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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 3h

The ones I have expired in 2023. They might still work??

Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 3h

I have the beginnings of all the symptoms of American Covid. I think it’s finally got me and it’s taken until 2026. Always late to the party! Going to scrabble around to see if I can locate an in date Covid test.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Chicks dig the scar

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The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Our Trans Experiences resource list highlights resources exploring gender identity and the lived experiences of trans and gender-diverse people. 🏳️‍⚧️ These resources were gathered with support from the OU Trans Staff Network 👉 ow.ly/W5H550YzGsO #TransExperiences

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Three thousand years ago, a Greek potter looked at a bowl and thought: ‘You know what this needs? A leg!’ Clay bowl with leg-shaped handle!🦵😆 Early Geometric period 850 BC. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows an ancient Greek pottery bowl with a rounded, deep body, wide open mouth and flared rim. It has a large handle shaped like a human leg, extending from the left side of the bowl in my photo, bending at a right angle and ending in a flat foot. The bowl has a camel-coloured surface decorated with dark brown geometric patterns, which include zigzags and meander motifs arranged in horizontal bands around the body of the bowl and along the leg. From Attica, Early Geometric period, circa 850 BC. It sits on a light stone coloured surface in a display case at the Altes Museum in Berlin.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Leaving the county today for maybe only the second time in 2026. Keeping it East Anglia though. A quiet year with minimal travelling (and no trains!) was well needed, quite honestly. I recommend it.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

If you want a six minute summary of how to support trans+ fieldworkers, then why not check out this video we made (voiced by the incredible @izzyvalkyrie.bsky.social)?

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Well, this sounds right up my street!

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ooh, and this image might also have resonance for students studying the Van Gogh section of the OU module A111.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This change has very interesting implications for an activity I wrote for the OU module A236 on bank notes and symbols of national identity (I approve of the change, btw!).

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That does sounds very appealing to a perimenopausal person though (the aircon).

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Ben Wiedel-Kaufmann @benwwk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Excited to be co-convening this double panel with Warren Carter for this year’s @histmat.bsky.social conference. Hope to see you there! www.historicalmaterialism.org/product/twen...

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Flipping heck, UCU, sending me a meeting invite to discuss redundancies - I nearly had a conniption! Would be helpful if the subject line specificed that it was cross-sector. I thought I was being got rid off!!!

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My properly Italian great aunt used to serve lasagne with chips, so I think your Italian should be grateful you're just suggesting bread and salad!

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

THANK YOU! Have just shut down the laptop in disgust but I’ll do this tomorrow and see if I can find it. God, I hate this way of working. Just let me have my own document that only I can work on at any given moment!

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Ben Wiedel-Kaufmann @benwwk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At midday we will be gathering to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street & marching to the Cable Street Mural which has featured heavily in promotional materials. Here’s my recent with more on the mural's rich contribution to this history: artuk.org/discover/sto...

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

To mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, a new story by @benwwk.bsky.social has just been published. He explores The Battle of Cable Street mural and the story behind it. Have a read 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto... 📷 David Hoffmman

David Binnington with his original plan for the Battle of Cable Street mural. David stands holding the plan with his eyes closed, in front of the sketched out mural on the wall.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Blinking Sharepoint!!! A large chunk of text that I spent several hours on this afternoon has completely disappeared from the document? Any ideas on how I can recover it? This is exactly why I don't trust shared documents! ARGH

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Soup is one of the few good things about this time of year.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Although it still feels pretty much like summer here, I had soup for lunch, so it's officially Autumn in my book.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spent the afternoon working under the watchful gaze of Cardinal Wolsey.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just had the induction tutorial for my next Chinese language module - excited to get stuck into the module materials! Less excited about having to do more blinking assignments. Bleurgh - a necessary evil, I guess.

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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.

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Museums and Galleries History Group (MGHG) @mghg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Join us online on Thursday 8 October 2026 at 5.30 pm BST when MGHG's Dr Anna Reeve will be in conversation with Professor Jonathan Conlin discussing his latest monograph, The Met: A History of a Museum and Its People. Details and booking:

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Museums and Galleries History Group

The MGHG provides a platform for debate and contact among all those who seek to understand museums and galleries from historical and theoretical perspectives.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's very pleasing to me that today's work task involves searching Bridgeman Education for a nice image of a cup of tea and biscuits. It's surprisingly difficult. Might have to take the ideal pic myself.

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Taylor & Francis Research @tandfresearch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The best academic writing balances rigor with readability. Clarity is a gift to your readers.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Visited MOTE, the new Museum of the Environment in Ipswich last week. While I take issue with it calling itself a 'museum' (it really isn't), it has the potential to become an important gallery and cultural space in the town centre. Fab to get to see inside the original Ipswich Museum building!

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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Cover star of Chemical Brothers album – Harlow's Grade II* Lady of Fatima, (1960) by Gerard Goalen. Unassuming from the outside, but 💥inside. Visited with @c20society.bsky.social

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I can recommend finishing off your reading afternoon beneath a weighted blanket. Another chapter of a book read and I’m feeling REALLY RELAXED. A good way to start the weekend!

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Trying to get some reading done in a noisy cafe and just discovered that one of my Loops has disappeared. 😭 Maybe it’s a sign to upgrade to some super fancy ones?

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Finished the latest draft of a substantial piece of work this morning. Took myself out of the house to buy a Co-op sandwich and a bar of Dairy Milk in celebration. I have well expensive tastes, me. 🤣

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 14/09/2026

That's not the definition I found in my dictionary, but it fits ;)

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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’ve been getting some decent writing done this afternoon after having a decent screen break earlier in the day. A good reminder to me that it’s okay to step away from the laptop for a bit if it’s all getting a bit overwhelming. 👍

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The Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Still thinking about starting your degree this autumn? 💭🎓 There’s still time! Our application deadline has been extended to Thursday 17 September 🗓️ Start your OU journey today and apply now: ow.ly/rft250ZLRaf #OnlineLearning #TheOpenUniversity #UniversityApplication

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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives

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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Some fascinating Collaborative Doctoral Awards on offer here at the BL, including a great history of sexuality/book history/library history project relating to the Rund Collection of 19th/20thC erotic books and ephemera www.bl.uk/services/res...

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Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Awards

Fully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Interested in women's political and trade unionist history? have a look at the Statue for Ada campaign and please share with anyone you think might be interested: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/anK25JY...

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A Statue for Ada

We want a statue in memory of Ada Nield Chew in Crewe: local factory girl, political campaigner, trade union organiser and suffragist.

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 06/09/2026

For rescuing people at sea the RNLI has been targeted by the fash, because they refuse to accept that some humans aren’t worth saving. Donate to RNLI: www.rnib.org.uk/get-involved... www.countypress.co.uk/news/2652635...

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Isle of Wight lifeboats help with the rescue of 140 migrants in dinghy

Isle of Wight RNLI crews helped bring migrants safely to shore in the UK earlier today (Sunday).

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