Phillip Barlow ⚒️ 🇬🇱
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West Ham fan who happens to be a medical librarian. Views are mine alone.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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Zara Larsson begs fans to stop changing her Wikipedia photo
Pop star sparks internet battle after pleading with fans to stop switching her preferred image
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/zara-larsson-wikipedia-photo-tiktok-lush-life-b2924113.html
about 12 hours ago
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3 days ago
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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Libraries ordered to stop processing passport applications
The move could cause some libraries to lay off staff, cut programs or close their doors
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/libraries-passport-applications-state-department-order-b2920215.html
6 days ago
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A win is a win
#whufc
6 days ago
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Library leaves Carnegie Building in King's Lynn after 121 years
The historic building has been sold and a new modern library will open in the town centre in March.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07j9j0mn4ro
7 days ago
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add a skeleton here at some point
10 days ago
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I'd have always taken a point, but not like that
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10 days ago
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3 Years Before 'Band of Brothers,' Tom Hanks Produced a Forgotten HBO Miniseries That's Aged Perfectly
Band of Brothers remains an impressive HBO miniseries, but Tom Hanks also produced the forgotten series From the Earth to the Moon.
https://collider.com/band-of-brothers-hbo-miniseries-tom-hanks-from-the-earth-to-the-moon-aged-perfectly/
11 days ago
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www.statnews.com/2026/02/02/e...
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The EPA just erased a century of public health progress
Former Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle A. Williams on the EPA’s incorrect and morally wrong decision.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/02/epa-value-statistical-life-public-health-betrayal/
18 days ago
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Don't think I've seen a goal like that since Payet's time...#whufc
28 days ago
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I think you can say you're on the wrong side of history when every single country, including every pariah state, is a member except one...
29 days ago
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Wikipedia
about 1 month ago
Meet Joanne, who noticed an influential historical woman was missing on Wikipedia and took action
#Wikipedia25
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Brian
about 1 month ago
Friday.
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about 1 month ago
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Child’s Play to Charles II – A Guest Post by Claire Hobson
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https://www.andreazuvich.com/history/childs-play-to-charles-ii-a-guest-post-by-claire-hobson/
about 1 month ago
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So, trying to get three points, and you take off our one and only striker. Please tell me there is a masterplan...
#WHUFC
about 2 months ago
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Big up to library champion
@bobbyseagull.bsky.social
MBE. Make sure your morning suit is cleaned and pressed (and your hat fits properly) when you go to the palace. Here's to three points tonight too
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Bobby Seagull appointed MBE for libraries work
The 41-year-old is currently completing his doctorate at the University of Cambridge.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgkgd5k19ko
about 2 months ago
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I don't claim any expertise, but I know a little about the history of naval warfare, and one thing I am aware of is that three days in December 1941 definitively proved the era of the battleship to be over...
about 2 months ago
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Fixed it...
2 months ago
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US librarians tackle ‘manufactured crisis’ of book bans to protect LGBTQ+ rights
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US librarians tackle ‘manufactured crisis’ of book bans to protect LGBTQ+ rights
In at least half a dozen states, librarians have joined forces with civil rights groups to oppose book bans, often facing personal and professional repercussions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/15/us-librarianbook-bans-lgbtq-rights?CMP=share_btn_url
2 months ago
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First time I've seen that warning template on Wikipedia...
2 months ago
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Being awarded the "FIFA Peace Prize" is like asking your parents for Megatron and then waking on Christmas morning to find they've got you Cy-Kill
3 months ago
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When do we hear who's been awarded the FIFA Prize for Medicine?
#WorldCupDraw
3 months ago
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What's the bettering that behind those piggy eyes the Orange-Faced Monster is looking at the trophy and thinking "I want that on my desk"
#WorldCupDraw
3 months ago
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Alternatively, "Trump wins bauble that Infantino thought up on the spur of the moment because the Orange-Faced monster wanted the Nobel Peace Prize but the Nobel committee knew better, and Infantino is the ultimate brown-nosing sh*t"
3 months ago
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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‘Taking the gloves off’: Trump just held the Cabinet meeting from Hell
Holly Baxter reports on a wild-eyed, fast-talking Pete Hegseth and Trump’s detour from ‘fat drugs for fat people’ to extrajudicial killings to Melania’s thoughts on the construction noise around the n...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-hegseth-cabinet-meeting-war-crimes-boats-b2876669.html
3 months ago
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Mark Turnbull Author
3 months ago
The latest episode (44) covers Charles II's youth. Here,
@restorationhat.bsky.social
tells us about Charles's split with mistress Lucy Walter and the care of their son, James.
#CavalierCast
#historypodcast
#17thCenturyHistory
#EnglishCivilWar
#historylovers
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Ed Sperr
3 months ago
#MedLibs
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Top marketing from the city of Southend...
3 months ago
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What that horseshit Paqueta was pulling God alone knows
#whufc
3 months ago
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Outrage after Trump’s bill reclassifying nursing as not a ‘professional degree’
Nursing organizations warn limiting access to student funding ‘threatens the very foundation of patient care’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/nursing-professional-degree-trump-bill-b2870045.html
3 months ago
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@cathryneap.bsky.social
- Scandal!!!
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The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions
The weekly pub quiz at the Barking Dog in Urmston returns after a cheating team was rumbled.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33p05lyzlko
3 months ago
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Phillip Barlow ⚒️ 🇬🇱
Mark Turnbull Author
3 months ago
Latest Episode -
#CavalierCast
podcast. Claire Hobson discusses the formative years of Charles II and the traumatic events that scarred them. 👂Listen on your usual podcast platform, or via
www.buzzsprout.com/1194917
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Joanie might still love Chachi, but I think a lot of other people are less enamoured...
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3 months ago
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Have to admit, I looked at the image and thought it initially said "Megadeath in Partnership"...
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3 months ago
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Writing Life
3 months ago
Don't forget for a bonus point that Connery-Bond gets captured in the USA fucking around with state secrets. He's shoved in Alcatraz and escapes and spends the next *cough* years as a prisoner before being released in the FBI's custody to prevent a chemical attack.
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This means you can get to boss me around - who wouldn't want to do that?
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Good list...
screenrant.com/cheesy-sci-f...
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8 Cheesy ‘80s Sci-Fi TV Shows Better Than Any Modern Series (#1 Is Still A Masterpiece)
Today's shows have stripped that cheesy charm.
https://screenrant.com/cheesy-sci-fi-better-than-modern-tv-shows/
3 months ago
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It's about sodding time we all saw Callum Wilson score for us instead of against us
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3 months ago
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There's been a stall advertising the benefits of the YMCA at Cannon St the last couple of days. Sorely tempted to go and ask if they have everything for young men to enjoy, and if it's a place you can go when you're short on your dough
4 months ago
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Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
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Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/health/cdc-kennedy.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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This is a crisis. A large crisis. In fact, if you have a moment, it's a twelve storey crisis with a magnificent entrance hall, 24 hour porterage, carpeting throughout and a sign on the roof saying "This is a Large Crisis"
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4 months ago
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Why medical students are choosing Bulgaria over UK
The BBC has spoken to students choosing Bulgaria due to UK's strict cap on medical school places.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgz8g8jg48o
4 months ago
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Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summaries and social video | TechCrunch
Looks like Wikipedia isn't immune to broader online trends.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/18/wikipedia-says-traffic-is-falling-due-to-ai-search-summaries-and-social-video/
4 months ago
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Barrister found to have used AI to prepare for hearing after citing ‘fictitious’ cases
Judge rules Chowdhury Rahman used ChatGPT-like software and then tried to hide it, wasting immigration tribunal’s time
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/16/barrister-found-to-have-used-ai-to-prepare-for-hearing-after-citing-fictitious-cases
4 months ago
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Has the United States issued sanctions against Norway yet?
4 months ago
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Here comes the Nexus...
www.earth.com/news/astrono...
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Astronomers spot a massive wave rolling across our galaxy
A colossal wave is rolling through the Milky Way’s stars, mapped by ESA’s Gaia telescope and reshaping our understanding of galactic motion.
https://www.earth.com/news/astronomers-spot-a-massive-wave-rolling-across-our-galaxy/
5 months ago
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There's all kinds of data...
5 months ago
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Phillip Barlow ⚒️ 🇬🇱
Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand
5 months ago
Manaaki Whenua have appointed Siobhan Leachman as their Wikimedian in Residence! Supporting staff to share their expertise,
@siobhanleachman.bsky.social
will be assisting the group with contributing content from their nationally significant collections to openly accessible Wikimedia platforms.
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From Collections to Commons: Announcing a Wikimedian in Residence at Manaaki Whenua
From Collections to Commons: Announcing a Wikimedian in Residence at Manaaki Whenua Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Group now have a Wikimedian in Residence on board, […]
https://www.wikimedia.nz/wikimedian-in-residence-at-manaaki-whenua/
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