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Rebekah Higgitt

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Historian of science; Principal Curator of Science at National Museums Scotland & Hon Fellow, STIS, Uni of Edinburgh. VP British Society for the History of Science #histSTM. Views own. Formerly known as @beckyfh https://teleskopos.wordpress.com/profile

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 54m

Very apropos the current Artefacts conference theme - Care and Repair #histSTM See programme and abstracts here: www.tekniskmuseum.no/en/research/...

Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 1h

Also... we will soon be advertising PhD studentship and a post-doc job advert as part of our launch of £11M Research Hub - our focus is reuse and repair of materials/products. If interested do get in touch.

Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 15h

We are running another repair cafe on 7th Nov. FREE to all. Learn how to mend your favourite objects for free, get involved in the repair and reuse process, and gain advice on the steps needed to bring your beloved belongings back to full working order. share.google/76mO7KzxbyiE...

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 15h

The actual Fram

Bow of a sailing ship, photographed from below, that is within a covered museumspace, with blue lighting.

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 15h

It was a great visit! The ship itself is wonderful

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 15h

Top marks for this diorama from The Fram Museum. it has a theodolite and huskies (two dogs are toppled, which merely hints at their fates).

diorama with a model of a ship stuck in ice with models of people and dogs, supplies, instruments etc around it.

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 16h

So sorry about the autocorrect! That should be Frode Weium

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 20h

Extraordinary picture! A Japanese silk painting

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 21h

Artefacts XXX is kicking off at the Teknisk Museum, Oslo, with a welcome from Fridge Weium. Last time the group was here was 2007. Spot the curator! #histSTM 📜

Man next to a lectern and in front of a large screen showing a group picture taken in front of the Museum.

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

True!

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

Ya don't say! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

If you do, please share a picture of the results!

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

I foresee multiple dissertations on the topic!

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

Well, for social and cultural historians, define 'uninteresting'!

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

I fear so. On the up side, it will make for fascinating methodological issues for future historians to grapple with!

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

If you would like your own: digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-thr...

Knitting Through Digital Decay: A Collection of Digital Preservation Jumpers No One Asked For (But…

I’ve been truly overwhelmed by the interest in my Digital Preservation knitting patterns — thank you to everyone who has reached out…

digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

Should you want to knit it yourself: digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-thr...

Knitting Through Digital Decay: A Collection of Digital Preservation Jumpers No One Asked For (But…

I’ve been truly overwhelmed by the interest in my Digital Preservation knitting patterns — thank you to everyone who has reached out…

digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know the full story, but it looks like I can catch up with this podcast timharford.com/2023/11/caut...

Cautionary Tales – Laser Versus Parchment: Doomsday for the Disc

William the Conqueror undertook a remarkably modern project. In 1086, he began compiling and storing a detailed record of his realm: where everyone lived, what they did and where they came from. 90…

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

How interesting! I imagine that vast amounts of this kind of thing will be lost forever, perhaps a very little rediscovered by accident in the future

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

In perfect timing for my last repost, on born-digital collections #digipres 📜🗃️ #histSTM

Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 2d

And now it's time for an afternoon session on "The Analog in Migration: When the World Embraced Multimedia."

Our first speakers are Alina Volynskaya & Fed Pailler (@uni.lu) who describe the CD-HIST project, which looks at the analog-to-digital transition through the lens of the CD-ROM. #SHOT2025

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

Useful replies too!

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 2d

Attempting to deal with the 'digital dark age' 📜 - interesting project linked to the Hawking collection at Cambridge #histSTM

joshuatj @joshuatj.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Woohoo! Great #digipres story @makethecatwise
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks

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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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 3d

Ah - thanks! good to know I'm not the only one who's mystified

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 3d

Stupid question, I'm sure, but Wikipedia didn't help. Why did Nobel's will have a Norwegian committee deal with the Peace Prize when the rest are the Swedish Academy?

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 3d

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Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social · 3d

In non-Bella news I'm doing a talk at the Edinburgh Futures Institute 'Patrick Geddes and the Anarchist Strain of Town Planning' is on 30 October. It's free and open to all - but book your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patrick-ge...

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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 4d

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...

SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

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