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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Goodbye, Cardiff! Hwyl fawr, Caerdydd!
A red Welsh dragon sculpture on a stone wall. A view of Cardiff Castle with the Welsh flag flying. The castle is a pale stone keep on a grass-covered mound.  A view of Sophia Gardens cricket ground. The seating on view is dark blue, with a 3 daffodils made up of yellow and green seats. The outfield is lush and green, the sky is blue with some clouds, and the stadium light on view is switched on. A view of Sophia Gardens cricket ground with a cricket match on progress.
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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Please do come along to this webinar - we'd love to share our research into Scottish women's cricket with you. Registration link in the post below.
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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This made me smile, attached to an ordinary cast iron drainpipe on a house in Durham. #TinyJoys
A cast iron drain pipe going down the side of a white-painted house.  A crest of red feathers and a bright orange beak made from something solid have been attached around it.  It looks remarkably like "Feathers McGraw", the evil criminal penguin from The Wrong Trousers.
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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Is anyone able to help out someone in hospital in Bury St Edmunds with no local support?
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newadrian.bsky.social @newadrian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We have just had proper rain here for the first time since June - and I have just come to realise that the purpose of Test cricket as a ritual in England is TO MAKE IT RAIN IN THE SUMMER. We have angered the gods with The Hundred and we must return to the old ways.
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Do I happen to know anyone who knows about hats in France during the reign of Louis XIII...? 🗃️
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Please help: have I imagined it or is there an account on here that uses Lego figures to illustrate academic scenarios?
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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It's England's world cup semi-finals day. Forget team selection dilemmas and xG analysis. What you really want is a really nerdy deep-dive into football, pub opening hours, and what they tell you about the most important form of legislation that you may never have heard of. Let's go.
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If anyone has good tips for navigating the #Proms ticket site, which areas are good with mobility restrictions and how to select seats, please let me know - I’m disappointingly confused!
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
That was a beautiful shot
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A heatwave cartoon for @newscientist.com
1. Title: The North Wind and the Sun quarrelled as to who was the stronger. 

2. The Sun says: "I propose a wager: See yonder traveller, let us see who can make him remove his cloak."

3. The northwind blows on the traveller, the sun says: "You blow yet he only wraps it tighter!"

4. The sun shines on the traveller, saying: Observe! . The traveller mutters "nice and warm"

5. The Sun says "See, my kindness brought results!" The traveller has removed hos cloak and begins to sweat. "Fair enough, you win." concedes the North Wind.

6. "Tremble before my gracious heat!" says the sun, smiling bradly. His heat has started a fire. the traveller flees. The North Wind says "I think that’s enough."

