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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · 29d

An excellent essay collection on transnational approaches to regionalism just published open access with Radboud University Press. Not one but two essays on Freeman! It was a pleasure to work with these editors. books.radbouduniversitypress.nl/index.php/ru...

Transnational Representations of the Region, 1840-1940 | Radboud University Press

books.radbouduniversitypress.nl

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · Sep 5

Oh, 81%, eh? And I wonder what percentage it would be refusing care from medical workers who hadn't been born here.

Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · Sep 5

What do Reform mean by migrants "undermining" British culture? What has been damaged? Do they mean British art, architecture, food, literature, music, sport, theatre, or TV have been diminished, rather than enriched? Or does "culture", to them, only mean "whiteness "? (H/T @sundersays.bsky.social)

According to the latest British Social Attitudes survey, 81% of those who voted Reform last year believe that migrants have undermined rather than enriched the country's culture. Equally 73% feel that migrants have been bad for the country's economy. These figures are very different from those among voters in general, just 31% of whom believe that migration has undermined Britain's culture, and only 32% feel it has been bad for the economy.

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Sep 5

Great roundtable on ghost stories by Wharton, Freeman, and Stowe in the latest _Edith Wharton Review_.

Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Aug 19

Routledge / Taylor and Francis and yes, it was back in 2019.

Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Aug 19

At least you were asked. My work was just given without my permission by the publisher.

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thought so but situation is that non RG are chasing skills and employability rhetoric.

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Aug 14

Don't blame the crisis on poor marketing decisions by non RG unis though.

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Aug 14

A-level English : Language, Language & Literature and Language : our results 2025 analysis.

@tesmagazine.bsky.social

englishassociation.ac.uk/the-ea-congr...

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Jul 2

Tens of thousands of Americans will have died (literally) from Medicaid cuts by the time Hersheys removes nontoxic synthetic dyes from their high-calorie, low-nutrition candies

Secretary Kennedy
@SecKennedy

“@Hersheys just pledged to eliminate synthetic dyes from its candy by the end of
2027. I call on all other companies to follow their lead and help Make America Healthy
Again.”

Bloomberg
Hershey to Remove Synthetic Dyes From its Snacks by End of 2027
June 30, 2025 | Kristina Peterson

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Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social · Jul 3

Please don’t lump me in with the IDF, that seems kinda antisemitic

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Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · Jun 26

These huge cars are vastly more dangerous, kill far more children, as they're higher at the front. They should have their own much lower speed limit in towns; and higher tax. Parking should be charged as for vans, they're larger than normal spaces. It's bizarre that they're treated as cars.

Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · Jun 26

Can we have weight-based car taxes too please? These are loathsome vehicles and they’re mushrooming all over London

Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jun 26

Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.

He'll make a great mayor

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Dr Penny Bradshaw @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social · Jun 26

Absolutely thrilled to see this excellent piece by our MA graduate and now PhD student, Nada Saadaoui, on walking as a form of resistance for Jane Austen and her heroines, published in ‘The Conversation’ today: theconversation.com/for-jane-aus...

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Jun 8

So glad you care about hanging indents and page numbers too. I thought I was the only one.

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Jun 8

Because gen AI doesn't include them, nor do spark notes type websites which feature significant quotes.

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Jun 5

Foxgloves are blooming in Nottingham

Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · May 31

This year's foxglove season is promising, so I am sharing my linocut of a fox emerging from a foxglove grove that I carved a few years ago, during an especially abundant foxglove summer 🦊🐾🌺

A fox stands quietly between foxgloves that form an arch around her.
She might also be emerging from a cave, with the foxgloves flanking the cavern's entrance.
The fox calmly locks eyes with the viewer. Linocut, magenta, white and black, Maria Strutz

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Jun 4

"I do not need to be Bandanese to understand what Gunung Api means to the islanders, just as I do not need to be Greek to be moved by the Iliad." - Amitav Ghosh. I'm moved by his rejection of ecofascist arguments for protecting only one's own nation's nature.

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · May 30

In case you're tired of being asked, when do you break up?

UCU University of Kent branch @ucukent.bsky.social · May 30

Universities in the UK are busy all year round.
Postgrad students have classes and work to do in the summer. Undergrad students often work on campus during the summer. Our campuses are full of visiting schools, colleges, and conferences.
Staff continue to work. Summer is often our busiest time.

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David Belbin @davidbelbin.bsky.social · May 26

Reminder that today is the last day to object to Facebook using your data to feed their AI. You need to go into the privacy center until you get to 'Right to Object' where they deliberately make it hard to enter your email address. However now had an email confirming they won't use any of my data.

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · May 24

Our future may depend on the humanities wonkhe.com/blogs/our-fu...

Our future may depend on the humanities

For Peter Sutoris, the humanities hold the key to understanding and responding to the many civilisational crises we face

wonkhe.com

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · May 22

Five or six wrens flitting in and out of my woodpile.

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · May 15

Thanks to Valerie Kinsey for noticing our book's ecocriticism: 'Freeman in these critics’ hands moves beyond denaturalizing social worlds toward rendering ways of being in and of nature.’ muse.jhu.edu/issue/53522?...

Project MUSE - Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers-Volume 41, Number 2, 2024

muse.jhu.edu

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · May 13

I'm giving a talk in a few months to some children's publishing and bookselling bods. If you could say one thing to a capitive audience of publishers and booksellers, what would YOU say? #KidLitUK (Dm me if it's something you'd rather not say out loud...)

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Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · May 1

Can recommend Aimz Rushton's substack. She always has her finger on the heartbeat. aimzrushton.substack.com?r=185r72&utm...

Disco & Dissociation | Aimz Rushton | Substack

Words by Aimz. A space to get messy and creative. Click to read Disco & Dissociation, by Aimz Rushton, a Substack publication. Launched 3 days ago.

aimzrushton.substack.com

Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Apr 24

Talking BAAS and SSAWW with Emma in Hertfordshire. She actually approves this Chardonnay.

Stephanie Palmer @stephaniepalmer.bsky.social · Apr 23

Nearing Hatfield for #BAAS2025.

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