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Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social · 7d

and Christmas chocolates in the supermarkets🙄

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 9d

How to get away with murder in medieval Ireland. Duinetháide murders, where the killer didn't leave a trace or a body, carry all the intrigue of a classic murder mystery, explains Viktoriia Krivoshchekova @dias.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How to get away with murder in medieval Ireland

Duinetháide murders, where the killer didn't leave a trace or a body, carry all the intrigue of a classic murder mystery

www.rte.ie

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10d

watch this.

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d

So exhausting..

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · Jun 13

Who are we?

Founded in 1965, the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) promotes the study of immigration history through the Journal of American Ethnic History and professional/educational outreach.

iehs.org

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 12d

If you can't vote in next month's presidential election, we want to hear from you.

Are you an Irish emigrant abroad? An Irish citizen in Northern Ireland? Or a British, EU or non-EU citizen living in the Republic?

We'll reflect your views in a forthcoming article. http://jrnl.ie/6828531f

If you can't vote in next month's presidential election, we want to hear from you

We want to hear whether and how emigrants, immigrants and Irish citizens in the North would vote if they could.

jrnl.ie

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Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve wondered the same thing. Stamps are never easy to find, at least not compared to back in the day when most corner shops (or equivalent) sold them in touristy areas.

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 13d

Free book download of collected papers on Knowledge Commons ‘No Horns on their Helmets? essays on the Insular Viking Age’ #medievalsky #history #vikingsky #archaeology works.hcommons.org/records/xc6k...

No Horns on their Helmets? Essays on the Insular Viking Age

Collected papers, including 1 An imaginary viking-raid on Skye in 795? 2 Annals, armies, and artistry: 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle', 865–96 3 'Hiberno-Norwegians' and 'Anglo-Danes': anachronistic ethni...

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Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social · 13d

Interesting thread 🧵 about the tech mindset.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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MedievalWomenSpeak @medievalwomenspeak.bsky.social · 14d

Reason replied, “Believe me, many crucial and worthy arts and sciences have been discovered thanks to the ingenuity and cleverness of women, both in the theoretical sciences expressed through the written word, and in the technical crafts.”

- Christine de Pizan, b. 1365

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 14d

This is an amazing breakthrough! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com

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Emma Miller 😁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social · 15d

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Emma Miller 😁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social · 15d

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Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social · 16d

As far as I’m aware you only don’t have to register tenants who are immediate family… Pretty sure most landlords own their own property.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 19d

I know we all hate to log into LinkedIn, but you might wanna do to opt out of this 😘

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 20d

Be part of Within|Without, the archaeology conference exploring how partitions shape who we are.
🗓 Saturday 18 October 2025 🕘 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM 📍 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
🌍 In-person and online options
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without

#WithinWithout2025 #NMSArchaeologyConference

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Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social · 20d

The absolute joy of home grown carrots #gardening

A home grown carrot lying on a wooden chopping board. The top of the carrot is dark green fading to golden yellow legs splayed left and right and a small third appendage in the middle, lying to the left, that looks decidedly male.

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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 20d

Fed up with the fake canonisation of Charlie Kirk? Read my piece on MAGA's Reichstag Moment:https://open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr/p/murder-in-the-madhouse?r=rgmer&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social · 20d

The new TOS for acad…a dot edu are a bit much. Sad to have to delete my account -it’s been a valuable resource/tool for an independent, rural-based researcher- but I simply cannot consent.

Daniel Feshbach @danielprime.bsky.social · 21d

How to delete your account without agreeing to the new TOS:

In the dialogue box asking you to agree, DO NOT click agree. Instead, click on the TOS link which will open another tab. In the top right of that tab you can go to your account settings and delete your account.

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

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Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats to all involved. Delighted to see it has made it out into the world!

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 21d

Racism isn’t innate, writes Dr Steve Taylor.

It’s a sign of insecurity and poor psychological health, not a hardwired human instinct.

From #TheConversation -- thanks!

Here are the five stages that may lead to racism

There is no genetic or biological basis for dividing the human race into distinct “races”

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 22d

16th September 2023: On this day, trans people and allies come together in a protest in Dublin against a rally featuring Posie Parker, a self-described “women's activist” with anti-trans views. #OnThisDay #Queerstory 👉 buff.ly/EjAf9qx

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Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 23d

This is the question that runs queasily through my head when I’m very very drunk and clinging on to the floorboards.

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Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social · 24d

Well spotted! It is indeed 🌕

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