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Scottish history generalist with early modern tendencies. She/her. AuDHD
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 23h
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...
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Grant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · 14h
The shrew’s extinction increases the tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 to 39 species. This is far more than for any other country. These losses represent about 10% of all Australia’s land mammal species before colonisation 🧪

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And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 11h
💉 2024–25 Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness

In U.S. veterans, the updated vaccine reduced 6-month risks of Covid-related ED visits (-29%), hospitalisations (-39%), and deaths (-64%) vs flu-only group.

🔗 doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2510226

#SciComm #COVID19 #Vaccines 🧪
Association of 2024–2025 Covid-19 Vaccine with Covid-19 Outcomes in U.S. Veterans | NEJM
Amid the declining clinical severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and diminishing public uptake of annual coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, ...
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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 4h
The Edinburgh Journal of Botany now has its entire archives freely accessible online (if you go back far enough, you can read Beatrix Potter’s papers…)

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Journals
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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
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Flitcraft @flitcraft.bsky.social · 5h
Despite being in at risk groups who previously got free NHS Covid vaccines, this year my other half and I will have to pay and seek it out ourselves. We can pay but a lot of folk can't.

Utter madness which will get people killed and disabled and will cost them more money in the long run
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d
This is now the blueprint for men to control trans women. Have sex with them and then threaten to go to police unless they do what he wants. It's ripe for abuse from men who will weaponize their shame. It also builds their narrative of trans women being sexual predators even when the victim.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d
A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault
Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.
www.bbc.com
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Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 7h
Disclaimer: these images are taken as 4 second exposures on specialised equipment and processed after. To see what a night sky actually looks like up here, try one of the webcams

lns-spitsbergen.kystnor.no has a great field of view.

The best shows yesterday (October 10th) were at 03:30 and 21:30
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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 22h
Very excited to start a new Winter Lecture Series with the fantastic @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social discussing the letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots 🪶💌👑

Registration details below!
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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 2d
Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d
“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.”

My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990
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Dr Nik Mac🦘🎾🎭🎶📚☕️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌻 @nikmacdonald.bsky.social · 1d
If you were so minded, & able to offer support:
Stellar Quines is a feminist theatre company who create bold, inclusive performances that challenge inequality & spark change. Your support amplifies unheard stories, and seeks to build a more equal future for all.

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Act Now: Spark Change! – Big Give
Stellar Quines is a feminist theatre company who create bold, inclusive performances that challenge inequality and spark change. We work …
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d
It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.
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pickwick @pickwick.bsky.social · 1d
One day I'll go to a mental health at work meeting that addresses how the work can be made less stressful rather than how staff can be made more resilient
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jAy Ph.D. @jayrotoole.bsky.social · 1d
Two months until the release of the hardback edition of my academic book, Exploring Early Modern Sexualities. The Desires of King James VI & I (11th Dec).

Available for pre-order now!

#EarlyModern #Historian #QueerLit #EnglishLit #Royals
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 1d
I see America is now at the “dissident professors fleeing the regime” stage
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d
Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · 2d
For those of you in Scotland, come along to the launch of Race and the Scottish Enlightenment at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social! Bruce and I will be introducing the book, and we’re thrilled to be joined by the formidable Colin Kidd, Thomas Ahnert, Matthew D Eddy, Rosi Carr and Ian Stewart. Programme⬇️
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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 2d
Book launch: "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750-1820" (Yale UP)

Wed 29 Oct, 16:45-20:00, including drinks

Featuring a host of IASH alumni, this event celebrates the new volume by Linda Andersson Burnett & Bruce Buchan.

raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: Book Launch and Discussion
Join authors Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett to celebrate "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820".
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magistraetmater.bsky.social @magistraetmater.bsky.social · 2d
This sounds like useful academic-related AI: JSTOR doing automated transcripts of handwritten archival material as part of their digital stewardship services: about.jstor.org/news/jstor-s...
JSTOR Seeklight adds transcript generation for text-based materials - News - About JSTOR
JSTOR Seeklight now generates transcripts, boosting discoverability, accessibility, and research impact for digital collections.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 1d
Found in #Viking-Age Gotland, but likely from eastern Europe or the Eastern Roman Empire, this stupendous necklace from Rone has eleven rock crystal spheres in silver settings and ten silver beads, some with filigree decoration.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Rock crystal and silver pendant necklace
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 1d
Mark Bray, a historian of antiauthoritarian movements at Rutgers, is fleeing the country after being violently targeted and doxxed by the Far Right.

Disturbingly, his family’s departure flight reservation was mysteriously cancelled and he’s attempting to leave again tonight.

Please donate!
"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder
Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!
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John Pring, DNS @johnpring.bsky.social · 1d
Access to Work dossier of evidence shows ‘real harm’ and job losses caused by DWP cuts and failings
#AccessToWork #DWP
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Access to Work dossier of evidence shows ‘real harm’ and job losses caused by DWP cuts and failings
The Access to Work scheme is failing Deaf and disabled people, and its “decline” in the last two years has caused them “real harm”, with some support packages cut by 80 per cent, according to a det…
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John Pring, DNS @johnpring.bsky.social · 1d
Alarm over government’s choices to lead ‘over-diagnosis’ review that could help ministers cut benefits
#MentalHealth #DisabilityBenefits
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Alarm over government’s choices to lead ‘over-diagnosis’ review that could help ministers cut benefits
The government’s decision to commission a review of alleged “over-diagnosis” of mental health conditions and neurodivergence has caused alarm among many disabled people, with fears that it will all…
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Katie @vimtotime.bsky.social · 2d
I thought I would do a thread to reply to the below pal because there is a lot to consider about being autistic and feeling comfortable with people. It’s something I have thought a lot about recently 💘🧵
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Jennifer Sensiba, Desert Bloom RV Adventures @desertbloomrv.com · 2d
Tell me more. I'm curious what it's like. Do you mean like you feel like you can't be weird around people?

(Weird isn't being used negatively here)
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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 2d
Thread by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on one page #ME #GreatestMedicalScandal skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have bee...
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