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Dr Claire Robinson

@mcrclaire.bsky.social
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Cultural and social historian of 19th and 20th Century. Mostly researches Victorian and Edwardian theatre and periodicals in Manchester. Historical Pantomime. Public Engagement. Fashion and costume history. Arty stuff. Foodie. Nature.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge blocked the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) demands for the identities and personal information of thousands of people who helped run the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, calling the request “unreasonable.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump-appointed judge rejects DOJ’s demands for personal info of 2020 Georgia election workers
The judge said the department's bid to force the county to divulge election workers’ names and home addresses was “staggering.”
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 07/07/2026
History books by women are also available
Screenshot of Facebook post from Magdalen College reading:

Whether you’re coming up to Oxford, going to another uni, or just thinking about applying to study history, these books should help!

If you are studying at Magdalen from October, please note that this is not the official reading list, just some suggested summer reading, although there may be some overlap.

Here’s the list:
1) the Past and the Present by Lawrence stone - a thematic collection of essays that explore how history as a discipline has evolved, coving traditional methodologies and new social science approaches

2) history and social theory by Peter Burke - an interdisciplinary text looking at the relationships between history and the social sciences - looking at what social theory can offer historians

3) A History of Histories by J W Burrow - a whirlwind tour through 2500 years of historiography looking at how epics, chronicles, monographs, and professional histories have shaped cultural memory and identity


4) The Pursuit of History by John Tosh - is one of the most widely used introductions to historiography, it’s an accessible yet comprehensive guide to the fundamental questions, methods, and evolving practices of historical scholarship.

5) Studying History by Jonathan Black and Donald MacRaild - a well respected guide to studying history at university.

As well as reading these, which should help you study history, you should read as much as you can about anything that excites you. Ask yourself “what’s my Roman Empire”… is it the Roman Empire? Is it the relationship between fashion and politics? Is it the enclosure act, or the Russian royal family? Whatever it is, read as much as you can about it. 

Happy reading! 

