine in the US South" by Siân Round. The cover is black with orange and yellow font. 5 images of 1920s and 1930s magazines appear.

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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Black Theatre Makers from the Archive to the Classroom” showcases six plays by Black theatre makers working in Britain in the early 20th century, addressing the lack of access to resources for teaching Black theatre. Enter the archive here: baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Black Theatre Makers from the Archive to the Classroom - British Association for American Studies

Staging the Archive’s latest project has produced an exciting new education resource: Working with teachers, theatre-makers, researchers and the British Library's Learning and Curatorial Teams we…

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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer A magnificent poem railing against anti-fact, anti-truth, anti-science politics Nature keeps speaking even when we refuse to listen But eventually it will stop & we will be left with the silence of bees #poetry #poemoftheday

Poem - 'On the Fifth Day' by Jane Hirshfield

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It was only a matter of time but the brass-necked cheek of this.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

introducing our revolutionary new technology. with the potential to show richer colour than any existing screen. battery life effectively infinite. it’s foldable. it’s thinner than you could imagine. it weighs next to nothing. introducing Papr™️

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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I've been posting a daily poem for just over a year In celebration I'm sharing the 10 most popular poems of the last 12 months 6th - poignant in the week we lost Wendell It's easy to point fingers. It's also important to ask what's my culpability, either directly or by apathy #poetry #poemofday

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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Entirely this.

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

this comes from a place of love but the BBC could really do better. gloria steinham? and honestly, it might be factually correct to say DVLA withdraws conviction after Khan “says” it’s a scam, but surely more helpful to say after it becomes CLEAR it was a scam

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How Gloria Steinham changed the lives of generations of women
The trailblazing feminist spoke out for the legalisation of abortion, same-sex marriage and equal pay for women - but her activism was not without backlash.
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DVLA withdraws tax conviction against Sadiq Khan after he says it was a scam
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Mutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

some datacenter the size of charlie's chocolate factory churning through gigabytes of my data and the best it can do is I can see you bought a torch have you considered another torch

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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) is thrilled to announce the Ellen Craft Essay Prize is now open for submissions. The Prize promotes & encourages the study of marginalised voices in American Studies at the PGR & ECR levels. Deadline: 7th December baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Ellen Craft Essay Prize 2026 - British Association for American Studies

The Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) is thrilled to announce that this year’s Ellen Craft Essay Prize is now open for submissions. The Ellen Craft Essay Prize is intended to help…

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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad on the state of the executive branch, 1973.

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There is 0.4 teaching job in History at Cardiff, specialism US history 18/19th century. I have all sorts of feelings about these posts, but I will just say that colleagues want to provide support, and the students are wonderful. cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/26...

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Teacher in History in John Percival Building | Internal & External Website

View details and apply for this Teacher in History vacancy in John Percival Building. Teacher in History School of History, Archaeology and Religion An exciting opportunity ...

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Radz Pandit @radzpandit.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"They never asked, "Were you able to work today?" Maybe they had, twenty or thirty years earlier, but they'd gradually learned not to. There are empty spaces that must be respected - those often long periods when a person can't see the pictures or find the words and needs to be left alone."

FAIR PLAY by Tove Jansson. Translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal. NYRB Classics.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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Amanda @amandastafford.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Back in 2024 me & @sianround.bsky.social put on a wee conference at Leeds and as part of it we did an art project with students at my college (with thanks to @officialbaas.bsky.social 💕) the results of which have been published today by Research for All Yay! journals.uclpress.co.uk/r4a/article/...

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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Amanda @amandastafford.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Happy #TedLasso day to all who celebrate! 😃

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/08/2026

BP's quarterly profits more than doubled to £4.2 billion in the three months to the end of June. These are the profits of war and climate chaos. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay.

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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Farewell Bill, most radical of the Goodies. Present at Grosvenor Square with Tariq & Vanessa. Turned his harassment by the Met into slapstick TV comedy for kids. Angry, hairy, furiously talented.

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Charlotte O'Brien @cobrien.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

WAAAH! I can't believe I'm typing this - but I have a book contract for a non-fiction book for a general audience with @brisunipress.bsky.social to challenge damaging rhetoric about immigration and welfare, arguing that xenophobic law-making goes hand-in-hand with punishing the poor and hurts us all

Quotes from peer reviewers for the book proposal: This is well put together and definitely leaves me wanting to read the full book which I think will be both gripping and challenging.

The writing style is perfect, clear for a general audience, but also engaging to practitioners

a project of deep social and political significance.

