Caroline Dodds Pennock
@carolinepennock.bsky.social
Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
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PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2024 shortlist - English PEN
www.englishpen.org
Genuinely overwhelmed that #OnSavageShores has been shortlisted for the Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize. Supporting writers facing persecution and censorship, @englishpen.bsky.social’s work is sorely needed right now, & I’m honoured to be in such wonderful company. 🗃️ #history
Ah, a twice-sacked Tory minister who thinks she's not English, went to posh private school then Cambridge, and believes in the 'lunatic woke virus', is going to be in charge of Education, Skills and Equalities. What could possibly go wrong?
Braverman is now lambasting equalities policies, saying Reform would scrap the equalities brief and repeal the Equality Act. Giving her this role - any role, in fact - does feel like quite a risk for Reform.
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Ah, a twice-sacked Tory minister who thinks she's not English, went to posh private school then Cambridge, and believes in the 'lunatic woke virus', is going to be in charge of Education, Skills and Equalities. What could possibly go wrong?
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New byline in @latimes.com on what a late medieval/Renaissance map has to do with politics today.
🗃 #maps #cartography #histsci #medieval #renaissance #earlymodern
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
🗃 #maps #cartography #histsci #medieval #renaissance #earlymodern
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: What 'America' meant before 1776, and who 'Americans' are today
The label is often wielded now to exclude brown people, but these two continents have been a melting pot since long before the U.S. was founded.
www.latimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:08 AM
New byline in @latimes.com on what a late medieval/Renaissance map has to do with politics today.
🗃 #maps #cartography #histsci #medieval #renaissance #earlymodern
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
🗃 #maps #cartography #histsci #medieval #renaissance #earlymodern
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Right now you can get 25% off the paperback of Thomas More in the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale!
Only last until Friday so get yours now!
Only last until Friday so get yours now!
February 17, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Right now you can get 25% off the paperback of Thomas More in the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale!
Only last until Friday so get yours now!
Only last until Friday so get yours now!
This is a good question about the Iron Age coin hoard.
As he'd entered an agreement with the landowner to split the value of any finds, would he have any alternative but to sell? I presume the only way he could then donate it to a museum, if the landowner didn't agree, would be to pay half the estimated value to the landowner himself.
February 17, 2026 at 9:28 AM
This is a good question about the Iron Age coin hoard.
Glad to see student-loan unfairness continuing to get mainstream attention. Good piece by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social. Pity about the concluding misunderstanding, which repeats popular myths. (Semesters just organise the same 24 wks into 2 terms & most unis are increasing not reducing teaching time.)
Student debt is a generational injustice. Why are we squeezing graduates harder than the super-rich? | Gaby Hinsliff
Reform of this stealth tax is long overdue – and with it, a shake-up of the whole university system, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Glad to see student-loan unfairness continuing to get mainstream attention. Good piece by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social. Pity about the concluding misunderstanding, which repeats popular myths. (Semesters just organise the same 24 wks into 2 terms & most unis are increasing not reducing teaching time.)
Fascinating to see what happens when someone stops giving a shit about the media-political norms which previously shackled their speech. Colbert clearly decided to go out in a blaze of glory/down in flames. Good for him. (And funny as usual.)
Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Fascinating to see what happens when someone stops giving a shit about the media-political norms which previously shackled their speech. Colbert clearly decided to go out in a blaze of glory/down in flames. Good for him. (And funny as usual.)
Why did you lot make me discover Brianna Wu?
a woman with red hair and a white coat is making a funny face .
ALT: a woman with red hair and a white coat is making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Why did you lot make me discover Brianna Wu?
I instinctively agree that this shouldn’t be separated and sold off. Its historical value is immeasurable. But I also wonder how far we have to contextualise his willingness to sell within the collapse of humanities across HE and his likelihood of redundancy… (No idea if this actually applies tho.)
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I instinctively agree that this shouldn’t be separated and sold off. Its historical value is immeasurable. But I also wonder how far we have to contextualise his willingness to sell within the collapse of humanities across HE and his likelihood of redundancy… (No idea if this actually applies tho.)
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I’ve never seen @victorpatrascan.bsky.social’s comedy before, but this clip of him doing crowd work with two Canadian racists is incredible. “What’s your genocidal [settler] background?”
conversation with 2 Canadians turns sour very quickly
YouTube video by Victor Patrascan
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I’ve never seen @victorpatrascan.bsky.social’s comedy before, but this clip of him doing crowd work with two Canadian racists is incredible. “What’s your genocidal [settler] background?”
