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Vulgar History @vulgarhistory.bsky.social · Jul 14
I wrote a book and it’s coming out in February 2026! REBEL OF THE REGENCY is a funny biography of Caroline of Brunswick, the lesser-known British queen. It will be published in North America by @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social @htpbooks.bsky.social

Get all the info at rebeloftheregency.com
Cover image of Rebel of the regency by Ann Foster
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mmasnick.bsky.social
I saw a lot of people send the original article my way, which i did not share because it seemed like obvious bullshit. Now that has been shown to be true. I know people are worried about AI stuff, but try to be a bit more careful about what's real and what's not.
ernie.tedium.co Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 3d
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
pematson.bsky.social TrishEM @pematson.bsky.social · 4d
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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arrantpedantry.com
Tech companies: AI is the future! You must embrace it or risk being left behind!

Also tech companies: Our AI products suck so much that we must actively bully our customers into using them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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vulgarhistory.bsky.social
The Regency Era in Britain had a lot of heiresses. Some of them inherited money from Caribbean plantations and enslavement.

Our guest Miranda Kaufmann talks about her research on this topic and her book HEIRESSES, today on the podcast. pod.link/1489560920/e...
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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brycecovert.bsky.social
It seems to have gotten lost in the MeToo backlash but sexual harassment is in fact illegal
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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sarahweinman.com
Teddy Ruxpin would never
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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sansculottid.es
Today is Décadi the 30th of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate the roller.#JacobinDay

More information on the roller
An old time-y illustration of a the Roller.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social
Latest podcast interview about #Heiresses - thanks @vulgarhistory.bsky.social!
vulgarhistory.bsky.social Vulgar History @vulgarhistory.bsky.social · 6d
The Regency Era in Britain had a lot of heiresses. Some of them inherited money from Caribbean plantations and enslavement.

Our guest Miranda Kaufmann talks about her research on this topic and her book HEIRESSES, today on the podcast. pod.link/1489560920/e...
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
vulgarhistory.bsky.social
The Regency Era in Britain had a lot of heiresses. Some of them inherited money from Caribbean plantations and enslavement.

Our guest Miranda Kaufmann talks about her research on this topic and her book HEIRESSES, today on the podcast. pod.link/1489560920/e...
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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kateweb.bsky.social
And serving some sass!
anatomicalcat.bsky.social Cat Irving @anatomicalcat.bsky.social · 7d
The fabulous skeleton of St. Pancratius in the Church of St. Nikolaus in Wil, Switzerland. He is a catacomb saints - skeletons exhumed in Rome and sent across the Alps to replace those destroyed during the Reformation. They typically ended up elaborately dressed and bejewelled
A skeleton dressed in silver armour with gold embellishments, and wearing a helmet with huge gold rays forming a halo. Pictures from the waist up, against at white background
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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mollycrabapple.bsky.social
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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stevesarson.bsky.social
Banjo doing his world-famous ammonite impression.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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vulgarhistory.bsky.social
She’s a STAR!! My upcoming book REBEL OF THE REGENCY just received a starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social 🤩 www.publishersweekly.com/9781335000637
Rebel of the Regency: The Scandalous Saga of Caroline of Brunswick, Britain’s Uncrowned Queen by Ann Foster
Though virtually forgotten today, during her lifetime Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821) was as well-loved by Britain’s commoners...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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bearji.bsky.social
hate it when this happens.
godysseypodcast.com The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 9d
In Japanese folklore be sure you follow the appropriate protocols when building your home: if a pillar is placed upside down, the spirit of the dead tree, the sakabashira, will manifest as a luck-stealing poltergeist, moaning and causing misery. #FolkloreSunday

🖼: M. Meyer
Matthew Meyer's depiction of a sakarabashira, a pillar that's upside down. One of the outer posts of a house, blue ectoplasmic light emerges from the post as oozing arms, hands, and eyes.
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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drbeard79.bsky.social
Snazzy poster for our Brontë Studies CFP on Poetry (more details here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...)

Submit! Share! Please and thank you!
Brontë Studies Special Issue - Call for papers To Be Forever Known: The Brontes and Poetry Abstract deadline: 1 April 2026 Background: Brontë poetry in manuscript
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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lrb.co.uk
‘By 1790, one in eight Liverpool households were dependent on the slave trade.’

John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Kerrigan · No Illusions: Syntax of Slavery
Slavery was accepted across most of the early modern world. No one wanted to be a slave, except when the alternative was...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
vulgarhistory.bsky.social
She’s a STAR!! My upcoming book REBEL OF THE REGENCY just received a starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social 🤩 www.publishersweekly.com/9781335000637
Rebel of the Regency: The Scandalous Saga of Caroline of Brunswick, Britain’s Uncrowned Queen by Ann Foster
Though virtually forgotten today, during her lifetime Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821) was as well-loved by Britain’s commoners...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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rajandelman.bsky.social
I just can't believe something called Hamnet can be good
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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indyfromspace.bsky.social
HOLY SHIT ONE THOUSAND GIRLS
aaronparnas.bsky.social Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 9d
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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sethrudy.bsky.social
The mass of men may very well lead lives of desperation, but at least it used to be quiet
November 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
thrilled to report that if Pope Leo is ever canonized as a saint, his jerseys will indeed become second-degree relics, and I unironically hope I live to see this
amandasmith.bsky.social Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 9d
Omg wait @clairewillett.bsky.social are all of the Pope’s jerseys relics now????
kleinman.bsky.social Bobby Big Wheel @kleinman.bsky.social · 9d
He's the sports jersey pope now. 1000 years from now historians will be going through the Vatican archives trying to figure out who the Charlotte Hornets were.
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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rajandelman.bsky.social
The Pope tossing his new jersey into the big pile
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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elizabethlblock.bsky.social
Hi everyone. I am pleased to announce my new book GILDED AGE FASHION! ➡️ Reserve your first edition copy now from your favorite bookseller.
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
Something I wish got challenged more often in this “men in crisis” discourse is the blithe assumption (or sometimes outright assertion!) that everyone’s boss is a woman now. “Women now dominate white collar work and corporate management roles.” No they don’t. That just isn’t true.
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM