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Dr Cathryn Pearce

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British historian. Author: Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 | Researching c18th-19th shipwrecks, the Royal Navy & coastal communities. #CoastalHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #SussexCoast

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · Nov 20

For those who post on #CoastalHistory topics, please let me know if you'd like to be added to our starter pack. Coastal History involves the history of coastal communities, both urban and rural, or those who live between land and sea around the world. Coasts connect! go.bsky.app/Pfa95p7

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 16h

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Univ. Portsmouth History @uophistory.bsky.social · 8h

Good morning #Portsmouth
Wishing everyone a lovely #weekend

Image shows Langstone harbour at low tide under a partially cloudy sky

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 5h

CRASH!

On this day 11:49am, 11th October 1982, the world watched in horror as the lifting frame dramatically fell into place, having been caught on a misaligned strop. No real damage was done, other than to our nerves!

Find out more in our blog - maryrose.org/blog/crash-t...

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will o’the wisp pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 5h

good thing a load of universities are throwing their lot in with this, right?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 5h

Moving quickly to a world where students use AI to complete work, profs use AI to grade it, no one learns anything and we will live in a world of mediocrity and incompetence where only the billionaires benefit.

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Dangers of using AI to Grade

Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains

substack.com

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations, Mike! Great work!

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 5h

Some lovely feedback:

'Brilliant! Very interesting & showed how hard work it wasa to work on the railway & how it has changed'

'Very informative. It was more interesting as you worked your way around the 12 display boards'

'Shines a light on often forgotten workers'

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 5h

Exhibition taken down!

'The south coast's forgotten railway workers' has finished its (first! ) run at The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre, #Havant.

We're planning on bringing it back, though - next year.

Now it's gone to the next venue: the University of Portsmouth!

#Railway200

An empty room, with wooden floor, white walls and high ceiling, lights off.

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · 7h

Gone fishin'! Some examples of carved stone cups or basins commonly known as toll sollaidh (bait holes) from the Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Believed to have functioned a grinding pits for cockles, limpets, mussels and other shellfish as chum to attract fish. #coastalhistory

Picture of carved stone cups or basins commonly known as toll sollaidh (bait holes) from Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. ( source Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk)

Digital photograph of close ups of motifs, from Scotland's Rock Art project, Leverburgh, Laimhrig Mhor, Harris
https://www.trove.scot/image/2663537

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Dr. Jamie LH Goodall @lhistorienne.bsky.social · 19h

If you enjoy my work, please help me continue to do it. Snag one (or all) of my books as I’m furloughed and help me pay some bills! 🏴‍☠️📚 DM me! #SkyStorians #PirateHistory

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 19h

In Lower 48, "climate change" conjures images of hot summers, fires, storms, & flooding

In interior & northern AK, another effect is clear: permafrost melt. It destroys roads & structures, releases CO2 & methane, & awakens 40,000 year old microbes.

What could go wrong?

HT @shanahstone.bsky.social

Ancient Alaska microbes' thaw helps understanding of climate change feedback loop

Using samples gathered from a permafrost tunnel north of Fairbanks, researchers have awakened microbes that were last active as far back as 40,000 years ago.

alaskapublic.org

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 19h

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Angela!

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 2d

Dr Angela Byrne, author of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 32, Ballyshannon//Béal Átha Seanaidh, talks about what new perspectives it can offer on the history of the town.

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 1d

I try to start out organized, but then it all falls apart once I start writing and thinking. Then I overwrite and find I have three possible articles instead of one, but all with the same argument. 🫢

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Mikki Brock @mikkibrock.bsky.social · 1d

"start writing and hope for the best": this has always been more or less my entire "writing process." I figure out what I want to say as I go along. I am always fascinated to learn that some people actually have an organized method of doing things.

happy writing to anyone else at it this morning!

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 1d

We are now in a significant COVID wave after a period of relative calm- excellent summary from @chrischirp.bsky.social

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

open.substack.com

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 2d

“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”

New Study Finds Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

I am please to announce that this is the 1000th review that I have facilitated for H-Environment! Thank you so much to all of the reviewers who make this position such a pleasure! #envhist #envhum #ecrocrit #envphil #aghist #oceanhist #conservation #sustainability #plantstudies #animalhist #energy 🏞️

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Check out Jack Bouchard's review of "Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History," edited by Stefan Huebner, Nadin Heé, Ian J. Miller, and William M. Tsutsui, published in 2024 by University of Hawai'i Press; now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 1d

The thing about AI is that although it looks like a bubble and is obviously a bubble and anyone who thinks about it for a moment knows it’s a bubble, unlike all other bubbles in the past I’m sure it will just be fine. I’m investing in tulips.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 2d

new thing to have to worry about: actual employees you called at a company’s actual number transferring you to a scammer because they trusted search engine AI instead of looking things up through internal resources

Nothing Beats An Epcot Holiday @epcot.bsky.social · 2d

Heck one situation happened where an actual United employee agent transferred a customer to a scammer’s phone number in exactly this manner (Search engine AI showed scam number) and the person handed over their credit card because who would expect that as a fraud vector! Many reasons this can happen

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Navy Records Society @navyrecords.bsky.social · 2d

Why did the Ark Royal Sink? – The Navy Records Society Members' Blog

On 14th nov 1941, Britain’s first modern fleet carrier was sunk after a torpedo attack by the German submarine U-81. Our member Paul Harrison explores records of the sinking.

#navyrecords #navalhistory #ww2

Why did the Ark Royal Sink? – The Navy Records Society

On 14th November 1941 HMS Ark Royal, Britain’s first modern fleet carrier, sank after a torpedo attack by the German submarine U-81. The following year, acclaimed war correspondent Sir Herbert…

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · 2d

Postcard images of shipping in 1923 Queenborough on the #SwaleEstuary, #Kent, #England from Historic Book. The Swale Estuary is a significant tidal channel and wetland area on the North Kent coast of England, separating the Isle of Sheppey from the mainland. #coastalhistory #CoastsInMind

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 1d

It really makes it worth living here!