Chrissie Downton
@chrissiedownton.bsky.social
Freelance Museum Collection Researcher. PhD student in Classical Art (Greek). Conservation, Museums, Classics, Dinosaurs and Dogs (all the good things in life). Cornwall.
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In terms of privacy, this is more than a bit disturbing. Google wants to use your documents for AI training. The good news is it’s fairly simple to opt out. See: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out | Malwarebytes
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 12:52 AM
In terms of privacy, this is more than a bit disturbing. Google wants to use your documents for AI training. The good news is it’s fairly simple to opt out. See: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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If you are a member of the National Trust and also despise the Reform tendency, please vote in the AGM to keep the astroturf candidates of Restore Trust out of power.
You can find the names to avoid here, at this deliberately broken link: https:// www. restoretrust. org. uk / agm-2025
You can find the names to avoid here, at this deliberately broken link: https:// www. restoretrust. org. uk / agm-2025
It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
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Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If you are a member of the National Trust and also despise the Reform tendency, please vote in the AGM to keep the astroturf candidates of Restore Trust out of power.
You can find the names to avoid here, at this deliberately broken link: https:// www. restoretrust. org. uk / agm-2025
You can find the names to avoid here, at this deliberately broken link: https:// www. restoretrust. org. uk / agm-2025
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Did a new one
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did a new one
There are a lot of Museum break-ins at the moment…
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
There are a lot of Museum break-ins at the moment…
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"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?"
Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?
Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?"
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Are there any architects on here, or generally people who know what the feature on the bottom left of this image is. A sort of drainage archway perhaps? It’s on a Victorian former grammar school building with lots of similar holes! Many thanks.
October 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Are there any architects on here, or generally people who know what the feature on the bottom left of this image is. A sort of drainage archway perhaps? It’s on a Victorian former grammar school building with lots of similar holes! Many thanks.
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IMPORTANT
All freelancers, self-employed, creatives
This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices
Deadline to respond is 23 October
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All freelancers, self-employed, creatives
This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices
Deadline to respond is 23 October
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October 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
IMPORTANT
All freelancers, self-employed, creatives
This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices
Deadline to respond is 23 October
1/2
All freelancers, self-employed, creatives
This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices
Deadline to respond is 23 October
1/2
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The Boring Fund will be open for applications in November.
If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look.
They welcome donations too.
If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look.
They welcome donations too.
The Boring Fund - Open Collective
We support small non-profit organisations (UK) by only funding the really boring (but essential) stuff like insurance, accountancy or admin
opencollective.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Boring Fund will be open for applications in November.
If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look.
They welcome donations too.
If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look.
They welcome donations too.
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Hello good people of Bluesky, would anyone have access to a PDF of this pls:
Victorian Crime Fiction in the Twenty-First Century: A Review Essay, 2015–2024 Available to Purchase
Michael Harris-Peyton
Dickens Studies Annual (2025) 56 (2): 311–358.
doi.org/10.5325/dick...
Victorian Crime Fiction in the Twenty-First Century: A Review Essay, 2015–2024 Available to Purchase
Michael Harris-Peyton
Dickens Studies Annual (2025) 56 (2): 311–358.
doi.org/10.5325/dick...
Victorian Crime Fiction in the Twenty-First Century: A Review Essay, 2015–2024
ABSTRACT. This article focuses on developments in the study of nineteenth-century crime fiction since 2015. The volume of scholarship in that area means that this review is not comprehensive, and it r...
doi.org
September 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hello good people of Bluesky, would anyone have access to a PDF of this pls:
Victorian Crime Fiction in the Twenty-First Century: A Review Essay, 2015–2024 Available to Purchase
Michael Harris-Peyton
Dickens Studies Annual (2025) 56 (2): 311–358.
doi.org/10.5325/dick...
Victorian Crime Fiction in the Twenty-First Century: A Review Essay, 2015–2024 Available to Purchase
Michael Harris-Peyton
Dickens Studies Annual (2025) 56 (2): 311–358.
doi.org/10.5325/dick...
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@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.
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A flint lock blunderbuss, which is attached to a bayonet, and 17 pocket watches and chronometers were stolen when two thieves were believed to have forced entry into the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Historic weapon and pocket watches stolen from museum
A blunderbuss and 17 pocket watches were taken
www.devonlive.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A flint lock blunderbuss, which is attached to a bayonet, and 17 pocket watches and chronometers were stolen when two thieves were believed to have forced entry into the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Every museum everywhere. 👇
September 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Every museum everywhere. 👇
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Do any of my #ClassicsSky friends have a source on the punishment for rape/assault of a Vestal Virgin? I only know of one, and I don't want to cite that author
Romanists, help a girl out!
Romanists, help a girl out!
August 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Do any of my #ClassicsSky friends have a source on the punishment for rape/assault of a Vestal Virgin? I only know of one, and I don't want to cite that author
Romanists, help a girl out!
Romanists, help a girl out!
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Hi everyone!
I am beginning my search for prospective PhD supervisors for a September 2026 start. If you specialise in Caribbean slavery and/or the East India Company, and are interested in supervising my doctoral research, I would be delighted to hear from you! #Skystorians #AcademicSky
I am beginning my search for prospective PhD supervisors for a September 2026 start. If you specialise in Caribbean slavery and/or the East India Company, and are interested in supervising my doctoral research, I would be delighted to hear from you! #Skystorians #AcademicSky
August 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Hi everyone!
I am beginning my search for prospective PhD supervisors for a September 2026 start. If you specialise in Caribbean slavery and/or the East India Company, and are interested in supervising my doctoral research, I would be delighted to hear from you! #Skystorians #AcademicSky
I am beginning my search for prospective PhD supervisors for a September 2026 start. If you specialise in Caribbean slavery and/or the East India Company, and are interested in supervising my doctoral research, I would be delighted to hear from you! #Skystorians #AcademicSky
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Today AIO launches 107 new inscriptions: all votives of artisans and workers, boundary stones of the Athenian empire on Aigina, all remaining dedications of Asklepios, Health, Telesphoros & Amynos, and all remaining inscriptions on the Rural Dionysia. See www.atticinscriptions.com/browse/bypub...
August 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today AIO launches 107 new inscriptions: all votives of artisans and workers, boundary stones of the Athenian empire on Aigina, all remaining dedications of Asklepios, Health, Telesphoros & Amynos, and all remaining inscriptions on the Rural Dionysia. See www.atticinscriptions.com/browse/bypub...
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Review | Best of the west: Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, Truro 📍
Sarah Riddle is impressed by the rebirth of the former Royal Cornwall Museum.
Sarah Riddle is impressed by the rebirth of the former Royal Cornwall Museum.
Best of the west | Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, Truro - Museums Association
Sarah Riddle is impressed by the rebirth of the former Royal Cornwall Museum
www.museumsassociation.org
August 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Review | Best of the west: Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, Truro 📍
Sarah Riddle is impressed by the rebirth of the former Royal Cornwall Museum.
Sarah Riddle is impressed by the rebirth of the former Royal Cornwall Museum.
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Devon-based artists! Still time to apply! Agreat opportunity to work with a fantastic museum. #Exeter
🚨 Artist Opportunity! 🚨
We are looking for an artist based in Devon to design and lead a series of six 2-hour creative workshops with young people aged 11-8, based around the theme of 'colour'. 🌈
Deadline: 1 Sep 2025. Head to rammuseum.org.uk/jobs to find out more and submit your application.
We are looking for an artist based in Devon to design and lead a series of six 2-hour creative workshops with young people aged 11-8, based around the theme of 'colour'. 🌈
Deadline: 1 Sep 2025. Head to rammuseum.org.uk/jobs to find out more and submit your application.
August 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Devon-based artists! Still time to apply! Agreat opportunity to work with a fantastic museum. #Exeter
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We are looking for a #Deaf or HoH artist based in the South West of England to design and lead a series of three day-long creative workshops with young people aged 11 to 16 from Exmouth's Deaf Academy inspired by ‘colour’ in RAMMs collections 🎨
More info here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJO...
More info here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJO...
BSL video: Opportunity for artist to work with young people
YouTube video by RAMMuseumExeter
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July 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We are looking for a #Deaf or HoH artist based in the South West of England to design and lead a series of three day-long creative workshops with young people aged 11 to 16 from Exmouth's Deaf Academy inspired by ‘colour’ in RAMMs collections 🎨
More info here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJO...
More info here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJO...
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This conference on C19 museums will be brilliant. Please submit your proposals that expand the field beyond the nationals and London-centrism - regional museums, international/colonial networks, mechanics’ institute collections etc etc. Deadline 12 July.
Home | Reexhibiting the Museum
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June 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This conference on C19 museums will be brilliant. Please submit your proposals that expand the field beyond the nationals and London-centrism - regional museums, international/colonial networks, mechanics’ institute collections etc etc. Deadline 12 July.
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This song represents the end of a long hiatus from writing. I’m grateful for the excellent Reversed Chakra band for encouraging me to do it. Any comments and shares very gratefully received youtu.be/OHpmdrl9dAI?...
Reversed Chakra – All the Way Down (Official Video)
YouTube video by Reversed Chakra
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May 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This song represents the end of a long hiatus from writing. I’m grateful for the excellent Reversed Chakra band for encouraging me to do it. Any comments and shares very gratefully received youtu.be/OHpmdrl9dAI?...
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An exquisitely preserved Archaeopteryx fossil has delivered fresh insights into how the earliest birds first took flight 150m years ago.
Feathered fossil provides clues about how earliest birds first took flight
‘Beautifully preserved’ Archaeopteryx has tertial feathers that appear to have been key to making it aerodynamic
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
An exquisitely preserved Archaeopteryx fossil has delivered fresh insights into how the earliest birds first took flight 150m years ago.
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Friday morning reminder that there is a Discord for Independent and Freelance Historians. We talk book proposals, finding agents and all things related to charging money for things. If you want to receive an invite please do DM me.
a man is yawning while talking on a cell phone with the word show written above him
Alt: Tom Cruise yelling into a phone "Show me the money"
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May 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Friday morning reminder that there is a Discord for Independent and Freelance Historians. We talk book proposals, finding agents and all things related to charging money for things. If you want to receive an invite please do DM me.