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Kate Simpson

@kilmun.bsky.social
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Programme Convenor MSc Digital Humanities, University of Glasgow. Digital Humanist. Specialist in 19th C digital creation and curation.

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Tim Daw @timdaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Historic England vanishing archive - details of why it is broken : www.sarsen.org/2026/09/hist...
sarsen.org
Historic England’s Vanishing Archive
Not just the aerials. The lot. Historic England still holds the negatives, the prints and the scans. What the public lost, in early Sept...
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
techcrunch.com/2026/09/26/i...
techcrunch.com
Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs | TechCrunch
Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 26/09/2026
Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs
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Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs
Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.change.org/p/stop-auda-...
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Sign the Petition
Stop auDA’s Policy Changes: Protect Australian Domains & Small Businesses
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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
At least one person asked if the book launch event on 10/5 was open to the public. Yes! That's the whole reason I made it virtual. The press is international, and the majority of people who asked after a launch event were non-local. So join if you'd like. cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/17640296
cal.lib.virginia.edu
Embedded Pedagogies Virtual Book Launch with Brandon Walsh
Join us to celebrate the launch of Embedded Pedagogies: Digital Humanities Teaching and the Infrastructure of Change, an open-access book authored by the Scholars' Lab's Brandon...
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'The word traceability, in place of reproducibility, [...] refers to the extent to which the decisions made by the researcher are transparently documented, allowing readers to see how conclusions were reached' @maddipow.bsky.social in new paper 'Can open science speak qualitative?' ⬇️
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Can open science speak qualitative? Rearticulating open science vocabulary for qualitative research
‘Open research’ (or ‘open science’) has substantially reshaped conversations surrounding rigor, transparency, and accountability, yet its vocabulary remains largely rooted in quantitative, positivi...
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
britishslavetraders.org
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The Register of British Slave-Traders
The Register of British Slave-traders compiles and presents information on all known slave-traders in Britain who invested in the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807.
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
hcommons.social/@bho/1172681...
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British History Online (@bho@hcommons.social)
Launched today: The Register of British Slave-Traders "presents biographical data related to each of the known investors in the transatlantic traffic in enslaved African people from the sixteenth to...
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Dr Helen Glew @helenglew.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Your quarterly - or thereabouts - reminder that I have capacity for some freelance work: historical research, document photography in archives, indexing, copy-editing etc. Feel free to contact me via my website to discuss your ideas or requirements: helenglew.com
helenglew.com
Helen Glew
Historical Research and Writing
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Jessica R Valdez @jrvaldez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We're hiring in the long eighteenth century at LSU. Please spread the word and let me know if you have any questions. It's a wonderful department to work in! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0210...
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
Assistant Professor - 18th-Century British Literature
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
'Many Tory and Whig MPs were investors in the slave trade...many also owned plantations. But when the movement to abolish the slave trade and enslavement grew in the late 18th century, the Whigs generally moved towards supporting abolition, while Tory governments opposed and delayed it for decades.'
theguardian.com
How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners
Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave trade
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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We're hiring in Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder! ☀️⛰️ Machine learning and NLP people, please apply!
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 04/09/2026
The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus
techcrunch.com
The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus
While restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, customers can viscerally sense that something is wrong with the food.
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“What that shows in practice is that the United States knows those assurances aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, and that the U.S. government and ICE in particular is actively engaged in chain refoulement through the means of intermediaries,” Reichlin-Melnick prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
'It is understood that senior museum leaders were warned about the possible public perception of special treatment for someone with connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and whose public software company, Palantir, plays a controversial role in the British state.' 'the possible public perception'
theguardian.com
British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum
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Thomas Flynn @nebulousflynn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I am proud to share the UK 3D Heritage Data at Risk project final report with you! 🔗 Link at the end of this thread.
