Andrew Hobbs
@drewhobbs.bsky.social
Historian of the provincial press,looking at how 19C local papers and 20C county magazines express our sense of place. Despairing socialist. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=20iBowIAAAAJ
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We're very excited to see this new book about W T Stead from Philip March that arrived in the post today! It draws on research including archives and publication about Stead that we hold.
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We're very excited to see this new book about W T Stead from Philip March that arrived in the post today! It draws on research including archives and publication about Stead that we hold.
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!Stop Press! Article on bias in digitised newspaper collections: ’Whose News’, in the new journal of @comphumresearch.bsky.social by Kaspar Beelen, @jonhistorian61.bsky.social, @kmcdono.bsky.social and me. See blog for summary & 🧵 1/7
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Whose news? Critical methods for assessing bias in large historical datasets | Computational Humanities Research | Cambridge Core
Whose news? Critical methods for assessing bias in large historical datasets - Volume 1
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November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
!Stop Press! Article on bias in digitised newspaper collections: ’Whose News’, in the new journal of @comphumresearch.bsky.social by Kaspar Beelen, @jonhistorian61.bsky.social, @kmcdono.bsky.social and me. See blog for summary & 🧵 1/7
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Want a younger brain? Learn another language
A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
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Journeys to the Match features objects from the National Football Museum collection, stories and memories from supporters, and photography from travelling fans
Exhibition in Preston celebrating matchday rituals, friendships, and joy – Blog Preston
<p>Journeys to the Match celebrates the simple joys that unite all fans</p>
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November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Journeys to the Match features objects from the National Football Museum collection, stories and memories from supporters, and photography from travelling fans
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
Rare example of tripe-focused fiction, "Tripe and Gentility" by John Trafford Clegg (1857-95), a four-part short story from the Rochdale Observer, Dec 1894
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Chapter 1 of a short 4-part story set in Rochdale, published in the Rochdale Observer over 4 weeks in December 1894. The author, John Trafford Clegg (1857-95) was a dialect writer.…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Rare example of tripe-focused fiction, "Tripe and Gentility" by John Trafford Clegg (1857-95), a four-part short story from the Rochdale Observer, Dec 1894
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Remember to wear your hi-viz, folks, so that you won't be hit by a bus driver ... Oh ... www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2560646...
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Remember to wear your hi-viz, folks, so that you won't be hit by a bus driver ... Oh ... www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2560646...
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Fascinating story of a satirical citizen journalism publication 'for the poor' launched in London in 1886 by a young couple ⤵️
In 1886, a couple of East End activists launched Toby, a scrappy satirical paper that bit back at power with wit and outrage. Long before social media, it gave workers a voice – and paid the price for doing so. Graham Palmer has their story ⬇️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
Rise and silencing of the East End’s pioneering paper
“That’s the way to do it!” Toby, a paper named after Punch’s dog bit back at power – until satire, scandal and love brought it to heel
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Fascinating story of a satirical citizen journalism publication 'for the poor' launched in London in 1886 by a young couple ⤵️
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In 1886, a couple of East End activists launched Toby, a scrappy satirical paper that bit back at power with wit and outrage. Long before social media, it gave workers a voice – and paid the price for doing so. Graham Palmer has their story ⬇️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
Rise and silencing of the East End’s pioneering paper
“That’s the way to do it!” Toby, a paper named after Punch’s dog bit back at power – until satire, scandal and love brought it to heel
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In 1886, a couple of East End activists launched Toby, a scrappy satirical paper that bit back at power with wit and outrage. Long before social media, it gave workers a voice – and paid the price for doing so. Graham Palmer has their story ⬇️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
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This is the guy now running NHS data. How can we trust his “completely anti-woke” firm with its politically biased goals and staff and bosses with our confidential health information?
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is the guy now running NHS data. How can we trust his “completely anti-woke” firm with its politically biased goals and staff and bosses with our confidential health information?
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Hi new followers. Don't forget to HYDRATE and REST so you can continue to EXPERIENCE existential DREAD
November 10, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Hi new followers. Don't forget to HYDRATE and REST so you can continue to EXPERIENCE existential DREAD
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The pro-death party
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The pro-death party
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It's why we need legal rights protections.
Employment lawyer here: the number of male employers who genuinely believe they should be able to sleep with their female employees and pay working mothers less than working fathers is most of them. They genuinely believe that it is an injustice against them that they might face repercussions.
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's why we need legal rights protections.
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Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
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YouTube removes videos documenting Israel's violation of international law - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/youtube-removes-videos-documenting-israels-violation-international-law
YouTube removes videos documenting Israel's violation of international law
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>YouTube has removed hundreds of videos from three prominent Palestinian human rights organisations that documented Israel's violations of international law, The Intercept reported on Tuesday.</p>
<p>More than 700 videos were deleted, along with the accounts of Al-Haq, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre.</p>
<p>All three groups reportedly had hours of footage documenting Israel’s violations of international law in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, reportedly including the killing of Palestinian civilians.</p>
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November 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
YouTube removes videos documenting Israel's violation of international law - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/youtube-removes-videos-documenting-israels-violation-international-law
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Fucking dog's been digging in the garden again.
November 13, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Fucking dog's been digging in the garden again.
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“If the strike happens this month, it would mark the union's third national work stoppage in the past year…Starbucks Workers United, which started in upstate New York in 2021, has grown to represent more than 9,500 baristas across 550 Starbucks cafes…”
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“If the strike happens this month, it would mark the union's third national work stoppage in the past year…Starbucks Workers United, which started in upstate New York in 2021, has grown to represent more than 9,500 baristas across 550 Starbucks cafes…”
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This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
University still pays off – even in lower-wage Britain
This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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"No consideration has been given to the historic nature of the city" says Gloucester councillor over cycle path resurfacing "It has changed the whole ambience of this area of the city" road.cc road.cc/content/news... Perhaps I can help by sharing some images of "historic Gloucester" as I remember it
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"No consideration has been given to the historic nature of the city" says Gloucester councillor over cycle path resurfacing "It has changed the whole ambience of this area of the city" road.cc road.cc/content/news... Perhaps I can help by sharing some images of "historic Gloucester" as I remember it
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NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.