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Visiting researcher TUOS School of Education | uniformed youth orgs | children's digital / non-digital play custom + ritual | fic scribbler 🏴☠️ l Book: Scouting and Guiding in Britain (2022) I views all mine
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
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The UK shouldn’t rush to a social media ban for children under 16
@sonialivingstone.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
@sonialivingstone.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
The UK shouldn’t rush to a social media ban for children under 16 | LSE British Politics
Australia's ban of social media for under 16s has re-ignited the same debate in the UK. Sonia Livingstone argues that more evidence is needed before such a ban.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 11:58 AM
The UK shouldn’t rush to a social media ban for children under 16
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@sonialivingstone.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
Need to find a piper for when I crack this beauty open #BurnsNight 🏴
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Need to find a piper for when I crack this beauty open #BurnsNight 🏴
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I'd be too morto to admit that not only was I using this for all my work, but over 2 years I never backed up my computer
January 23, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I'd be too morto to admit that not only was I using this for all my work, but over 2 years I never backed up my computer
My first experience of #wassailing in #Woodseats Community Garden this morning, singing to the fruit trees with the lovely Forge and Fledge, and wishing them, and us, a thriving year ahead 🍎 Hope trees like toast.
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
My first experience of #wassailing in #Woodseats Community Garden this morning, singing to the fruit trees with the lovely Forge and Fledge, and wishing them, and us, a thriving year ahead 🍎 Hope trees like toast.
Crumbs! I'm so excited to hear that a permanent home has been found for the #CosgroveHall Films archive within #Sale Library. Duckula and Danger Mouse preserved for the ages.
a cartoon character in a tuxedo is holding a carrot with his mouth open
ALT: a cartoon character in a tuxedo is holding a carrot with his mouth open
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January 16, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Crumbs! I'm so excited to hear that a permanent home has been found for the #CosgroveHall Films archive within #Sale Library. Duckula and Danger Mouse preserved for the ages.
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📢 New publication from our team!
🎮 Children's contextualised digital play drivers and subjective well-being
Our latest journal article has just been published and can be read Open Access now via New Media and Society 🎉
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DigitalPlay #DigitalChildhoods
🎮 Children's contextualised digital play drivers and subjective well-being
Our latest journal article has just been published and can be read Open Access now via New Media and Society 🎉
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DigitalPlay #DigitalChildhoods
January 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
📢 New publication from our team!
🎮 Children's contextualised digital play drivers and subjective well-being
Our latest journal article has just been published and can be read Open Access now via New Media and Society 🎉
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DigitalPlay #DigitalChildhoods
🎮 Children's contextualised digital play drivers and subjective well-being
Our latest journal article has just been published and can be read Open Access now via New Media and Society 🎉
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DigitalPlay #DigitalChildhoods
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Lots of you will be logging off at the end of today. So what's coming up in 2026? It'll be packed. M'colleagues @drhick.bsky.social and @draflint.bsky.social from the 'All Our Footsteps' project will be publishing a book on 'Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain'! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
www.cambridge.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Lots of you will be logging off at the end of today. So what's coming up in 2026? It'll be packed. M'colleagues @drhick.bsky.social and @draflint.bsky.social from the 'All Our Footsteps' project will be publishing a book on 'Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain'! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Seeing as the call for submissions is now open, what would you select as a part of 'intangible cultural heritage' in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland?
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk/get-involved...
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk/get-involved...
View Submitted Elements | Browse Living Heritage EOIs
Browse expressions of interest submitted to the UK living heritage inventories. Search by nation or category, spot what's missing, connect with similar groups, and avoid duplicate submissions.
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk
December 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Seeing as the call for submissions is now open, what would you select as a part of 'intangible cultural heritage' in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland?
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk/get-involved...
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk/get-involved...
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And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, blew up the Death Star.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, has a machine gun now. Ho! Ho! Ho!
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
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🎄Merry Christmas! 🎄
Baby boomers are a crime wave disguised as a generation
Baby boomers are a crime wave disguised as a generation
December 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🎄Merry Christmas! 🎄
Baby boomers are a crime wave disguised as a generation
Baby boomers are a crime wave disguised as a generation
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It is the winter solstice tomorrow (in the northern hemisphere) this is your reminder that English Heritage live stream the sun rising over Stonehenge on their YouTube channel from 7.30am tomorrow morning.
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
December 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It is the winter solstice tomorrow (in the northern hemisphere) this is your reminder that English Heritage live stream the sun rising over Stonehenge on their YouTube channel from 7.30am tomorrow morning.
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
Lonely carrot seeks snowman.
December 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Lonely carrot seeks snowman.
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The @histchild.bsky.social conference is coming to the @sheffielduni.bsky.social in July 2026. Call for papers has been extended until Monday 22nd December. Please share - especially with research students and ECRs! www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...
Fifth Biennial Conference | Children's History Society
University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026
www.histchild.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The @histchild.bsky.social conference is coming to the @sheffielduni.bsky.social in July 2026. Call for papers has been extended until Monday 22nd December. Please share - especially with research students and ECRs! www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...
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Dying malls are among the most uncanny liminal spaces...
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Dying malls are among the most uncanny liminal spaces...
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As part of the Inspiring Voices poetry festival (for ages 11-25), English Heritage have shared these fab story dice as poetry prompts. Even if you aren't entering the competition, these are a fun way to spark a new poem inspired by heritage and history!
storydice.english-heritage.org.uk
storydice.english-heritage.org.uk
Inspiring Voices | Story Dice
storydice.english-heritage.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
As part of the Inspiring Voices poetry festival (for ages 11-25), English Heritage have shared these fab story dice as poetry prompts. Even if you aren't entering the competition, these are a fun way to spark a new poem inspired by heritage and history!
storydice.english-heritage.org.uk
storydice.english-heritage.org.uk
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I am SEETHING with rage at the suggestion that Muppets do not have souls and I - as a often cited expert on ghosts - have set the record straight. I will fight people on this.
www.theghostgeek.com/p/in-defence...
www.theghostgeek.com/p/in-defence...
In Defence of Muppet Souls
A Christmas Rebuttal Nobody Asked For But You're 100% Getting
www.theghostgeek.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I am SEETHING with rage at the suggestion that Muppets do not have souls and I - as a often cited expert on ghosts - have set the record straight. I will fight people on this.
www.theghostgeek.com/p/in-defence...
www.theghostgeek.com/p/in-defence...
Tree full of angry cats at the Christmas Tree Festival.
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Tree full of angry cats at the Christmas Tree Festival.
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
Doug my beloved.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Doug my beloved.
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Huge congratulations to Steve Roud on being awarded a honorary degree by The Open University in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the study of folk song and culture!
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Huge congratulations to Steve Roud on being awarded a honorary degree by The Open University in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the study of folk song and culture!
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We're launching our in-person #folklore #writing group for #TUOS PGRs, ECRs and staff writing academically / creatively on folklore themes. Taster session 10-11.30am, 14 November, Doctoral School Centre (by Jessop West). No need to register!
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/centre-activ...
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/centre-activ...
Writing Folklore Group
Coming Soon! Writing Folklore is a new Folklore writing group supporting academic and creative writing related to Folklore and Folklore Studies and Research. Led by our wonderful members Abbi Flint an...
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We're launching our in-person #folklore #writing group for #TUOS PGRs, ECRs and staff writing academically / creatively on folklore themes. Taster session 10-11.30am, 14 November, Doctoral School Centre (by Jessop West). No need to register!
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/centre-activ...
contemporaryfolklore.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/centre-activ...