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Dr Francis Osis

@fosis.bsky.social
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Tweets about heritage, textile crafts, F1, dogs & nice walks. Makes motorsports art stuff at RaceCraft. Glasgow based. #ActuallyAutistic 🖖🌈🏳️‍⚧️ he/him racecraftembroidery.etsy.com

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Mariana J López @marianajlopez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's been so far 173 responses, resulting in 918 sounds. Thanks everyone! 🙏 I'm currently looking for responses that represent sound heritage in African countries, if you can help and also share with others I would really appreciate it tinyurl.com/5579y76e #SoundHeritage #Soundscapes #Acoustics
Screenshot of Mariana's website and the page 'Sound Heritage Survey'. Text says: This survey seeks to crowdsource examples of sounds that are meaningful to people from different parts of the world. The focus is on sounds (but not music) which are meaningful to you personally and/or that you consider culturally important. These can be connected to a very specific area (village, district) or have a wider range (regional/national). They can be natural sounds or they can be human-made sounds, they can be isolated sounds or combined sounds, and they may also include the acoustics of spaces. For example, some people in villages in Spain mention the sounds of specific bells as culturally and personally...'
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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The window of my local queer bookshop was smashed last week. They're fundraising to install shutters so they can keep themselves and their community safe. Support this one-of-a-kind place, its one-of-a-kind proprietors, and the whole Glasgow queer & trans community: www.gofundme.com/f/categoryis...
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Donate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is Books
For the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Is it bad to choose an estate agent based on your dog hating one and loving the other?
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Amanda Wyatt! Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Libraries, DH centers, other folks w/printer access 🖨️ who can make a stack of free-zine copies: there's a "take one!" poster you can print to go alongside them on our zine page! zinebakery.com//homemade-zi...
Zine cover for "DIY Web Archiving" poster with additional text allowing it to be posted over a stack of the zines encouraging taking some. "Things disappear* from the internet. (*sometimes, are deliberately disappeared)
Care about stuff on the web?
art zines fan fic
videos/tiktoks photo galleries social media hashtags departed loved ones' posts museum & archival materials
that we have always existed
what really happened
cultural memory
human rights
resistance
joy
*YOU* need to act to archive it.
Anyone can do it-this zine shows you how.
Free! Take a bunch! Take more & share with friends!
DIY Web Archiving Zine
Daedel, Kijas, Kreymer, Walsh, Visconti
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helen @homotoptheory.northsky.social · 01/09/2026
in the 90s it was nearly impossible for an out trans woman to have a career in academia. thank god we have equality now (it is nearly impossible for anyone to have a career in academia)
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/08/2026
First known depiction of The Macarena in sculpture
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I'm likely going to move soon and one thing I've been thinking about is how I'll decorate my next home and would it be weird to have a gallery wall of different versions of Saturn Devouring His Son??
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Text: Treat your body like a data centre. Consume as much water and literature as possible. Upset local city councils with your existence. 
Background image: a bearded man putting up the frame of aparge tent in a muddy field with trees in the background.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's that day again #alevels
[Title panel]:
A-LEVEL RESULTS COLUMNS DAY

[Scene is a TV news type report about A Level results day]

REPORTER [talking to camera outside a school where students are crowding outside the hall to get in]:

Well, it's that day again

When A-Level students across the country finally get to find out

What Britain's newspaper columnists think about their results.

[show the interior of the school hall, with long tables, but instead of results papers on them, loads of middle-aged newspaper columnists are all laid out]

[Close up on the COLUMNISTS lying on the table, talking up to a gaggle of excited students desperate to find out what they say]

PETER HITCHENS:
I remember when A-Levels meant something

CLARKSON: 
I got a C and two U's

[Cut to outside the hall, the REPORTER is talking to a student]

REPORTER:
And did you get the middle-aged opinions you wanted?

STUDENT:
Yes! 

I got one ‘There's Too Much Humanities’,
and two Oxford graduates telling me they went to Oxford.

REPORTER [now doing a voiceover, as we see the students in the school hall next to the columnists on tables, and the students are preparing to jump in the air for a photographer]:

And then the annual photo shoot…

[PHOTOGRAPHER]
One, two, three...

[One of the columnists on the table pipes up with]: 

What's The Point Of University in 2026?

[The students all jump for joy]

STUDENTS:
HOORAY!

