Frannie Munro
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A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
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“And as for you, you could be anyone
Who’s done, who’s said, the things you’ve said and done.”
What an amazing poem: Poem without Metaphors by Matthew Buckley Smith
Who’s done, who’s said, the things you’ve said and done.”
What an amazing poem: Poem without Metaphors by Matthew Buckley Smith
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“And as for you, you could be anyone
Who’s done, who’s said, the things you’ve said and done.”
What an amazing poem: Poem without Metaphors by Matthew Buckley Smith
Who’s done, who’s said, the things you’ve said and done.”
What an amazing poem: Poem without Metaphors by Matthew Buckley Smith
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The WI has been trans inclusive since the 70s, before I was born. Do you see who in this scenario was innocently minding their own business, coming to their own arrangements locally? Do you see who is forcefully imposing themselves and their demands upon others, via threats.
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The WI has been trans inclusive since the 70s, before I was born. Do you see who in this scenario was innocently minding their own business, coming to their own arrangements locally? Do you see who is forcefully imposing themselves and their demands upon others, via threats.
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Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It was a year ago today that I drove 60 miles and returned home with a Wee White Cat. Today, she saw off her mortal enemy, the Bold Black Cat, in a dining room showdown. Another standout moment of the kind of Cat Drama that is my life now.
For though she be but little, she is fierce. ❤
For though she be but little, she is fierce. ❤
October 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It was a year ago today that I drove 60 miles and returned home with a Wee White Cat. Today, she saw off her mortal enemy, the Bold Black Cat, in a dining room showdown. Another standout moment of the kind of Cat Drama that is my life now.
For though she be but little, she is fierce. ❤
For though she be but little, she is fierce. ❤
It's both reassuring and depressing to know that, according to my laptop, I can thwart facial recognition technology simply by my morning face.
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
It's both reassuring and depressing to know that, according to my laptop, I can thwart facial recognition technology simply by my morning face.
On National Poetry Day, may I share my brother-in-law Allan's awesome poem, written when he was a teenager.
October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On National Poetry Day, may I share my brother-in-law Allan's awesome poem, written when he was a teenager.
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Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.
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Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
August 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
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First they came for the queers, and you didn't know it because we're not in the poem
December 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
First they came for the queers, and you didn't know it because we're not in the poem
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Macron: "He's a very clever cat"
Merci monsieur le président x
Merci monsieur le président x
July 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Macron: "He's a very clever cat"
Merci monsieur le président x
Merci monsieur le président x
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I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.
May 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.
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Or...
What if the rest of the world decided to boycott the World Cup being held in a totalitarian country?
What if the rest of the world decided to boycott the World Cup being held in a totalitarian country?
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Or...
What if the rest of the world decided to boycott the World Cup being held in a totalitarian country?
What if the rest of the world decided to boycott the World Cup being held in a totalitarian country?
Today I will seek out a garden centre, buy a little snow-in-summer, and then plant it in the stump of the cherry tree that the winds blew down.
May 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today I will seek out a garden centre, buy a little snow-in-summer, and then plant it in the stump of the cherry tree that the winds blew down.
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Yesterday, France celebrated independent bookstores with a national day of support — a brilliant move to protect culture against giant corporations like Amazon. 🇫🇷📚
This is the kind of idea the whole world should embrace! 🌍❤️
#BuyMoreBooks
This is the kind of idea the whole world should embrace! 🌍❤️
#BuyMoreBooks
April 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Yesterday, France celebrated independent bookstores with a national day of support — a brilliant move to protect culture against giant corporations like Amazon. 🇫🇷📚
This is the kind of idea the whole world should embrace! 🌍❤️
#BuyMoreBooks
This is the kind of idea the whole world should embrace! 🌍❤️
#BuyMoreBooks
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
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There’s a new display up on our A-Frame that celebrates trans voices & stories! We’ve got a selection of fiction, non-fiction, & poetry so there’s sure to be something here for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
April 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
There’s a new display up on our A-Frame that celebrates trans voices & stories! We’ve got a selection of fiction, non-fiction, & poetry so there’s sure to be something here for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
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🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
On my msm feed:
'How Jaguars In The Amazon Are Adapting To Fish Like Bears.'
Tell me how at first glance you read that sentence?
'How Jaguars In The Amazon Are Adapting To Fish Like Bears.'
Tell me how at first glance you read that sentence?
March 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
On my msm feed:
'How Jaguars In The Amazon Are Adapting To Fish Like Bears.'
Tell me how at first glance you read that sentence?
'How Jaguars In The Amazon Are Adapting To Fish Like Bears.'
Tell me how at first glance you read that sentence?
The mantel clock that came with the manse only chimes on the quarter hours. I love it for this.
March 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The mantel clock that came with the manse only chimes on the quarter hours. I love it for this.
Shared without hesitation.
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No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Shared without hesitation.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
I have removed the wee cat's blanket for washing, and she is Not Happy. After pacing and yowling a bit, she is now perched on the arm of the sofa next to the place where the blanket Ought To Be.
January 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I have removed the wee cat's blanket for washing, and she is Not Happy. After pacing and yowling a bit, she is now perched on the arm of the sofa next to the place where the blanket Ought To Be.