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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 8h

🧵The Land of Green Ginger, Hull, a street of residential & commercial buildings, formerly known as Old Beverley Street near Whitefriargate. Its naming is a bit of a mystery. It may refer to the storage & selling of spice ginger in the Middle Ages. The name change is thought to have occurred between

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2h

2 October 1934 | A Jewish girl, Klara Weisz, was born in Milan. A daughter of Arpad Weisz, a Hungarian Jewish football player and coach. In October 1942, she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber with her mother and brother. Arpad perished in the camp in January 1944.

Black and white photo of a girl in a polka dot dress standing next to an adult, only the lower body of the adult is visible. They are both on a narrow pathway with a wall on one side.

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Dan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The most disappointing video you’ll see today.

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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 4h

Fabulous idea! shop.rnli.org/pages/christ...

If we were all to send Danny Tommo an
@RNLI Christmas card simply
containing "LOL", it would make a lot of money for a brilliant charity and be hilarious at the same time.
Cards can be purchased here shop.rnli.org/collections/ch...
Please spread the word.
Tommy Robinson Ek
The British state has openly shown their two-tier policing and judiciary yet again with our brother Danny Tommo, and RAF Fairford.
Show Danny your support:
Daniel Thomas
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HMP Winchester
Romsey Rd, Winchester SO22 5DF

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Roger @arbejdsmyren.bsky.social · 9h

In Denmark a scientist plotted data and research findings into Claude, only to see Anthropic publish the findings as something the LLM had conjured up on its own. The theft of one scientist’s data and work translates into false claims about the model’s ability to generate research #ai #eupol

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 10h

🧵Back to Ryedale Museum and my favourite exhibit mainly because it tells a wonderful story of community. It is, the Farndale hearse. Victorian funerals were taken very seriously and a certain level of ceremony was expected. In some ways they were the equivalent of a present day wedding. These

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The timeless beauty of ancient glass! This Roman glass scent bottle is around 2,000 years old, yet its elegant design feels surprisingly modern! British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small Roman scent bottle made of cobalt-blue mould-blown glass in the form of a scallop shell. At the top it has a cylindrical neck with an out-turned rim. There is a thin, curved, handle either side of the neck. The top of each handle is attached to the neck, and the bottom is attached to the top of the scallop shell. Bottle dimensions: height 8.5 cm, diameter 5.2 cm. Dated AD 25-100. It is displayed on a circular, clear perspex (?) stand in a British Museum display case. The bottle was bequeathed to the British Museum by Felix Slade in 1869.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11h

2 October 1933 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, István Vass, was born. In May 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow

A vintage, faded black and white photo of a young boy with a neutral expression, partially obscured by blurry branches in the foreground.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 11h

🧵Wressle Church near Howden is a rather unusual little church, both in its architecture and its dedication. The present brick church was built in 1799 by Lord Egremont, at a time when new church building was relatively uncommon. Its simple design has something of the appearance

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

Mary Quant (1930-2023), British fashion designer and fashion icon who was pivotal the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman wearing a white mini dress with black diamonds in a vertical stripe, with short dark bob hairstyle and both hands up

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Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social · 22h

Whilst of course, I'm doing it for the love of the game, I'm also doing it to raise funds for #StHelens Mind, a small team who make a massive difference to people experiencing poor #MentalHealth. Please do consider donating, if you can. Cheers! #Hastings960 justgiving.com/page/hasting...

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York to Battle - #Hastings960 walk

Help Stephen Lingard raise money to support St.Helens Mind

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 22h

🧵One hundred and ten years ago today Private Ernest Taylor (1896 - 1916), from Horbury and of the York and Lancaster Regiment died in the Battle of the Somme He was one of those whose stories I included in the book Silent Witnesses. I included two letters which tell of the horror of war. On his

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Music and the Holocaust @holocaustmusic.bsky.social · 23h

Danish pianist and composer Herman David Koppel was born #OTD in 1908. In 1943 he fled with his family to Sweden and became a pianist of the Örebro Symfoniorkester. de.wikipedia.org/wik...

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And what of the white boys?

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The Phantom of the Mead Hall Bard @themeadhallbard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The month of russet and gold is upon us and the old Gods have blessed us with an abundance of Gemmifera. The shucking sous serfs have done their work and little crosses have been cut in the stalks. The cauldron water is near ebullient and as salty as Wülfhelms curses. The #YuletideSprouts are ON

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Stromness Museum @stromnessmuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Online booking is open for 'An Evening with the Shipwreck HMS Royal Oak' on Tue 13 Oct 2026. Emily Turton, Project Leader of the HMS Royal Oak Survey will present their 2025-2026 findings + Q&A session. 🎟️ Free entry but advance booking essential: www.tickettailor.com/events/strom...

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Select tickets – An Evening with the Shipwreck HMS Royal Oak - with Emily Turton – Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC)

An Evening with the Shipwreck HMS Royal Oak - with Emily Turton – Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC), Tue 13 Oct 2026 - Orkney Natural History Society Museum and Scapa 100 presents An Evenin...

