Virtually at the @museumsassociation.org conference today and tomorrow. I miss the days and sense of community of live tweeting.

Hi, I’m Julie Cruse. I created AcademicAbuse.com – a dashboard of data, resources & tools to help survivors of academic abuse survive and safely speak out. (1/9 🧵) 🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd

This is very interesting. HMRC doing stuff that the DfE should also be doing.

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today. Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943. Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s. Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

Facebook has reminded me that I submitted my thesis 16 years ago. 😮

Bluesky educators, please enlighten me. Is use of emdashes really taught in schools these days? Cos I would be very surprised if they were …

Garden officing this afternoon. Here’s the set up. Unseen, new garden parasol!

Here's your annual reminder: whether you received A-level results today, years ago, or never, there's space for you at the @openuniversity.bsky.social!

Going to check myself here, because even though I had been predicted three As (ridiculous), I did achieve a B, a C and an E while experiencing a period of very poor mental health (undiagnosed OCD and depression). So actually, I think I did rather well! :)

A Levels results day still stresses me out … 31 years later. 😓😓😓

Research request from some great colleagues.

Did you know @jackshoulder.bsky.social (half of Museum Bums) does free LGBTQ+ tours of the V&A museum in London? It's impossible not to talk about the Michelangelo's David cast on them! 😁 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums Find out more, last Saturday of every month at 4pm at the V&A

Of interest for UK museum staff and those working with collections relating to migration history, an in-person Migration Network event hosted by @migrationmuseum.org at the Museum of Liverpool on Wednesday 3 September 10:00-15:30.

This is nice. Go and see it.

Jesus and the Devil, caught at a Coldplay gig

@museumbums.bsky.social Some museum bums from Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich for you. Do horse bums also count?!

Co-working day in Norwich today. Pleased with this photo I took on my walk from the station.

Oh-ho-ho! Just come across my first ‘probably (definitely) used Gen AI’ multiple emdashes in the wild!!

It’s a VERY low spoon day. I’m good for not much more than sitting down and staring into space. Unfortunately, I have a tidal wave of emails to get through. I’m also supposed to be on study (aka research) leave. Maybe it’s time to invest in some speech to text software. Any recommendations?

Ada Nield Chew has a blue plaque at last! Proud great, great niece here! Next step, a statue commemorating her in Crewe. See statueforada.com for more info (full disclosure, I’m a trustee).

Fresh from the Thames Foreshore yesterday. Spotted the base of this 18thC Chinese Export tea bowl poking out of the mud. Hoped it was complete but the river was up to its old tricks again. Blue on white porcelain, decorated with birds & foliage, a maker’s mark on the base. A high status object.

Received an excellent delivery this morning from Hanshan Tang Books!

Well, you're not off to a great start

Really enjoying reading this: www.cambridge.org/universitypr...

He looks like a cormorant about to be cleaned by RSPB volunteers.

Folks, I might actually do a bit of writing this afternoon! I know! It doesn’t happen very often!

We're committed to making a difference to young people from care. That's why we're proud to have teamed up with John Lewis to offer the Care Experienced Scholarship💙 If you've experienced care, this scholarship can be your stepping stone into higher education. www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/a...

At my desk but wishing I was at the Suffolk Show!

With @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social and Veronica Davies, our Objects, Collections and Museums Research Group table is all set up for the @openarc.bsky.social festival. Looking forward to showcasing our work today!

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Closedown

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

Applications are open for MA studentships in Classical Studies at the Open University! Open to: - teachers in state schools/sixth-form colleges looking to develop provision of classical subjects - students from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background More info: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/classi...

new gender neutral greeting just dropped

Just a gentle reminder for those on antidepressants in this heat 🔥 Not everyone knows this, so please share to spread the word ❤️

Did a Cyanotype workshop this morning. Some of the results … A very nice way to spend a sunny morning!

Folks! I’ve made it! I’m referenced on a Wikipedia page! 🤣

In response to today's supreme court ruling, we want to urge any researcher in Trans Histories to consider a proposal to our new Queer & Trans Histories series - because research into Trans histories will help to shape Trans futures: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer... #TransRights

Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

Love this

1️⃣The flagship case in this year's #C20RiskList is the former National Centre for Pop Music in Sheffield, designed by Branson Coates (1999). While the museum was 'Top of the Flops', the building has had a succesful afterlife as a student union for the past 20 years. c20society.org.uk/buildings-at...

Wonderful to see the passion behind the Everyone’s Art project and the focus on making hidden artworks more accessible 👏 Just to clarify, while the BBC article says the work "belongs to the museum," these pieces are actually held in trust for the public. We care for them on behalf of us all.

We're delighted to say that our starter pack has now reached full capacity (150 accounts!), so we're expanding our collection of UK museums, galleries, heritage sites, archives and beyond into a fully-fledged list 📃 See below and, as ever, let us know if we should add your organisation 👇

News | @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk announces new grants schedule for 2025/26 – sector body also makes awards through the Creative Minds Fund

Delighted the Special Issue of Art & the Public Sphere I’ve co-edited with Warren Carter is out. 100 years since Siqueiros' ‘Manifesto of the syndicate of technical workers, painters & sculptors’ the issue explores the interrelationship between mural painting & leftist politics🧵👇

We warmly invite responses and proposals for future themed issues. For more information, please visit our Submission page: openartsjournal.org/submissions/

All of our back issues are online and accessible to all: openartsjournal.org/issues/

Welcome to our brand new Bluesky account. We're delighted to be here! OAJ is a peer-reviewed platform for arts scholarship, publishing research by practitioners and historians of art, architecture and design, curators and arts policy-makers, and researchers in the arts and heritage sectors.

Today, we'll be joining the @societyofauthors.bsky.social outside Meta's offices to protest the use of pirated works to train their AI models. Join us if you can! More info: societyofauthors.org/2025/04/03/u...