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🇨🇦 Katherine D. Watson 🇬🇧
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Historian of forensic medicine and crime at Oxford Brookes University. Cricket lover. Collector of shoes, perfumes and nail varnish.
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“Come on, Donald. Jump! You almost had it!”
October 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Honouring
MARY ANN SHADD CARY
Oct 9 1823 to June 5 1893
First Black Woman Publisher in North America & the very First Woman Publisher in Canada🇨🇦1853
• youtu.be/KpBlHj2jS_8
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_An...
• www.canadashistory.ca/explore/wome...
#BlackWomen #Women
#CanadianHistory #history
October 9, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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October 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Decent Canadians have got to stop buying anything from that increasingly deranged country. Hit their pockets.
October 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Brazilian Tanager 18cm
Endemic to Brazil
Diet consists of pulpy fruits,Figs papaya wild berries, seeds, and arthropods/insects.
Nest is hidden on the ground, female incubates 13 days,
both parents feed chicks 14 days in the nest and 3 weeks more after they fledge, then they fly off on their own.
October 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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October 5, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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October 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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October 5, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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October 6, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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@helenbennett.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdSupermodel Any bird captured looking like it's posing for a magazine cover shoot. A Lesser Kestrel with the over the shoulder ‘gaze on my plumage’ look. #bird #birds
October 6, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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A really noteworthy speech by Radosław Sikorski that does a marvelous job of summing up the posture of Europe in addressing serial Russian provocations, most recently, surrounding Kaliningrad.
October 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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A new post from @drkdwatson.bsky.social, with more on the riches of the records of the Court of Great Sessions in Chester for historians of criminal justice (and perhaps of dentistry, too!): legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/09/18/w...
When Friends’ Teeth Fall Out: Crime and Punishment in Cheshire, 1787
By Cassie Watson; posted 18 September 2026. In a previous post I suggested that criminal justice historians could pursue a valuable research project focused solely on records created by the Court o…
legalhistorymiscellany.com
September 19, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Pleased to see this volume on married women & the law now out - the product of a great conference on coverture organized by Danaya Wright. (Rather pricey, but good for the library-wishlist!) #earlymodern #history www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...
September 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Amazing editorial cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 😃
September 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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More customers for our businesses. More investment in our industries. More choices for work and education.

That’s what a stronger alliance with the EU can deliver.
September 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
More criminal goings-on in the north west, including knocking out a parson's teeth:
When Friends’ Teeth Fall Out: Crime and Punishment in Cheshire, 1787 legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/09/18/w...
When Friends’ Teeth Fall Out: Crime and Punishment in Cheshire, 1787
By Cassie Watson; posted 18 September 2026. In a previous post I suggested that criminal justice historians could pursue a valuable research project focused solely on records created by the Court o…
legalhistorymiscellany.com
September 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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And yet there are people who actually believe this clown is going to send them a check for $5,000.
September 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Love the Irish🇮🇪
September 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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🇨🇦🇪🇺Canadian PM Carney pushes the idea of making Canada an 'associate member’ of EU.
Canada & the EU are discussing ways to let Canada’s goods, services & workers involved in strategic supply chains move freely, effectively shifting the EU border.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky💪🇨🇦

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Carney pushes idea of making Canada ‘associate member’ of EU, WSJ reports
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney wants closer links with the European Union and is exploring whether his country could become an “associate member” of the bloc, The Wall Street Journal reported on ...
www.ctvnews.ca
September 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎
September 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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This is way past due, leave the whales alone..

Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated

www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated
Fin whales, the primary target of Iceland’s whaling industry, are classified ⁠by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as vulnerable.
www.nbcnews.com
September 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
rnli.org
September 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Yuuuuup…
September 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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🇷🇺 Calling all Russians: time for a little lesson in “Nazism.”

Ukrainian political analyst Borys Tizenhauzen explains to Russians why, in Russia, they constantly talk about Nazism but never give a definition of it.

📹 youtube.com/@tizengauzen...
September 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM