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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 9h

"I'm not surprised the personal attacks have started. They've got loads of lines: about my teeth, about my history as an actor, about my name change... the right just don't actually have a line of attack against me that's political"

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 2h

Hi on my KC Profile there is a heading Blogposts. Is this where I can add links to blogs I have written in the past? If so, how do I add the links? I cannot see how I can populate this heading. Thanks in advance :)

Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 6h

Today's Knowledge Commons share 'Viking ethnicities: A Historiographic overview' works.hcommons.org/records/4m53... (Image of a Viking Age mass grave at Ridgeway Hill)
Photo: Dorset County Council/Oxford Archaeology. #history #archaeology #medievalsky #vikings

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 7h

New evidence that Walter Rauff, a former SS commander, helped design and manufacture vans used to disappear dissidents in Pinochet's Chile: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Pinochet and the Vans of Death | Ariel Dorfman

In 38 Londres Street Philippe Sands investigates a Nazi war criminal’s collaboration with the Chilean dictatorship’s system of repression, torture, and murder.

www.nybooks.com

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 18h

Sunday morning - Doodle in the margins of this 12th century manuscript, Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College - 101, fol. 97v

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 11h

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 11h

It’s clear that the government immediately needs to introduce rent caps! We should also tax billionaires fairly so they can’t pay far left protestors (which my boyfriend told me about from Twitter) it’s not worth the risk.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 3d

Tar chuig an léacht seo le Viktoriia, 4 Samhain
Come to hear Viktoriia on 4 November
#DIASdiscovers
www.eventbrite.ie/e/medieval-m...

Medieval Murder Mysteries: Homicide in Early Irish Law

Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova from DIAS School of Celtic Studies brings us on an intriguing journey as part of Samhain agus Science 2025

www.eventbrite.ie

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

Several sources told The Observer that the Electoral Commission had been given prior notice by a party, understood to be Reform UK, that it had received a donation made in cryptocurrency in recent weeks.
Reform is the only political party in Europe to accept donations in crypto

Calls for transparency on political funding after first crypto donation made to UK party

Electoral Commission notified of financial contribution, which is understood to have been handed to Reform UK

uk.news.yahoo.com

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פינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.com · 2d

You know what happens if you come at a giant frog

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 3d

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History
Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at Dublin City University

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 4d

I'm giving an online lecture next Thursday evening, in aid of Peterborough Cathedral. I'll be talking about Oswald's cult at Peterborough and his continental connections. There will be arm relics and ravens! 💪 #MedievalSky

To book tickets: peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/in-per...

ppt slide. Title "The surprising afterlife of a Northumbrian king: the cult of St Oswald in Peterborough and beyond". Image from a medieval German manuscript shows Oswald and Aidan at the Easter feast, with beggars. Gold background and architectural frame.

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Saadia___m @saadia---m.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller pretended to freeze on tv because he knew he fcked up.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 4d

#HillfortsWednesday
Old Sarum was an Iron Age #Hillfort constructed around 400 BC during the Iron Age by creating enormous banks and ditches surrounding the hill.

The site was then used by the #Romans, who called it Sorviodunum

#Archaeology

📷 (Historic England Photo Library

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 4d

Today's Knowledge Commons share 'The Chronology of the Last Scandinavian Kings of York 937-954' #medievalsky #york #vikings #history works.hcommons.org/records/jhhx...

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 4d

This musn't become normal www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Silverio Villegas González, who was killed by ICE agents, ‘touched the lives of so many’

Neighbors and activists remember Silverio Villegas González as a friendly dad. They are grappling with questions, anger and fear about his killing and ICE's presence in Chicago. "May Silverio’s memory...

www.wbez.org

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 6d

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values

Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...

www.channel4.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 6d

This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.

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Karen Desmond @karendesmond.bsky.social · 6d

CFP update! The CFP deadline for the upcoming ERC-BROKENSONG (Maynooth University, Ireland, 15-16 May, 2026),has been extended to Oct 24, 2025. We will cover 2-3 nights' accommodation, and a contribution towards travel. Pls be in touch with questions ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/brokensong/i...

Call for Papers – BROKENSONG

ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 6d

Filming in Ireland today. Very lucky with the weather. I had my big coat, hat and scarf ready for being in the Wicklow mountains in October. Photo of Glendalough - such a special place. #archaeology #history #medievalsky #ireland #bbcni

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 6d

No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States

Beachfront home of South Carolina judge, ex-senator burned to ground, injuring 3

Ex-senator Arnold Goodstein, along with two additional people, were rescued by several neighbors and paramedics from a marshy, remote area behind the home after jumping from the fist floor.

nypost.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 6d

Ok yall birthday drive ✨ we’ve got 23 hours to get as close to this goal as possible for the KIDS—besieged in Gaza City, yet taking exams this week💡

Spark Space is providing their electricity, but needs fuel for the generator. Let their sumud & sabr be a light. 667/1000 chuffed.org/project/spar...

🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!

In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken…

chuffed.org

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 7d

Most societies were sadly slave owning then, and other cultures embraced Scandinavian culture creating new hybrid identities. Cultural hybridity and slave trading happened in both directions. This is history.

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