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Dr Neil Buttery @neilbuttery.bsky.social · 3h

Happy #internationalpodcastday to all who celebrate! If you've never checked them out before, please have a listen to my food history-themed shows: *The British Food History Podcast *A is for Apple with cohosts @mrssbilton.bsky.social & @alessandrapino.bsky.social Available on all podcast apps!

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SOAS Library @soaslibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🎓 Graduated from SOAS? Stay connected with the library! SOAS alumni can access the library through: 📖Reference membership: free 📚Borrowing membership: £100 per year Apply using the SOAS Library Membership Form.

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Microsoft Forms

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SOAS Gallery, London @soasgallery.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're now closed and busy preparing to welcome you back from 2nd Oct to enjoy the work of #RaymondFung in the exhibition Beyond Emptiness in partnership with #3812Gallery and some highlights from our own #SOAS Object and Artwork Collection

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As usual, telescopes named after women can do the same difficult jobs as telescopes named after men, but they are still expected to take care of the home

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you genuinely believe that libraries negatively impact book sales, I don't even know what to say to you.

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Jennifer de Guzman Strikes Again @jenniferdeguzman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“…local communities in Bolivia have been aware of the species’ presence for generations. “‘This cat, they call it tilcayo. […]” Nogales-Ascarrunz said. “This is a traditional knowledge that they have in the community. We want to preserve that knowledge and we didn’t want to give it another name.’”

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'The Royal Society should declare the rapid development of artificial intelligence to be an “emergency”, mathematicians have urged, amid escalating alarm about the technology’s potential threat to humanity.' Open letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Royal Society urged to declare AI ‘emergency’

Mathematicians express ‘extreme concern’ over the pace of development, following existential risk warnings

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A Fair Bargain by Charles N.C. Sherwood is out now! 🎉 "Accessible, timely and deeply engaging" — Benjamin Ferguson, Professor of Philosophy, @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Available to read and download for free via #OpenAccess publishing: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wayne was my MA thesis and PhD dissertation adviser at Mizzou. He is kind, and good, and represents the best of what Mizzou is and has to offer. The Missouri state law that seeks to criminalize even the discussion of DEI is shameful, and so are those who support it. abc17news.com/news/educati...

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University of Missouri investigating professor after video alleges DEI sympathies

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is investigating allegations of staff violating federal and state laws against diversity, equity and inclusion practices after a video reportedly showin...

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Better make the most of October folks… (Published in Science in 1960: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...)

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A walk from Boppstraße in Berlin-Kreuzberg to Bopp’s grave at Trinity Cemetery (Dreifaltigkeitskirchhof II) takes 25 minutes. Enough time to listen to episode 2 of our podcast, where we discuss comparative-historical grammar and the work of Franz Bopp 😉 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2020/01/31/p... #Histlx

Street sign in Berlin reading "Boppstraße"

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, newspapers' "Good University" guides are deeply problematic and pernicious. But they're also a real reminder of a key strength of the current UK HE system: the distribution of excellence across the full range of institutions and places.

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The Guardian University Guide 2027 – the rankings

Find a course at one of the top universities in the country

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

✨🗣️ Here is the link to register for the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium 💕 a free, online three-days event (April 15 to 17) with 20+ participants and two awesome keynotes ✨😎 Program below and at the link here 👉 events.humanitix.com/queer-and-fe...

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Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium | Humanitix

A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures

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SOAS Gallery, London @soasgallery.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🧵 Just 2 weeks left to see Embroidery Traditions of Afghanistan at SOAS Gallery! Discover around 100 remarkable embroidered textiles from across Afghanistan, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. 📅 Until 19 Sept | Free admission

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SOAS Gallery, London @soasgallery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🏕️ Embroidery wasn’t only worn, it also transformed the home. This early 20th-century cloth comes from the Lakai Uzbek embroidery tradition of northern Afghanistan. Made to decorate a yurt, its striking design combines sun and plant motifs. 📍 SOAS Gallery | Until 19 Sept

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Africa, Law and Development Research Cluster @ald-soas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@awinolily2002.bsky.social, PhD researcher in Law at SOAS. Her research on the trafficking of young women from Kenya to Europe and the Gulf asks why existing responses fall short and whose accounts get to shape the answer.

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SOAS South Asia Institute @southasiainstitute.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories 7 Oct 2026 5:15pm Wolfson Lecture Theatre, SOAS Open to all Register here www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

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Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

✨ Take your ticket (free!) for the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026 🌈🥹⬇️⬇️ join us online from September 14 to 17 and listen to talks on fashion, manga, anime, video games, idols, etc by scholars from around the world!! events.humanitix.com/queer-and-fe...

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Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026

A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is a delightful video showing Adam Savage utterly besotted with the elegance and beauty of these gorgeous mechanical wings made by Laura Mathews. They really are magnificent! youtu.be/WT7MLrxor1A?...

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Adam Savage Experiences Anatomically Correct Wings!

YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

'The need to outsource services following redundancy programmes may be increasing universities’ costs rather than lowering them, as well as impacting staff productivity, a report warns.'

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Restructuring ‘too often adding cost rather than removing it’

Universities are ‘underestimating’ the challenges caused by outsourcing services amid major professional services staff redundancies, report warns

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns

A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police.

A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And those Brexit hits just keep on coming! #BrexitReality #r4today

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Ceri Houlbrook @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Had a great time launching the paperback of Folklore at Topping Books in York yesterday ❤️ It was lovely meeting so many new people and chatting about their favourite folklore. Other stops on the book tour include Manchester on 6 Sep and Glossop on 8 Oct

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Ben Potts @ben-potts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A journal editorial asked whether autism has lost its meaning. A documentary asked whether ADHD is real. My new blog post is about what that does to the people who then say nothing. blogs.city.ac.uk/needs/autism...

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Autism and ADHD Under Attack: What It Costs to Be Doubted in Public

What this summer's arguments about autism and ADHD do to diagnosis, stigma and whether people tell anyone.

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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

i am a big fan of the fact that "restore wetlands" is a legitimate defence strategy

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news...

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EThOS records restored

We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The UK AI pushback: 42% of people are deliberately limiting their AI use and 70% of people think it would be difficult or impossible to avoid being exposed to AI even if they wanted to. New report from us at @kings-dfi.bsky.social : www.kcl.ac.uk/news/over-40...

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Over 40% of people are limiting AI use, as popularity starts to wane | King's College London

People are increasingly choosing to limit or reject the use of AI tools, according to a new report published today by the Digital Futures Institute at King’s College London and Responsible AI UK.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

An interesting essay on what sources can and cannot tell us about the past. 🗃

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SOAS Gallery, London @soasgallery.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just one week to go! 🎉 SOAS Gallery reopens on 10th July with Embroidery Traditions of Afghanistan, showcasing around 100 extraordinary embroidered textiles from across Afghanistan. We look forward to welcoming you back! #SOASGallery

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Hetty Startup @hettymsma.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

EMBROIDERY TRADITIONS of AFGHANISTAN at SOAS Gallery, London Karun Thakar Collection, developed in collaboration with the V&A The exhibition opens on 10th July and runs until 19th September.

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