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Daniel Robert Woolf is a British-Canadian historian and former university administrator. He served as the 20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of… more

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Born OTD 100 years ago, movie and tv actress Virginia Leith, d 2019. Memorable roles include The Brain that wouldn't die (1962) and the more fortunate of 2 sisters (the less fortunate was a young Joanne Woodward) dating a murderous Robert Wagner in 1956's noir A Kiss Before Dying.
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Watching the last episode of Foundation season 1 and (only other viewers will get this) wondering why the writers passed up the chance to call this ‘When Hari met Salvor’.
a man with a beard is talking and saying it 's not a theory .
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Molly Johnson, Mavis Staples, Nicole Glover, Bruce Gertz, and the Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine. Also, one callback to 2008 and the career of the late Jim McNeely. Tune in at 2 EDT on @cfrcradio.bsky.social

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It's Canadian Thanksgiving, and unlike previous years where I've featured food-themed music appropriate to the day, instead on today's Dark Glasses we will play all-new jazz from Collin Sherman, Dayna Stephens (a take on Monk's Stuffy Turkey--ok, ONE turkey-themed track), 1/2,
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clever fellow worked it out for himself 5 secs after I stopped recording.
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Having cleverly worked out that, unlike the squirrels, he is small enough to reach our bird feeder and secure himself while dining, Thelonious Chipmunk considers how to escape while trapped in the ring.
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This Is Fascism
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definitely putting the 'bull' in Bullwinkle.

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spectacular side-eye

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With his death, and the recent death of founder Mike Pinder, no member of the classic Moodies lineup is left except Justin Hayward, who will turn 79 this Tuesday (Tuesday Afternoon?). Passing of an era. RIP.
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John Lodge has died aged 82. Along with Justin Hayward, he joined the Moody Blues in 1965 and was part of the group's transition from a moderately successful blues-cover band to the super group that emerged with Days of Future Passed. I got to hear him and Justin and the late Graham Edge in 2010.
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EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Today on @cfrcradio.bsky.social Dark Glasses, new music from Gary Bartz and Montreal's Kate Wyatt (who performs in Kingston this Saturday at 3 at the central public library!). Plus Karen Robinson, the Doxas Brothers, and lots of quartets and trios: Allison Au, @jodiproznick.bsky.social, Mike Murley.
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The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.

We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
Closing dates for next application rounds: Mondays 13 October and 15 December 2025 The Royal Historical Society represents the interests of historical researchers in universities, libraries, archives, museums, heritage and broadcasting, as well as those engaged in public, community and family history research.
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They definitely have a nose for it.
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‘Sorry mum. I’ve run the numbers again and it comes up the same. We just can’t afford a cat.’
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The newest Heritage Minute from @historicacanada.bsky.social on the pioneering Canadian female zoologist Anne Innis Dagg and her lifelong study of giraffes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9qR...
NEW Heritage Minute: Anne Innis Dagg
YouTube video by Historica Canada
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This looks really interesting--and available Open Access!
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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 14d
Delighted to see our new book - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England - out now, and open access (free!)

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Delighted to see our new book - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England - out now, and open access (free!)

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The lethal warfighter at work.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 16d
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
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Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
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Best known for SWAT's team leader Hondo Harrelson in mid-70s tv show, he was also a lead in at least 2 Disney flicks, 1969's Rascal and 1970's The Wild Country (in the latter against villain played by Morgan Woodward, who was exactly 13 days his elder).

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Born OTD 100 years ago, actor William Forrest Andrews (d 2013). Because of the mid-40s fame of his older brother Dana Andrews, he changed his own name to STEVE FORREST. While he never quite cracked the Hollywood A-list he had memorable lead TV roles such as British TV's art dealer/spy The Baron. 1/2
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My review of @stefanbauer.bsky.social and Simon Ditchfield's edited collection A Renaissance Reclaimed: Jacob Burckhardt's Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Reconsidered, in Marginalia Review of Books. www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/moderni...
Modernity is a Predicament: On Jacob Burckhardt and the Italian Renaissance
Daniel Woolf on A Renaissance Reclaimed: Jacob Burckhardt's Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy Reconsidered History is a peculiar discipline. It has long prided itself on its rules and canons, y...
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One of the great songs of the late 60s.
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Today marking exactly 2.5 years since we were adopted by our lovely rescue hound Layla, here assisting me with lecture prep. @jagwoolf.bsky.social
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Wrapping up the Anglo-Saxon phase of my course today with rapid tour from Edw the Elder to Edw the Confessor, with stops at Athelstan, Edgar the Peaceful, Aethelreds, and Cnut and his sons. Special attention to that most formidable of late A-S queens, Emma of Normandy. And, of course, Lady Godiva.
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Born OTD 100 years ago, veteran S. African/British actor Stratford Johns, whose most famous character was Detective Barlow in long-running Z-cars. Played regicide judge Bradshaw to Alec Guiness's Charles I in 1970 film 'Cromwell'. d 2002.
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On @cfrcradio.bsky.social Dark Glasses at 2pm today we lead with a salute to B.B. King who would have turned 100 last week; new music from Trio of Bloom, Kate Wyatt, and Caity Gyorgy. Plus vintage Cassandra Wilson, Leonard Cohen and the Handsome Family. Tune in!
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My vote for the coolest if most ambiguous name for a scholarly association. Who is the keynote this year? Livy? Polybius? It's quite difficult to follow Ephorus with his fragments of text delivery. And please, not Ammianus Marcellinus again. He does go on...
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · Sep 15
The Association of Ancient Historians meeting will be in Iowa City from April 16-18, 2026. For those new to the AAH, we have preset panel themes; you pick 1 to apply to. The theme overall is Ancient Exchanges in a Global Antiquity. See CFP: abstracts are due by December 1. aah.conference.uiowa.edu
AAH Annual Conference 2026 | The University of Iowa
The 2026 AAH Annual Meeting will take place in person at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA from April 16-18, 2026. We invite abstracts for papers of 15-20 minutes in length. Please submit anonym...
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