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Sara Caputo

@saracaputo.bsky.social
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History Assistant Prof. & Director of Studies at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. Histories of maritime labour, mapping, and medicine (Britain, France, Spain, & Italy). www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-sara-c…

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The University of Exeter has confirmed that it won’t proceed with compulsory redundancies “at this time”. This means colleagues do not need to complete the pro forma, and there will be no selection process.
NO COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES photo of Nicole Kidman looking incredibly joyful and free after her divorce from Tom Cruise was finalised
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The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📢PROJECT UPDATE📢 You may have seen the news that the University of Exeter, home of the wills project, has placed 500 academics at risk of redundancy. The project leader Prof. Jane Whittle & project co-investigator Dr Laura Sangha are both at risk, alongside almost all of the History department. 1/
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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Last week, about a third of the History department were able to gather together on graduation day. Rather than lend our intellectual authority to the official procession and ceremony we invited our students to come and celebrate their achievements with us in a shady courtyard. They came. 1/
A group of world leading historians in their finery, some in gowns, stand together under a tree. Some carry signs saying 'Historian at risk', other raise a glass to the camera.
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Petition here, for those who haven't seen it yet. #Exeter #UCU c.org/N2wCysqZj2
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.
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Elaine Murphy @plymprivateer.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
BCMH New Researchers is Maritime History conference will be in Southampton on 17/18 April this year -CFP now open - details and submission link here www.maritimehistory.org.uk/new-research... #maritimehistory
Poster for New Researchers in Maritime History Conference CFP
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
It was also not super common yet to represent run-of-the-mill voyages as tracks on maps, and few charts have survived, so your best bet is probably looking at textual accounts.
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Coming back North required a different route, due to the trade winds. A classic study discussing this is John Law, 'Technology and Heterogeneous Engineering: The Case of Portuguese Expansion', in Bijker et al., The Social Construction of Technological Systems (MIT Press, 2012).
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weatherwaxesme.bsky.social @weatherwaxesme.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
@saracaputo.bsky.social I saw your book and thought, that would be an excellent read for our sailing trip in Croatia. Was not disappointed, great book!
The book Tracks on the Ocean by Sara Caputo lying on the back of a sailing boat, in the background the sea, some Islands, blue sky and the sun low on the horizon.
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Oh, thank you! A really lovely picture and a very flattering comment, especially coming from someone with the sky-high standards of Granny Weatherwax.
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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived! Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
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The Scottish History Society
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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland. scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
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SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"Ocean routes’ complicated beginnings." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @saracaputo.bsky.social & @uchicagopress.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Thank you!
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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I'm very pleased to announce that the call for proposed Special Issues of the Historical Journal is now live, with a deadline of 12th December. Please do spread widely among your networks — @saracaputo.bsky.social and I look forward to reading your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Historical Journal Call for Special Issues
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Thank you! I don't think any book *could* ever truly explain this, but Tracks does certainly grapple with the hugely mind-blowing nature of voyaging, and how people have tried to make sense of it, or indeed wield it.
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Thank you!
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Thank you!
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Thank you, Elke!
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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Tracks on the Ocean
An engaging look at ocean routes’ complicated beginnings and elusive impact.   Sara Caputo’s Tracks on the Ocean is a sweeping history of how we have understood routes of travel over the ocean and ho...
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Paperback day!
Cover of book 'Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel'. Ship and map on blue background.
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Thank you! More writing about maps is always a good thing, and the more paths leading to it the merrier. I'm delighted you are enjoying the book.
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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Did a seagull write these
A sign by a restaurant that says, "DO NOT BE AFRAID OF OVERFEEDING: Seagulls are dainty eaters." In the background you can see the Puget Sound and two people feeding seagulls.The other side of the sign reads: "SEAGULLS WELCOME: Seagull lovers are welcome to feed seagulls in need. Please do not feed pidgeons." -Ivar's Pier 54 Fish Bar
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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh @gianamar97.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
So excited to share my new article in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social: "Colonial World-Making and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape of Good Hope" (Open access) academic.oup.com/past/advance...
first page of the article
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Hooray!! Huge congratulations, Elaine!
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Thank you!
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Jochen Hung @jochenhung.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Are you looking for a publisher for your manuscript in cultural history or heritage studies? We are setting up a new book series with Bloomsbury, titled Cultural History and Historical Culture.
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
People don't seem to know that anyone can buy an interrail pass which makes European train travel much cheaper. Please tell them! www.interrail.eu/en
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Interrail.eu | 1 rail pass, 33 countries
Travel across Europe and discover 33 countries by train with Interrail. Enjoy the best rail travel experience in Europe with our Interrail Pass!
