@aoifeforrester.bsky.social
(she/her) I am an ace trans lesbian, who is pagan and a history nerd. I don't think I will be here a lot, but what I do share will hopefully be interesting and hopefully provide hope for a better world.
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🗃️ crucial read. thanks, @tgpeterson.bsky.social
Revolutionary Warfare: How France lost Algeria but developed a new kind of social war - https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/revolutionary-warfare-how-frances-battle-against-algerian-freedom-turned-war-social
Revolutionary Warfare: How France lost Algeria but developed a new kind of social war
Terrence G Peterson's book explores how 'pacifying' Algerian society became a focus of the French campaign against independence
www.middleeasteye.net
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM
🗃️ crucial read. thanks, @tgpeterson.bsky.social
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Sweden becomes the first country to ban all AI music from their official charts! Huge win!
January 19, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Sweden becomes the first country to ban all AI music from their official charts! Huge win!
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Delighted to announce the launch of a new seminar - Race and the Early Modern - in collaboration with @folger.edu.
A monthly, transatlantic, online seminar for research on race, racialisation, and racemaking across #earlymodern Studies.
Sign up to attend!
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
A monthly, transatlantic, online seminar for research on race, racialisation, and racemaking across #earlymodern Studies.
Sign up to attend!
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
Race and the Early Modern — CEMS KCL Blog
kingsearlymodern.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Pathfinder : Wotr Fancomic - "make every strike count"
He did not, in fact. make every strike count. lol.
He did not, in fact. make every strike count. lol.
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Pathfinder : Wotr Fancomic - "make every strike count"
He did not, in fact. make every strike count. lol.
He did not, in fact. make every strike count. lol.
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A huge meta analysis found that the vast majority of conservation work is successful in halting or even reversing biodiversity loss. “It would be too easy to lose any sense of optimism in the face of ongoing biodiversity declines, however, our results clearly show that there is room for hope."
First-of-its-kind study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
A new study published online today, April 25, in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that scaling conservation…
www.thegef.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
A huge meta analysis found that the vast majority of conservation work is successful in halting or even reversing biodiversity loss. “It would be too easy to lose any sense of optimism in the face of ongoing biodiversity declines, however, our results clearly show that there is room for hope."
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I do not agree with the statement that we aren't seeing mass mobilization in the US against Trump's actions in Venezuela.
There is mass mobilization in every city where ICE and CBP are operating. Do not confuse mobilization with marching and protests. Not everything is designed for spectacle.
There is mass mobilization in every city where ICE and CBP are operating. Do not confuse mobilization with marching and protests. Not everything is designed for spectacle.
January 6, 2026 at 6:44 AM
I do not agree with the statement that we aren't seeing mass mobilization in the US against Trump's actions in Venezuela.
There is mass mobilization in every city where ICE and CBP are operating. Do not confuse mobilization with marching and protests. Not everything is designed for spectacle.
There is mass mobilization in every city where ICE and CBP are operating. Do not confuse mobilization with marching and protests. Not everything is designed for spectacle.
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In USA Today early December: "This is a direct...extension of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine," said Nichols, "an amplification to allow the U.S. to explicitly intervene without justification and not bother to make a case to the world community."🗃️ www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Will Venezuela buckle under Trump? Maduro wouldn't be the first to fall
U.S. presidents have successfully moved to remove Latin American leaders for over a century. What to know about U.S. involvement in coups in the region.
www.usatoday.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:55 AM
In USA Today early December: "This is a direct...extension of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine," said Nichols, "an amplification to allow the U.S. to explicitly intervene without justification and not bother to make a case to the world community."🗃️ www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, Artemisia Gentileschi, 1638–39.
🧑🎨 Artemisia cleverly identifies herself as the female personification of painting following the standard emblematic handbook of the period, the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa (1593).
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #earlymodern
🧑🎨 Artemisia cleverly identifies herself as the female personification of painting following the standard emblematic handbook of the period, the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa (1593).
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #earlymodern
January 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, Artemisia Gentileschi, 1638–39.
🧑🎨 Artemisia cleverly identifies herself as the female personification of painting following the standard emblematic handbook of the period, the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa (1593).
