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Avid historical romance reader, retired Maine Coon cat breeder & cat/house sitter. Translator, teacher, history enthusiast, Regency dancer and more :)

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a hard read. I’d also argue this rape was particularly terroristic in nature as she seems specifically targeted because of her political actions/affiliation.
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cdramanews @cdramanews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The #cdrama is clearly adapted with a feminist POV by the screenwriter and director, both use the original material and the characters to tell a beautiful story about men and women fighting societal expectations and patriarchal traditions, aka going #AgainstTheCurrent. Just, stick to the tv show.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do the stats for women! It’s 5.
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Dr Meg Kobza @fancyhistorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Help! Does anyone, by chance, have either photos or transcriptions of Thomas Parsons's diary? In whole or part? He was a stonecutter in Bath in 1769. It's at the Huntington and all I can find a handful of articles :/ #18thc #skystorians
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Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you wish you were here, but are trapped in a far-off land, you can hire me to come here on your behalf instead!
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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Day to us all and now more than ever remember that the Computer Said Yes.
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GC @growlycub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Eps. 18 and 19 of #SpringoftheBlade were extremely intense. I dig it. Tomorrow cannot come soon emough :)
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Dr. Daniel Loy @drdanielloy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Das Narrativ von den "aggressiven", "vorwürflichen" oder sonst schwierigen #MECFS -Betroffenen ist besonders toxisch, weil es eine subtile Legitimierungsfunktion für fortdauernde Nichtversorgung und sogar für Schädigungen durch Fehlbehandlungen dieser Patientengruppe erfüllt.
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Caledonia100 #StandWithUkraine 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @caledonia100.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wie bitte? Die #CDU ūberlässt der gesichert rechtsextremen #noAfD #Sachsen-Anhalt. CDU und AfD: Alles aus einem Guss! www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
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Liveticker Bundespolitik: CDU lehnt Einladung der SPD in Sachsen-Anhalt ab | FAZ
CDU in Sachsen-Anhalt will in die Opposition gehen +++ CSU will abschlagsfreie Frühverrentung nur bei Härtefällen +++ Özdemir warnt Grüne vor Koalition mit Linkspartei in Berlin +++ alle Entwicklungen...
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Graeme Bayliss @gbayliss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A major sabotage attack has hit the Netherlands railway network at more than 20 locations. Two-metre metal pipes were attached to tracks to trick the network’s warning system into registering that the tracks were blocked.
Map of sabotage locations
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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 14/09/2026
As a matter of urgency, Europe needs to be making AND USING drone interceptor munitions - over the last 36 hours Russia has launched nearly 1000 drones into Ukraine and neighbouring areas.
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Malcolm Schmitz @malcolmschmitz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I've been reading Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffery. This is an incredibly cyberpunk book- and it came out two years *before* Neuromancer. #crystalsinger #annemccaffery #cyberpunk
The cover of Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffery. It features a white woman with long dark hair bending backwards while singing. She's wearing sci-fi leather armour in dark brown and knee-length boots. The woman is holding a large, purple-and-black crystal in her left hand, and has a science fiction tool covering her right- like an arm cannon but with a long needle coming out of the end. She's standing in front of a mountain range with jagged crystal peaks. End description.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: russia struck the Kyiv–Warsaw passenger train just 2 km from the Polish border. The locomotive was hit. Thankfully, passengers were not injured. A direct russian strike on an international train heading to Poland. This is how close russian terror is to NATO.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Beginning to think we might want to worry more about out of control tech bros as compared to out of control AI.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.
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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wonderful ancient artistry! About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory! Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology
My photo shows a profile view of a small horse figurine with head to the left, displayed against a dark background. Sculpted from mammoth ivory, the surface is a mottled greyish-earthy-brown colour with a shiny patina. It was once likely off-white in colour. The head is gracefully lowered with a long and elegant curving neck, and a convex curved back. The four legs are incomplete. The top of the tail remains. The eyes, nostrils, and mouth are carved as indents. It measures a mere 2.5 cm in height, 4.8 cm width, and 0.7 cm depth. 

The 'Vogelherd Horse' was excavated in 1931, together with a number of other ivory animal figurines from the Vogelherd Cave, Swabian Jura, Germany. It is the oldest known sculpture of a horse. On display at the Museum of Ancient Cultures, at Hohentübingen Castle, Tübingen, Germany.
