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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 1d

Hamilton was amazing! Lovely day all round

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 1d

The Marie Antionette: Style exhibition was good!

Image of a large wide mint green dress in the 18th century style with several other dressed mannequins arranged behind

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 1d

Florence Nightingale's pet owl Athena

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to David Olusaga, I can tell students that both aspiring YouTubers and historians can one day be on Celebrity Traitors

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 2d

Rubbish week, but it's time for Celebrity Traitors, and I've got tomorrow off to go and watch Hamilton!

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 6d

1st workshop of the new job didn't go without issues *but I did fix them.* Now I need to figure out how to add more hours to day the day to claim the TOIL back that was accrued in the week 🙃

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gravery🪦 @pucksarcana.bsky.social · 9d

i don’t feel right calling it burnout i was never properly fueled and lit to begin with

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 11d

It's quite sad that this wasn't framed positively. I was only talking to someone the other day about how every other woman in my family who is my age (and much younger) is a SAHM, and it's cool I had the choice whereas my mum didn't.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Fewer first-generation female graduates have children, study finds

Women who were the first member of their family to gain a degree were found to be less likely to choose to become mothers

www.thetimes.com

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 12d

Islam Issa's closing section of this podcast ep
explaining what Alexandria means to him is lovely.

ahttps://open.spotify.com/episode/1038yjOfCger6MsqgZXmKI?si=807ca920bddc4e99

Alexandria: city of knowledge and culture

open.spotify.com

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 14d

I don't like Guiness, so seeing as I've got a cold and it's medicinal it's a whisky with the duvet on the sofa to binge House of Guiness for me

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 14d

Eek nope but it's not a stretch to imagine it. What a world we're diving into

Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 15d

It makes sense when you consider that women are less likely to enter middle leadership and be in a position to rewrite those modules, and even if they're Heads of Dept they essentially need to want to do it for free. It's a huge endeavour on top of an already high workload

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15d

Earlier this year, @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social - one of the authorial team on this new report - wrote for the Royal Historical Society on this subject bit.ly/4nNLsSn and her important work for @teachmedwomen.bsky.social

#Skystorians

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 15d

“Male loneliness” is a vague, empirically unfalsifiable Potemkin village of an argument meant to smuggle yet more anti feminism into popular consensus.

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 15d

This is terrifying and yet everyone simply says 'it'll be everywhere, there's no avoiding AI'

www.404media.co/ai-generated...

AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot

YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.

www.404media.co

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 19d

Taught my collie to play football. Now she won't come inside without a kick about

Dog turned against a fence with her paws on a ball

Dog play bowing waiting for ball to be kicked

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 23d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 24d

Interesting new public history strategy?

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 24d

Me on campus at 7am tomorrow with three more school visits to go this week..

Screenshot of the meme 'What a Week, Huh?' a panel from The Adventures of Tintin comics depicting characters Tintin and Captain Haddock.

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 26d

Or you could just fund it?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26d

NHS will die under Reform unless doctors stop striking and work with Labour, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary calls on doctors to embrace Labour’s plan to prevent Nigel Farage getting in to power and dismantling the health service Unless doctors stop striking and help Labour fix the damage inflicted by the Tories, the NHS will end up dying under a government led by Reform, Wes Streeting has warned. Speaking at a special meeting of the British Medical Association’s representative body on Sunday, the health secretary said hospitals and GP surgeries were “hanging by a thread” after more than a decade of neglect by the Conservatives. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Stand Up to Racism Scotland @sutrscotland.bsky.social · Sep 10

Text reads: he was convicted in august 2018 and was ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work. A 3 year non harassment order was also granted to prevent him from contacting either of his victims. How many of watts friends knew about his previous convictions? The far right claim to protect women and children yet they are willing to platform someone who has convictions for domestic abuse.

Photo is a screenshot of josh watt retweeting Chris Houston saying he is his number 1 fan

Text reads: it is therefore not a surprise that John watt supports the “justice for innocent men Scotland” group that some survivors have labelled “rapist support group” for their targeting of victims/survivors of sexual assault when perpetrators have been convicted

Image is a video still from watts podcast where he says “so now we’ve got a man in jail for potential hearsay”

Text reads: watt interviewed one of the organisers of the group who stated that convictions for rape and sexual assault are higher to “control the population by decreasing birth rate” and to “break down the family unit”. And given Watts history of domestic abuse it’s unsurprising that he commented in relation to a convicted rapist “so now we’ve got a man in jail for potential hearsay”

Image same as on previous slide

Photo of Watt’s tweet with selfie at Perth protest. Text reads: the far right make a mockery of true justice for victims and survivors

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 27d

Saw some ads for them on tiktok shop. I wonder if they come up more if they're viewing reform-esque content

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 28d

It feels like this winter will be a tipping point, and I know many people feel the same. (63% to be precise)😅

Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · Sep 9

After a year of a new govt people on low to middle incomes are still struggling to reach the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) 📢

@crsp-uk.bsky.social, supported by JRF, calculated the costs needed to achieve this standard of living in the UK in 2025 1/4

Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 29d

This makes me sound like a boomer who misses work because it's their only socialising and maybe I'll get used to it

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Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 29d

This feels like a confession but I hate working from home. I miss the structure and routine of going into school! Maybe it's because I don't have a separate room/workspace (kitchen table that's a room everyone walks through' or just a me thing but who do you guys talk to all day?

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · Sep 7

Anyone who doesn't acknowledge the urgency of poverty, climate collapse, human rights, counterinsurgency, and tries to WhatAbout Zack isn't really interested in making things better

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 7

People are struggling.

Our NHS is collapsing.

Reform are organising.

There’s no time to waste.

Join @greenparty.org.uk Now.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Zack Polanski tells voters there is no ‘time to wait around’ for Corbyn party

New leader urges left-leaning voters to ‘join the Green Party right now’.

www.independent.co.uk

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