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

Q for UK #skystorians - has anyone who is NOT AN ECR won a 'traditional' style grant recently, e.g. pays for your time & expenses to go to archives/do oral history, write up findings, run a workshop for colleagues, do small amount of community feedback/forward and/or public engagement, or similar?

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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 54m

I too went on exactly one when I was 14 and that only because it was already paid for, for my sister and she went into hospital with appendicitis two days before the trip

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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 3h

Sorry, but I can’t think of anything

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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 16h

Eric Dump, “We are despotic fascists.”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 21h

My academic #ShadowCV includes,
* unsuccessfully applying for way too many permanent jobs,
* working at 5 universities, and nowhere tenure-tracks were available, or installed after me, or for others only,
* too much time spent on trains working the laptop,
* never had a contract longer then 3 years

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Stijn Oomes @stijnoomes.bsky.social · 1d

@rmathematicus.bsky.social thank you for being a source of inspiration for this!

Stijn Oomes @stijnoomes.bsky.social · 2d

If you are interested to learn more, you can join

www.skool.com/amsterdam-ge...

Amsterdam Geo-Walk

A guided tour through 17th century Amsterdam. Where geography meets geometry. Where the Dutch Golden Age meets the Scientific Revolution.

www.skool.com

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 1d

I did a post, too! Thank you for the reminder!

bsky.app/profile/bsch...

Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 1d

It’s Indigenous People’s Day. Today, I honor my great grandfather, Cre. His mother, a full Cherokee, was wed to a German immigrant with land. They had two children, then the man died. His family dispossessed Cre’s mother; they were forced out of their home in early winter. With no where to go (1/11)

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 1d

On Indigenous Peoples' Day I'm re-sharing the episode of @thisguysucked.com on which I spoke with host @ceaubin.bsky.social about why, even in his own day, people thought Christopher Columbus sucked.

💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #renaissance #maps #geography #cartography #empire 1/2

Christopher Columbus with Surekha Davies

Podcast Episode · This Guy Sucked · 08/28/2025 · Subscribers Only · 1h

podcasts.apple.com

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone recommend a good writing retreat? 3-7 days, UK or Europe. I have til 4pm today to identify one!

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 A unique test panel from the Tottenham Court Road Station murals by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is coming up at auction with Lyon & Turnbull on Oct 31.

Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.

1.5x1m butterfly / moth mosaic panel - gifted by Paolozzi to the architect who oversaw the installation of the murals, Duncan Lamb.

Tottenham Court Road Station murals - Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, 1982-86
Image credit: Historic England

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 1d

Grateful to @resprofnews.bsky.social for doing a write-up of our call for action to incentivise the publication of negative results. Now looking for world-leading funders and institutions to show some leadership on this issue…

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 2d

Research funders urged to drive culture shift on negative results.

Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 2d

Today I learned there’s a penguin called Jane Goodall and she’s travelled 5000km since April.

A map of the east coast of South America, with several tracking lines, each representing a penguin. Jane Goodall’s line is highlighted in pale pink. There is also an inset with her facts and figures: body weight 4600g, tagged 25th April 2025, distance travelled 4769.3 km, average speed 2 kmh.

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 1d

The first talk of our Institute's Colloquium series 2025/26 "Rethinking #Time in the History of Science": @helgejojo.bsky.social and François Hartog on "Unsettling the Historiographic Operation." 🗃

🗓️ Nov 18, 2025 (14:00 CET)
📍 MPIWG

🔗 bit.ly/3IApzqX

#HistSci #CulturalHistory @ehess.fr

Poster of the MPIWG Institute’s Colloquium. It features the titles of its five events below an image that shows a colorful mixture of liquids in red, orange, yellow, green, and violet.

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London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 2d

We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org

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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 2d

That’s why they are called illuminated manuscripts

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 2d

This ad about the importance of using the best lightning solutions for your workspace is brought to you from 1530 Wittenberg. The desk user M.L. recommends the illuminating dove to help you stay on task. #skystorians #academicchatter

Martin Luther sits at a writing desk, writing, and a heavenly sent dove is illuminating the room. This is a hand coloured part of a bible print from 1530. You may access a digital copy here: https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0011/bsb00113027/images/index.html

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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 2d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations!

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d

“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]

phys.org/news/2025-10...

A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.

phys.org

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 2d

"I've just come from Timbuctoo on my horse, Rumpelstiltskin."

"Your horse is called Rumpelstiltskin??"

"That's right. I've been through the desert on a horse with gnome-name."

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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 2d

I think it’s one of the most important book in my intellectual development

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 3d

OTD, 1825, the Scotsman identifies the real problem with the new steam railways: nomenclature.

Newspaper para complaining that "the word 'loco-motive machine' is neither convenient, appropriate, nor distinctive... Automotive is a barbarous combination of Greek and Latin. Autokulion (self-rolling) has too learned a sound for familiar use."

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 4d

OTD in 1881, Charles Darwin published his last book, on earthworms.

It reflected a long interest in animal minds: “One alternative alone is left, namely, that worms, although standing low in the scale of organization, possess some degree of intelligence.”

🧪 🌱🐋🦋🦫 #HistSTM #philsci #pschsky #cogsci

Caricature by Edward Linley Sambourne from Punch in 1882 titled “Man is but a Worm,” depicting human evolution, commencing with Chaos, through worm, monkey, culminating in Darwin himself.

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