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🇨🇦 Katherine D. Watson 🇬🇧
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Historian of forensic medicine and crime at Oxford Brookes University. Cricket lover. Collector of shoes, perfumes and nail varnish.
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"A dog that remained beside his former owner’s grave for 10 years has now given his name to a new state law allowing pets to be buried alongside their loved ones in São Paulo."

Meet Gravedigger Bob.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
São Paulo names new law after dog that stayed by owner’s grave for 10 years
The Bob Coveiro (the Gravedigger) Law ‘recognises the emotional bond between guardians and their pets’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
drkdwatson.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to this forthcoming exhibit about the history of crime in London:
news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/londoners-st...
Londoners stand trial in City archives’ exhibition on 700 years of crime
Oscar Wilde, ‘Moll Cutpurse’, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Dick Turpin are among the famous - and infamous - Londoners on trial in a free exhibition at The London Archives about crime and disorder in the capital between the thirteenth and twentieth centuries.Victims, defendants, witnesses, and law enforcers will be brought together for ‘Londoners...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Russia keeps sending their troops to die on suicide flag planting missions for purely propaganda purposes that nobody believes anymore.
February 11, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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𝙀𝙡𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙐𝙥💪🍁
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
Boycott all US products Boycott all US travel
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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Flags across Canada will be at half-mast for the next 7 days as Canadians mourn those lost in one of the worst school mass shootings in its history. Tumbler Ridge is a small community in British Columbia with just over 2,400 people.

Please be respectful
#Canada 💔🇨🇦
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Global condolences come in for B.C. community of Tumbler Ridge after mass shooting kills 9 | CBC
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February 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
drkdwatson.bsky.social
Looking to get into a career in TV? Check out The Network at www.thetvfestival.com/tv-foundatio... or the support offered by The TV Foundation www.thetvfestival.com/tv-foundation/.
The Network - The TV Festival
The network Think TV's not for you? Think Again! The Network brings together new entrants to the TV industry to make connections and gain practical insights that will help find their first TV role. Th...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Asking the right questions....

"Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls “weak,” but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the “strong Trump”?"
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The Ukraine War Grows Deadlier
More civilians are dying now than when Biden was president
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February 9, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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Why shutdown of key Atlantic current could provoke dramatic climate reaction

Scientists on the Royal Research Ship Discovery are monitoring a key Atlantic current. Alex Thomson says the analysis sends a shiver down the spine.

📩 Read the newsletter:
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Why shutdown of key Atlantic current could provoke dramatic climate reaction
Scientists on the Royal Research Ship Discovery are monitoring a key Atlantic current. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson, who is with them, says the analysis sends a shiver down the spine.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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It’s a feature, not a flaw.
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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PLEASE REPOST 🥺🙏

The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes.
www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...
The homepage for the Canadian letters and images project. It shows soldiers posing for a photograph and there is a search bar in the centre. In the about section below, which cannot be seen in this image, it provides this information: The Canadian Letters and Images Project, created in 2000, is an online digital archive of the Canadian war experience, both home front and battlefront, from any conflict in which Canadians have participated. The focus of the project is on the personal materials of participants, such as letters and photographs, which permit us to experience the war through their eyes and their words. These are very often the stories of ordinary Canadians, largely forgotten and overlooked. Our mission is to digitally preserve and continue to make freely accessible this important part of Canada’s heritage for this generation and future generations. The vision of the project is to continue to expand this repository of Canadian archival materials by collaborating with Canadians to preserve and share the individual and collective stories that have shaped our past Accessibility to the past is key to understanding who we are as a nation. We are committed to free access for everyone to the materials of the project.
February 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says it is “deeply concerned” by reports the Gaza War Cemetery where nearly two dozen Canadians were buried has been severely damaged or destroyed--bulldozed by Israeli forces 🤬

halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/09/o...
Ottawa investigating report Gaza cemetery where Canadians were buried was destroyed
OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says it is “deeply concerned” by reports the Gaza War Cemetery where nearly two dozen Canadians were buried has been severely damaged or destroyed. The department respon...
halifax.citynews.ca
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Photographer's Unique Image of a Flying Fox Carrying its Pup Mid-Flight
Flying fox mother carries her pup in a rare shot by Chris Bray on Christmas Island.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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Hi @banditelli.org!
A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight?
Explore Comet MAPS' journey as it nears the Sun, promising a spectacular celestial show.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Right, I'm adding this New Labour book to the pile and calling it a day. It's bittersweet in a way. Twenty years of writing about British policy and planning while it's got worse and worse. But it's still important to say what you think and keep saying it. Meanwhile, salut! 🍾🥂
February 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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The White House defended Trump’s wildly racist Obamas post. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the ‘fake outrage’ over a meme video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. Then Trump’s Truth Social post was quietly deleted.
White House Defends Trump’s Wildly Racist Obamas Post Before Deleting It
The White House defended Trump’s wildly racist Obamas post. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the ‘fake outrage’ over a meme video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. Then Trump’s Truth Social post was quietly deleted.
nymag.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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22 Minutes gets it every time. Brilliant. 😂
#cbc #comedy #satire #sketch #tv #tvsky #entertainment #canadiantv #humour #22minutes #canadasky #thishourhas22minutes #rump #politics #americanterrorist #politicians #boycottusa
It appears Trump was never joking... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
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February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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❗️About 100,000 families in Kharkiv have been left without centralized heating following Russian attacks

Energy crews are working around the clock to restore electricity&heat,but the damage is extensive,Energy Minister Shmyhal said
📹Russian Solovyev tells Kharkiv civilians to "leave the cursed city"
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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The digital archive brings together every edition of An Gaodhal, which was published in the United States between 1881 and 1898.
Digital archive of first Irish language newspaper opens
A digital archive of the world's first Irish language newspaper has been launched by the University of Galway.
www.rte.ie
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Message from Uncle Bob's Popcorn. Buy Canadian brand
#Popcorn #unclebobs #buycanadian #madeincanada #food #foodsky #canadianbrand #poppingcorn #brand #halifax #canadiancompany #boycottusa
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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🔴 The cars of the future will be built right here in Canada.

We shall leverage our homegrown resources, tech and ingenuity to become the world leader in EV manufacturing.

When you attack our auto sector and our economy, our leaders won't COWER and bow to the illogical
February 6, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
On the video- Ukrainian border guards destroy an enemy drone

Glory!

📹DPSU_ua
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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These Maritimers are representing Canada at the Winter Olympics #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PrinceEdwardIsland

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
These Maritimers are representing Canada at the Winter Olympics
As athletes gather in Italy for the Winter Olympics, these Maritimers will be sporting the maple leaf.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 6, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Are you studying, researching or teaching the histories of race and ethnicity? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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womenshistnet.bsky.social
We are thrilled to share the programme for our Spring Seminar Series. We do hope you will join us to hear from the fantastic speakers we have lined up. The sign-up links for each seminar will be shared on our website and here on BlueSky in the weeks leading up to each event.
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM