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Derek Bryant @derekbryant.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This is Derek's son, @martinsfp.bsky.social. I'm sad to say that dad passed away on 17 January 2026. A tribute fund has been set up with @thebhf.bsky.social. Donations welcome to honour a much-loved father, grandfather, uncle, friend... and prolific poster tributefunds.bhf.org.uk/In-Memory/De...

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

the altered ground left behind. Images: Fairburn Ings RSPB nature reserve, Derek Dye

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Fairburn Ings: nature reclaiming an industrial landscape. What we think of as natural heritage is often anything but natural. Fairburn Ings is a landscape shaped less by preservation than by repeated intervention, collapse and chance. Originally a wet marshland on the floodplain of the River

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

What's in a name? In Brighouse just down the road from me you have Rydings for the park, library, and art gallery (The Rydings) and a doctors surgery in the town - Rydings Hall Surgery. The older, historic name for a nearby terrace might appear as either Rhyding or Ryding

Datestone for Crooked Riding Terrace, Thornhills Bridge Lane, Brighouse This is quite a large and elaborate datestone for a row of terrace houses, and has been placed on the blank gable-end. The houses face onto Anvil Street. Crooked Riding is the name of a house further down the street, although the second word is spelt Rhyding on one OS map and Ryding on another.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

On tomorrow's date 17 January in Todmorden in 1784 John Fielden was born. The mill owner and radical British reformer became a notable proponent of legislation protecting the welfare of factory workers. Influenced by his experiences in his father's mill, John developed a strong

John Fielden (1784–1849) was a prominent British industrialist and a Radical Member of Parliament (MP). Known locally in Todmorden as "Honest John," he was a wealthy cotton mill owner who became a significant social reformer. This is a statue erected to him in Todmorden

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

the Pilgrimage of Grace (1537). It aimed to enforce royal law and suppress dissent, serving as a crucial regional court until its abolition by the Long Parliament in 1641 before the English Civil War. The Council of the North was based primarily at Sandal Castle (near 2/3

Antique engraved view of Sandal Castle near Wakefield, showing a fortified medieval stone castle with curtain walls, round towers, and a central keep set on rising ground. The castle is surrounded by trees and open countryside, with small groups of people and horsemen in the foreground, rendered in a detailed eighteenthcentury engraving style.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

six miles from York the stone castle was originally built for John Lord Neville of Raby. The castle hosted the council in its early days. I don't think I have posted a "Cowscape" before. Image: Cowscape with castle, Michael Levine-Clark, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

When I was posting about the Council of the North this morning, I didn't have room for a photograph of the the privately owned ruins of Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks. They date from the 14th and 16th century. Situated some

The historic Sheriff Hutton castle ruins in a field with cows against a a very stormy sky. The sky is filled with dark, dramatic, heavy gray and black clouds,

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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 16/01/2026

Courtesy of Peter Mintun, a brilliant take on Warner Brother's opening cast credits that features just about every performer who crossed a WB soundstage in the Pre-Code days.

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THREE ON A SNATCH (2007)

YouTube video by Peter Mintun

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14/01/2026

Reporter @kenklippenstein.bsky.social investigated the inner workings of the Department of Homeland Security, finding that “there's splits within the agency about the shooting [of Renee Good] and the general mission.”

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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The Sea Hawk (1924). #SilentFilm

Intertitle from 1924 film ‘The Sea Hawk’ which reads “A curse on those that call themselves Christians and countenance such cruelty.”

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

ge-tremman, wk.v: to strengthen, establish, confirm. (yeh-TREM-mahn / jɛ-ˈtrɛm-man) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Good. The real people hurting London are the people spreading lies about it, not the mayor.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 14/01/2026

the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Other work of the Ladybird artists Woodblock print ‘Bullfinch’ Artist: Allen Seaby

Seaby was very influenced by Japanese printing as can be clearly seen from this pared-down depiction of two bullfinches on a snow-lined tree against a blue background

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Situated in the fields around Walburn Hall are the earthwork and buried remains of the extensive medieval village of Walburn itself. The first documentary evidence of the village dates to 1222 but it could be around one hundred years older. The medieval village took the 1/3

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I was asked why there would be a labyrinth in a church. They are nothing new. Dating back to the 4th century they became a more widespread feature in churches and cathedrals during the Middle Ages, particularly in Italy and Northern France: The practice peaked with large, elaborate floor

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

was arrested carrying weapons. Elsewhere hundreds marched towards Huddersfield from Barnsley but scattered before engaging troops. The uprising overall really failed to gain traction although 30 individuals were imprisoned or transported for their involvement in the unrest. 3/3 #Yorkshire #uprising

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

In Huddersfield, around 2,000 armed men, many weavers, gathered to seize the town but called off the attack and dispersed. Meanwhile in Sheffield a well-organised group led by John Blackwell assembled, marched, and intended to attack barracks but again dispersed; Blackwell 2/3

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

In early April 1820, what could have been a significant uprising occurred in the West Riding of Yorkshire, It was closely linked to unrest in the west of Scotland, particularly around Glasgow and the aftermath of the "Peterloo" trials. The unrest unfolded in several towns. 1/3

Coat of arms of the former West Riding of Yorkshire (or at least one variation of) Taken by Flickr user:Tim Green 2.0

