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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 14h

Jeffrey Archer, liar, jailbird, Tory and ‘nearly man’ of British politics (apparently) once took a long and very much unwanted look at my wife’s chest and followed that with a “nice rack” comment. Stick that in your obituaries x

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 21h

This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org

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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 12h

There's still plenty of time to apply for this fantastic funded #PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948! Interested? Know someone great who should apply? Get in touch! #AcademicSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR502/p...

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PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 at University of Strathclyde

Explore a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 5h

There was a robust trade in live eels in pre-modern England, & I know you're wondering: "How do I ship live eels?" Not in barrels of water. They'll use up the oxygen & die. Nope. You pack them in layers of damp moss or hay, & off you go. They don't need to be in water. Wut? 1/3 🗃️🧪

Meme. Medieval image showing a cooper making a barrel. He is leaning over the barrel with a wooden wedge in one hand, and a wooden mallet raised high in the other. He's about to strike, like a cobra (if the cobra were holding a wooden mallet).

The man has massively muscled forearms, and a sharply receding hairline. He's going bald, but he will arm wrestle you into submission if you bring it up. He is wearing a yellow apron with tools hanging from his belt, a light blue shirt, and a dark cowl. His grey hair speaks to his experience, and his calm look says that he hasn't noticed yet that he's in a meme.

On the wall behind his is a coil of rope, and something that might be a hat or a hood. It is, though, more fun to imagine that it is a fedora and a coiled whip, and that this man is actually Indiana Jones, taking a break from questionable archeology and bad pedagogy to make a few barrels.

Meme text reads:
"Lock, stock, and two
slithering
barrels of eels"

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Silk thread goes in yellow green, comes out blue. The color only appears once it hits the air, a chemical trick artisans have used for 6,000 years.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A stunning piece of Garden Quartz with natural landscape-like mineral inclusions. Original post

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Hanna Blue 🏴‍☠️🏴🏁🗽⚜️❤️‍🔥🎃🎭🍁 @blueberrypoison.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The horse-riding librarians of the Pack Horse Library Project in Hindman, Kentucky, around 1940. This was a genuine New Deal initiative established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

There are 315 'Data Centres' queued up to be added to the UK grid. They will use 73GW of electricity. The current average use for the ENTIRE UK is 24GW. They will use 3x more electricity than everyone in the UK combined. And YOU will be paying their heavily subsidised bills. WHY????

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This ultra-small generator is highly portable and works even with shallow, slow moving water. Tested with powering street lights, it promises to allow the world’s remote regions to generate their own electricity [📹 Japan Video Topics] Original post

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Have you visited a Norman castle this summer? Want to know more about the world of the Normans and the history behind the Bayeux Tapestry? Join our short course starting in September! historical-association.cademy.io/ha-short-cou...

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Fossil fuel demand is still growing — but solar and wind are growing faster. EVs are surging as oil prices spike. The transition is happening. The question is whether we accelerate it fast enough to avoid the worst. Speed matters. #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...

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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"So we CANNOT have wind turbines or solar panels because of how it iruins the landscape', but data centers somehow get a free pass??" (OrevaZSN on Threads)

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/08/2026

Would Richard Tice tell the 19 people whose homes burned in wildfires in Stourbridge to "enjoy the heat"?

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I found out today that the ground breaking historian of the NHS, Charles Webster is turning 90 in October. This is a recent book with essays by him, In Times of Strife (2023) edited by Henrike Lähnemann and available digitally, #openaccess. #histmed

Cover of Charles Webster, In Times of Strife.

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Women of 1000 || Meg Hyland @womenof1000.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Anyone got any recs for reading on laundry in early medieval Europe? I've read Carole Radcliffe's "A Marginal Occupation?" about high/late medieval laundresses, but I'm looking more for evidence of laundry on the domestic rather than professional level. Thanks!

Image from a 14th century manuscript of the Czech Dalimil Chronicle, showing Oldřich (a prince) and Božena (a peasant) being married next to her laundry tools at the riverside

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Morning Kittens

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📣CFPs - deadline 31 July📣 Symposium: Global Childhood(s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine 📆16-18 November 2026 🏛️The Centre for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds (UK) In-person with online presentation option #histmed #histSTM

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History of Medicines CFPs

If you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick admin@sshm.org Symposium: Global Childhood(s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine Keyn…

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A photographer captured a family of owls and accidentally ended up with the perfect cover for a music album. Original post

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⚜️ Royal Blood ⚜️ @royalblood1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

✨ Arches National Park, Utah 🇺🇸 by Elliot McGucken

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

#fashionistas please can you help me date this fashion print from Le Conseiller Des Dames? 1850s? #fashion #history

Two ladies are looking at a baby in a crib

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Can someone ask Lucy if the estimated 6-8% loss in GDP due to her beloved Brexit is a price worth paying? "Short term, there will be an effect on the economy. Maybe 30 years. The price of democracy and sovereignty is high." — Lucy Harris, coordinator of Leavers of London (Aug 2018) #politicslive

Former Brexit MP Lucy Harris on Politics Live live

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Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Sometimes big numbers can pass you by but this is mind-blowing. 'An enormous whale graveyard around 1,200km (745 miles) long and 7km (four miles) deep has been discovered in the south-eastern Indian Ocean. Some of the remains are 5.3 million years old.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Whale graveyard dating back five million years discovered

The Indian Ocean site is "far beyond anything we had imagined", one researcher says.