[ends]
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.
A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.
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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 11/08/2026
The man's skeletal injuries looked like a train hit him, but he died in 1304 CE. At #ppa26Berlin last week, @uniofbradford.bsky.social scientist Jo Buckberry concluded he was likely whacked by a flying boulder, making him the first confirmed trebuchet death in the archaeological record. @science.org
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Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet
“Devastation” across body of 14th century warrior indicates horrific demise from flying boulder
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This year's pride banner looking much wonkier than it actually is because the wind was gusting at 35mph today 😭 #dhmakes
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Just realised why the Spa-Francorchamps track looks familiar
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Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 05/07/2026
#DHmakes Can't stop the art 🐀
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Charles Leclerc when he wins a race apparently #F1
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Zoidberg in the Kitchen
ALT: Zoidberg in the Kitchen
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
All eyes will be on the famous cloth at the British Museum this autumn, but the 70 metre long fortress that will house it is an astonishing feat too, reports Richard Morrison. www.thetimes.com/culture/art/...
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
So excited, I've been eyeing up getting Threads on Blu Ray for at least a month and spotted that @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social happen to be showing it tomorrow, never booked a ticket so fast 😁
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It's Pride Month! Time for a compilation graphic of Solaris books to read for 🌈Pride, & to help you Read Queer All Year! #booksky Inc. Fantasy, Sci Fi, Horror & Spec Fic with a queer main character and/or a strong element of queerness within the plot! Hop downthread to see who is featured 👇
A compilation graphic of Solaris Books to read for pride month and to read queer all year. 

There's too many books for alt text to facilitate, but if you head downthread they will all be listed there with authors tagged!
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I'm running a stall at a careers fair aimed at ages 8-12 for our combined Museums & Archive service in a couple of weeks. Does anybody have any fun suggestions for engaging activities I could run that might interest kids in the heritage sector? #museum #archive
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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Work with us! We are seeking a detail oriented Finance Assistant and a creative and innovative Community Engagement Officer. Please see our website for further details and how to apply: edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/about/opport... #opportunity #job #edinburghjobs #financejob #creativejob
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The problem with watching Full Metal Jacket when you're borderline face blind is they all have shaved heads and identical outfits so everyone is impossible to tell apart 😅
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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Who put a quid in the dickhead?
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Trying catch stitch for the first time and it's like magic. Need to secure these facings but it's for Sam's larp costume so I didn't want to have a big obvious machine top stitch ruining the vibe.
Fabric pinned together with a cross shaped stitch running along the edge. The other side of the fabric. Only a few dots of the stitch are visible.
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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor for three years in my teens. This is spot on. Non-paywalled version gcaptain.com/drowning/
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Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. In this article, Mario explains what drowning really looks like and how to recognize it when its happening.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
When we were fighting to make PrEP (effective HIV prevention) available on the NHS, the Daily Mail tried to set it up as a conflict between hedonistic gays and people needing surgery. Sad but unsurprising they’re employing the same tactics now, pitting trans and disabled people against each other.
Daily Mail front page:
NHS told to give out £3000 a year lifestyle drug to prevent HIV - as vital cataract surgery is rationed. 
WHAT A SKEWED SET OF VALUES.
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Wolfproof Press 🐑🫸 🐺✨ @wolfproofpress.com · 23/05/2026
And a holographic sticker version of my "letterpress for the people! silly letterpress for the joyful people!" print 🎨 (there's a Wolfproof Press logo sticker of the holographic wolfproof sheep, too: store.wolfproofpress.com/product/holo...)
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Sticker: Letterpress for the people! Silly letterpress for the joyful people!
A ~holographic sticker~ version of my "Letterpress for the people! Silly letterpress for the joyful people!" print. 4.5" wide x 2.5" tall Photos #1 and #2 are the sticker; #3 is of the typesetting of ...
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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 18/05/2026
The recent removal of FiveThirtyEight's archive is a reminder of how fleeting digital content can be. Our research found 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer accessible a decade later. www.pewresearch.org/...
Chart showing 38% of webpages from 2013 are no longer accessible.
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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 18/05/2026
I love walking into @skeuomorphpress.org & finding amazing things that our students & patrons made!
Black bookmarks with silver white ink reading

WIVES SUBMIT
TO TOP TIER ACADEMIC JOURNALS
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Professionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Item provenance: was left on archivist’s desk while they were on vacation with only context or information being “for archives :)”
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
My last 5 star book was the Siege of Burning Grass by @premeemohamed.com - it felt really meaningful to me to see a pacifist character in war who had doubts and got angry and didn't have all the answers. Highly recommend.
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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
HMML is hiring a "Cataloger, West African Manuscripts," a full-time, benefits-eligible, remote position. Details: bit.ly/4njwcgW The Cataloger will participate in HMML's effort to catalog Islamic manuscripts recently digitized in Mali. This is a one-year, grant-funded position. #LibraryJobs
Now hiring: Cataloger, West African Manuscripts
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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
“Working with CN was a transformative experience!" Friends, I'm currently expanding my teaching studio hours: would you be able to help me spread the word? I'm a deeply experienced teacher of voice, piano, and composition, working online and in person (London) www.cnlester.com/teaching-1
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Teaching — CN Lester
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...
There likely is nothing to be done at the moment to prepare for these possibilities (the only body of writing on the subject available in an emergency is science fiction), because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.

