Padmini B
@ggargi.bsky.social
Freelancer in all things history & heritage, museums & memory.
Reposted by Padmini B
Holy shit look at this
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Holy shit look at this
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Reposted by Padmini B
Very excited to have my first sound installation open at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social as part of @sensoriafestival.bsky.social 🚆💥
www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/sen...
www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/sen...
Sensoria Festival - POLYHYMNS: PEAK TRACKS - Sheffield Museums Trust
www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Very excited to have my first sound installation open at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social as part of @sensoriafestival.bsky.social 🚆💥
www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/sen...
www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/sen...
Reposted by Padmini B
Join OHNI at a FREE event during this year's Dublin Festival of History!
Discover how oral history brings the past to life through fascinating audio clips and personal stories.
When: Monday 6th October, 6:30PM
Where: Pearse Street Library, Dublin
🎟️Tickets are limited so secure your place!
Discover how oral history brings the past to life through fascinating audio clips and personal stories.
When: Monday 6th October, 6:30PM
Where: Pearse Street Library, Dublin
🎟️Tickets are limited so secure your place!
August 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Join OHNI at a FREE event during this year's Dublin Festival of History!
Discover how oral history brings the past to life through fascinating audio clips and personal stories.
When: Monday 6th October, 6:30PM
Where: Pearse Street Library, Dublin
🎟️Tickets are limited so secure your place!
Discover how oral history brings the past to life through fascinating audio clips and personal stories.
When: Monday 6th October, 6:30PM
Where: Pearse Street Library, Dublin
🎟️Tickets are limited so secure your place!
Reposted by Padmini B
This is a real image of what a new solar system looks like.
The light from the central star is blocked, so it's possible to see the lanes of cleared-up dust around it.
And that small, yellowish blob at lower right?
That's a whole, brand new planet.
The light from the central star is blocked, so it's possible to see the lanes of cleared-up dust around it.
And that small, yellowish blob at lower right?
That's a whole, brand new planet.
August 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is a real image of what a new solar system looks like.
The light from the central star is blocked, so it's possible to see the lanes of cleared-up dust around it.
And that small, yellowish blob at lower right?
That's a whole, brand new planet.
The light from the central star is blocked, so it's possible to see the lanes of cleared-up dust around it.
And that small, yellowish blob at lower right?
That's a whole, brand new planet.
Reposted by Padmini B
This.
<taps sign>
The Luddites were not against technology per de; they were against technology that devalued their work.
And they certainly weren’t unfamiliar with technology.
We should all be Luddites vis a vis AI.
The Luddites were not against technology per de; they were against technology that devalued their work.
And they certainly weren’t unfamiliar with technology.
We should all be Luddites vis a vis AI.
I've been thinking a lot about how I really hate the implication that AI skeptics are luddites because most of the AI skeptics I know are relatively tech savvy while the biggest AI champions I know can barely use email
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This.
Reposted by Padmini B
Volunteer opportunities. Share your knowledge and expertise of #oralhistory
Please share @museumsassociation.org @gem.org.uk @swfed.bsky.social @ulsterfolkmuseum.org @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social @northeastmuseums.bsky.social @wessexmuseums.bsky.social @musdevnorth.bsky.social @migrationmuseum.org
Please share @museumsassociation.org @gem.org.uk @swfed.bsky.social @ulsterfolkmuseum.org @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social @northeastmuseums.bsky.social @wessexmuseums.bsky.social @musdevnorth.bsky.social @migrationmuseum.org
Do you enjoy #oralhistory and promoting its use? Volunteer as a Regional Adviser for the Oral History Society! You’ll be part of a community of oral history practitioners who are as enthusiastic as you are – sharing ideas, inspiring change, and helping voices be heard
www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...
www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...
June 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Volunteer opportunities. Share your knowledge and expertise of #oralhistory
Please share @museumsassociation.org @gem.org.uk @swfed.bsky.social @ulsterfolkmuseum.org @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social @northeastmuseums.bsky.social @wessexmuseums.bsky.social @musdevnorth.bsky.social @migrationmuseum.org
Please share @museumsassociation.org @gem.org.uk @swfed.bsky.social @ulsterfolkmuseum.org @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social @northeastmuseums.bsky.social @wessexmuseums.bsky.social @musdevnorth.bsky.social @migrationmuseum.org
Reposted by Padmini B
👋Hello from the Oral History Society! Since 1973, we've championed the collection, preservation and use of recorded memories across the UK and beyond. Whether you're new to #oralhistory, curious, or experienced in the field, do join us in our mission to support and develop the use of oral history.
June 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
👋Hello from the Oral History Society! Since 1973, we've championed the collection, preservation and use of recorded memories across the UK and beyond. Whether you're new to #oralhistory, curious, or experienced in the field, do join us in our mission to support and develop the use of oral history.
