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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

There are just two more New Moons before the Solar Eclipse. 🔭 🧪

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

And the much undervalued ‘flies’ cemetery’ aka currant slice.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I do think it’s English men that do that more than women.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Good luck! I’m sure it will go well.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 19/04/2026

> The controversy associated with the statement “Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer” reveals more about modern attitudes towards women [than her] achievements. [Her 1843 algorithm] was so advanced, that it was still utilised in record-breaking computation of Bernoulli numbers in 2008.

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Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer

Ada Lovelace was born in London on the 10th of December 1815 to a recently married socialite couple. Her father, Lord Byron, who went down in history as one of the greatest Romantic English poets, …

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

As spring migration ramps up, some tall buildings turn their lights off at night to save #birds from deadly impacts with glass, but not enough At a time of declining songbird numbers, we need better policy than voluntary measures to protect all those winged beauties from this fate:

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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PhD: AHRC CDP Studentship | University of Exeter

The University of Exeter (UoE) alongside University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives (CULA) are pleased to announce a fully-funded Collaborative doctoral studentship, from 1 October 2026, under the...

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I thought people at that level had years of training in how to nudge people towards the wiser decisions, even if they can’t give them the fine details. (My lack of promotion was probably linked to my fatal tendency to tell the truth for the greater good 😄).

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

About to attack.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

They are so unchristian, and generally so lacking in morality that I don’t think pagans would want to claim association with them.

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Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk · 04/04/2026

I wrote a Wikipedia article about Operation Nightingale, an initiative to train military veterans in archaeological excavation techniques, as therapy. Their logo cleverly mimics the Rod of Asclepius en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

OLDENBURG STATION HAS A COIN-OPERATED MODEL RAILWAY THIS IS NOT A DRILL PEOPLE

Small child playing with a large model railway contained in a glass cubicle.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

We need an effort to save this critical service.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

What do they do to the Easter Bunny when they catch it? 😱

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

It’s been one year since the Myanmar earthquake, the official death toll was >5,000, people are rebuilding as best as they can, and the tremors continue. All this amidst military dictatorship and civil war. Please see linktr.ee/meemalee for ways you can help the people of Myanmar and thank you 🙏

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Some very young children have been found by scientific study to be able to achieve pocket knitting, which is the art of entangling strands of wool in linked loops, using only two fingers of one hand. Professor Knott, who led the study group (only 10 little girls) says more research may be needed.

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Forkings, i need forkings

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I remember those power cuts. Fortunately, my family went camping a lot so we got out the lights and stove we used for camping, and the board games of course.

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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

📸 Ten years ago, Side presented the exhibition "Childhood: 1977–2016". As part of our digital archive work, the talk programme from that show is now online, with Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Peter Roberts, Liz Hingley, and Lesley McIntyre. 🔗 Explore: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

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Grodaeu @groda.eu · 21/03/2026

A human requires 2400kcal per day or 10MJ. A day has 86000 seconds. So a human uses 116W. Humans are thus a hundred thousand times more efficient than computers in cut pasting shit from the internet.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hope you got the cream, & enjoyed it. Howard caught a trout yesterday, the size of a pilchard, he was proud, & I cooked it for his breakfast. Then he caught an 11 inch eel. The farm cats had that. Hope your back is not too bad.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange is 'cartoons and comics' for Vision and Labour: Making Comics – The art of Avery Hill Publishing at Mercer Art Gallery. Discover cartoons on Art UK 👉 artuk.org/discover/art-terms/cartoon Mount Stuart Media Ltd © Petalcraft Demonstrations Ltd. 📷 Cardiff Council

Illustration of SuperTed with a red cape and yellow star emblem, surrounded by detailed character design sketches and notes.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Roy Dommett. Britain's Chief Missile Scientist. Created the UK's independent nuclear deterrent and space programmes. Both got cancelled. Remarkable man. Legendary Morris dancer. One of its first true historians. I will do a thread on him at some point. Because his life was full of stuff like this:

a bearded old man with a nice yellow jumper and tie, arm affectionately draped around his wife.

During his working career Dommett attended a morris dancing event near Birmingham, unaware until his arrival that the dancing was taking place at a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally. The event was monitored by the UK Security Service, and on his return to work the following week Dommett was interviewed by the Royal Aircraft Establishment security officer, and obliged to explain his presence at the rally.

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Let's go for lunch at the Lobster Social Club. Please bring your swimwear, a good cod-piece, and a pair of stout gloves, for comfortable mingling with your fellow creatures.

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I've got my eye on you...

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Enough adjectives.

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Cuisine, in the future. The rabbit looks ready to fight off the superchef with a firm carrot.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I cannot afford to send you any more Post Cards as I have only a 1/- left.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

It made sense to butter first in colder houses with firmer butter - but how she cut it so thinly horizontally was always a source of amazement. Of course, it helped make the loaf go further, & she came from a big and not well off family.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

It did look really dangerous even when I was very young 😄

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

My great-great aunt (whose cooking skills were not great apart from making amazing treacle tarts) was a dab hand at cutting the thinnest slices of Hovis by buttering the cut end of the loaf and then cutting the loaf, buttered side up & sawing towards herself.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

On our 10th birthday, Art UK has reached a million artworks! Celebrate by sharing your 'one in a million' 🖼️ 👉 Tag us and use #ArtUK10thbirthday – or fill in our form: artuk.org/discover/curations/one-in… Bernard Moss (1923–2012) © the artist's estate. 📷 Jewish Museum

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RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

📢In partnership with St Andrews University, we're looking for a 'Joseph Bell Writer in Residence at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh' to pursue a writing project drawing on our archives. Stipend of up to £15,000. Closing date 6 March 2026. www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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Joseph Bell Writer in Residence at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the School of English, University of St Andrews

Joseph Bell Writer in Residence at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the School of English, University of St Andrews, Grade/Salary Range: Salary: The residency will offer a stipend and/or...

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The temptation to buy loads of books is too great.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Important news! I am delighted to announce the launch of my new podcast: The Untitled History Podcast. It's me, and guests, falling down all the history rabbitholes you can imagine. Please, please spread the word, subscribe and listen. Because... SHIPS CATS!! cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-...

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Episode 2: The History of Cats on Ships by The Untitled History Podcast

From as early as 7000 years before the common era, we have evidence suggesting cats served alongside humans on ships. This isn’t just in a civilian capacity. As long as there have been warships, cats ...

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

In the unlikely instance of being able to replace my dark slime green carpet that was here when I moved in over 30 years ago, I’ve been looking at carpets for 5 years. They are grey, beige, greige, and striped (incl lots of grey or beige) 🙄

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

😄 There is far too much grey crushed velvet, grey chenille, grey faux linen, grey carpet, grey paint, grey furniture in the world.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

It’s not for me but I like it. If I liked gothic style, I’d want it with all the fixtures, fittings & furniture 😄

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Quite! And there are those for whom having babies would be life-threatening or disabling. One of my grandmothers probably shortened her life by having a baby (she had heart problems). I realise I quite possibly would’ve triggered rheumatoid arthritis 20 or so years earlier if I’d had a baby.

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Dr Anna Reeve @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Highlights from this morning at Portsmouth Museum include this wonderful ancient Cypriot pig rattle. Head to my instagram to see the pig in action!

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Io from the Juno spacecraft on February 3, 2024. The night side can be seen in reflected light from Jupiter. The quality of this dataset is truly stunning.

A high resolution view of a crescent Io with mountains near the terminator.

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Lemming Squeezy

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

What has Yvette bought from the pharmacy, to send her into such red ribbon rhapsodies?

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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