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Reform Political Advertising @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Ten years on from Brexit there are still no rules to prevent lies in election ads. We’ve tabled amendments to stop election ads like the infamous Brexit bus misleading voters again. Email your MP and ask them to sponsor them. It takes 1 minute. 👇 reformpoliticaladvertising.org/take-action/...

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The horn of Africa is grieving because their -Their farms are no longer yielding -Advancement of desert is alarming -Our major rivers are drying -Proliferation of pest and pathogens -Development of tropical diseases. -Our crop are dieing out. Climate change is a reality.

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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Palantir's co-founder claimed "the NHS makes people sick" Yet this US tech giant now runs the NHS data platform. There are serious concerns about its access to patient data and human rights record. The Government should use the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

You want to see Norway men’s national football team’s official photo for World Cup 2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...

members of the Norway men’s national football team on a rocky shore, styled as a fierce group of ancient Vikings. They are dressed in elaborate historical costumes, including fur-trimmed capes, leather tunics, chainmail, and armor pieces, while holding traditional gear like circular wooden shields, spears, axes, swords, and blowing horns. In the background, longships rest on a calm body of water that cuts through a vast, dramatic fjord. The rugged landscape is framed by massive, steep green mountains, with a thin waterfall cascading down a cliff face on the left, all under a cloudy, overcast sky.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Least of issues I know but this "veteran" campaign strategy really winds me up. Kenyon isn't a veteran and was never mobilised. He was in the British Army Reserve. People like my father meanwhile fought in actual wars - and though my dad also served as a councillor he'd never ever mention it.

Cllr Rob Kenyon served his country. Now he's
fighting for its future.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Off to their lives. Goodnight Blue Sky

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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Peonies from my garden… wishing you a peaceful day. 🩷 #PNW #Photography #BoomScrolling #Gardens

My garden. Close up of pink peonies in a vase with soft lighting and greenery.

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Bassano @bassano.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

A Japanese mascot dressed as Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring in front of a promotional poster for the same at a press conference in Japan

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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 27/05/2026

Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.

Spaghetti chart showing Oxford Radcliffe Observatory daily maximum temperatures for every day of the year from 1815 to 2026. 211 years of historical data are shown as very faint grey lines tracing a seasonal cycle from around 5°C in winter to a summer peak of roughly 25–30°C in July and August. A blue smoothed 30-day mean line highlights the average annual temperature cycle. The 2026 line is shown in bold red, running from January through to late May before spiking sharply upward to reach 33.7°C on 26 May, well above the entire historical grey envelope for that time of year. A single dashed red reference line marks the previous May record of 30.6°C set on 29 May 1944. The 2026 reading exceeds this by 3.1°C and, in statistical terms, is the 6th most anomalous maximum temperature in Oxford's 211-year record, ranking as the most anomalous May maximum ever observed and coming within 0.6°C of the all-time June record of 34.3°C set in 1976.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Privatised water is such an obvious scam that it's achieved the impossible: getting 82% of Brits to agree on something. The only issue to score higher was the public’s desire for Tony Blair to stick to retirement.

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Come and join us tomorrow for an Open Friday! Drop by between 11am and 3.30pm to have a look at our ground floor area, chat to our friendly volunteers, and learn more about the Society and our collections. www.sal.org.uk/event/friday...

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Open Friday at the Society - Society of Antiquaries of London

Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.

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JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Nothing to see here, just the son of the President marrying the daughter of the accountant of a notorious child sex trafficker who was best friends with the groom's father. Oh, wait, you didn't know Junior's current new wife is the daughter of Jeffrey Epstein's accountant?

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

In Turkey, a cat comes to an elderly man who earns his living by cleaning shoes at the same time every morning. He asks to have his fur brushed, and the man never refuses. Original post

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

You know, a President accusing a NYT reporter of committing treason just for asking a question is actually quite a big deal, and this bunch just standing there listening to it and doing nothing is not encouraging the public to think of journalism as a serious business or of words meaning anything.

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 14/05/2026

Does that include the £5mn?

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

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Attenborough at 100 — A Nature Documentary Archive

Explore nearly 5,000 episodes across 90 series — from Zoo Quest in 1954 to Secret Garden in 2026. Search by animal, habitat, location, or theme.

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Thom @thwphipps.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

What i think is really funny is how everybody in Labour has decided to crack on with a leadership election while Keir is presumably like. Guys. I havent resigned. What are you doing

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