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Andrew Frayn @afrayn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm organising a Remembrance Lecture on Mon 9 November at Edinburgh Napier's Craiglockhart Campus- as a War Hospital, this was where Wilfred Owen & Siegfried Sassoon met. This year David Goldie will talk about Scottish Poetry of the First World War. Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MTEHXf41Mf
The ubiquitous photo of the staff, nurses and patients of the Craiglockhart War Hospital on the lawn outside the historic front of the building, from 1917.  The men are in their khaki uniforms, with hats, and the women are in their nurses's uniforms and headdresses, flowing white.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Virologist/molecular biologist Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal altered the trajectory of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. First to clone HIV-1 & complete its genetic mapping, directly leading to life-saving antiviral drug cocktails. Most-cited female scientist of the 1980s. Born #OTD in 1946. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white portrait of Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal (1946–2020), the pioneering Chinese-American virologist who first cloned HIV-1 and mapped its genome. Sitting in her research laboratory, she faces forward with a composed, direct, and confident expression. Her dark hair is styled in a short, neat bob, and she wears long, slender dangling earrings. Over a dark, patterned blouse, she wears a crisp white laboratory coat. She rests her left forearm on a lab counter beside her, while her right hand holds a dark binder resting on her lap. The background shows a busy lab setting filled with shelves of scientific glassware, chemical bottles, and equipment, all slightly out of focus to draw attention to her. The composition places her slightly off-center, capturing an professional and scholarly mood that underscores her historical significance as a leading figure in molecular biology during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
'Scotland’s universities are facing a £200 million annual funding shortfall and a £1 billion repairs backlog, says a new study by an expert group convened as part of a review to tackle the sector’s “unsustainable” financial position.' 1/3
timeshighereducation.com
Scotland’s universities face £200 million annual shortfall
Sector’s worsening financial situation laid bare by new analysis conducted as part of wide-ranging review of university system
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
'The message is simple and stark. For Scotland’s higher education system to keep doing what it is currently doing it needs an extra £200m, each year. That’s the difference between TRAC expenditure and sector income in 2023-24, and it has grown steadily over the years.' Trust TRAC? 1/3
wonkhe.com
Assessing Scotland's sector finances
The first pillar of Scotland's review of university funding looks at the current state of the sector. As DK finds, the evidence is not encouraging
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 27/08/2026
Are you a new undergrad international student starting at UofG this September? Apply to have a Big Buddy - an experienced student to help you settle in and navigate student life! ❤️ Learn more and apply today: gla.ac/4zIorXR
A university campus scene with a historic Gothic-style stone building and tower in the background, green trees and lawn, and four international students walking together in the foreground. A “TEAM UofG together” logo appears in the upper right. A purple banner at the bottom reads “GET A BIG BUDDY,” “Application Deadline: 1st September 2026,” and “International Student Buddying.”
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ozymandias shoulda made two monuments so he could have told people to look upon his works ye mighty and de spare
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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Dolly Parton spoke.
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 25/08/2026
When AI misreads medical research, this could lead errors to scale into clinical guidelines. The authors here pitch using SIMcards: structured metadata that hardcodes a study's exact limits directly into the publication itself. #MedSky
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When machines misread science: creating guardrails for human and AI interpretation of biomedical research - npj Digital Medicine
Artificial intelligence is increasingly acting as a first interpreter of biomedical research, shaping how evidence is applied to patient care. Simultaneously, science is reaching broader,…
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
spacedaily.com/k-an-octopus...
spacedaily.com
An octopus was filmed carrying two halves of a coconut shell across the seafloor to reassemble them later as a portable suit of armour, one of the only clear cases of a wild invertebrate using tools.
The eight-armed engineers of the ocean floor may be more clever than we thought—this one just invented mobile shelter.
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 15/08/2026
A blueish box of a person with the words “Just be nice yeah? For starters like.” next to them.
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Tristan Stewart-Robertson @srtristan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
And the full link is as brutal as the graphic.
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Jason Arday told the press he was at his limit. It answered with 188 more articles. He is dead at 41.
