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Lesley A Hall

@erinacean.bsky.social

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Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist @erinacean @[email protected] www.lesleyahall.net https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 1h

Has anyone ever come across any *primary source* material that confirms that SS soldiers had to break the necks of German Shepherd dogs they had raised & trained with for 12 weeks in order to earn their stripes? It sounds like nonsense to me for various reasons.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2h

“These findings follow previous research which concluded that the more people learn about how AI works, the less they trust it. The opposite was also true — AI’s biggest fanboys tended to be those who understood the least about the tech.”

The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.

futurism.com

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 5h

The Office of the Independent Adjudicator (UK) who address unresolved student complaints about Higher Education is seeking two board Trustees/Directors with a student perspective. Please share widely. And apply if you fit the criteria! www.oiahe.org.uk/about-us/our...

Recruitment - Board Trustee/Director

We are recruiting for two Board Trustee/Directors with a student perspective to join our Board of Directors.

www.oiahe.org.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 6h

Next week (Weds 22 October) we visit historians at the University of Suffolk to learn about their research and to discuss collaborative working with archivists and public historians.

The visit includes a guest lecture by Tim Grady to which all are welcome bit.ly/4pWzBDu with a reception from 5pm.

Britain and the Memory of the Two World Wars

A public lecture as part of the Royal Historical Society's visit to historians at the University of Suffolk, with Professor Tim Grady

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The Wynter in Black 🎃🐈‍⬛ @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 6h

Want to profile your own work on the 'Meet the Researcher' page? Open to all, but especially useful to those in between jobs, in precarity, and new researchers.

Get in touch with me, @stinaface.bsky.social or Cheryl McGeachan.

#MentalHealthHumanities #MHHums #MedHums #Interdisciplinary

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 6h

At Bristol Central Library:

Fugitives in the Archive

"Featuring original newspapers, maps, and memoirs by c18th & c19th Black writers, this exhibition assembles the possible lives of these runaways before their bid for freedom."

bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=242...

#History

Fugitives in the Archive : Exhibition

During the 18th century, British newspapers published advertisements for runaway enslaved people with rewards for their capture; for the hundreds of Black and Asian people brought to Britain through t...

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Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 6h

Archives in the news!

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Great coverage on the project Leontine and @camdiglib.bsky.social

#archives #digipres

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

www.bbc.com

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 7h

🧵 1/ Excellent and impactful work from CCE second in command @loraadair.bsky.social published in the New Metro over the weekend about Outcry Witness

It’s an anonymous website where sexual-assault survivors can safely tell their stories.

No names, no pressure. Just a record in their own words 🗣️🛡️

Home - Healing starts when people bear witness

Outcry Witness is the platform where survivors of sexual violence keep an anonymous record of their experience, always under their control.

outcrywitness.com

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 7h

We'll know 'gold standard' apprenticeships really are 'gold standard' when politicians think their own kids should do them rather than getting a degree.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 7h

"Two major publishers have begun to automatically reject the vast majority of papers based on public health data sets, following revelations that unscrupulous actors use these data sets to churn out nonsense scientific papers."

www.science.org/content/arti...

Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets

PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research

www.science.org

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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 7h

US tech giants are eyeing up the NHS 🤖💰

Our new blog digs into the real price of AI in healthcare... and whether big corporations will end up calling the shots.

🔗 Read more here: everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...

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historianmemory.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social · 8h

'I don’t think it’s ever a good idea to deny history. I think it’s always really important to face your own history honestly ...'

Toppling statues is an act of protest. It's about contesting a collective memory. NEVER about denying history.
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

Nicholas Cullinan: ‘I don’t think it’s ever a good idea t...

The British Museum director on toppling statues, the Parthenon marbles and hosting London’s new star-studded answer to the Met Gala

observer.co.uk

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 18h

The Jarrow march reached Harrogate OTD, 12, October in 1936. The marchers travelled 15½ miles from Ripon to arrive in Harrogate on that date, and then departed for Leeds the following day. It faced various challenges. The Labour Party conference's

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 20h

We did it! Small Son and I started at 4pm this afternoon and walked just over 4 miles to raise money for The Miscarriage Association. We're just off our £500 target so if you could help with a final donation for a very good cause we'd be delighted.
www.justgiving.com/page/p-boynt...

