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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 9h

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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Dr Jennie Orr @drjenniferorr.bsky.social · 11h

The @bars.bsky.social President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Read more here: www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

BARS President’s Fellowship – British Association for Romantic Studies

www.bars.ac.uk

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 11h

Our friends at ‘Romanticism across Borders’ are back! As in previous years, all events will continue to be held online, with the first one coming up soon.

The session will take place on Wednesday 22 October, on Zoom at 5.30pm (London time, or GMT+01, i.e. 6.30, Paris time).

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Dr Jennie Orr @drjenniferorr.bsky.social · 11h

Delighted to be re-elected as Vice President of @bars.bsky.social and looking forward to continuing work with our excellent team to strengthen Equality, Diversity and Inclusion practices, not least toward our academic-adjacent colleagues and supporters. Thanks to all members who cast their vote!

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 11h

The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 10h

BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 12h

That’s the plan!

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EHUNineteen @ehunineteen.bsky.social · 13h

Watch out for details of the rest of the series - and poster (sneak peek in skeet below) - including drama and theatricals! Law and medicine! Conflict and the clergy!

And a Christmas treat in flash talks from our EHU Nineteen postgraduate researchers 🖤

Coming soon!!!

EHUNineteen @ehunineteen.bsky.social · 13h

We are delighted to announce the first seminar in our 25/26 series: the wonderful @drreznicek.bsky.social will be presenting on ‘Too Bodily: Disability, Care, & Belonging in Romantic Novels’ on Wednesday 29th October at 6pm.

Free! Online! All welcome!

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This is a sneak preview of our poster image as we finalise details - it’s a coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson after G M Woodward from 1801 called ‘The Quack Doctor’s Prayer’ with a kneeling doctor praying over a box with a duck drawn on it. In the background there’s a candelabra and pink hangings.

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 13h

Very excited to be hosting @drreznicek.bsky.social in a couple of weeks - join us for a discussion of extreme Romantic bodies 🖤💪🦵👀 - our seminars are free, online, open to all!

EHUNineteen @ehunineteen.bsky.social · 13h

We are delighted to announce the first seminar in our 25/26 series: the wonderful @drreznicek.bsky.social will be presenting on ‘Too Bodily: Disability, Care, & Belonging in Romantic Novels’ on Wednesday 29th October at 6pm.

Free! Online! All welcome!

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Daniel Williams @dbenjw.bsky.social · 10d

My periodic call for pitches to the 19th-Century Networks section of ✨Literature Compass✨:

Do you have a state-of-the-field essay to propose on #Romantic or #Victorian topics? a little-known or understudied author to spotlight?

Please get in touch!

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1741...

Literature Compass

Click on the title to browse this journal

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 18h

As someone else pointed out, notwithstanding anything else, this hero has at a stroke reclaimed amphibians for progressives from fucking Pepe.

Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 18h

’He is not the hero we deserve, but he is the one that we need right now.’

The Portland Frog, a guy in an inflatable frog costume, facing off against ICE troops in riot gear.

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 18h

🦇 Celebrate #fatbatweek with artist Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social

Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 1d

Seventh of #fatbatweek with a Greater Bulldog bat carrying a crumbed prawn. These beautiful chunky bats are piscivorous & apparently quite loud. Bat researchers/rehabilitators please comment w your favourite bat & something about them on any fat bat post! @dailybats.bsky.social @batcon.org

A chonkie orange furred bat with a blocky face backwings while gripping a crumbed prawn as big as its body.

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 17h

As part of the 2024 waders update, 16 other migratory waterbirds had their red list status uplisted

The decline in so many wader and shorebird species is deeply concerning and shows the urgent need for more effective conservation action across the flyway

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 17h

The loss of this species is a stark reminder of the threats our own Eurasian Curlew faces

With the UK hosting 25% of the breeding population, it is vital that we continue to protect breeding and non-breeding sites from development and lobby for nature-friendly farming

A ringed Eurasian Curlew picks its way through short brown grass towards the camera.

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 16h

I’d heard about the extinction of the slender-billed curlew and the poor bird hadn’t had a definite sighting since 1995 but official confirmation (96% probability it is correct) of its extinction is still profoundly sad - ask not for whom the bell tolls…

RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 17h

Slender-billed Curlew declared officially extinct by ICUN

This marks the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, North Africa and West Asia 🌍

Read on for a summary or check out the research which led to the decision here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global extinction of Slender‐billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)

In the current biodiversity crisis, conservation efforts are often focused on extinction prevention. However, it can be difficult to determine if a species is extinct, especially if the species has…

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Green Elects @greenelects.world · 1d

⭐️ @greenparty.org.uk polling on 15%, @zackpolanski.bsky.social appearing on Question Time, membership figures skyrocketing towards 100,000 and beyond...

It's been a great day for greens and the wider left. The future is bright. Goodnight everyone! 💚

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 16h

Amongst other things, this video shows the power of non-violent resistance. Trump and his thugs desperately want to provoke aggression so they can justify their tyranny.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 1d

'Resilience' and 'wellbeing' training are victim blaming bullshit, thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Apr 15

We've made this article from @cash4questions.bsky.social free to read, as it is proving very popular.

University funding crisis: How to stay serene when wellbeing sessions are offered.

"Beware employers bearing yoga mats..."

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-funding-k...

Coping with the university funding crisis - Research Professional News

Positive steps in uncertain times, including how to stay serene when wellbeing sessions are offered

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

EXTREMELY COOL BAT STUFF: A study out in Science today found that the greater noctule bat, Europe's largest, hunts and catches *migrating birds* while in flight. In at least one case, a bat climbed to more than 1200 feet, then chased a robin downward FAST until it caught it near the ground.

Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight

Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...

www.science.org

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Melissa Summers @lisservel.bsky.social · 1d

Feelin’ crabby?

#bird #EastCoastKin #PicMagnets #photography

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 1d

just randomly told a colleague that the oxford comma was the only good thing to come out of oxford in case you were wondering what kind of energy I'm bringing today

a screenshot from Big Little Lies of Reese Witherspoon's daughter holding up a poster with two pictures called "opposites." On the left is a picture of a door on hinges. On the right is a picture of her mother -- the hilarious implication being that her mother is UNHINGED.

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The Second Mrs. de ShinyGoth👻 @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 1d

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the Nobel Peace prize committee meeting."

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Water bills for England households to rise even higher.

Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike

No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.

End the Scam. Nationalise water

Five water firms provisionally allowed to raise bills by further 1% to 5%

An independent group appointed by the competition watchdog rejected nearly 80% of increases sought by companies.

www.independent.co.uk

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