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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Jul 1

ICYMI, you can watch my talk about my book, The Pirates’ Code, for the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social on YouTube!

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The Pirates' Code - Rebecca Simon

YouTube video by York Ideas

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Jun 10

TOMORROW! June 11, 6 pm BST/10 am PST, come to a free online webinar to see me speak about my book and all things Pirates’ Code at the York Festival of ideas! Get you ticket at this link. @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

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The Pirates' Code

What was life really like aboard a pirate ship? Join historian Rebecca Simon for a rollicking account of pirates’ codes - the strict rules essential for survival at sea.

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · May 1

The #Kickstarter has gone live! Pledge your support for the first comic issue of Fang Hunters, a group of intergalactic vampire hunters!

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Mar 31

Non-history plug: If you like comic books and want to read about a rag-tag group of intergalactic vampire hunters (think Firefly meets Cowboy Bebop meets Buffy), please support my husband’s Kickstarter campaign by following his page! officially launches May 1st!
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Coming soon: Fang Hunters #1

A science fiction comic book series about a batch of eccentric vampire hunters who hop backwater planets and get paid by the fang

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Mar 25

Amazing phrase describing pirates that I’ve never encountered before: “Beasts of Prey.”

source: A Speech made upon the Condemnation of Pirates [Nicholas Trott] 🗃️

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Feb 27

The constitution technically allows it. It’s cited in the article. But it needs to be during active times of conflict. I don’t think cartel work counts, but then again what do I know about that?

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Feb 27

GOP Sen Mike Lee suggests using privateers to take on the cartel at the US border. Because this has always been a great idea in history 🙃
www.abc4.com/news/nationa...

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Christina Holland @mortalwombat.info · Feb 25

Saw a cybertruck and my son asked why Elon Musk would think that looked good and I said "remember that drug they gave you at the hospital when you broke your arm, and you got scared and said everyone had 4 eyes? he takes that all the time"

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Raquel Delerme @raqueldelerme.bsky.social · Feb 25

This spring my colleague Rachel and I will teach for the 3rd time out gender studies class at a women’s prison. We would appreciate any donations to provide folders, notebooks, and pens for our incarcerated students. To support them, venmo Rachel at Rachel-Leah. Many thanks!

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Feb 23

After 8 years, I have finally finished the first draft of my pirate novel! I began writing it in August of 2017. The idea came to me 2015 when I read a particularly interesting trial from the Old Bailey Online. It's been a long road with many stops & starts, other articles & books, but here we are!

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Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · Feb 20

BREAKING: Israel has just confirmed that the small bodies delivered today are Kfir and Ariel, but the adult body was not Shiri Bibas.

Where the hell is Shiri???

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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · Feb 10

Am very much looking forward to reading @nmkennedy.bsky.social @joplingn.bsky.social @piratebeckalex.bsky.social

Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social · Feb 10

I enjoyed reading @mooregraham.bsky.social 's open access article on English piracy and the Newfoundland cod fishery over the weekend (I'm working through a rather excessive periodical backlog) - see www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... - and found the way it linked...

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you to the You’re Dead To Me podcast to help make me an expert to give today’s lecture in my brand-new-never-taught-before class. @gregjenner.bsky.social

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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · Jan 24

"History's boldest pair of renegades."

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @piratebeckalex.bsky.social!

Subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z

www.trulyadventure.us/revenge

The Revenge of Anne and Mary by Rebecca Simon

Two women take to the sea and become the most feared pirates in the world. Rare archival material brings to life the most authoritative narrative of history’s boldest pair of renegades.

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Jan 21

I’m exhausted already

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Jan 21

This semester, I’m teaching US history, modern world history, modern European history, and pirate history. Time for some epic dismantling.

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Matt Browner Hamlin @mattbh.com · Jan 21

I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.

Just to be clear, you are defending a Heil Hitler salute that was performed and repeated for emphasis and clarity.

People can officially stop listening to you as any sort of reputable source of information now. You work for them. Thank you for making that crystal clear to all.

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Jan 21

We’re dead.

ThePlaguesRUS @theplaguesrus.bsky.social · Jan 21

BREAKING: Trump signs executive order to withdraw from the World Health Organization

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ThePlaguesRUS @theplaguesrus.bsky.social · Jan 21

BREAKING: Trump signs executive order to withdraw from the World Health Organization

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Jan 1

Oooh I’ll check this out. Thank you!

Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Jan 1

Thank you!!

Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Jan 1

Overall textbook

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Jan 1

Hello fellow historians! I will be teaching a lower-division World History Since 1500 class for the first time. I’ve researched textbooks and found several but before I commit, has anyone who’s taught this class have a favorite to recommend? Many thanks! 🗃️

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Scarlet Ingstad @scarlet-ingstad.bsky.social · Dec 19

Did you know my masters thesis on gender and piracy is available in paperback??? Discovery what drove some women to a life of piracy during The Golden Age 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Tap the link below to order!

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If You Had Fought Like a Man, You Needn't Be Hanged Like a Dog: Gender and Piracy During the Golden Age

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Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social · Dec 19

Yup, I would agree. That was probably considered to be an older age for most sailors.

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