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FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · Oct 12

A reminder that my latest release is now in stock on Amazon, too! www.amazon.co.uk/Young-Worker... #childlabour

Young Workers of the Industrial Age: Child Labour in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Amazon.co.uk: Sue Wilkes: 9781036113834: Books

Buy Young Workers of the Industrial Age: Child Labour in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Sue Wilkes (ISBN: 9781036113834) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 13h

As for this - in other words the government would rather we offshore our operations instead of generating jobs and exports in a high productivity sector in the UK. I despair...

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 30m

They're on the windows. Looking in while I'm washing up.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 5h

See the "modern industrial policy" is going well. Protecting steel and undermining universities is an interesting take on comparative advantage.

Industry minister Chris McDonald, who worked in the steel industry on Teesside before entering Parliament, said: "We will always defend our critical steel industry, which is why we are pushing the European Commission for urgent clarification of the impact of this move on the UK.

Starmer told reporters the aim of the trip was not to recruit students but for universities to expand their overseas offerings - for students to study while staying in India.

The visit to India comes months after Starmer

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Helen Spencer @helspencer.bsky.social · 2h

Noticed the #31DaysOfGraves tag was #Glass today and couldn’t not share this gravestone in Tranent churchyard, East Lothian.

A gravestone for Thomas Waugh, glazier, dated to 1705 which shows the tools of his trade and a lozenge of glass. He was a glass worker, likely at nearby Morison’s Haven.

The top half of a worn stone gravestone in a grassy graveyard. There is a carved hand holding a lozenge of glass along with tools - including a blow pipe, a set square and a pinching tool.

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 45m

New to the Middle Ages? Start here—explore the foundations of medieval Europe! 🏰📚 medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/medi... #MedievalEurope

Medieval Europe 870 - 1300

The Medieval era brought tremendous change to Western Christendom (Europe). This course provides a panoramic overview of European history from the ninth to the thirteenth century covering themes…

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 49m

Shout out to all my fellow arts and humanities graduates in the UK with our rip off degrees- many of us may not be the biggest earners but I would argue have generally been considerably better contributors to society than vast majority of the Tory party.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 13h

The 10.7ha univallate Iron Age glory of Segsbury Camp (aka Letcombe Castle) Oxfordshire

Here looking south in an aerial picture © James Pratt from the OA citizen science project #Airchaeology 😍

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Happy #HillfortsWednesday 🥳

The grass covered ramparts of a hillfort bisected by a modern road from the air looking to the cloudless sky of the horizon

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 41m

Don‘t threaten us with a good time.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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John Vigar @johnevigar.bsky.social · 1h

This door at Eastwood church in Essex dates from about 1150, which is extremely rare. The hinge has an inscription which (more or less) says ‘blessings on those who come and go’.

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Carol Ann Lloyd @shakeuphistory.bsky.social · 6h

The brilliant Helen Castor joins us this week at Royals, Rebels, and Romantics!
She discusses her book The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV.
Special thanks to my wonderful patrons! A special episode coming just for you!

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 1h

"We shall remember them." Sunset over the Somme battlefields, Lochnagar crater. #ww1 #legrandemine

Sunset over the Somme. Lochnagar crater.

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 1h

A memorial to all the women who served in #WW1. At Lochnagar Crater.

Dedicated to the Valiant Women of All Nations who served in the Great War.

Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 1h

Some memorials near Pozieres. The pic below left is dedicated to all the animals who died. The one below right marks the Australian troops' great sacrifice. #ww1

Memorial to the Australian troops near Poziere, the Somme.

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 1h

In first, three shipwrecks from biblical times uncovered off the coast of Israel | The Times of Israel
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In first, three shipwrecks from biblical times uncovered off the coast of Israel

Only 11 ships from the Iron Age previously found in the Mediterranean; discovery provides evidence of maritime trade under the Kingdom of Israel

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 1h

Yup.

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 1h

Einstein's violin sells for £860,000 at auction

Auctioneers think it might be the highest price ever paid for a violin not previously owned by a concert violinist.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 2h

Students talk about the demoralizing effects of AI. It makes them feel like they don't need to know anything and can't learn how to do anything well enough to compete with the machine.

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 4d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 2h

"You're stuck where?"

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 711; Abbreviatio Decreti "Quoniam egestas"; second half of the 12th century; p.18 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
BL Arundel 83; the 'Howard Psalter and Hours'; f.63v

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 2h

A new paper by an international team of researchers, including #NHMLA's Curator of Marine Mammals, Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe, uncovers more secrets of aquasloths with one of the most complete skeletons ever discovered: go.nhm.org/aquatic-sloths

An illustration featuring aquatic sloths on a sunset beach amid sea lions, seagulls, and penguins. Artwork by Alex Boersma.

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 1h

10/8/1826 — b. Emily Blackwell, English physician, surgeon, medical educator. Early British-American female physician; second woman to earn a med degree, Western Reserve Univ; third woman to earn a med degree in the U.S. Taught obstetrics & women’s diseases #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #OTD

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La Brea Tar Pits & Museum @tarpits.org · 1h

🦴✨ Project 23's unearthed wonders coming through!

In a single tablespoon of tar-soaked matrix from Project 23 at the #TarPits, scientists find dozens of fossils—from tiny seeds to small mammal bones.

Discover how every grain matters at TARPITS.org.

Text "A tablespoon of matrix (dirt) can yield up to 50 fossils that may include seeds, millipedes, insects, and freshwater shells, as well as bones of toads, turtles, lizards, snakes, rodents, and small birds!" on top of a photograph of matrix collecting at La Brea Tar Pits in the background.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 3d

Booking is now open for this year's Royal Historical Society Public History Lecture, with @greshamcollege.bsky.social:

'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd

6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2

Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother

This is the annual Royal Historical Society Lecture.

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 1h

From unruly medieval monks to rival Victorian police officers, our October talk draws on objects and records from the Museum's collection to explore crime and punishment in Royston.

🗓️Next Wednesday, 15 October, at 7:15pm
🎟️ £5 per person
💻 Book online: buff.ly/5j5Zc3F

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 8h

And making theft illegal would “kill” the thieving industry. Good. Make theft illegal again.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 7h

Tripe Purveyor, painting by Glen Williams, Huddersfield-based artist raised in Rotherham. #NorthernArt

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