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Simon Briercliffe @simonbriercliffe.bsky.social · 1h

I have a set of hand-drawn comics/gossip sheets/newspapers donated alongside our aluminium foundry at @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social, dating from (I think) late 1940s. Does anyone know any lit that will help me explore this as a source? I've found work on company mags but this is very different.

Excerpt from handwritten zine-style text entitled "Burglar's editorial"

Hand-drawn comic panel showing workman thumping a desk and shouting "I demand shorter hours" - the caption reads, "whadoya want then = fifty nine minutes"

Hand-drawn caricature of Ernest Bevin, reading "Bevin says - even Russians read this paper"

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 1h

Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 1h

Historical #nameoftheday: Greatrakes Fudge

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Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · 3h

The enormous 1730s memorial to Jacob Garrard, who leans proudly in a Roman toga by an urn with his son and grandson. The whole piece is shoe-horned into the tiny church at Langford, now marooned in the British Army's Norfolk battle training area. #31DaysofGraves 10: urn

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 16h

Delighted to be at the launch of Saothar 50: the journal of the Irish labour history society (ILHS),50 years in publication. A wonderful collection of essays on labour, class,women,etc. excited to see the new exhibit at the ILHS archives-the banner of the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU) #speirgorm

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 14h

'Becoming obsessed with Irish history all of a sudden'? We have the BA/MA for you!

WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 20h

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 19h

Tumblr, Bluesky, X, LinkedIn

Four pics of four Young Conservatives, each with different visual characters because of their clothes and presentation

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 18h

"The eyes of future generations are on [us], silently urging us to act bravely and quickly [...] to save them from a collapsed biosphere.

Will we rise to the moment and earn the right to be regarded as 'good ancestors'?"

Crucial question, crucial book.

*Read it.*

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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Leanne Calvert's new book, 'Pious and Promiscuous: Life, Love and Family in Presbyterian Ulster', reveals the personal stories that shaped the rhythms and rituals of Presbyterian family life in 18th and 19th century Ulster.

shop.ria.ie/products/pious

@leannecalvert.bsky.social
@ria.ie

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 23h

Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 32, Ballyshannon//Béal Átha Seanaidh is available in local bookshops, A Novel Idea in Ballyshannon and the Four Masters in Donegal town, and via our website www.ria.ie.

@visitdonegal.bsky.social #Donegal #DonegalHistory #WilliamAllingam

Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 32

This historical atlas explores the town of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal from its origins to the present day. It traces the town’s development from a fording point and O’Donnell stronghold, through its ni...

shop.ria.ie

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who works with satellite and 3D imagery, this project reinforced how crucial it is to question what’s rendered as truth.

Keep an eye out for some follow ups in different mediums looking ahead

Full story w/ @972mag.com via Oren Ziv:

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 1d

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 1d

Raleigh is one if my least favourite historical humans. Everything about him, from the pomposity to the meanness to the murdering, is just odious

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Mary Fissell @maryfissell.bsky.social · 1d

Hey bookshop.org has FREE Shipping today! catch my book at at a discount AND free shipping: bookshop.org/p/books/push...

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Teoni Maughan Passereau @teonipassereau.bsky.social · 1d

I was invited to co-organise this upcoming conference being held later this month at the University of Exeter. With two days of exciting talks and panels, plus a walking historical tour of Exeter and a group dinner, I'd highly recommend coming along if you can!

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 1d

See this?

This story is the sound of a bullet you didn’t even know was coming at you whistling past your right ear.

Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social · 1d

Germany will not support Chat Control - a law which proposes to scan all messages people send even on end-to-end encrypted platforms - Justice Minister said today. German stance likely dooms the measure. Signal had threatened to leave the EU if Chat Control became law
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Germany will not support 'Chat Control' message scanning in the EU

“Random chat monitoring must be taboo in a constitutional state,” Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig said as German officials signaled they will not vote for a controversial EU proposal known as ...

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Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysofGraves and day 8 is Glass: light through the window casts shadows on a monument at Cwm-iou

Light and shadow on wall monument to Joan, daughter of Mr Williams ... . Winged cherub at top.

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 2d

We are delighted to welcome @susiedeedigan.bsky.social to Maynooth tomorrow evening for a research seminar entitled '"Hardly serious”: the detention of republican women in wartime Ireland, 1939-45'. The seminar is open to the public and will take place in Roque Lab, Rhetoric House 17:00-18:00.

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 2d

"We call on all our governments & people to condemn Israel’s crime of illegally intercepting our flotilla... Our governments must end #Israel ’s illegal blockade and ongoing genocide of #Gaza."

Milad Crew Illegally Abducted by Israeli Military
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh9-...

#FreedomFlotilla

Milad Crew Illegally Abducted by Israeli Military

YouTube video by Freedom Flotilla Coalition

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

One I saw was easily identifiable as not an Irish family business by the handsomeness and impeccable clothing of its 'founder'. No way had he ever set foot in Co Westmesth.

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 2d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

Love everything about this King Billy esp his chonky legs and prancy pony (Victor Mee auction)

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 2d

As a historian, I truly like the "foreverized pastness" part of this. And I agree, on a daily basis we are floating towards a permanent establishment of badly manipulated memories. A plural of nonsense histories. #skystorians

Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 2d

So-called #genAI means the abolition of the future through the proliferation of endless streams of stochastically rendered generic pasts. Having turned large parts of the cultural archive into training data, it now traps us in a foreverized pastness, a 24/7 nostalgia for a past that never existed

QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 3d

have just come across a YouTube account that has been using Sora to upload reels of fake, AI-generated “90s sitcoms” every few hours

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of talk about emotion in the archive recently, and I get it. This morning I've been brought nearly to tears by trying to unpick the history of a Flemish family where the grandfather, father, and son all have exactly the same name.

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