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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey everyone, I currently have availability for freelance writing, researching, and/or teaching work between now and the end of the calendar year. Please see this document for further details, and share with anyone else who you think might be interested.

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AVAILABILITY FOR WORK

Hello everyone, This is just a notice to say I'm available for freelance paid work in the following areas until the end of 2026: WRITING: Whether for academic or public-facing audiences, in the areas ...

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badhedgehog.bsky.social @badhedgehog.bsky.social · 5h

More cute animal AI slop on the timeline. Barbara the sheep is not real, chaps.

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SCP @10-5.bsky.social · 7h

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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bournville Lantern Lectures… Disrupted Sat 17 Oct Bournville Quaker Meeting House Step back in time for an immersive performance & lively retelling of an original Bournville Lantern Lecture, brought to life by Birmingham Rep’s Creative Learning Department. sellymanormuseum.org.uk/events/2026-...

A magic lantern slide showing an aerial view of houses and gardens in Bournville, Birmingham in 1906.

A magic lantern slide showing houses on Linden Road, Bournville in 1906.

A magic lantern slide showing children playing in a park in Bournville, Birmingham in 1906.

A magic lantern slide showing children gathered either side of a small river in Bournville Park, Birmingham in 1906.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 7h

I’d love to know this too (thread up for context). There *must* be good practice guides b/c these are ppl in the first stages of radicalisation (1. Believing you are part of a superior group 2. Believing - despite all evidence to the contrary- that you are oppressed). What’s the intervention?

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 11h

Holy shit I've never in my life heard of a publication treating an interview one reporter did as fair game for *every single journalist who works at that publication* that's BANANAS and I would not ever speak with USA Today as long as that's the case.

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Caroline Debenham 🏳️‍⚧️ @carolinedebenh1.eurosky.social · 7h

Family with a trans kid forced to flee the country by transphobic Government policies. They're not the first and won't be the last.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 22h

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 19h

Absolutely one of those movies where I want everyone to watch it so we can say "I know. Right!!!" about all the scenes and plot points, and am furious none of my vast number of horror podcasts have covered it yet (tagging @thepodmortem.bsky.social for sure)

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 20h

Somehow, the existance of a movie with Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater & Johnny Lee Miller, about a serial killer, serial killer profilers based loosely on a classic Christie novel, passed me by in my 20s. Making up for that on a lazy Friday evening now it's just dropped on netflix...

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Catherine Webber @cathw1901.bsky.social · 21h

I’m overwhelmed & delighted to be a finalist! What a list of amazing women to be part of!

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm trying to come up with some witty observation about how the british museum clearly can't be trusted to look after heritage items and ensure they are seen by a diverse range of people so we should send them all off to other countries but it's Friday pm and that's the best I could do.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

oh hey so bsky finally fixed that annoying issue where those of us not age verified still got the DM blue notification despite having no way to view the DMs. Downside is that those of us who are not age verified now don't know that we have DMs waiting for us (I just reset my VPN to overseas)

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📣Latest blog📣 @ukdishisthub.bsky.social reflect on two SSHM/@wellcometrust.bsky.social Networks Grant funded networking events to connect academics, researchers, heritage professionals, artists, activists, and others interested in histories of disabled, neurodiverse, and D/deaf people.

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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub 2024 and 2025 Connecting + Sharing events.

By Samuel Goldstone-Brady, Alexandra F Morris, Louise Bell, Kirstie Stage, and Alice Conibere. Across 2024 and 2025, the UK Disability History and Heritage Hub (UKDHHH) organised two networking eve…

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Os Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Exactly what we’re seeing in AI in the life sciences: wine and dine a cluster of thinkers, then invite the ones who aren’t put off or critical to contribute to paid-off think tanks

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John Paddington @padders123.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I fear that a lot of what is called devolution will be continuing the trend of the last 15 years of pushing a lot of delivery to local authorities without any say in what they want to deliver or ability to raise funds themselves to do it.

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John Paddington @padders123.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We should be centralising simple schemes, but devolving neighbourhood schemes. Also this doesn't pass my devolution sniff test: devolution is only devolution if a city can do something central government opposes.

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Damian Cruse @damiancruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Did anyone happen to mention to the Labour party at their big celebration last week that the second largest city in Britain hasn't had recycling collections in over 18-months?

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This was the solution offered to me re the “problem” of me not yet getting a mid to high six figure grant.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you're putting together a Halloween watch list (esp if you're new to liking horror) this is an excellent list for giving you a taste of lots of different styles/themes (tho' you should read The Ruins before watching it as the movie spoils the book expereince!) bsky.app/profile/bill...

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#JobFairy alert for #histSTM and modern british historians - 60 month post-doc at Newcastle Uni on the Wellcome Trust funded "The Night Shift 1850-present: Reimagining Sleep, Work and Wellbeing for Healthcare Professionals in English and Scottish Hospitals" 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD047/r...

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Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History) at Newcastle University

Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hate to say this but so far "going viral" on linkedin is a lot less painful than on any other social media. It's an anti-slopAI post and I haven't even got anyone telling me I'm a stupid (hysterical) luddite yet (just the usual linux fans)

screenshot from linkedin saying a post has had 98,206 impressions.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

today in Friday Gratitude - thank you to everyone who bought a copy of my last book/translations of, or requested it for their uni library. I just got a royalties statement which was higher than it's been for several years-enough for a meal for 2 and a bottle of wine (not bad for a 7 year old book!)

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's #DigitalFriday ! This is my routine appeal to #skystorians and all other academics prepping for teaching to share any software, hardware, online resources (primary, secondary, teaching tools, blogs) tips and tricks that they've found useful this week! #AcademicSky 🗃️(pls boost to relevant feeds)

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Is an ultra-processed chocolate cake materially more harmful than a home-made one?" I enjoyed contributing to this response to The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods, which outlines some key limitations in the evidence that 'ultra-processing' is specifically harmful to health.

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Public health policy should be grounded in established evidence that acknowledges uncertainty: a response to The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods - BMC Medicine

Background The recent three-part Lancet series on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) argued that the displacement of traditional diets by UPFs is a major driver of poor diet quality and diet-related chronic...

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

heads up if you're in the #histSTM job market, may be some options here soon #skystorians

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Exciting job for #envhum postdocs! Project "Tolerating Urban Animals. Techno-moral perspectives on killing and caring for other species" (U Copenhagen) is looking for 2 postdocs to work on use of technologies for managing undomesticated/feral urban animals in 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇴. employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...

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Two Postdoctoral positions in Ethnology at the Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'd love to live in a country where it was the students - those most impacted - who protested against staff cuts rather than it being the staff who stood in the rain while the students just posted "I'm being ripped off!!!" on social media.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I followed pop culture a lot more closely 15+ years ago than I do now, so I don't know if this is really a unique 'spirit of the age' moment, but the whole culture of this sort of thing and the bubble of I can't believe she did that 2am girls gossip reporting was *weird*

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is anyone else exhausted by the SA content on socials atm? Every ~year we have some trigger, women open their souls and post their anger and rage and fear and men fail to engage and eventually we stop posting about it until the next event when we say and do the exact same stuff & nothing changes.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 01/10/2026

Aaron Rodericks the man can block whoever he likes, but Aaron Rodericks the head of T&S for a pretty well-funded startup (please shut the fuck up about how much of a little guy you are) should probably not prevent large swathes of users from seeing posts that are official site policy

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Them: Why won't you voluntarily come to the office? WFH is bad for your mental health! OK we're making 3 days a week compulsory then!!! The Office: wifi down for 5 days and counting; toilet leaking and stinky for 6 months and counting; office not cleaned for a year and counting. #Flourishing

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

4 requests to review articles in 6 weeks is probably a record for me? I guess some people had a productive summer “break”

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I.

A screen in my GP's office advertising a mnemonic of signs to spot SEPSIS.

S slurred speech of confusion
E extreme shivering or muscle pain
P passing no urine all day
S severe breathlessness
I ot feels like you are going to die
S skin mottled or discoloured

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here's the thing, while some people will be able to do scaffolding work into their late 60s and maybe to 70, depending on pension age rises, most won't, and those that do *will* experience health impacts. So...what's the welfare support/new career option for the scaffolder who has to quit at 53?

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I forgot to update on this but it turns out that they've become either just high end dining options for London cliques or (in our neck of the woods) business networking meetups for mumtrepreneurs and similar. & there was me thinking it was about having nice food and some low-stakes social time.

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Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've added pics of two sport-related beer bottles to the @kthabitproject.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social map of addictive sport sponsorship: a Shin Kicker from the Cotswold Olimpicks, and Sheffield Celebration Ale from the 1993 FA Cup semi-final. Visit now and add your own kickingthehabit.uk

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Home - Kicking The Habit

Kicking the Habit explores ‘addictive’ sports sponsorship from the 1960s to today.

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Claas Kirchhelle @kirchhelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨Preprint🚨 #platform technologies are ubiquitous in #biomedicine & #governance. But how do they work? And how have they impacted #genomics, #vaccine innovation, #epidemicmodelling & #GlobalHealth? Let us know what you think about our attempt to update Keating & Cambrosio! hal.science/hal-05770858

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I haven’t said anything about the strikes yet (I am so ANGRY but despite all my rage I’m still just a rat in a cage etc etc). So it can’t be me the carefully worded HR email is about, telling us all to be nice to everyone (implying SMT?) including on socials, on threat of disciplinary action?

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today's example of this: every single post box within a reasonable walk of my house (say, 1 mile) has only one collection a day, between 8&9am. Post at lunchtime = won't even be picked up until the next day. And, of course, the 2 post offices that were within 2 miles have both been closed down.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is welcome, but doesn’t exactly fix UKRI’s stated aim to explore using AI for exactly this purpose. “You’re not allowed to use it… yet” I guess? www.ukri.org/news/ukri-mo...

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Steve Hewitt @stevehewitt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just received my first ever "AI Digital License" fee from a publisher of 1 of my books. The publisher kept 80% of it.

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This Sunday, we ride, against genocide. Join us!

Big Ride for Palestine poster. Ride departs at 11:15 from Birmingham's Centenary Square on Sunday, 4 October.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

today's #Housegawp is dedicate to everyone really feeling the start of teaching term & dreaming of calm and solitude. Also because 'benbecula' is such a fun place name to say. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/9...

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Check out this Land for sale on Rightmove

Land for sale in Isle Of Wiay, Creagorry, Benbecula, Eilean Siar, HS7 for £995,000. Marketed by Bell Ingram, Perth

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Second humpday moan is that I have to do this sample today and I do not want to. Nothing wrong, just for a ~thing~ but I am so bad at bleeding! I’m the phlebotomist’s despair to the point I had to stop trying to give blood because it became miserable for everyone involved. (Not looking for advice!)

Parts of an at-home blood sample kit laid out on a tablecloth patterned with sheep.

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