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

both conducted and composed. He was also organist at St John the Baptist church (now the Minster) in Halifax. Herschel moved to Bath in 1766, where gradually astronomy began to take over his and Caroline's lives. See Alt for image details. 5/5 #History #astonomy #music #Yorkshire

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

William was also a talented musician and had been an oboist in the Hanover Military Band before moving to England in 1757 where he was leader of the Durham Militia band from 1760-61 with whom he was based in the Yorkshire Dales town of Richmond, for a short time. Here he 4/5

The image is a portrait of Sir William Herschel, a renowned Hanoverian-British astronomer and composer. The painting is by Lemuel Francis Abbott was created around 1785, shortly after his most famous discovery.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Enlightenment or the great ‘Age of Reason’ was a time in the 17th and 18th centuries when a new philosophical movement dominated the world of ideas throughout Europe William Herschel who had a brief connection with Yorkshire and his sister Caroline were a 1/5

A colour lithograph from around 1896, depicting astronomers Sir William Herschel and his sister Caroline Herschel at their home in Bath, England. Herschel was a German-born British astronomer famous for discovering the planet Uranus in 1781 using a telescope he built himself. Caroline Herschel was an accomplished astronomer in her own right, becoming the first woman to be paid for her scientific work and discovering several comets. Caroline moved to England in 1772 to live with her brother and became his assistant, helping him with his observations and mathematical reductions. The siblings often worked together, with William observing the night sky through large, self-built telescopes while Caroline recorded his findings.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Police state.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/01/2026

Is the Yemeni government getting ready to attack the Houthis? aje.news/g94brt

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/01/2026

Mapping who controls what in Yemen in 2026 aje.news/t8nxdt

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/01/2026

Irish band slams push to reinstate charge against rapper Liam O'Hanna as 'waste of public time and public money' aje.news/aajrgl

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Jabroni Supreme @gojirra.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Ah, so the billionaires are driving up the prices of hardware not only for the moronic AI bubble, but also to create a new market where nobody can afford PCs and must rent them in the cloud... Restricting communication and information is also a plus I'm sure. www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...

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Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud

Amazon's Jeff Bezos once revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options. Will DRAM prices make it come true?

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Our collection of printed materials includes over 50k books, 15k pamphlets and 500 manuscripts. These include many rare items with unique collections on the Holocaust, Jewish history and antisemitism We have digitised a wide selection, which are available via our online archive 🔗

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Book and Pamphlet Collection - The Wiener Holocaust Library

The Library's collection of printed materials includes over 50,000 books, 15,000 pamphlets, 500 unpublished memoirs and 500 manuscripts (drafts of books and articles, and unpublished theses).

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 14/01/2026

It's finally happening. The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak. No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Again. Would the Prime Minister merely express concern if you, or I spent three weeks generating hundreds of thousands of non-consensual nudes and child sexual abuse images, while bragging about, and profiting from, so doing? And would he praise us simply for promising that we'd stop doing so soon?

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Eric Levitz @ericlevitz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The sheer volume of white nationalist memes/allusions posted from official government accounts over the past year is staggering www.vox.com/politics/475...

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Doomer VonDoomington 🇺🇦 @doomervon.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Great. We've pushed people to the point that "The Germans are coming" is good news.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Wait, what? Are you saying the Trump regime said things that WEREN'T TRUE??

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 14/01/2026

Being shoved to the ground and threatened with arrest by the police at the Sarah Everard vigil was probably the single most radicalising moment of my life. But everything about her murder showed the terrifying violent and exculpatory potential of the British state.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

"Do you think it would be a good idea or a bad idea for the U.S. to use military force to take possession of Greenland from Denmark?" Good idea: 4% Bad idea: 71% (Ipsos) 4%. He did it. He finally hit Lizardman's Constant.

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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 14/01/2026

Israel’s assault has led to a 41% fall in births in Gaza and high numbers of maternal deaths, miscarriages, newborn mortality and premature births, two reports into the impact of the conflict on pregnant women, babies and maternity care reveal. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #genocide

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Gaza war leads to 41% fall in births prompting allegations of reproductive violence

Israel’s war in Gaza has caused high numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths, say two reports

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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 14/01/2026

"Why is this guy yelling at me?" the poor tattoo artist must be wondering in this scene of The Cuban Love Song (1931), starring baritone Lawrence Tibbett. Tibbett's grand voice is orders of magnitude out of place in much of this movie and only fiery Lupe Velez manages not to be blown away by it.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

“Jackson Synagogue Burning Suspect [Stephen Spencer Pittman] Indicted on State Charges With Hate Crimes Enhancement *** After being arraigned on federal charges…while declaring ‘Jesus Christ is Lord’ to a federal judge, he is expected to face preliminary court hearings next Tuesday…” 1/13/26 … 1/

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Jackson Synagogue Burning Suspect Indicted on State Charges With Hate Crimes Enhancement

State prosecutors charged Stephen Spencer Pittman with first-degree arson of a place of worship for the alleged arson of Beth Israel Congregation.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Officials tweeting about national horrors as if they're passive cable news watchers instead of the people tasked with stopping them is a deliberate form of demoralization. A smug shrug of contempt for the citizenry.

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