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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 5h

“Archaeologists have controlled the past of the Americas for over 100 years. An area is colonized, settlers come in and rewrite the history to disconnect Indigenous people from their lands.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Early Humans of Ice Age America

Podcast Episode · American History Hit · September 28 · 48m

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At least my crystal ball doesn’t hallucinate.

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seneca on self improvement: emulating the person you want to become. youtube.com/shorts/RWEK4...

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Seneca: Guides

YouTube video by Jonny Thomson

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And then my Engelsberg Ideas review of How England Began, a study of the country between the retreat of Rome c410 & the arrival of the Augustinian mission nearly two centuries later, and what it says about the construction of cultural and political identities mathewlyons.substack.com/p/review-how...

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Review: How England Began by Nicholas Higham

A compelling account of the British experience under Roman and Anglo-Saxon rule

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Discussing "the Flood" (and other things) with Dr. Joel Baden, Yale Divinity School. youtu.be/GgybtdUgzi4?...

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Almost Nothing in the Hebrew Bible Is Original

YouTube video by Bart D. Ehrman

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AI book covers and Spotify songs.

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The Jetsons lied to us

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Advantages of reading for pleasure include “fewer mental health problems; greater academic achievement; better attention, memory and executive functioning; and healthier lifestyles, including less screen time and more sleep.” www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/f...

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From Boosting Mental Health to Reducing Dementia Risk, Here's Why Reading Is Extremely Good for You, According to Science

Mounting evidence suggests that regularly cozying up with a book can increase brain and mental health, improve literacy and math skills, and even slow cognitive decline. What's more, fiction seems to ...

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The autumn equinox is here in the northern hemisphere, meaning that the new season has officially begun. This woodblock print by Hiroshige captures the colours and feeling of autumn beautifully.

A woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige I detecting autumn leaves on a maple tree

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On the 250th anniversary of the execution of Nathan Hale, one of “Washington’s spies.”

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

'The records have been digitised and indexed by the genealogy company Ancestry, which has partnered with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London.' Leaps and bounds forward in our understanding of the histories of the British enslaved. #Skystorians

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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online

Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wonder Woman says: “This is not your building. Hands off.” It’s a center for the arts…for the people.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 19/09/2026

How public schools in the U.S. have effectively surrendered much of their pedagogy, curricula, and operating systems to a handful of trillion-dollar technology companies. www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Historians do not distort evidence. We do not fabricate evidence. We do not ignore evidence. We practice our craft with great integrity. By preserving the Smithsonian’s independence, we—all of us—preserve Americans’ trust in its exhibitions, programs, educational materials, and research.”

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some lunchtime reading from me: searching for the women who made the Bayeux Tapestry. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-bayeux...

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The Bayeux Tapestry and its backstories

Can the Tapestry’s narrative ambivalence tell us about the women who made it?

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“To us, preservation is a decision. And it’s a decision to say: This happened. These people were here. Their lives mattered. Their courage changed us. And you do not get to make them disappear.”

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Before Dante, there were the Vision of St. Paul, the Apocalypse of Peter, and the Gospel of Nicodemus. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

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The Invention of Hell

Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · September 15 · 55m

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

15 September is the Independence Day of many Central American countries, marking the anniversary of their freedom from Spanish rule.

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” -Winston Churchill

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Dr. Cornthwaite discusses how the author of Luke’s Gospel and Acts used and misused/misinterpreted historical sources for his narratives. youtu.be/wT8mSrYaNPY?...

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Acts Knows Greece. It Doesn't Know Judea. Here's What That Means

YouTube video by Bart D. Ehrman

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A fellowship opportunity “for projects on under-represented topics in U.S. and Canadian LGBTQ history.”

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I've been to Turkey three times since 2011 satisfying my interest in ancient and medieval history (Istanbul, Ephesus, and the southwest coast). I had a great time. People were super nice to me personally. I doubt I will ever go back. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activists

Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A free online event. 30 September.

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The less talked-about Fifth Crusade. After Richard the Lionheart, after Saladin, after the 1204 fall of Constantinople.

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"I am pleased that Bunch plans to continue to defend the integrity of the Smithsonian in the 'next chapter' of his life, but it goes without saying that the fight was never his alone. It falls on all of us to stand up for museums and the important work that they do in our communities..."

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Something to keep in mind on Star Trek’s 60th birthday, and every day .

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Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall 1,800 years ago doodled some graffiti on a rock face. They did caricatures, personal inscriptions, funny cartoons, and something archaeologists call “good luck” phallic symbols … archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2019/digs-discoveries/trenches-england-roman-graffiti/

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Is “so-called ed-tech just a Trojan Horse for corporations who want to lock in the next generation of consumers” ? youtu.be/kZYBBrDPMKA?...

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Technology is reshaping education. But is it helping students learn?

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wonder Woman for president. How about any woman for a change

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

An interview with Robert Harris, author of fiction and non-fiction, including *a bunch* of novels about ancient Rome.

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Relief for those in need after the Nepal floods.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

'The Bayeux tapestry is a devastatingly human saga. With war raging in Europe, this medieval masterpiece is a reminder of conflict’s brutality, human suffering and the importance of collaboration between countries.'

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The Guardian view on the loan of the Bayeux tapestry: a manifestation of soft power | Editorial

Editorial: The British Museum’s landmark cultural exchange is a symbol of post-Brexit rapprochement between Britain and France

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Gary Cunningham @garyrc1453.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’m borrowing some scenes from the British Museum’s Facebook/Zuckerberg page (since they aren’t posting on Bluesky) for the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry from the Bayeux Museum.

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