A full census of the 249 articles fifteen national outlets published about Jason Arday in 22 days, with the last day reconstructed hour by hour. Every article listed and linked.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/08/2026
We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇
goodlaw.social
Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Arday found dead and a very large number of British commentators are deleting posts and videos.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 13/08/2026
Gaza’s archives have been destroyed. The Omari mosque’s library & cultural centre, whose thousands of ancient documents had survived the Crusades, have reportedly been lost. The Al Qarara museum was bombed from the air and then bulldozed. A people’s entire past has been deliberately eradicated. 📚📜
theguardian.com
Ukrainian cathedrals, Gaza’s archives, Iranian squares – modern war is systematically erasing human history | Simon Jenkins
It is not enough now for war to kill, it must eradicate a people’s cherished and precious heritage too, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Now read this ... 👀 krebsonsecurity.com/2026/08/whos...
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Beestonbaggie @beestonbaggie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cyclin...
bbc.co.uk
Finlay Tarling: British cyclist dies in accident at Volta a Portugal
British cyclist Finlay Tarling dies at the age of 19 in a serious accident during the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal.
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EMF @emf-theband.com · 14/08/2026
We have lost our Brother In Arms Derran Brownson. We are devastated. We are eternally grateful Derry was able to join us on stage a couple times just a few short months back. Nothing will ever be the same again without our band mate and friend, fly high brother Derry. ❤️
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MrPaulRobinson @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Derry Brownson RIP
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Two junior research fellowships @kingscollege.bsky.social opening soon due on Oct 1st. The theme is REPLICATION conceived broadly to encompass different research projects in humanities and social sciences. As a philosopher of science I am esp hoping for applications in #philsci #metascience #hps
kings.cam.ac.uk
Current research opportunities
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thene @thene.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv...
stick a pin in this metaphor

…because these covers are a microcosm of the entire conflict; Walden's book is mostly built on writing and other objects left by Sylvia Drake, Charity Bryant, and others. Her work includes many elements from these records that Cleves does not refer to in her book, and many of her interpretations of those records are different from Cleves's interpretations, often intentionally so. In addition to her historical basis, Walden's book includes fictional dialogue and story elements that are original to her work, some of which are inspired by Walden's own life.
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
spectrum.ieee.org/indigenous-f...
spectrum.ieee.org
A Remote Indigenous Community Built One of Canada's Fastest Fiber Networks
This Cree network reaches the far north and outperforms Starlink
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 13/08/2026
Good luck to everyone receiving their results today! 🤞 If you're joining #TeamUofG, you're becoming part of a community with 575 years of history, discovery and impact, and we can't wait to welcome you. There's still time to join us this September through #Clearing: www.gla.ac.uk/study/cleari...
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Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 12/08/2026
I keep trying to tell people that a website is a pony and you either have to keep feeding and cleaning up after it or put it down and there's usually no magic option where someone else handles all that. Same goes for archives, but stakes & responsibility are heavier. Don't take it on lightly.
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bwdp.bsky.social @bwdp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Welcome to the Black Women's Diaries Project! We are a DH project focused on transcribing, editing, and encoding the diaries of nineteenth-century African American women. Co-directed by Jennifer Putzi (William & Mary) and Kirsten Lee (Auburn University), the BWDP will launch on November 6, 2026.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
publishingperspectives.com/2026/08/prop...
publishingperspectives.com
Proposed Trump Administration ‘Guidance’ Alarms Researchers, Scholarly Publishers - Publishing Perspectives
Nearly 500,000 public comments were filed by the July 13 deadline, the overwhelming majority of them critical, writes contributor Peter Brantley, adding that, if adopted, the new federal rules would h...
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
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Kate Simpson @kilmun.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
www.theregister.com/public-secto...
theregister.com
NHS England rapped over inaccurate Palantir patient data disclosure
Privacy guardian warns public trust quickly erodes when supplier access comes as a surprise
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Are you an early career researcher in the humanities and social sciences? Join the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium to network with fellow researchers in an in-person symposium in Bonn, Germany. Apply now: bit.ly/4yL3Stm
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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.
thetimes.com
Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screen
The actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zones
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teiconsortium.bsky.social @teiconsortium.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I like that the #DH2026 Book of Abstracts available at: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... also provides the underlying #TEI-XML.
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Digital Humanities 2026: Book of Abstracts
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