Dr Cathryn Pearce
@cathrynpearce.bsky.social
British historian. Author: Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 | Researching c18th-19th shipwrecks, the Royal Navy & coastal communities. #CoastalHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #SussexCoast
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“The U.S. military built bases and installations across Unalaska and throughout the Aleutians during WWII, then abandoned structures and equipment when forces left — including insulation with asbestos, drums of brake fluid & antifreeze, & transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs”
Old WWII military sites still affect daily life in Unalaska — residents are changing what they hunt, fish and eat due to lingering contamination.
Unalaskans are changing their subsistence practices due to WWII contamination
Residents reported changing where they pick berries and plants, and where they hunt birds and fish. Some have stopped harvesting salmon and marine invertebrates entirely.
akpub.io
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“The U.S. military built bases and installations across Unalaska and throughout the Aleutians during WWII, then abandoned structures and equipment when forces left — including insulation with asbestos, drums of brake fluid & antifreeze, & transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs”
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Higher Education, where consultants advocate death as a means for survival and everyone else knows they're simply murdering everything.
Very sad news. Arts and Humanities are vital.
Why is it that when trying to cut costs, university execs go for the arts and humanities subjects that are frequently cheaper to teach and bring in strong income?
Don’t they realise this will create less income and cause additional cuts in the future?
Why is it that when trying to cut costs, university execs go for the arts and humanities subjects that are frequently cheaper to teach and bring in strong income?
Don’t they realise this will create less income and cause additional cuts in the future?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Closing vital programmes is not the answer to resolving the issues faced by Universities- senior management need to work with students and staff to find long term solutions.
Closing vital programmes is not the answer to resolving the issues faced by Universities- senior management need to work with students and staff to find long term solutions.
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Higher Education, where consultants advocate death as a means for survival and everyone else knows they're simply murdering everything.
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You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
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My father in 1945. In Naval Intelligence, he was in charge of the French coast, locking the D-Day invasion plans up the night before, had survived a plane crash in the Libyan desert, being bombed out of a Cairo hospital & was the first person Ian Fleming asked to join the Commandos. #remembranceday
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My father in 1945. In Naval Intelligence, he was in charge of the French coast, locking the D-Day invasion plans up the night before, had survived a plane crash in the Libyan desert, being bombed out of a Cairo hospital & was the first person Ian Fleming asked to join the Commandos. #remembranceday
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Gloriously atmospheric… the blackbirds’ winterdink …
& though you only find space as light slips & rots it seems you work on avian time & it is noisy at purple hour as cloking pheasants alarm & blackbirds winterdink, corvids hold quorum & the robin repeats dawnsong - headlights on nearfarms swing: all prepare for dark
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Gloriously atmospheric… the blackbirds’ winterdink …
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If Britain is 'sliding "into economic crisis over £85bn sickness bill', what can UK Arts, Humanities & Social Science research tell us about alternative pathways?
Swansea University historians have some excellent answers. 1/4
@torstenbell.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
Swansea University historians have some excellent answers. 1/4
@torstenbell.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
If Britain is 'sliding "into economic crisis over £85bn sickness bill', what can UK Arts, Humanities & Social Science research tell us about alternative pathways?
Swansea University historians have some excellent answers. 1/4
@torstenbell.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
Swansea University historians have some excellent answers. 1/4
@torstenbell.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
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Today we have "Translating the Arctic, ca. 1819" by Oliver Aas
This is the sixth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/10/t...
#envhist #arctic #envhum
This is the sixth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/10/t...
#envhist #arctic #envhum
Translating the Arctic, ca. 1819
Henry Aston Barker's 1819 Arctic panorama introduced immersive Arctic imagery to Britain, blending exploration, art, and translation to shape public understanding and imagination.
niche-canada.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Today we have "Translating the Arctic, ca. 1819" by Oliver Aas
This is the sixth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/10/t...
#envhist #arctic #envhum
This is the sixth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/10/t...
#envhist #arctic #envhum
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Happy Native American Heritage Month! To celebrate, I recommend two recent books by @uwapress.uw.edu : Caitlin Keliiaa’s Resfusing Settler Domesticity and Olivia Chilcote’s Unrecognized in California
Take a look at the blog link here & check out these books!
uwpressblog.com/2025/11/04/f...
Take a look at the blog link here & check out these books!
uwpressblog.com/2025/11/04/f...
Five Recommended Reads for Native American Heritage Month
Every November, we mark Native American Heritage Month as a time to uplift the traditions, languages, and stories of Native American and Alaska Native communities, ensuring their contributions and …
uwpressblog.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Happy Native American Heritage Month! To celebrate, I recommend two recent books by @uwapress.uw.edu : Caitlin Keliiaa’s Resfusing Settler Domesticity and Olivia Chilcote’s Unrecognized in California
Take a look at the blog link here & check out these books!
uwpressblog.com/2025/11/04/f...
Take a look at the blog link here & check out these books!
uwpressblog.com/2025/11/04/f...
