Miasma
@itsthemiasma.bsky.social
New here. Fledgling historian studying Early Modern British health and culture. Reposting = commonplacing. Obstinate headstrong girl.
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I am bewildered that this labour of Sisyphus is being carried out by volunteers, while Southern Water, which has admitted responsibility for the catastrophe, is doing nothing to remediate it.
‘We feel we’re fighting a losing battle’: the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands
A huge cleanup effort has seen volunteers working to remove beads by hand and machine. They can only wait and see the extent of damage to wildlife and dune habitat
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I am bewildered that this labour of Sisyphus is being carried out by volunteers, while Southern Water, which has admitted responsibility for the catastrophe, is doing nothing to remediate it.
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Religious creed registers as maintained by the workhouse authorities are a valuable resource for family historians. They often survive when the daily admission and discharge register do not. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #DidYouKnow www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/workhouse-re...
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Religious creed registers as maintained by the workhouse authorities are a valuable resource for family historians. They often survive when the daily admission and discharge register do not. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #DidYouKnow www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/workhouse-re...
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The books are:
The Dead of Winter by @readingartefacts.bsky.social ;
Britain's Folklore Year by @folklorepod.bsky.social ;
Years of the Wizard by Rachel Morris;
The Lost Folk by @lallymacbeth.bsky.social;
Old Songs by Amy Jeffs and Gwen Burns;
The Dead of Winter by @readingartefacts.bsky.social ;
Britain's Folklore Year by @folklorepod.bsky.social ;
Years of the Wizard by Rachel Morris;
The Lost Folk by @lallymacbeth.bsky.social;
Old Songs by Amy Jeffs and Gwen Burns;
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The books are:
The Dead of Winter by @readingartefacts.bsky.social ;
Britain's Folklore Year by @folklorepod.bsky.social ;
Years of the Wizard by Rachel Morris;
The Lost Folk by @lallymacbeth.bsky.social;
Old Songs by Amy Jeffs and Gwen Burns;
The Dead of Winter by @readingartefacts.bsky.social ;
Britain's Folklore Year by @folklorepod.bsky.social ;
Years of the Wizard by Rachel Morris;
The Lost Folk by @lallymacbeth.bsky.social;
Old Songs by Amy Jeffs and Gwen Burns;
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Ep. 1 of @hallierubenhold.bsky.social’s #IntimateHistories podcast really resonates. “History is the story of people, & people’s lives are meaningful & profoundly messy.” Social history, she says, is the counterweight to ‘great man’ history — I think family, local & house historians would all agree.
Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold - 1. Peopled History - BBC Sounds
Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Ep. 1 of @hallierubenhold.bsky.social’s #IntimateHistories podcast really resonates. “History is the story of people, & people’s lives are meaningful & profoundly messy.” Social history, she says, is the counterweight to ‘great man’ history — I think family, local & house historians would all agree.
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Road to Mum, by Manchester-based artist Jen Orpin. #WomensArt
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Road to Mum, by Manchester-based artist Jen Orpin. #WomensArt
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I thought I would mark the occasion by making an interactive dashboard of the London Lives Westminster Coroners Inquests. sharonhoward.github.io/mindseye_of/...
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I thought I would mark the occasion by making an interactive dashboard of the London Lives Westminster Coroners Inquests. sharonhoward.github.io/mindseye_of/...
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
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Grad Students: The Larry Summers news should shed any shred of imposter syndrome you've felt in academia. Clearly, academics* can be far from perfect (at everything from spelling to relationships to human decency) and still make it all the way to the top of ivory tower.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Grad Students: The Larry Summers news should shed any shred of imposter syndrome you've felt in academia. Clearly, academics* can be far from perfect (at everything from spelling to relationships to human decency) and still make it all the way to the top of ivory tower.
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Brian Jones on stage at around 4am, at All-Nighter, Alexandra Palace, London, 1964
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Brian Jones on stage at around 4am, at All-Nighter, Alexandra Palace, London, 1964
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The shooting itself and the landing is miraculously undertheorized in the published plan...
But the moment after the landing of the cannonball is called the moment of the "opening bomb": happy soldiers leave the ball, and check out the new place of deployment. As you can see in the image.
But the moment after the landing of the cannonball is called the moment of the "opening bomb": happy soldiers leave the ball, and check out the new place of deployment. As you can see in the image.
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The shooting itself and the landing is miraculously undertheorized in the published plan...
But the moment after the landing of the cannonball is called the moment of the "opening bomb": happy soldiers leave the ball, and check out the new place of deployment. As you can see in the image.