7. "Let the world burn with my cleansing benevolence!!" blazes the sun madly, now grown huge in the sky. The land is a burning fireball. "Now you’re scaring me!" says the North Wind anxiously.
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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EThOS records restored
We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.
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King’s Open Research @kclopenresearch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Sunday the 5th of July is Research Appreciation Day! We want to thank all of our fantastic researchers who make King's College London a hub for innovation and development. You can browse our research for free at the King's Research Portal: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/
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Research support | King’s College London
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
So are France’s alternative jerseys white and gold or blue and black?
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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I'm giving my LGBT London history talk again tomorrow. This time at 1pm at Shoe Lane Library. Tickets availble for in person or to watch online. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgbtq-and-...
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LGBTQ and London history
Join Melanie Strong for a talk on LGBTQ on historical archival collections held in the City.
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I am BEGGING people - think tanks, governments, random organisations - to DATE YOUR REPORTS WHEN YOU DO THE PDFS. It should not be THIS HARD to find a BLOODY PUBLICATION DATE. You might think everyone will remember the magical day you published it years later. But you are delusional.
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Archives West Midlands @archiveswm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Free #online session 'A Brief Introduction to AI for Archive Services' Open to any staff member or volunteer of #ArchivesWM member services 📆Weds 16 September 🕰️9:30am-12:30pm @mrcwarwick.bsky.social To book place 👇
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A Brief Introduction to AI for Archive Services
Artificial Intelligence is growing in its influence on the work of the archive sector.  AI has the potential to be a useful tool in assisting archival processes but also creates new challenges for the...
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This feels a very “sometimes cricket really doesn’t help itself” moment #FifaMensWorldCup
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 12/06/2026
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Tickets Alert: A chance to step inside the original Public Records strongroom
There’s a rare chance to step inside the original strongroom where the nation’s public records were once housed as part of a new immersive audio exhibition.
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Dr Alice Violett @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
Save Our Libraries Essex now have a petition up against Reform banning promotion of Pride, Black History Month and other inclusive events in libraries: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/libr…
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Libraries for all! | 38 Degrees
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Happy International Archives Day to those who celebrate
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Kat @byekitty.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
happy International Archives Day! if you would like to make archives happy you could do worse than with some online volunteering for me – look at pictures! read 19th century minutes! very straightforward, very satisfying, no commitment necessary. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac... (scroll down)
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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
There really should have been a module at Library School called 'Furniture: who has stolen ours and where did this table come from?'
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Leiden University Library published Nomenclator, world's first institutional library printed catalogue #OTD 1595. ⁦‪University of Leiden
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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Can anyone on #MedievalBluesky help please? I am looking for a piece of medieval artwork showing a representation of Death hiding his face so as not to frighten the child whose life he is coming to claim. Think it was part of a #DanseMacabre I saved it on Twitter and now can't access that account.
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King’s Open Research @kclopenresearch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Stress Awareness Month Research can be stressful: deadlines, publishing pressure, data management, and compliance. Over the next month we will be sharing information and tools to help support researchers manage these pressures and to raise awareness about stress within research culture. #Kings
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 17/03/2026
Today is the Spring Equilux for the southern half of the UK, where daylight is closest to 12 hours From tomorrow, days will be longer than the nights until late September Check out the explainer here 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=3Oc5...
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King’s Open Research @kclopenresearch.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Call for recommendations 🙏 At our next journal club, we're going to be discussing predatory and non-reputable practices in research publishing. We're looking for recommendations for articles or papers on this topic. If you know of any please let us know!
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King’s Open Research @kclopenresearch.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Happy 10th Birthday to the FAIR principles! The guiding principles of data management were first published in this comment piece 10 years ago today. They state that data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. You can read the article here: www.nature.com/articles/sda...
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Shocked to hear about the fire in Glasgow, an old stomping ground of mine. Thinking of all the crews involved in combatting the fire, and especially those from Maryhill fire station.
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Really hoping that @paralympicsgb.bsky.social will be sharing these (as well as the athletes’ profiles of course) as the games progress.
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
So glad I’m not the only person who inadvertently sometimes says Canadia.
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King’s Open Research @kclopenresearch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Data management is a core part of good research practice. To kick off Love Data Week, our data lifecycle shows data's journey through planning, collecting, organising, storing, preserving and sharing to support open research. #LoveData26 #KCL
The background is pink with pale digital hearts. 
The title is 'The Research Data Life Cycle at King's'. 
The body of the text says: 'Plan. See if you can rekindle an old flame by looking for existing data you can reuse. Ask yourself: What are you looking for in a partner your data? (Your partner is crossed out). Boundaries! Consider ethics, consent, data protection, and funder requirements. Write a Data Management Plan (DMPOnline is your wingperson!). 
There is an image in the top left of green and yellow cables. 
There is an image in the top right which says 'Love Data Week February 9-13, 2026'The background is white with pink digital hearts. The text reads:
Section 1: Collect. Handle with care - collect data securely and responsibly. Consent is essential - follow all governance requirements. Check-in - Have processes in place to provide quality assurance. Why didn't you write me? Keep detailed records as you go! 
Section 2: Organise. Settling down - clean, organise, and document your data. What is your data's love language? Analyse using appropriate methods. Don't mess around! Keep versions, file names, and folder structures clear.
There is an image in the top right which says 'Love Data Week February 9-13, 2026'
Pink background with digital hearts. 
Section 1: Store. Build a secure attachment by storing live data in SharePoint, OneDrive, or Research Data Storage (King's IT and the E-Research team can support you with this).
Strong foundations build a good house. Ensure the data is backed up regularly. 
Meet the family - consider access controls. 

