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Douglas Small

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Drug Historian. Author of ‘Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930’. Histories of Victorian medicine & science. #c19th #medhums he/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Website: https://douglassmall.com

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Douglas Small @drdouglassmall.bsky.social · Jul 14

A lovely surprise in the post today.

It seems that ‘Cocaine, Literature and Culture’ is now available in paperback!

@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Copies of Cocaine Literature and Culture 1876-1930, in a paper packing box. The cover features a woman with a short bob and fashionable 1920s dress with the word ‘cocaine’ above her head

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 9h

This is a paradigm shift in how we understand metabolism. People will cite regain after stopping a GLP1. But that’s the point. If the weight gain is due to a hormonal imbalance, that will not magically repair after stopping. For many, this will be a lifelong drug to correct a lifelong health issue.

Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 9h

Honestly I think some people are deeply wedded to toxic ideas around weight, eg that slim = virtuous, fat = lazy & ill-disciplined. These drugs are fundamentally threatening to that, because what they show is nope: it’s often hormonal, & almost anyone can lose weight if they just tweak that balance

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

Physician who dabbles in history of medicine, historian of science and technology, historian of medicine and society.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Women & Alcohol (DSN Research Cluster) @womenandalcohol.bsky.social · 1d

Our next online seminar will take place on 6 November at 12.00 midday. Louisa Niesen, European University Institute will speak on 'Alcohol Consumption among Women Tourists, 1880-1914'. This event is online. More information and how to get the zoom link here:

www.womenandalcohol.net/2025/10/onli...

Online seminar - Alcohol Consumption among Women Tourists, 1880-1914

Project: Between the drunken ‘mother of destruction’ and the sober ‘angel of the house’.

www.womenandalcohol.net

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 7d

My book just got announced in my literary agency's newsletter and is in their Frankfurt Book Fair rights brochure this month - but I don't want to say anything yet until my publisher does which I'm REALLY hoping is soon because OH MY GOD it's an ACTUAL THING now???!!!! Ridiculous.

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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social · 5d

Getting crafty ahead of tomorrow’s sold-out Halloween workshops at Mackintosh at the Willow, where we’ll be learning about the sweet and spooky history of sugar…and why vampires have a sweet tooth!

@bavs-uk.bsky.social @n-t-s.bsky.social @uofg-impact.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Letters with wax seals, coloured pencils and a historical source from 1797 which reads “i do not want to drink blood sweeten’d tea’ by Robert Southey.

Poster for workshop featuring spooky cupcakes. Sponsor logos: National trust for Scotland, British Association for Victorian Studies, Heritage Lottery fund, University of Glasgow. Text: Are you a family living in Glasgow or the Central Belt? Join us to take part in a University of Glasgow research project about sugar awareness, ethical choices, and the sweet and spooky history of sugar.
Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires as part of the research and during the sessions participants will:
• Design their own 'sweet-and-spooky'-inspired afternoon tea stand to take home and use
• Make elaborate sugar-craft cupcakes with pastry chefs from David Duncan Sugarcraft School
• Learn more about the history of sugar through spooky stories and true tales from the past to develop a better understanding of why we crave sugar and how we can consume it ethically and in moderation to avoid becoming 'a sugar vampire.
Workshops are suitable for children 7-12 years old and one accompanying parent. Places are limited to one child per adult and booking is essential.

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doctor eek [free link arc] (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 5d

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

The Independent @the-independent.com · 6d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

www.independent.co.uk

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d

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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The Second Mrs. de ShinyGoth👻 @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 6d

Academic people, search for your editors. My chapters were stolen but they aren't listed by my name.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d

So exhausting..

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10d

Anti-trans hate group Genspect is formally calling for trans people to be repathologized. This is most certainly to set the stage for mandated conversion therapy and potentially forced institutionalization.

archive.ph/yA2Wh

Alt text: Screenshot of a press release titled “Genspect Calls for Re-Psychopathologization of Transgender Identification.” Subheading: “Statement for Immediate Release” by Genspect, dated 27th September 2025. Below the title is an abstract graphic of a stylized “G” composed of textured shapes in teal, purple, and pink. The text beneath reads: “On day one of the Genspect conference in Albuquerque, Mia Hughes announced the official launch of Genspect’s Re-psychopathologization campaign in her talk defining transgender identities as extreme overvalued beliefs.”