Small Son points to the start and end points of our 4 mile walk, shown on a notice board that highlights the route of the coastal walk we took this afternoon. Behind him is the harbour mouth, where the tide is going out.

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 20h

"an occupation’s general prestige and perceived potency (but not its moral standing) declines when it becomes increasingly stereotyped as female" journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The Cultural Devaluation of Feminized Work: The Evolution of U.S. Occupational Prestige and Gender Typing in Linguistic Representations, 1900 to 2019 - Wenhao Jiang, 2025

Previous research on occupational devaluation typically evaluates the potential wage declines associated with a significant inflow of women into an occupation; ...

journals.sagepub.com

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cornwallhistory.bsky.social @cornwallhistory.bsky.social · 20h

Coming up on Tuesday

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 22h

Is there someone who writes about systems thinking and disability that you'd recommend I read? Consider this a wide net; I don't know quite what I'm looking for, so I can't ask a more focused question...

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 23h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 23h

Here's a good example of the everything but the kitchen sink style of the piece. What is the evidence that students are more worried about being ostracized or feeling stupid or aligning their views the professor or more likely to take classes that might result in a good grade than before?

Students were afraid, the report said, of being socially ostracized. They were embarrassed about possibly sounding stupid. They felt that they had to align their viewpoints with their professor’s in order to get a good grade. And they chose their classes based on the likelihood of getting a good grade, rather than out of intellectual curiosity.

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Norfolk Record Office @norfolkro.bsky.social · 23h

On this day nurse #EdithCavell and #PhilipeBaucq were shot at dawn for helping allied soldiers to escape Belgium during the First World War. This is a letter from one of those soldiers.

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 1d

Genuine question: do they make themselves believe this stuff or do they say it simply for the clicks and attention or to further a political agenda? Anyway, to Americans and others, it's complete and utter bollocks.

American in video saying 'The crime and immigration is out of control (in London), nobody feels safe.'

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 1d

Our next online seminar will be on Thursday 16th October! Join us for this interdisciplinary panel to discuss working in archives and methodologies!

To book your place, please use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We can't wait to see you there!

History Lab Seminar: Historians and the Archive. Online (via Zoom) Thursday 16th October 5.30pm - 7pm.

This seminar brings together four papers from Postgraduate Researchers in History, Creative Writing and Medieval Studies, focusing on work in archives and case studies arising from archival work. By exploring a range of case studies and topics of focus, this seminar aims to explore archival methodologies and their use by historians. Audience members are encouraged to bring examples of their own archival practice for discussion.

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Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social · 1d

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1d

Partially listed in the 1950s.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 1d

Partially listed in the 1950s.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

"The chancellor approved it"

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent article. Shameful that it's 'either football or opera'. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

It’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...

The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book

observer.co.uk

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 1d

Only a few hours to go before Small Son and I set off on our 4 mile fundraising walk in aid of The Miscarriage Association.

We're nearly at our target of £500 thanks to your generous donations, but if you can help us reach our goal today that would be wonderful!

www.justgiving.com/page/p-boynt...

Miscarriage Association's Memory Walk 2025

Help Petra Boynton raise money to support The Miscarriage Association

www.justgiving.com

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

gofund.me/db9a1b3ef

Donate to 'Brummies United Against Racism and Hate' Poster Campaign, organized by Brummies United

Help Us Flood Birmingham with a Message of Unity and Hope … Brummies United needs your support for 'Brummies United Against Racism and Hate' Poster Campaign

gofund.me

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Lisa Power @thisislisapower.bsky.social · 1d

Bring LGBTQ+ History to Life in New Exhibition! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qb-display...

Bring LGBTQ+ History to Life in New Exhibition!

Enter now to launch a groundbreaking exhibition and win prizes! Your entry makes a real difference - thank you.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

"A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation"
#antifa #StGeorge #racism #flags
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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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday morning reading in praise of difficult women occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...

Difficult Women | Athene Donald's Blog

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