Dr Rachel Souhami
@rachelsouhami.bsky.social
Museums consultant. Works at the intersection of design, narrative, partnerships and process. Develops and facilitates new approaches to museum practice. Producer of @museumsshowoff.bsky.social
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A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant.
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
November 11, 2024 at 7:21 PM
A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant.
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
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Appropriate that the FIFA peace prize they're giving to Trump looks like a bunch of zombie hands rising up to destroy the globe.
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Appropriate that the FIFA peace prize they're giving to Trump looks like a bunch of zombie hands rising up to destroy the globe.
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Is your local NHS trust using Palantir software?
Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
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Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
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December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Is your local NHS trust using Palantir software?
Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/&utm-source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=no-palantir-nhs&utm_medium=social_media&utm_content=05-12-2025
Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
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Please? Targeting digital capacity support where UK archives most need it is something we always aim for, so if you think we need to refocus (or keep on in the same direction) it would be so helpful to hear from you.
Send us your feedback on The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, Our Digital Century, that ends in 2026! Your responses to this survey will help us evaluate the programme and ensure future initiatives meet the sector’s needs: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/
⏰31 January 2026 (1/2)
⏰31 January 2026 (1/2)
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Please? Targeting digital capacity support where UK archives most need it is something we always aim for, so if you think we need to refocus (or keep on in the same direction) it would be so helpful to hear from you.
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And this, I'm going to be talking about for quite a while: we're looking for new members of the Accreditation Committee. It's a chance to be part of guiding the programme for the next few years - fascinating and important work. Do give it some thought. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Becoming a member of the Archive Service Accreditation Committee - Archives sector
We are seeking five new members to join the Archive Service Accreditation Committee. This is an exciting opportunity to build on your understanding of archives management and practice. As a member of ...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
And this, I'm going to be talking about for quite a while: we're looking for new members of the Accreditation Committee. It's a chance to be part of guiding the programme for the next few years - fascinating and important work. Do give it some thought. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Calling all museum freelancers! Please can you fill out this quick, anonymous, poll about your work. It's to help me chat to the heritage branch of Bectu / Prospect who are interested to know if they can support museum and heritage freelancers. Thanks!
gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2025/11/28/f...
gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2025/11/28/f...
Calling All Museum and Heritage Freelancers!
I am doing a quick survey of what type of work freelancers do, and for which types of organisations. It’s is to help me chat to the heritage branch of Bectu / Prospect who are interested to k…
gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Calling all museum freelancers! Please can you fill out this quick, anonymous, poll about your work. It's to help me chat to the heritage branch of Bectu / Prospect who are interested to know if they can support museum and heritage freelancers. Thanks!
gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2025/11/28/f...
gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2025/11/28/f...
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Here on Bluesky, the image from our appeal campaign page got flagged as "adult content" so every time we link it we have to use this thumbnail instead.
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here on Bluesky, the image from our appeal campaign page got flagged as "adult content" so every time we link it we have to use this thumbnail instead.
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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Starting a sentence "you can..." is not a magic bullet that makes your content user-centred.
Learn some real #content #usability from my #UCD pathway course.
Pre-Christmas is an expensive time, my course is on sale until 31 December. 🤶🏻 🛷
Learn some real #content #usability from my #UCD pathway course.
Pre-Christmas is an expensive time, my course is on sale until 31 December. 🤶🏻 🛷
Looking for a comprehensive intro to user-centred design for yourself or a team?
My #UCDPathwayCourse covers:
• terminology
• user needs
• iterative design
• inclusive design
• bias
• user research methods
• digital transformation in context of digital accessibility
• multidisciplinary teamwork
My #UCDPathwayCourse covers:
• terminology
• user needs
• iterative design
• inclusive design
• bias
• user research methods
• digital transformation in context of digital accessibility
• multidisciplinary teamwork
User-centred design pathway course, Cake Design Studio
Design products and services centred around user needs. Discover 20 user research methods, and gain an understanding of terminology, roles, digital transformation, multi-disciplinary teams, iterati…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Starting a sentence "you can..." is not a magic bullet that makes your content user-centred.
Learn some real #content #usability from my #UCD pathway course.
Pre-Christmas is an expensive time, my course is on sale until 31 December. 🤶🏻 🛷
Learn some real #content #usability from my #UCD pathway course.
Pre-Christmas is an expensive time, my course is on sale until 31 December. 🤶🏻 🛷
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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A new article by @artsprofessional.co.uk highlights the findings of our latest State of the Nations report, showing that women and under-35s are more likely to leave the arts, culture and heritage sectors.
Read more:
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/embargo...
Read more:
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/embargo...
Women in the arts and under-35s more likely to quit sector - Arts Professional
Women in the arts are finding work "incompatible" with caregiving responsibilities, a report by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) has
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A new article by @artsprofessional.co.uk highlights the findings of our latest State of the Nations report, showing that women and under-35s are more likely to leave the arts, culture and heritage sectors.
Read more:
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/embargo...
Read more:
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/embargo...
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We'll be looking at a lot more mergers and course closures over the next few years. Possibly a major bankruptcy.
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We'll be looking at a lot more mergers and course closures over the next few years. Possibly a major bankruptcy.
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As I said at the time this was the landmine in the immigration white paper. It will cost unis much more than they're getting from inflationary rises in domestic fees.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
As I said at the time this was the landmine in the immigration white paper. It will cost unis much more than they're getting from inflationary rises in domestic fees.
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Today is Equal Pay Day: the day women effectively stop earning compared to men.
We fight inequality wherever we find it.
