Dr Laura Hodsdon
@laurhod.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Research Centre Lead, Heritage, Culture & Society at Falmouth University | Heritage, landscapes, social justice | Lapsed Classicist. Rower, runner(ish), photographer, failing veg grower. Yorkie in Cornwall.
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Dr Laura Hodsdon
@laurhod.bsky.social
· Jul 30
You can now read all of Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage for free via Open Access www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
A nicely timed walk at Godrevy yesterday
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A nicely timed walk at Godrevy yesterday
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies."
Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.
#Peston
Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.
#Peston
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies."
Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.
#Peston
Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.
#Peston
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Always delighted to see the veg sections in French supermarkets - these are local mushrooms, thoughtfully and respectfully presented, not just shipped in from wherever and vacuum packed as in the UK. And a real celebration of local produce in general. (Very little organic choice though, sadly.)
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Always delighted to see the veg sections in French supermarkets - these are local mushrooms, thoughtfully and respectfully presented, not just shipped in from wherever and vacuum packed as in the UK. And a real celebration of local produce in general. (Very little organic choice though, sadly.)
Flyover linking two banks of the Nile and a billboard planted on an island, itself only accessible by boat
September 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Flyover linking two banks of the Nile and a billboard planted on an island, itself only accessible by boat
Door with hands, Cairo
September 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Door with hands, Cairo
Mural in the City of the Dead, Cairo
September 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Mural in the City of the Dead, Cairo
So lucky today to visit Qursayah Island on the Nile with @landscaperesearch.bsky.social - farming and fishing communities just a stone's throw from the modern city - and to support verynile.org up-cycling programme of plastic waste from the river plus their delicious community cafe
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So lucky today to visit Qursayah Island on the Nile with @landscaperesearch.bsky.social - farming and fishing communities just a stone's throw from the modern city - and to support verynile.org up-cycling programme of plastic waste from the river plus their delicious community cafe
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social please tell BBC News we’re sick of 4 MP Party Reform being rammed down our throats daily with drivel like this👇🏼report
The @libdems.org.uk have 72 MPs, Greens 4, SNP 9 but they don’t get a look in 🤷🏼♂️
Soon BBC News will report what Farage has for breakfast 🙄
The @libdems.org.uk have 72 MPs, Greens 4, SNP 9 but they don’t get a look in 🤷🏼♂️
Soon BBC News will report what Farage has for breakfast 🙄
Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms
The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.
www.bbc.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social please tell BBC News we’re sick of 4 MP Party Reform being rammed down our throats daily with drivel like this👇🏼report
The @libdems.org.uk have 72 MPs, Greens 4, SNP 9 but they don’t get a look in 🤷🏼♂️
Soon BBC News will report what Farage has for breakfast 🙄
The @libdems.org.uk have 72 MPs, Greens 4, SNP 9 but they don’t get a look in 🤷🏼♂️
Soon BBC News will report what Farage has for breakfast 🙄
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
As it happens I met this fella a couple of weeks ago. He was doing voluntary work to make habitat for bees and butterflies.
August 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
As it happens I met this fella a couple of weeks ago. He was doing voluntary work to make habitat for bees and butterflies.
You can now read all of Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage for free via Open Access www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
July 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
You can now read all of Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage for free via Open Access www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
Oh yes, hello #TidesOutTuesday! Definitely a hashtag I can embrace.
Concrete plinths, all that remains of Newlyn WW1 seaplane base, forming a stone circle, with the ruins of Penlee quarry behind
Concrete plinths, all that remains of Newlyn WW1 seaplane base, forming a stone circle, with the ruins of Penlee quarry behind
July 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Oh yes, hello #TidesOutTuesday! Definitely a hashtag I can embrace.
Concrete plinths, all that remains of Newlyn WW1 seaplane base, forming a stone circle, with the ruins of Penlee quarry behind
Concrete plinths, all that remains of Newlyn WW1 seaplane base, forming a stone circle, with the ruins of Penlee quarry behind
*Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives from the Margins of Europe* is out today!
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives from the Margins of Europe
Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage draws upon an original, wide-ranging dataset to show that the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural he...
www.routledge.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
*Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives from the Margins of Europe* is out today!
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
it seems like AI has got really good at making up footnotes, including a jstor stable reference (that links to something else) and a journal title/volume number/page range (for a different article) -- so on first glance they all look totally legit
June 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
it seems like AI has got really good at making up footnotes, including a jstor stable reference (that links to something else) and a journal title/volume number/page range (for a different article) -- so on first glance they all look totally legit
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
This is my PhD thesis
I did not ask for this
I did not consent to this
I did not approve of this
I was not compensated for this
I would not have advised this
I do not like this
And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.
I did not ask for this
I did not consent to this
I did not approve of this
I was not compensated for this
I would not have advised this
I do not like this
And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.
June 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is my PhD thesis
I did not ask for this
I did not consent to this
I did not approve of this
I was not compensated for this
I would not have advised this
I do not like this
And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.
I did not ask for this
I did not consent to this
I did not approve of this
I was not compensated for this
I would not have advised this
I do not like this
And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.
Last week to apply for this funded heritage PhD with Historic England - application window closes 25 May.
*Fully funded PhD in heritage klaxon*
Excited to invite applications for an AHRC-funded CDP with Historic England and the Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society at Falmouth University.
Deadline 25 May.
www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/centre-heritage-culture-society/participatory-practice-and-heritage
Excited to invite applications for an AHRC-funded CDP with Historic England and the Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society at Falmouth University.
Deadline 25 May.
www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/centre-heritage-culture-society/participatory-practice-and-heritage
Participatory practice and heritage for all
This Research & Knowledge Exchange Doctoral Project brief summarises our priority areas of research interest under the heading of: The potential of participatory practice to positively engage both und...
www.falmouth.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Last week to apply for this funded heritage PhD with Historic England - application window closes 25 May.
Not the worst day at work
May 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Not the worst day at work
Reposted by Dr Laura Hodsdon
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...