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Marlene
@moliveiradev.bsky.social
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Software developer, accidental researcher, #AnneListerCodeBreaker, and Head of Personal Pampering for Miss A-, the black lab. Might play with cameras and old papers, if left to my own devices.

https://www.packedwithpotential.org/
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allantadams.bsky.social
An older drawing perhaps stored in my memory to inspire a study, alongside the news that the lamp had been knocked over. The corner of Minster Gates, York & Minerva guards the books.

#Minerva #bookshop #pencil #drawing #sketchbook
Pencil drawing of lamp post from about 1900 and a shop front of the late 18th century. Above the shop doorway is a carved figure of Minerva, goddess of learning and the theatre. Pencil sketch of a shop window and doorway of the Regency period. Above the shop doorway is a carved figure wearing a helmet resting an arm on a pile of books. Photo of a pencil being used to make a drawing of a shop and lamp post.
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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handhyorkshire.bsky.social
This image of Bolton Priory from the 1850s by Joseph Cundall (1818–1895) and Philip Henry Delamotte (1821–1889)is really quite interesting. The priory looks to be in a very precarious state. The priory was dissolved in 1539, and the Clifford family, who were the former
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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elemjay.bsky.social
The Duke of Wellington’s cone has been replaced by a pigeon wearing a tiny cone reading a newspaper.
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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romgothsam.bsky.social
Don't forget! You've still got time to pitch a talk for the Romancing the Gothic talk series next year! We're particularly interested in work focusing on women and people of marginalised genders and we love exploring traditions from around the world!

romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...
Romancing the Gothic 2026 Talk Series – Call for Papers
In 2026, our annual conference will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ann Radcliffe’s final, posthumous, publications. An early Gothic writer, Radcliffe was known to some as the ‘…
romancingthegothic.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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allantadams.bsky.social
York Mister from Precentor's Court, York. The drawing is 9 years old today. Stepping from the Snicket by the Hole in the Wall pub & you are presented with this view.

#YorkMinster
#pencil #drawing
#ArtYear
Pencil drawing of a narrow street lined with three-storey brick buildings with a view of cathedral towers and west front looming over trees.
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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groomb.bsky.social
The Yorkshire Dales National Park was established on this day 1954 and extended 2016. Most is in North Yorkshire, with a sizeable area in Cumbria and a small part in Lancashire (photo Ribblehead Viaduct).
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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jdmccafferty.bsky.social
Came to see two Caravaggios (which were great) but got distracted by this.

Santa Maria del Popolo
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
moliveiradev.bsky.social
Ordered Arizona's food to be delivered and moved a meeting to next week so I could avoid going out and start sorting my trip essentials (plus packing).

Guess who's going out later today to run other people's errands? That's right! 🙃
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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gatocielo.bsky.social
#watercolor
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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longpainter.bsky.social
Northern Lights 6”x6” oil
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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groomb.bsky.social
Newcastle upon Tyne, c.1823, painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851 (Tate).
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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groomb.bsky.social
Remembering Elizabeth Gaskell, who died on this day 1865.
groomb.bsky.social Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Mar 17
Made in Manchester: Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65). Her wide-ranging work is valued for its social history, including first-hand accounts of Manchester’s poor, as well as its literary qualities. Much of what she wrote was innovatory or controversial. 1/5
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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packedwith.bsky.social
Packed with Potential turns 6 today! 🥳

Thank you for being a part of this journey. And, if you'd like to contribute, please get in touch!
www.packedwithpotential.org/about/contact

#research #nonprofit #AnneLister #c19th #oneplace #queerhistory
A partially dark background showing eyeglasses, a book, and a magnifying glass. In the foreground there is white text that reads as follows: "Today is Packed with Potential’s anniversary! 🎉🎉🎉 Over the last six years, we have published a lot of open, collaborative, and accessible research meant to promote a greater understanding of Anne Lister and her contemporaries. Whether you’ve just started your research journey or are a seasoned contributor, thank you for being part of this adventure!" Below the text there is the yellow packed with potential logo.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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lynnshls.bsky.social
"driving about 6 1/2 miles an hour heated Caradoc – it is rather too fast for him with such a weight to drag, and perhaps a little beyond his speed ... Got out at the Great hotel (Buxton) at 8 35/60" (A Lister, 4 Aug. 1825)
Imagine the scene, a coach replacing the car, + lights differently powered 👇
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
moliveiradev.bsky.social
My therapist: you have to embrace spontainuity.

Me writing Xmas cards on my 3rd gin: I chose the weirdest Xmas card design just for you. I hope you like it! Please give your pets an extra treat from me, if they're allowed! 💛
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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groomb.bsky.social
A Donegal Landscape, painting by Estella Solomons (1882-1968). #WomensArt
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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allantadams.bsky.social
St Helen's Square, York. A drawing I made in 2020 shows St Helen's church and the end of Stonegate.

#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtShare
Pencil drawing of a three storey building at the end of a street next to a church that was remodelled in the 19th century. Plenty of people can be seen walking in the square and passing a flower stall on the right. People in a public square, one of whom is standing with a bicycle. In the background a street of three storey buildings leads off the left with a church on the right.
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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listerlanecem.bsky.social
Good day all.
The photo focuses on a ladybird walking across the end of a weathered upright gravestone at Lister Lane Cemetery. Other grave monuments can be seen in the background to the right of the image.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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annieknk.bsky.social
This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
robpalk.bsky.social Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 8d
Oh fuck off
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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groomb.bsky.social
Halifax, 1964, photo by John Bulmer.
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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fakehistoryhunter.net
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Selby woman finds unmarked grave of forgotten WW1 soldier
Church will now hold ceremony for the private, who died of complications from gas attack wounds.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
moliveiradev.bsky.social
Going to a new archive is always a lottery for me. Either I make a really good impression and am perceived to be mildly competent at what I'm doing or they'll assume I'm some unruly child and will watch me like hawks! 🤣
November 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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annamazz.bsky.social
PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.

Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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groomb.bsky.social
Gorbals girl, Glasgow, 1964, photo by Oscar Marzaroli.
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM