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Passionate about the heritage sector, data & engagement specialist, & museum volunteer 🎭💻🏛️ https://dcs-heritage.uk

Did you know UK govt has published a call for evidence on charging for public sector data, w/examples like bus timetables and environment data? Well, here's a thing on how that will make a lot of things a bit worse and increase costs of providing public services peterkwells.com/2026/08/21/c...

Charging for public sector data is likely to cost us more than it raises

The UK government has published a call for evidence called “The marginal cost restriction on public sector data re-use”. It proposes making it easier for the public sector to charge people for public ...

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Analysis | Digital detox: Is social media still worth it for museums? 📲 The online landscape suddenly looks very different amid a backlash against tech giants. Geraldine Kendall Adams asks how museums are adapting to the post-X era

Digital detox: Is social media still worth it for museums? - Museums Association

The online landscape suddenly looks very different amid a backlash against tech giants. Geraldine Kendall Adams asks how museums are adapting to the post-X era

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On this day in 1582, the Gregorian calendar was instituted by Pope Gregory XIII with the papal bull 'Inter gravissimas'. Roman Catholic countries introduced the changes first, followed by Protestant states during the C18th. China did so in 1912, the USSR in 1918 and Greece in 1923.

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22 Feb 1797 saw the last invasion of Britain. 1,400 French troops sailed into Fishguard Bay but were scared off by a cannon fired to sound the alarm. Instead, they landed at Llanwnda, but their short pillaging spree resulted in gorging & drunkenness & the local militia overpowered the invaders.

13 Feb 1945 saw the first of four Allied bombing raids on Dresden. The air raids by the RAF & USAAF involved 1,299 bombers dropping over 3,900 tons of ordnance and resulted in firestorms killing up to 25,000 people. Search the @ibccdigitalarchive.bsky.social: internationalbcc.co.uk/history/digi...

Digital Archives | International Bomber Command Centre

Explore our extensive digital archives here at the international bomber command centre. Get in touch to find out more today.

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On this day in 1943, the Battle of Stalingrad ended after six and a half bloody months. Accounts vary, but it is estimated that up to 2m were killed, wounded or captured. Image: RIA Novosti archive, image #44732 / Zelma / CC-BY-SA 3.0

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