Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

You Stand On Her Shoulders by Olivia Starling You Stand On Her Shoulders—a book by Olivia Starling that uncovers 50 stories of Women Inventors and Leaders hidden by the patriarchy.

Look forward to reading 'You Stand on Her Shoulders: 50 Women Inventors and Pioneers the Patriarchy Doesn’t Want You to Know About' by Olivia Starling

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Black and white photo of three women their arms bent towards their face

Glasgow super-surgeon, William Macewen was one of the very first to use photos to chart the progress of his patients. He would photograph their journey from consultation to post operation. This photo (c.1880) shows patients post bone graft surgery who could now bend their arms.
#WorldPhotographyDay📸

Shocking to see the impact #HostileEnvironment in action.

How many more stories of misery and stress are out there, unheard?

The cruelty seems to be the point.

Thank you! Did the kids’ book arrive? I’ll prod the publisher if not x

A photo of the entrance to the King Edward VII Hospital

Made it to my MRI today - thanks to BlueSky’s help in getting me back to the UK 🇬🇧

The Diary of Anne Frank is among books banned from school libraries in Florida. Maybe it gets boring to repeat this over and over again, but this really is literal fascism.

Only Five People Have Seen This New Impossible Color Researchers discover a new color outside the range of human color vision, but you have to laser your retinas to see it

This is wild! Worth the read 👇

"Olo is not a shade of blue, red, or green — not even a mix of colors we already know. Olo exists completely outside the visible spectrum as we experience it."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/rese...

Yep 😂🫠

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It's a dark comedy.

They've now asked for my phone number as they would like to chat to understand what went wrong. Answer: everything.

😂 True. Although in my case, "I have lodged a complaint" means my lawyer has sent several fiery messages to BA on my behalf. They've now opened up an investigation so we'll see...

Ironically, the British Consulate now wants to speak to me on the phone. Couldnt get them to answer a thing for weeks.

We need a new word* that means both believable and unbelievable at the same.

*Or maybe one already exists and I'm too jet lagged to think of it.

True, lol! Even more proof I am British. I have a lawyer on it though dont worry!

I've lodged a formal complaint. We'll see if BA plays ball. The whole thing has been really disgusting to be honest.

You cant show up to the Consulate without an appointment. They make that very clear - it's a secure building - and they will not admit you.

The British Consulate in Chicago just wrote to me asking if I needed assistance. I wrote to them on July 24th asking for help. I was able to return to the UK yesterday (thanks to your emails), but only after three weeks of being stranded in the US.

What a joke.

Not to be obnoxious and do the "as a historian" thing but I never honestly thought that my research/teaching on the histories of eugenics would ever be as acutely relevant in understanding the present, and goddess knows, I wish it wasn't the case

What a mess

I love this stuff 😂😂

That’s very kind of you to offer! I’ll mull it over and let people know if there’s a way to help like they did with the emails to the Home Office 💙

I cited your article at the BA desk when the woman claimed no dual citizens travel on their foreign passport! She acted like I was doing something illegal

I know, it’s horrific

Well my mother was standing next to me. Not sure if that counts? To be honest I think they are gonna wanna bury this quickly as my lawyer has already told them that I’ve been approached by the media for the story. But who knows? I’m so exhausted

Well, @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social just messaged. She's back on UK soil. It's only taken nearly a month, and a titanic battle with the Home Office, with @britishairwayteam.bsky.social, and with a bureaucratic system that operates at geological speeds to rectify a mistake that wasn't of her making.

I did - although they only have first names on their uniforms. The BA staff at O'Hare is pretty small though and I already found a photo of her online so that should be enough to direct them.

Update: I'm now home and the cats are more interested in the luggage than me 😂

Omg really!

In the car heading home as we speak!

Anyway, I’m now in the car heading home with @tealcartoons.bsky.social. Thank you all for your help and support. I have a lawyer and will be exploring my options. But for now, I will squish my porky pie cats.

Well, I spoke to the Border Agent, who told me I didn’t need the Emergency Passport and that BA should have allowed me to board on my US passport without the ETA as I couldn’t be denied entry as a UK citizen. In 2026, dual nationals need to enter on a UK passport but there’s a grace period in 2025.

Oh that lifts my spirits! Thank you so much!