iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're looking for a freelance conservator to survey and rehouse audio heritage as part of the Sounds of the Midlands project. For more information please email us. Deadline for applications is Monday, 12 October #LibraryofBham @uniofleicester.bsky.social

Page 1 detailing the Sounds of the Midlands freelance conservator post. Heading has the logos for Birmingham City Council and the Library of Birmingham.

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Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I love doing #YayAdvent so much every year - if you fancy 24 little presents to brighten up your December do sign up!

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Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh this is such sad news - she was so marvellous in everything she did but my fondest memories will definitely be Cabin Pressure www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Stephanie Cole: Tenko and Doc Martin actress dies aged 84

She was best known for playing the character Dr Beatrice Mason in the 1980s BBC wartime TV drama

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

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Annual General Meeting

Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.

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Steph, Destroyer of Words @avwoman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

They really need to make an alert that you can still read once you've made it stop screaming.

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Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Really disappointed to see this level of cuts at yet another university history department. Please sign and share c.org/K4CqyF7Tn8

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Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Kat @byekitty.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

happy International Archives Day! if you would like to make archives happy you could do worse than with some online volunteering for me – look at pictures! read 19th century minutes! very straightforward, very satisfying, no commitment necessary. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac... (scroll down)

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Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

So very sad to hear news of the death of Anthony Head. Such a wonderful actor. He was of course marvellous in Buffy and Merlin, but I loved him in Cabin Pressure on the radio. Sounds to have been a lovely human being too

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Sunderland-born Joseph Swan, early developer of an incandescent electric light bulb, died on this day 1914. He demonstrated his lamp in 1879 to an audience of more than 700 at Newcastle’s Literary and Philosophical Society.

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Ginny Dawe-Woodings @helloginnybatty.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Repository, fonds, series, file, item, folio

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Excellent news for all who have to deal with this condition - and the all-too-common medical assumption that it is “only” a reproductive concern, not a whole-body condition that can lead for example to type 2 diabetes. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

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‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women

Decades-long campaign powered by patient perspectives results in switch from PCOS – a name that caused confusion and undue suffering – to PMOS

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/04/2026

GNU Terry Pratchett, whose words will echo long after we, and our children, and our children’s children have moved on thank you, as always, for making me a better person (quote from Reaper Man)

No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.

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Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Post something orange from your gallery

Sleepy pale orange cat called Yang sitting on a blue woolly hat on a hospital windowsill

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Dr Eleri Cousins @elericousins.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Durham and English Heritage are now recruiting for a fully-funded PhD on Roman Corbridge 🥳🥳🥳 This is a fantastic opportunity to work on one of our most important and understudied finds assemblages from Roman Britain. Deadline 1st June. Please share widely! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Moulded pot from Corbridge showing a smith (god?) at work

View of the site at Corbridge, with the museum building in the background

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Archives #JobKlaxon - Curious Arts are recruiting for a north-east based Digital Archivist drive.google.com/file/d/1NHPQ...

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Digital Archivist Job pack (3).pdf

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The Arrival Of Spring In Woldgate, East Yorkshire, 2011, painting by David Hockney (b.1937).

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University of Surrey Archives and Special Collections @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Another call for the hive-mind of Bluesky! Can any paleography experts identify the occupation of Susannah Cowell, shown here on her student registration card? She was a student at Battersea Polytechnic in 1927, taking a course in Laundry Work. #archives #educationhistory #trickyhandwriting

A yellow record card from Battersea Polytechnic, showing information about Susannah Cowell, who undertook a course of practical Laundry Work in 1927. The card shows details such as her education, marital status and the hours she attended (all of them!)

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Micah @rincewind.run · 17/03/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Reaper Man

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Jennifer Aston @drjenniferaston.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Only 5 weeks until the *free* Broken Bonds: The History of Divorce and Marital Breakdown conference at Northumbria University! Thanks to the ESRC, travel bursaries are available. Details in replies 👇 #LegalHistory #DivorceHistory #FamilyLaw #SocioLegalStudies #WomensHistory #ESRC #ECRHistory

Conference programme for Broken Bonds: New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801–1969. One-day hybrid academic conference, in person and online, at Northumbria University, Monday 20 April 2026. Registration link provided. The programme runs from 8.45am to 5.45pm and includes: an opening overview by Dr Jennifer Aston (Northumbria University); Session One with papers by Prof. Danaya Wright (University of Florida) and Chloe Challender (Warwick University); Session Two with papers by Penelope Russell (University of Sheffield), Dr Stephanie Brown (University of Hull), and Dr Sophie Michell (Open University); a keynote address by Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE on the role of conduct in matrimonial law; Session Three with papers by Dr Rosemary Elliot (University of Glasgow) and Prof. Rebecca Probert (University of Exeter); and Session Four with papers by Dr Naomi Cousins (Leeds Beckett University), Dr Ellen Durban (Independent Scholar), and Ruth Tweedale (University of Westminster). A drinks reception follows closing remarks. Logos for the ESRC, New Histories of Divorce, and Northumbria University Newcastle appear at the foot of the page.

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Oskar Jensen @oskarjensen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Jobs! Three jobs! I am hiring three full-time, three-year postdocs to research the long history of song at Newcastle, from any disciplinary background (within reason), starting 1 October 2026. Spread the news far and wide – all details in the link below... jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

jobs.ncl.ac.uk

Research Assistant/Associate: Mainstream Song, Class, and Culture 1520-2020

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Borthwick Institute for Archives @uoyborthwick.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🚨FIXED TERM ARCHIVE JOB KLAXON🚨 We are looking for an experienced archivist to develop and implement a scoping project to re-catalogue and make available the York Archdiocesan Archive (6 months full time, or 12 months part time). Full details at the link: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/proj...

Close up of an ornately decorated capital I, taken from Archbishop's Register 28 in the Archdiocesan Archive.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Seriously. Y'all NEED TO ACTUALLY READ John Hodgson's 173 page footnote in which he proves Hadrian built the Roman Wall. I CANNOT do justice to how beautiful his brain was. That he's forgotten as a historian breaks my heart.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/03/2026

bonus Discworld QOTD, from The Shepherd's Crown "FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT…"

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Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Evening all. We've been enjoying sunshine today so have managed both a shopping expedition and a walk! Lime cordial and a new sewing project this evening. Cheers! #ConfinedCocktails

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Tina Morton @tmmorton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Great opportunity to be involved in something new at The National Archives, based in my department but collaborating across the organisation and the wider archive sector. Regional Loans Programme Coordinator: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

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Quick Check Needed

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Barts Health Archives @bharchives.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We loved introducing Alice to our collections, but you don't need to be a Professor to come to the archives, anybody can visit and explore our collections! Find out how by visiting our website - www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health... #History #Archives

Colour photo showing a nurse behind a desk, she is on the phone, a man in green scrubs stands in front of the desk

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Daniel Pietersen @pietersender.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The rebuttal to this is that Star Trek is not a show about how the future could be but how the present should be. To eradicate disability, rather than accept and accommodate it, is a eugenicist ideal.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This applies to young people too, if ANYTHING changes with your bowel health, ask your GP for this simple test 👇

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Please honor James’ memory by getting screened for colorectal cancer. Make the call today if you are 45 or have a family history. Rates are surging among young people. Catching it early is the best way to survive it. www.cancer.org/cancer/types...

cancer.org

Colorectal Cancer Guideline | How Often to Have Screening Tests

Learn about colorectal cancer screening tests and at what age you should start them. Find out if you might be at high risk and may need a colonoscopy sooner.

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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 07/02/2026

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “The professional standard is clean, dry hands, and has been for all of this century.”

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𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎 @loulayorke.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

rules for watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) - try to guess the age of everyone in screen - shout “78!” or similar - look cast up on IMDb - discover they are all younger than you are now

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Liam J. Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I did my PhD at Sheffield working fairly closely with the Special Collections staff (who are brilliant). An excellent funded opportunity here...

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up. Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵

old couple (Robert and his wife Inga), dressed in smart clothes. both look unassuming and like they could be anybodies' grandparents.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14/01/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Mort

History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit different people, shoved in a box under the sink of censorship to be cut up for the dusters of propaganda, yet it always - eventually - manages to spring back into its old familar shape. History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it. History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time.

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Piers Haslam 🌺 @phghaslam.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Queer history types! Can anyone recommend scholarship that looks at asylum / psychiatric hospital records through a queer or trans lens?

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Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre @lrfheritage.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Read about one of the strangest ships ever built was launched at a Hull shipyard in 1874- a ship had a rotating cabin that aimed to prevent seasickness! Did it work? 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Hull-built anti-seasickness ship was plagued with misfortune

The Hull-built SS Bessemer was designed by a Victorian inventor to counteract seasickness.

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Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

A reminder for hard pressed UK researchers the "Great British Rail Sale" runs till Monday 12 January and you can get 50% off on some train journeys, and you can book ahead till end of March 2026. www.nationalrail.co.uk/great-britis... Perhaps it will make that library or archive trip a bit easier. 📢

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The Great British Rail Sale | National Rail

The Great British Rail Sale is back, with up to 50% off over 3 million selected Advance and Off-Peak train tickets. Book between 6 January and 12 January 2026 for travel between 13 January and 25 Mar...

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Whilst you're all here, we're hoping to do a bunch of new videos this year showing off some of our collection and answering your weird archive questions. So, what would you like us to do videos on?

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Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

@melindahaunton.bsky.social I think you said you were looking for some interesting 'learning' things to do? Not sure if these would fit the bill

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Not even the prompts. If you are a Twitter user in the UK and Twitter sticks a Grok CSAM image in your feed for WHATEVER reason, well congrats your device just downloaded child porn. And you are legally responsible for that.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides

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