#magdalencollege #oxford #bookstagram #historystudent
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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sign up to our next panel event, titled 'Western Epistemologies of Women's Sport and Fitness', where we'll be joined by Professor Jacqueline Brady and Renhui Feng. ⏰ Tuesday 14th July, 4pm-5.15pm BST Sign up via the Women's History Network Website: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-to-o...
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Sign up to our next special panel event, ‘Western Epistemologies of Women’s Sport and Fitness’ on Tuesday 14th July, 4pm BST
We’re very excited to announce our next seminar, which will be a panel event titled ‘Western Epistemologies of Women’s Sport and Fitness’. We have two speakers, Renhui Feng (Chengdu Sport Uni…
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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Goose that lays golden eggs to be rendered down for fat as part of "difficult decisions" about spending priorities
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David Ryan @ryangenealogy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
If you're around Cork this Saturday at 1pm I'll be giving a free talk in St Peter's Cork, North Main Street on using Irish census records for genealogy #Cork #Census #Genealogy www.eventbrite.ie/e/finding-yo...
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Finding your Ancestors in Census Records" with David Ryan
The first part of the tie in lecture series as part of the 1926 Census Exhbition run at St Peters
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage has spent his whole life dodging responsibility for his actions. This new stunt is his latest attempt to escape consequences for his biggest grift. We won’t let him.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
“After it ended, the Belgian team’s social media account had a message to the U.S. on Twitter: “Overturn this.” Perfect. #WellPlayed #Belgium
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Belgium beats, then trolls, U.S. team on Monday night
Even though it was tied, 1-1, after Malik Tillman scored another goal on a free kick just outside the penalty area, it never felt close.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage £5 million 'gift' from a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it was money laundering. The whistleblowers alerted the NCA as they were "not satisfied they could trace the ultimate origin of the funds."
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Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns
Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection
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Dr Claire Robinson @mcrclaire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Britain’s politics has changed, but our voting system hasn’t. I’m asking my MP to support an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform so we can build a voting system fit for modern Britain. You can too. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/194914/...
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Ask your MP to support electoral reform
It only takes 30 seconds
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
🚨 Updates: 1) THE REJOIN PETITION is now over 91,700 signatures! 2) THE NATIONAL REJOIN MARCH CROWDFUNDER Is now at over £23,700 of a £24,000 goal A last push from everyone who has thought about it but hasn’t done one or both yet please!
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Dr Claire Robinson @mcrclaire.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
95,000 now. 👍 #RejoinEU
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Venerable Bede, a Benedictine monk, died on this day 735 in Jarrow. Widely seen as the foremost scholar of early medieval Europe, the only Englishman named in Dante’s Paradiso. Bede was the polymath’s polymath, England’s first historian and its only native Doctor of the Church.
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Dr Claire Robinson @mcrclaire.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The Lords is still a home for cronies and donors. Removing the Hereditary Peers isn’t the end, it’s just the start. Demand a fair, elected second chamber now - sign @electoralreform's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/174863/...
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It’s outrageous that the majority of our lawmakers are unelected. Sign now to demand power be placed rightfully in the hands of the people
It takes 30 seconds
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/02/2026
‘One of America’s greatest patriots’: US political leaders pay tribute to Jesse Jackson
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‘One of America’s greatest patriots’: US political leaders pay tribute to Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Al Sharpton, Donald Trump and more react to death of the civil rights leader at the age of 84 * Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84 * Jesse Jackson – a life in pictures * Share your tributes and memories of Jesse Jackson Three Democratic former presidents led a wealth of tributes on Tuesday to Jesse Jackson, a “titan” of the civil rights movement and “one of America’s greatest patriots” who has died at the age of 84. The former US president Joe Biden said history would remember Jackson as “a man of God and of the people”, calling him in a post on X: “Determined and tenacious. Unafraid of the work to redeem the soul of our Nation.” Continue reading...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Video: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
Stephen Colbert hosts Texas State Rep. James Talarico for an online-exclusive interview that touches on the issues raised in Talarico's campaign for the Democratic nomination for Senate including the…
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Make sure everyone sees this then. The FCC apparently changed its “equal time” rule on talk shows to make it hard for Colbert or The View to air interviews with candidates like Talarico. Video link in comments.
Screenshot of a post from James Talarico claiming Trump didn’t want an interview aired, alongside a still image of Talarico sitting across from Stephen Colbert on a late-night talk show set.
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Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Do you know why some Society of Genealogists records are stored off site? And how that protects them? Join Protecting Irreplaceable Records with Marie Chappell (National Conservation Service) for a behind-the-scenes look at heritage storage & access. 19 Feb: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...
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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is the episode CBS pulled. You know what to do. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I also write about the Epstein files. Because it’s the another eg of US press lacking guts or clarity or leadership to say it like it is. It’s the dog didn’t bark. And if it isn’t barking now..what happens when/if Trump attempts to throw the mid terms?
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
NEW: ‘It’s a coup’. One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying. NB: They’re still not. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The US coup: one year on
I re-publish my piece from a year ago. It's not yet over. But it's nearly there...
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Jennifer Wallis-Bernard @harbottlestores.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"I long for the days when a midlife crisis for men like this meant getting a motorbike and a leather jacket, not trying to [get] elected so they could indulge their alt right fantasies". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Handmaid’s Tale future’: Reform’s Matt Goodwin sparks outcry with fertility comments
Byelection candidate accused of indulging ‘alt right fantasy’ by suggesting women need ‘biological reality’ check
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I'll be talking about 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' at Leigh & District u3a, Lancs, Fri 6th March, 1pm, Leigh Miners Welfare Institute. Visitors welcome, £1.50. Book due out Feb 26th, can be preordered from bookshops and websites.
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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Pouch botfrens.com/collections/223/conten…
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret S. Bedell, 1930
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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is my kind of evening gown, one which might easily double as a dressing gown for a glamorous night in. The fine #1940s two tone knit was created by Germaine Monteil, a French designer based in New York #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Front view of a long two tone evening dress in a dark pinky beige outer layer with a grey green gathered central panelA slightly different view of the two tone 1940s evening dress showing the darker overdress style and the grey green panelA close up of the centre front of the two tone evening dress showing the ties centre front with the tightly gathered central panel
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Ban these things they are already being used to target women.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
So-called AI - not up in "the cloud", but very much down to earth and causing massive damage to #PublicHealth and environmental damage www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations
Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Latest column is on Ratcliffe, Musk, the unhappiness of the super-rich - and going backwards on racism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump, Musk and now UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe – they are the enablers, making racists feel great again | Jonathan Freedland
With their profile and vile words, these malign provocateurs are tearing down decency’s guardrails, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
“Heavy rains that often fall in February have flooded the low-lying meadows in the broad valley.” ‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson
Flooded fields under a leaden sky, a scene that could be the Somerset Levels
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julieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Hello February 🌹 ‘Rose Rouge’ designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Dior, silk, 1958. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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Andrew P Brooks @andrewpbrooks.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hillside stream, the Hope Valley in the Peak District
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A very good evening to whoever organised this billboard outside of Old Trafford.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
And isn’t it special that we have our own version of this ragingly inadequate and sinister misogynist… in the supremely inadequate Matt Goodwin, Reform candidate for Gorton and Denton. Please, Gorton and Denton, be better than him. Do not inflict this hideous piece of work on the constituency.
Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin, standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election, argued that young girls should be educated on the "biological reality" that many British women are having children
"much too late in life."
• An unearthed clip shows Goodwin appearing to agree with Jordan Peterson's assertion that universities are dominated by "childless women," contributing to "politically correct authoritarianism."
Goodwin had previously suggested imposing a "negative child benefit tax" on those without offspring and removing personal income tax for women with two or more children.
HOLOCAUST ENCYCLOPEDIA
LEBENSBORN
PROGRAM

