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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 15h

I told you all not to try to make this into a thing and you lot made it into a thing this is not very platty jubes

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 7h

You hate to see it… no, hang on, wait. The other thing. 😂

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 9h

At 6pm on Tuesday 3 November we welcome Sathnam Sanghera to give the 2026 RHS Public History Lecture @greshamcollege.bsky.social. Sathnam's lecture is entitled 'What History is NOT'. In-person booking at Gresham opens tomorrow (3 October) bit.ly/4xURpl1 Online booking is also available #Skystorians

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What History is NOT

In the past, history was presented to us as a settled story: a pile of dates to memorise, a handful of “great men” to admire, a heritage of statues and plaques to defend from “erasure”. In the 21st ce...

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 16h

Currently reading A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh (1934). They’re in a country house and playing Traitors! Except that no doubt it’s about to get very real.

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'THe idea is this, began Sir Hubert, as Vassily delicately circulated his mixture: 'you all know the usual version of the Murder Game. One person is chosen as the murderer, his identity being concealed from all the players. They scatter, and he seizes his moment to ring a bell or bang a gong. This symbolizes the 'murder. They collect and hold a trial, one person being appointed as prosecuting attorney. By intensive examination he tries to discover the "murderer"?
'Excuse me, please,' said Doctor Tokareff. 'I am still, how you say, unintelligible. I have not been so happy to gambol in susha funny sport heretobefore, so please make him for me more clearer?
'Isn't he sweet?" asked Mrs Wilde, a good deal too loudly.
'I will explain my version, said Sir Hubert, and I think it will then be quite clear. To-night at dinner one of us will be handed a little scarlet plaque by Vassily. I myself do not know upon which of the party his choice will fall, but let us pretend, for the sake of argument, that Mr Bathgate is cast by Vassily for the part of the murderer.
He will take his scarlet plaque and say nothing to any-body. He has between five-thirty to-morrow afternoon and eleven to-morrow night as the time allotted for the performance of his "murder". He must try to get one of us alone, unknown to the others, and at the crucial moment tap him on the shoulder and say, "You are the corpse." He will then switch off the lights at the main…

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15h

no I'm sorry who told Le Monde we were calling it "Breturn", own up

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 19h

Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (3?) in a sparkly blue dress with sparkly red shoes is cycling a tiny tricycle as FAST as she can go! A big placid dog (Staffy cross snuggle?) is trotting at her side. Two friends off on an adventure.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15h

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

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Stephanie @stephanieoffer.bsky.social · 8h

Couldn't Robert & Lynda's dogs run around in Brian's caravan storage field? Combine both business ideas in one handy piece of land #TheArchers

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 13h

I promise you if I tried this even once I'd be hauled up into a disciplinary. But Dr Orr? Little research, no teaching, no problem. www.varsity.co.uk/news/32175

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Orr’s lectures covered by a postgrad

James Orr had a postgrad cover approximately seven lectures, allegedly without the Divinity Faculty’s knowledge

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So, my elder kiddo has just started school and he’s really struggling, in ways I don’t yet feel comfortable detailing. The long and the short of it is that school is somehow mashing all his triggers sufficiently that he’s ending up in peak dysregulation regularly, and it’s not even been 3 weeks…

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 17h

What work?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h

@davetuller1.bsky.social, a great champion of patients, interviewed me about the massive, ongoing scandal of the neglect, abuse and mistreatment of people with ME/CFS www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maae...

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Interview with George Monbiot about Guardian column on ME/CFS

YouTube video by David M Tuller

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Stephanie @stephanieoffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How is this dog field going to make them enough money to make up for the loss of the B&B? And are they going to sit there all day every day outside letting dogs/clents in and out? #TheArchers

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Ross Carroll @rosscarroll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My article on Edmund Burke, slavery, and plantation governance is finally out in Political Theory. I can’t recall how long I’ve worked on it at this stage. Definitely feeling more wearily relieved than jubilant. I hope some readers find it useful. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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The Perils of Improvement: Burke, Slavery, and Colonial Governance in the West Indies - Ross Carroll, 2026

Edmund Burke’s thoughts on plantation slavery have long been the subject of scholarly attention. Too often, however, discerning Burke’s long-term intention in r...

