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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 19h

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Benjamin Franklin House @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social · 1d

📢Call for papers!

Benjamin Franklin House is hosting a conference, “Remember the ladies”: Women and Revolution, in London in May 2026!

Details are available here: benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/spring...

If you have any questions, please email Megan King at [email protected].

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Dr Catherine Bateson @catbateson.bsky.social · 23h

Also love the annual disregard for time difference that the committees have - the commitment to their own timetable is so reassuring

Dr Catherine Bateson @catbateson.bsky.social · 23h

I absolutely love this story - what a time to have the out-of-office response on 😂

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable The Nobel committee has been unable to reach a winner of this year’s prize for medicine who is “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking foray. Fred Ramsdell shared Monday’s prestigious prize with Mary Brunkow of Seattle, Washington and Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan for their discoveries related to the functioning of the immune system. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 19d

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.

Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.

Just. Keep. Reading.

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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 1d

Historian friends: I have an honors students writing a thesis about needlework samplers by Indigenous girls at mission school in the 1830s. I don't know much about the scholarship on boarding and mission schools in this early period (other than Snyder and Demos). Any thoughts?

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 2d

The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.

We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians

Closing dates for next application rounds:
Mondays 13 October and 15 December 2025

The Royal Historical Society represents the interests of historical researchers in universities, libraries, archives, museums, heritage and broadcasting, as well as those engaged in public, community and family history research.

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British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social · 2d

Our latest “Document of the Week” was chosen by our Senior Curator, Dr
Charlie Hall. It offers an eyewitness account of conditions in Auschwitz, as
provided by a Jewish doctor who worked in the camp hospital for more
than two years.

Read the full article here: buff.ly/OlrwTLF

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 2d

A student in my publishing course is interested in researching book pulping and book recycling. Do we know any work or introductory material in this area?

(Work on remainders, print runs, supply chain, raw materials all relevant, too.)

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Matthew Kelly @matthewjkelly.bsky.social · 3d

This is a very clear account of how government policy has already reduced access to degrees in History & other SHAPE subjects for members of marginalised communities and how new moves risk making matters worse still.

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 3d

This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw

#Skystorians

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 3d

This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw

#Skystorians

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Dr Catherine Bateson @catbateson.bsky.social · 8d

Happy 3rd #pubday birthday to my @lsupress.bsky.social book “Irish American Civil War Songs: Identity, Loyalty and Nationhood”! Available from the press & all good bookstores. If any Civil War era/Irish Studies folk want me to talk about it/review it, get in touch!
lsupress.org/978080717793...

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Dr Tim Galsworthy 🗃️ @timgalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

I was at the Eisenhower Library just last month. All the brilliant staff provided invaluable help for my research.

This move from the Trump administration is shocking but we should not be surprised that anyone who stands up to them, and stands up for history, is seen as a threat 🗃️

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 5d

Having done research there, I can’t say enough about the professionalism and competency of the staff at the Eisenhower Library and Museum. The fact that a staff member would be fired for doing their job with integrity is outrageous.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 5d

From The Times, 4 April, 1974

Newspaper article from UK Times, 4 April, 1974

‘Universities “Exploiting Students as Cheap Staff”’

from Tim Devlin, Education Correspondent, Liverpool, April 3

Postgraduate students, it was alleged here today, are being exploited as cheap labour by the universities and their ‘appalling’ rates of pay are being used to keep down the wages of other staff, particularly laboratory technicians

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 5d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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Historical and Archaeological Studies at Lincoln Bishop 🗃️ @lbishophisarch.bsky.social · 6d

We are very excited to announce this year's Annual History Lecture.

On 11 December, Dr Tim Galsworthy will discuss his new book "The Republican House Divided." His research explores the relationships between the Republican Party and Civil War memory.

This event is free and open to all 🇺🇸🐘🗃️

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Dr Tim Galsworthy 🗃️ @timgalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

Absolute madness of the first order 🤯

Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles

lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles

The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

lastcampaign.substack.com

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British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social · 6d

We’ve grouped our primary source collections under key historical themes! “Medicine” contains three fascinating collections, totalling over 230,000 document images!

You can explore the collections in the theme of “Medicine” here: buff.ly/gXoy5qD

Medicine

The development of medical science is arguably one of the...

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Dr Tim Galsworthy 🗃️ @timgalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d

Incredibly honoured to be delivering this year's Annual History Lecture at Lincoln Bishop University!

In my lecture, I will discuss the key findings of my new book "The Republican House Divided."

This talk is open to all, so if you are in or around Lincoln on 11th December do come along! 🗃️

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 6d

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 6d

I am sick to death of the “50% of UK school leavers go to university” nonsense floating around.

The highest it’s EVER been is 38%, in 2021, and it’s currently lower.

Source: the UK government.

commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

There are a few people that are inspirations to almost all scientists that I know, and Jane Goodall was one of them. RIP. 😢

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

apnews.com

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 6d

Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.

Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 6d

The attacks on the humanities continue
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities

The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 7d

"i just use it to generate ideas"

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