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Dr Amy Fuller

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She/her | Historian of colonial Mexico: Sor Juana; La Llorona; narratives of conquest/conversion | Host of Challenging Colonial Narratives Seminar Series | Trans inclusive feminist | Free Palestine 🍉 Called William H Prescott a dirty old man on the BBC

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Dr Amy Fuller @amyfuller.bsky.social · Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s Day all! ❤️ What could be more romantic than listening to me dragging Hernán Cortés for filth on #YDTM? I had a great time with Jen Brister & @gregjenner.bsky.social & even got to call William Prescott a dirty old man on the BBC 😂 What a result!
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You're Dead to Me - Hernán Cortés and Malintzin: the Spanish conquest of Mexico - BBC Sounds

Join Greg and his guests in 16th-century Mexico to learn about Cortés and Malintzin.

www.bbc.co.uk

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hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 1d

For all those who say TS needed to stay silent on the issues for safety, Hayley Williams went on the Tonight Show using art and her privilege to call out white supremacy to its face in direct view of the White House.

Y’all’s favorite was just on the Tonight Show. If they wanted to, they would.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Any comment Wes Streeting? Or will you call the coroner a liar as well?

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 1d

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/09/n...

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Dr Amy Fuller @amyfuller.bsky.social · 4d

EVERYONE! STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND GO AND LOOK AT THE MOON! IT’S ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE!

Dr Amy Fuller @amyfuller.bsky.social · 5d

RIP Jane Goodall

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 7d

this is a GOOD speech

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 7d

In memoriam...

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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · 7d

As the first female Archbishop of Canterbury is appointed, it’s worth remembering that dissenting women were preaching to mixed sex congregations in London as early as 1645. My book Voices of Thunder has a whole section on 17th-century “she-preachers”

#earlymodern

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 7d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social nails it: "Britain is not broken because of migration. Britain is broken because of inequality. Because of an economy that allows billionaires to hoard wealth while millions struggle to get by. Because of a political class that has lost its nerve and forgotten its purpose."

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8d

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Shorelarking @shorelarking.bsky.social · 7d

#FridayFan - just a gorgeous autumnal sunset scallop #Beachcombing

A very large scallop shell, in shades of ombre orange and brown, on dark wet sand

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Dr Amy Fuller @amyfuller.bsky.social · 7d

I somehow missed the news of the horrific attack in Manchester yesterday. My thoughts are with the victims’ families and the Jewish community. Antisemitism is abhorrent and any attempt to justify such atrocities is disgusting.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

Terrible news that two people were killed in Manchester attending their place of worship at the synagogue in Manchester, with others seriously injured.

Community Security Trust @cstuk.bsky.social who do so much to keep Jewish people safe at faith and community spaces have issued this advice.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 8d

Tony is many things but he isn’t a moron, so we can assume he can see exactly what kind of “peace” is being imposed upon the Palestinians and by what means, and we can instantly throw any charitable assumptions about his noble motives in the bin.

The News Agents • @newsagents.... • 5m
"He wants to be remembered for bringing peace to Palestine and Israel, rather than everything that happened in Iraq."
Tony Blair has a "long-term commitment" to peace in the Middle East - but is it to make change, or preserve his own legacy?

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Taulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social · 10d

This is a major and under acknowledged crime against humanity.

Dennis Buchholz @dennisbuchholz.bsky.social · 10d

Donald Trump murdered thousands of children in the last 9 months💔💔
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Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. — The Washington Post

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 11d

"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 11d

It really is just relentless the constant dehumanisation in this country. Prove you deserve to be here. Prove you deserve to be cared for. Prove your gender. Prove you deserve to have human rights. Prove you deserve to stay after a whole decade. It just chisels away at your humanity

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11d

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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Dr Amy Fuller @amyfuller.bsky.social · 13d

I’m so sorry. Thinking of you & yours. Be kind to yourself ❤️

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14d

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

Johnson says he will never use government ID

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 13d

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 13d

There’s no easy answers for Starmer’s government confronting Reform. But it should understand the opposition. Not ‘ordinary Britons with legitimate grievances’, but a trans-national, far right propaganda machine built patiently over decades with Russian & US funders among others.

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Jo (unfunded hobbyist) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 13d

This was good until I got to the nonsense about the history of witchcraft (the midwife-witch thing was debunked ages ago). Historical scholarship has moved on, public knowledge has not, and this is partly why I am writing my Everyday Bewitchment book.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

‘The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death’: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her

The Florence + the Machine singer talks about life after devastating loss, performing with Taylor Swift and the double standards for women in music

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 14d

An interview about taking the fight to Reform in which racism isn’t mentioned once.

Not sure anything captures Britain today than the most mediocre of white men throwing minorities under the bus out of desperation to sustain himself in a role he never should have held.

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 14d

“History will not forgive us if we do not use every ounce of our energy to fight Reform. There is an enemy. It actually goes against the grain of our history. It’s right there in plain sight in front of us. We have to win this battle.”

Our PM interview tonight 👇

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer to warn Labour that battle with Reform is ‘fight for soul of the nation’

Exclusive: PM says history will not forgive his government if it fails to confront and defeat the populist right

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Amy Fuller @amyfuller.bsky.social · 15d

I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ETYMOLOGY OF LOZENGE

a woman in a pink suit is sitting at a table laughing and saying `` tell me , tell me '' .

Alt: a woman in a pink suit is sitting at a table laughing and saying `` tell me , tell me '' .

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Dr Amy Fuller @amyfuller.bsky.social · 16d

Well, this is worrying…

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17d

Lawyers Report Disappearance of Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz Detainees From ICE Database: 'It's a Black Hole'

The Miami Herald reported that by late August about 800 detainees no longer appeared in ICE's database, while another 450 were listed with no location

Lawyers Report Disappearance of Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz Detainees From ICE Database: 'It's a Black Hole'

The Miami Herald reported that by late August about 800 detainees no longer appeared in ICE's database, while another 450 were listed with no location

www.latintimes.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 16d

This. I'm seeing a lot of media coverage of this along the lines of "Trump and Kennedy are driving disinformation/are just ignorant" but its more; they are driven by a deep, obvious and abiding ableism--their contempt and dislike for disabled people are very clear and have been for years.

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 17d

the most important thing to remember when you see eugenicists who don’t believe that autistic people should exist rambling about “the autism epidemic” is not that they’re wrong about the “cause” (although they are absolutely wrong about it); it’s that they are eugenicists

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 16d

The "asylum seekers eat our swans" lie was disproven 22 years ago. The Sun had to print a retraction back then. No PCC probe into 'swan eating' story | National newspapers | The Guardian share.google/lpdL9szwkmC0...

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