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A passion for seaweed - post by Philip Strange on Amelia Griffiths (1768-1858), the "Queen of Algologists" http://philipstrange.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/the-queen-of-seaweeds-the-story-of-amelia-griffiths-an-early-19th-century-pioneer-of-marine-botany/ … #histSTM
Today is @musgalhistgroup conference @WallaceMuseum, looking at houses and museums #HaMMaH
Is it not blindingly obvious that modernity has given us hitherto unimaginable personal comforts, at staggering cost? http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/09/the-industrial-revolution-and-its-discontents/379781/?single_page=true …
Is Sherman's Darwin's Shadow good history? Never read. #histSTM
Really good story in Buzzfeed about how the skeptic movement got eaten from within by misogyny http://www.buzzfeed.com/markoppenheimer/will-misogyny-bring-down-the-atheist-movement#vq22b0 …
Missing, Submerged & Floating Objects: Franklin’s ship & the Northwest Passage - Arctic geopolitics from @klausdodds http://rhulgeopolitics.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/missing-submerged-and-floating-objects-franklins-ship-and-the-northwest-passage/ …
A very nice piece by @PJHatfield @britishlibrary on #FranklinExpedition and new exhibition!
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/americas/2014/09/finding-franklin.html …
Is being called a geek or nerd as bad as being called the n-word? A rich white man says yes http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/sep/11/brutal-oppression-nerds-geeks-david-harding-n-word … My @guardiansciblog
You can take the girl out of the Maritime Museum... http://ow.ly/BgQYc #WhereOnEarth
Oh good. Southeastern lands 4-year rail deal despite rating worst http://gu.com/p/4xfq3 (while highest rating east coast gets privatised)
Our very own @Lordoflongitude is speaking about Nevil Maskelyne: Longitude champion tonight at @CairdLibrary @NMMGreenwich! #whereonearth
I dedicate Topic 6 in my science & satire module to alliteration-loving @Lordoflongitude: Fictional Futures & Terrifying Technology
Why is my internet down? *whimpers*
Anyone got a favourite reading on using film as a historical primary source? #twitterstorians
#bbcinsidescience @BBCRadio4 we're debating how science will fare in an indy Scotland. And (spoiler) un-identifying Jack T Ripper. #indyref
The implicit appeal to respect the instincts and whims of finance capital is breathtaking. Do they think we're all amnesiacs? #indyref
Watched Hunterian episode of @AdamRutherford on Art & Anatomy last night: appearances from Simon Chaplin & Rob Iliffe. Recommended #histSTM
Adriana Craciun points out that the Franklin legacy has been hijacked by Canada &, especially, Shell http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/adriana-craciun-franklins-sobering-true-legacy … cc @sciunstained
I'm giving a talk about the radical science movement for Oxford Sceptics in the Pub. 5th Nov. Come http://oxford.skepticsinthepub.org/Event.aspx/2243/The-Scientific-Revolution-that-Wasnt …
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