That’s why GMB Union members have launched more than 25 equal pay claims at employers across the UK 👏
We fight inequality wherever we find it.
That’s why GMB Union members have launched more than 25 equal pay claims at employers across the UK 👏
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Today is Equal Pay Day: the day women effectively stop earning compared to men.
We fight inequality wherever we find it.
That’s why GMB Union members have launched more than 25 equal pay claims at employers across the UK 👏
We fight inequality wherever we find it.
That’s why GMB Union members have launched more than 25 equal pay claims at employers across the UK 👏
Waiting for some depressing news from the launch of PEC’s Creative Freelancer Experience report
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Waiting for some depressing news from the launch of PEC’s Creative Freelancer Experience report
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Key points include:
High exit rates among carers and early to mid-career workers: Professionals aged 35 and under are significantly more likely to leave & Those with caregiving responsibilities - often women - face disproportionate challenges of low pay, out-of-hours work and limited flexibility.
High exit rates among carers and early to mid-career workers: Professionals aged 35 and under are significantly more likely to leave & Those with caregiving responsibilities - often women - face disproportionate challenges of low pay, out-of-hours work and limited flexibility.
New @creativepec.bsky.social report! “Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers” pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Read the latest State of the Nations research report from University of Sheffield on mapping arts, culture and heritage careers.
pec.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Key points include:
High exit rates among carers and early to mid-career workers: Professionals aged 35 and under are significantly more likely to leave & Those with caregiving responsibilities - often women - face disproportionate challenges of low pay, out-of-hours work and limited flexibility.
High exit rates among carers and early to mid-career workers: Professionals aged 35 and under are significantly more likely to leave & Those with caregiving responsibilities - often women - face disproportionate challenges of low pay, out-of-hours work and limited flexibility.
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When asked by Labour MP Catherine West about failed asylum seekers being forced into homelessness and destitution, Shabana Mahmood replies that "The best thing [for them] to do is to voluntarily leave the country".
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When asked by Labour MP Catherine West about failed asylum seekers being forced into homelessness and destitution, Shabana Mahmood replies that "The best thing [for them] to do is to voluntarily leave the country".
For anyone still unsure of how appalling this government’s immigration policy is – this is what the Nazis did this as people arrived at concentration camps.
Refugees’ jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister
Refugees’ jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of refugees coming to UK
Refugees could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases, a Home Office minister has said, in another detail of changes to migration policy likely to cause worries among Labour MPs.
Speaking to broadcasters before the formal announcement of sweeping changes to asylum policy on Monday, the Home Office minister Alex Norris said while this would not involve seizing wedding rings, jewellery without sentimental value could be taken. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
For anyone still unsure of how appalling this government’s immigration policy is – this is what the Nazis did this as people arrived at concentration camps.
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Cultural Trends Roundtable 2: 2 December, 10:00am GMT:
Does Cultural Policy Research Need Theory?
With Tony Bennett, Sigrid Røyseng and Jennifer Lena, chaired by Patrycja Kaszynska.
Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of the field.
Join link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8849746902...
Does Cultural Policy Research Need Theory?
With Tony Bennett, Sigrid Røyseng and Jennifer Lena, chaired by Patrycja Kaszynska.
Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of the field.
Join link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8849746902...
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Cultural Trends Roundtable 2: 2 December, 10:00am GMT:
Does Cultural Policy Research Need Theory?
With Tony Bennett, Sigrid Røyseng and Jennifer Lena, chaired by Patrycja Kaszynska.
Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of the field.
Join link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8849746902...
Does Cultural Policy Research Need Theory?
With Tony Bennett, Sigrid Røyseng and Jennifer Lena, chaired by Patrycja Kaszynska.
Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of the field.
Join link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8849746902...
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VPNs are a critical tool in corporate IT. I routinely use them to access clients' systems, and to remotely access my own home server. I am also currently unable to read the website of one of the foremost practitioners in my field because the OSA has forced them to block UK traffic
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
VPNs are a critical tool in corporate IT. I routinely use them to access clients' systems, and to remotely access my own home server. I am also currently unable to read the website of one of the foremost practitioners in my field because the OSA has forced them to block UK traffic
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
Holiday visitors
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Holiday visitors
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Looking for short-term Holocaust research-related fellowships in the UK? Our second @ehri-uk.bsky.social Fellowship call is now live! Details below and spread the word!
The Second Call for EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships is live 📅 Apply by 30 Nov 2025
Find out more 👇
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @biahs1.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
Find out more 👇
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @biahs1.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
EHRI-UK Fellowships | EHRI-UK
www.ehri-uk.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Looking for short-term Holocaust research-related fellowships in the UK? Our second @ehri-uk.bsky.social Fellowship call is now live! Details below and spread the word!
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It's the Fesshole/Vagina Museum crossover event you've all been waiting for. Tons of you tagged us into this across all of our socials, asking for a fact-check. The consensus of the reply guys is that it Didn't Happen. However, this is in fact very possible. Here's why...
October 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It's the Fesshole/Vagina Museum crossover event you've all been waiting for. Tons of you tagged us into this across all of our socials, asking for a fact-check. The consensus of the reply guys is that it Didn't Happen. However, this is in fact very possible. Here's why...
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Have you been affected by Virgin Active’s ban on trans people in bathrooms and changing rooms?
We want to hear from you.
If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here:
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We want to hear from you.
If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here:
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October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Have you been affected by Virgin Active’s ban on trans people in bathrooms and changing rooms?
We want to hear from you.
If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here:
goodlawproject.org/about/contac...
We want to hear from you.
If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here:
goodlawproject.org/about/contac...