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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 12m

GOOD POINT!!

Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 15m

So easy to forget

Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 4h

Anyone else old enough to remember when Scientific American was a serious publication?

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 6h

Something this book really drilled home (scuse the pun) is that we're not stalled out on climate because scientists didn't model hard enough or campaigners didn't come up with the perfect message, but because the world's most powerful spent gazillions to sabotage action.

cssn.org/wp-content/u...

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 6h

Is it a comfy couch? If so why not stay awhile...

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 7h

Reader 1. Amazing. Publish right now and I will cite this.

Reader 2. Interesting. Fix these 4 typos.

Reader 3. I don't understand what you're trying to achieve. Substantively restructure your entire piece in light of this large additional literature.

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 7h

😂😂

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19h

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 21h

SuperTed!

SuperTed - "SuperTed and the Stolen Rocket"

YouTube video by Kabillion Channel

youtu.be

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 22h

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today have probably never heard of

Superted, a teddy bear in a red superhero costume, with his alien robot sidekick Spotty

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Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · 1d

Only THREE places remaining!

ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 25d

As part of the 2025 ANZAMEMS conference, a one-day intensive palaeography workshop will be hosted at University of Melbourne on Tuesday 2 December for HDRs and ECRs. See the below flyer:

Flyer for the Intensive Palaeography Workshop to be hosted at University of Melbourne on 2nd December 2025. More details at https://conference.anzamems.org/anzamems-seminar/

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

from what I've heard, it depends how much you need a blood pressure tune up.

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edifiedlistener.bsky.social @edifiedlistener.bsky.social · 1d

Friends, for several days (weeks?) I had a tab open with an excellent explainer of story, framing and narrative. Maybe 2 pages total. I think I stumbled onto it via readings about belonging. Now I cannot find it anywhere in my browser history. If you have any leads or alternatives, I'd be grateful.

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

LOL same. Possibly while dialing up friends and family members to see if their landline numbers from 25 years ago -that I still remember- are still connected

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

I can load on FFox... maybe a reboot or cookie clearout would help?

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

What a handsome set of Pipe Rolls Society editions you have there!

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

I had to go and look this up now. Sounds really tasty! savoryspin.com/easy-chocola...

Easy Chocolate Avocado Pudding - Savory Spin

Made with 6 ingredients, this Chocolate Avocado Pudding is dairy-free, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and ready in less than 5 minutes!

savoryspin.com

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting fact (to me): apparently in Sri Lanka avocado is treated like a fruit and you make sweet desserts etc with it.

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 1d

Have you just become Head of Department? Are you determined to keep writing despite the additional pressures? A Meeting With Your Writing might help. It’s helped others in this situation. Read more about them here: academicwritingstudio.co.uk/who-joins-th...

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

Ah c'mon now Richard, you love it.

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

When better?!

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

For every burst AI bubble there are 12 more...

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

can we also talk about wth is going on in this sentence: "He was B born in the US, but moved with his family to Hebden Bridge,West Yorkshire, when he was four young."
Is this AI (derogatory) or are the editors all just asleep (derogatory)?

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