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Helen Foxhall Forbes @helenfoxhallforbes.bsky.social · 10h

I am so very sad to hear of the passing of Chris Wickham. He was a wonderful person and I will miss him so much. Sit tibi terra levis.

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Dr. Anastasia Nikulina @nikulinaav.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Last week, I presented at the conference organised by @sse1k.bsky.social in Venice. Great #conference, and one of the most beautiful venues I’ve ever seen! ✨ #research #archaeology

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SSE1K @sse1k.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Very happy to see this paper out, in which we explain that historians, just like scientists, have research methodologies which *must* be followed in order to do convincing palaeoclimate research using historical texts … link.springer.com/article/10.1... #environmentalhistory #environmentalscience

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Drought, Conflict and the Use of Historical Data and Methodologies in Interdisciplinary Palaeoclimatic Research - Climatic Change

Climatic Change - A major challenge in the interdisciplinary study of past climates is ensuring that evidence and data relating to different disciplines are analysed effectively using appropriate...

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Helen Foxhall Forbes @helenfoxhallforbes.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Join us tomorrow!! Please share - this will be a very exciting talk I am sure

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Helen Foxhall Forbes @helenfoxhallforbes.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I am really looking forward to this! Please share and encourage people who may be interested to attend!

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Dr. Anastasia Nikulina @nikulinaav.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Attending the International Medieval Congress in Leeds for the first time 😊 #IMC2025

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SSE1K @sse1k.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Speaking now in session 1149 Resilience and Environment in the Mediterranean: Memory - John Haldon (Princeton) - Palaeocologies and Landscapes as Reservoirs of Social Memory: Social, Cultural, and Environmental Aspects

Picture shows map of Anatolia with lake sites with proxy evidence for climatic / environmental conditions

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SSE1K @sse1k.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

And we are go! Our first speaker is Dr Michele Abballe (Università Ca’ Foscari) talking about Long-Term Population Dynamics across the Italian Peninsula in the First Millennium #IMC2025

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Helen Foxhall Forbes @helenfoxhallforbes.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Exciting papers at #IMC2025 from @sse1k.bsky.social SSE1K: Science, Society and Environmental Change in the First Millennium CE and friends today! @nikulinaav.bsky.social @danlawrence86.bsky.social

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Helen Foxhall Forbes @helenfoxhallforbes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

short notice but: @calthalas.bsky.social will be giving a talk at 14.00 CEST TODAY - "Productive Environments: Monastic Attitudes and Urban Space in the Early Middle Ages" - join online at unive.zoom.us/j/4157673439...

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Recipe book cover mockup. Vibrant photo of food ona slate grey counter. Tomatoes, limes, street tacos, a red enamel skillet with beans, chili peppers, salsa, corn tortillas stuffed with picadillo. A graphic effect in the center appears to reveal text by tearing this photo. The text reads "HOW TO COOK LIKE THE PEOPLE YOU JUST DEPORTED Authentic ethnic flavors for bigots who don't deserve them"

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/12/2024

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

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Dr Ruby (she/her) @paperwhispers.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

**Black UK PhD students** Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend -Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences -Faculty of Health and Life Sciences **Tell everyone** www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Black heritage PhD scholarships | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol

We welcome applications for full scholarships to postgraduate research programmes starting in 2025.

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Helen Foxhall Forbes @helenfoxhallforbes.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This is quite exciting - from the village where I live - gin made with jujubes!

Image shows a sign reading GIU GIN -The first gun with jujubes

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Helen Foxhall Forbes @helenfoxhallforbes.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Logged in for the first time in ages and discovered a lot of new followers - thank you! Just catching up with following back which may take a bit of time

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

“When a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, it’s because someone in the army decided it wasn’t a big deal for her to be killed — that it was a price worth paying in order to hit [another] target...These are not random rockets. Everything is intentional" www.972mag.com/mass-assassi...

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‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza

Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation...

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Once again: WAR SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS A SPORT IN WHICH WE WAVE OUR FLAGS AND ROOT FOR OUR TEAM. THE ONLY WINNER IS PEACE. Everyone and everything else loses. Is loss. Is lost.

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