Section 2: Preserve. 
Find your forever home - deposit your data in the King's Open Research Data System (KORDS) or an appropriate subject data repository. 
Plan for the future by using sustainable long-term file formats. 
Your love letter to the future - add clear metadata and documentation.

There is an image in the top right which says 'Love Data Week February 9-13, 2026' A white background with pink digital hearts. 
Text says:
Share. Forget-me-nots - use a Persistent Identifier to ensure your love data can always be found (love is crossed out). 
Give back to the community together. Consider how you will licence your data so that other people can re-use it. 
If you love your data, you will set it free. Aim for your data to be as open as possible, as closed as necessary. 

There is an image of a golden heart, inside it says 'To find out more, contact research.data@kcl.ac.uk'
There is another image of blue, purple, and orange fibres against a dark blue background. 
In the bottom left is a 'Libraries & Collections' logo. 
There is an image in the top right which says 'Love Data Week February 9-13, 2026'
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
#WinterOlympics
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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 05/02/2026
Often feels like anyone who is critical of GenAI is immediately labelled a neo-luddite. But these criticisms are legit: they don't come from fear or ignorance, they come from a genuine concern about environmental degradation, loss of privacy, reduced human connection, & exploitation for profit.
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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.eurosky.social · 05/02/2026
Creative Commons Licenses are ill-equipped for the AI era and the rapid ingestion/scraping of open content by bots. - training for AI doesn't fit traditional copyright definitions because text is converted into statistical patterns that are tokenised processed and used for probability-based outputs.
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Jeremy Benson @jembenson.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
‘England win by 4 wickets’: strong late entry for most surprising phone notification of the year.
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Tucking into my now-traditional Christmas Eve meal of lightly smoked salmon with samphire, peas, salad and new potatoes. So so good.
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
“I don’t know what to have for lunch,” I find myself thinking. I have a fridge full of cheese. 🙄
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I don’t know who needs to know this, but if you like lemony desserts, Waitrose limoncello mince pies are delicious.
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Investigating adjustable height desks. Surprised (though probably shouldn’t be) that going lower than a standard desk is not more common #OfficeFurnitureIsAFeministIssue
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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
How did people with deafness or hearing impairment communicate in the Middle Ages? This post discusses sign language and the story of Thomas Tillsye - one of tne first recorded uses of sign language in England. wellcomecollection.org/stories/medi...
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Medieval deaf communication
Communicating with hand signs has a long history. Researcher Jude Seal examines the evidence for signing in Medieval Europe among both deaf and hearing communities.
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Charlotte Connelly @curatorconnelly.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍 📜
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Librarian
The Library of the Scott Polar Research Institute is one of the most comprehensive collections of published polar information in the world. This highly specialist reference collection, which attracts
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
FFS #Ashes #ItsTheHopeEtc
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
My first wicket of the #Ashes!
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Ah. #Ashes
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Anna @toastteacake.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
“#GameOfWool is to knitting what The Hundred is to cricket.” Discuss.
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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Oh ffs, this is just stupid and lazy. Not a trace of real interest in showing how knitting works. Everyone's being let down by #Gameofwool, even Tom Daley. I'm very disappointed in the judges not insisting on better. Surprised no-one jumped ship when they realised quite how rubbish it really is.
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Charlotte Abney @abney.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
We are also currently hiring a curatorial fellow to work with the papers of Rosalind Franklin and others in the History of Molecular Biology Collection! This is a 2-year staff position in the archive with a salary of $55k/year and full benefits: www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel...
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