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Margaret Middleton

@magmidd.bsky.social

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They/them. Manchester, England. Freelance designer of playful learning experiences. Museums - Exhibit Design - Social Justice - Queer Possibility - Power of Play - Children's Museums margaretmiddleton.com

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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · Jan 1

omg I visited 79 museums and historic sites in 2024

Margaret, seated with legs crossed, chin on fist. Their black t shirt reads "Museum Nerd" in multicolor block letters

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

Have you seen 3D animations from the IDF showing secret Hamas hideouts?

According to Israel's +972 magazine, many have "serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets—sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators, and cultural institutions."

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 15h

When in Cymru #Museums2025

A photo of Margaret's foot- jeans hiked yo expose an orange Welsh tapestry patterned sock in a brown dress shoe

Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 2d

I always like it when folks follow up like that. Ps. Your research sounds fascinating. I'd love to learn more about your findings.

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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 3d

Colonial-loot museum is hosting an Indian-themed gala. I don't know what's more offensive: normalising engaging with colonial loot -- did the funds dry up -- or 'fancy-dressing up' Indian.

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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 4d

Many comparisons to Natalie Portman who has been public with how being sexualized as a young teen affected her so negatively

Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh of course

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Paul Orselli @paulpow.bsky.social · 4d

How Do You Design One Space That Works for All Ages?

blog.orselli.net/2025/10/how-...

How Do You Design One Space That Works for All Ages?

A museum exhibit design blog from Paul Orselli and POW! Tricks of the trade, useful resources, and exhibit-y thoughts for designers and museum folks.

blog.orselli.net

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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 4d

It's not a coincidence that the first ai actor is a young white woman

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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 6d

WHOA. This is out of line

Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 6d

I've never thought of what a book does as "serving me"

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Eric Jacobson @ejacobson.bsky.social · 7d

Been saying [some version of] this at least since Michael articulated it so well on You're Wrong About... Excluding bigots from cultural and political influence because of their behavior is fundamentally different than bigots excluding people because of their identities and physical attributes...

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7d

We're getting a wave of articles that are like, "gee willikers it sure seems like the people who complained about 'cancel culture' for years really like canceling people."

Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Some say canceling is an act of redress. Others blame it on a mob.

“People have used the word ‘cancel’ so loosely,” Ernest Owens author of “The Case for Cancel Culture,” said, “that everyone’s calling everything a cancellation.”

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

follow for updates: www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 7d

Please donate or share

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 8d

Exhibitions Lead, National Museums Liverpool. Deadline 15 October www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/jobs/job/217... #Museumjobs

Jobs - National Museum Directors' Council Website

Association of directors and chief executives of the UK's national museums, galleries, libraries and archives.

www.nationalmuseums.org.uk

Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 8d

You know how when you're editing and you sing
🎵para... para... para-graph🎵
a la coldplay?
No? Just me?

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 8d

Yes.

That argument rests on a flawed premise: that the right had been devoted to open debate and restrained government power, only reluctantly abandoning these principles to counter left-wing illiberalism. But the right did not learn cancel culture from the left; the modern right in America emerged as a censorious movement. It took decades for its free-speech faction to develop, and even then, it has only ever been a minority part of the coalition.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9d

there are almost certainly more people — more blue collar laborers, specifically — involved in the cultivation and production of chardonnay grapes and wine than in coal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 9d

American nostalgia is dangerous, especially because this country collectively prefers (American) dreams and myth-making instead of accurately remembering our history.

Many of us are especially bad when it comes to nostalgia for our childhood and teen years, especially if we were or felt protected.

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 9d

This is doing numbers on social media right now and it's so depressing how people truly yearn for this shit and want to preserve that feeling indefinitely like a mausoleum of false memories.

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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 12d

Museums as allies! Check out my interview with Trans Pride Manchester organiser Arlo West:
manchesterartgallery.org/a-venue-for-...

manchesterartgallery.org

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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 16d

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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 16d

The last time I tried to choose "other"...

Screenshot of a form email that begins: "Hello Prefer not to say Margaret Middleton,"

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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 16d

Cmon yall must have opinions

Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 17d

Just watched Hostage on Netflix and now I MUST read feminist and Irish reviews of the show- link me up!!

Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 17d

Just watched Hostage on Netflix and now I MUST read feminist and Irish reviews of the show- link me up!!

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