Michelle Watson
@michwatsonoz.bsky.social
Archivist. Community historian. Genealogist. Stockton, NSW during WW1. MIM - family history researchers as an uni archives user group. Digital Humanities. LOD. (she/her) - https://www.michellewatson.org - Worimi Country
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Michelle Watson
@michwatsonoz.bsky.social
· Sep 12
After two years of work, the @stocktonhistsoc.bsky.social Online Archive is now live. I hope it can act as a model for small heritage and #GLAM groups to make their collections more accessable and create backups of unique cultural materials. Cost $100AUD p/a #GenHour
stockton.omeka.net
stockton.omeka.net
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I remember hearing somewhere that, in the French Resistance against the Nazis, while they started with many queer people involved in the movement, there was a lot of infighting that pushed many queer people out or into the margins. Is this correct? I can't find any sources. Does anyone know any?
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I remember hearing somewhere that, in the French Resistance against the Nazis, while they started with many queer people involved in the movement, there was a lot of infighting that pushed many queer people out or into the margins. Is this correct? I can't find any sources. Does anyone know any?
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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On World AIDS day I am in the middle of processing our AIDS ephemera. #librarylife
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
On World AIDS day I am in the middle of processing our AIDS ephemera. #librarylife
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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This right here.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This right here.
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The FBI spent a million dollars redacting powerful men's names from the Epstein files. The victims? Twenty-eight names in one document alone unredacted, exposed, hunted down by reporters in front of their children. Privacy, it seems, is reserved for those who can afford to return the favor.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The FBI spent a million dollars redacting powerful men's names from the Epstein files. The victims? Twenty-eight names in one document alone unredacted, exposed, hunted down by reporters in front of their children. Privacy, it seems, is reserved for those who can afford to return the favor.
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This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
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It's a bit clunky and unfinished, but I've run out of time for now. So here's a basic interface to explore the SLV georeferenced maps. Just click on the basemap to see nearby georeferenced maps. Click on a georeferenced map to display it on the basemap. https://slv.wraggelabs.com/geomaps/
Georeferenced maps from the State Library of Victoria
slv.wraggelabs.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
It's a bit clunky and unfinished, but I've run out of time for now. So here's a basic interface to explore the SLV georeferenced maps. Just click on the basemap to see nearby georeferenced maps. Click on a georeferenced map to display it on the basemap. https://slv.wraggelabs.com/geomaps/
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We've got some HUGE news! We've DOUBLED in size overnight! Not only have we added "some" more Cairo Genizah fragments, but "ALL" of them @theul.bsky.social !!!
This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We've got some HUGE news! We've DOUBLED in size overnight! Not only have we added "some" more Cairo Genizah fragments, but "ALL" of them @theul.bsky.social !!!
This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
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Every other Devopsdays in the world has some seriously stiff competition. Only Wollongong has given me an opportunity to hang out with QUOKKAS
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Every other Devopsdays in the world has some seriously stiff competition. Only Wollongong has given me an opportunity to hang out with QUOKKAS
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#FlashbackFriday
Ok online detectives, we need your help. A visitor recently passed on these images of the Endeavour replica taken by her father. We think the photos were taken in NZ in 1996, but we are not sure which port. Can anyone help identify the location or share memories from that voyage?
Ok online detectives, we need your help. A visitor recently passed on these images of the Endeavour replica taken by her father. We think the photos were taken in NZ in 1996, but we are not sure which port. Can anyone help identify the location or share memories from that voyage?
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
#FlashbackFriday
Ok online detectives, we need your help. A visitor recently passed on these images of the Endeavour replica taken by her father. We think the photos were taken in NZ in 1996, but we are not sure which port. Can anyone help identify the location or share memories from that voyage?
Ok online detectives, we need your help. A visitor recently passed on these images of the Endeavour replica taken by her father. We think the photos were taken in NZ in 1996, but we are not sure which port. Can anyone help identify the location or share memories from that voyage?
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psst... there's probably still bugs, but... https://slv.wraggelabs.com/myplace/ #sneakpreview
my place: exploring the State Library of Victoria's collections by location
slv.wraggelabs.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
psst... there's probably still bugs, but... https://slv.wraggelabs.com/myplace/ #sneakpreview
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gonna pin my little blog where i trawl library digital collections and traipse around with a camera to compare postcards (aspirational, semi-real) with the visible present
www.postcard-past.com
www.postcard-past.com
Postcard Past / Present Photo
Exploring power, culture, & the history of cities through present-day photo recreations of old postcards.
www.postcard-past.com
November 12, 2024 at 11:41 PM
gonna pin my little blog where i trawl library digital collections and traipse around with a camera to compare postcards (aspirational, semi-real) with the visible present
www.postcard-past.com
www.postcard-past.com
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frikkin amazing stuff.
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Art
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Art
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If you want to hear about what I've been doing with the State Library of Victoria's place-based collections over the last few months, come along to my talk at the Library next Wednesday at 1.00pm. It's free and unticketed, just rock up! All welcome! […]
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hcommons.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If you want to hear about what I've been doing with the State Library of Victoria's place-based collections over the last few months, come along to my talk at the Library next Wednesday at 1.00pm. It's free and unticketed, just rock up! All welcome! […]
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
Why We Are Better Off Than a Century Ago
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
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I'm so grateful our project, "Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana," was funded! @dianapaton.bsky.social, Linsey McMillan, @juanitacox.bsky.social, @pbhellawell.bsky.social, Estherine Adams, and Jamie McLaughlin
www.ed.ac.uk/news/project...
www.ed.ac.uk/news/project...
Project to map enslaved people’s testimony | News | The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh historians will investigate slavery and the law in British Guiana, now Guyana, in a new three year-long project.
www.ed.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I'm so grateful our project, "Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana," was funded! @dianapaton.bsky.social, Linsey McMillan, @juanitacox.bsky.social, @pbhellawell.bsky.social, Estherine Adams, and Jamie McLaughlin
www.ed.ac.uk/news/project...
www.ed.ac.uk/news/project...
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A bilingual Dano-Norwegian/northern Sámi catechism from 1728, afaik the first printed book in Northern Sámi
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A bilingual Dano-Norwegian/northern Sámi catechism from 1728, afaik the first printed book in Northern Sámi
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biblically accurate cat
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
biblically accurate cat
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NZ has had two major reforms of subnational government so far: 1876 and 1989
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
NZ has had two major reforms of subnational government so far: 1876 and 1989
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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8 years since I published the first investigative piece into gig economy rider safety conditions here in Australia. No one else was writing about it at the time medium.com/@Asher_Wolf/...
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
8 years since I published the first investigative piece into gig economy rider safety conditions here in Australia. No one else was writing about it at the time medium.com/@Asher_Wolf/...