Caroline Dodds Pennock
@carolinepennock.bsky.social
Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
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PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2024 shortlist - English PEN
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Genuinely overwhelmed that #OnSavageShores has been shortlisted for the Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize. Supporting writers facing persecution and censorship, @englishpen.bsky.social’s work is sorely needed right now, & I’m honoured to be in such wonderful company. 🗃️ #history
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And so Civilisations: Rise and Fall hits iPlayer. If you cant wait until 8 December, catch @carolinepennock.bsky.social and @amyfuller.bsky.social, and some bumbling non-specialists, on the Aztecs here.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Series 1: 3. Aztecs
The Aztecs battle to save their civilisation from Spanish invaders – but is the real threat from the enemy within?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
And so Civilisations: Rise and Fall hits iPlayer. If you cant wait until 8 December, catch @carolinepennock.bsky.social and @amyfuller.bsky.social, and some bumbling non-specialists, on the Aztecs here.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study
To examine changes in suicidality following hormone therapy (HT) among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults.A retrospective cha…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
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Can’t believe my face is going to be on the telly and iPlayer FOREVER 😳🙈
Eek! My episode doesn't technically air until 8 December, but the whole series of the new BBC Arts Civilisations series is out now on iPlayer, including this episode on the Aztecs with me and friends @amyfuller.bsky.social & @restall.bsky.social (& others not on the Sky). Airs Mondays at 9pm, BBC2.
Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Series 1: 3. Aztecs
The Aztecs battle to save their civilisation from Spanish invaders – but is the real threat from the enemy within?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Can’t believe my face is going to be on the telly and iPlayer FOREVER 😳🙈
She really does look massive! And she’s only mostly fluffy and mildly round ;-)
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
She really does look massive! And she’s only mostly fluffy and mildly round ;-)
I know she looks enormous! But it’s mostly perspective ;-)
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I know she looks enormous! But it’s mostly perspective ;-)
This posted when I was still editing! Alt text: a fluffy grey cat with a white face, which looks massive because of the perspective, sitting on my knee.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This posted when I was still editing! Alt text: a fluffy grey cat with a white face, which looks massive because of the perspective, sitting on my knee.
Time to buy a lottery ticket. I have been honoured by the extraordinarily rare blessing of a Lap Cat.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Time to buy a lottery ticket. I have been honoured by the extraordinarily rare blessing of a Lap Cat.
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Job Alert! DH postdoc at Edinburgh - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work on the AHRC-funded project "Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana", which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
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November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Job Alert! DH postdoc at Edinburgh - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work on the AHRC-funded project "Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana", which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
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This is how epidemiologists say fuck around and found out. It is horrifying to think about how many people RFK will kill
2/ so many gutting moment but this was among the first, from one of the world’s leading scientists on vaccines and immunology:
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is how epidemiologists say fuck around and found out. It is horrifying to think about how many people RFK will kill
Well, apparently they did, but it’s a such a good quote…
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Well, apparently they did, but it’s a such a good quote…
It does have lovely BM things in it. I got to go to a fancy launch for the first time ever!
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It does have lovely BM things in it. I got to go to a fancy launch for the first time ever!
Hope you find it interesting! 😊 I don’t know about the others, but I think the history in the Aztec episode is pretty good. Except for a certain sculptor entirely inaccurately claiming that a mask has smallpox pustules. (It does not, because it predates smallpox in Mexico! 😆)
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Hope you find it interesting! 😊 I don’t know about the others, but I think the history in the Aztec episode is pretty good. Except for a certain sculptor entirely inaccurately claiming that a mask has smallpox pustules. (It does not, because it predates smallpox in Mexico! 😆)
Hope you find it interesting 😊 I don’t know about the others, but I think the history in the Aztec episode is pretty good. Except for a certain sculptor entirely inaccurately claiming that a mask has smallpox pustules. (It does not, because it predates smallpox in Mexico! 😆)
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Hope you find it interesting 😊 I don’t know about the others, but I think the history in the Aztec episode is pretty good. Except for a certain sculptor entirely inaccurately claiming that a mask has smallpox pustules. (It does not, because it predates smallpox in Mexico! 😆)
Looks like it'll be on in the US, and presumably elsewhere. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
BBC Studios and BBC News Expand BBC.com in the U.S. with Premium Documentaries
The launch comes as BBC.com continues to grow, building on the momentum of its global relaunch last year.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Looks like it'll be on in the US, and presumably elsewhere. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
It's a big flagship BBC Arts series, so I'm fairly certainly they'll licence it around the world.
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's a big flagship BBC Arts series, so I'm fairly certainly they'll licence it around the world.
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Super exciting!
Eek! My episode doesn't technically air until 8 December, but the whole series of the new BBC Arts Civilisations series is out now on iPlayer, including this episode on the Aztecs with me and friends @amyfuller.bsky.social & @restall.bsky.social (& others not on the Sky). Airs Mondays at 9pm, BBC2.
Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Series 1: 3. Aztecs
The Aztecs battle to save their civilisation from Spanish invaders – but is the real threat from the enemy within?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Super exciting!
Eek! My episode doesn't technically air until 8 December, but the whole series of the new BBC Arts Civilisations series is out now on iPlayer, including this episode on the Aztecs with me and friends @amyfuller.bsky.social & @restall.bsky.social (& others not on the Sky). Airs Mondays at 9pm, BBC2.
Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Series 1: 3. Aztecs
The Aztecs battle to save their civilisation from Spanish invaders – but is the real threat from the enemy within?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Eek! My episode doesn't technically air until 8 December, but the whole series of the new BBC Arts Civilisations series is out now on iPlayer, including this episode on the Aztecs with me and friends @amyfuller.bsky.social & @restall.bsky.social (& others not on the Sky). Airs Mondays at 9pm, BBC2.
“Are you in the festive spirit yet? Or, just, well…a bit stressed? This time of year can feel overwhelming, but…” don’t worry, the Guardian have ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT Christmas present suggestions to make things seem simpler.
158 Christmas presents, chosen by Guardian columnists
Struggling with gift ideas? The Guardian’s expert columnists are here to help, with everything from Yotam Ottolenghi’s favourite pans to the only nail polish brand Sali Hughes uses
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“Are you in the festive spirit yet? Or, just, well…a bit stressed? This time of year can feel overwhelming, but…” don’t worry, the Guardian have ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT Christmas present suggestions to make things seem simpler.
The problem is that they’re historically illiterate ignorami who are so insecure they’re threatened by a jumper.
Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem? | Ellie Violet Bramley
Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem? | Ellie Violet Bramley
The outrage a J Crew jumper has provoked shows that the US right’s sense of masculinity is far more fragile than it would care to admit, says freelance writer Ellie Violet Bramley
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The problem is that they’re historically illiterate ignorami who are so insecure they’re threatened by a jumper.
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the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
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There are plenty of links between the anti-trans “women’s rights” movement & anti-feminist conservatism. And opposing abortion is a logical conclusion for a movement that says no, you should not have agency over your own body; no, you do not know best about yourself; no, you have no choice.
No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
There are plenty of links between the anti-trans “women’s rights” movement & anti-feminist conservatism. And opposing abortion is a logical conclusion for a movement that says no, you should not have agency over your own body; no, you do not know best about yourself; no, you have no choice.
I’d definitely prefer radical feminism, but right now I think I’d take some people practising boring old feminism, rather than all this… *gestures wildly*
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I’d definitely prefer radical feminism, but right now I think I’d take some people practising boring old feminism, rather than all this… *gestures wildly*