Reposted by Padmini B
Do you enjoy #oralhistory and promoting its use? Volunteer as a Regional Adviser for the Oral History Society! You’ll be part of a community of oral history practitioners who are as enthusiastic as you are – sharing ideas, inspiring change, and helping voices be heard
www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...
www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...
June 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Do you enjoy #oralhistory and promoting its use? Volunteer as a Regional Adviser for the Oral History Society! You’ll be part of a community of oral history practitioners who are as enthusiastic as you are – sharing ideas, inspiring change, and helping voices be heard
www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...
www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...
Reposted by Padmini B
Love oral history?
Join the Oral History Society as a Regional Advisor and help preserve community narratives!
*Answer local enquiries
*Support local oral history projects
*Connect with like-minded historians
*Enjoy!
Ready to make an impact? Apply now!
#OralHistory #Volunteer #oralhistorysociety
Join the Oral History Society as a Regional Advisor and help preserve community narratives!
*Answer local enquiries
*Support local oral history projects
*Connect with like-minded historians
*Enjoy!
Ready to make an impact? Apply now!
#OralHistory #Volunteer #oralhistorysociety
www.ohs.org.uk
June 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Love oral history?
Join the Oral History Society as a Regional Advisor and help preserve community narratives!
*Answer local enquiries
*Support local oral history projects
*Connect with like-minded historians
*Enjoy!
Ready to make an impact? Apply now!
#OralHistory #Volunteer #oralhistorysociety
Join the Oral History Society as a Regional Advisor and help preserve community narratives!
*Answer local enquiries
*Support local oral history projects
*Connect with like-minded historians
*Enjoy!
Ready to make an impact? Apply now!
#OralHistory #Volunteer #oralhistorysociety
Reposted by Padmini B
Across the country, stories are under attack: books banned, archives erased, and critical funding slashed.
Organizations, including Voice of Witness, have had funding terminated by federal agencies.
Organizations, including Voice of Witness, have had funding terminated by federal agencies.
May 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Across the country, stories are under attack: books banned, archives erased, and critical funding slashed.
Organizations, including Voice of Witness, have had funding terminated by federal agencies.
Organizations, including Voice of Witness, have had funding terminated by federal agencies.
Reposted by Padmini B
This is a view looking down on a portion of Saturn's rings.
Find the white structures along the edge of the ring, near the top.
Now look at their shadows, cast on the rings themselves just below them.
Those white structures are giant towers of icy ring particles, some rising more than 2 km.
Find the white structures along the edge of the ring, near the top.
Now look at their shadows, cast on the rings themselves just below them.
Those white structures are giant towers of icy ring particles, some rising more than 2 km.
May 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is a view looking down on a portion of Saturn's rings.
Find the white structures along the edge of the ring, near the top.
Now look at their shadows, cast on the rings themselves just below them.
Those white structures are giant towers of icy ring particles, some rising more than 2 km.
Find the white structures along the edge of the ring, near the top.
Now look at their shadows, cast on the rings themselves just below them.
Those white structures are giant towers of icy ring particles, some rising more than 2 km.
Reposted by Padmini B
I'll be speaking at the Linen Hall Library on the history of the (British) Red Cross movement in Northern Ireland. 13 June!
linenhall.com/event/oh-whe...
linenhall.com/event/oh-whe...
‘Oh, where have all the branches gone?’: Making the History of the British Red Cross in Northern Ireland - The Linen Hall, Belfast
The ‘Our Stories – Our Times’ project, the largest undertaking of oral history by the British Red Cross to date, took place in Northern Ireland from 2022 to 2024. Participants […]
linenhall.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I'll be speaking at the Linen Hall Library on the history of the (British) Red Cross movement in Northern Ireland. 13 June!
linenhall.com/event/oh-whe...
linenhall.com/event/oh-whe...
Reposted by Padmini B
My latest WorldView column is a chat with the great @willdalrymple.bsky.social, whose new book, which shows how India -- not China -- was at the heart of East-West contacts in antiquity, is out in the US. It also explores the underappreciated Indian cultural footprint across Asia. wapo.st/4j9IkO4
May 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My latest WorldView column is a chat with the great @willdalrymple.bsky.social, whose new book, which shows how India -- not China -- was at the heart of East-West contacts in antiquity, is out in the US. It also explores the underappreciated Indian cultural footprint across Asia. wapo.st/4j9IkO4
Reposted by Padmini B
We need EVERYONE to see this advert for a Head of Operations at the Palace (£40-45k). Otherwise we might get some kind of numpty in charge.
Please share. If we get 50 shares we'll post a video of #CuratorRob playing a hoover like a didgeridoo.
hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/...
Please share. If we get 50 shares we'll post a video of #CuratorRob playing a hoover like a didgeridoo.
hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/...
Breathe
Effortless people admin
hr.breathehr.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We need EVERYONE to see this advert for a Head of Operations at the Palace (£40-45k). Otherwise we might get some kind of numpty in charge.
