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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor!

@hpsvanessa.bsky.social

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historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer 🏳️‍⚧️, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · Dec 20

NEW FOLLOWERS: you MUST have a profile pic (not neccessarily of yourself!) and/or a header image, a biog + a couple of posts or I'll assume you are a bot/troll/bad faith person and block you.
Please do the *minimum* to show you're not a scammer!

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 53m

Just tagging to remind myself to repost on #DigitalFriday

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 55m

I can’t screenshot the whole coincidental pairing but its a booksky review of Oliver sach’s man who mistook his wife for a hat…

Two bsky posts, above a photo of Oliver sack’s the man who mistook his wife for a hat, illustrated with a bowler hat, the one immediately below it from brainmage is a pun about a bowler hat (and is the post this replies to)

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 1h

The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM
sshm.org/sshm-2026/

SSHM 2026: In/Out

Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 2h

Pleased to see that an article I wrote w/ Rachel Rich, @adamcrymble.bsky.social and @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social is out! We look at George III's use of food for masculine self-fashioning. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Self-Fashioning, Food, and Masculinity in George III’s Monarchy | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

Self-Fashioning, Food, and Masculinity in George III’s Monarchy

www.cambridge.org

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1h

The “lol *I* wouldn’t fall for it” response makes it more dangerous

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Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 4h

Want to do a PhD in social science & humanities at Durham? Interested in social justice or health / digital / environmental humanities or a mix of these? I’ve been working in fab cross-dept PhD supervisions and further to to our ESRC DTP, we’ll open a call for 8 H&SS PhD on 3 Nov.
#EnvHum #MedHum

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 1h

Anyone using this excuse for their ignorance is a bullshitter or needs to sack their agent/publicist/whoever for failing to inform them of the implications of joining a Rowling project, and then do some serious self-reflection. Enough of this mealy-mouthed garbage.

Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 2h

Piss off.

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Keira Knightley Was ‘Not Aware’ of J.K. Rowling Boycott Before Joining ‘Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions’: ‘I Hope That We Can All Find Respect’

Keira Knightley was 'not aware' of the J.K. Rowling boycott before joining 'Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions'

variety.com

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1h

This is so dangerous

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 19h

Generative video is going to destroy the world. Here I am, at a protest I never went to in a city that doesn’t exist being arrested by cops I’ve never met

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, my guess is that there are just an enormous amount of transphobes in the tiny, cliquey circle of elite UK media, and it's extremely easy to fall into a dinner party set that tells you it's fine, however "right on" or "not one of the footlights" your self-image is.

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 7h

What are your theories as to why nominally 'liberal' people like Simon Pegg and Matt Berry are willing to work with Rowling?

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Paula Read @paularead.bsky.social · 6h

When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire?

Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 19h

The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 6h

#MondayNetwork - a regular appeal to any #skystorians with intersecting interests: food /nutrition, surviving climate change, environmental determinism, race science, exploration, acclimatisation & physiology, cit sci, Indigenous knowledge, & related topics to say hi or share link to your work! 🗃️

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 10h

Fun fact, you can answer all of these questions by talking about how much you want the government to protect you *FROM* "AI" rather than how much you want them to fund it. Give it a try!

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Maaike @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social · 17h

Netherlands halts all company policy decisions of chips producer Nexperia to avoid knowledge leaking to China, and has removed the new Chinese director from his function.

The og Dutch company that produces chips especially for cars has been brought by Chinese company Wingtech in 2019.

Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 17h

Nederland grijpt hard in bij chipfabrikant Nexperia uit angst voor lekken chipkennis naar China – NRC: „een uitzonderlijke noodmaatregel […]. Volgens ingewijden waren er signalen dat Nexperia van plan was om chipkennis naar China te laten lekken.”

Nederland grijpt hard in bij chipfabrikant Nexperia uit angst voor lekken chipkennis naar China

Intellectueel eigendom: Het ministerie van Economische Zaken legt de bedrijfsvoering van chipfabrikant Nexperia grotendeels stil, om te voorkomen dat chipkennis naar China weglekt.

www.nrc.nl

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brain @littlebluecouch.bsky.social · 17h

just saw some disinfo, so I'm setting the record straight: you should wash your mushrooms before cooking them. they have dirt on them. it will not affect your end product, they do not absorb a bunch of water, it's fine

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Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social · 20h

🧵Dr Gwendoline Marjorie Roper (1901-72)
Truly, there is always more to know. Yesterday I bought this newspaper at a boot fair for a quid, not even realising it had half a page about women in aviation until I was reading it on train home. 1/3

@politicdormouse.bsky.social @stockotrader.bsky.social

Front page of The Times Survey of British Aviation Sept 1956

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 18h

Even USians are up in arms against restrictions on the vaccination recommendations that are far, far broader than the NHS applies in the UK.

Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 23d

This is super cool bc:

1) Many of the highest-risk conditions, like ME/CFS & Long Covid, aren't on the list

2) The best way to protect the vulnerable is to protect the population so others don't infect them

3) None of this accounts for Novavax which is not mRNA

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

CDC panel votes to limit who is eligible for this fall's Covid vaccine

Only people 65 and over or with underlying health conditions should get the shots, the advisory group recommended. There may be insurance roadblocks for others.

www.nbcnews.com

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 19h

Roastin' 'em. I just like eating them salted, or as soup topping.

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 22h

!!!

A small (1 pint) white ceramic pudding bowl filled with large glossy brown sweet chestnuts. It sits on a concrete kitchen counter in front of a set of scales and pasta in a kilner jar.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 23h

Probably just going to roast them and eat them with salt as snacks

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

Im veggie 😅

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

Doing some very spikey foraging

Hand holding six large, glossy brown sweet chestnuts

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, search has been throwing errors of various kinds for a while now - seemed to start up just as Jay had her meltdown, which might be coincidence but suggests they are playing with search limitation techniques for trending/hot topic phrases

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 1d

Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky

retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...

Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage

A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…

retractionwatch.com

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 1d

'Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation

www.theguardian.com

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