Dr Andrew McInnes
@drbeard79.bsky.social
Hopeless Romanticist, childless cat dad, and coffee addict (he/him)
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@ecocritickate.bsky.social's @uvapress.bsky.social book is out! 30% off paper: 10VABOOKS
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10163/
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10163/
Irish Ecomedia
<p><b>The environmental impacts of empire on Ireland’s past and future</b></p><p>Ireland was Britain’s first colony and its first imperial laboratory—
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January 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
@ecocritickate.bsky.social's @uvapress.bsky.social book is out! 30% off paper: 10VABOOKS
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10163/
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10163/
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If nothing else in the Trump era, we should be grateful for all these cover stories of influential people in positions of power confirming what we always suspected, which is that they're genuine idiots who aren't good at what they do.
Never question your own skills or worth when they exist.
Never question your own skills or worth when they exist.
January 19, 2026 at 5:34 PM
If nothing else in the Trump era, we should be grateful for all these cover stories of influential people in positions of power confirming what we always suspected, which is that they're genuine idiots who aren't good at what they do.
Never question your own skills or worth when they exist.
Never question your own skills or worth when they exist.
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when I was 8 or 9, I got really into the poetry of e. e. cummings, so I got a book of his work from the library and copied a bunch of the poems down. my mom found them and thought she had accidentally raised an avante-garde modernist fourth grader and freaked out
January 19, 2026 at 4:56 PM
when I was 8 or 9, I got really into the poetry of e. e. cummings, so I got a book of his work from the library and copied a bunch of the poems down. my mom found them and thought she had accidentally raised an avante-garde modernist fourth grader and freaked out
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Deadline approaching!
Pls RT!
CALL FOR PAPERS
“Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World”
Conference at the University of Amsterdam ~ Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies
Monday, 15 June 2026
1/6
@asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @thebsls.bsky.social
Pls RT!
CALL FOR PAPERS
“Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World”
Conference at the University of Amsterdam ~ Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies
Monday, 15 June 2026
1/6
@asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @thebsls.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Deadline approaching!
Pls RT!
CALL FOR PAPERS
“Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World”
Conference at the University of Amsterdam ~ Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies
Monday, 15 June 2026
1/6
@asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @thebsls.bsky.social
Pls RT!
CALL FOR PAPERS
“Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World”
Conference at the University of Amsterdam ~ Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies
Monday, 15 June 2026
1/6
@asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @thebsls.bsky.social
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
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some people will literally check social media repeatedly instead of writing their book
January 19, 2026 at 4:16 PM
some people will literally check social media repeatedly instead of writing their book
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In Praise of PLR (Public Lending Rights), all those who fought for them, lending services, all those who use them! Viva Libraries!
PLR statement day. Incredibly helpful payment (£140 for me this time) but most of all I love to see which of my books have been borrowed. Keep reading!
PLR statement day. Incredibly helpful payment (£140 for me this time) but most of all I love to see which of my books have been borrowed. Keep reading!
January 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
In Praise of PLR (Public Lending Rights), all those who fought for them, lending services, all those who use them! Viva Libraries!
PLR statement day. Incredibly helpful payment (£140 for me this time) but most of all I love to see which of my books have been borrowed. Keep reading!
PLR statement day. Incredibly helpful payment (£140 for me this time) but most of all I love to see which of my books have been borrowed. Keep reading!
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Why do academics write book reviews? Wrong answers only.
January 19, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Why do academics write book reviews? Wrong answers only.
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this is because Dolly Parton is the equal or better of most strung- instrument players you can name, a fact often obscured by the vocabulary of iconography sometimes used to discuss her work. thanks for coming to my presentation this’ll take about half a hour
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
this is because Dolly Parton is the equal or better of most strung- instrument players you can name, a fact often obscured by the vocabulary of iconography sometimes used to discuss her work. thanks for coming to my presentation this’ll take about half a hour
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THIS WEEK!
In the new year, we will host:
22/1/26: Katherine Watson: ‘Law, Crime, and Medicine in Historical Perspective’, 6-7 pm
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#EHU19SeminarSeries
22/1/26: Katherine Watson: ‘Law, Crime, and Medicine in Historical Perspective’, 6-7 pm
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#EHU19SeminarSeries
January 19, 2026 at 6:51 AM
THIS WEEK!
I’m awake and voluntarily logging into the Torment Nexus - morning, fellow Tormentees!
January 19, 2026 at 6:18 AM
I’m awake and voluntarily logging into the Torment Nexus - morning, fellow Tormentees!
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Editors’ copies of The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature arrived
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Editors’ copies of The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature arrived
RIP Emily Brontë, you would’ve loved Live Action Role Playing
January 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
RIP Emily Brontë, you would’ve loved Live Action Role Playing
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Beavers Boost Bat Biodiversity | The Story Behind the Paper
🦇🦫🖤
British Ecological Society Podcast
#bats #batconservation #ecology #naturalhistory
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🦇🦫🖤
British Ecological Society Podcast
#bats #batconservation #ecology #naturalhistory
m.soundcloud.com/besjournals/...
Beavers Boost Bat Biodiversity | The Story Behind the Paper
Play Beavers Boost Bat Biodiversity | The Story Behind the Paper by British Ecological Society on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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January 18, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Beavers Boost Bat Biodiversity | The Story Behind the Paper
🦇🦫🖤
British Ecological Society Podcast
#bats #batconservation #ecology #naturalhistory
m.soundcloud.com/besjournals/...
🦇🦫🖤
British Ecological Society Podcast
#bats #batconservation #ecology #naturalhistory
m.soundcloud.com/besjournals/...
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“There's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is common decency."
- Albert Camus, The Plague (1947)
- Albert Camus, The Plague (1947)
April 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“There's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is common decency."
- Albert Camus, The Plague (1947)
- Albert Camus, The Plague (1947)
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Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
January 18, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
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Positive 🦇 story!
#bats #lovebats #britishbats #batconservation
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/na...
#bats #lovebats #britishbats #batconservation
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/na...
How to attract bats into your garden
RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden to demonstrate how easy it is to grow plants that support bats
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Positive 🦇 story!
#bats #lovebats #britishbats #batconservation
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/na...
#bats #lovebats #britishbats #batconservation
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/na...
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Bonus for #BookWormSat
Emily Dickinson by Edward Gorey for Howard Moss’ book Instant Lives.
Emily Dickinson by Edward Gorey for Howard Moss’ book Instant Lives.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Bonus for #BookWormSat
Emily Dickinson by Edward Gorey for Howard Moss’ book Instant Lives.
Emily Dickinson by Edward Gorey for Howard Moss’ book Instant Lives.
Happy birthday, Anne Brontë aka Acton Bell aka Action Bell, superheroine 🖤
January 17, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Happy birthday, Anne Brontë aka Acton Bell aka Action Bell, superheroine 🖤
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The pope one is wild! I didn’t know he had weighed in in favor of Matthew McFadyen, pegged him as a Firth guy myself… 😂
January 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The pope one is wild! I didn’t know he had weighed in in favor of Matthew McFadyen, pegged him as a Firth guy myself… 😂
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So cringe, as Jane used to say.
January 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
So cringe, as Jane used to say.
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“Live, laugh, love” – Jane Austen
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
“Live, laugh, love” – Jane Austen