The film version of this interview contains historic images, video, and documents from both Mark's archive and the SSHSA archive along with materials in the public domain and is available on YouTube at youtu.be/_Jk-prcwotU?....
The 50th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with Mark Sprang
YouTube video by Ship History
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Check out our most recent research article 'Hospital ships of the Royal Navy in World War One: From pre-war planning to the aftermath of Jutland' by Edward J. Wawrzynczak and Jane V.S. Wickenden
This article describes the principal naval hospital ships
doi.org/10.1177/0843...
#maritimehistory
This article describes the principal naval hospital ships
doi.org/10.1177/0843...
#maritimehistory
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November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Check out our most recent research article 'Hospital ships of the Royal Navy in World War One: From pre-war planning to the aftermath of Jutland' by Edward J. Wawrzynczak and Jane V.S. Wickenden
This article describes the principal naval hospital ships
doi.org/10.1177/0843...
#maritimehistory
This article describes the principal naval hospital ships
doi.org/10.1177/0843...
#maritimehistory
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Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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And the footnote goes after the punctuation
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
And the footnote goes after the punctuation
It's windy out! What an invigorating walk. The coast path is also just a bit muddy. #SussexCoast
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's windy out! What an invigorating walk. The coast path is also just a bit muddy. #SussexCoast
Dreaming of the days when I was able to work without fighting broken IT systems. Today has just been firefighting so far. :-(
Back to it!
Back to it!
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Dreaming of the days when I was able to work without fighting broken IT systems. Today has just been firefighting so far. :-(
Back to it!
Back to it!
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Tomorrow! @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
📣 There's one day left to apply!
We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!
Closing date: 11 November 2025
For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!
Closing date: 11 November 2025
For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Tomorrow! @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
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Because our focus as a Trust is on water this year & next, as part of looking at local rivers, we commissioned this illustration of the Ouse catchment by local illustrator Matt Carr
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November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Because our focus as a Trust is on water this year & next, as part of looking at local rivers, we commissioned this illustration of the Ouse catchment by local illustrator Matt Carr
buff.ly/V75y3Ss
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Hunting for bias will ultimately be hunting the snark. We are all biased in some way or another. The news team need to insist on detail and rigour, not matching one empty but biased commentator with another equally empty and biased commentator from the other side.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Hunting for bias will ultimately be hunting the snark. We are all biased in some way or another. The news team need to insist on detail and rigour, not matching one empty but biased commentator with another equally empty and biased commentator from the other side.
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Important new research by my colleague Rudolph Ng on the wide-ranging abuse of "coolie" labour in mid-19th-century Cuba, including the de facto enslavement of many Chinese men as an all-purpose labour-force for the colonial state.
www.cambridge.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Important new research by my colleague Rudolph Ng on the wide-ranging abuse of "coolie" labour in mid-19th-century Cuba, including the de facto enslavement of many Chinese men as an all-purpose labour-force for the colonial state.
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anyway speaking of remarkable things made possible by our tax dollars, Kīlauea is putting on a show again today and you can watch it on the livestream thanks to the USGS
This is quite a view as well, with twin lava fountains at Kīlauea right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
anyway speaking of remarkable things made possible by our tax dollars, Kīlauea is putting on a show again today and you can watch it on the livestream thanks to the USGS
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I appreciate the work of these authors to show that this problem not only is still here but has grown:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
AI's capabilities may be exaggerated by flawed tests, according to new study
A study from the Oxford Internet Institute analyzed 445 tests used to evaluate AI models.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I appreciate the work of these authors to show that this problem not only is still here but has grown:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
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Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
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Excellent blog post on the territorialisation of the North Sea #MaritimeHistory
This week's North Sea Nexus post on the invisible boundaries in the sea most of us rarely think about, and how they came to be.
Drawing the lines
Shifting boundaries and legal ambiguities in the North Sea
northseanexus.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Excellent blog post on the territorialisation of the North Sea #MaritimeHistory
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The memorial stone at Royal Navy Submarine Museum. Note that it memorialises all RN submarines lost, not just those in wartime. The memorial garden has the names of over 5,300 RN submariners #NavalHistory
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The memorial stone at Royal Navy Submarine Museum. Note that it memorialises all RN submarines lost, not just those in wartime. The memorial garden has the names of over 5,300 RN submariners #NavalHistory
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Kodiak-born carver Jerry Laktonen was named the Rasmuson Foundation’s Distinguished Artist for 2025, reflecting decades of work featuring traditional Alutiiq methods. www.adn.com/arts/2025/11...
Pairing tradition and inspiration, Alutiiq artist Jerry Laktonen developed his skills as a necessity
Laktonen was named the Rasmuson Foundation’s Distinguished Artist for 2025, reflecting decades of work featuring traditional Alutiiq methods.
www.adn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Kodiak-born carver Jerry Laktonen was named the Rasmuson Foundation’s Distinguished Artist for 2025, reflecting decades of work featuring traditional Alutiiq methods. www.adn.com/arts/2025/11...
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Snails! Dirty beachcombing fingernail for scale 😅
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Snails! Dirty beachcombing fingernail for scale 😅