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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 8h

Interesting heritage from near me. Brayshaw & Booth markers represent a major chapter in British roadside heritage, charting the evolution of late 19th-century public infrastructure. Following the Local Government Act of 1888, the newly formed West Riding County Council inherited an

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Gitte Herden ♾️ 📎 @gitteherden.eurosky.social · 11h

Sallie Pero Mead (* 1.10.1893, † April 1981) war eine wegweisende US-Mathematikerin und Elektroingenieurin bei AT&T. Sie legte das Fundament für Radar- und Mikrowellentechnik und erhielt 1929 als erste Frau im Konzern ein technisches Patent. #WomenInSTEM #Gittepedia

Porträt einer Frau mit hochgesteckten Haaren, die auf dem Schoß eine Rolle Papier hält. Sie trägt ein dunkles Kleid und eine Halskette mit einem Anhänger. Die Frau schaut direkt in die Kamera.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 7h

Irlams o' th' Height had a female Station Master and a fully female compliment of staff. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway hired many women during the war. They took on roles such as Station Master, porters, locomotive and carriage cleaners, and ticket collectors. #ww1 #WomensHistory #Railway

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LAST CHANCE! 🚨 Sign up for online or in person to hear me talk about Winston Churchill in some pretty special surroundings this Friday evening! www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/eve...

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Churchill’s Great War

Listen to this lively discussion about the historical importance of Churchill's experiences during the Great War.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ruins of the bakehouse and horse mill in the south range of Middleham Castle, North Yorkshire. Additional domestic and service facilities were added to the castle in the 16th century, including a bakehouse in the south range and a pastry kitchen in the west range. The circular horse mill

The image shows the stone ruins of Middleham Castle in North Yorkshire. featuring the circular track of an old horse mill in the courtyard.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30 September 1922 | Czech Jewish woman, Blanka Hoffmannová, was born in Pardubice. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

Vintage black and white portrait of a smiling woman wearing a button-up shirt, featuring an autograph across the bottom.

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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

After being arrested 10 days earlier while carrying secret resistance documents and then brutally tortured, on 29th September 1944 Italian partisan Virginia Tonelli is burnt alive in the crematorium at the Risiera di San Sabba concentration camp in Trieste.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

29 September 1891 | A Polish Jew, Leon Lewinson, was born in Lublin. A dentist. In #Auschwitz from 16 July 1942. No. 47006 He perished in the camp on 7 August 1942. t.co/cMgoXaEdDk

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just a month before the final advance and capture of Baghdad, officers take some time for a game of rugby. It was a good way to ease the tension and stay physically fit. #ww1 #rugby #WarHistory

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think this one needs to be free… The stats and facts behind sexual violence impacting the Italian population in 1944 #WW2 achurchill.substack.com/p/free-full-...

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FREE FULL FEATURE: Allied Shame in Italy, 1944

Last week I led an in depth tour centered the four battles around Monte Cassino.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Georges Clemenceau born this day. Dominating presence in French politics in the late 19th and early 20th century. Initially on the sidelines criticizing the French government and war effort, after Allied disasters in 1917 France turned to him to lead. #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar #France

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

28 September 1910 | A Czech, Franz Palek, was born. A foundry man. In #Auschwitz from 14 August 1942. No. 58685 He perished in the camp on 24 November 1942. --- A podcast about registration photos: youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

28 September 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson made history by becoming the first English woman to officially qualify as a doctor. She later achieved another major milestone by becoming the first female surgeon in England. #History #HistoryMatters

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

28 September 1888 | A Czech Jewish woman, Elsa Friedová, was born in Zábřeh. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber.

Vintage portrait of a woman wearing a dark blouse with a simple necklace, displaying a serious expression.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The 'first' Second Battle of Ramadi was described by General Maude as "as clean and business-like a military operation as one could wish to see." Securing the Euphrates and denying supplies to the Ottoman Army, and accomplished in 24 hours.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

26 September 1937 | An Italian Jewish girl, Elena Calo, was born in Florence. On 23 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz. --- Children at Auschwitz Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

Vintage black and white photo of a young girl with curly hair and a large bow on top of their head, wearing a light-colored outfit.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧵On 28 October 1880, a devastating storm swept across the Yorkshire coast, causing widespread damage. Withernsea Pier bore the full force of the storm when it was struck by two vessels in the space of just a few hours. The first was the fishing smack Jabez,

The image shows a memorial headstone in Saint Nicholas Churchyard dedicated to four sailors from Colchester who drowned when their fishing smack, the Jabez, struck the Withernsea pier during a storm on 28 October 1880.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

25 September 1923 | A Polish woman, Jadwiga Dyl, was born in Okocim. In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942. No. 6863 She was evacuated to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there. --- Women at Auschwitz. Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

25 September 1938 | A French Jewish boy, Abel Bac, was born in Paris. On his 4th birthday, he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. On 27 September 1942, he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

A vintage black and white photo of a young child sitting beside a vase of flowers.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This morning, take a wander up to the ruins of montecassino in the aftermath of battle with a local Italian boy… achurchill.substack.com/p/article-af...