But the moment after the landing of the cannonball is called the moment of the "opening bomb": happy soldiers leave the ball, and check out the new place of deployment. As you can see in the image.
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DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT is going at the end of all of my emails from this point forward.
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT is going at the end of all of my emails from this point forward.
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If anybody would like to, or knows anybody who might like to, do a small amount of paid research work for me at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, I would be very glad to hear from them.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If anybody would like to, or knows anybody who might like to, do a small amount of paid research work for me at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, I would be very glad to hear from them.
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Wonderful BBC archive clip about black magic in Norfolk in 1964 - soot-blackened sheep’s hearts, weird effigies, and isolated fenland villages.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw...
1964: A Curious Case of Black Magic in Norfolk | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Wonderful BBC archive clip about black magic in Norfolk in 1964 - soot-blackened sheep’s hearts, weird effigies, and isolated fenland villages.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Those teaching a course on the history of old age and/or the history of emotions should know that I have drawn up a helpful study guide for students and teachers to explore my book "Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age." It's too long for a post here, so contact me at brosenw@gmail.com.
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Those teaching a course on the history of old age and/or the history of emotions should know that I have drawn up a helpful study guide for students and teachers to explore my book "Winter Dreams: A Historical Guide to Old Age." It's too long for a post here, so contact me at brosenw@gmail.com.
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Just a reminder that my new book on Indian Parallel Cinema was published earlier this year. If anyone is interested in reviewing for any film publication outlets, etc. then please do get in touch; I can share/email a copy for review.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just a reminder that my new book on Indian Parallel Cinema was published earlier this year. If anyone is interested in reviewing for any film publication outlets, etc. then please do get in touch; I can share/email a copy for review.
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Students & researchers have a tough time keeping the names of Roman emperors and elites straight. But we do have a database to help name and number each. It is called the Prospographia Imperii Romani (=PIR) and has 15061 persons, of which 1932 are women. Please use the database! pir.bbaw.de#/search
Prosopographia Imperii Romani
pir.bbaw.de
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Students & researchers have a tough time keeping the names of Roman emperors and elites straight. But we do have a database to help name and number each. It is called the Prospographia Imperii Romani (=PIR) and has 15061 persons, of which 1932 are women. Please use the database! pir.bbaw.de#/search
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Everyone’s gangster until they hear their own voice on a recording.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Everyone’s gangster until they hear their own voice on a recording.
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Henry Tilney read the entirety of The Mysteries of Udolpho in only TWO DAYS! This is what phones have taken from us.
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Henry Tilney read the entirety of The Mysteries of Udolpho in only TWO DAYS! This is what phones have taken from us.
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In addition to the individual teaching files posted on the History for the 21st Century site, a PDF of the compiled student readings for "The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic Through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta" can be found at this DOI: doi.org/10.17613/qez.... #histmed #MedievalSky #Pandemics
October 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In addition to the individual teaching files posted on the History for the 21st Century site, a PDF of the compiled student readings for "The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic Through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta" can be found at this DOI: doi.org/10.17613/qez.... #histmed #MedievalSky #Pandemics
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Many thanks to the @rsaorg.bsky.social for sharing a notice of the new #OpenAccess teaching module on the Black Death. www.rsa.org/news/709728/.... I will be attending the RSA meeting in February, so get in touch if you want to plan to talk teaching strategies! #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #histmed
www.rsa.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Many thanks to the @rsaorg.bsky.social for sharing a notice of the new #OpenAccess teaching module on the Black Death. www.rsa.org/news/709728/.... I will be attending the RSA meeting in February, so get in touch if you want to plan to talk teaching strategies! #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #histmed
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Ms. Tidswell has spotted an escaped time traveller, who left the time machine unattended AGAIN?
Oh wait, never mind, it's just our old pal @pinsent-tailoring.bsky.social who is a licensed time traveller, I mean isn't because our time travel agency is secret, I mean doesn't exist.
Honest!
Oh wait, never mind, it's just our old pal @pinsent-tailoring.bsky.social who is a licensed time traveller, I mean isn't because our time travel agency is secret, I mean doesn't exist.
Honest!
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Ms. Tidswell has spotted an escaped time traveller, who left the time machine unattended AGAIN?
Oh wait, never mind, it's just our old pal @pinsent-tailoring.bsky.social who is a licensed time traveller, I mean isn't because our time travel agency is secret, I mean doesn't exist.
Honest!
Oh wait, never mind, it's just our old pal @pinsent-tailoring.bsky.social who is a licensed time traveller, I mean isn't because our time travel agency is secret, I mean doesn't exist.
Honest!
