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PhDing at Nottingham Uni - Lusitano, C16th Blackness, mixedness; how European Classical music talks about it (πŸ“·Nick Rutter) πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ‡¨πŸ‡©he/him

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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

03.10.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 16580    πŸ” 2614    πŸ’¬ 407    πŸ“Œ 107

Oh my, don’t forget the tigers and bears.

23.09.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s nothing incoherent or ironic about the f*r r*ght guy eating Indian food. That’s precisely the latitude that wh*te s*premacy gives him.

14.09.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.

There is nothing not glorious about this story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

13.09.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Archibald Manning is Archbishop of Canterbury in the 1870s

30.08.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The way this person was only too happy to use her own identity to discredit anti racist efforts.

25.08.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This appeared on my feed as your recording of the Williams with BBC Phil was playing on the radio. ✨

16.08.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d love a link too, if you get a minute!

03.08.2025 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d love to be an animator. Shame I can’t draw!

31.07.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI'm only asking for a piece of bread... that's all," a 17-year-old boy at al-Shifa hospital tells the BBC, as food security body the IPC warns more than 1.5 million Gazans are at risk of severe malnutrition/ starvation.

Nearly 500,000 are considered to be facing β€œcatastrophe.”

21.07.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 687    πŸ” 331    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 16

Second day of having to spend ££ on taxis b/c the rail infrastructure is so decrepit. Having to plan and replan travel is just exhausting.

20.07.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#BookSky

19.07.2025 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 39385    πŸ” 7837    πŸ’¬ 545    πŸ“Œ 531

You can skip straight to the final question if you don't have the time or energy. There is a free box at the end you can fill in.

30.06.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a surprised look on his face is sitting at a table ALT: a man with a surprised look on his face is sitting at a table

So, they won?

24.06.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"i asked grok" "i asked chagpt" yeah well I asked a rare books librarian and they found things I didn’t even know I was looking for, while answering questions about provenance

15.06.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3211    πŸ” 675    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 35
Pedigree Collapse | DNA in Genealogy Research Discover the concept of pedigree collapse and its impact on DNA in genealogy research. Learn how ancestral overlap affects your family tree and genealogy studies at Trace Your Past.

β€˜Pedigree collapse’ 🐢! www.traceyourpast.com/articles/wha...

08.06.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does the answer have something to do with the fact that all family trees collapse in on one another as you go further up?

08.06.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Edward Colston's statue getting thrown into bristol harbour by a joyful crowd

Edward Colston's statue getting thrown into bristol harbour by a joyful crowd

Happy 5 year anniversary to Edward Colston's statue getting thrown into Bristol Harbour :D

07.06.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 788    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 38

Unless you and your family speak proto-Brythonic as a 1st language, in which case, apols.

04.06.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

White pertains to racial markers, and British pertains to statehood. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

04.06.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
Pink Guy is attending an interview with the chief exec and CEO of a company.
CEO: β€œOur company does not adhere to DEI hiring practices 

Panel 2:
CEO continues: β€œWe believe in hiring based strictly on qualifications”

Panel 3:
Pink Guy interjects and says β€œActually, DEI is about addressing a systemic imbalance in-
CHIEF EXEC butts in: HEY

Panel 4:
CHIEF EXEC: Don’t talk back to my dad

4 panel comic Panel 1: Pink Guy is attending an interview with the chief exec and CEO of a company. CEO: β€œOur company does not adhere to DEI hiring practices Panel 2: CEO continues: β€œWe believe in hiring based strictly on qualifications” Panel 3: Pink Guy interjects and says β€œActually, DEI is about addressing a systemic imbalance in- CHIEF EXEC butts in: HEY Panel 4: CHIEF EXEC: Don’t talk back to my dad

guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS

02.06.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 13977    πŸ” 2757    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 29
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They’re Quakers. They’re nice people. This isn’t hard

28.05.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 470    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 22
A painting of George floyd in a tuxedo and bowtie. On the left and right of him are the words "justice 4 George"

A painting of George floyd in a tuxedo and bowtie. On the left and right of him are the words "justice 4 George"

5 yrs since we witnessed George Floyd's murder. Lots of us have felt pain & racial injustice but this watershed moment had urgency for our tomorrow. Racial justice continues to be struggle that feels out of reach.

But we continue for our loved ones, each other & for a just tomorrow. RIP Mr Floyd.

25.05.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open letter: Scottish Parliament urged to change its transphobic toilet rules | Good Law Project New guidelines issued by the Corporate Body of the Scottish Parliament are exclusionary for trans people and based in a misinterpretation of the law. We, along with a cross-party group of MSPs and par...

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Four of the five main political parties at Holyrood have written to the Presiding Officer protesting her unlawful and (believed to be) transphobic guidance

goodlawproject.org/open-letter-...

25.05.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a painting on a canvas resting on concrete ground featuring a white woman in a gold dress

Photo of a painting on a canvas resting on concrete ground featuring a white woman in a gold dress

One of two paintings recently discovered in Beirut by an art historian which are believed to be the work of Artemisia Gentileschi #womensart

19.05.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1070    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 14

Good God.

12.05.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great day to chat Mozart Coronation Mass recordings for BBC Radio 3 Record Review www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

03.05.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The LGBT+ Showstopper: β€˜I Am What I Am’ - Dominic Broomfield-McHugh
YouTube video by Gresham College The LGBT+ Showstopper: β€˜I Am What I Am’ - Dominic Broomfield-McHugh

Brilliant lecture by Dom Broomfield McHugh. Free to watch, and with some archival discoveries that became available just weeks before the lecture was given! youtu.be/QYlG8IZrXK0?...

30.04.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s really worth a watch!

25.04.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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