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SafeAirDocs @safeairdocs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
4/5: Es ist Zeit, das Stigma zu beenden. Bitte teilt diesen Beitrag, um Aufklärung zu betreiben! safeairdocs.de/me/
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ME+ – Safe Air Docs
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10/09/2026
Reuters: Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, Russian subs were caught training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables Britain, Norway and the United States tracked and confronted m Russian vessels at sea reut.rs/3Ti3Kl8
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EXCLUSIVE: NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot
Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving...
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Jim Douglas 🇨🇦 @jimsdouglas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I recently watched a surprisingly interesting YouTube video of a woman who spent months knitting a sweater literally from scratch, staring with shearing a sheep and spinning the wool. Valuing her labour at minimum wage, she put the cost of the sweater at more than $2,000. youtu.be/L7QMgbMlaek?...
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I made a sweater from scratch (it made me insane)
YouTube video by Macy Gilliam
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien @nhmwien.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#weararehiring Wir suchen eine*n Wissenschaftliche*n Kurator*in in der Anthropologischen Abteilung (m/w/d) Zur Ausschreibung: 👉 tinyurl.com/57ufw5vb Bewerbungsfrist: 30. September 2026 #jobs #wien #museum #karriere #vienna #nhmwien #wissenschaft
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/09/2026
Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary #JaneAusten, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious… A 🎂🧵 #C18 #C19 #WomenWriters www.nls.uk/collections/...
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Susan Ferrier and her contemporaries | National Library of Scotland
Once more popular than Austen, Susan Ferrier is now forgotten. This piece reveals why Scotland’s literary stars faded from fame.
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Alice Sheppard @penguingalaxy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just another reminder that every single one of you who posts on Substack posts on a Nazi platform.
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Patrick Goymer @patrickgoymer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great to see a national blue plaque unveiled for archaeozoologist and palaeontologist Dorothea Bate at @nhm-london.bsky.social Tring. www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office... Quotes from @sandyknapp.bsky.social @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social @kenyatta-squire.bsky.social
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National blue plaque unveiled to palaeontologist and archaeozoologist Dorothea Bate | Natural History Museum
A national blue plaque has been unveiled for palaeontologist Dorothea Bate at the Natural History Museum in Tring.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On Friday, I finally watched 'The Great ADHD #Myth' in its entirety, and livestreamed my reaction, pausing any time I found something objectionable Probably quite telling that it took me TWO AND A HALF HOURS to get through a 45 min programme www.youtube.com/watc... Edited highlights coming soon
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A neuroscientist reacts to 'The Great ADHD Myth?' LIVE - Dr Dean Burnett
Due to being overseas when it was broadcast and only recently returned, prominent neuroscientist (and vocal critic of the whole endeavour) Dr Dean Burnett has not yet seen Channel 4's 'The Great ADHD Myth?', just clips and indirect updates. This has proven enough to get him both professionally and m
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is just to say... I have stolen the work that you spent years creating and which you were probably hoping would pay your bills But online sharing doesn't count It's actually a compliment So fuck you BTW, I'm a fan
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
No Sven Schulze, you do not need to congratulate an extreme right party when it wins elections! You have to accept the result, the reality and you should not normalize it!
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Maximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Alle reden immer davon, man müsse die AfD inhaltlich stellen. In den Talkshows gestern konnten aber alle AfD-Leute mit den abstrakten Sprüchen davonkommen ala "Wir brauchen vernünftige Politik für unser Land" usw. Es wird gar nicht nachgefragt was das heißen soll.
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The explicit plan of many intellectuals on the German far right is not to attack the constitution head on, but to culturally redefine key concepts of democracy, pluralism and rights so that its ethno-nationalist agenda is viewed as common sense.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Saxony-Anhalt has amongst Germany's lowest migrant population. (about 9%). As in Australia, success for anti immigrant parties is most likely in areas with already low levels of migration.
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's easy to be a fascist in a democracy. It's hard to be a democrat in a dictatorship.
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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
See also: Tory - LibDem austerity from 2010.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 06/09/2026
It absolutely feels like authors are the people in this process everyone wants to steal from, which is hilarious given we are largely the people with the least money.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I have so many. TW for the last one -1974 ♀️ can open a credit card in ther own name (I was too young for a credit card :) -1993 NIH requires women and racialized people to be included in clinical trials -1993 ♀️senators can wear pants -1993 nationwide criminalization of marital rape
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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 04/09/2026
If you need any MORE evidence of Russian attacks on European infrastructure, consider this article, which lists events *just this week alone* in Germany.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
First Paris, then London. Who’s next?
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AnnetteZweifachOma💚 @zweifachoma.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ich habe mich 7 Wochen nach der 6 Impfung an meinem Schreibtisch angesteckt. Das war der einzige Ort wo ich keine Maske trug. Bon nie wieder richtig gesund geworden. Aus LongCovid wurde MEcfs von leicht über moderat, jetzt schwer. Kann höchstens 2 x in der Woche das Haus verlassen.
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David Vickrey @wahrsager.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Wenn die geistigen Erben der braunen Marschierer von einst bei uns wieder Wahltriumphe feiern, ist das alte Misstrauen gegenüber den Deutschen bei vielen unserer Nachbarn sofort wieder da. Man kann es ihnen nicht verübeln.” (Geschenklink)
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(S+) Meinung: AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt: Was ein möglicher Wahlsieg für Deutschlands Ansehen bedeutet (Kommentar)
Erstmals seit 1945 steht in einem Bundesland eine Partei, in der die Nazizeit relativiert wird, vor einem Wahlsieg. Das dürfte auch massive Auswirkungen auf das deutsche Ansehen im Ausland haben.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Every invention that allows us to produce the same amount with less human labour should mean life gets easier. Instead we have a system where it means fewer workers, more insecurity and more wealth for whoever owns the machine. We didn't automate too much. We democratised ownership too little.
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Heike Kleffner @heikekleffner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Bitte teilt den Spendenaufruf für den Wiederaufbau des Kulturwerk-Ost in Gardelegen #LSA. Der einzigartige soziokulturelle Ort wurde durch einen Brand völlig zerstört – ebenso wie der nichtrechte Jugendclub Mood. Die Polizei schließt Brandstiftung nicht aus. 1/2 www.gofundme.com/f/unser-kwo-...
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Donate to Unser KwO ist zerstört. Helft uns, wieder aufzubauen., organized by Kulturwerk-Ost e.V.
Noch immer liegt eine Rauchwolke über Gardelegen – und mit ih… Kulturwerk-Ost e.V. needs your support for Unser KwO ist zerstört. Helft uns, wieder aufzubauen.
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
LKA vermutet Anschlagsversuch auf Rüstungsunternehmen #Eilmeldung
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LKA vermutet Anschlagsversuch auf Rüstungsunternehmen
In München sind in der Nacht mehrere Brandsätze auf eine Baustelle geworfen worden.
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Kate Pearce @katepearceauthor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#anthropicbooksettlement if a publisher puts in a counter claim for 100% of each book what documentation is an author supposed to upload to counter this claim?
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ermittlungen wegen verfassungsfeindlicher Sabotage #Eilmeldung
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Ermittlungen wegen verfassungsfeindlicher Sabotage
Nach der Störung an einem Umspannwerk bei Köln wird wegen verfassungsfeindlicher Sabotage ermittelt.
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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 02/09/2026
If you think Russia isn't already attacking infrastructure and manufacturing sites in the rest of Europe, you're wrong. There is a deliberate campaign of sabotage underway across multiple countries, of which these are just the latest examples.
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German police report another sabotage attack on power grid
Germany has faced a second sabotage attempt on its electricity grid, with local police saying on Wednesday they are investigating an attack on a substation in the western city of Bergheim.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Goddess Queen is out today!
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Sprengvorrichtung an Umspannwerk gefunden #Eilmeldung #Brandenburg #Umspannwerk
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Sprengvorrichtung an Umspannwerk gefunden
In Brandenburg sind in der Nähe des Kraftwerks Jänschwalde Medienberichten zufolge Sprengvorrichtungen gefunden worden.
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Turi King @turiking.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm up in Edinburgh doing a live show, The DNA of History, chatting about how DNA is changing our understanding of the past. I'll be at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on September 4th! Hope to see you there! 😊🧬 Tickets here 👇 tickets.xfp.events/events/xfp/2...
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Buy tickets – The DNA of History - Edinburgh – EICC
The DNA of History - Edinburgh – EICC, Fri 4 Sep 2026 - The DNA of History with Professor Turi KingEICC, EdinburghFriday 4th September 2026Doors 6.30pm Step into a fascinating journey through science,...
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