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 12d

'A Walk in Autumn' - Miyagawa Shuntei, 1898. 🍁
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe

Two women in traditional dress walk along a path holding an umbrella. On either side are maple trees with autumn leaves.

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Charlie Gough @charliejgough.bsky.social · 15d

I submitted my thesis last week! grateful for the 4 wonderful years that led to this moment 🥂

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 15d

Autism is back on the front pages. Why not read the book that my excellent @manchester.ac.uk @manchstm.bsky.social colleague Dr Bonnie Evans has published on the history of autism? It's open access and you can read it online for free.

www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

Cover of Dr Bonnie Evans' book The Metamorphosis of Autism: A History of Child Development in Britain (Manchester University Press, 2017)

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Dr Bob Nicholson @digivictorian.bsky.social · 25d

I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4.

It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.

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Baby Boy Monaghan @babyboymonaghan.bsky.social · 19d

I scream
You scream
The ice scream screams
Stop eating it
It's sentient

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 21d

So many of the half-baked AI implementations are happening in professional arenas that have been hollowed out by extraction and divestment. No journalist needs a writing aid unless they’re being paid too little to write too much, no teacher needs a commenting tool unless they’re overextended.

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Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 23d

This was a word AND he cussed 😂

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 24d

they were developed in a fentanyl lab located in Asbestos, Quebec, to be Woke, fireproof and deadly to the touch. their glands secrete generic prescription drugs and they all believe in climate change. these aren’t your granddad’s 30-50 feral hogs. they’re bilingual. they will win

Zack Furness @punkademic.bsky.social · 24d

2Smart2Tuff

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History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 25d

177 years ago, on the 13th of September 1848, a tamping iron was launched through Phineas Gage's skull as he was blasting rock to prepare a railroad bedding. Miraculously, Gage survived. The accident destroyed much of his brain's left frontal lobe and changed his personality. #history #otd 🗃️

Photograph of cased-daguerreotype studio portrait of brain-injury survivor Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) shown holding the tamping iron which injured him. Includes view of original embossed brass mat. From the collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus. Like most daguerreotypes, the image seen in this artifact is laterally (left-right) reversed; therefore a second, compensating reversal has been applied to produce this image, so as to show Gage as he appeared in life. That this shows Gage correctly is confirmed by contemporaneous medical reports describing his injuries, as well as from the injuries visible in Gage's skull and life mask, still preserved. Digitally enhanced and manually retouched

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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social · 26d

Your La Vie Parisienne cover by birth month.

Some silliness from the historical periodicals for your #Friday. #c19th

Your La vie Parisienne cover by birth month. On left is an image of a woman in a billowing shirt, breeches and striped stockings and a jaunty hat, holding an artists palette. On right in an Amazon, clad in helmet and Minoan style two-piece, brandishing spear and shield

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 29d

So, I wrote a thing about my vase-fucking skeet and resulting thread with thanks to @romgothsam.bsky.social, @profchander.bsky.social, @philistella.bsky.social, & @gothicbodies.bsky.social for inspiration PLUS a shout out to a very old *undergraduate* essay by @joanpassey.bsky.social

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Apr 15

Dracula: hello, fellow sailors. I have always wanted to explore the watery parts of the world. Call me Alucard

Sailor: nice to meet ya Alucard, we got plenty of sailors like you. Bob over there is also a vampire

Bob: hey dude

Dracula: oh, I am assuredly not a vampire

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Sarah has a suggestion @goatsarah.org · Aug 29

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

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Oral History Network Ireland @oralhistoryie.bsky.social · Aug 22

A new oral history project has launched at the University of Galway. 'Voices of the Showmen,' will create a new archive to preserve the unique stories of Irish circus families and members of the Irish Showmen's Guild.

@heritagecouncil.ie @uniofgalway.bsky.social

Image taken from: The Irish Street Art, Circus and Spectacle Network – ISACS.

New oral history project launched at University of Galway as part of Heritage Week. 'Voices of the Showmen' marks the undertaking of a new oral history archive of Irish Circus families and members of the Irish Showmen's Guild.

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