Nazi authorities created the Lebensborn program to increase Germany's population. Pregnant German women deemed "racially valuable" were encouraged to give birth to their children at Lebensborn homes. During World War II, the program became complicit in the kidnapping of foreign children with physical features considered "Aryan" by the Nazis.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Congratulations to Bad Bunny for his wonderful, love-filled tribute to the American continent!
Screenshot of an X.com post by Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) praising Bad Bunny for naming dozens of countries in the Americas and holding up a football reading “together we are America,” calling it an iconic Super Bowl performance. Below are two still images from the performance showing Bad Bunny in white clothing amid dancers and musicians holding flags and instruments.
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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
London dresses for February 1809, Lady's Monthly Museum. #fashion #history
London dresses for February
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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Findmypast offers free access to the British Newspaper Archive until 16 Feb! #ancestors
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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Signed by Ptolemy Dean, Dan Cruickshank, Jeremy Musson, Anya Lucas (the Georgian Group) & our own Director James Hughes, our letter to the Times Editor raises the risks to the City of London's most important churches if the development is given planning permission. #squaremilechurches
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
In 1 week Farage's company: broke electoral law; had Reform UK mentioned in the Epstein files; had people exposed as fronts for foreign donors money laundering; misled about £40m council savings they didn’t make - Vote Reform and get American paedos and foreign oligarchs crashing your life.
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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
PLEASE REPOST 🥺🙏 The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes. www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...
The homepage for the Canadian letters and images project. It shows soldiers posing for a photograph and there is a search bar in the centre. In the about section below, which cannot be seen in this image, it provides this information: 

The Canadian Letters and Images Project, created in 2000, is an online digital archive of the Canadian war experience, both home front and battlefront, from any conflict in which Canadians have participated.  The focus of the project is on the personal materials of participants, such as letters and photographs, which permit us to experience the war through their eyes and their words.  These are very often the stories of ordinary Canadians, largely forgotten and overlooked. Our mission is to digitally preserve and continue to make freely accessible this important part of Canada’s heritage for this generation and future generations.

The vision of the project is to continue to expand this repository of Canadian archival materials by collaborating with Canadians to preserve and share the individual and collective stories that have shaped our past

Accessibility to the past is key to understanding who we are as a nation.  We are committed to free access for everyone to the materials of the project.
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Please stop trying to delete important archives.
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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Ever wondered what secrets lie in a map? 🗺️ Join us for a day dedicated to all things cartographic. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our map collections, attend talks, and get hands-on with our drop-in activities! 📅 6 February 2026 ⏰ 10:30am-4:00pm Plan your visit > www.nls.uk/whats-on/map...
poster advertising Map Fest on Friday 6th February 2026 with logos for participating organisations. National Records of Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh City Archives, National collection of Aerial Photography and National Library of Scotland
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Dr Claire Robinson @mcrclaire.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
footballagainstfascism.org
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Trump's U.S. must not host the World Cup
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Ebook/Kindle version of 'Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day' still on offer from bookshop.org for just 99p. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nort... Also at Amazon for 99p. www.amazon.co.uk/Northerners-...
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Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Why explore our nearest neighbour? 🌙 In this special #LovellLecture, join our expert panel for an evening of insights as we examine the science, motivations, and challenges of returning humans to the Moon – and why returning there is about far more than simply going back: ow.ly/7aqy50Y1c9e
The Artemis II ship on its launch pad against a blue sky, captioned 'Return to the moon: why explore our nearest neighbour.' A red banner reads 'Lovell Lecture.'
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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Toilet Saloons
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 22/01/2026
Great news that arts venues, museums, libraries and heritage buildings are set to be boosted by major new funding from the government. Organisations mentioned - from Natural History Museum to the BFI - are cultural powerhouses. It’s vital they’re supported and protected.
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Government announces bumper £1.5 billion package to restore national pride
£1.5 billion will be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period – turning the corner on underfunding over the last decade and more
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A presidency fueled by conspiracy, not competence.
Screenshot of a social post by President Donald J. Trump that says: 'The whole problem we are having with criminals in our Country was caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Radical Left Thugs that surrounded the Resolution Desk in the Oval Office - And, of course, the Illegal Use of the Auto Pen!!! They should be in jail!'
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
If you've heard me cite the Yeats poem, The Second Coming, to describe what Trump is doing then you'll enjoy this little bit of genius as much as I did...
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Dr. Sophia Jex-Blake was born #OTD in 1840 + Led the campaign to secure women access to a university education in the UK + First practicing woman doctor in Scotland + Founder, Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, 1886 + Helped establish the London School of Medicine for Women, 1874 #WomenInSTEM
Black-and-white close-up portrait of young Sophia Jex-Blake, a woman with dark center-parted hair pulled back smoothly, gazing thoughtfully to the side. Painted by Samuel Laurence around 1865, she wears a high-collared dark dress with a light collar, set against a softly shaded background.
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
29 years ago on this day in 1997 Billy MacKenzie died at the age of 39. He produced in the Associates with Alan Rankine & others a unique series of songs, sounds & styles topped by his staggering voice. A rare talent & one of the great voices of Scottish & UK post-new wave music.
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