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Grodaeu @groda.eu · 02/08/2026

Why are the Brits shutting down history departments? Those are important departments.

Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Amend the discourse away from policing, detection and regulation around the use of AI to one of exploration, criticality and examination of the technology's impact on the given discipline. GenAI affects every discipline in some way, and we need to ensure our students understand how. A3 #LTHEChat.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Definitely a shame to see it go this way. I followed ZP over to Second Wind and it seems to be doing quite well, though.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Absolutely true, there's a point of cognitive dissonance there, isn't there. 'We have robust design and approval processes!' and 'there are too many vanity programmes!' don't quite mesh together, somehow...

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Oh that's another one that grates; I'd love to ask them what they actually mean by that.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I was mildly incensed at the latest use of 'Mickey Mouse degree' as a derogatory term for any course that's not directly industry-tied and/or actually helps develop critical thinking skills, to the point where I wanted to write something about it. drsamuelsaunders.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/w...

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What’s wrong with a ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree? As it turns out, absolutely nothing.

A few readers might have seen a comment I recently put on a LinkedIn post from Times Higher Ed COO Phil Baty, who was playing anti-university bingo with Suella Braverman’s, Reform UK’s …

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Five classes I took at university: Apocalypse Then: The Disastrous History of the Fourteenth Century (still the best module title I've ever seen). Atlantic Archaeology (Vikings!) Detective Fiction (Naturally) Medieval Lit 1&2 (Heroes! Chivalry!) Early 20th C Literature (Woolf and Other Modernists)

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Depends on the question type you're using and the way you display the responses, I think. under 'open-ended questions', you can pick the visualisation type - word-cloud, word-wall, or spotlight. I think word-wall has the largest limit at 500 characters. support.polleverywhere.com/hc/en-us/art...

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Open-ended question

The Open-ended activity type allows the audience to respond to the question with a written answer. Just like multiple choice activities, open-ended questions can receive responses through SMS text ...

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I've had some good results with Poll Everywhere if you're looking for Q&A.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I moved to Warrington 13 years ago and it's been wonderful to see its improvement. It also understands that not every local redevelopment needs to target retail - the mixture of businesses now in the town centre has helped it to diversify really well.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

It's advertising 101 that he's applying to politics - create a problem that's alleviated by purchase. The sooner we stop believing the problem, the sooner the product becomes irrelevant.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I think this might be one of my favourite pictures I've ever taken.

A picture of the back of a dining chair with two cat paws poking out from the top and left side simultaneously. I think it's hilarious.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I mean, a lot of these guys already did make a mess in government. The more of these defections that happen, the more people will (should?) remember how bad it was the first time around.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

There's a joke about the pen being mightier than the sword, and so the book must be tougher than armour, in there somewhere.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Wasn't it supposed to be a *bad thing* that various politicians/parties were going to take us back to the 1970s...?

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions or queries.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

'Respondants', too. Two for the price of one.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

This mouse has buried five husbands under mysterious circumstances.

A decoration of a felt mouse. She is wearing a red dress, a red fur boa, and a gold necklace. She is fabulous.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Very excited for BAVS to come to Liverpool next year, and very pleased to see our CfP out! No specific theme, we are open to any exploration of the multifaceted nature of 'the Victorian' - have a look at the call here: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...

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CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool

BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Technologically advance a band iParamore

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

An anonymous friend left me a Cacodemon pin badge on my desk and I love him.

A small red enamel pin badge of a Cacodemon from the Doom series. Best described as a 'bitey meatball', he is round, red, horned, and with a single green eye in the middle above a very wide, toothy mouth used to eating people, that he looks very proud of.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Slightly diminish a book Mild Expectations

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

And they don't get that, despite saying it, it doesn't win Farage supporters back, and it never will.

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Interested in coming and studying for a PhD with us? We have an opportunity in the Social and Solidarity Economy strand of the @justcentre.bsky.social We also have TWO post-doc positions which will be advertised in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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The contribution of Social and Solidarity Economies to Just Sustainability Transformations in the North of England. at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The contribution of Social and Solidarity Economies to Just Sustainability Transformations in the North of England. at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Have I reached some kind of academic milestone by genuinely spending a few hours panicking over a deadline for a thing I'd already submitted and had forgotten I'd finished?

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Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

#skyhistorians My uni, LJMU, have announced their VC PhD scholarships. Reach out to me if you are interested in doing something on homes; philanthropy/ charity; material culture and lived religion in the long c19th. These are competitive. You do need strong marks www.ljmu.ac.uk/research/phd...

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Vice-Chancellor PhD Scholarship 2026 application form

Apply for one of the studentships available to PhD students at Liverpool John Moores University, and join a fantastic, vibrant community of researchers.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Indiana Jones Still Does Not Know How to Share His Screen Properly

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Powerslave is top tier Maiden. Definitely cool.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

That was taken through a window so I braved the storm outside to get a better picture

A beautiful pink and peach rose surrounded by green foliage.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Latest rose to open, I utterly adore this one. It's called 'Gorgeous', and I think it definitely lives up to its name.

A frankly magnificent rose flower, with bright pink edges, fading to white in the middle of the petals, and then a deep orange at the centre of the flower. It's surrounded by deep green foliage.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

It's all so incredibly short-sighted.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I wonder if they are at least partially okay with it, for the simple reason that they perceive that it'll make the sector less expensive.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Had a blast at day 1 of #aheconference25, spoke about GenAI podcasts as formative feedback on draft assessments and as opportunity for dialogue, seemed to go down well. A sold out room, in any case!

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Thoroughly enjoyed this session today!

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I've missed quite a few #RoseWednesday pictures so here's 'Churchill' to make up for it.

An absolutely enormous, fluffy cream-pink coloured rose with a slightly yellowed centre. There's not really anything else in the picture because it's so huge.

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Pesky Professor @peskyprofessor.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

True story ⤵️

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

This is utterly hilarious, but it's also a brilliant example of how *everything* is now tacitly an advertisement, even if you already own the thing they're trying to sell. Your 'brushing experience' - it's like they can't help themselves.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I think my cat instinctively knows that I am going out all day today, and is acting up by throwing up in SEVEN (7) different places, and then staring at me insolently as if to say 'are you sure you got them all? Because I'm not.'

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

For this week's #RoseWednesday, here's our first flower of 2025 on 'Emma Bridgewater'.

A bright pink open rose flower surrounded by green foliage. The middle has a slight yellowness in it.

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