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. 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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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Excited to be giving the keynote address for this on Thursday afternoon, entitled 'Making and Unmaking the World of the Early English East India Company'. The talk involves a lot of drinking, multilingual cursing, and things going up in flames. And that's if it goes well! #earlymodern #skystorians
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Cameron Holloway @cameronholloway.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Really enjoyed speaking to Julian Clover for Cambridge Radio's Cambs Politics cambridge105.co.uk/cambs-politi...
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Cambs Politics 08/06/2025
Julian Clover and Trevor Dann present the June edition of Cambs Politics; featuring Lucy Nethsingha, the Lib Dem leader of Cambridgeshire County Council, Mike Davey, the former leader of Cambridge …
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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
There's no doubt that editors for academic publishing need more help and support to keep things going. But my god, this isn't it. I've published in a number of OUP outlets. This would force me to reconsider. I suspect other #SkyStorians will, too.
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Oxford University Press and Hum sign agreement to pilot Alchemist Review
Oxford University Press partners with Hum to pilot Alchemist Review, an AI-based editorial assistant that will enhance manuscript assessment while reducing a...
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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
So happy to see this out! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi... #CoastalHistory
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‘It's an Ill Wind that Blows Good to Nobody’ | 28 | The Environment, S
Coastal inhabitants of the nineteenth-century Atlantic Archipelago witnessed a larger number of shipwrecks, driven by increased storm frequency and intensity at
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Congratulations, Cathryn! It looks super interesting!
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Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Wrath keeps overtaking me everytime I think about RFK. Why? I'm a type 1 diabetic. I got it when I was 14. Guess what you need if you're a type 1 diabetic? Insulin. Or you die. But my family believed that it could be cured with herbs & faith healing. I had a near death experience when I was 14. 🧵
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 01/05/2025
Applications now invited for the Society's Masters' Scholarships 2025-26 bit.ly/4bJs8je Scholarships support history students, from groups currently underrepresented in academic history, to undertake a Masters' degree at a UK university. Closing date for Stage 1 applications: 6 June #Skystorians
Image of a mortar board with the text: 'Masters' Scholarships 2025-26: supporting students from groups under-represented in history'
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
A very succinct summation of why AI isn't going to be the thing they say it is. There's no road to there from where we are.
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James Kirkham @jdkirkham.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Icebergs? The size of a city? 90 miles from the UK? Must be a joke, right? No! Our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com shows massive tabular icebergs broke off the UK in the last ice age before the UK’s ice shelves disintegrated from climate warming. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @bas.ac.uk
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Change in iceberg calving behavior preceded North Sea ice shelf disintegration during the last deglaciation - Nature Communications
Massive tabular icebergs broke off of the UK during the last ice age. The widespread break-up of the ice shelves which produced these giant icebergs can be traced to around 18,000 years ago, and likel...
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
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Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🌊🌊🌊New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊 Check out Sijian Wang (Uni of Hawaii at Manoa)’s rvw of @saracaputo.bsky.social (@cambridgeuni.bsky.social)’s bk _ Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps, & Maritime Travel_pub 2024 @uchicagopress.bsky.social #oceans Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Such a lovely review! I'm very glad that she liked the book. Thank you to you both.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The @royalhistsoc.org reports on the tragic and stupid cuts to university History provision in the UK. The RHS alone has worked with 23 depts in trouble, and 90% of post-92 History groups have made cuts. Madness. royalhistsoc.org/rhs-presiden...
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Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Such a great surprise in the post today! Fantastic study by @jakedyble.bsky.social. Digs really deep into early modern Italian archives and comes out full of original ideas. It won the British Commission for Maritime History Prize, too! Open Access: openaccess.boydellandbrewercms.com/publications...
Cover of book 'Managing Maritime Risk in Early Modern Europe: General Average in Law and Practice in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany', by Jake Dyble.
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SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The Society for Military History is now archiving historical materials related to military history that are disappearing from federal or state websites. We are open to submissions, anonymously or otherwise. Please see www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.
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Archived Resources | The Society for Military History
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 08/04/2025
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to “conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.”

The Department of the Interior is excited about the potential of “de-extinction” technology and how it may serve broader purposes beyond the recovery of lost species, including strengthening biodiversity protection efforts and helping endangered or at-risk species.

The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave. In fact, 97 percent of species that are added to the endangered list remain there. This is because the status quo is focused on regulation more than innovation.

It’s time to fundamentally change how we think about species conservation. Going forward, we must celebrate removals from the endangered list - not additions. The only thing we’d like to see go extinct is the need for an endangered species list to exist. We need to continue improving recovery efforts to make that a reality, and the marvel of “de-extinction” technology can help forge a future where populations are never at risk.

Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation – not regulation – that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation.

The Dire Wolf revival carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage.

Breakthroughs of this nature will inspire leading minds and future generations of innovators to chase the impossible, capture it, and unleash its potential!

The Department of the Interior looks forward to a vibrant future full of innovation that advances core missions such as wildlife conservation.
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