Maxwell W. Hunter, II
Member, Professional Staff
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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Screaming crying carrying on
A stack of books on a brown paper wrapper
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Ever wanted to learn how those manuscripts you research were actually made? In this practical course, you will make inks and pigments following medieval practices, and use these to write and decorate your own work. Book by 22nd May: buff.ly/GEkudq3 #palaeography #paleography #LIPS26
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 04/05/2026
Vote for hope Vote Scottish Greens on Thursday
Hope is Green. Let's demand better. On May 7th vote Scottish Greens.
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jazz (fefw spoiler zone) @miffz.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
don’t
Microsoft clippy saying 

hey, it looks like you're waiting for ideal conditions to do that thing you've been wanting to do. Need I remind you that ideal conditions do not exist and will never happen?
🔵I'm aware
🔵Wow, rude
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
And on to year 3! Presenting the Queersar not an award for excellence in queer SFF 2022. Ten more brilliant titles! Nothing from the Tor mothership! Majority indie pubs! Gay, bi, lesbian, trans, and ace characters galore! ...and the single best novel I've read in the past decade. Dive on in.
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The Queersar not an award 2022
For excellence in queer SFF and SFF with queers released in 2022
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I have a potential art commission that's a bit outside my comfort zone and I need to convince myself to have the audacity 😤
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Nahyan Fancy @fancynahyan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
3 #postdoctoral positions @exeter.ac.uk on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project on history of #smallpox and #measles (PI: Rebecca Flemming). Deadline for applications: May 20, 2026. Links to each advert below #histmed #sts #menastorians Please share widely. 1/4
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Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It's been a long month or so but today we opened an exhibition about a local West Lothian guy who became major film director and it's just very cool to have this photo of us in front of the graphics I made 😁
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
To celebrate the reveal of the 5th book in @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's QUANTUM EVOLUTION SERIES - THE QUANTUM DAWN, releasing October 2026 - we've made all of Derek's books in the Quantum Universe 0.99 for a limited time only! Website exclusive geni.us/Solarissale
Enter the Quantum Universe
Book covers for 
THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN
THE QUANTUM GARDEN
THE QUANTUM WAR
FLIGHT FROM THE AGES
THE HOUSE OF STYX
THE HOUSE OF SAINTS
POLLEN FROM A FUTURE HARVEST

White text: * website exclusive. Ends 20th April 2026 at 23:59 BST. Titles available may vary by region of origin.
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silas denver 🍎 @sweatermuppet.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
gender failure gonzo
gonzo the muppet wearing a suit. he is inside an ornate floral frame. below the frame is text that reads "gender failure". the image is textured to look grainy and printed.
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
🎉30K giveaway book bundle! #💙📚 Inc @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @kerstinhall.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @neuvel.net @csecooney.bsky.social @authortrmoore.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social & more! UK/IE only. Like, repost, follow & drop a🌟in the comments! Ends 24/4
30K UK book bundle giveaway from Solaris.

Books include:
HOME SICK by Rhiannon Grist
TERRIBLE WORLDS: DESTINATIONS by Adrian Tchaikovsky
AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by Ren Hutchings
ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall
THE MANY by Sylvain Neuvel
THE POMEGRANATE GATE, THE REPUBLIC OF SALT and THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS by Ariel Kaplan
THE ORB OF CAIRADO by Katherine Addison (special edition)
THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell
THE GODS MUST BURN by T. R. Moore
THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley
RAGWORT by Sam K. Horton
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Wolfproof Press 🐑🫸 🐺✨ @wolfproofpress.com · 18/04/2026
As @fosis.bsky.social says, this print is very bright in person! (True dayglo ink is a bit challenging to photo, brightest in daylight given extra UV response)
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Oh yeah definitely the one thing sci fi and fantasy has been missing is the male gaze
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
May I interest you in £10k for humanities or social science research? Our small grants scheme is open. Apply by 3rd June. We allocate through partial randomisation - awarding randomly between all applications that meet our quality threshold www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 mont...
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