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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

August was the 50th anniversary of the founding of Stiff Records. What a label. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiff_Rec…

en.wikipedia.org

Stiff Records - Wikipedia

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ye is a real thorn in my side

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Would you like some Ye Olde English Fishe and Chippes? yeoldefishandchips.co.uk (it's possible I just went down a Ye Olde Englishe Googlye Rabbitte Hole)

yeoldefishandchips.co.uk

Welcome

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Do wish people would get their terminology right. Clearly it should be "Ye Olde Englishe", which is an entirely different beast from "Old English".

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great #earlyModern name... complete shitbag person, as it turns out...

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I made some more choropleth maps of #earlyModern datasets: 16th c Court of Requests, Star Chamber; long 17th c Apprentice petitions, Wills; 18th c Pauper and Vagrant removals. Fun and even a bit thought provoking. inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/posts…

inhermindseye.github.io

More Early Modern Choropleths – In Her Mind’s Eye

County maps for six early modern England & Wales datasets

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Want. www.bonhams.com/auction/3258...

photo of a ceramic tortoiseshell and white cat with a bird in its mouth.

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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Check out the lots in the Sandy Lerner Cat Collection sale (part 1) at Bonhams, and be dazzled: www.bonhams.com/auction/3258...

An Andy Warhol drawing from the series “25 Cats Name[d] Sam and One Blue Pussy.” A pink striped tabby reclines on an ivory background; he has green eyes and he’s labeled “Sam” with Warhol’s signature at left.

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

aka "offcuts" "randomcrap" "wtfwereyouthinking" etc

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

inhermindseye.github.io

More Early Modern Choropleths – In Her Mind’s Eye

County maps for six early modern England & Wales datasets

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Documentation gets the thumbs up. 🤓

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Having just got in from shopping and checked scores, I'm mildly surprised FFS Somerset isn't Trending.

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Look at the cutie! 😻😻😻😻

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I particularly like it when the catalogue seems to say you have access up to the latest volume but in fact it's only up to last year.

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The joy of posting an online resource (@oldbaileyonline.bsky.social in 2008!) and your news strategy is so successful it grinds to a halt within a couple of hours. Oh we LOLed.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Unknown artist, Brown Cat, published by George Routledge and Sons, c.1872. #Caturday

Brown tabby cat lying next to an empty white mat on a green rug, a ball in the foreground, pinkish background. Painting.

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Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New paper on swearing online! "Findings demonstrate that while it remains important to examine who swears online, it is also critical to examine other dimensions of variability, including where, when, how, and with whom swear words are used." academic.oup.com/dsh/article/...

academic.oup.com

Swearing online: exploring dimensions of variability in born-digital data

Abstract. Swearing involves the use of words interpreted as obscene, derogatory, or offensive, and so can have a significant societal impact in the digital

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Born on this day 1734, in Derby, Joseph Wright (of Derby). Here, self-portrait of the artist as a young man, handsome and pensive.

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today's the day! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: a True Crime History of Georgian Britain' is officially out in the UK with @calonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks @k8lister.bsky.social for the endorsement! #history #newbook #skystorians #book

The cover of the book Rogues Rakes and Robbers A true crime history of Georgian Britain by Angela Muir

The back cover of the book Rogues Rakes and Robbers a true crime history of Georgian Britain by Angela Muir, with an endorsement from Kate Lister saying 'Muir stands and delivers a roaring account of crime in Georgian Britain'

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I love Joseph Wright's work and I love even more that you can wander into an unassuming, pleasingly random provincial gallery and see a whole room full of his paintings. (And an orrery!) Maybe I'll go and visit again.

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I like it! I just looked in the County field (for the quick wins) and this is digging into the description texts.

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Annoyingly, the map has suddenly acquired a load of "API KEY REQUIRED" warnings which were not there before! I'll investigate.

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Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Puppy playing with a Pheasant Feather Yi Am 16th / 17th century Philadelphia Museum of Art #InternationalDogDay

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy #InternationalDogDay 🐶 Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange celebrates all the good boys and girls with a dog theme. Discover portraits of dogs 👉 artuk.org/discover/stories/art-gone… 🧑‍🎨 Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) 📷 Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery

Portrait of a scruffy brown and tan dog with expressive eyes against a muted brown background.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just remembered the Dolly Parton bus.

The National Express 925 bus service between Woking Station and Heathrow Airport.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Rhinoceros. Unlike Durer, George Stubbs had actually seen this animal when he painted it in 1790! He was born on this day in 1724.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Embroidered textile with Animals, Birds, and Flowers Eastern Central Asia late 12th–14th century (Met Museum)

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I know Simon Jenkins is a twat, and I don't want to go and read the actual article because twat, but I'm really struggling to work out how traffic laws force him to cycle through red lights.

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Also thinking about possibly maybe doing a STAC 5 post at some point. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C136…

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

And to mark the move to a new url, a new #EarlyModern blog post! I liked @thegozfather.bsky.social 's newly completed Court of Requests (TNA REQ2) catalogue data so much I made a map of it. inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/posts…

inhermindseye.github.io

A Map of the Elizabethan Court of Requests – In Her Mind’s Eye

TNA REQ 2 Pleadings by English and Welsh counties, 1558-1603

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

inhermindseye.github.io

A Map of the Elizabethan Court of Requests – In Her Mind’s Eye

TNA REQ 2 Pleadings by English and Welsh counties, 1558-1603

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A bit of news: I've moved my data blog to github (to make upkeep easier); if you have anything bookmarked redirects should work, but rss will need updating. inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/

inhermindseye.github.io

Explorations in history data – In Her Mind’s Eye

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Dr Caroline Bourne @carolinebourne.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Working on #MedievalWales or the March but don't how your research fits with the #IMC2027 communities theme? Worry not! We would like to hear from you regardless of the topic so that we can highlight the latest exiting research. #MedievalSky #Medieval #Medievalist #MedievalHistory #MedievalStudies

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Kieran - North East Heritage Library @neheritagelib.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm incredibly proud that I'm releasing the first tranche of research into 19th century inquests today. Our website now features the names of over 500 individuals who died in questionable circumstances over 39 years, many of them children and women, in Newcastle.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A merganser duck, n.d., by #MariaSibyllaMerian (German, 1647-1717). Held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4828 #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory

A drawing of a female merganser duck in tones of brown, tan and white, executed in graphite, watercolor, and gum arabic, highlighted with white on vellum. The bird faces toward the left edge of the page, resting its bill on its breast. The work is signed M. Sibylla Merian in brown ink at the very bottom right.

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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day to all the ghoulies celebrating! Illustration from a 13th-century Bestiary, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS Bodl. 533, f. 13r 🐈‍⬛🖤