This is a very strong proposal – intellectually ambitious, empirically grounded, provocative, timely. It is also very well written

There really isn’t anything quite like this. It is groundbreaking.

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Mutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

you're all full of moral opinions now but I remember your silence when bonekickers was cancelled

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This seems a bit crimeish?

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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 02/07/2026

If companies can't run data centres without polluting our air and water, pushing up energy bills, abusing workers' rights, harming local communities or wrecking the climate – then they shouldn't be allowed to run them A safe climate and healthy environment are necessities – tech bro profits aren't

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EU weighs weaker data centre climate rules in win for Big Tech

Past proposals for strict rules on renewable energy certificates have been dropped after heavy lobbying, draft shows

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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Go on, girl. I think Facebook over-estimates how fond people actually are of it. It's full of ads and strangers and AI slop. Wouldn't take much of a tipping point for people to finally just ... tire of it, and everything that comes with it, and leave.

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Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📣We're Hiring: Reading Room Assistant You will work front of house in the Library’s busy Reading Rooms in a team of four. This part-time role is front-facing and includes lots of interaction with the public. Visit our website to apply. Application deadline: 7th July at 10am.

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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

At this stage, maybe you COULD satirise UK 2026. Racist pogroms deplored by politicians on the very platform that foments that shit. More grannies and vicars and semi-retired gardeners arrested. It's like reality is being edited live by Adam Curtis.

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Oh, so you can resign from cabinet if they absolutely shaft the sector you're in charge of? Interesting to know! @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

"As more and more of the digital and physical publishing market is squeezed by AI, individual digital projects like zines become a new type of handicraft: a work of art crafted lovingly by the creator and delivered directly to the audience."

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Look at this for an illustration of the climate crisis.

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/05/2026

Somewhat incredibly, Tony Blair has chosen the week that the UK's temperature record for May has been smashed by more than 2C to reiterate his hot take on net-zero Job done, though, as all the UK media is now leading with him saying "drill, baby, drill" rather than the exceptionally extreme weather

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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

David Bruce Centre for the Study of the Americas is seeking two Postdoctoral Research Associates for a substantial writing project focused on any aspect of US affairs, including literature, culture, history, politics, & transnational relations. baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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David Bruce Centre for the Study of the Americas - 2 postdoctoral Research Associates - British Association for American Studies

The David Bruce Centre for the Study of the Americas is looking to appoint 2 postdoctoral Research Associate posts from September 2006, running for 2 years.

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Men and folks working outside the Russell Group are still under-represented in my responses, and I'm particularly keen to hear from you. (I mean, I'm particularly keen to hear from everyone, but it would be nice to have a semi-representative sample.)

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Thrilled I've got 150 responses to my survey on personal tutoring! I'm aiming for 200 responses, so if you're an academic in UK HE who's had pastoral responsibility for students in the last five years, whatever that's called, with ten minutes spare, I'd love to hear from you. Do share if you can.

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The Role Of Interpersonal Relationships And Care In Personal Tutoring Within UK HEIS

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

British American 19th C Historians (@branchuk.bsky.social) is looking for new co-editors of its journal, American 19th C History (@anchistjournal.bsky.social) Applications due: 01.06.26. Pls share widely! @officialbaas.bsky.social @oah.org @royalhistsoc.org @historians.org @ihr.bsky.social

Job advert - applications involve CV (5pg) and letter of intent (1-2pg). Responsibilities include soliciting and reading all submissions, determining whether to send to reviewers, working with reviewers and authors as per the review process, editing manuscripts and working with Taylor and Francis. Liasing with book review team and BrANCH as an organization, including Steering Committee membership.

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Malcolm Craig @malcolmcraig.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This is simply intellectual vandalism and the destruction of a great department.

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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

vegetable rights & peace

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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The issue is not just getting in. It’s staying in. Researchers are calling for: ✅ transparent recruitment ✅ better progression support ✅ improved working conditions Read more about the research 👇 www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

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Class still determines who makes a career in TV

Class inequality in the TV industry is not just about getting a foot in the door, but about who can afford to stay and progress, according to University of Leeds research.

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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Did you know social class still shapes who builds a career in TV? 🤔📺 Research from the University has found that access to the TV industry is not only about getting your foot through the door. It is about who can afford to stay and progress. youtu.be/gIqmcxvdeRY?...

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Just 8%: The Truth About Class in UK TV | What’s On? Rethinking Class in the Television Industry

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