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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 19m

Different day, different canal #UnconfinedWalks.

View along a canal junction and under a bridge.

View from a bridge along a canal with flats on either side and a canal boat moored on the right bank.

A green circular plaque marking the restoration of the former Municipal Bank by the University of Birmingham.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 23h

I hope the answer was yes, and can we get you anything while you're doing that.
Also hope you get some rest (physical and mental) soon.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 1d

#UnconfinedWalks to use time between trains. Culture and water!

A statue of Radclyffe Hall in a display case. They gave their arms folded.

A Vivenne Westwood T shirt with a black and white oval design on the front (the shape of a vulva).

Canal boats moored perpendicular to the bank, with tower blocks behind them. The boats and tower blocks are reflected in the water.

Street art of a face, showing one eye and bright red lips.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 1d

That's why I wear gloves for analogue materials. I'm just less sure if nail polish transferring to a hard drive or USB would have much impact.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 1d

Just reading the transcription of a training video I recorded earlier this year.
Apparently we keep 'bond digital' material in a system called 'Preserve a Car'.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #archive #digipres pondering. When I wear nail polish I wear nitrile gloves to handle paper files. Should I also be wearing them to handle removable media?

A white hand with the fingers curled to display lilac iridescent nail polish.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 4d

On brand #UnconfinedWalks to collect a library book and buy wine.
Also bought bulbs for my new lamp, after breaking my old one last week. And they fit!

View across a river. There are trees with red and green leaves on the bank. There is also a barge moored.
It is a sunny day and the trees and barge are reflecting in the river.

An upright lamp with two lights, one large and one small.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 5d

Caught up on last night's Strictly (not the results yet!). Aside from the dancing, it's very strange seeing the country park I visited often as a child featured.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 6d

Autumn colours and the hints of bare branches on today's #UnconfinedWalks.

View across an open space with trees in leaf. The trees are green, copper and yellow.

View across an open space towards trees. The upper branches are bare, lower branches have green and yellow leaves.

A wall completely covered in red leaves.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 6d

I will catch up with Strictly, but loved actually dancing today.

Also, if anyone is interested, this week is National (UK) Beginner week for Ceroc. Find your local class www.ceroc.com.

UK Dance Classes and Events | Ceroc UK

Learn to dance at Ceroc and transfer these skills to specific formal dance classes, such as Salsa dance class nights, Ballroom & Latin American, Tango, Bachata, Zouk, Street Dance, Contemporary, Jive,...

www.ceroc.com

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 6d

Right, very late but I am back from dancing, have a glass of red for #ConfinedCocktails and Patatas bravas for a late dinner.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 6d

Today's #UnconfinedWalks involved a lot of #UnconfinedDancing. Three miles on the dancefloor plus walking to and from transit points.
After stressful couple of weeks and struggling seasonal adjustment it eas great to dance my troubles away and lose myself on the dancefloor.

Red circular plaque commemorating Colin Townsley, a firefighter who died in the 1987 King's Cross station fire.

Circular blue plaque marking St Pancras Station, first opened in 1868 and now grade 1 listed.

Yellow, copper, and brown leaves, trapped between a concrete blocks and a wire fence.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 7d

Taking a breather from the dancefloor with #TeaUp.

A white hand holding a take away cup of tea.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 8d

Aso hit 18 is very different to leave the house at half six temperature.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 8d

Tbf I rarely do sandals. I've semi retired my canvas shoes for this year. Comfortable but less practical in the damp.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 8d

Sandals into October!

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 8d

Bookmarked, but if you have capacity to remind us daytime at the weekend that would be great!

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 8d

Yep, if there's no train at the outset I can use an alternative route or know places to kill time. Mid journey I'm committed to that route and likely in a less familiar area.
Wishing you swift and smooth onward travels.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9d

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone.

We will not let hate or those who spread it win.

We stand with you.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 9d

Apologies - I can't remember who shared the article in the Reading Club to tag them in this post.

Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 9d

I particularly like the point 'Be as specific as possible about what the technology in question is and how it works'. AI is such an umbrella term we rarely know exactly what is being referred to, let alone the impact and implications of that particular implementation.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 9d

Following on from last week's #DPCChat reading club, this article gives a concise reflection on how we use language about Artificial Intelligence.
www.techpolicy.press/artifice-and...

Artifice and Intelligence | TechPolicy.Press

Emily Tucker, Executive Director of the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law, on tech, vocabulary and power.

www.techpolicy.press

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 9d

I was on my way to make a fresh cup, so it could have been worse.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 9d

Just split my half empty cup of #TeaUp over the office kitchen.
I guess there are worse places at work to spill my drink.

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Helen Dafter @historyhelen123.bsky.social · 9d

Why is it so hard to dispose of small household electrical items without a car!
Large items you can arrange a bulk collection for, but councils want you to take to a recycling centre, which can't be accessed on foot.

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