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@millieqed

Historian, Univ. Southern Denmark, working on the history of the British Welfare State. Erstwhile Birmingham, Warwick, LSHTM.

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Everything that Fleetwood Mac produced after 1974.

07.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
@rholmes.bsky.social: I have found Polanski's followers to be just as obnoxious as Farage's condescending and abusive when challenged. Neither offer sensible solutions and just resort to insults. It is a personality cult.

@schmarriorchode69.bsky.social: your mum

@rholmes.bsky.social: I have found Polanski's followers to be just as obnoxious as Farage's condescending and abusive when challenged. Neither offer sensible solutions and just resort to insults. It is a personality cult. @schmarriorchode69.bsky.social: your mum

The 2 types of British poster

07.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

It is useful, and prudent, to make a distinction between vaccine hesitancy and vaccine resistance. For example, there are many reasons why certain racialized and minoritized communities might hold onto questions about vaccines because of their histories with the state and colonization.../

06.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 270 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

My Condoleezonances to all the zoomers about to learn this name

06.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking of..

06.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SΓ₯ kom FCK ΓΈverst i tabellen

06.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. There's a degree to which disappointment and anger can be part of the story without having to shove a camera in individual fans' faces. The zoomed out images of the exodus before half time, for example, got the point across more than finding a "funny looking sad guy".

06.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Physical Disability and Deformity in Nineteenth-Century Britain Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports re...

I have an edited primary source collection coming out on disability and deformity in c19th Britain. My hope is that you find it useful for teaching (apologies for the abstract, I did not write it! and the cost) #histmed #dishist www.routledge.com/Physical-Dis...

05.03.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Mike Fonseca er ny mand i Nye Borgerlige - men kommer ikke pΓ₯ stemmesedlen Nye Borgerlige accepterer, at de ikke kommer pΓ₯ stemmesedlen ved valget.

The MP who had a 15 year old girlfriend and got kicked out of The Moderates has found a new party.

But he'll only be their MP for a couple of weeks, because he won't be on their election list...

www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...

05.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

really tired of conversations about how we need to get people to spend more time offline that don't acknowledge that one of the reasons people ARE online is their access needs aren't being met in physical spaces. This is especially true for queer people and disabled people.

05.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 3743 πŸ” 1426 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 67

I love how Ipsos show the margin of error on their charts. Should be industry standard!

04.03.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 393 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2

And if you looked 100 years earlier, you'd find very similar arguments, voiced in the slightly less medical, more moral, dialect of the age...

04.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of entertainers Little and Large. Large’s face has been blanked out and a question mark placed over it.

A photo of entertainers Little and Large. Large’s face has been blanked out and a question mark placed over it.

this photo leaves little to the imagination

03.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 1412 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 2
Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

03.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 14075 πŸ” 2440 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Youth Defence, young people and anti-abortion activism in Ireland, c.1992–97 This article explores the first five years of the Irish young people’s anti-abortion group Youth Defence. Using newspaper articles and archival sources, I illustrate how the group effectively mobil...

I have a new OA article out on the early history of Irish young people’s anti-abortion group Youth Defence. It’s part of a special issue by Agata Ignaciuk and Sylwia Kuzma-Markowska on anti-abortion activism in Europe.Thanks to reviewers and the RSE for funding.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

03.03.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Is this doubled being in a city that, despite its many positives, hasn't really produced an internationally famous thing since Ozzy Osborne and Simon Le Bon, and therefore can't stop trying to exploit it?

03.03.2026 07:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

PΓΆsting kock on mΓ€in

03.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Twin Peaks Logo Generator

Turtle Power!

Twin Peaks Logo Generator Turtle Power!

02.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 7807 πŸ” 1860 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 41
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Microsoft gets tired of β€œMicroslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash Microsoft blocks the word Microslop on its Copilot Discord, bans users, and locks channels after backlash, showing tensions around its AI push

amazing, no notes.

Microsoft gets tired of people using the term β€œMicroslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash to the ban

www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/m...

02.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 17

Yes! Here's another of their slogans sandwiched between the same woman...

bsky.app/profile/mill...

02.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Election poster for Radikale. A large B (their symbol on the ballot paper) with the caption "a plan is needed" ("Der er brug for en plan").

Election poster for Radikale. A large B (their symbol on the ballot paper) with the caption "a plan is needed" ("Der er brug for en plan").

"A plan is needed."

No confirmation, as yet, if Radikale has it.

02.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

hey, I'm a results over process guy

02.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He won't be able to if the Democrats write a strongly worded letter, though?

02.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

My neighbour told me Kuwaiti air defence keeps eating his F-15s so I asked how many F-15s he had and he told me he just goes and gets another F-15 so I said it sounds like he's just feeding F-15s to Kuwaiti air defence and then his daughter started crying

02.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 1810 πŸ” 328 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5
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Upcoming : New Labour, New Britain? How the Blair governments reshaped the country | York St John University View our Events at YSJ

Are you in York tomorrow night? Or could you be? Come along to @yorkstjohn.bsky.social at 6.30pm, where I'll be talking about and discussing my new book on the Blair governments... It'll be great! More details below. πŸ‘‡
www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/upcom...

02.03.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a drawing of a person playing drums with the words `` ba dum tsss '' . Alt: a drawing of a person playing drums with the words `` ba dum tsss '' .
01.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oof. I just read your post in the most uncharitable, pedantic way possible, and I gotta tell ya: it's not looking good for you.

01.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 10457 πŸ” 2184 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 62

This is how it works here (Denmark) with a hierarchy of pedestrians first, then bikes, then cars.

01.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So... the context was that some parties were proposing free sanitary products for menstruation, and he, without shame, asked if trousers should be provided at service stations in case he shat himself...

01.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The main parties, in order of the number of seats they would get based on the last opinion polls of February.

Socialdemokraterne - Labour - 37 seats
SF - Green - 25 seats
Liberal Alliance - Libertarian edge lords - 18 seats
Venstre - Liberal Democrats, but electable - 16 seats
Danmarksdemokraterne - Reform, but with a woman - 15 seats
Dansk Folkeparti - Reform, but with a guy with a Germa name - 14 seats
Enhedslisten - Continuity Communist - 13 seats
Konservative - Tory - 10 seats
Moderaterne - Change UK, but Danish - 10 seats
Radikale - Liberals, but the cool dad who's ok with gay stuf - 7 seats
Borgernes Parti - Reform, but with a guy who asked in parliament what he could do if he shat himself - 5 seats
Alternativet - Greens, but even less serious - 5 seats

The main parties, in order of the number of seats they would get based on the last opinion polls of February. Socialdemokraterne - Labour - 37 seats SF - Green - 25 seats Liberal Alliance - Libertarian edge lords - 18 seats Venstre - Liberal Democrats, but electable - 16 seats Danmarksdemokraterne - Reform, but with a woman - 15 seats Dansk Folkeparti - Reform, but with a guy with a Germa name - 14 seats Enhedslisten - Continuity Communist - 13 seats Konservative - Tory - 10 seats Moderaterne - Change UK, but Danish - 10 seats Radikale - Liberals, but the cool dad who's ok with gay stuf - 7 seats Borgernes Parti - Reform, but with a guy who asked in parliament what he could do if he shat himself - 5 seats Alternativet - Greens, but even less serious - 5 seats

First, a guide to the parties. This is the polling done at the end of February. I have very helpfully and accurately labelled them as they would be known under the UK system.

(There are also two seats each for the Faroe Islands and Greenland.)

01.03.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1