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If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question gender, schools told
School leaders welcome the
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ve never seen @victorpatrascan.bsky.social’s comedy before, but this clip of him doing crowd work with two Canadian racists is incredible. “What’s your genocidal [settler] background?”
conversation with 2 Canadians turns sour very quickly
YouTube video by Victor Patrascan
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I’ve never seen @victorpatrascan.bsky.social’s comedy before, but this clip of him doing crowd work with two Canadian racists is incredible. “What’s your genocidal [settler] background?”
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“Crazy Hawk said she felt immigration enforcement echoed the violence experienced by Native Americans at the hands of the U.S. government, stretching back several hundred years and including the interment of Dakota people in the stockade at Fort Snelling in the winter of 1862-1863.”
A Dakota prayer camp has gone up across the highway from Whipple Federal Building to protest U.S. immigration enforcement. Organizers draw connections between current practices and historical injustices.
Indigenous group speaks out against immigration enforcement with prayer camp
A Dakota prayer camp has gone up across the highway from Whipple Federal Building to protest U.S. immigration enforcement. Organizers draw connections between current practices and historical injustic...
www.mprnews.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
“Crazy Hawk said she felt immigration enforcement echoed the violence experienced by Native Americans at the hands of the U.S. government, stretching back several hundred years and including the interment of Dakota people in the stockade at Fort Snelling in the winter of 1862-1863.”
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Meanwhile, down in the cellar.
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Meanwhile, down in the cellar.
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My husband volunteers at St Joseph’s Hospice Bereavement Service in Hackney and he’s running the local Half Marathon to raise a little bit of cash for them. If you can spare something, it’s a very worthy cause: www.justgiving.com/page/mike-wi...
Mike's fundraiser for St Joseph's Hospice Hackney
Help Mike Witcombe raise money to support St Joseph's Hospice Hackney
www.justgiving.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:53 AM
My husband volunteers at St Joseph’s Hospice Bereavement Service in Hackney and he’s running the local Half Marathon to raise a little bit of cash for them. If you can spare something, it’s a very worthy cause: www.justgiving.com/page/mike-wi...
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The "Trans/Rad/Fem" audiobook page is now live on Itch! Narrated by @clockwork-sapphire.bsky.social, available to experience in a new form :)
Link: taliabhatt.itch.io/transradfem-...
Link: taliabhatt.itch.io/transradfem-...
Trans/Rad/Fem Audiobook by Talia Bhatt, Clockwork Sapphire
Essays on Transfeminism - Audiobook Version
taliabhatt.itch.io
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The "Trans/Rad/Fem" audiobook page is now live on Itch! Narrated by @clockwork-sapphire.bsky.social, available to experience in a new form :)
Link: taliabhatt.itch.io/transradfem-...
Link: taliabhatt.itch.io/transradfem-...
This is a real thing, in the (last?) Year of Our Lord 2026.
February 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
This is a real thing, in the (last?) Year of Our Lord 2026.
The UK is going to hell in handcart right now, but I’m relieved to say that it’s still inconceivable that our head of state/government would single out individual athletes at the #Olympics for abuse. The USA is in a dark place. A remarkable article.
Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
The Threshold
The right used to attack athletes who protested. Now they attack athletes who express feelings at all.
www.readtpa.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The UK is going to hell in handcart right now, but I’m relieved to say that it’s still inconceivable that our head of state/government would single out individual athletes at the #Olympics for abuse. The USA is in a dark place. A remarkable article.
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I’m not going to fill everyone’s timeline by reposting all of them, but there are some very funny quotes on this post. 😆
NB Why is it always the posts with typos that are popular?! 🙈
NB Why is it always the posts with typos that are popular?! 🙈
This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I’m not going to fill everyone’s timeline by reposting all of them, but there are some very funny quotes on this post. 😆
NB Why is it always the posts with typos that are popular?! 🙈
NB Why is it always the posts with typos that are popular?! 🙈
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This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
Wild.
Is belief in "revisionist political history" a legally protected philosophical belief? An extraordinary case.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878c1...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878c1...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Wild.
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The PAPERBACK of Humans: A Monstrous History from @ucpress.bsky.social, a history *through* monsters from antiquity to the present, is available to preorder! Here's a 🧵 of excerpts from the book.
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🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
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🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
February 5, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The PAPERBACK of Humans: A Monstrous History from @ucpress.bsky.social, a history *through* monsters from antiquity to the present, is available to preorder! Here's a 🧵 of excerpts from the book.
1/
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
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🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH