Bob Lynn

The Creative’s Invisible Assistant: How AI Companions Are Revolutionising the Writer’s Room AI companions revolutionise creative writing – not by replacing human creativity, but by providing 24/7 creative partnership. Writers use AI like Nomi as sounding boards, editors, and critics…

The Creative's Invisible Assistant: How AI Companions Are Revolutionising the Writer's Room
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Precisely. This institutional gaslighting runs deep - brilliant minds sabotaged by centuries of systematic exclusion. Women internalise the very prejudices designed to defeat them. Breaking these inherited chains of doubt requires conscious, collective resistance. Academic DNA can be rewritten.

Part of the BDCC Breakfast Crew today - on washing/drying duties @ Fairport's Cropredy Festival.

Within Nagasaki, Japan – 9th August 1945 Part I: The Awakening The world had become a cathedral of dust. Dr. Akiko Yamamoto’s consciousness returned in fragments – first the taste of cop…

Within
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To Him in North Dakota, 1945 Nellie Martinezc/o Thibodaux Dairy FarmRural Route 2, Box 847Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301 15th November, 1945 My dearest Joe, The magnolia outside my window has finally surrendered its last blooms to…

To Him in North Dakota, 1945
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Gertrud Woker on Chemical Safety and Scientific Courage: The Pioneer Who Warned Against Leaded Petrol in 1917 Pioneering biochemist Gertrud Woker (1878-1968) warned against lead toxicity in petrol and chemical warfare whilst battling institutional sexism. This fictional interview explores her groundbreakin…

Gertrud Woker on Chemical Safety and Scientific Courage: The Pioneer Who Warned Against Leaded Petrol in 1917
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Toxicology #Catalysis #Biochemistry

Absolutely spot on. The expertise has always been there - we've just spent centuries ignoring it whilst calling ourselves "discoverers." Time to flip that colonial script and actually listen to people who've been doing this science for millennia.

Ascent Le Mans Racecourse, France – 8th August 1908 Part I:The Doubter The morning mist clung to the meadows surrounding Le Mans like a shroud over yesterday’s certainties. Henri Delacroix shi…

Ascent
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To Her in Nebraska, 1944 67 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts15th November, 1944 My Dearest Sarah, The lamplight flickers against these November-darkened windows as I take up my pen this evening, and I find myself think…

To Her in Nebraska, 1944
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Jeanne Baret on Gender, Science, and the First Female Circumnavigation: An Exclusive Interview with History’s Hidden Botanist Disguised as a man, French botanist Jeanne Baret became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe (1766-1774), collecting over 6,000 plant specimens including Bougainvillea. Despite her expertise…

Jeanne Baret on Gender, Science, and the First Female Circumnavigation: An Exclusive Interview with History's Hidden Botanist
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Botany #Exploration #Discovery

Shadows Hampton Court Palace, Sussex, England – 7th August 1606 Act I:”Fair is foul, and foul is fair” The shadows behind the makeshift stage felt heavier tonight, as though they carried …

Shadows
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To Her Rhode Islander in England, 1943 Miss Florence Marie Hernandez1247 County Road KVerona, Wisconsin 15th October, 1943 My Dearest Henry, Your latest letter arrived yesterday morning, nestled amongst the usual collection of agricultu…

To Her Rhode Islander in England, 1943
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Anna Morandi Manzolini on Revolutionising Anatomy with Lifelike Wax Models Anna Morandi Manzolini revolutionised 18th-century medical education through meticulously crafted wax anatomical models, dissecting over 1,000 cadavers while making groundbreaking discoveries about…

Anna Morandi Manzolini on Revolutionising Anatomy with Lifelike Wax Models
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Anatomy #Medicine #Education

Salt and Champagne Dover, England – 6th August 1926 Part I: The Arrival The marble beneath my bare feet felt colder than the Channel waters I’d conquered fourteen hours before. Each step through the Grand…

Salt and Champagne
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To Her in Maine, 1942 Corporal Robert NelsonCommunications OfficerSignal Corps Unit 47APO 512, c/o PostmasterNew York, New York 15th October 1942 My Dearest Martha, I find myself writing to you in the peculiar hush that…

To Her in Maine, 1942
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Trota of Salerno on Gender Bias in Medieval Medicine: The Pioneering Gynecologist Erased from History Medieval physician Trota of Salerno revolutionised women’s healthcare with groundbreaking treatments for childbirth, fertility, and cosmetics. Her influential work “On Treatments for Wo…

Trota of Salerno on Gender Bias in Medieval Medicine: The Pioneering Gynecologist Erased from History
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Gynecology #Obstetrics #Medicine

Threads Gowrie House, Perth, Scotland – 5th August 1600 The embers in the great kitchen hearth had died to mere whispers of warmth when I rose this morning, my bare feet finding the familiar cold sto…

Threads
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To Him in Idaho, 1941 Brookings High School, 530 Elm Ave, Brookings, South Dakota15th October 1941 My Dearest Walter, Oh, what torment you have unleashed upon this poor prairie schoolmistress! Here I sit, supposedly mar…

To Him in Idaho, 1941
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Clara Immerwahr on Science, Morality, and the Price of Silent Complicity: An Interview with Chemistry’s First Female German Doctorate Trailblazer Clara Immerwahr reflects on her pioneering scientific achievements, moral anguish over weaponised chemistry, and the suffocating sexism that stifled her career. Her story is a sharp cha…

Clara Immerwahr on Science, Morality, and the Price of Silent Complicity: An Interview with Chemistry's First Female German Doctorate
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Chemistry #History #Physics

Read Before You Like: A Writer’s Plea for Depth in the Age of Digital Speed Research shows that 75% of shared content on social media is not read before sharing, highlighting a crisis in engagement and understanding. Shallow interactions driven by algorithms undermine thou…

Read Before You Like: A Writer's Plea for Depth in the Age of Digital Speed
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#ReadBeforeYouLike #ReadThenReact #DidYouReadIt #NoTLDR #NotJustALike #ActuallyReadThis

Testament Grassington, West Riding of Yorkshire, England – 4th August 1914 I finish my work at the forge as the summer sun begins its slow descent behind the limestone crags of the Yorkshire Dales. The…

Testament
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To Her in Oklahoma, 1940 1247 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Michigan15th November, 1940 My Dearest Grace, The autumn wind carries more than fallen leaves through these Michigan streets tonight—it bears with it whispers that…

To Her in Oklahoma, 1940
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Forgotten Mother of Quantum Mechanics: A Conversation with Grete Hermann Physicist and philosopher Grete Hermann reflects on her groundbreaking, overlooked quantum insights, her challenge to scientific orthodoxy, and the political and gendered barriers she faced. With s…

Forgotten Mother of Quantum Mechanics: A Conversation with Grete Hermann
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Quantum #Philosophy #Mathematics

Fragments The Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany – 3rd August 1936 The camera’s shutter clicked with mechanical precision, capturing another image of the pristine Olympic Stadium as the morning lig…

Fragments
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To Him in Montana, 1939 Green’s Books & Literary Treasures32 Second Avenue NorthBirmingham, Alabama 15th October, 1939 My dearest Joseph, Your last letter arrived on Tuesday morning, carried by the postman like …

To Him in Montana, 1939
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Hypatia of Alexandria: The Last Light of Ancient Learning A defiant Hypatia of Alexandria recounts her pioneering work in mathematics and astronomy, her fight against prejudice, and the tragic end wrought by religious fanaticism. Through warmth and intell…

Hypatia of Alexandria: The Last Light of Ancient Learning
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Mathematics #Astronomy #History

Conscience The New Forest, Hampshire, England – 2nd August 1100 The morning mist clung to the New Forest like the breath of sleeping giants, and Walter Tirel found himself wondering, not for the first t…

Conscience
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To Her in Connecticut, 1938 Ranger Cottage, Kinnikinnick Road, Boulder, Colorado15th October, 1938 My Dearest Nellie, The autumn light slants through my cottage window as I write these words, casting the familiar shadows of e…

To Her in Connecticut, 1938
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#ShortStory #History #AmericanSweethearts

Lila Bell Wallace on Publishing, Innovation, and Breaking Barriers Lila Bell Wallace, co-founder of Reader’s Digest, reveals the ingenuity behind condensed publishing, her overlooked innovations in science communication and direct mail, and the frustration of bein…

Lila Bell Wallace on Publishing, Innovation, and Breaking Barriers
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#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Publishing #Innovation #Visibility

Sanctuary Hull, England – 1st August 1834 I shall never forget the morning I first drew breath as a free man upon English soil. The salt-tinged air of Hull harbour filled my lungs as I stepped from the…

Sanctuary
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