Please share. If we get 50 shares we'll post a video of #CuratorRob playing a hoover like a didgeridoo.
hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/...
Please share. If we get 50 shares we'll post a video of #CuratorRob playing a hoover like a didgeridoo.
hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/...
Reposted by Padmini B
Years ago, in an undergrad class, we read Robert Paxton’s Anatomy of Fascism. At the time, I couldn’t understand how the intelligensia—the scholars, the educated, the socially and politically conscious people of a nation—were rendered powerless in the face of Nazism.
I understand now.
I understand now.
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Years ago, in an undergrad class, we read Robert Paxton’s Anatomy of Fascism. At the time, I couldn’t understand how the intelligensia—the scholars, the educated, the socially and politically conscious people of a nation—were rendered powerless in the face of Nazism.
I understand now.
I understand now.
Reposted by Padmini B
GEM Freelance Coffee and Chat. Weds 19th Feb 3.30-4.30 online. Network with other freelancers and find out more about becoming a GEM Freelance rep. Free for GEM members, book here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1224721538089?aff=oddtdtcreator
#Museums #MuseumEd #GLAMEd #Freelancers #Freelance
#Museums #MuseumEd #GLAMEd #Freelancers #Freelance
GEM Freelance Coffee and Chat
Join GEM Freelance Reps in an informal coffee catch up online.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
GEM Freelance Coffee and Chat. Weds 19th Feb 3.30-4.30 online. Network with other freelancers and find out more about becoming a GEM Freelance rep. Free for GEM members, book here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1224721538089?aff=oddtdtcreator
#Museums #MuseumEd #GLAMEd #Freelancers #Freelance
#Museums #MuseumEd #GLAMEd #Freelancers #Freelance
Reposted by Padmini B
How do 'AI' tools like automatic speech recognition and chatbots challenge oral historians, raising new questions about archiving and research? Charlie Morgan explores
December 19, 2024 at 12:15 PM
How do 'AI' tools like automatic speech recognition and chatbots challenge oral historians, raising new questions about archiving and research? Charlie Morgan explores
So true!
December 12, 2024 at 8:37 PM
So true!
Last few tickets left for Hampshire History Trust's talk today.
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
Hampshire History Trust's Midweek Musings series presents
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
Thurs, 5th December at 6.00pm in Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
Thurs, 5th December at 6.00pm in Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
Hampshire History Trust
Post by @histbites.
hampshirehistorytrust.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Last few tickets left for Hampshire History Trust's talk today.
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
Hampshire History Trust's Midweek Musings series presents
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
Thurs, 5th December at 6.00pm in Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
Thurs, 5th December at 6.00pm in Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
Hampshire History Trust
Post by @histbites.
hampshirehistorytrust.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Hampshire History Trust's Midweek Musings series presents
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
Thurs, 5th December at 6.00pm in Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
‘From Hazelnuts to Marmalade' - talk by Matt Garner on the #archaeology excavations at Pitt Manor, Winchester
Thurs, 5th December at 6.00pm in Winchester
hampshirehistorytrust.com
That's my lunch break gone down a rabbit hole of some brilliant responses to this chain 😂
Check it out ... but make sure your cup/glass is 1/2 full/empty of a beverage before you start!
Check it out ... but make sure your cup/glass is 1/2 full/empty of a beverage before you start!
Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Swede: it’s lagom
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Swede: it’s lagom
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Community Engagement Consultant: how can we get more people to enjoy the half full cup and how can we get the people that think the cup is half empty to see the cup as half full.
#Museums
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Community Engagement Consultant: how can we get more people to enjoy the half full cup and how can we get the people that think the cup is half empty to see the cup as half full.
#Museums
November 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM
That's my lunch break gone down a rabbit hole of some brilliant responses to this chain 😂
Check it out ... but make sure your cup/glass is 1/2 full/empty of a beverage before you start!
Check it out ... but make sure your cup/glass is 1/2 full/empty of a beverage before you start!
Reposted by Padmini B
Our Small Grants Programme is now live! If you have a project that supports the study, enjoyment and dissemination of local history we'd love to hear from you.
Find out more: ow.ly/cVKf50TUhP2
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Find out more: ow.ly/cVKf50TUhP2
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
November 26, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Our Small Grants Programme is now live! If you have a project that supports the study, enjoyment and dissemination of local history we'd love to hear from you.
Find out more: ow.ly/cVKf50TUhP2
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Find out more: ow.ly/cVKf50TUhP2
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Reposted by Padmini B
*Amazing Job Opportunity!*
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Catriona W. on LinkedIn: UCL – University College London
*Another Job Opportunity!*
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
The Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes…
www.linkedin.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
*Amazing Job Opportunity!*
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Reposted by Padmini B
I’ve started a GLAM freelancers starter pack given there’s a few more of us now. Get in touch if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/46ojXZb
November 15, 2024 at 10:02 AM
I’ve started a GLAM freelancers starter pack given there’s a few more of us now. Get in touch if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/46ojXZb