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a great opportunity to dive into the @carcanet.bsky.social catalogue … some extraordinary poets + me …

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1/3 Every anti-reparations activist I debate with insists on the overweeing importance of African slave-traders' complicity in supplying Britons with captives for the plantations. Their argument is precisely that of the C18 scientific racist and justifier of slavery Edward Long:

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October is Black History Month. Check out this book list for children and young adults, which includes a wide range of engaging and informative reads relating to Black history. www.scottishbooktrust.com/booklists/bl...

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Black History Month books for children and young adults | Scottish Book Trust

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Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada today. Canada’s process of reconciliation is very much an imperfect work in progress, I wonder what it will take for us to have a similar day in Britain to reflect on legacies of enslavement, colonialism and genocide of indigenous peoples.

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Stephanie @stephanieoffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I realised that my cat shouts at my male lodger a lot, but is mostly silent with me, just the odd chirrup and intense stares

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great to see a new post added to the #OnePlaceStudy website for #Stretton in #Cheshire! Inspired by David Olusoga’s series ‘Finding Britain’s Slave Traders’ and the launch of the Register of British Slave Traders, Clare Olver has written about Stretton, Slavery & Social Networks. #OnePlaceWednesday

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Stretton, Slavery & Social Networks

James Bradshaw by Joseph Wright of Derby If you’ve been watching Professor David Olusoga’s series ‘Finding Britain’s Slave Traders’ you will have seen the new Register of Br…

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why is this ruinous and uncorrected tory austerity rarely discussed?

During the 2010s, councils' overall core funding per person fell by 26% in real terms, on average, with higher council tax revenues only partially offsetting a 46% fall in funding from central government. But these cuts affected areas differently: in the most deprived tenth of councils, funding per person fell by 35%, compared with 15% in the least deprived areas. Councils in the North and London were also relatively harder hit.

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Martine Brennan @saytheirnamesir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'For Edwina Harleston Whitlock, born in #CharlestonSouthCarolina, there is no doubt about her #Irish ancestry. She can trace her lineage through William Harleston (1804-1874) back to John Harleston of Dublin who arrived in Charleston about 1698.' irishdiasporahistory.wordpress.com/2021/06/06/c...

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Cousins? African American Irish and DNA insights.

Martine Brennan writes about her digital public history project, ‘Enslavement to Citizenship: African Americans in Irish Slaveholder Records, 1670-1862’ and the insights into the divers…

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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We've just launched a new digital resource! Almost 15,000 entries, covering every Fellow, Honorary Fellow, Member and Licentiate of our College from our foundation to 1926. Check it out 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/phy...

Promotional image. A composite image of nine doctors, text on image reads 'physicians database'

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No, the difference between "join" and "rejoin" really doesn't matter, just as in the past it didn't mater if it was an "association agreement" or a "free trade agreement", and it continues not to matter if the EU is or is not the organisation the UK left. Wood. Trees.

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Paddling (canoeing) across Windermere today, into the teeth of a pretty stiff Force 3 wind - lumpy, and just this side of whitecaps - I came across a swimming squirrel, looking very stressed. Not a planned swim, I'm guessing. It was 300m to either shore, so I'm not sure s/he was going to be okay.

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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The state of it

Dazed cat who has stuffed his face with fish and can barely move. Tiny front legs like a T Rex.

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is such a serious issue. It's time for the government to level with the public about the threats from the climate and nature crisis - and what can still be done if we face the challenge together as a nation. #NationalEmergencyBriefing

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Dr Meg Kobza @fancyhistorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Help! Does anyone, by chance, have either photos or transcriptions of Thomas Parsons's diary? In whole or part? He was a stonecutter in Bath in 1769. It's at the Huntington and all I can find a handful of articles :/ #18thc #skystorians

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kallik is a bearrel of fun

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Kate Astbury @100days1815.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’ve had an amazing week as a guest of the National Trust of St Lucia with my former PhD student Abigail Coppins. We’ve been presenting the story of the St Lucians held as prisoners of war at Portchester castle in the 1790s, helping to fill a gap in the history of the island 🗃️

A view of the 2 Pitons with the town of Soufrière nestled in the valley beneath

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In his review, Christopher D. E. Willoughby posits that enlightenment universalism and racial hierarchy were not simple opposites and that Edinburgh’s university, museums, medicine, and imperial networks made racial thought durable. bit.ly/4z7y9Ca @unlv.edu

Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750–1820 by Linda Andersson Burnett and Bruce Buchan (review by Christopher D. E. Willoughby)

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Everyone say it with me: AI companies are ✨extraction machines at scale✨. They are DESIGNED to sift through a million stupid ideas per second to find the next golden egg they can monetize. And they are destroying our Earth, at scale, to do this.

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Ian @ianpatterson.com · 28/09/2026

Its amazing how little impact all of the grey zone events, and war in Ukraine, have had in UK. Where is the comms campaign even Starmer promised. Other countries are rebuilding their bunkers - and what are we doing? Where's the sign of life in UK politics. Its like autopilot bsky.app/profile/step...

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Fi Bowler @fibowler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So far this morning Reg has: - dived headfirst off of a chest of drawers onto Margo Leadbetter - opened all of the kitchen cupboards - got the zoomies so intensely that he toboggan slid down the stairs He is currently sat in said chest of drawers plotting, I assume, my demise

Tuxedo cat peering round the side of a chest of drawers

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration.

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Stephanie @stephanieoffer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've stopped catastrophying &done some research into the correct branch of the St Barbe family, which is also interesting. It really shows the value &importance to research of databases like the British slave traders This is the wrong St Barbe britishslavetraders.org/individual/p... #C18th 🗃

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John St Barbe

London ship-owner, insurer and shipbroker, co-owner of a slaving voyage from London by the Sandown to Rio Nunez and Kingston Jamaica in 1793.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lots of pieces in the print media recently about the decline of reading in children. Here's a little thread on ways to help your kids get reading again:

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Bill Braviner @billbraviner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MorningPrayer Keep us ever open, Lord Jesus, to your call; to the surprising ways in which you apprehend our attention and our will. May we always be ready to follow your lead, as you direct our paths in the way you set for us. Give us grace to follow, and to lead others to you.

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Ben Fulford @benmfulford.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When I teach Susan Neiman’s Learning from the Germans, it’s the Stolperstein that students find most powerful as an example of ‘working off the past’. I don’t think Neiman would be surprised at this news, which underlines what’s at stake in that work - and the importance of learning from it.

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Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As it's TS Eliot’s birthday, here's the church at East Coker (the village his ancestors came from, which gives its name to the second of the Four Quartets, and where his ashes are buried) and the shelter in Margate where he wrote parts of The Waste Land.

The west front of an English parish church in honey-coloured stone, with a tall tower to one side of the nave. Conifers are massed along the far edge of the churchyard, marking the edge of parkland.

An early 30th century open fronted shelter on a promenade.

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Coming up Monday, September 28 at 4:45pm (University Hall) in the Center for Historical Research #America250 Program at Ohio State - Paul Barba, Leila Blackbird, and me chairing/moderating - free, public, w/registration, come on out!🗃️ history.osu.edu/events/slave...

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Slavery, Labor, & Unfreedom in the Age of the American Revolution - Panel 2

Panel 2: Challenging Unfreedom & Political Violence In the Age of RevolutionsRegister Here

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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

William Richard Lethaby, Blois, 1882 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont…

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Presented by Miss Grace A. Crosby 1932

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Would be good if the Government's official response to the column was: "The former Prime Minister is entitled to his own opinions, but he is not entitled to his own facts" 😁

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“‘Hell!' said Harriet. 'Oxford, thou too?'”

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Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I broadly agree but I’m genuinely not taking the piss - this is reverse racism and the bigotry of low expectations against white people, who Shabana Mahmood thinks are deeply bigoted and liable to lose control of their senses and descend into base violence if people try to explain things to them

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