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #earlymodern
🧑🎨 Artemisia cleverly identifies herself as the female personification of painting following the standard emblematic handbook of the period, the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa (1593).
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #earlymodern
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Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
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ALOT going on in the world, so here’s an adorable yet majestic owl for your TL. Hang in there, friends! 🦉 🗃️
January 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ALOT going on in the world, so here’s an adorable yet majestic owl for your TL. Hang in there, friends! 🦉 🗃️
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When my caveman brain thinks doing chores is as dangerous as touching a crocodile
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When my caveman brain thinks doing chores is as dangerous as touching a crocodile
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Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...
news.exeter.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
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Nora and Amelia Gray are doing their part to save our sea ice. Follow our pawtners at @polarbearsinternational.org to learn how you can join them.
#ArcticSeaIceDay #SaveOurSeaIce
#ArcticSeaIceDay #SaveOurSeaIce
July 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Nora and Amelia Gray are doing their part to save our sea ice. Follow our pawtners at @polarbearsinternational.org to learn how you can join them.
#ArcticSeaIceDay #SaveOurSeaIce
#ArcticSeaIceDay #SaveOurSeaIce
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If this pops up during your scroll time...this is your reminder to check up on your friends and let them know you love them.
July 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If this pops up during your scroll time...this is your reminder to check up on your friends and let them know you love them.
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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This is because of the Online Safety Act, and UK folks had better get used to doing this because every site on the internet that "is likely to be accessed by children" and has users in the UK will be doing this as of 25 July; that's Ofcom's deadline.
Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
Bluesky users in the UK can verify their age using their face, ID, or payment card.
www.theverge.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is because of the Online Safety Act, and UK folks had better get used to doing this because every site on the internet that "is likely to be accessed by children" and has users in the UK will be doing this as of 25 July; that's Ofcom's deadline.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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In loving memory of Moshu 🍎
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In loving memory of Moshu 🍎
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This bill is a true nightmare - ICE given endless resources to kidnap and imprison, guts Medicaid, thousands of deaths, destroys green energy - call your senator right now and tell them you do not want this bill, ESPECIALLY if they’re a Republican.
Senate switchboard - (202) 224-3121
Senate switchboard - (202) 224-3121
Trump's Tax Scam is a disaster.
We need GOP senators’ phones to be ringing off the hooks: indivisible.org/reso...
And when their voicemails fill up, use this tool to send an email: act.indivisible.org/...
We need GOP senators’ phones to be ringing off the hooks: indivisible.org/reso...
And when their voicemails fill up, use this tool to send an email: act.indivisible.org/...
June 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This bill is a true nightmare - ICE given endless resources to kidnap and imprison, guts Medicaid, thousands of deaths, destroys green energy - call your senator right now and tell them you do not want this bill, ESPECIALLY if they’re a Republican.
Senate switchboard - (202) 224-3121
Senate switchboard - (202) 224-3121
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Chapter 12 of my Gundam fanfic is up. A bit of s different start than most
#gundam #fanfic
archiveofourown.org/works/602132...
#gundam #fanfic
archiveofourown.org/works/602132...
Mobile Suit Gundam: Veils of Storm - Chapter 12 - KestariaSabel - Gundam & Related Fandoms [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
June 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Chapter 12 of my Gundam fanfic is up. A bit of s different start than most
#gundam #fanfic
archiveofourown.org/works/602132...
#gundam #fanfic
archiveofourown.org/works/602132...
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We work to be decent potatoes 💕
June 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We work to be decent potatoes 💕
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Very excited to play the Crescent County demo tonight! This game looks tailor made for me and I cant wait to ride these motorbrooms! Come watch ^.^
www.twitch.tv/technomancer...
#envtuber #stream #witchygame @electricsaint.bsky.social
www.twitch.tv/technomancer...
#envtuber #stream #witchygame @electricsaint.bsky.social
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
June 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Very excited to play the Crescent County demo tonight! This game looks tailor made for me and I cant wait to ride these motorbrooms! Come watch ^.^
www.twitch.tv/technomancer...
#envtuber #stream #witchygame @electricsaint.bsky.social
www.twitch.tv/technomancer...
#envtuber #stream #witchygame @electricsaint.bsky.social