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

25 September 1938 | Dutch Jewish girl, Frederika Borstrock, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- Children at Auschwitz Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

A vintage black and white photo of a young child seated at a table, wearing a sweater, with a thoughtful expression and hands clasped in front.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These groups need to be proscribed immediately. They are a threat to public order and the rule of law.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

24 September 1906 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Rozsa Szigeti, was born. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow

Vintage portrait of a woman wearing a delicate floral headband and veiled attire, gazing gently towards the camera.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

24 September 1874 | Italian Jewish woman, Aurelia Allegra Levi, was born in Vercelli. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Milan on 6 December 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

A black-and-white portrait of an elderly woman wearing glasses and a dark fur-collared coat or shawl. She has a serious, solemn expression on her face, and her hair appears to be pinned back. She is also wearing a delicate pearl necklace.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You know who else was obsessed with dancing around on the pinheads of imagined classifications based on where great grandparents were born and what they believed? The Nazis.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Josef Jan Nickowski 1918-1944. Hideously burned on his way into battle when his Sherman hit mines. It’s now a memorial. He survived seven, agonising days, finally succumbing on the day that his countrymen entered the ruins of the abbey at Montecassino #Poland 🇵🇱 (marked by a cross in the group photo)

Image: http://eugeniuszpietrusiewicz.blogspot.ca/

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The subsea cables that were cut by CS (Cable Ship) Alert forced Germany to use radio transmissions which were easier to intercept. Couple this with the attacks on German Wireless Towers globally and their ability to communicate was severely hampered. #WW1 #WarHistory #Communications

Map of Europe showing cable routes under the sea / channel.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tea was a lifeline to the soldiers. It helped keep warm, made the water taste better (often carried in reused petrol tins), and kept a certain sense of normalcy in the trenches. #WW1 #WarHistory #Tea

Crates of tea being unloaded in a warehouse.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 21/09/2026

And can we just not have all these breathless profiles of bigots in the media? Absolutely unnecessary and doesn't add to our understanding of anything.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 21/09/2026

"There is a certain steel about Sandie Peggie." LMAO GTFOH. If having a trans person in the changing room triggers you like this, you probably shouldn't be a nurse. Yeah, she's a "poster child" of something alright: of being a transphobe snowflake.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

20 September 1939 | Dutch Jewish boy, Joseph Jacob Pinto, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in October 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber with his sister Sientje. --- The first gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Vintage black and white portrait of two young children, one with curly hair and one with straight hair, both wearing sweaters.

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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Absolutely. The destruction of important and irreplaceable context must stop.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

19 September 1884 | A Pole, Karol Wrona, was born in Rudno. A judge. In #Auschwitz from 13 April 1942. No. 29596 He perished in the camp on 26 April 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…

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Andrew Robertson @andrewrobertson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Either he lied or he’s incompetent. He should resign.

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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Lee Miller: 'Nurse Gertrude van Kirk (of New Jersey) helps a litter case to England.' St Laurent-sur-Mer airstrip, Normandy (now site of Normandy American Cemetery), 1944. Published in US Vogue, 15 September 1944 #InternationalNursesDay Source: images.leemiller.co.uk/media/Nurse-...

Bacl & whoite photo of a DC-3 transport aircraft with fuselgage doors open, a wounded man on a strethcer is loaded into the aircraft, a woman in a leather jacket helps load the stretcher. Soldiers stand about.

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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

108 years ago today on 15 September 1916, British tanks first saw action. The innovative design, with caterpillar tracks completely encircling a rhomboid hull, enabled them to cross trenches that would defeat more modern tanks. (Imperial War Museum www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...) #WW1 #FWW

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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

110 years ago #OTD.

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GD's Tales @tanktales.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

110 yrs ago on 14th September 1916 the final preparations for tomorrow's historic attack were being made. The bombardment grew more intense. The RFC flew missions to mask the noise. At 7pm C Coy tanks left their posns of assembly & proceeded to SPs. At 8.30pm D Coy tanks moved off to theirs.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Brad and I are celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary today, September 14, 2026, in New York City. Brad and I were married on Sept 14, 2008, at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

14 September 1933 | A German Jewish girl, Ruth Betty Goldschmidt, was born in Lich. Her family emigrated to the Netherlands. During the war, they lived in Maastricht. In August 1943, she was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz. --- Children at Auschwitz Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

Black and white photo of a baby holding a small stuffed toy, sitting and looking directly at the camera.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

13 September 1930 | German Jewish boy, Gerhard Friedländer, was born in Berlin. In December 1938, his family emigrated to the Netherlands. In February 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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Steve Marsdin @stevemarsdin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Franco-Belges 22/8/14 commemorations at Rossignol & Neufchateau are always held later in mid-September to allow the troupes de marine to remember 1/9/1870 at nearby Bazeilles one one “neutral” weekend. N’oublions pas @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social #FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1#WW1

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