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British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

THIS IS YORK (1953)

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's become a tradition of ours to ask you to #ShowUsYourBalls as part of National Sporting Heritage Day. Here's our multi-coloured tennis balls that were made at Slazenger's in Barnsley where are at one time all the tennis balls were made #NationalSportingHeritageDay #NSHD2026

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ruins of the bakehouse and horse mill in the south range of Middleham Castle, North Yorkshire. Additional domestic and service facilities were added to the castle in the 16th century, including a bakehouse in the south range and a pastry kitchen in the west range. The circular horse mill

The image shows the stone ruins of Middleham Castle in North Yorkshire. featuring the circular track of an old horse mill in the courtyard.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'A South Tyneside councillor says he has been branded a “traitor” after pushing back against what he calls far-right rhetoric spreading online in his borough. Matt Blair, a British Armed Forces veteran who served in Afghanistan, was elected as a Green ...' www.facebook.com/7DailyTRND/p... via TRND

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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh come on … sing it with me 😉😘

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James Barham @nowthenthee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Does anyone know where I can buy dried dates as a confectionery item? I have been eating dates with candied orange peel and they are 👌.

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Chefs Kiss French Chef

Alt: Chefs Kiss French Chef from an animated film

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pointing out selective outrage or cognitive dissonance is a way to be the victim of wild accusations made without thinking Try to think people. Its unfashionable in an identity driven cult, but give it a shot anywah. bsky.app/profile/dart...

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

'To the Farm' Bitumen Private Collection

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Remembering novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, born on this day 1810.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Corner Shop, Broughton, Salford, painting by Steven Scholes.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whitby, Yorkshire, photo by Rachel Barron.

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Bill Drees @billdrees.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Portadown OO lads shouldn’t be out in this inclement weather. We don’t want them getting pneumonia!! They can now walk indoors to their hearts content with this wonderful service.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧵Many first heard heard of Scarborough Fair through the famous English folk song, but it was once a major centre of medieval trade. Its origins lay in a royal charter granted by King Henry III in 1253, allowing Scarborough to hold a fair from the Feast of the Assumption to Michaelmas Day (today).

The illustration show a 15th-century manuscript illustration of a medieval market scene,

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

29 September 1930 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Hilda Weinberger, was born in Antwerp. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- The first two gas chambers near Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Black and white portrait of a young girl in a polka-dot dress with a large collar, seated on an antique chair.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Qwen are gaining ground with developers in Uganda, Kenya, and Nigeria, not because of geopolitics, but because they are cheaper and more flexible. Information Society Law Center's Melissa Ninsiima on the strategic consequences that follow.

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How China-Africa Relations Are Shaping the Geopolitics of AI

With China's investments, Africa is not simply a spectator of global AI developments but an emerging actor in the geopolitics of AI, writes Ninsiima Melissa.

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Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ten years ago today, the first episode of Britain's Lost Masterpieces* was on BBC4. Here's a thread of all the pictures we featured, with the new attributions and before & after photos. (*internationally, Amazon Prime etc, as 'The Art Detectives')

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

28 September 1908 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Ibolya Remenyi, was born in Csenger. In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow

Black and white photograph of a woman smiling, wearing a floral-patterned dress, posed outdoors.

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James Barham @nowthenthee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

250 soldiers surrendered and Russian SM loses its mind, in WW2 whole Soviet armies surrendered during Barbarosa. Proportion here comrades.

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Elsie Yorks 🐈‍⬛ @elsieyork.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reminded of this (from the 90s?) - Mark Thomas notes it’s scarier than he was expected at about 11 mins in. youtu.be/l0huphHEdmw

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Mark Thomas Comedy Product 03 07 Menwith Hill

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"

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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Did you know Bank/Monument Station has 16 entrances? It’s one of the most confusing stations on the London Underground, & with good reason I set out to find every single entrance and see just how far this Underground maze really goes. I counted 16 but I think there may be more?

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Macbeth: Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Lady Macbeth: I see we're going to have to go over the rules of Cluedo again.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

28 September 1888 | A Czech Jewish woman, Elsa Friedová, was born in Zábřeh. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber.

Vintage portrait of a woman wearing a dark blouse with a simple necklace, displaying a serious expression.

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James Barham @nowthenthee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Feminise a band: Joy's Division Maeve, Dee, Dozy,Michaela and Titch Thomson Twin Set and Pearls Maiden

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🇺🇦Zelensky: Just today and in Kyiv alone, Russian jet drones struck two kindergartens and two schools, an ordinary residential building, a service station, several warehouses and communication facilities. Everywhere in the world, such a choice of targets would be described in one word – terrorism.

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The safeguarding lead at Ellis' nursery once came out at pickup to talk to me. "Ellis has been talking about Colin. He says he shouts loudly, threatens to kill people, and he and Ellis play with guns in the garden." I explained Colin was a Dalek. There was a pause. "Is he a real Dalek?" #DoctorWho

Ellis and Colin the Dalek in the garden playing with Nerf guns.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A new Ian Beesley exhibition, Take a Walk on the Mild Side has gone in display at Salts Mill, Saltaire & is all about the health of walking to the pub & features destinations between Leeds & Manchester. 👇 Bradford photographer inspired by pubs walks for new exhibition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bradford photographer inspired by pubs walks for new exhibition

Ian Beesley's latest work is on display to the public at Salts Mill in Saltaire.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

27 September 1902 | A Dutch Jew, Leo de Vries was born in Amsterdam. A bank clerk. He arrived at #Auschwitz from Westerbork on 5 March 1944. He was among 477 people from his transport who were murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mummy From the Private Eye archive.

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