Jo Brookes
@historyjo.bsky.social
Occasional historian, former engineer, bookworm
www.commonhistory.co.uk
www.commonhistory.co.uk
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
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America: Universal healthcare creates wait times for healthcare.
Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologist…
Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologist…
August 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
America: Universal healthcare creates wait times for healthcare.
Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologist…
Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologist…
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A great search engine made better …
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A great search engine made better …
This place was instrumental in launching many careers: Cornelia Parker, Claudette Johnson, Marcus Fairs, Jacqui Poncelet, John Higgins, Heike Brachlow, Elliot Walker and Chris Day. Art movements such as the Black Art Movement, Art + Language and Funk Ceramics started here
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chng.it/v6p2jTH8Dk
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save Wolverhampton school of art building from demolition
chng.it
February 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This place was instrumental in launching many careers: Cornelia Parker, Claudette Johnson, Marcus Fairs, Jacqui Poncelet, John Higgins, Heike Brachlow, Elliot Walker and Chris Day. Art movements such as the Black Art Movement, Art + Language and Funk Ceramics started here
chng.it/v6p2jTH8Dk
chng.it/v6p2jTH8Dk
My talented wife has a new book of poetry for children fresh off the press
@nuance.bsky.social
@nuance.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 2:40 PM
My talented wife has a new book of poetry for children fresh off the press
@nuance.bsky.social
@nuance.bsky.social
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@naomiaklein.bsky.social (but not @ naomiwolf obv)
November 24, 2024 at 12:51 PM
@naomiaklein.bsky.social (but not @ naomiwolf obv)
Ooh a gig - Prefab Sprout ( ish - Martin McAloon)
November 15, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Ooh a gig - Prefab Sprout ( ish - Martin McAloon)
Northern lights over Oslo tonight
October 10, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Northern lights over Oslo tonight
Tromsø library has the same edition of Citizen of the Galaxy I read long ago in the 1970’s. Very nostalgic seeing it again. Excellent library too
October 9, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Tromsø library has the same edition of Citizen of the Galaxy I read long ago in the 1970’s. Very nostalgic seeing it again. Excellent library too
A last swim for this year?
September 6, 2024 at 4:08 PM
A last swim for this year?
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3. Medieval Maps and Mapping Bibliography
This collaborative project is (I think) the only publicly available bibliography of resources related to medieval maps and mapping. It is organized by broad topic.
3/4
historiacartarum.org/medieval-map...
This collaborative project is (I think) the only publicly available bibliography of resources related to medieval maps and mapping. It is organized by broad topic.
3/4
historiacartarum.org/medieval-map...
Medieval Maps and Mapping Resources - Historia Cartarum
Lists of readings and other resources for medieval maps and mapping, arranged by topic. Project Managers: Davies, Hrynick, Rouse, and Greenlee
historiacartarum.org
September 2, 2024 at 3:33 PM
3. Medieval Maps and Mapping Bibliography
This collaborative project is (I think) the only publicly available bibliography of resources related to medieval maps and mapping. It is organized by broad topic.
3/4
historiacartarum.org/medieval-map...
This collaborative project is (I think) the only publicly available bibliography of resources related to medieval maps and mapping. It is organized by broad topic.
3/4
historiacartarum.org/medieval-map...
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Hey there, friends! If you're doing any teaching on maps this semester, I have a couple of digital resources you might find useful (a short thread):
1. Matthew Paris's Map
A fully annotated & interactive copy of Paris's c.1250 map of England.
1/4
historiacartarum.org/annotated-cl...
1. Matthew Paris's Map
A fully annotated & interactive copy of Paris's c.1250 map of England.
1/4
historiacartarum.org/annotated-cl...
Matthew Paris Annotated Map - Historia Cartarum
A fully annotated and clickable version of Matthew Paris's map of Britain. Clicking on any label gives a translation, transcription, and Wikipedia link.
historiacartarum.org
September 2, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Hey there, friends! If you're doing any teaching on maps this semester, I have a couple of digital resources you might find useful (a short thread):
1. Matthew Paris's Map
A fully annotated & interactive copy of Paris's c.1250 map of England.
1/4
historiacartarum.org/annotated-cl...
1. Matthew Paris's Map
A fully annotated & interactive copy of Paris's c.1250 map of England.
1/4
historiacartarum.org/annotated-cl...
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A remaining corner of Birmingham’s Brutalist Architecture - New St Signal Box. So much of it is lost or under threat #Brutalist
August 20, 2024 at 8:49 PM
A remaining corner of Birmingham’s Brutalist Architecture - New St Signal Box. So much of it is lost or under threat #Brutalist
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Currently reading about a minister in 17th century Dorset called Valentine Minge.
August 16, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Currently reading about a minister in 17th century Dorset called Valentine Minge.
We are in a cabin way up on the Staffordshire moorlands. Dark skies, an outdoor shower, just perfect before a daunting consultation next week.
August 17, 2024 at 9:34 AM
We are in a cabin way up on the Staffordshire moorlands. Dark skies, an outdoor shower, just perfect before a daunting consultation next week.
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There'll be a warm #welcome for everyone at this event. If it's your first time visiting @ihr.bsky.social - and especially if you have lived experience as a #refugee yourself - please feel free to get in touch ahead of the event to ask questions or arrange a friendly chat. My DMs are open.
August 13, 2024 at 10:03 AM
There'll be a warm #welcome for everyone at this event. If it's your first time visiting @ihr.bsky.social - and especially if you have lived experience as a #refugee yourself - please feel free to get in touch ahead of the event to ask questions or arrange a friendly chat. My DMs are open.
On days when the waiting hangs heavy, a short swim in a pool, surrounded by bulrushes and air laden with dragonflies, is very life affirming.
August 12, 2024 at 12:18 PM
On days when the waiting hangs heavy, a short swim in a pool, surrounded by bulrushes and air laden with dragonflies, is very life affirming.
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Just To Say, by Steve Pottinger, from the poetry collection "snapshots from the fall of home". #poetry #ClimateChange
February 2, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Just To Say, by Steve Pottinger, from the poetry collection "snapshots from the fall of home". #poetry #ClimateChange
The NHS gets a lot of abuse but I am impressed that they maximise resource use and am very grateful for the staff doing routine CAT scans on a Saturday night
August 11, 2024 at 11:33 AM
The NHS gets a lot of abuse but I am impressed that they maximise resource use and am very grateful for the staff doing routine CAT scans on a Saturday night