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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1h

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 2d

Important new study by the @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social team in @nature.com finding that "the richest 20% of nations, with 15% of the global population, contribute more than 40% of annual ecological overshoot" doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 2h

Sensible advice which I try to follow

Donald Szlosek @dszlosek.bsky.social · 5h

Excellent advice on paper review:

1. Peer reviewers are volunteers.

2. Map all comments to actions.

3. Address all comments.

4. Focus on improving your paper, instead of arguing.

5. Rarely, and only with strong defense, say no.

6. Don’t take things personally.

7. Avoid recreational revisions.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1h

😅 let you know on a Monday.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1h

Let you know Monday.

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 12h

On #WorldMentalHealthDay we're sharing a leaflet from the TUC archive encouraging nurses to take a break. The leaflet also highlights the dangers of work place stress and exhaustion. Be fair to yourself! #histnursing #histmed #archives #MRCArchives

mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/TUC/...

Page from 'Off Duty' dated 1937. Headed 'Self-sacrifice' it is illustrated with a picture of a stressed looking nurse alongside a patient. Part of the text reads 'be fair to yourself - and you will be fair to your patients'. There is also a photograph of nurses standing next to a statue of Florence Nightingale.

Photograph of two nurses taking a well-earned tea break. Captioned 'Off duty'.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1h

'recreational revision'. Guilty (possibly).

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1h

Not yet but it's on the list!

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1h

👀👀 x8 excellent, funded PhDs in Transformative Humanities @durham.ac.uk

Proposals to align with:
- Culture, Creativity & Heritage
- Digital Humanities
- Environmental Humanities
- Medical Humanities
- Science-Humanities
- Social Justice, Communities, and Policy

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 2h

It was excellent. Fantastic writing, casting, everything. In fact the whole anthology has been excellent.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 2h

That was a bit scary too but pushed through for Jodie Foster. Fortitude is another good series with a similar vibe. Actually, I've watched quite a few of these! 😂

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 19d

Kids reclaimed the streets of Oxford in Kidical Mass, a family bike ride, around the city centre earlier today. Our special report and photo gallery 👇

oxfordclarion.uk/kids-claim-t...

Kids claim the streets of Oxford

The latest Kidical Mass family bike ride attracted a record turnout, according to organisers Cyclox. More than 200 cyclists of all ages converged in Oxford ringing bells as they circled the city centr...

oxfordclarion.uk

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 2h

Too scary!

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 2h

Our Land, Memory, and Schooling: Environmental Histories of Colonial Education series, edited by @jdunkin.bsky.social & Crystal Gail Fraser continued this week with "A Deeper Cultural Divide" by Antoine Mountain.

niche-canada.org/2025/10/07/a...

#indigenous #envhist #cdnhist #residentialschools

A Deeper Cultural Divide

Residential schools disrupted cultural education, severed family ties, suppressed traditions, and created lasting identity loss, causing deep generational harm and cultural genocide.

niche-canada.org

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 2h

Agreed. I can't perceive any kind of end state to all this, just expansion for the sake of expansion.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 3h

Hybrid 🙏 Looking forward to attending the Intangible Cultural Heritage Scotland Conference next month: tracscotland.org/news-post/ne...

Registration Open for the Intangible Cultural Heritage Scotland Conference this November | Events in Scotland

Why? Join us in Perth on 14 November for the third Intangible Cultural Heritage Scotland conference. With the UK Government ratifying the 2003 UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH

tracscotland.org

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 3h

Sadly there's too much cloud here.

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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 3h

@aaup.org @emoryaaup.bsky.social

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h

This is how it's done.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · 4h

Seriously, the pace of AI infrastructure is bonkers. Altman confirms even *after* the #Stargate/#Oracle/#Nvidia/#AMD partnerships, OpenAI has more massive deals coming. They're basically securing all the compute capacity in the galaxy.
#OpenAI #AGI #AIWars

Even after Stargate, Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD, OpenAI has more big deals coming soon, Sam Altman says | TechCrunch

By some estimates, OpenAI has this year inked $1 trillion worth of infrastructure deals. Altman says to expect even more.

techcrunch.com

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NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social · 8h

Had a great day at the official opening of the Glencoe Greenway @n-t-s.bsky.social Lots of good chat and led a guided walk out tou or excavation site at #Achnacon. Thanks to @uofglasgow.bsky.social #archaeology team @garethbeale.bsky.social @lizzierobertson.bsky.social and #NicoleSmith

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ENIGMAEU project @enigmaeu.bsky.social · 8h

Cultural Heritage Conference, 18 & 19 September 2025,
@UoNBookClub

This conference aims to unite researchers and practitioners to explore best practices in heritage management and conservation.
culturalheritageconference.org

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 8h

www.bajr.org/aldborough-a...

You will have seen some of this already - here we provide the references and links to the full article.

Aldborough and the metals economy of northern England - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources

Britain’s industrial economy did not collapse when the Romans left and went on to enjoy a Viking-age industrial boom, a new study finds, undermining a stubborn ‘Dark Ages’ narrative. The Romans have l...

www.bajr.org

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Laura Yeoman @lauray-archives.bsky.social · 7h

Had an amazing day at The Retreat taking archives out to art workshops for our Mentally Fit York funded project. Our artists Stephen and Griselda have created so many beautiful responses to our mental health collections too! These will be added to the Uni Art Collection! @uoyalumni.bsky.social

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 6h

I’d like to amplify others’ pleas to *please* acknowledge and build upon the work of librarians and other organizers — @heykellyjensen.bsky.social, @tasslyn.bsky.social, @everylibrary.bsky.social, et al — who’ve been tracking *all of this* and developing expertise for YEARS.

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

Help us investigate book bans across the USA.

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

🔗 www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 5h

VACANCY: KTP Associate – Peat Management and Restoration Project Officer based at @uhiinverness.bsky.social

(Desirable: Experience of 4 x 4 driving off-road)

www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...

Staff - Vacancies - KTP Associate - Peat Management and Restoration Project Officer

www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 5h

One of two events coming up which may be of interest to #OnePlaceStudies people looking to produce short videos, for our YouTube channel or otherwise.

Maxine Beuret @maxinebeuret.bsky.social · 1d

Local Historians come and make your own short film! One day free course at the @heritagewshc.bsky.social on Monday 10th November. Fun collaborative day learning new skills to share local history and heritage. For more information and to book visit: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Digital Storytelling for Local History. One day free course on Monday 10th November at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham. Booking at https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/digital-storytelling-local-history-chippenham

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