iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 10h

I am doing a talk on inquests in West Deeping on 20th October (you should all come, it's a charming place) which means I get to write about JOHN MOLECEY TWIGGE MOLECEY (1811-1864) which is a name and a half

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Mars Rover @marsrover.bsky.social · 15h

Sure I'll go and impart all of my worldly working wisdom, boss.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 13h

and mine, she had no english or maths GCSE but had gone into work, came to university at 26, went on to be a Professor of Econometrics.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Does the keyboard still have that spongy plasticy feel

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Target shooting - not animals, larping or American schoolchildren.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Went down the range to chill out. Four misfires with gnarly ammunition and I'm more stressed than when I arrived. Shooting (for me) is pure meditation until crap like this happens. There were many swears.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So hard not to laugh when you go now. I wonder how many volunteers have reported people giggling at them. Brilliant marketing.

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 09/10/2026

Are you a researcher, student or teacher looking for funding to support a fieldwork project? 📣 Applications for our 2027 grants are now open! Explore the funding opportunities available and how to apply: www.rgs.org/about-us/our-work/lates…

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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My new book has a cover! The folks @columbiaup.bsky.social did a fantastic job. It captures one of the book's key arguments on the relationship between an 'everyday technology' of American mobility, the US frontier, and empire. Look for it on store shelves just in time for Bike Month 2027.

A historical painting from Remington bicycles showing a cycling scout on the American frontier, rifle attached to bicycle.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"This article was created with the support of AI tools based on XXXX content. XXXX accepts no responsibility for errors or decisions based on this information." What is the point? There is (already) so little industy content by a human with actual thoughts and critical engagement.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just had a very nice young man offer to and carry my bag up the stairs to the plane. It was very kind and sweet but by god, I feel decrepit.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Manecdote is superb. And spot on

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Glasgow book launch. The Glasgow book launch for my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is being held at Glasgow University at 6pm on Thursday 29 October. You're all welcome! Sign up here 🔽 It's free!

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An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class

Join us on Thursday 29 October for this event which is part of the University of Glasgow's Festival for Social Sciences offering.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think the Scotland team are staying at my hotel or were staying. Whole load of men with security and Scotland kit. Seems a bit late to be leaving for the match.

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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Request: Do you know of any oral history projects with relevance to covid-19? Context: I'm doing a mapping exercise for my new job at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social on covid commemoration. I have a pretty solid list but I know there are more out there! Please share!

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

CoL crisis my arse. Currently in a queue, open mouthed, watching people play £20 for a gluten free avocado bagel and an extra £9 for a small protein bar.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Parents evening. Biannual event. This is my favourite school event. I get to pretend to I am an actual responsible grown up whilst acting utterly shocked that The Boy has learnt objectionable behaviours or scottish words. Been practicing the whole "it must have come from his father" face.

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I may be wrong, but is that not the lady who was out every sat night on the Wapping Print Dispute marches in 1986?

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I may just drop in when passing and grab some more water. Try and get even!

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

£395 for a replacement to a crached filling. FFS. I stole as much of that posh fizzy water as I could on the way out. Not sure it has balanced things up.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Interested in any and all modern histories (post 45 so v modern) of the River Clyde, dockers, shipbuilding, associated factories, regeneration, gentrification, political econ, community activism, alternate business generation, environmental, statistical, qualitative #skyhistorians #glasgow #Clyde

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 01/10/2026

A bad day for this person

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I just hear nothing on it. Burnham and co need to explain the reasons for it, ability to counter and fiscal messages, what it means. There is just nothing.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So, I was taught the rule of thumb is - 1 percentage point rise in gilt yields equates to £12 billion per year to gvnt borrowing costs. Not sure if that is still the case, but still, in that ball park. Surely Labour needs to be REALLY CLEAR on what this means and why it is happening.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

price growth, not absolute growth.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I should be a marine commando. Every first of the month it's like the opening scene of raiders of the lost ark. Everything coming for me. They even get up earlier. And still, I will remain, undefeated. #pinchpunchfirstofmonth

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eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As the new academic year begins, if anyone is in need of an academic researcher, tutor, proof-reader or similar, please do get in touch.

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey everyone, I currently have availability for freelance writing, researching, and/or teaching work between now and the end of the calendar year. Please see this document for further details, and share with anyone else who you think might be interested.

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AVAILABILITY FOR WORK

Hello everyone, This is just a notice to say I'm available for freelance paid work in the following areas until the end of 2026: WRITING: Whether for academic or public-facing audiences, in the areas ...

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One hour appointment at fracture clinic with son. Went 10am. Just home now. The hospital was full to squeaking. It isn't sustainable. It is way past being something we should be ashamed of. The hospital was old, dirty, crowded, incomprehensible lay out, boiling hot (25 outside, god knows inside).

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is the last day of September. All windows open. 23 degrees. I'm so sick of this now. Cloudy and dark. Got to go to hospital with the fracture boy and no doubt the heating will be on full blast

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I will do ANYTHING rather than what I am supposed to be doing. All best with it

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mather, Ian. "They call Me a racialist . . . but these 'students' are the new Hitlers." Daily Mail, 10 May 1973, p. 6. Daily Mail Historical Archive, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EE1862464282/DMHA? u=glasuni&sid=bookmark-DMHA. Accessed 29 Sept. 2026

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Gale - Institution Finder

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can access gale, 1896-2016 if you need it. Sent me a DM and I can get it for you

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Met him a few times and his wife was a bit off even then. Anyway, the fella was an incredible endurance athlete and was way ahead of the curve re mindset and prep. Maybe he is the last of that old school SAS adventuring ilk, but don't run him down over semantics. Sad to see this all play out.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You can almost hear him swearing

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Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026

This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hooray. My dad is trolling me then! I was gobsmacked. I must stop believing everything he says. He told me pearly kings and queens were organised crime and there was an epic gold rush in Perth, so he has form for tall tales.

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'A book that treats "class politics" as a means to ignite debate not close it down. A most welcome change, for the better.' Mark Perryman has rated my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, as essential to understanding Labour. labourhub.org.uk/2026/09/25/t...

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Ten Books to Make Sense of the 2026 Labour Party Conference

Mark Perryman’s annual selection this year ranges from Eric Hobsbawm to Rocking against Racism. Emile Chabal – The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian In the October …

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Her supervisor had no forwarding details. It's such a shame. I was getting worried it was Ai or something!

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Found a thesis (2022) I enjoyed. Wanted to find & tell her. It'd be nice to know your PhD isnt just read by 3 people. Cannot find her anywhere, no socials/linkedin, no academic footprint, nuffin. Maybe sad reflection of academia, but also, to be that offline, my respect has SOARED

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If anyone has reading they'd recommend on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Mombasa, I'm all ears!

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me; ...and to conclude, the Wapping Print Dispute of 1986, bla bla. Thank you, any questions? Man, You dont seem to have considered the Gordon riots of 1780? Me: Eh, I'm aware, but this talk is focused on 1986. Man. *condesending head shake* My research on the Gordon riots....

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